## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2025 Period start date To 31/12/2025 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 reconnect and engage local**
**people and visitors to nature and**
**heritage around Braunton and across**
**North Devon, by increasing**
**understanding, awareness and**
**enjoyment of natural, coastal,**
**farmed, and historic 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 area's special**
**features including the wider North**
**Devon Biosphere Reserve, the**
**famous dune system of Braunton**
**Burrows, Braunton Marshes and**
**Estuary, the rocky coast, farming and**
**the historic Great Field. The NDET**
**organises many activities such as**
**botanical walks on the Burrows,**
**birdwatching on the Taw estuary, bat**
**walks, wildlife talks, children's nature**
**craft workshops and community**
**events such as plant and seed swaps**
**and apple pressing days.**| |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 4000**
**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|**The trust was successful in obtaining a**
**grant from the Devon Environment**
**Foundation for £9000 to fund a 1 year**
**project focussing on recovery of**
**hedgehogs across North Devon.**
**During 2025 there were visits from local**
**schools and disadvantaged groups. Also**
**of note were the Braunton Wellbeing**
**Walks arranged in co-operation with Live**
**Well in Braunton group and Caen Medical**
**Centre.**
**As a result the status of the BCC as a**
**community hub has been enhanced.**
**Demand to hire it's facilities, visitor and**
**local footfall, and recruitment of**
**volunteers have all increased.**| **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|**Healthy balance in credit**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No set policy but sufficient funds**
**retained to cover maintenance and**
**running costs.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£25000**| |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|**Donation boxes, sales of environmentally**
**related items such as booklets , maps,**
**identification charts, wildlife cards.**
**Donations for organised activities.**| |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|**No secure sources of core funding.**| |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. There are**
**checks that any candidate has not been**
**disqualified from acting as trustees and**
**candidates are asked to confirm this in**
**writing. 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||| |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||| |Charity’s principal address|Braunton Countryside Centre
Caen St Car Park
Braunton EX31 1AA
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||M. Breeds|Co-chair||| ||M. Ward|Co-chair||| ||I. Davis|Co-chair||| ||S. Gilbert|||| ||S. Batstone|||| ||K Boyd|||| ||D, Stephens-Borg|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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)** **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** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Ian Davis **Position (eg Secretary,** Co-chair **Chair, etc) Date** 8 August 2026 North De¥on En￿wnme￿aITrn IncoMe￿d ExpendItU￿A¢CO¥nt fortheyearended31 DeceM￿r NorthDevon EnblwonmetrtalTrusl Incomeand e>¥MdfturEAccuurtlortheyewended31DecEmb2rW 2025 20 Noit& Re5tr1¢t¢d ilirestri￿ed Trt Total Incom• Giant Incme Fundraisi￿ Irt( ot￿rI￿oM £24639 £1&￿0 É1238 £98,546 £16,Y24 £L043 £11750 £1 Total In¢om¢ Expendtlure Fvndraisiw Co3tS Direct Grant Expendiwre siaff C0515 Omite and AdministratfveCost5 OVer￿al$ £L355 E4,￿ 4989 £iO,OS8 E40,(L77 £26.630 ÉS,405 £17.140 ra928 E21. Q528 £4,4&3 £7,￿1 TotalExpendtturn Net IncomE 285 £4ts0 Btwd IncDmeantt Expenditure Fur￿5 lJanuary2025 £11687 £4Z484 £55.171 £24,788 Cfvvd I￿ome and Expendilure F¥nds31 DeGember2025 NorthDevon Enthronm•MIiTTUS1 stst•mentofA55¢t$4ndLlabilillesOt 31DecEM￿* 2024 Toial R•8lriGIEd UM•Sts￿ Total FlxedAssetS Otticeequipmert-C05t br￿ght lowdrd Ofli£eequipmert-Acctsmvlated Depreciation CutrentAssets C85ty intrank É1.938 £14.344 £43,850 £58,ts4 £1. £24,￿1 Deblo Ciediiors Due*fthkn lyr Creditars HMRC NEST Tota(¢uThentUablUtI•$ NelAsse15 É15.W2 £44,349 £60,X41 £55.171 Assets retained tort*eCharity5¢Y*Tiuse CDnlent$ Freehold prOpertyLaw5W￿j ,000 £y)o ThEfinanciaIstal￿Q￿S￿pre appro¥ed EryttreTrusleeso And sI￿d ontheir be%iU by.. Markward C&£hair ?c)171 North Devon EniironmentaiTwst Notes to theA¢¢ounts Note l- GrnfftitKom• 2024 Total HLF Fuliabrook Braunton Par15hCDU￿1I Devon C￿￿ty Councll North Devon District CwrKil DEF HedgeMgPiciect £11517 £0 £11517 £0 £94,746 £1,250 £2.000 £550 £0 EO £9.￿0 TotalGrantlncom¢ Note2. FurKlialth8 Tot Toial .355 Ca5hand Card Sales .W21 TotsisaL•i Talk5and Evpnt5 HLF Eventbrite Wa￿5 Aoarn Hire Craft Market DDnatlDnS ChumlBox DoThations El. EJ. £1. £0 x-i< EX13 ￿5 £1.563 £1,759 516 £541 £i.uJ Qthew Fundra[￿￿1 In¢ome TotalFurth£lslng In¢¢￿e É14924 Fundral8lniCo8ts Advertisinga￿ Pmmoiion PurchasE5f(K5aiesand evert5 VolunteErCD5tS E￿￿1 Cost El,241 £3,687 £3,416 £1,714 £14 .341 S Q9)9 Ei.152 £2,492 £202 Tpt4lFunthalsng Co¥¢5 É46as Éty0O8 Not IntomolFom Funth•lskno ￿￿¢3-01h￿r Intomo 2024 Totsl £676 E67 £300 043 Res￿ded Uthrestso¢ied T•tsl El￿triCitY Feed inTariff Interest Rec*vable Otherlncome Toialothei In¢om• £247 £247 ry238 ￿238 Note4.D*ectGfantEyndiiwe 2025 2025 Restrfrted Total 2024 Total Other TotzLDliett GrnrttExpendllu £321 2025 R•5tsirted Unre5tr1dad NoteS.St•tl Costs Total TravelExpen5es WaEES Pen5ionC(ksts HMRC EO rJ1862 £603 E4.Wi £1.470 É40.037 T￿aLstaff Costs Note6-Otflce andAthlnlstratlonCvsts TDtsI £62 £149 £62 Bankcharges rrcosts Phoneand Broadba￿1 Pkattorm Selling FEes PfDlessiDTrèISeNices eralAdministration DeprEciaiion Totaloffke andAdmln15trnilprt £759 E129 555 ￿8.￿17 É274 £24,548 5.482 £349 a7,140 £349 928 £2&L Note7-0￿￿eld5 Re5tiicW Ihe5tiidEd Totsl El, £i.w Tvial £1,253 Insurances Reni RepaIrSar￿ Maintenance Electricity WatEr £5,SS8 £L775 £1.775 EI405 Totsloverheads ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|Charity Name
North Devon Environmental Trust|Charity Name
North Devon Environmental Trust|Charity Name
North Devon Environmental Trust| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||2025|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|296707| ||||| ||1 - 4
(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 **31/12/2025.** **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. **Independent** [ ~~The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to~~ **examiner's statement** ~~undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]~~ . _Delete_ [ ] _if not applicable._ 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: - 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 requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 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 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. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Date:** 27 July 2026 **Signed: Name:** TRACEY MUNRO **Relevant professional** ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS (ACCA) 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** ## **qualification(s) or body (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** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER**