## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/01/2023 Period start date To 31/12/2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: The Eleemosynary Charity of William Field** ## **Charity registration number: 254219** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The relief of residents in need, hardship**
**or distress in the ecclesiastical parish of**
**Stotfold and Fairfield.**| |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|**Grants made to organisations and**
**individuals to alleviate need, provide**
**services and facilities, including the**
**provision of allotments for the use of the**
**local community,**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees had due regard to the**
**Charity Commission’s guidance.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Regarding investments – the Charity**
**invests with CCLA, and the main**
**investment is in their Ethical Fund.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Trustees and Clerk are all 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|**In 2023 the Charity’s grants have been**
**paid to Organisations to benefit the**
**community: - Stotfold Bowls Club for**
**added security; supplies and activities**
**for a Youth Club and Stotfold Library;**
**funds towards the cost of transport for**
**the local Need Project; Educational**
**grants for University and Further**
**Education students and a contribution**
**towards the refurbishment of a building**
**to be used for community leisure**
**activities.**
**All necessary maintenance work was**
**carried out at the allotments to provide a**
**safe and workable environment for the**
**plot holders.**| ## **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|**Balance sheets attached.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhy they areheld|Para 1.22|**The main investment is held to provide**
**income to cover the charity’s objectives.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**We hold our main investment intact and**
**also a Reserve account held in an**
**Accumulate fund.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**| |**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|**Investment interest and allotment rents.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**To maintain investments to provide**
**adequate level of income.**| |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|**Trust deed/scheme.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**| |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 by Stotfold Parish**
**Church and Stotfold Town Council.**| **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|**The charity works with Stotfold Town**
**Council, who administer the allotments. A**
**report is given to the Annual Town**
**Meeting. Their administrator reports to**
**the charity at Committee meetings**
**regarding the allotment issues.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Eleemosynary Charity of William Field| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|254219| |Charity’s principal address|17 Pix Road, Stotfold, Hitchin, Herts SG5 4HY| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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