## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 18/10/2023 Period start date To 30/04/20224 Period end date Charity name: CREEKLINK HERITAGE TRAIL**
## **Charity registration number: 1205283**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|To advance education for the public benefit
by the establishment and maintenance of a
Creekside heritage trail designed to enable
awareness and understanding of the 19th
century industrial history and current
biodiversity of Deptford Creek, in particular
but not exclusively, among local
communities in the London Boroughs of
Greenwich and Lewisham who by reason
of their proximity to the Deptford Creek
neighbourhood, share a common historical
legacy.|
|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|Creeklink heritage trail was entered onto
the Register of Charities on 18/10/2023.
Trustees approved the Creeklink heritage
trail feasibility study (funded by local
community organisations in 2022).
Business Bank account set up with
NatWest.
Applications for funding were made to
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Neighbourhood Growth Fund and the Vinci
Foundation UK. Funds will be required for
heritage panels and community events.
Trustees agreed to focus on the first 4
panels for upper Creek, on gaining funding
for them and planning consent from
landlords.
Continued work on CreekLink website in
order to improve public awareness and
understanding of Deptford Creek’s
heritage.|
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|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
Charity Commission’s public benefit
guidance, they are aware of the guidance
and have taken it into account when
making decisions.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||
**Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference Creeklink’s new board of trustees held its inaugural meeting on 24 November 2023 and agreed: to apply for funding from relevant organisations; to continue to seek planning permissions for the first four Summary of the main heritage trail panels; to continue the achievements of the charity, development of a Creeklink website; to identifying the difference the continue a programme of walks and talks charity’s work has made to Para 1.20 for local people. The first four heritage the circumstances of its panels will tell the stories of the Greenwich beneficiaries and any wider Railway, and the Bazalgette / Thames benefits to society as a Water Greenwich Pumping Station, the flour whole. mills, and chemical production. We have liaised with the Creekside Discovery Centre re celebrating the biodiversity of the Creek on the heritage panels and providing Creekside walks for local schools/families. In April 2024 we received notice that CreekLink will be awarded a grant of £4,400 by the Greenwich Neighbourhood Growth Fund. The funds will be deposited in CreekLink’s bank account in summer 2024. Meetings with Thames Water (TW) and Thames Tideway Tunnel (TTT) resulted in a promise of funding for the first heritage panels. £6,000 from TW and £5,500 from TTT to be paid in the next financial year.
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
||Investment performance
against objectives
Para 1.41
Other|
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## **Financial Review**
|**inancial Review**||||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|No financial activity took place in this start-u
period.|p
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity does not require significant
reserves, as all funding is to be secured in
advance of each heritage information panel
being committed to. However, the trustees
have agreed to maintain a small reserve
of approximately 10% of the one-off panel
cost to cover unforeseen expenses related t
the delivery and on-going maintenance. This
policy will be reviewed annually to ensure
financial stability.||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|No financial activity during this period.||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|See above||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|
Para 1.23|None||
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The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and Para 1.46 objectives including any social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
**Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s trusts|:||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Constitution dated 18/10/2023|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled t
appoint one or more trustees|o
Para 1.25|Trustees are selected for their skills,
knowledge, experience and their links to the
local community. The first trustees have bee
appointed to serve for 4, 3 or 2 years.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|CREEKLINK HERITAGE TRAIL|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1205283|
|Charity’s principal address|17 Egerton Drive, London SE10 8JS|
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## **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**
**(if any)**|
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20|Mick Delap|Chair|||
||Barbara Reid|Secretary|||
||Diana Greaves|Treasurer|||
||Tom Webb||||
||Matthew
Vaughan Ginn||||
||John Lloyd||||
||Calum
O’Byrne
Mulligan||||
||Hannah
Stockton||||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets 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
Details of arrangements for 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 behal** ~~**f of the charity’s trustees**~~ **Signature(s)**
> **Full name(s)** BARBARA REID MICK DELAP
> **Position (eg** SECRETARY CHAIR **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 22/02/2025
**Charity Name No (if any) CREEKLINK HERITAGE TRAIL**
## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts**
**Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** 18-Oct-23 30-Apr-24 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
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**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
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|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|1
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
OK|25/02/2025
**Restricted funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**0**
OK
OK|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
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Print Name
**MICK DELAP**
**BARBARA REID**|**Endowment**
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|||**MICK DELAP**|**25-Feb-25**|
|||**BARBARA REID**|**25-Feb-25**|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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