Desford Hfjritag8 Registered Ch*ty Number 1209203 DESFORD HERrrAGE TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR ThE PERIOD 19 JULY 2024- 31 JANUARY 2025 Desford Heritage Registered Charlty Number 1209203 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION CHARITY NAPAE Desford Heritage CHARITY NUMBER 1209203 TRUSTEES Katherine Twil¢hin- Char 88f8h Brack Patri￿a Grane Jennifer Hdl Catherino Hulton Roberta Treadwell REGISTERED ADDRESS Desford Library Main Street Desford L&ic8stgr LE9 9JP INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Angela Johnson Rets'red Company Accajntant 10 Mancf Garden8 Oesford Leicestershre LE9 9QB Desford Fl8ritag8 Registered Charity Numter 1209203 TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT PERIOD ENDED 31 JANUARY 2026 STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE ANO MANAGEMENT Degford Heritage {'Ihe charill) was inccrpc*ated on 19 Juty 2024 as a Charitabl8 incorp)rated Organigalion ICIOI and 1$ reguL*d by the Charities Commission for England and Wales. Typ_e ol govemln9.document Constitution How the charft is constitutod Charitable Incor orated Or anisalion Tru8te8 8alecllon method lrtte￿d b the ￿{rent trustats when re OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The tharty's pri￿1p￿ 0￿.ec￿ves ar• tho advanc8menl of cutture, eduCath￿ and herit￿. for the public berefi( céthe history and hentage of Desftxd and surrowding wea. M partioJ18r, but not excljsivety. by holding educational and (X)MM￿or81lve ev￿15, offering guKrf&d heritage walks and talks, wAb'ng on displays workshops. and maintsining devewng The D&sford H8rit8g& Trail. Ourirg tho roming wiod, th& L*arity has m6t tho$0 obj'ectives in numerous ways across all aspgds cl tts work. The Desford H8ritage Trail E>)nlines to offer guKled walks to the pl￿1￿ throug￿lrt thg Spring and Sumrner mc*)ths. As 5uth there havo not b99n any publ￿ walk5 durffw the repJrtiro pericrfj tMJl Fri￿at0 t￿OkIngS hav8 taken. These grcjjps have provided excEllenl lead￿k. The trail's expanS￿n to includ8 fwr new her((￿e boards and repairs lo existing boards has been finarKsd via grants prcx)Jred d swplementaj by e￿sting furKls. The extension ￿Stallat￿n was July 2025. The trail team will continue lo offer publ￿ and wivate w8ks and aim to dgvekw thN8 pyo1￿1 by produciry an a that will offw an interactive trail eX￿n￿. The fvnding ￿ Ihis devebpynenl centres on fL¥vJraismg through 8vents, (h)nations and granls. There are 8180 plans lo y0dL￿ an ac58Ction of th8 Desfonl and District Lccal History Soaety 8rKt also merged with the charity j￿Uary 2025. This leam uJntinu¢ to meet once a week and provide invaluable wcKk arehiving and chronrcling D8sford's history. During the r8PQrting p9ric4J rt has become dear that the current storage and W$j*sp8￿ oc¢upied by this le8m is becoming inc¥easingly light lor space arKI that extra capacity is required. This team have benefilled from the contact form on tho tharty wgbsite aTrJ social media plaiforms which have both provided fvrther sowces to be archived also providpd the publiG with greater access lo, and awareness of. the archive ilsew. This is another area to b8 d8velop8d. Th8 Arthive Group hopes to be able to axpand number of screens they Can u* on the M¢>Jes sofv¥e in ordw lo inu8ase the siz8 crf the digital archwe and tha $p8pJ of rts development. Desf￿d Herita Registered Charty Number 1209203 Desford Herltago Events o)ntinue to provide excellent fundraising opportunities pLqtfomis to hieve the charithgs objectives io a wide audience. Durir¥J the reporting period thls le8m worked on the 8nnual Christmas event which remavis an invaluable fundraising opwtunily. The principle aim of this was to corrtinue to generats fLYKls for the forthcoming VE Day 80 ovent 'FestiV81 of the 40$. in May 2025. In plaming and carying out all these *livities through￿1 the reFr*rting periL*S, th8 Iruslees have ontinued to reference th8 Charity Commissr￿'S guidants on public benefrt are completety &8tisfied that this has teen adh8r8d lo. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE The Successes of Desford H8rilaga dwing the rewrting pwiod are substsnlial. As a ngwly established Charity. tt has SLKce8d8d in achieving its charitable wrposes acrnss a range of activities for the public benefrL The ad￿￿on of the Local History Group and Archiving Gr(A￿ to the tharivs activrties has onty servad to slr8ngtrJ$n them and expand their reach to the public. FINANCIAL ReviEW Wrihin the wiod the thority recewed lolal incom8 of £26.853. Notab￿, th8 charity received income from grants {£19.230) and donations {£3,4971 with fund raising activities also generating nccffle {£3.¥81}. Total pa￿￿entS in the p¥iod wwe £1,917. Expendituro was incurfed to host fund raisiro events (£1,261) and m¢Thy was also spent extending Th8 DesfLYd Heritsgg Trail1£630). The chwty has a reserves policy. This aims to ensure that no less than 20% of the kyior year exp8nditur8 is retained 8s a reserve fund and is lo ensure that the c8n operate duriro any unexpected ￿rIOd of reduced income. In line with this poli￿, the reserve fund should be maintained above £383. The ck)siro reserves are £24,936. All funds are unrestricted. The charty currently tts)Ids no assets other than cash held in Ihe bank aecounL The charity has no liabilities at the year end. The ch¥ity omntly tr￿ld$ SuffiC￿nI cash lo financ* thg planngd activities over the coming year aTrJ exFects lo continue 8s a goirKJ con¢em. DecLAPAnON The trusto8s d8cLara that they hav& approved th9 al)ove report. SvJned on beha thsrrt*$ trustees Signature. Full name.. Positi¢an." £ Date: C)l+. 10. 202£ Desford Herrtage Registerad Charty Numbor 1209203 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT PERIOD ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 2025 Re¢￿pts Grants 19.230 Donations 3,497 Fund raising 3.231 Membw8hip fees SponsGYship Other income Icx) Total 26.853 Payin•nts Event costs 1,261 Trail boards 630 Bank ehargos Total 1,917 Net receipts 24.936 2025 Net receipts/lpaymentsl Ca$h at stsrt of period Cash at31 January 2025 24,936 24936 on beha Charit￿$ trustse8 Signature: Full name". t( Posihon: L IE MfLETrJ Trs D*e: 0￿. 10. 202S Oesford H8rilage Registered Chartty Numb6Y 1209203 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS AT 31 JANUARY 2025 2025 Cash funds Other Totsl 24,936 24,936 Uablllties Other Total Signed on behalf he tharily's truslges S￿anatUre.. Full name.. TtsSiTc+iiNI Positjon.. C+t41 L oLk. io. ILZ£ De￿r￿ Horit&Je Registered Chwty Number 1209203 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES PERIOD ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 I report to the charity trustees on my examinat￿ of the a¢¢ounts of the tharily for the year ended 31 Jan￿ry 2025 wttich are set out (n pa9es 4 to 5. Il•sponslbllltl8s and l)asls of rnport As ts chartys trust8es you ar8 r05ponsiblo for th8 prep¥ation of the accounts in ac￿rdance with the rewiremenls of ihe Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the tharty's acceunts tsrrkgj out under sedion 145 of thè Act and in ¢aFrying out my examinal*)n I have folk)wed all the 4Jplicable DirectKJns given by the Charity Commission uThler section 14515)Ibl of the Act. Indyndent ex4mknerfs statement I have compleiéd my ex8min8tion. I C￿nriM IhÈl no malèr*al matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause lo believe thai in 8ny material respect.. actountng records were not kept in resp8Ct of tha tharity as r4uired by section 130 of the 2. Ihe accounts do not accord with those records.. or 3. the accounts do not r￿mplY with the 4splicable reqU1￿MentS concwning th8 fom and conlenl of accounts Set out in the Charities IAGcoLnts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'truo and fair view, which18 not a matttr considered as FArt of an ind8pend8nt examnalion. I have no c￿ce￿$ and have ccme aLYoss no other matt8r5 in connedton wrth Ihg examin8li)n lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper underslanding of the counts lo bè rea¢hèd. Siwature.. b-l Full name.. Posrtton." Address: io. Hci+?OY 44h Octc**o 20zK Ztr ? 74LS