## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date 19 June 2023 to 31 December 2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Winchcombe Green Town** ## **Charity registration number: 1203637** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**3.1 The promoton for the beneft of the public**
**of the conservaton, protecton and**
**improvement of the physical and natural**
**environment in Winchcombe and the**
**surrounding area (“the Area”), in partcular:**
**1) by raising awareness of the causes and**
**impact of climate change; and**
**2) by encouraging practcal steps both to**
**reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and**
**mitgate the efects of climate change and**
**3) by promotng the conservaton of the**
**physical and natural environment by promotng**
**biological diversity**
**4) by promotng sustainable means of achieving**
**economic growth and regeneraton**
**5) by advancing the educaton of the public in**
**the above subjects**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Public speaker event 04/05/23: Adam**
**Henson – sustainable agriculture**
**Toy library – 2 Saturdays each month**
**Tree planting around the football field**
**25/03/23**
**Hedgehog family trail 15/04/23**
**Public speaker event : Gill Kime –**
**Hedgehogs**
**Public speaker event 09/11/23: ‘Taste of**
**Autumn’ - Orchards and cider**
**Stall at Winchcombe Show 28/08/23**
**jointly with seed swap representative and**
**community allotments**
**Film showing 2040 plus discussion**
**15/09/23**
**Homes and energy public meeting**
**17/09/23**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to the**
**Charity Commission’s guidance on**
**public benefit and have sought to ensure**
**all activities have been accessible to as**
**many members of the local community as**| |benefit||**possible. This has been done by**
**advertising events widely on social**
**media, in print form, via our website and**
**in local retailers. Ticket prices have been**
**kept low and concessions offered to any**
**who ask for it with free tickets offered to**
**young people attending local schools.**
**The range of activities organised aimed**
**to appeal to different age groups in the**
**population and to different interest**
**groups**| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**NA**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**NA**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers are vital to the continuation of**
**the charity. Volunteers are involved in**
**planning, organising and supporting**
**events, in publicising activities and in**
**attending events. We are delighted at the**
**high level of attendance at all events**
**organised by the charity and seek to**
**continue this in future years**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**This is the first 6 months of Winchcombe**
**Green Town as a registered charity. The**
**events and activities listed took place**
**over a longer period of 2023 to**
**demonstrate the type and range of**
**activities organised by the charity. Public**
**awareness of our work is increasing due**
**to well attended activities and appealing**
**to different interest groups. The toy**
**library has reduced the need for parents**
**to purchase toys with an increasing**
**number of families regularly attending.**
**The homes and energy group have**
**supported a number of residents to have**
**the confidence to install solar panels. The**
**interest in helping hedgehogs and swifts**| |||**across the community has widened.**
**Trees have been planted in public parks**
**supported and maintained by local**
**people. The senior school has a popular**
**ecogroup which is supported by the**
**charity.**| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The range of events and activities**
**organised during 2023 all contribute in a**
**small way to the achievement of the**
**charity’s objectives set out above.**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|NA| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|NA| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Transition Town gave the charity**
**£500 seed funding to help us get**
**established. All ticketed events also**
**made a profit so by 31 December 2023,**
**the charity had over £2,000 in the bank**
**account. Having become a charity, WGT**
**applied to the Cooperative Bank with the**
**aim of moving accounts to a more ethical**
**bank. Funds were transferred from**
**Natwest to Cooperative Bank in February**
**2024**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**NA**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**NA**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The charity has no long standing**
**financial commitments and no assets.**
**There are therefore no reasons for**
**holding financial reserves**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**NA**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**NA**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Our principal source of funds is from**
**profits made at events organised. These**
**are primarily via ticket sales (although**
**deliberately cheap with concessions) and**
**sale of refreshments at the events.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**NA**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**NA**| |Other||**NA**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The 8 trustees volunteered to help set up**
**the charity having been involved in the**
**group prior to it becoming a CIO. At this**
**stage in the charity’s existence, the key**
**selection criteria is an enthusiasm to**
**establish the charity as an ongoing**
**organisation, to adhere to the charity**
**commission regulations and to support**
**the purposes and objectives set out in**
**the constitution. The trustees have a**
**range of professional and other skills and**
**knowledge and work together to use**
**these to support the development of the**
**charity. Roles within the charity are**
**allocated flexibly depending upon**
**external commitments with Chair and**
**secretary roles being rotated across all**
**trustees for each monthly meeting.**
**Banking is undertaken by three**
**nominated trustees who work together to**
**ensure accounts are correct, accurate**
**and updated.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**All trustees have read and agreed with**
**the charity commission guidelines for**
**trustees.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity works closely with various**
**local community groups eg St Peter’s**
**Church, Winchcombe senior school, the**
**community allotment, Winchcombe Town**
**Council. It also works with the national**
**Transition Town as well as receiving**
**support from other environmental groups**
**at national level. We also have strong**
**links to other local environmental groups**
**eg Cleeve Transition and CK Futures.**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**All relationships outlined in the previous**
**section are for mutual support and**
**advice.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Winchcombe Green Town| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Win Green Town and WGT| |Registered charity number|1203637| |Charity’s principal address|12 Riverside, Winchcombe| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Corinne Goatley|||| ||Tim Hall|||| ||Stuart Pickles|||| ||Anne-Lise Wall|||| ||Jane Morgan|||| ||Naomi Sorrel|||| ||Chris Etchells|||| ||JoAnne Freeman|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name NA** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**NA**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets NA held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects NA Details of arrangements for NA safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** ## **2Winchcombe Green Town income and expenditure for 2023** |date|**actvity**|**Payee**|**expenditure**
**£**|**income £ **|**Balance**|**Notes**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |8-Feb-
2023|seed funding|Transiton Network||£500.00|
£500.00|
grant approved for start up use - arranged by
Chris Etchells| |16-Mar-
2023|donaton Guardian seminar|Chris Etchells||£10.00|
£510.00|Contributon forpartcipatngin online event| |17-Mar-
2023|donaton Guardian seminar|Corinne Goatley||£10.00|
£520.00|Contributon forpartcipatngin online event| |21-Mar-
2023|donaton Guardian seminar|Stuart Galey||£10.00|
£530.00|contributon forpartcipatngin online event| |12-Apr-
2023|posterprintnghedgehogtalk|Saxon Printng|£22.54||£507.46|printngcost,hard copyreceipt| |14-Apr-
2023|annual membershipcar club|Annie Wall||£30.00|
£537.46|car club membership| |11-May-
2023|online tcket sales Adam henson
speaker event|eventbrite||£118.30|
£655.76|online tcket sales via Eventbrite| |11-May-
2023|donaton|Corinne Goatley||£50.00|
£705.76|
given in cash by JoAnne's daughter, paid in by
CG| |11-May-
2023|proft from Adam Henson speaker
event|Corinne Goatley||£702.00|£1,407.76|
CG given cash from event & paid amount taken
into WGT| |23-May-
2023|Adam Henson speaker event
printng|Saxon Printng|£46.44||£1,361.32|printngcost,hard copyreceipt| |23-May-
2023|Adam Henson speaker event
printng|Saxon Printng|£5.00||£1,356.32|printngcost,hard copyreceipt| |23-May-
2023|treeplantngsocial|Joanne Freeman|£23.53||£1,332.79|
3 receipts received - payment made for total
amount| |23-May-
2023|Xmas fund raising& laminaton|joanne Freeman|£77.99||£1,254.80|
no receipts received but payment approved by
CE & CG| |27-May-
2023|hedgehogtalk room hire|Abbey Fields C
Centre|£27.00||£1,227.80|Abbeyfelds Communitycentre room hire| |5-Jun-
2023|Henson bookprofts|Just in casegifs||£51.00|£1,278.80|
proceeds from sale of Adam Henson books at
event| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |16-Jun-
2023|hedgehogtrail room hire|Abbey Fields C
Centre|£24.00||£1,254.80|Abbeyfelds Communitycentre room hire| |3-Jul-2023|Givey paydonaton|||£10.00|£1,264.80|automated website donaton| |25-Jul-
2023|car clubpayment|M Dufon||£87.50|£1,352.30|car club membershipand vehicle hire| |27-Jul-
2023|arts for summer show|Gill Kime|£59.21||£1,293.09|
origami buterfies and associated craf material,
receipts received| |27-Jul-
2023|insurance|Corinne Goatley|£88.66||£1,204.43|
annual public liability insurance cover, hard
copyinvoice| |14-Aug-
2023|donaton|||£75.00|£1,279.43|automated website donaton| |21-Aug-
2023|donaton|||£50.00|£1,329.43|automated website donaton| |27-Sep-
2023|profts from refreshments flm
showing2040|Corinne Goatley||£67.10|£1,396.53|profts from refreshments sold| |27-Sep-
2023|print for summer show inv 4556|Saxon Printng|£45.99||£1,350.54|printngcost| |10-Oct-
2023|sale ofjewelleryXmas fund raising|Clare John||£283.24|£1,633.78|
proft from sale at Christmas fayre at
Winchcombe Museum| |25-Oct-
2023|poster designpurchase|Postermywall|£1.99||£1,631.79|download ofposter from website| |25-Oct-
2023|Orchards speaker event printng inv
4855|Saxon Printng|£20.40||£1,611.39|printngcost| |9-Nov-
2023|donaton|Square card reader||£0.98|£1,612.37|donaton made at event via card reader| |10-Nov-
2023|refreshments Orchard speaker
event|Cooperatve|£30.60||£1,581.77|drinkspurchase| |10-Nov-
2023|tckets Orchard speaker event|Square card reader||£38.31|£1,620.08|cardpayments for event tckets| |17-Nov-|tckets sold flm 2040 showing|Chris Etchells||£70.00|£1,690.08|door tcketpurchases cash| |2023||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |1-Dec-
2023|printngOrchard speaker event|Saxon Printng|£15.44||£1,674.64|printngcost| |1-Dec-
2023|tckets sold Orchard speaker event|Chris Etchells||£154.00|£1,828.64|door tcketpurchases cash| |4-Dec-
2023|miscellaneouspurchase|Chris Etchells|£1.00||£1,827.64|test of bank account| |8-Dec-
2023|refreshments Orchard||£29.90||£1,797.74|drinkspurchase| |20-Dec-
2023|donaton|Barbara Heard||£10.00|£1,807.74|donaton made at event| |21-Dec-
2023|print cartridge collecton|Recycle4charity||£4.35|£1,812.09|
income received for collecton of empty print
cartridges| |||**2023 Total**|**£519.69**|**£2,331.78**|**£1,812.09**|Balance Check| ||||||||