## **Hyde War Memorial Trust** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023** ## **Charity name: Hyde War Memorial Trust Charity registration number: 228670** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To administer Trust land and other assets
for the health and well-being of the
community.
To look after the World War 1 memorial
standing in a prominent position on Trust
land.
To hold memorial services each year on the
Sundays nearest Peace Day and Armistice
Day.| |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|To maintain the Cenotaph.
To jointly manage Werneth Low Country
Park with Tameside Metropolitan Borough
Council (TMBC) for the benefit of the
people of Hyde (and surrounding areas)
To hold two memorial services every year.
To engage with the local community and
generate income by utilising Lower Higham
Visitor Centre (Visitor Centre) and other
assets.
The ground floor of the Visitor Centre is
used for:
•
Explorer Cadets (pre-school
environment themed activities)
•
Dementia Walks (local walking
group end walks at the Visitor
Centre)
•
Café 710 – community café run by
trustees and volunteers and open
on Sundays. Hosts Duke of
Edinburgh volunteers.| |||•
Regular events for the Country Park
volunteers
•
To educate visitors and local
community about the different
countryside environments in the
Country Park through social media,
local noticeboards and events.
•
To hold one-events in partnership
with TMBC targeted at low-income
families in school holidays.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have each received a copy of the
guidance and contents have been
discussed at Trustee Board.| ## **Additional information** |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Greenspace volunteers, managed by a
Tameside Council ‘Greenspace Officer’
spend one day each week working in the
Country Park. Duties include planting,
pruning, tidying, path and fence
maintenance, dry stone walling and
endless countryside duties.
Trustees and community volunteers run the
Café 710 on Sundays.
All trustees are 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|The attached report “Trustee Annual
Report 2022 2023’ was presented to the
Annual General Meeting on 26 October
2023 at Werneth Low Golf Club.
This was a public meeting held in
accordance with the Trust’s governance
framework.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The Trustee Board has agreed key
objectives for the 2023/2024.
A copy of these is attached.| |---|---|---| |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 Trust is in a healthy financial position.
Income exceeds expenditure and it holds
healthy reserves.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held in anticipation of
maintenance and improvement of the
Cenotaph, Visitor Centre and Country
Park.
A full structural survey in August 2022
(report available if required) identified
maintenance work required over the next 5
years. This was estimated, then, to cost
around £120k.
Our plan is to enhance the property at the
same time this work is completed. For
example, to fit heritage windows and doors
and enhance the interior. This estimated
expenditure is likely to increase.
Our Land & Estate Group will oversee this
project and we have suitably experienced
and qualified advisers for this work.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Approximately £323,000| |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|**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|Rental income from:
•
Farm business tenancy
•
Golf Club land rent
•
Private property land leases
•
Community café income
•
Interest from investments| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|We have an annual review of our
investment portfolio with the fund manager.
In 2023 we requested that our assets be
transferred into ESG compliant funds.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|•
Godley Green Garden development
– 2400 houses proposed adjacent
green belt land in next decade.
Timescale is uncertain but planning
approval has been granted. This is
also an opportunity.
•
Tameside withdrawing support for
joint management agreed –
probability very low| |Other||| ## **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|Unincorporated| |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|•
Individuals nominated by community
groups
•
3 elected representatives – allowed
to self-nominate before AGM with
voting (if necessary).| ## **Additional information** |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|•
Induction training – a one to one
session working through an overview of
the history, working arrangements and
financial policies and procedures at the
Trust
•
The essential trustee – online training
•
Safeguarding training – online training| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Trustee Board
4 x Sub-Groups
•
Governance & Finance
•
Land & Estate
•
Events
•
Café
Joint Management Committee – Chair
rotates between Trust and Local Authority.
Committee includes 5 Trustees and
representatives from Local Authority.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Joint Management Committee for the
management of the Werneth Low Country
Park. The Park comprises 200 acres; 150
owned by the Trust and 50 owned by the
local authority, Tameside Metropolitan
Trust.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Hyde War Memorial Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|228670| |Charity’s principal address|Lower Higham Visitor Centre
Higham Lane
Gee Cross
SK14 5LR| ||| **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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||BettyAffleck|||Tameside Council| ||Peter Ainger|||Hyde United FC| ||ShibleyAlam|||Tameside Council| ||John Bell|Treasurer||Gee Cross CommunityCentre| ||Phil Chadwick|||Tameside Council| ||Jane Durkin|Chair||HolyTrinityChurch| ||Richard Ekin|||Scouts Association| ||Susan Ellis|Secretary||Gee Cross Neighbourhood Watch| ||Margaret Halliday|||| ||Susan Plackett|||Brabyns GX Neighbourhood Group| ||Andrew Richardson|||POP culture centre| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **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**||| |**Financial**|Ian Wicks|Scott, Roberts Taylor Accountants, Hyde| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **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**||| |---|---|---| ||Jane Durkin|Susan Ellis| ||
CHAIR|SECRETARY| ||6 JUNE 2024
6 JUNE 2024|| ||6 JUNE 2024|| ||**No (if any)**
**Hyde War Memorial Trust**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/04/2022
31/03/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**228670**
~~rr~~|**No (if any)**
**Hyde War Memorial Trust**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/04/2022
31/03/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**228670**
~~rr~~|**No (if any)**
**Hyde War Memorial Trust**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/04/2022
31/03/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**228670**
~~rr~~|**No (if any)**
**Hyde War Memorial Trust**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/04/2022
31/03/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**228670**
~~rr~~|**No (if any)**
**Hyde War Memorial Trust**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/04/2022
31/03/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**228670**
~~rr~~|**No (if any)**
**Hyde War Memorial Trust**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/04/2022
31/03/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**228670**
~~rr~~|**No (if any)**
**Hyde War Memorial Trust**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/04/2022
31/03/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**228670**
~~rr~~|**No (if any)**
**Hyde War Memorial Trust**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/04/2022
31/03/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**228670**
~~rr~~|**No (if any)**
**Hyde War Memorial Trust**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/04/2022
31/03/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**228670**
~~rr~~|**No (if any)**
**Hyde War Memorial Trust**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/04/2022
31/03/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**228670**
~~rr~~|**No (if any)**
**Hyde War Memorial Trust**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/04/2022
31/03/2023
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**228670**
~~rr~~|~~-~~|**CC16a**
~~-~~| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**|**Total funds**||**Last year**| |||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**| ||**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||| ||Ground Rent|**8,502**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**8**|**8,502**||**-**| ||Flat Rent|**10,740**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**10**|**10,740**||**-**| ||Interest received|**960**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**960**|**960**||**-**| ||Donations|**2,366**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**2**|**2,366**||**-**| ||Equity Investment Income|**3,212**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**3**|**3,212**||**-**| ||Café Income|**8,631**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**8**|**8,631**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**- -**|**- -**|**- -**|**- -**| |||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_**34,412**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**34,412**|**34,412**||**-**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**34,412**
**-**
**-**
**34,412**
**-**
~~——————~~|||||||||||||| ||**A3 Payments**||||||||||||| ||Café Expenditure|**4,037**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**4**|**4,037**||**-**| ||Plus Net|**449**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**449**|**449**||**-**| ||Insurance|**81**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**81**|**81**||**-**| ||Legal fees|**720**||||||||**720**|**720**||**-**| ||PC Paramedics|**487**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**487**|**487**||**-**| ||Gas SafetyCertificate|**275**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**275**|**275**||**-**| ||Repairs and Maintenance Contracts|**905**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**905**|**905**||**-**| ||Peace DayCosts|**78**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**78**|**78**||**-**| ||Miscellaneous Costs|**107**||||||||**107**|**107**||**-**| ||Ancestrycosts|**256**||||||||**256**|**256**||**-**| ||Rental Costs|**1,200**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**1**|**1,200**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_ **|**8,594**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**8,594**|**8,594**||**-**| **No (if any) 228670 ts and payments accounts CC16a** 01/04/2022 31/03/2023 **To** ~~-~~ |**_Sub total_ 8,594**
**-**
**-**
**8,594**
**-**| |---| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
Coffee machine
**2,100**
**-**
**-**
**2,100**
Card Tabley
**244**
**-**
**-**
**244**
**_Sub total_**
**2,344**
**-**
**-**
**2,344**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**10,938**
**-**
**-**
**10,938**
**-**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**23,473**
**-**
**-**
**23,473**
**-**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**137,094**
**- -**
**137,094**
**137,094**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**160,567**
**-**
**- 160,567**
**137,094**
~~——————~~
~~————=—~~| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 27/01/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|CASH ACCOUNT
BANK
INVESTMENTS
**Details**
Equity investment
Equity investment
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
BANK ACCOUNTS
**Details**
**Details**
Coffee Machine
Card Tablet
Property and Ground Rents
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**56,001**
**3,107**
**97,470**
**156,578**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Restricted
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**3,989**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,989**
Agreement Error
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**313,660**
**9,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**2,100**
**244**
**67,032**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signature Print Name Date of approval Jane Durkin Jane Durkin Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 28.5.24 ~~27/01/2025~~ CCXX R2 accounts (SS) ~~2~~ ||John Bell||John Bell||28.5.24| |---|---|---|---|---|---| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 27/01/2025 3 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report R•port to the trustoesl members of Hyde War Memorial Trust (Lower Higham Farml On accounts for the year endod 31 March 2023 Charlty no (If any) 228670 Set out on pages 1and2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chartty (Yhe Trusf) for the year ended 3110312023. Rosponsibilitlos and As the chaTity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounls in accordance with the requir8m8nts of th8 Charities Act 2011 (Yhe Acf). I rgport in respect of my examinalion of the Trust's Receipts and Payments accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying oul my examination, I have followed the applicablg Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confim) that no mat8rial matters hav8 come to my attention in connection with the èxamination wh￿h gives me cause to believe that in, any matarial reswct: Independent examiner's statement accounting records w￿re not kept in accordance with section 130 of th8 Act or the accounts do not accord with th8 accounting records I have no concems and have come across no 0th8r matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enabla a proper understanding of the accvunts to be reathed. Signed: Date: Name: lan David Wicks FCCA Relevanl professlonal qualification{s) or body (ff any): Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Address: clo Scott Roberts Taylor & Co Central Buildings, 5-7 Corporation Street Hyde. Cheshire. SK14 1AG IER October 2018