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2023-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01/01/2023 Period start date To 31/12/2023 Period end date Charity name: North Devon Environmental Trust

Charity registration number: 296707

Objectives and Activities

SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document		 Para 1.17 To re-connect and engage local people and
visitors with nature and heritage around
Braunton and across North Devon, by
increasing understanding, awareness and
enjoyment of natural, coastal, farmed and
historical landscapes
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		 The principal activity of the NDET is the
management of the Braunton Countryside
Centre (BCC) which is held on a 99 year lease
to the Trust from Braunton Parish Council.
The Centre provides a visitor interpretation
and information hub with displays and
information covering many of the areas
special features, from the wider North
Devon Biosphere Reserve, the famous dune
system of Braunton Burrows, the marshes,
the estuary, the rocky coast, farming and
the historic 'Great Field'. The NDET conducts
botanical
walks
on
the
Burrows,
birdwatching in the Taw estuary and Bat
walks.
Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit		 Para 1.18 The Trustees are aware of their
responsibilities to the NDET and the public.
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
Contribution made by
volunteers		 Para 1.38 The volunteers contribute over 2,500 hours to
the running of the NDET each year.
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 Following the successful NLHF grant
application in 2022 for the Connect to
Nature (C2N) project, the Trust
commenced a two-year programme of
improvements. This included: upgrading to
its social media platforms, Facebook and
website; creating a monthly newsletter;
hiring temporary support staff to manage
many events inside and outside of the BCC;
training courses for the BCC volunteers and
Trustees.
As a result, the status of the BCC as a
community hub has been enhanced.
Demand to hire its facilities, visitor and
local footfall, recruitment of volunteers
and Trustees have all increased. During the
year there were visits from local schools
and disadvantagedgroups.

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

Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern

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 policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted		 Para 1.46
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 Deed of Trust
How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)		 Para 1.25 Unincorporated Association
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 Potential candidates are identified and invited
to join the trustees, subject to references,
informal vetting and approval by the full trustee
board. The trustees check that the candidates
have not been disqualified from acting as
trustees, and candidates are asked to confirm in
writing that this is the case. New Trustees
receive an information pack of important
documents which include a copy of the deeds of
the Trust, and a copy of the Charity
Commission’s’ Essential Trustee Guide - What
You Need To Know’.

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
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name North Devon Environmental Trust
Other name the charity uses Braunton Countryside Centre
Registered charity number 296707
Charity’s principal address Braunton Countryside Centre
Caen St. Car Park
Braunton EX33 1AA
Devon

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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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(if any)
K. Rutherford Chair
M. Breeds
B. Price
R. Price
D. Jenkins
S. Batstone
S. Gilbert
I.Davis Joined 9thOctober2023
K. Boyd Joined 9thOctober 2023
M. Ward Joined 24thJuly2023
M. Batt Resigned 10thMarch
2023
N. Corrigan Resigned 31stJuly2023

– 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

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)		 Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)		 Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of
adviser
Name
Address
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

Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)
Date
Kenneth John Rutherford

Chair
18 October 2024
18 October 2024

North Devon Environmental Trust

Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2023

2023
2023
2023
Notes
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
Income
Grant Income
1
£49,994
£49,994
Fundraising Income
2
£13,946
£13,946
Other Income
3
£991
£991
Total Income
£49,994
£14,937
£64,931
Expenditure
Fundraising Costs
2
£5,701
£2,080
£7,781
Direct Grant Expenditure
4
£0
Staff Costs
5
£31,863
£31,863
Office and Administrative Costs
6
£17,724
£674
£18,398
Overheads
7
£1,093
£4,613
£5,706
Total Expenditure
£56,381
£7,367
£63,748
Net Income
-£6,387
£7,570
£1,183
Bfwd Income and Expenditure Funds 1 January 2023
-£5,402
£29,007
£23,605
Cfwd Income and Expenditure Funds 31 December 2023
-£11,789
£36,577
£24,788
North Devon Environmental Trust
Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31 December 2023
2023
2023
2023
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
Current Assets
Cash in bank
£275
£24,758
£25,033
Cash
£30
£30
Creditors Due within 1 yr
HMRC
£275
£275
NEST
£0
Total Current Liabilities
£275
£0
£275
Net Current Assets
£0
£24,788
£24,788
Assets retained for the Charity's own use
£36,000
£36,000
Contents
£500
£500
Freehold property Langs Wood
Leasehold property, Braunton Countryside Centre*
£574,000
£574,000
(Valued in 2017 for insurance purposes)		 2022
Total
£6,000
£7,553
£746
£14,299
£2,820
£3,640
£3,812
£4,165
£3,305
£17,742
-£3,443
£27,049
£23,605
2022
Total
£24,525
£800
£119
£919
£23,606
£36,000
£500
£574,000

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on: And signed on their behalf by:

K Rutherford Chairman

North Devon Environmental Trust Notes to the Accounts

Note 1 - Grant Income

Note 1 - Grant Income
DCC: Gopak tables
HLF
Fullabrook
Total Grant Income
Note 2 - Fundraising
Cash and Card Sales
Total Sales
Talks and Events
HLF Eventbrite
Walks
Room Hire
Craft Market
Donations
Churn/Box Donations
Other Fundraising Income
Total Fundraising Income
Fundraising Costs
Advertising and Promotion
Purchases for sales and events
Volunteer Costs
Total Fundraising Costs
Net Income from Fundraising
Note 3 - Other Income
Electricity Feed in Tariff
Interest Receivable
Total Other Income
Note 4 - Direct Grant Expenditure
Coffee Machine
Other
Total Direct Grant Expenditure		 2023
2023
2023
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
£46,994
£46,994
£3,000
£3,000
£49,994
£0
£49,994
2023
2023
2023
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
£3,307
£3,307
£0
£3,307
£3,307
£1,598
£1,598
£2,578
£2,578
£810
£810
£499
£499
£1,270
£1,270
£1,989
£1,989
£1,895
£1,895
£0
£10,639
£10,639
£0
£13,946
£13,946
£645
£86
£731
£4,676
£1,335
£6,011
£380
£659
£1,039
£5,701
£2,080
£7,781
-£5,701
£11,866
£6,165
2023
2023
2023
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
£935
£935
£56
£56
£0
£991
£991
2023
2023
2023
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
£0
£0
£0		 2022
Total
£1,000
£5,000
£6,000
2022
Total
£3,930
£3,930
£451
£129
£545
£342
£1,400
£168
£588
£3,623
£7,553
£1,299
£1,267
£254
£2,820
£4,733
2022
Total
£718
£28
£746
2022
Total
£2,600
£1,040
£3,640
Note 5 - Staff Costs
Staff Recruitment Costs
Travel Expenses
Wages
Pension Costs
HMRC
First Aid
Total Staff Costs
Note 6 - Office and Administration Costs
Bank Charges
IT Costs
Phone and Broadband
Professional Services
Total Office and Administration
Note 7 - Overheads
Insurances
Repairs and Maintenance
Electricity
Water
Total Overheads		 2023
2023
2023
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
£431
£431
£24,709
£24,709
£614
£614
£4,871
£4,871
£1,238
£1,238
£31,863
£0
£31,863
2023
2023
2023
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
£60
£60
£1,007
£54
£1,061
£77
£560
£637
£16,640
£16,640
£17,724
£674
£18,398
2023
2023
2023
Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
£1,254
£1,254
£1,093
£1,255
£2,348
£1,840
£1,840
£264
£264
£1,093
£4,613
£5,706		 2022
Total
£149
£72
£3,540
£51
£0
£3,812
2022
Total
£81
£302
£412
£3,370
£4,165
2022
Total
£1,141
£596
£1,373
£196
£3,306

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees Charity Name North Devon Environmental Trust On accounts for the year 31 December 2023 Charity no 296707 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 - 3 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended DD / MM / YYYY . Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination ( ~~other than that disclosed below *~~ ) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 16[th] October 2024

Signed: Name: TRACEY MUNRO Relevant professional ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS (ACCA) qualification(s) or body

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(if any):

Address:

5 YORK CLOSE EXMOUTH DEVON EX8 4EQ

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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