## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 11 September 2024 To 5[th] April 2025 Charity name: The Penny Conservation** **Period start date Period end date** ## **Charity registration number: 1209973** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|The Penny Conservation Charity carries out
its purpose of promoting the conservation,
protection and improvement of the natural
and human environment throughout
England and Wales, through the provision of
grants to local community groups, registered
charities, local bodies, other selected
organisations or individuals| |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|We provide grants to those who are actively
involved in conservation efforts within
England and Wales.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|This can be found on our website at
https://pennyconservation.org.uk/about/| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The organisation’s grants are specifically
provided to those who are actively involved
in conservation efforts within England and
Wales. The organisation will support a
variety of initiatives aimed at conserving
biodiversity such as habitat restoration,
species protection, environmental
education programmes, planting of trees,
the preservation of a cultural natural
heritage such as a lake or forest, art,
artifacts or buildings etc.| ||Para 1.38|The trustees act in the charity's best
interests. We are a grant giving body and
make no financial investments.| Policy on social investment including program related investment All Trustees are volunteers Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers None 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|This first period we were focused on
operational issues involving set up,
banking, website etc. In addition we began
exploring suitable recipients for grants. No
grants were made in this first period.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|No grants were made and none expected
in this first period.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|No funds received| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|No investments| none Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|No financial transactions| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No financial transactions| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|No financial transactions| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|No financial transactions| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No financial transactions| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No financial transactions| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|No financial transactions| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|No financial transactions| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|No financial transactions| |Other||No financial transactions| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|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
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are selected based on having a
connection with Cumbria and The North
West. In addition they must subscribe to
the charity’s six values:
**Conserving Biodiversity**
Habitat restoration, species protection,
environmental education.
**Historical Conservation**
The conservation of historically or culturally
significant sites.
**Sustainability**
Sustainable practices that promote the
protection of the environment.
**Cultural Natural Heritage**
Preserving cultural natural heritage, from lakes
and forests to art and architecture.
**Community**
For the benefit, engagement and positive
impact of local communities.
**Supporting Marginalised Groups**
Supporting disadvantaged groups who struggle
to secure mainstream funding.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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|No formal policies or procedures| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|One Trustee is the Chair and the eight
other are trustees| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|None so far| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name:|The Penny Conservation| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charitynumber|1209973| |Charity’s principal address|THE PENNY CONSERVATION
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Jamie Allison|Chair||| ||Caroline Kay|Secretary||| ||John Haley|||| ||Godfrey Owen|||| ||Rob Bowyer|||| ||Emma Underwood|||| ||Jonquil Cook|||| ||Douglas Dale|||| ||David Spiby|Admin||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **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**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**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 behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Jamie Allinson|David Spiby| ||
Chair|Admin| ||27thJanuary 2026|| ||27thJanuary 2026|| **The Penny Conservation** **1209973** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **For the period** 11-Sep-24 **from** 5th April 2025 **To** **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** **to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_||||||||||||||| ||_AR)_|**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and**|**investment sales,**|||||||||||||| |**(see table).**||||||||||||||| |||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||||| |||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||||**-**| ||**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||||**-**| |||||||||||||||| ||**_Total receipts_ **|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||||**-**| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| ||**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|| |||||||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and**|**investment**|||||||||||||| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||| |||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||||| |||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||||| ||**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||||**-**| |||||||||||||||| ||**_Total payments_**|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||||**-**| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**| |**A5 Transfers**|**between funds**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**||||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**||||**-**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 27/01/2026 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
none
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||||||OK| |||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||||**none**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||Date of
approval| |||James Allison||||**22nd Jan 2026**| |||David Spiby||||**22nd Jan 2026**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 27/01/2026 2