| Report to: | Council as sole trustee |
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| Date: | 20 November 2023 |
| Title: | Trustee's Annual Report: Mountfield Pleasure Ground Trust |
| Report of: | Chief Finance Officer |
| Purpose of Report: | To present the Annual Report and Accounts ofthe Mountfield Pleasure Ground Trust to Council as sole trustee for approval. |
| Officer recommendation(s): |
(1) To approve the Annual Report for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023as set out in Appendix 1,including the Receipts |
| and Payments Account. |
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| (2) To authorise the Chair ofthe meeting, on completion ofthe Independent Examination, to sign the Annual Report and Receipts and Payment Account on the Trustee's behalf. |
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| Reasons for | The trustee is required to approve an Annual Report and |
| recommendations: | Receipts and Payments Account in accordance with Charity |
| accounting and reporting regulations. |
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| Contact Officer: | Name: Parmjeet Jassal |
| Post Title: Interim Head of Financial Planning |
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| E-mail:Parrnjeet. Jassal@lewes-eastbourne. gov.uk |
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| Tel No. 07966645063 |
Appendix 1- Trustee's Annual Report 2022123
| There is a clear distinction between the Council's own decision-making process (for |
There is a clear distinction between the Council's own decision-making process (for |
There is a clear distinction between the Council's own decision-making process (for |
There is a clear distinction between the Council's own decision-making process (for |
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| example in respect |
ofassessing and providing financial contributions to the Trust |
and | |
| managing the Council's corporate assets) and the Council's role as Sole Trustee. |
This | ||
| is achieved by having |
a formal break at the end of Council meetings before moving on |
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| to consider business | as Sole Trustee. Such business includes the annual approval |
of | |
| the Trustee's Annual |
Report and accounts. | ||
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| Summary ofobjects | The object ofthe Charity shall be the provision and |
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| maintenance of land at Mountfield, Dripping Pan and Convent |
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| Field, for the benefit ofthe public generally and especially |
the | ||
| inhabitants ofthe District of Lewes in the County of East |
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| Sussex. | |||
| Summary ofthe main | The Trustee has complied with its duty to have due regard |
to | |
| activities undertaken | for | the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity |
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| the public benefitin | Commission in exercising its powers or duties. This area of land |
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| relation to these objects |
was made accessible and available to the public through the |
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| Council's 'Parks and Open Spaces' service. The home ground | |||
| of Lewes Football Club is at the Dripping Pan. |