
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1[st] April 2024  Period start date   To 31[st] March 2025 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: THE GREEN, FLAGG** 

## **Charity registration number: 235328** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide affordable accommodation in**<br>**the Derbyshire Peak District**<br>**To benefit the village of Flagg**<br>**To encourage Unitarian young people to**<br>**enjoy outdoor activities**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Maintain a camping Barn for the use of**<br>**adults and young people through the**<br>**summer season**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**Confirmed**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**2 small grants were made this year**<br>**totalling £2000**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Busy summer season of bookings at The**<br>**Barn including Unitarian youth weekends**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is making a healthy surplus**<br>**to allow Trustees to reinvest in**<br>**maintaining the property for future years**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**reserves being held in case of a major**<br>**repair needed to the property**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£46.1k**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **Rental fees received for The Green and The Barn** The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted **Serious damage or repair needed to either of the buildings on the property** A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other 



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**unincorporated**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees selected from amongst property**<br>**users who agree with the purposes of the**<br>**charity. British and Foreign Unitarian**<br>**Association is a holding Trustee**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Green, Flagg|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|377481403609000|
|Charity’s principal address|The Barn, Back Lane East, Mawdesley L40 3TA|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Helen Mason|Chair|||
||Mark Ruston|Vice Chair|||
||Scott Hermiston|Treasurer|||
||Patricia Ashworth|BookingSecretary|||
||Adrian Howarth||||
||Hazel Warhurst||||
||Mark Johnson||||
||Richard O’Brien||||
||Stuart Ashworth||||
||Alan Dawson||||
||Tom Needham||||
||John Hewerdine||||
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– 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**||
|---|---|---|
|**British and Foreign**<br>**Unitarian Association**|||
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## **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** 

|**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**|**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**|**charity’s trustees**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Signature(s)**Helen Mason<br>**Full name(s)**Helen Mason<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>Chair<br>**Date**7thJanuary 2026||Helen Mason||
|||Helen Mason||
||<br>Chair|||
||7thJanuary 2026|||
||7thJanuary 2026|||





CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to Ihe trustees
The Green, Flagg
On accounts for the year
ended
31 March 2025
Charity no
(if any)
235328
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of th8 above
charity {Ihe Trust'l for the year ended 3110312025.
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
('Ihe Acf).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's aGcounts carried out
under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145151(b) of the Act.
Independent The charity's gross income exceeded £25,000 and l am qualified to
examlner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of Association of
Accounting Technicians.
I hav8 completed my 6xamination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe thal in, any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirernents
conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulats'ons 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
Considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attenlion should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date".
Name:
Graham Bennett
Relevant professional
qualfflcation(s) or body
(if any):
MAAT- FTA
IER
Oct 2018

Address:
CBM Accountanls Limited
130 Boumemouth Road, Chandlers Ford,
Eastleigh. S053 3AL
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight malerial matters of concern
(see CC32. Independent examination of ¢harity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brlef details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018

THE GREEN, FLAGG
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Charty No. 235328
G¢neral Fund
INCOME
The Green
2024125
2023124
22.740.00 21,740.00
25.00
7.033.08
653.00
194.16
2022123
21.540.00
1.677.15
7,777.50
2021122
21,540.00
745.40
8,790.68
Rent
Donations-108n r8paym8nts
Fees
Electricity
Trustees
Rent
The Bam
5,500.43
802.00
364.32
697.65
470.50
The Fields
CAF Cash Interest
CAF Gold Interest
TOTAL
15.81
23.25
1,014.30
666.43
30.436.86 30 334.92
171.93
31,864.23
1.76
31.548.34
EXPENDITURE
The Green
Insurance
Maintsnance
Management fees
Council Tax
Electricity
Loan interest
Asset deprecAation
Insurance
Maintenance
Electriiity
Water
Website
Donalions
598.18
14,615.67
3.274.56
S63.83
5,104.80
3,210.56
558.57
8,881.60
3.101.76
1,007.56
1,700.00
3,101.76
1.526.99
3,839.86
534.27
4,521.32
596.37
286.66
1,155.78
6,000.02
Thg Bam
596.60
4,540.91
1,390.04
195.00
187.06
2,000.00
62.25
S72.00
581.31
2.881.81
1.143.81
441.45
196.62
3,000.00
62.25
1.693.78
239.72
172.78
2,(K)O.00
58.35
CAF account fees
Audit ol accounts
Annual General Meeting I se￿iCe
Opening I Closing
TOTAL
98.00
90.00
1&259.40
28,432.27 17,186.44
25,905.75
SUMMARY
Net In￿me for the Year
2,004.59 13.148.48
5.958.48
16,288.94
Gain l Loss in investment valuatlon
TOTAL
3,253.79
2,625.55
5.258.38 15.774.03
981.70
602.60
6.940.18 16.691.54
Balanco Sh88t al 31st March 2025
Fixod Assèts
Propety Improvements
(0.001
3,839.86
BLK CharfJes UK Equlty Fund
46,128.77 42,874.98 40,249.43
39,267.73
Current Assets
CAF Cash Account balance
CAF Gold Account balance
7,793.73
6.803.44
43.414.44 42.400.14
9,321.39
26.733.71
18,534.84
11,S61.78
Outstanding amount on loans
0.00 (3,839.86)
TOTAL
97,336.94 92,078.56
76.304.53
69.364.35
General Fund
Balance brought forward
5urpluslldefiutl fry the year
92.078.56 76.304.53
5.258.38 15.774.03
69,364.35
6,940.18
50,933.20
18,431.15
Balance ￿ryled forward
97,336.94 92.078.56
76,304.53
69,364.35

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to Ihe trustees
The Green, Flagg
On accounts for the year
ended
31 March 2025
Charity no
(if any)
235328
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of th8 above
charity {Ihe Trust'l for the year ended 3110312025.
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
('Ihe Acf).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's aGcounts carried out
under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145151(b) of the Act.
Independent The charity's gross income exceeded £25,000 and l am qualified to
examlner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of Association of
Accounting Technicians.
I hav8 completed my 6xamination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe thal in, any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirernents
conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulats'ons 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
Considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attenlion should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date".
Name:
Graham Bennett
Relevant professional
qualfflcation(s) or body
(if any):
MAAT- FTA
IER
Oct 2018

Address:
CBM Accountanls Limited
130 Boumemouth Road, Chandlers Ford,
Eastleigh. S053 3AL
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight malerial matters of concern
(see CC32. Independent examination of ¢harity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brlef details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018

THE GREEN, FLAGG
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Charty No. 235328
G¢neral Fund
INCOME
The Green
2024125
2023124
22.740.00 21,740.00
25.00
7.033.08
653.00
194.16
2022123
21.540.00
1.677.15
7,777.50
2021122
21,540.00
745.40
8,790.68
Rent
Donations-108n r8paym8nts
Fees
Electricity
Trustees
Rent
The Bam
5,500.43
802.00
364.32
697.65
470.50
The Fields
CAF Cash Interest
CAF Gold Interest
TOTAL
15.81
23.25
1,014.30
666.43
30.436.86 30 334.92
171.93
31,864.23
1.76
31.548.34
EXPENDITURE
The Green
Insurance
Maintsnance
Management fees
Council Tax
Electricity
Loan interest
Asset deprecAation
Insurance
Maintenance
Electriiity
Water
Website
Donalions
598.18
14,615.67
3.274.56
S63.83
5,104.80
3,210.56
558.57
8,881.60
3.101.76
1,007.56
1,700.00
3,101.76
1.526.99
3,839.86
534.27
4,521.32
596.37
286.66
1,155.78
6,000.02
Thg Bam
596.60
4,540.91
1,390.04
195.00
187.06
2,000.00
62.25
S72.00
581.31
2.881.81
1.143.81
441.45
196.62
3,000.00
62.25
1.693.78
239.72
172.78
2,(K)O.00
58.35
CAF account fees
Audit ol accounts
Annual General Meeting I se￿iCe
Opening I Closing
TOTAL
98.00
90.00
1&259.40
28,432.27 17,186.44
25,905.75
SUMMARY
Net In￿me for the Year
2,004.59 13.148.48
5.958.48
16,288.94
Gain l Loss in investment valuatlon
TOTAL
3,253.79
2,625.55
5.258.38 15.774.03
981.70
602.60
6.940.18 16.691.54
Balanco Sh88t al 31st March 2025
Fixod Assèts
Propety Improvements
(0.001
3,839.86
BLK CharfJes UK Equlty Fund
46,128.77 42,874.98 40,249.43
39,267.73
Current Assets
CAF Cash Account balance
CAF Gold Account balance
7,793.73
6.803.44
43.414.44 42.400.14
9,321.39
26.733.71
18,534.84
11,S61.78
Outstanding amount on loans
0.00 (3,839.86)
TOTAL
97,336.94 92,078.56
76.304.53
69.364.35
General Fund
Balance brought forward
5urpluslldefiutl fry the year
92.078.56 76.304.53
5.258.38 15.774.03
69,364.35
6,940.18
50,933.20
18,431.15
Balance ￿ryled forward
97,336.94 92.078.56
76,304.53
69,364.35