## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/01/2023 Period start date To 31/12/2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Thornham United Charities** **Charity registration number:** 207452 (Fuel Allotment) ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide relief for the poor of the**
**Parish of Thornham and, once this is**
**met, for the general benefit of the Parish**
**of Thornham**| |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|**The main activities are:**
**1.providing assistance to villagers in**
**need**
**2.provision of amenities if 1 above is not**
**required**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**In planning our activities for the year,we**
**kept in mind the Charity Commission’s**
**guidance on public benefit at our**
**Trustee meetings.**| ## **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|**Conversion of a 17.5 acre field from**
**agricultural usage into a wildflower**
**meadow, orchard and other types of**
**biodiversity for the use and enjoyment**
**by the village. This required us to obtain**
**grants and donations throughout the**
**year, as well as designing and carrying**
**out the necessary alterations.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Charity’s financial position at the**
**end of the financial period is robust with**
**an adequate level of reserves.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**To maintain adequate financial reserves**
**in order to meet the needs of the**
**organisation and ensure that the core**
**activities could continue during a period**
**of unforeseen difficulty.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£40,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |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**| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |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 set up by the Enclosure Act**
**1797, updated in 2009**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated association**| |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 appointed in line with the**
**Governing Document**| ## **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|Thornham United Charities| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Fuel Allotment/Walterson’s Charity/Hogge Charity| |Registered charity number|207452,207453,212884,| |Charity’s principal address|Greenacre
Thornham Rd
Holme next Sea
PE36 6LR| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Patricia Hewitt|Chairman||| ||John Warham|Secretary||| ||Ian Barrett|Treasurer||| ||Colin Venes||30thMarch 2023|| ||Robert Goddard||21stSeptember 2023|| ||Rachel Dines||1stJanuary to 30thMarch
2023|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** John Joseph Warham **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc)** **Date** 12[th] May 2024 **Charity Name No (if any) Thornham United Charities Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1st January 2023 31st December 2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
Rent from Land
**1,375**
Interest
**298**
Greants re Jubilee Meadow
**-**
Donations
**-**
Gift Aid
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,673**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 1,673**
**A3 Payments**
Titchwell Charities
**458**
Insurances
**969**
Subscriptions
**50**
IT & Website
**-**
Jubilee Meadow Costs
**-**
Legal &professional
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 1,477**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 1,477**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 196**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**494**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**9,778**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 10,468**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**500**
**-**
**19,837**
**44,321**
**4,759**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**69,417**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**69,417**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,018**
**40,830**
**3,402**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,250**
**24,167**
**- 494**
**-**
**23,673**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,875**
**298**
**19,837**
**44,321**
**4,759**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,090**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,090**
**458**
**969**
**50**
**1,018**
**40,830**
**3,402**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**46,727**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**46,727**
**24,363**
**-**
**9,778**
**34,141**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**2,309**| |||||**227**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**2,536**| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**2,536**| |||||| |||||**458**| |||||**759**| |||||**510**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**1,727**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**1,727**| |||||| ||**24,167**|**-**|**24,363**|**809**| ||**- 494**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**9,778**|**8,969**| ||**23,673**|**-**|**34,141**|**9,778**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Barclays Bank
**Details**
COIF - Income Units
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**10,468**
**26,673**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,468**
**26,673**
OK
Agreement Error
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**8,271**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
JJ Warham
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**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||JJ Warham|12th May2024| |||||