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2024-03-31-accounts

Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period From: 24/8/23 Period start date To: 31/3/24 Period end date

Charity name: Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust CIO (known as CREST)

Charity registration number: 1204462

Company number: NA

Objectives and activities

SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document		 Para 1.17 To promote the preservation of rural crafts
and skills for the public benefit, providing
and promoting the advancement of
education, instruction and training in all such
rural skills and crafts as the trustees in their
discretion consider worthy of promotion,
protection and preservation.
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		 ACTIVITIES:
•
Educational Hedge Value workshops
•
Lantra Hedging courses –
Introductory, Foundation and
Intermediate courses
•
Stone Dressing Workshops
•
Enhanced Skills Hedging Workshops
•
Skills Consolidation Hedging Training
•
School Hedge Craft workshops
•
Taster and Practice Hedging
Activities
•
Work Experience Hedging Days
•
Final Assessment Days for Hedging
Craftspeople Trainees
•
Engagement Events at Agricultural,
Heritage and Horticultural Shows
•
Training Site Open Days
•
Engagement talks and lectures on
hedging and rural skills
•
Research work on hedging and
related rural skills to support the
development of training
Please note: Activities are serviced as part
of a funded partnership agreement where
the funds are handled by the partner.
Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity		 Para 1.18 CREST Compliance Checklist states that:
“Administration for appointing trustees
includes Trustee CVs, Fit and Proper Person
Declaration and Trustee Declaration forms.”
Commission on public
benefit		 The CREST Constitution states that every
new trustee receives an up-to-date copy of
the constitution which covers public benefit
in Section 6.
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 NA
Other NA

Achievements and performance

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 CREST Project funded by Defra Farming in
Protected Landscapes (FiPL) hosted by
Cornwall Heritage Trust as grant holder with
CREST as the project delivery organisation
Year 1 Delivery Report
21 August 2023 to 31 March 2024
Headliners
•
5-day Foundation Lantra Guild
courses have proved popular and
were prioritised to meet demand and
to support trainees in preparation for
a 10 day Intermediate course in 2024
(Yr2).
•
45% of all trainees were trying
Cornish Hedging for the first time
having no similar or basic
experience.
•
CREST over-delivered on the
number of 5-day courses by

Update report of statistics for training 21 August 2023 to 31 March 2024

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Included in summary above Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set Included in summary above Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set NA Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other

Financial review

Financial review
Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period		 Para 1.21 Bank accounts
Lloyds account - ~~Lloyds donation£~~150
~~Lloyds account -~~ ~~Membership (23) £575~~

Paypal account £1789
Net assets £193~~92514~~
Beneficiaries - Net profit £193~~92514~~
Total funds £193~~92514~~
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held		 Para 1.22 NA
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 N~~A~~ ~~£ 2000~~
Reasons for holding zero
reserves		 Para 1.22 NA
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:		 Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:		 Additional information (optional)
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)		 Para 1.47 Grant funding
Membership
Sponsorship
Donations of craft build materials
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 The success of the FiPL Cornish Hedging
project has generated more work than is
sustainable on a volunteer level and CREST
needs to source funding to support a paid
staff team to take the charity forwards
beyond FiPl funding and fulfil potential.
Other

Structure, governance and management

Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc		 Para 1.25 Constitution
How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO		 Para 1.25 CIO – Charitable Incorporated Organisation
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 13.
Appointment of charity trustees
1. At the first annual general meeting of
the members of the CIO all the
charity trustees shall retire from
office;
2. At every subsequent annual general
meeting of the members of the CIO,
one-third of the charity trustees shall
retire from office. If the number of
charity trustees is not three or a
multiple of three, then the number
nearest to one-third shall retire from
office, but if there is only one charity
trustee, he or she shall retire;
3. The charity trustees to retire by
rotation shall be those who have
been longest in office since their last
appointment or reappointment. If any
trustees were last appointed or
reappointed on the same day those
to retire shall (unless they otherwise
agree among themselves) be
determined by lot;
4. The vacancies so arising may be
filled by the decision of the members
at the annual general meeting; any
vacancies not filled at the annual
general meeting may be filled as
provided in sub-clause (5) of this
clause;
5. The members or the charity trustees
may at any time decide to appoint a
new charity trustee, whether in place
of a charity trustee who has retired or
been removed in accordance with
clause 15 (Retirement and removal
of charity trustees), or as an
additional charity trustee, provided
that the limit specified in clause 12(3)
on the number of charity trustees
would not as a result be exceeded;
  1. A person so appointed by the members of the CIO shall retire in accordance with the provisions of sub-clauses (2) and (3) of this clause. A person so appointed by the charity trustees shall retire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting after the date of his or her appointment, and shall not be counted for the purpose of determining which of the charity trustees is to retire by rotation at that meeting.

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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees		 Para 1.51 It is recommended that new trustees read:
The essential trustee: what you need to know,
what you need to do (CC3)-GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk)		 Commented [JL1]:Rather than “answerable” I would suggest
that the sub-committee is subject to terms of reference agreed by
the main Committee.
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works		 Para 1.51 The CREST main committee is a board of 7
Trustees which include the roles of Chair
and Secretary, plus a Support Advisor from
Cornwall Council.
The committee also includes the roles of
Training Development Officer and Strategic
Development Officer.
The Finance Committee consists of the
Chair, Secretary and an additional appointed
Trustee, as agreed by the main committee
and is~~answerables~~ubject to terms of
referenceto the main committee.
CREST works closely with Cornwall Heritage
Trust who host the FiPL funded project and
whose CEO attends CREST Main
Committee meetings as often as possible.
CREST also works with The National Trust,
Cornwall Wildlife Trust (Upstream Thinking
Volunteers) and Cornwall National
Landscapes through hedging training course
delivery and education.
Relationship with any related
parties		 Para 1.51 NA
Other

Commented [JL1]: Rather than “answerable” I would suggest that the sub-committee is subject to terms of reference agreed by the main Committee.

Reference and administrative details Reference and administrative details Reference and administrative details Reference and administrative details Reference and administrative details Reference and administrative details Reference and administrative details
Charity name Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust CIO
Other name the charity uses CREST
Registered charity number 1204462
Charity’s principal address Unit G03 Percy Williams Building, Krowji West Park, Redruth
TR15 3GE
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
1 Andrew Cockshaw Chair~~and~~
Training		 Appointed 17/5/23
Confirmed TDO role on		 Approved by main committee
Development Officer 18/10/23
Helen Bowkett Secretary Appointed 17/5/23 Approved by main committee
2 ~~andS~~trategic
Development Officer		 Confirmed SDO role on
15/11/23
3 William Tremayne Trustee 17/5//23 to 13/3/24 Approved by main committee
Sara Davey Trustee 14/6/23 Approved by main committee
~~43~~ Finance Committee Appointed FC role on
13/3/24
~~45~~ James Kitto~~Helen~~
~~Willett~~		 Trustee 14/6/23 to 13/3/24 Approved by main committee
~~56~~ David Paton Trustee 14/6/23 Approved by main committee
7 Julian Little Treasurer Appointed 14/6/23
Resigned 13/3/24		 Approved by main committee
8 Helen Willett Trustee 23/6/23 Approved by main committee
~~96~~ Natalia Eernstman Trustee ~~Appointed 13-3-~~
~~241~~3/3/24		 Approved by main committee
10 Benedict Furness Trustee ~~Appointed 13-3-~~ Approved by main committee
~~7~~ ~~241~~3/3/24
~~81~~ Commented [JL2]:Need to add me in with both an appointed
1 date and resignation date per CC register, plus role as “Treasurer”.
~~91~~
2
13
~~0~~
14
~~1~~
15
~~2~~
Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
None

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
None

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets
held in this capacity		 NA
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
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets		 NA

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)
Type of
adviser
Name
Address
Cornwall
Council Historic
Environmental
Records		 Ann Reynolds Kresen Kernow, Little Vauxhall, Redruth TR15 1AS
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)
None

None

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details NA

Other optional information

Declarations

The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (for example Secretary, Chair, etc) Date

CREST CIO Balance Sheet

Bank accounts
Lloyds account
Paypal account
Net assets
Beneficiaries
Net profit
Total funds		 150
1,789
1,939		 £
1,939
1,939
£
1,939
1,939

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CREST CIO Profit And Loss Account

Income
Archeaology Talk
Ecology Talk
Foraging Walk
Geology Walk
Hedge History Talk
Medicinal Plant Talk
Memberships
Other
Expenses
Bank charges
Net profit		 195.00
190.00
302.50
158.00
364.00
254.00
525.00
0.01
(49.53)		 £
1,988.51
(49.53)
1,938.98
1,938.98

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