## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2025 Period start date To 31/01/2025 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 objective of the charity is 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
identifiedinthe accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Grants are 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|**Affirmative.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grants must benefit the residents of**
**Stotfold and/or Fairfield.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Trustees take due regard of social**
**governance and ethical investments.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Trustees and the Clerk volunteers**
**give their time**| |||n/a| ## **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|**During 2025, grants were made to schools:- a**
**contribution towards a specially adapted**
**mini-bus for students with special needs for**
**school trips and a contribution towards a**
**performance lighting system for GCSE**
**students, for Stotfold Scout Group picnic**
**tables and a large event shelter for summer**
**camp, to replace an unsafe junior all-weather**
**strip at Fairfield Cricket Club, to pay the rent**
**for a venue for local teenagers to meet,**
**purchase of tables and trolley for a**
**community events hall, craft and activity**
**supplies for Stotfold Library, to our local**
**Need Project to purchase food for the parcels**
**delivered to families; for the local bowls club**
**an attachment to the lawnmower to keep the**
**green healthy and a contribution towards the**
**educational grants for students entering**
**further education. .**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Objective – to improve the quality of life**
**for local residents - achieved.**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Satisfactory**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity’s financial situation is secure.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhy they areheld|Para 1.22|**£10K is always held in reserve in case of**
**necessary expenditure at the allotments.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£10,000**| |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|**The majority of our capital is held in**
**CCLA and the charity’s income consists**
**of interest on our funds and allotment**
**rents.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Our capital with the CCLA is in an ethical**
**investment fund. Trustees take due**
**regard of social governance and ethical**
**investments.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |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|**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|**Two trustees are appointed by Stotfold**
**Town Council. Stotfold Parish Church**
**Parochial Church Council appoints the**
**Vicar and Churchwardens as the other**
**Trustees.**| |**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 Trustee Eligibility form is noted.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity works with Stotfold Town**
**Council.**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Stotfold Town Council administer the**
**allotments.**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|TheEleemosynary 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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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mrs. E.J. Hyde|Chairman||Stotfold Town Council| ||Mr. S.W. Hayes|Vice-Chairman||Stotfold Town Council| ||Rev’d W.T. Britt|Trustee||Stotfold Parish Church
P.C.C.| ||Mrs. J. Bennett|Trustee||Stotfold Parish Church
P.C.C.| ||Mr. P.J.P. Harris|Trustee||Stotfold Parish Church
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