## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 06/04/2024 Period start date To 05/04/2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Bring Back Bugs**
## **Charity registration number: 1204294**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|THE OBJECT OF BRING BACK BUGS IS TO
PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION
AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND CREATING AND
ENHANCING AREAS OF WILDERNESS WITH
A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON INSECT
POLLINATORS AND THEIR HOST PLANTS.|
|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|**The charity has started to collect**
**donations and research options for**
**purchasing land or co-operating with**
**other land owners for the purpose of re-**
**wilding and increasing biodiversity.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issues by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The charity has one volunteer, but**
**voluntary work was suspended for most**
**of this financial year due to unforeseen**
**circumstances.**|
**N/A** Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|**The charity is still in the early stages of**
**its active life. It is currently preparing to**
**start its first re-wilding project, either**
**through a purchase of land or through**
**co-operation with another not-for-profit**
**landowner.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|N/A|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**£700.00 raised in the first year, £0.00**
**raised in the second year. No fundraising**
**objectives in place yet.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Other||N/A|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**£700.00 in donations received. No money**
**spent so far.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We are saving up for our first project.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£700.00**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Donations**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Investment objectives are to acquire land**
**owned by the charity or invest in the**
**qualitative improvement and increased**
**biodiversity at another site in co-**
**operation with another not-for-profit**
**landowner.**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**1) Not receiving enough donations**
**2) Not being able to purchase land**
**once identified or co-operate with**
**other landowners**
**3) Re-wilding efforts turning out to**
**be unsuccessful**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO 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|**Existing trustees vote and agree on the**
**appointment of new trustees.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
N/A|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|N/A|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|N/A|
|Other||N/A|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Bring Back Bugs|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Bugs4Biodiversity|
|Registered charity number|1204294|
|Charity’s principal address|52 Alberts Court
2 Palgrave Gardens
London
NW1 6EL|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Ute Roelen|Chair of Trustees|||
||Rowena Chiu||||
||Zehra Ece
Ozdemiroglu||||
||Charles Fillingham||||
||Annabel Meggeson||||
||Maren Proeve||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** N/A
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A|
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|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**||
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
N/A
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
## **Other optional information**
N/A
## **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)** Ute Dominique Roelen
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
5 February 2026