Ilereforaslu Wildlife Trugv A Wilder Herefordshire-. Report of tkie Trustees kn'd irtancial State￿e￿t￿. . for the yeat ended 31 March 202a for ' v.'%),14nsA, Prartw applkats￿ W[ha￿tlesprePHrI￿8lheiraQ[vUlll1 in FKcordanL*W¥th:F.e fmaFThI Rokfrt CONTENTS Report of the Tntstees Report of the Independent Auditors Statement of Financial Actiwaties Balance Sheet Cash Flow Statement Notes to the Cash FLOW Statement Notes to the Financial Statements A Wilder Herefordshire - More Nature Everywhere Thty is ihe vis>on staiernèni we dèvelDt*d durin8 this yearas we refreshed our5trategy ambitions ihat are bJ88er and Ix)Ider ihan Ever before To make this a In the Lugg Vauey a neLwork t2f pwJ5 and sLyaP￿ havv reality, our rni5sion Is to lead artion fur naiLkre recovery Iieen creaied beside the river at,JiJr Oak Tree Farm acros5 OUT wiinty. ep.abling arEd harnessing the eneT8y nacure reserve io crpare an aroa af w£rland habltar fur and determination of Iccal communiuesto recover wildlifo. HL)refordshire Wildlife Trust purcha., nature on Earni& In rural area& In and around our Iconic in September2020 following a suc￿￿ful fundraising rivers3Dd In ourtowns too.To achieve ourggal of 30 appeal and ihis year hasseen us transform the 3 perttnT of land prDiectcd a4d [nanag￿d for nature by 3¢rE 5rtE thanks ￿ Funding Frckm NattLinal Highways,. lo￿ we Iwt thÈrÈforÈ ideuiified three 5trategi¢ shifrtr. Lhrou&h their Neiwurkfor NSifU￿ PEO8raD]m Nature rncovery_ Whilst economic political And stxial uncertainty may alp pro55ur@s In Thg shon.rorni in ihe Intsg-ierffl Herefordsh￿￿S futurt I￿e irs pasL isfirrThly rntsted in ensuring boih naiure and wple succeed Our ynemk￿rs, Supporte￿ funde￿ and Partne￿ play a i'ital role in MA￿"nE this the Teality we stri￿￿ fDr. With huge thanks! DEknvpr nature rectyvery atscale throLt8h d*per collaborniions, advlce and servi￿5 Nature actiotL The campa￿1 for the TEcovery of Bartonsham Meadows on the edge of Hereford city cenire wok a hugE step forward. The Cdmpaign began in early 2020 in re5PQtiseto prxjrland managemeni praaices. flood and thL* cllmate trisi* LcKal action from the Fri£n(ts of Bartonsham Meadows Itd io Heref4Jrdshire Wildlife Trust becoming resportsible for rhe management of thp sits and we Signed a lon*trrm lease. for25 March 2023. The restor&tion of the meadows forwlldlife and PLYiplp h£s now begun. Enable a greathr depth and diveT5iry of Eoopleto ke attkjn and campaign boldly Grow and d%vers2fy OUT Income ¥hDJugh providln8 servictrs advice and expErientes Chief ExecutivÉ H¢rfordJhlr¢ Wlldlifv 7kurt Chair Hfftfvrdshlre lfflldllfv7hst With membeTthlp of tho Trust ai an alI.t￿ne high I ai ihe lime of wriLIn￿ the nurnber of people in the counry standing iogeTher for ihe natural world is rkslr48 rapmlly. Lthewixour profi]e has Impro￿￿. with vnder illedla coverdge. de£ision makerb collabotaur.g with s and people acr￿ the cvunry raising theirvOl￿S to domonstraio th*ir slIp￿rt for Herotopjshires wildlifp. This has rL%ulted irt sorne rants￿1C suc¢esses against rhe three pillhrs of our new strategy. Just a few examplos.. Sustalnkngour future_ OurrneMbe￿hlP growth Tale has been the highest of any Wlldlite Trust aL ll.4% for the year. and the 3vera8e age r>f our membershkp conlinues ro gei younBer as fft0￿ familie% and younger adultsjoin us 74191?8 VISION MORE NATURE EVERYWHERE MISSION TO LEAD LOCAL AcrtON FOR NATURE'S RECOVERY GOALS NATURE IN RECOVERY TAKING ACTION FOR NATURE SUSTAINtNG OUR FUTURE L Vian&*èourriÈ'.urE reseAES pn%ui th&y.4rp nch In s￿ld1)fE And 51fdTE81¥311y usour lar.dhoid￿5 LCAmnE¢t P¢opk ia Nai . Embed offKdvo8DwfDantvand 2. Work In pa￿A￿￿hIp 10 crE3re more. biwt wthlerLtnnerttd habitats 2.SuFPOrt IoG31 £rOts￿ and b￿r jnEsses. ko xuonfor nawri 2 ContLryU* to di￿￿rfy fundiftE Si￿&M$￿ llnreKrfftd inÉomo. OBJECTIVES luiidin8 3. tkn*lop An In-Iu5tve ￿rkp1aL￿ frtrail staff and r.Jlunwts 3. DgTP.ttr_Èrryttr re%'_odng, r.atr ￿￿r. delI￿r muliipl@enYJrufjmentaS ben*ftt& and help tsckle ihe cli1r.ate and natyjre pmprkEn£i p￿rnote su5ta51L3ble lar.d use and cI211enge harfftful praciices and Infras[ructu￿ IhaL thrÈateJi n2tUrri5 3. a b)klvr rampaign,'ngvoke and rtelTvtrrpr￿lye acvorhry Reduce niir=BrbDll foo..￿ll￿r and £mb0d5US(a￿db￿ry PraCt￿￿S cognised toimpmpthet*Alth*lldwft&bein8Otvolunteer¥itt ibllc benedts OurFeDpleand wRkdJiteoutTtach Programmosi￿alrnea ht comrnuniiie4£hildETha£entre8, 4dllk8kvwg84wltheTh4derpublk&M￿ut￿ul£uDd1ftS￿Abl*s ￿t￿O￿tra￿#¢t1Vltt￿ *Jdalty dÈprl¥*d cothmunl Corttactwlththt naturaIwoTld4r￿thèjpw￿d4tknor￿ar￿I￿￿&yA1ÉttpO￿*Syfj@t, pJeasuretomanyLwple Rndis well te0)￿￿￿145¢￿ntrlbutkn2uYw￿d#ht￿Ith ar￿ We gAthtr¢owrnrion dataood provideexpeTt•dvI￿ to I￿alA￿borI¢leSandQtbtXS io Tr*Tryst'gnknTe5rnJTrwèII uwdbythtpublk•nd4￿I roU￿r W•areincroaSm8lyabhts to man48e]*ndforth•b•n*&t of wbldlifE mmmu￿￿e5th¥QUgh0urCDT0uhAnCYWfflkpr4ertSs￿ andp•trer¥hlpss¢th•9wl¢h btsrksAnd spe￿*. beoofit of wlldtik ofgr05455 wch ￿the Lorai Nllturi PartnethwTryonaltyin pattnetsh5pwith r&ighbDur5n WildlifeTrLuts Ittd natwn•J]yihrou¥hmErnkrrnbipDf the RuyEI&tWDf w￿dIafr1￿) A year for wildlife _ Highlights from Herefordshire Wildlife Jaml•Auu•l•y Igins th• Trust as CEO following the rètlr•m•nt of H•hn 8t1¢•. Loo41 WHdllf• 8tt• CLWS) •urvry8 undèrway- to Idfrntty and BLPPtyt th• prot•otlJn of vitjl h•b￿at$ •¢ros$the¢)urty. 92 èxisting LWSS surv•y•d wlth 32 naw LWSS approved. Minag•m•nt Plins wrttgn ind g•rf< out to landown•rs to h￿P th￿ mBnig• th•li sp•olal It•s w•n more 8ff9Ctively for wlliJlf•. here are we no analys%s identlfies thr•• 4trat•Ulc shlftsfor thfr Trujt to r•Bpcnd tts th• natur• and ¢llm•t• crl$ls'. 11 Ddlvor natur• i•cov•iy It $cg1• through d•ygr oollbboratlcn$, I￿0• Ind 59NI¢•* ¥ Enabl• a giè•t•r tfv•rnlty of P•0￿• to tak• BctlL)n ind 04mp8￿n b)Idly 3] Growand v•i$lfy our In¢LYn• thrDuoh prtsvldlng AII MMdownatur• rM•rv• opfrnod to publlo. Tli• 14-ior• m•Jdowls $ltu•t•d wlthln th• wond•rfvl, wlldlffv- rlch lendscep• of th• Woothope Dome and li i vlial s￿+ for r•r• w•tl•rd pl•rt6 Landscipinll work to cr•et• w•tland bY(at begins at 04k Tr•• F•rmthanks to lundlng from Neiionil HiufhvJy8 10•40• Ppnd• oJ•ot ccnclud•d wlth ponds aorD$$ th• coun Int•grnt•d irto long- •rm in$ f¢r lJndso•p• r•cov•ry 8nd IhDusend$ of pggpl• b•tt•r ewar• of thls vltllly Imp¢rtant Farm •dvlo• iderrtlfied as a vltal $•rvlcè for th•Trust to uontlnu• to grow Ird d￿lop. eo fBrm vl$its ind 30 r•porti prDvld•d icr05$ tf* y•8r D•v•lopm•nt of dlBlt•l r•caidsand m•p• c pntlnug•, BUPPDrtlng us to 8ulldlnq g•tt•r Opportunltl•• surTYnèr cour$•s. liunoh. On• pirtlciparft Mld,. .1 r￿lIV •ryty mytlm• outdDDf6 Ind l om g•ttlng SD much out of It, I l•arn $?mrthlng nvw•v•ry w••k. It his mnd• m• morg Ini•r9Stpri In th• natur•l world and l ￿nI to (kn mor•,. v￿•1 Information tDr natur•'s r•cov•ry •oio$s th• ¢Dunty •xp•rt•nc•J Trust c•l•brat•B 60th Annlv•f•Arv wlth mu•thin 100 m•rti•rs and Yolunt••rs iolftlng staff and The Wildllfe Trusts. CEO Cra19 Bennett at reception at the Left Ban GIoLL•Stw$hlr•, Worce5tershke Inu H•rnft)rUShir• Wildlrfe Trusts come togetherto officially launch th•S•v•rn Tr•••¢•p••proJ•¢t fundfrd tyth•Trp•s Call lo Actlon Fund N•w H•r•ford R•oovoring Dur Rlv•i> cam n18unoh•d to •nab o th+￿0• of th• Trust's m•mb•rs t) odar•ss th• d•clln• Df ￿r loonl# fv•19 g￿Ing hftTrust a nfrw hLI) In th• clty Poitiv• p•rtngrthlP$ dwfrlD •d - rlaunch Df th• Partn•r&hlp end r•l8tlonshlP WII Farm H•r•furd•hlr• 5tr•ngtMn•d We create three •tt•nuatlon nds It i pilvet• rn•t D•rndJlfr thjnks to Yundlng from th? En￿ronM•rt Ag•noy: Ttt•s• vllll cDntrlbut• to tho conn•ct•d w•tlond hJbltst• In tho IDwor Luog vollty encl r•ttuclng flooding rists for Welllngton VII￿ge B•rton•him M••do￿ lèa$•d fmm Chur omm15s1oner$. cr•8tlnll 8 n•w urban •(*• natup reswvg D•fwd N•tur• Camp•lqn lathch•d to ro$p¢nd toth• Ittick on natur• from th• guv•rnrr•nt Qu••n•wood •nii Bad•nh•m L4k• MaMi•r8ppolrt•d Bnda IDCUS pn brtor •npglngth• publlc Edward Hirf•y QBE appointsd 85 Herefordshire Wlldlrfe Trust Pr•*d•nt N•tur•Actlan N•tsork to $upwrt l•imlng, sharlng ard n•tur• 8CtIDn t*kfr5 shep• B$ W• QFprofflah th• Ipoal •l•¢tlon$ N•tur• Tots S•￿19n• funded by ChllLken In Negd roiult In 10096 of p•rtlelptlng lamllbs bdng mDr• ptyslc&llY acIv• en# $Oylng th choosfr to ploy Dutlrlfr mor• N•tur• Counti wlldllffr r•corcllng latform1gun¢h?$ • data ooll•¢tfrd wlll givg thè Trust b•tt•r und•r$tJndng of y4hich fiora and fauna ar• thrlvlng 01 wh•r• th•y •r• In Herdor Nature Recovery Ftrm foundAilons built with our Wlkler Herefonlshlft Prolert Th]s year Saw the COndu￿￿n of our receni major nature recll￿ry prthiert. Wilder HerefordshiFP. which h&£ l)Èpri IAying the ftsundauons for nature% rocovery acros$ the County The Wilder Herefordshjre project ran froln ￿ August 202110 w March (li¢iiJk8 10 it grani (>f E749500 Irom the Govornllient's Gretn Recovery Challenge Fund. Tho projoas rnain airnwas to provkde the eknenlL￿ foundallL?n foc and act aJ a sprin&board to.the de￿lOpment of Horpfi!rd.4hire5 NaiiJTe R?(overy S(rate￿- a I￿allY requirod plati roj, natiire that llerofordchire ￿￿nCIlI$ responsible for dehvep-ng. Afteryears of Under-in￿S[menL Herpfordshire I￿kS U￿ to dale iiift)rmaiion on Ihe exteni and condition of habitaT> èV￿n for dpsignaied Wlldlife Sttes. OUT ptDjeLt ha5 QFQtarEd wunty wldc. £onnecung the bliic corridor of Lhe Yazer Braok in the heAri of Hereford Clty. Lhrough ihe farmed ndsrApeof ourcounfy ro narure re*.rYp.8. IAcal Wildljfp SitPS and Proiectrd Iand5cap Fr¢uslngoiirnature rerrmry work on three key landsca Our mulri'51fdnd project ha5.. Bviiding froJ these firm fJUnoatiu￿thi5 yeaesworkto reftesh our SPraiegy has resi'liyd fwJsin8 oijr nH(iJre recovery work ty thtv key land>3pos - The LUB8 and Wyo wetland corridors. th(* WoolhO￿ Dome and The Duward. Whythesc.Lraiions=. FsfsTIy. itiey are key ery)lowcally llnrrfjrtani and Jcorllc landscdw for Horeford.thiTW. secondly, the Tru# has as an. established fvoiprint In these area5 ￿1th Lhe poientiDI ror collaborauve partnerships to funher Increase Impad 6Dd18sily. Ihe5e land5cépes are relatively ALressible 10 pe.(>ple Ilvin8 n 14er?ftsrd. Lenmin%re.r and Ro%8 an ly¢ ftLrthersupportin£ us ro enable Foople to connect act and be bold lor natute. Working in parinetship io iEYale more. biEgEr, 'ild*rconrieded habir.ats wirh Partne￿ suc13 85 Ilerofordsl)ji* tounai.. Fami HereFord5hI￿. The WIK¥lland IFurt"." he National Tru5LandThe Duchy Dr Comwall wiu Ee key nexi 51eps re81o￿d.eXhan￿d and ntaied newhabltats ttea￿d newjobs and offered iTrineeships traitled pryiect siaff r05urw Loral W]Idlife ¥athÈred dats tu tefitt@ Ho*fotdshwe's Nature Reco Neiwork map encouraBEd znore people, anda diverso ran8eof people, IQ SUPFQTi nattsres rKoveryb)' enBaEJng and uIiai)￿￿. SLirvi¢o ij) July 2o2J. This WL41 see us aJrtL to proYtdE land managetneni adwce acr055 the cvunw. fociJsinE where Pijsyible on strdlwc cDrrJdorgand tliislèrs to achieve evpn rnarp for v4ildllfe,' foi. exaTnpltr.con51derln8 habitat connecuvliy withÈn rhe farm and surroundJ'nE laTidsrApe enablingspecies to m(we and access resource8$iTrch as food, waieT and 5holter. hupsJlwwwtheiefordsbllvwt.o constslttsncy Altgned io ourfarm adviL* work the Trust a￿artIed £49&902 from theT￿¢¢Call io Ariion Fund todeliver Thé Sevorn 1ree5cape5 PFoje£r in FonneFship w]th GIoucEStershire nd I￿Or￿stershirv Wlldl&fe Trus1& Th￿ projeci IduEiched In Nov?Tnber20n and 15 nthw well iJndprwAy.Wi)th"n8 10 demonsirate thLIL mcreasing wthJdJnd connertivity at rewon41 scale, whether ihrnugh ww(llaThd&. hedgerows, archar(l* asrofnrp.stry anil oiher trpp %y.4iÈmq. cAn wrirk onRside prodLttive JEnoJliural rystem5. work not only malntain producrjviry bul also￿nefi[ bioth'versity as well s Iiplp to raL'klÉ, IhÈ iniphcts of rlimaiÈ eliarige Aiid I li seedsof Improvements for futUTe generations toenjoy. In 202>23 WÈ Und￿rt¢rt)k R¢coverlD8Our Fb"vors OIQRI.è short- terrn PToJecr funded bythe Environmenr Agenrywh5ch r3n Irom Ihe i January 2023 10 rhe 31 x)U its aim io ptDvide tho tTai4in& rnoihodology. data rEctsnalng anil rnAppin required to stari a longer-tern proiEct dUr￿&2M-24. lis part of thi¥ work. ai Deriidale FLirm. dd]L?￿nI 10 ihe Wellin￿On Brook, we have creatrd three lar8e fbod auenuallon Ponds on pn'Jioty ownrfi ftsmLlJniL'fhest wnds htsve btÉn dtgignod to take waier fr£sm the Wellington Brooii durlng h2gh wk flows, sLorir)8 tht bÈforosl()wly releasin8 Lt ￿ck to the brooK Thia has boen a colla￿TatiVe Irlal v￿￿[h rhe landowner who is kecn to 5UPPi)rt [￿Iden[S Ill Elle lif i%,elliiigiiifi dIiJ I.￿J￿(￿ the frffKtsOffl(￿ wonis on homeOwner5.Tho¢r£a￿on of the ponds was cornplotod in March 2023 and the additic>rLal mvr)ey receiwEd throuth thisprOj￿ been used towards landscapin8and fenLin& have ptEv]ously beEn used for cattle graz¥n& !ro7n spring 2018. Herefiird5hire ￿￿EliAb￿r￿ Tru5L Lidvv I'.eeTi respunslble for rnaTwgorneni of the siro. h3ving5ignod a knig-tvrm. 25-yeAr lease. and plan to rL%tort Iht meadows forwddlffe and for people. We lo k forward iv continuinE io work c105ely with Ihe rriends of BJrronsham Meadow5 and Ihe local commiJniry at thjssit CASE STUDY: Meadow enhancement and creation of new wetland habitats at our new Oak Tree Farni Nature Reserve .'JFf W wo hiv[￿ IkjnvJnslr.*￿j hc to crf)nne¢t hath"18ts. generate &gnth.c3nt b"od￿r$￿ ret CASE STUDY: Habitat creation and - enhancement on Yazor Brook in the heart of Hereford city lo n￿[1*01 ptEIl(ve i￿V￿1r￿ ovei Iirri Thunks to NuboJNJl Ilighwvrfs for lundmig thishthitut creab(N wo￿, through th&JVeiM4)rt l(JrNotur LTrr£yiffl?mp Vdunieers have corTtirtueo tovffjtktl￿IeS$1Yto restore and enha￿e the Yazor Brookas ituavds from open cO￿ntryS Ilti riliDok aiid yoiJLh gifjuD%.InFI EincLIUFitTr-,d It￿l-jIn ti) i¥-It ri.ovp ta￿1[11 Jso out Tive.fly svws ancl wa￿T rnonitonng. CASE STUDY: Nature Counts CASE sfuDY.. -l.'IrLilf.-tll' ￿ l)t OPQll W4ltor in Flf.,rLrf'NdrllrE,. VEring Èmund SO acre& Bothnharn t￿y 15 on Conserving Herefordshire's Ice Age Ponds is cle&gnated as a Sile ￿ Special Sc'.entific Inte￿5t and Speual Arpa of Cpr%4evatiai This year￿? hovg. futhpfwo** to In-i[JtLPIL) tIiTr [L'L.￿￿L>d. Ttip li-p AIIF.. I'onrl.., F'irJii)c.I, Vlhiph In".i.Iiinfj 9Q?g ¢iirnwJ I￿ WLI Lll'Jt[IiJ tiJil ID,-AII!wi3oopli, tn roFitiTriir., to visit Ipain ahoiit these t.Is(:In,4tino I'¥i[fri￿lI](. tr:.iluies 'Ihis ptDi£'ct Ms rJk4wptpil by 4p-.Iilnk_11Ship ot lora cnriserv*"?ri Drg8Disabons-. HerefirOs•s* Wildl.felnJsL -1 e￿f￿[d$hth￿ ano Worcestershi￿ E8ffh Hentage Trust anu 1)i71&.,111.I'.I'.bknbi liy Iijriiliiiii by thL) Nubaryol Lottery Hent(pJe Fund. CASE STUDY: CASE STUDY: Farm Herefordshire partnership Bodenham Reedbed project to pollution se(J'm*fit and ph¢)5otste. The Fl"ver5Wye eovering aK¥Jnd SQ acres. Bodertharn Lake tC*day Is a lJerefoitJs*i?tQ PfOfnDtg Natu* Based So ut￿￿$, .n thLS tr39+. Irriprovea m8rnaUtm?nt ol tfoodDi4in habrtats and 011. Ihiniiqh Ihis ptDKJ1:1, wft ti,*r, Wrpil'.￿-Ji1 wttli l jinTrir Id lindDWnP1511) L.rp¥.e =.Iiiil Ipsloip hdbi*-:115. to rTh.4ria i(1 i-. rJfi'.1[.￿rVrA r,(Iils, Jnd li) In)pIL¥￿[)lWIl11f￿, Iik,thly I￿[1 m￿l-]gLI￿1Eflt Is deS￿natel as a S"rte of Soecol Scfenttfic Interest Swi Aroa of Con5pTh3tron. ThLS yparwa hav&furtner wovu to Heretordshire Wlldufè Trust | 11 Nature Action As with our Nature Recovery work. we have also ￿fr*shed and refoEU5ed our stydtegy duTJII8 th￿ yearto¥upport PEgple to takE acrion- developing ari overdrching tramÈwork af "Connert, ACL Be gold". Th]s aJTll5 to cre74 IE o clearioumey for t)tJr membp.r% suptM)rtprn and ?the% as we. work io achieve tho bjg Ètsal of on* in four pooplÈ rakn"n8 a¢tlon fr>r n&)i￿re_ A5 wp UndeEtc0kth￿ strateKy work Ihis year aLw &iwihe conclLtsion of our sufftssful mayjr PEVPrle proJ¢cL Naiure. Nurture. Nouri51L which focused on connLYtiTr8 people to partjupants thrDuEh ovrcourses m susnmer 2072 IndudinE Ouidwr 5kill& OrihaTd Manageineni. Playing Cre31i'Jely and Woodwork As We￿ LS partiapanis loarn&ng sknll& thry built confidence inworklng with othen Each parucipantwas algo suriEioried ￿1[h a dedi;AieÉl Ineniot wli4 a.￿se￿d aiid supptsrtod progress rhTough The courso and wilh thelr nÈxt steps. ALl1Vil￿ lorchildr¢n antl young people Our WlldPlay work rcinnocts children and young wople to I￿[Ure and this year our On￿Lie and exiernaioutrtach has Involv￿ oypr ?LJOLI youn8 ￿.ople IhrouF) schw1& yvuth gEoups Elnd at commurjiry èvents. k>rne Èx2rnples tollow. Connectlngptople to naturt Noture. nurture. nourish Qur N￿lure. Ilurture. Nourish. project beBan in Sumrner 2021 and rarl ufLILI March 2021 ￿th Ihe ajm of LnctEa51n8 nature ronnectednes5 arid weUEethE arrDs5 theTrust for our voliLnieer&The [h￿P key ar*a% of artivlry were volunteeringlsupponiTrg our volunteer nurnters riEe tOOVEr 6ry)1. supwried volunieerinE and tlie provi8ion forTr3inee Re5etve Pffice¥s.The proiecC5 main achievernenis and legacies mdudt. Jn onRoing VolunttrErLoordinatyr. now d￿tab￿se to ￿tter manage volunteer and other dati staff fftkned in LrJluiitÈv.I' iiianaÉèJT)è111. 1131iJ¥*-b3*d pr&riico. And rt&ei-, h4lth-first ￿d. rh& project also crEatEd a wE1lbE￿88ard￿n tILLii Js S1JS1iun￿ IFLfL-.lJ%k, a self-ied i'viuriieer group The 5kJlls nf volunl0ersv￿rQ a150 developed 105upw)n pra41ic.al C0rn5trvation workLg. naturesurveylns Nature Tots ihrotryear NatureToLS prrjJ￿r. fynded by Children in Need ia 5UPPOrt £hLldren under 5 and rheiriareE5 totonnect wilh ndiure ai Dur QueenswcNxI l(Jres1 Scheol site, has LEen Lbmploip.d These %o.ssions wirp. for'farnilies in nep.rt' with over 25 farnihes SiiPPOrted acre.ss Lhe praiect 2nd a wkae ranKe of attiviue5 under(a&en indud1￿. apple Ju2an&campfire makip.g play dough. animal ￿aga, naiure cruwns, trep. d@0)rau0￿ rrtt guaEdun£ and woodland ￿L. The Naiiire Tots sile colltainsan abundantr of 0ppurtu￿lI1es for Imagin3ti¥e play. Èxploration and croaiion %*ltich we encourage Jnd supptrrt childTen to dknco¥Er fOrthe￿SelVeS aiong5Jde Ihe pla[￿ed activities. Adventu￿ Cluband Wildtifv Wotth Groups We have coniinued a wide rangeof acuviue> at QiJepns*rc4J forynung ppp.ple Mih Adventure Club pmviding fnre.£r school acti￿1[[￿S foroverx)O B to U-y@ar Olds durkngthe yettr. SI￿111arIy. VlildlTrle Watch GEViJP5 FU￿ al Qiieenswuod and Ledbury have pruvided a gTeai lange of i?PP¢iriunities to and take action forwldlJfE and SUPPDned 2fj young people and their pareTh￿ and carers during the year 3ulldin9 Betrer op￿TrUn￿ri We conunuea our Bett£*r Opportuniues partneT5Eu"p th Lindau, funtied by the Nauonal L￿t￿ Community FuFid A Tid EumFpèaTI &4'ial Fiiiid Herefa,'dsliirE ILlIlLlliiè Ti Js¢ has offerèd cYJur5esas E￿[ of thisschemé lor f9br ytars s¥1th llLaiRy sbJices5 5tCEJ25 This year w'esupportedovei y) 12 EDablin8 peoplt to Take Aetion for nature WE furtherdev2loFod Durcuiture of'nature action. building re1atl0n)hkF￿ and undertaknng 11stenu￿ exerrises acriis8 ihe county ID Identlfy i￿ueS Lwple wani lo see ddrr￿d anri prarriLal solutions forspacos peoplo want to Improve foT naiiJrE."fhir has been undertaken a5 P¥in of the Nexrdwr Naiure firt".jecl which broiJ81ii LOml)iunitlPS li)gvilier 10 help Trature flourish whemr pfroplo live and work providin8 adN4ce and JUPWrt ko help ￿]dIlre on Iheirdoorstep. In Herel,?r(tshiro, thp prc)iecr is f(KtJ%41'lg on Arw Irfihin LooTninster. BKwyard. South FlereloFd and Ross-on-wye. Thix work ks thJnE led by our Comrnun:Ly OrEaNser. Trary PnTr. who brings 108eihercommiinity groups, chiirchps, srreet$ OT ÈsTat¥s Ihat would like to know more abDUi how thoy ran engage with nature and the w￿d]Ire osweu asexplore rhetr own idea> Nurure Acrion Nerwork Fii)ni (iur Nexi.[.',.!or N3ture networKine, we have begun to build a Naturn ACt￿n Nerwark - a nepATai'k to bringowanisod groups tDgether ￿ share.learn act viith others for rkature acros% the coijnty. Thi% will In iirne incliidebus*npsse% loa. Thè network is currontly In dovÈlopmon'. wirh Ihe aim to have at so memkr5 wI￿n year one of c>peratin¥ Be bold Alon85Jde growing this networLvée have also led collertive acrion rhmugh tho naiirmal Defend Narurp. campai8n and local RecovorinE our Fbvers campatgrL We broughr supporrers iogeiher lora SCr￿n￿% OFBBL Wales Whats Killing Our RiveTS in November ID Hereforfl which was follow?d by a patked communiry rneeitng TO di5cussboth cpTrspayJS in February. CASE SFUDY: Community collaboration in Leominster Ffundredsof OUr￿Jpporter5 hwe emaded th￿r MPsdirerLiy (Ir sent Ljieni o •Dele:IdNdiure PL'5tCdid ￿1￿ wp kept campaJ"8n issues firmly in the sporiwt thrtsLl8h use ol rhe Iriedia. dJ8]ial cornTnunirauorts and in tiittct cO￿rnrJNc3tI0nS lo our members and supporteTr, Ourcomrnunity OrganÈsèrTracy Pr¢e Is conn￿1 o a Dum nii Ips In LpiiThilnrtpi tr￿ I.-fyr.'.irl￿r￿Tr losiÈ¢hLJI ￿lF11jrtiTrg Leominster Iri Bloom, 1tsomiisw Ttyfvn Council oroun(Js tsarn, Age U< an(J Trans.*￿)rn LeoTnln5ter Trwcame trxJ9thgr for th• fi.st bme to provide some new bird boxesftsrthÈ grour￿S Jn Marcll our CEO m*t WSth both Jesse NomLary MP and Sir Bill Wiwn MP lOd￿Ls¥ ourLDtLLtrn5and hcvm we can work lo￿ther t￿AGE M8fi5 and the group5 m•t to rGtall thom li N..IiLFI g0?fj '" tlerefoYd8lthWlldllfe Trurtl :1& . Sustaining our Future £mbeddin8 effertfvo 8ovmsance and bu#in￿l planning Develap an indu51v? workpla¢* fDr all staff and volunteers We have made good prcgress on de￿Oplng0urWOrkp1Z￿ for all,siarting ￿th ihe dE4ElopmerLt of a broaLler and indusive NanaBomont Tèam Ihat is working hard to i￿01ve and listfn Ctt)55 our tLam5. PJywa4r by Jrydunng the year in add..Ison ro ihe kniiijal incredlSe To with rising innaiion and Iho costs of I1￿"ng. We have also rpfr25hed our Leamin8 and Developtnent Qtside. lY)okpd a h4h-qu31iiy EDI pr3Liiiioner ￿nd have niified m.achin8 and acuon leaining as ihar can cor.unue Lo Jupporiour proEessJ&¥iai devekprnÈnt. TFIi5 year hasSee￿ ihp Tr5Js1 rpfTesh lt4g?rfEr￿ar1cE irnpkrnenung a'peoplo Cornm]￿￿￿. io berrpr sUPPOn 5raff and %￿lUnTeers imprvyipg the Elanty of lE5ponsibi￿tIe-. anrt (leri%ie..11 making E)&iweeii B•HYd *fTriJ.41ee%, Flnanre Ctsn)mittgÈ and PÉople Comminpe. ThÈ Bi)ard has gwwn WElcornEt4 four new'lrusie2s and has also n0Enlt￿ted.[ruSree Leadg" io pmvideovèrsighi for key dreès ofwork. for èxaiiiple in tht arta ol HEalth and 5atrery or Furidraisins as well rnthng a kry cL'Trtribuuon Lhe and dehvery oEwork wherg r*lpiani knLI Hpproprlaie. ThpTrus1, for tho fiTSt Ilrn& haE a150 imple.rnentod a 3-year budger development 5UPFortinE burine&s pljnning prvce&s Thi4 will 111)w É* rvviewed oil an annual basi& supporting sound deasioa& Sustaining our Future at Queenswood Autu¥rin ￿22 ￿arKed theend ofthe'Green He&rt UE Hvefr)rdshiro prL,joci rnanae￿ by our QiJeeftsw￿d partners Ne￿ Lear sustainat.le L>evelopment whc. WCFQ fiitlded for thi5 wrjrk by the Natstsn31 Lottery Aeriiage FuJ)d. This projett inyesugaied govgmanc*, ttn?n¢ial and en238ernont of a wider t3n8e of ihecominurnty at our busjest naiiire ￿PTv￿". Queenswiiod Couniry Park and Arb)relum Va?￿able in418hr was gained rhrough IhÈ work of consultar. T{￿OU￿$ ftrr Change Including undL*f*atand￿g whor peDpl> loved 3b<)ut Queens￿,￿d. bHmers io visiungand improvemÉftts ihar could bÈnude. Tliis h3% guidod deeisiE)ns otl ieaTn srriitrijre. Queenswrod attivtiies and EVCP.IS tind oiir fLLture gfdtegry. QUeen&￿00d has atcumulated a financ￿ loss (wer the yeArs which wasexHcett>ated by ash die back works L￿dertaken ￿ 2022 Tho 5LraLe8Y LS rnliigaio iho Ivsse5 Iiy 13kiP.L* Ib.* rijriningolihe Q.ivenh¥ood EalÉ on L Ma￿h and io attracr rngie In￿rne from events heid at the sit Grow and diversify Eunding streamg Refreshingour 5tt01eEY alsoemph351sal the need to grow unre5rricied incame. vihil.4'. 2L%o nonrinuin8 tOgTOW ￿tricted fundJng-To thisond we nave refr￿shed our legacy and major dottor ￿'villg Xrdtegies while biiilcling strateglc mrpornie relaiktinqhlps and Èxpbring ncjvel funding opwirrunitiÈs such a5 habiiar and BiodiverElry Ner Gain wilh our re￿ti￿dE partiieri. We hdve beguri Lo impr¢Jve our n]erIiberS￿p laurri*i and mombor bwcwiffraud/C¥oer-c•rn8". Inueased rEk of d￿.￿ hi?.?rhps, vi[uÉ,-.￿Id rri-Ilw-.IlC'_att-.Ir.k% inrt sophistuted attempts ai nnline fjnancia, crTh? Fls.rng c()sts and Infist￿narY ￿SEJr&S ofLwry¥ materiaLs tteii iesprvi￿￿ Js & .4.1 MJph 2021 wc'io L301, 1.1 ISI m.iirh ildlife Trust's expenditJre. This is be'"owthe bartGm end Kllli[Iilrtii[i-,.-Iiiil wi, Iiilofiij lo builil t￿￿[vL5 lip lo Iliio Miol twfjl the Iiext"p4 ￿l0[￿h 4 R(sK of UK Government poltyto reirivlgcsrate the eciinorny. Plans for future periods nDt jcr.￿ritirl￿ lTri wildllF.'.Inil pnvironmental fictoi% PromAp￿1 2023, fortrD cunhg tbr•• yMrNw•wlll b• lullylmplim•rthi Ihi nlw #raI•0y￿￿ Dpir4llan•l dMlop•d Ihrouoh 202213. Dur d•partm•nts d wtlTrAl•s ar¥ dIGn￿ und•r tho thrm pl1￿¥ ofN•lur• R•tsoviry, N•lur• A¢tlon ind su￿￿nIng our Fuiur••ndw•wlll Bontlnu• d•llv•raginil cur k •at￿l$wIlhI r•np• uf uniulng •nd nw4olMII prol•¢l$ln￿￿dl￿￿ L•unohlnll ourN•lur• Acwan NI￿Orkw￿l￿ ￿11 oann•et Groupi•uoMIM• county, $UPPQrtlnB to take prAGtlcal exerc15e InfluerKetr posfiiv• th•nllo $kll$4nd ￿P￿rI1n¢•. Codmlolng a n•w progr•mrnwYlh Ruril M•dla t)¢nyll•young pl0￿1 D648J ind wppprtltt•m tg d•v•lpp sklllsand knowig#9oaround wll&llf• eonMN•llcn Ind ￿moUn1n1 Ind dlQn•l m•d 8klll1. Ovmloplng Glgar offgTrkn$th>ol$tgcrI4b(rte wtth ui, Issues cMa,lep.ges the Trust to have sufficiont resourc¥8rd IL'puI'.Iliiiiiil ijr InlL4llity of tlic, Tiiist Sudden loss of personntr. or ourI￿ad offtrce LLm)n)UlllL_.ItNin aiid I15yStenis Ndur•R•¢•xry 14ty•Ad•pllo Cllmots ChKtg1 woJ•gt b•qln• 2Q2314 Ind iunilortar••y#ri, In yrtnirthipwllh R•dnQrth￿*￿IId1fflTrU rtanJ Wy• AC*JB. Th• prDl•Ct 4lm$lu crDat• i Mlf-Buil•lnlnp Wy• o•lchtrAnt WMMUn￿lh1t r•oov•r natur or•it• • r•lllinl l•ndicDpg en•bl• IonB-lorm tr•nsforrntllln, C¢nl*u•dwork le R•cLw•rour Hv•rithrouqh prncllul wrJrkCfund•d In 2D2¥4 byEnvIr￿mMI A4￿¢v1, land xlv*• and ￿mPlai0n1nl. IdenUfyk¥fiagshlp natur8t•sefveswh8revAI prtorllw hv•slm•nl lo Inor•Ai• publlc •ngag•m•nl R•Btar4tlDn Dl8•rlonthwn M••dows. Sjrn irnnl fundlnp Is •lrMdyJocurqdfrrthlswllh otrii appllc4lbnipiann•dfor 202314, Impwing Lugg Meadow5 lur k¢yfioodpldn mt•J¢h¥ sp•chiilhrLwgh th• 5p•d11A•cov•ry Programr Bmnl, Conthulngto giwour *did4c• uNl¢•throuDI dedi¥ated 5t8ff and prfects Sth Tr•iscwi Dwdoplnlli mod•lfur n•lur• rKov•ry dsrw wllthrough aontlnu•d dov•kpm•fil uf lh• Wlkt•rN*th•iwrtn•rJhlpprol•¢t, ruE', lllvp15E￿ IJIGI, Lil pit4oc15 •u•l•lthg our Futw• T4￿nD on th• m•nagim•nt of lh• eari aupniwogd pncg th• ourrpnl l•n•n¢y •nds [20 In¢r•4slnll lh• numbff ￿11 ￿0p• of our Vld-far •v•nl•and wDrkth FurtherintsgtsVr@ ourCRM wth ourfinanee 10tr44r•, Xl•dg•r, and communlcfjllonl ￿ft￿rI, MilbhthpandXkndpwwltt7 8r•ath•HR. Slrw ind Co.Opknking, Movlnp ourcuffentdhJtsl)Illng ￿￿rnt0 Going CDncern of T•Jstees c¢nsdered the sts￿$ of theTrtJsi asa golig concem In September 2023. cO￿l￿ering tre2022123 2023124 ana 202412b. Tne Board coDclLkledth81 the Trust rhould be IE'gatded a5 a yLllflU Lf)IlCUn Grow ¢ur Mrp014t• iupport and partnffihlpito t8 at leastU700 in 202314 andlnll kwy Mclors Includlng hou•lng. food •iTrJ hrrfng. Fundraising Herefordshi￿ Wildife Trustoper8tes to high ((JndraisrfiJ STan¢ar#s. We are registereo with lh8 FuYdr8islng R£gu13tor and fo llyw lls Crée of COMp￿l￿t5 'Ne't¥ c?mmitt•d lo excdierrt customer s￿ce and roii'ici I:ori)trion14.-11111 fL.(.d￿-￿..l. iboi.ll IIIL4 way We wi l alw￿ oe deaf. ppen aKI hD*St when etyninunicabng w'th 5UPPOrter5. WE rvspectthdr riv.Ity ariil LDnl*)¢l pr￿cl￿nC0S de811 'n I1￿ w'th ULf CornD.èirFts ProC*du￿. hich we revieweo th￿ year We ttyto resolve complaiqts a5 g￿l￿tIva￿d pffioently a5 PQ55Lblo. arxj in a oeAscna,'. f8irand cc>nfiYe*ti31 visy. W# ha Iprpiv&)d lin fiiiTrTr-.Il r.11￿l￿v￿n1. thiJ yP.?I 11,fk-in1iiig WÈ maintai•ed ¢)ur fdndrasing incume Jast year hy:￿..￿lI1￿ nkiriy of i)11[ rir.tivtrii-'.Tr to.I virtiJ trioili,I, wriil'iri Ji Ii.3Tr1 to pnp.Th4￿7 SUlJ[IlIrtE'Ffi and by ,vTrr¥?Jiiiu fJiipporl Irrm thi.. widpr Iiubl Othisracbvil￿I. L¢ (ui bwIII LIUI SUPPOrteis Ind thp piililii: wp n),ThnIril￿(,d our piosi.ilr,b￿ In the ltsc￿ ￿a$anrt on sctial media platforms. we General ilats ProtectlonRÈgulatlons There hcJVL3 been no I'ntwn InlrnHerfEnts ol i>DPR somesignificant IndivKlual donations &Dcl rjLhiE%CJ￿lenl In the context of thc co* nl Iwiriq le ha￿'e a contract wrtfri Swthwest K'i.'dlife Fundra15ing Lifflited ISWWFI_)to imk7rove our niernbersnip recftjiiment SWWFLcompJyWith apprixiches, and undoe OreSsu￿ tO￿Trate. StrthIFL FiJn¢raising CcKte af Prarb-o ar,d are ro5wnyb". tiir Ili".'Il¥iiJ wrth ri￿11￿nts IL'gardii)11 thr_'I Wo set and mDnitora range of koy performance nd*ath for SWWFL Structure, Governance & Management TheTrust is a comparw liniied ￿l￿u8rante￿. as defned trithe cmpanies Act 2006. The TnJst was regi￿erf as a chafity on co1￿ct detsils fo."atherTrustee& TheTrust a￿5G offers full Eft9i8nd and Wèlès T￿CharIty is managed in act0¥oa￿• wit meebngs tsf staff and TrJsrees year Iiiilh+'4 Iri O¢lobLir 2020.)nil Clrtt&FJr W22 Thg Trustees appotrt a Chwf Eyecubv9 1)fficerto manage the Tn55t i5 govene(J bya 8oard uf Tr￿￿+￿ss. CO￿£￿￿￿9 upto twelve Trustees rneettng noffry8llyf.ve times a ye8r. of staff apd the dekElapment an(5 Implemv)latioTh of polices, [14GM). Th8 Bryard frf TruEts&E has th• orwortp CQ-V.Pt recruiimenl Drccess tD appDinl a CEO. JamieALKlgLVto succeed Heleii Stsce who ￿tre￿ In July 2022 fi.1 casual VaCar￿leS. Twstees may serve a twrn ,JiibiE'Ct ID IE, elpclirill QVC￿1¥ ttiiEE' y&irr Thefe artthree Ci)mm ttees of ihe ￿artt Cover￿ng Financ Acquisibon and Di&pwI of [￿erves. arKJ PeDple. Board elsL rr4intsins a c.oli wwthn Advisory Comm.Itoe Thg Tfust is a membèrof Thè Wtldiie Trusts crwT fèd8rat>orn of 40 indivioual V',dlife Trusts o'o-oioiiiated an(J support•J lyl tre Royal Socw of Wi1dirfe T.wst5 (Chanty number2072581. RSWT -1 itst85 effecbv8 coorclinathan ard couperation acrc￿$ the Iiustees.ilE, the LIIFertOlJ Dt the Iiust ILI[ It1£1 Df the Compani&sAct and ar8tho afficers oFthe Compapy, w'th contrtsl of the Trust. rts Ofopeth ana lunds. The Cnair. Vice C.?airénd Wonorary Officer5 a'e elected at thefvst Board of behakt of all Witdlrfe T￿Sts. giwr%J the Trust a •ational ￿1c￿ a￿1 profi￿, Merrrbers ha￿ tre use of Rs￿,5 brar)Oirg and b8neft Inin i.￿ccE..}E to IL4SDuire5, be51 piacticesand oxpeiienco [* Nc4wTiuitQl".'4 ￿}1¥ (LJLrii￿[,u Iniirily t.hD)uyh,iifvÉrtlJL4nw.n15 J.Ini1 LIKtKifleni-e.3grinfJF d-In.IEIpf' D)Ip escriptirKb and 5kn5Ls gap 8￿rt of the Boord. I riiw 1rU.)tf￿s fvLII¥L )1) niliii*iiill pl￿￿. whicl) Iiicluiks 8 cooy of therru￿ee owsonal spectficatson. t?e Code of CLindurt the term5 and cond tion5 of 5eThoce. tho latost aL*¥Wèccounts. theCharfty> govemlng doLunents' ana References & Adminstrative Details Registefed Compaw number.. 743899 (England ano Wales) R8gistertd Charrt'rf nuTnb8r. 220173 RegIst￿ed Office.. Oueepswoad thr>try P* D￿r￿￿ HPI, L8onThiistpi HR6 C)PY Bw)kErs CAF Ban¢ Lirnitè¢i. PO Sox 289, Wesl Valling, lenL ME19 4TA CoGperats'*E Ban<, 23J St. Aldatre StrieeL Gl(wJcester. GL11RU Sollcltors LamDe Comer LLP. 36n7 8ndge Street Hefeford HR4 9)1 J LI0￿ Ccopw'-LP. SO1￿1t0@ 28 South 5Tr.ree( Leomln*er. Or&fu￿S￿.￿•, HR6 8JB Trustqag Arison mcl.ean Matt Williams DebDie Beaton Jake Bharier Willom Bu..Icugh {iewgned o Octs-Der 20221 Joseph Cde [8pOnted 60cLts2022) Richard Cryw Chairfrtsm S M8n* 20ZI Vlee ChairfTrAn I March 2D22 Lbnd Ayent Petsf knrby, ARICS. sundortarn.ds & Thompsans LLP. Offa '.￿￿.1[e. I le￿h)[￿, I IR12PO Invpstmpnt M¢inagEr CCLA In￿L¥￿t ManagemenL One Angel Lane. London. EC4R s48 Jaccb DO.￿11?9 ,,apwInt￿ o Oi.tober 2022,, Pptpr l-".-jinpi Bèet8 Hèd8way Jlrn Hardy Br￿rI 'Iii-)M HrM.-¥J Jang Seabrook [aWTh'nT￿th 60Gtobw 20 Iiesigned b UctobEI'JQ221 ststutwy Inforrratlon (reggrwl O 0tttcb￿ 20221 nformat'on la5 d8fjned by S8trion 4lQ Dftho Companios .lep; tl-1g1 Ihc Iw:Iio of illyiiudrt Intrjiniaion dnd to csldhlish th.-I Ik4 ch*iittable Chief Exg-utivp Jam* Auds""8 Senlor staff ead of Nature Recovery. .ead of CUmrnun￿atIonS & Fundraoing.. ead of Tinance aio uoefabtsns: Sma11 Company Ex•mptltsn ClaiE Soi FrHYccs Weeks l*Je% Champ orovisions of Part 15 of the Ccfftparles Act 20U6 relatirnp to smal ciimpaiiic's Sènini Slalulory Auolloi sa Weavef FCCA AuElltor5 The audltDrs Thoffle ￿￿￿ery1￿Coun￿ncV Umrted, wlll PIOPL)sed loi Ii'_.WP-iinln*rit atlhe lortliLominu hrinu41 Audltorg ThomE Widgery. Chart8r8d 14cctsuntants. Ststutory Aud'too 2, kfyevale Business Parl ￿Valeway, King's ￿Ere. He￿f0rd R4 7BS ApiiiiJw_,d liy NIlLbl DI Ihr, hD.vil ol tru:,'tL&Oi 011 and siiined fili tt:, boh..)Ir b i A fylcLean- Chair 20 | HeYeford8hlreWlldllfeTru8t Statement of the Trustee's Responsbilities Ihe IfiJ5te&s Iwho also ￿(￿£t015 nl Ihe l.1(4rpltKd5hi(p Wildlif8TTusI Umlled frythe puTJLY￿s cf company iiwl ar8 In so Js the tiijstees Je awjre. Ihpie is no Tel￿￿nI audit IiifDimation olwtilc.h the fiYnc',ai Statgrnpnts in acc?¥ rdance with appiicau.'e on(J Unrted Kirngijom AcCou￿tIr19 Stsndar(is (Unrtotl Kingdom Jl'nc'i)IWAI:Ll'[rtod hccrjulltiiiq Pi.4cticpl -J iW.Jli' ol.irry [￿1[￿-￿[lI ajtht Company requires ttrotru5tees to wvpare knoal ststemwFts for each tnanoal yeaf whicrb give a tpJe and fak Vl￿W of th.e stateof8ftaits rrfthe charitabe company a*d of InLluding thr.. Inc.fjn-o-_Iiid eKpt)TriJkiiio, Frf thp c.h-.￿￿.￿110 r.rI￿lD.-.1nY forthat po?oU. In prepafjno those financial ststgTrèD.ts. the The Tr1151e.VJ J arp, Tr5tJon."4blp IDFlhe riiiiiilon.Inrp and Inteyrty ofthe ￿rpOrats and fnar¢rd.' ntrma*M Indud8d )n th• chai'tabk CGmpanyswebsrte. Legislation In the United financL41 ¢.8tem8nts rroydrtferfrom legis18ton in c+her 5klpcl til IltihK,.4PLDunting polr.195 aniJ thE￿ W￿Y[hpM t)bser¥e thè method5 and prineip105 In thèCh3rity SCJRP.. Audltors The a￿0"tO￿,T7Orne w￿￿￿£t￿nIar￿¥ Limrted, wli I be I lthv whvlhEY.-w[IIiLcih￿ accoiJntinr] *JnrtaDJ5 been lJCJriprJ pla n.ed nthef,r.an¢ial ststements.. prop￿ th&ffinancial ststements on the going cor￿rn h._-ISlJ unlE'JS t Ira In,Ipprnpiiite to P[P51J￿I[. that the l?epiirt Fhth@tIU5tpTr' Iiic.orpor.Itlnq.i rtr.ttEglc ieport, IIIL) LLiII-i￿￿r1Y ,ii.IAlq&. ..￿711 signod 011 thp board's boha diipd015 Dn A WL kg/t Ch. &L- - A Mciean - Cn8 r the finareial positiDn ofthw charitaO.'c compatyano lo ep4ble them to ensure Ihèt the financial stslements carng V4ith the Companie5Act 2006. They aFa.'s0 Tespon5ibletsr tni l-il'ioi] IrA' sotl-lble slc'p:, loithp Dipvk)ntrinri -Iiiil rtot(Jl:.tifjn nl Report of the Independent Auditors to the Trustees of The Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Limited Dpinion We h8ve &￿fte1 tMefjnafjC￿ ststwnents ofTh& HerefoTdshire Wildlife Irusl Limited {the'charitsile company1 forthe ndimdaally or col act￿ly. rw cast Signifieant lln tho .Iccoiinlinu iectstd5. 01 thefinan-ial stste￿ts a￿ not in a9￿ment wththe fora ppric(l of at .east hyp1￿ months fvom wi>en the fi￿1￿..31 StatL'ineritS ￿E￿ILlI1￿[l￿o￿ IfN I'.,JJL' of F.nanylial ￿CtiVIt es, Balance Sheet the Cash F,'tYW Stwpm*)nt and nvte5tnthe fnancial ststernpnts. inclutsing 8'iumm&ry gn fjcarit aCc￿nIsn9 gallCi#S. The financial WIIII Tr.WQLI li) fliiiriii I:DficLbin £ll£, 111 Ilie iokwant R8spDnslbllltlesof trustee9 As pipl.Inr.,d moif_,tiilly In thp t.:ilemffjl ci Iiurtee5' Is apo Icao e L4w an¢J United KingdDm AccoJnting S".arndards [UnitO1i Kingdom Gerier81ty *epted Accounting Pr•ctice). othBrlnfDrrntlDn tlie Lh-_Illt-Ibli' Crfft-ltL￿- '1 Irilthp lJilfllOakiS Dt cliTr-I[L￿- i lawl sponsibleforthe preparation of Ihe ffinanfyai statemeits an(J f¢i- ￿lig satisfied thatthey a +rue and fairviwf. ar￿ fpr In ￿-00In.nnthe finarchil ststeniwt&' Annual Reoott the.than finanp*l ststements our Report of tho Independent DJirtftoF5thcJieon companrfs &ffairs as at 31 Mdrcr 2023 Bl)d of Its Incoming tOenab￿ th.e preparatlL¥n otf nancia1 statemep,ts are free mi¥ titi)n)E￿￿￿, wtiprtlLJI IdLk.. Iii 113LwJ or Éiir I￿ropInIOn onthe fiiancol statenThnts does not i)thr'r11)1oi￿a[I0n iiid. ￿'x[I,pt to IIIP E'Xt(Jnt oln}-JlWISE LxpI1D￿IV -5 Ji)yIDirri Ot ii, have been rKoper1y piepareL1 in &CCLYdance Unrted In Prepanng ttre fjnancial ststur￿￿lS, thetnJstees we IIEIVP lieiJ[l [Il£'DllP.Il 111 arcriftLime wtr.h tlie iequiiertipnt5 Df tie Compani*Act2000. conchjsion theieon In connection wth OUT of thefinancK31 statgrlonts. ¢>Jr Ba515fDr 0￿￿DrI We conducted our audit 8ccordanee Intwn8tKYwl staDoards onAucJ￿na IuK} IIS4s IU¢I and apo.tcatr e Our chiiitjble iii lo ce35è tsperatlDll4, LA tI&lL Iiu iiiliitic Inconsistpnt wth tnefinancial ststeIn￿ts or cur knfjwledge Ourrospon￿ITrrtse8loFth?•ud5t of thefinancSal statemorrts We M.abp bew aopontg(J as auditot5 und9rsectr.on 144 of t Charrti8S Act 20M oid mpJrt In accordance with Ihe Act and relevant regJk3tk)ns m￿e or hawThJ effecL ftsrwjnow. in theAudrtOfS- ￿s1)r)nsIbl￿IeS'orthe audit of the fiNgncial statements sect on ofour ￿port We are IrKlèpenOènt of 1155frdtÈJiJ ItWF. IIIEiritty siJp.h n-i-jteriil lnronsrateiic.ies reou.fern￿ts Ihet afe rel&tsnt to our auoit of the financi31 ststements In the Ul..ncl￿dI￿￿ the FRC'S Ethical Standaro. rd we have fulfil￿ uur Dthe", etriical respDnsi*ilitie5 8ccordance with tnese fequirern￿ts. We beiievelnatihe aL&drt ei.'dence have obtained 55 suf cient and apwoprvdte in the finan¢ al statenwTr￿ treniselws. If, oasea un thp w OLII othectlVÉ15 are tu Iibtiin teayJn,Iblc.. wnetrerthe fjnalcrdl statemeffls as a wh&le a* f￿e fr¢Jm repOrttl￿racl We J.8ve ntsthii)o tc ry)ort in th s tegartt. Matter5 on whlch w• arg rgqulr£clto rppc+rtby oxcgptl) lie notiing to Teocrt li respect of thefollowing matter5 where the Charit'.e5 (Account5 and Repnrt.) Conclu510rn4 rglatirtyto gDir)y ctsThcèrn In auuit.rig ffinancial statemofrt5. wp. iavp wncKJded th* bul is Iiol J IW-.A.ThlL￿c Iliil'_ill ILhllt l.Linduc.tid 111 icLord3Fice wFth ISAS IUKI will a￿a¥S d8tect a n)at8rial missta*.ement the PTeparaticn ofthe financial StateM￿ts isappro￿ale. IncortY5tent In any matorval ￿Spect with the financi eould tya50nati.y bè•xprt8d to infijoncf th8 eewomitt tleci￿on$ of USWStak￿ cfj tre basis of these financ￿81 Based un the wurk we have perforrrted. WÉ have not ￿erItsfied Ihp c.Ii.Iiil.Ihlp ctmtk¥iy h.IrJ not l.'FyI aleq￿lI￿ 22 | Herefordahtre Wlldllfe Trwt 'Ihi& r:Ktent towhicli Nr[IiDLeiYI￿pS dlL. ['_.4[L￿b1& of dc4ecling dL.IiilL'IJ l*liJw sonabty be to have 3 [nat￿81 efFe￿ on tf,e financial &tatgm?nts from ourogièffjl comrnwcro13nd sector wth aLiiJtirp] st￿￿￿1￿. I. 01 eX￿1[￿e. thp tiirthFf IF.'rb-1o￿d noTr- trw1sact￿nS"efaeCted In tAè financial 5181ements, the les5 IkAy tlie InllLlC"nt￿ InThted pioceuuies IpqiJirc"(J try dijiltting slcJniJanJE Fraud aTrJbr•4¢hg5 ofiaw5 ￿ rogLlatlons- abllltyto detect IL,quiif_,d by.,￿1.11 Miij,. wth laws anil i EuiJLalions. Itlontlfyng8nd resptrndlng torisks tsfmaterial mi55tstemer)t due tL>fraud wpcomrnun￿0ted K1enIrf￿ ':aw5and rBgJlatronsthfrsughwt Iynin. nnn di)Ir.r.IIDn oi fi.'IiJil.;_)fi fh4JSI' nily IiivoI,Ic, P.DIILfJllin. for!ic.ry, To Idpntfy r￿￿5 ot HI m15slatF.ImFMt IJUF., IDtkjU￿ I"[r￿lI I￿1 s, I WLJ JS5V.SLid evE'ntS 01 Lon￿111QFFl5 tti4t ciiuld IiiiJii4tL .-iri 1iir£inlNF., 111 PIL'5 Jl.111, lil ciin-lfi-itt Iriiiil or iiirf4111r.,,In iipiw)riiiiiity The poterstial effèc! of those law5 and Thgulatons Gn thè Icial stsierrwts vane5 Gtnsiaerably. complLini-c. thi[iuohiiiJl IIIF.:.Aidrt motenal M￿S￿￿nent We are not responsiJlefor prowbng non-rompli.Thcc' wth dl liws 11)oiII*IDTrs Enqu1￿￿9 oftrusteej, the￿nance commirtee ano r15r*th'on ￿ Dolity drturnentabon 05 tOthec￿•￿tri,s Firstty. the Charily ks subjeat to IBWS and rnguktions that ttimctty Afurthei dey:rptDn of Dui iesp0115bllrtlPs ffjrthp auiltt Df aftert the ￿Tran0a1 statements including financial iewting Inefinancia.. 5tstements ks lO￿t￿l on The Financ'.al Aeporti)u 1ggislat,'Dn. tsxati.- un1ggi51aticn and the Chartkn'esAct,egislatign Counci 5 w*)5ito at w￿.fE.￿rg.U￿l?￿d1tor$re5POnsl￿rrtle5. TliiJ QiiSCllPtIDii foiii)s P="Jrt ol uur Roport ol IliL) IiiQcpi'nflcnt AuJil(ts jc1￿J..]1, si1siji.LtL.￿ N JIL'III'LI I i.iuil Readifiy Injstees, rredngs ctsnmnrttee laticns as part ol our procedures onthe rdated filw￿81 St3t[Iinfil)t Ilpin5 ConsKJorirvJ performancè targoL8fDr m8nwr*nt. Us8 pr trLJr report Th15 rpiiort Is ni_ide ¥J1P￿ to the rompany's tiiisteos, asa ￿dy. in a-cordancewilf Pért 4 of thg Charitiès (Accounts seconJ￿. the Cnarity is subject to m￿Y otwlaw5 and We communicateo fraud risks thrnUg￿Utthe auJlt li￿7￿1 ifii.I i£mcined dlert to aiiy InilioitlDn5 Ot rr,.ith IhiDuNhuut I)a￿a mateyal èflpct on 2rroJrttsor d$sC￿sure¥,,n trièfiAanci ststements, foi In*an¢e thr?ugh tne $Mw￿$1tsTh ol files r)r I￿gatIOn grlhe k)55 of the Chartty's l.cep.5e to opewate W? Identsfied ttsfullowing ¢JrÈ¥s as ￿10&9 most Iikdv ti) hafft sueh an effect. healT.h and safety, anb-bribery, emplo/mept18rt. dats Dpirniltfiil I IV l-)w, WF, 11ri Iiirt -Iri-p[Il rii.74io1l￿l14 [I'.TrPDII.TrihlitytD protsctyon. 8nb-rytnn￿ laundering and 5pecrl-. area5 of olher anyoiiL, rtherln-.lll Ihp clicYIt.-_Ibl- co￿1￿jn¥-lrId Ilip ch,wil.=.Jble 18gislatiCn rocognising th& natJr8 of the c￿.lrrtV.S 8ct.vibes. 145 1 Eyu*pd tri ?iJiJrtlW St￿.1￿,￿￿. tJkinq Iiil0.￿r.c￿ril PmCf_,duie5 lo ,IiliJiLiS5 ri:t of ni.4ri.IgemE'rit (Ivgiriijp ol po.,-ttioii to nkil'p 111-.iPPIODllitp arcnurf(Ino i.rtriE'a uri tli- (y lor the opinio￿$ we Stl:4uhttorw'yil, wiifi IrT)tLyI ciwicmtiiiitt Y1￿ iiii- Iiwljlioi'i kiw8..￿11 Ir_,QLI'.Ilii)n4 tli for an¢ on beh*f ofThome WKJgeryAc¢ountsry ￿mIe￿ Ch3rterptt Ar¢ountsnts StatutoryAutrrtofs Lllu￿1[. to iL* cja .Il"i ..iuditor In leims L* 1912 ottho corn￿niesACt £000 2 Wvpv7lp 8￿nesS Park King5Acrp, H¥rpfprd. HorpfDrdshirF, HR4 7BS O.atE' did not aryadd'tKsnal fraLd i5ks. Wc perfDThe COIIL'spDriOi'i)ce,. rt Iiiy'l Iic'rEfjoic. t 3 Lif&￿11 ol ODI'fdlional [￿q￿l1,1t￿JrI:, coiiriSlJDridpriFb) .In iudil wlll ni)t Ilotprt thdt bie.-Ich risk criteria ccmpaaig the iaep,tthed enirie5 tc supporting docun)entstiun -hese ir('.ud¥i¢ those postea by finance Mar￿9¥￿rtI those posted and appiuved ￿¥the same userl IIIosi' IiO4terf to i.InusiJal.YcoiJnls Ccntgxtof tr79 abllity Lrfth•4udlt t?(ktpctfraudor brnache5 of law or reyul*lDn Nott. ThB rnwnrfftryenKe ￿ i7tryrftyuf￿H*￿ftW¥$hirtrW1O1￿P Itjèntlfyngand responding torisks Df matgrial mlsstatQrnPT)t dL* tonon-compllance wlthlaws and regulatlDn5 rfin ryidrf,Ilipri?jsl Uii-.JvTriII_I￿IP 1151 tK-Itwv rii-.ty riot ti.-iVP deteEtI.d soFriP ni4lwlal misststernents in the financial statements, tThcagh we out tlieJudMnF. docr Ii(rt IliVDtve c.on,..￿Prt￿1l rt Ihp,.. angosttrst hgve ¥JCLxued tijthefin￿ ststemerits slncet We Klenl',fied arEas of ￿￿SarI￿ regulat'onsthat coukl Herefordshlrewlldllfè Tru8t | 23 UIFI Ji.). Ji.S.TJ 31.3.U 31.111 T4*AI 3.55?,145 141,234 JJ45.*J 24U49 166 SM 415.811 17 i• 11.574 154.143 lJl.•g C*h41 501 151,A5 7,19> 14,Q•4 7.195 1.014,414 léa.615 14 T¢i•l 1071 4a1 4.314 .•51 331.149 4410, 4,4bJ.SlZ 856.14 21.)20 ?lJ,745 11.326 IKi)7 11.025 15) 43.351 21J.056 tr)Z 1% I IRJ,W Iwd Y*F tTktsd IL t￿￿ W.271 .) 18J. 11148521 lJ7.1 .JJ• 11J.O56 JI 102J. 125 J,x* 4W.411 J6r. IMJ.413 110.T* year Jl *r(h 2023 31J.ZY a.71 Ji.J, lJ,457 22.JJ9 Ji.s 17.)94 #.• 1IU.IJ61 ,oiJ) l4jrth1￿￿ fixt¢ 411e¢ 12n.J 92.) (knrewl¢lrKr*45EI o.n8 1)7.7QS 19.é171 At31.J. 1•7.oin Herefordsh5rÈWthllfte Tn￿t | 20 tol Ve4r Erthd JI tiarth to Rthir4 In ts UK ot Ivdaffd IFA$ 1021 lenwtlye i ￿1*1.. 101 5twd¥O the Lll Wli ot v*1. rirt by IhE px5ty• Ot L'rnè.. thè c￿9￿0 In thv b•cL¥fe5 io li. 11 4IlW* IIWY n(rt tt* be it¢*%*d. ￿ Ux rrwt•ry y¥wal tv ieqKY 11 L*r¢ J vJifx*rt thii a ifft NIS o•* tr* • Drt•te. •id It been ell￿Med LME theye Lfe agseu I1￿ #t4te ID P tr* therp Co￿*t￿￿5 atrKh•J"A) the ￿ that Ire ￿d* thl LthWtsI 41 LP* Cdr rfip•rt Fwd UTrTestrlc*•d tr(wrqd. tr¢ iieffl. wry a55tItrL••rsw￿*I .J.iJ Ji.J.u T•i¥ 16&.J4& 46.061 46.801 rt51 3B,057 14.361 35.917 I￿.714 Jl.3.lJ Ji.J. Ji.x X9J4 PS.OYg Iiijfj ?7.*41 P4.¥51 )J1J45 Ji w,iei 1.767 21.326 28 | Hereford$ldrÈ Wlldllfe Tru8t 13. .J.u W.IP5 iEJ.J NEf NKO#E ,1 152.•J1 15J.387 I￿,05& p*rf4bir thw.i•¥tp coryary 4pxf lo U4.)i? 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Jl.L21 )i.x Ji.L 11.lYI •,ny .J.zJ 31.k21 11.9 lJ.7 J5.9 ji.xu YAT 110,215 76.416 Jt 3.21 J1_J.12 ji.iu Trrt Jf.J.21 d5 VAT 5.2Y s,&Ji &5JJ.014 J.5D.14> 3,J15.9bJ 7,176 rwfe't .935 ¢X17.4741 49Y.WZ? 1,014.014 It49.2b4 4,050 1•3 Heytfordthtre Wlldllfe Trts8t | 31 Yrar E[*1￿j 31 i*irth ¥ii3 IJ. Gomrai ¢Km) J67.171 •.n5 Itl 14631 114 •.Q6 1.4JKIfjJ 147 J,ffk5J 47U LI•O.Y61 OrthaTd Play Rws or.'Icè Jn 914 375.vjl Frthty I 3A1 1*1 (Jt.oJ•i 219.fj65 ).1 t•JL15n 117.3941 IPJ,MJ) IV,IOJI Im2.4Jl 11.013.7101 io.xvJ 6.101 1101,746) 1fj4,7451 41.14 TOT￿ FUN )2.741 11.gjj 4075 449.113 1.104 110.1611 iJ).i IDI.6ZQI u4,4Ji J2,511 1.411 Ji.>72 261.7• IlO.( 00.3661 117.61T t4,4t• 1166.jfl 69, 4&Q, >J.45 n.g1¥1 47.7rJ t4iJ63 ,6)J Q4.Wl ,4 1,416 )),125 411,115 Iithr 14.•51 .$J4 131.4J7) 1770.109 117,2011 Iy.13I 10T￿ FUND5 18) 5.150 kn Ii•*lJ 1.147 J.14• Jb7 IS57.￿ I xs.IAYJ I? 125.1671 110.175 Tor￿ 32 | Hereford8hbe WSldllf¢ Trust Fkn tlry tr• LlO.0rftr 1102Z. [11,Jtr)l Tvwt Ayo fTCn Ih E1V.051 fZQI.. TrI.BZJL 7* l￿￿t ioiswf aF tl1.la2 IIWII. L17.Qd ya)ts thi l* r￿¢5￿¥ w rrwy Virt Thv¢hMlty1bh￿y(OoVthé bNth•TIty Joknt 99 ypat l¢Y pa￿ L* ira￿t￿lS t'rjm CDmi. At th* ol IWT PL￿￿ tho ￿¢• RrfA(t*d pfvts thlt &Tt It th• itt t%￿ed tD fLrt*r rnoy bE to tprfni ol r.•lrnv dthdt ts hixKlai )w, i restrtct 15T.151 1ts7.1511 (47.7ni Herefordth Wlldufe Trnst | 33 Our corporate supporters ltt •r• prDudtowork In wrtn•r•hlpwY