## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1/5/2024 Period start date To 30/5/2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: CREEKLINK HERITAGE TRAIL** **Charity registration number: 1205283** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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.| ||||CreekLink Heritage Trail began its first full
year as a charity in May 2024 with a
commitment to raising funds for the creation
of phase 1 of the heritage trail. There were
4 trustees meetings including an AGM.
Trustees agreed phase 1 would be for the
first 4 interpretation panels to be sited on
upper and mid-Creek. Longer term the
trustees aim to create a Heritage Trail that
will run the whole 1.2 kilometre length of the
Creek, creating public awareness and
understanding of its rich and largely
forgotten 19th century industrial history and
its continuing present day biodiversity.
CreekLink identified the sites where it
intends to install the heritage panels,
backed up by a website and other outreach
activities.
Over the year CreekLink received funding
from the following: Greenwich Council’s
Neighbourhood Growth Fund; Thames
Water; RER London; Thames Tideway
Tunnel. A total of £20,075. Trustees agreed
a plan to bring project management of
phase 1 in-house, under the shared
responsibility of Chair and Secretary, who
provided their services free of charge. This
would enable all funds raised to be spent on
the design, manufacture and installation of
the first 4 panels and associated community
activities.
CreekLink trustees spent the year creating
content and initial designs for all 4 panels .
This was achieved alongside constructive
discussions with funders, and the landlords
of the four chosen information board sites. It
led to the beginning of the complicated
process of gaining the necessary legal and
planning consents for erecting the panels.
After advice and consideration trustees
agreed to commission signage specialists
Fitzpatrick Woolmer to design and
manufacture the heritage panels. An initial
payment of £4000 was made in November
2024. By end of April the initial design for
the panels was agreed, the first two panels
had planning approval from all landlords
and the council. The third panel design was
completed, but still awaiting final landlord
and planning consent. For the fourth panel
content had been drafted and installation
permission discussions were taking place
with the landlord. Copyright clearance was
obtained for all the images we planned to
use on the heritage panels.
As part of outreach CreekLink’s Chair gave
a talk on the heritage trail project to a local
history organisation in LB Lewisham.| |---|---|---|---| ||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 began its first full
year as a charity in May 2024 with a
commitment to raising funds for the creation
of phase 1 of the heritage trail. There were
4 trustees meetings including an AGM.
Trustees agreed phase 1 would be for the
first 4 interpretation panels to be sited on
upper and mid-Creek. Longer term the
trustees aim to create a Heritage Trail that
will run the whole 1.2 kilometre length of the
Creek, creating public awareness and
understanding of its rich and largely
forgotten 19th century industrial history and
its continuing present day biodiversity.
CreekLink identified the sites where it
intends to install the heritage panels,
backed up by a website and other outreach
activities.
Over the year CreekLink received funding
from the following: Greenwich Council’s
Neighbourhood Growth Fund; Thames
Water; RER London; Thames Tideway
Tunnel. A total of £20,075. Trustees agreed
a plan to bring project management of
phase 1 in-house, under the shared
responsibility of Chair and Secretary, who
provided their services free of charge. This
would enable all funds raised to be spent on
the design, manufacture and installation of
the first 4 panels and associated community
activities.
CreekLink trustees spent the year creating
content and initial designs for all 4 panels .
This was achieved alongside constructive
discussions with funders, and the landlords
of the four chosen information board sites. It
led to the beginning of the complicated
process of gaining the necessary legal and
planning consents for erecting the panels.
After advice and consideration trustees
agreed to commission signage specialists
Fitzpatrick Woolmer to design and
manufacture the heritage panels. An initial
payment of £4000 was made in November
2024. By end of April the initial design for
the panels was agreed, the first two panels
had planning approval from all landlords
and the council. The third panel design was
completed, but still awaiting final landlord
and planning consent. For the fourth panel
content had been drafted and installation
permission discussions were taking place
with the landlord. Copyright clearance was
obtained for all the images we planned to
use on the heritage panels.
As part of outreach CreekLink’s Chair gave
a talk on the heritage trail project to a local
history organisation in LB Lewisham.| ||||| |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)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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|CreekLink's long-term aim is to raise
awareness and understanding of both
residents and visitors to, first, the Creek's
rich but ignored 19th century industrial
history; and, second, to the Creek's current
biodiversity. Our draft content for the
heritage panels was reviewed and checked
by local historians and an editor to ensure
the text was accessible and relevant to our
key audiences: the local community and
visitors to the area.
A key achievement over the year was
gaining funding for CreekLink's phase 1
plans, which will enable the first 4 heritage
panels to be completed and further develop
our plans for engaging the local community
with the trail and contributing to a better
understanding of their shared heritage.
Closer ties with the Creek Education
Trust, responsible for the Creekside
Discovery Centre were established.
CreekLink commissioned them to provide
content and photos for panels 1, 3 and 4
relating to the bio-diversity of the
contemporary Creek. We also agreed to run
joint family activity days at the Discovery
Centre to enable local families to find out
more about the Creek and the heritage trail.
February 2025 saw the Trustee looking after
web development take the first steps
towards updating the CreekLink website to
take better account of the various ongoing
developments and to provide people with
more Creek heritage photos and stories.
Each panel will have a QR code that will
provide a direct link to the website.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **----- Start of picture text -----**
Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives Para 1.41
set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the period CreekLink had an
income of £20,075 and expenditure of
£4,666. Income for 4 panels and community
activities as follows: £4,400 from Greenwich
Neighbourhood Growth Fund; £5,075 from
Thames Water; £5,000 from Thames
Tideway Tunnel; £5,000 from RER London
and £60 from Mycenae House.
Expenditure as follows: £4,000 initial
payment to signage specialists Fitzpatrick
Woolmer; £231 to Historic England for
photo copyrights; £235 to Royal Borough
Greenwich Planning for panel 1 planning
permission and £200 to Creekside
Education Trust for supplying photos and
text on biodiversity for panel 1.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|CreekLink does not require significant
reserves as all funding is secured in
advance of each heritage 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 to the delivery and on-going
maintenance. This policy will be reviewed
annually to ensure financial stability.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2,000| |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|None| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted ||A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
Para 1.46
Other| |---|---| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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
to appoint one or more
|Para 1.25|Trustees are selected for their skills,
knowledge, experience and their links to
the local community. The first trustees
have been appointed to serve for 4, 3 or 2
years.| |~~trustees~~||| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|CreekLink Heritage Trail| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1205283| |Charity’s principal address|17 Egerton Drive, Greenwich, London SE10 8JS| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
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**from**||1-May-24||**To**||30-Apr-25|| |||||||||| |||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**|| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||| |Royal Borough of Greenwich|**4,440**||**-**||**-**||**4,440**|| |Mycenae House|**60**||**-**||**-**||**60**|| |Thames Water|**5,075**||**-**||**-**||**5,075**|| |RER|**5,000**||**-**||**-**||**5,000**|| |Bazalgette Tunnel|**5,500**||**-**||**-**||**5,500**|| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|
**20,075**||**-**||**-**||**20075.08**|| |||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||| ||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**|| ||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**|
**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**|| |||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **|
**20,075**||**0**||**0**||**20075.08**|| |||||||||| |**A3 Payments**||||||||| |Fizpatrick Woolmer - designers|**4,000**||**-**||**-**||**4,000**|| |Planning fees to LBG|**235**||**-**||**-**||**235**|| |Fees for photo copyright|**231**||**-**||**-**||**231**|| |Creekside Education|**200**||**-**||**-**||**200**|| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|
**4,666**||**-**||**-**||**4666**|| |||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||| ||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**|| ||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|
**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**|| |||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **|
**4,666**||**0**||**0**||**4666**|| |||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|
**15,409**||**0**||**0**||**15409.08**|| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **|
**15,409**||**0**||**0**||**15409.08**|| |||||||||| |||||||||| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||||||||| |**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**|| ||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|| |**B1 Cash funds**|NatWest Account||||**15,409**||**-**|| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 17/02/2026 1 ||||||**-**||**-**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||**_Total cash funds_**||||**15,409**||**-**|| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK|||| ||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**|| ||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**|| |**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| |||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**|| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| |||||||||| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**|| |**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| ||||||||**-**|| |||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name|||| ||||||**MICK DELAP**|||| |||||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 17/02/2026 2 BARBARA REID CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 1710212026 ## **CC16a** **Last year to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 Endowment funds to nearest £ -** CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 17/02/2026 4 **-** OK **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)** Date of approval **13-Feb-25** CCXX R5 accounts (SS) 17/02/2026 5 13-Feb-25 CCXX R6 accounts (SS) 1710212026