THE FRIENDS OF RUSKIN’S VIEW (CHARITY NO. 1207211)
ANNUAL REPORT FOR FINANCIAL PERIOD 27 FEBRUARY, 2024 TO 5 APRIL, 2025
Trustees: Mike Burchnall (Chair), Anne Burgess (Treasurer), Peter Anstiss, Anne Pettifor and Jonathan Thackeray
Charity address: Durham Ox Stables
Trustee recruitment: The charity is not currently looking for additional trustees, pending decisions on the main project the charity is supporting.
1. Prior to the Friends becoming a charity on 27 February, 2024 a total of £54,859 was held following earlier fund raising.
2. The prime objective of the charity is to help fund the re-opening of Ruskin’s View and The Brow footpath. Prior to becoming a charity, the Friends had already passed funds to Kirkby Lonsdale Town Council, which is the body responsible for carrying out works associated with the reopening.
3. From 27 February, 2024 to 5 April, 2025 the Friends raised a further £47,985. This came from a wide variety of sources including:
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direct debits;
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donations from individuals, including one of £1,000;
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money raised by local firms and organisations including Booth’s, the Red Dragon and the Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery; and
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a sale of pictures and a concert.
4. The largest single grant of £30,000 came from the Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust.
5. In the same period, apart from minor expenditure on administration, the Friends transferred £18,341 to the Town Council to carry out remedial works. Total expenditure was £22,375.
6. In August 2024 the first part of The Brow footpath was reopened allowing public access to ‘Ruskin’s View’. Funds held by the Friends at 5 April, 2025, and funds raised since, will be used to help secure the reopening of the full length of The Brow footpath and secure its future.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiners report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report On accounts tr tho year 514r25 Charity no rrf any) 1207211 Set out on pa I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Ihe above d)arity fft Trusf} forthe year ended 0514125. Responslbifilies and basis of rnport As the thar5Ws trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in aco)rdm with the wuirements of the Charities Art 2011 Dhe Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission uThJer se(#)n 145(5)(b) of the AGL Independent oxamlnrfs statement I have cornpted my examinion. I have no CAM$ ar¥J have come acwss no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper underntsnding of the acLM)unts to be reath8d. Signed: 61212026 Name: Nicola Jayne Brown Relevant professional qualification{s) or body (If any): Addr9$8: Elmdene, Ruskin Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2DB Section B Disclosure Give here lThf detaus of any items that the examlner wlshes to dlscloso. Oct 2018 IER