## **REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES AND** **UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **FOR** **THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST** **THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST** **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ||**Page**| |---|---| |**Company Information**|1| |**Report of the Directors and Trustees**|2| |**Statement of Financial Activities**|3| |**Balance Sheet**|4| |**Notes to the Financial Statements**|5-8| |**Detailed Income and Expenditure Account**|9| |**Report of the Independent Examiner**|10| **THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST** ## **COMPANY INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** **DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES:** See Report of Directors and Trustees **SECRETARY:** G Simpson **REGISTERED OFFICE:** 57 Main Street Cranswick Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 5QN **REGISTERED NUMBER:** 1468822 (England and Wales) **ACCOUNTANTS:** Jackson Robson Licence Limited 33-35 Exchange Street Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 6LL **1** ## **THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST** ## **REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** The directors and trustees present their thirty-eighth report together with the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 December 2024 and the report of the independent examiner thereon. ## **PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY** The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the maintenance and administration of The Driffield Navigation for commercial, leisure, and recreational purposes. ## **CONSTITUTION** The company is a limited company, registered in England and Wales, and is limited by guarantee. The company is also a registered charity (registered charity No. 01468822). The following Acts relate to the institution of The Driffield Navigation Trust: The Act of Parliament of the year 1767 7 Geo.III c.97 (Public) The Act of Parliament of the year 1801 41 Geo.III c.134 ( Public, Local, and Personal ) The Act of Parliament of the year 1817 57 Geo.III c.1xiv ( Local and Personal ) The Act of Parliament of the year 1910 10 Edw.7 and Geo.5 C.cxviii ( Local and Private ) The Charities Act 2016 The Companies Act 2006 ## **DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES** The following served as directors and trustees for the whole or part of the year under review:CA Arnott; MD Artley; S Artley; C Askin; M Askin; DP Backhouse; RE Beevers; C Bennett; K Davies; T Foreman; RF Gooch; C Jordan: A Hall; J Hall; R Hood; TR Jarvis; JR Jefferson; P Markham; JW Scholey; M Shepherdson; C Shuttleworth; LR Sutcliffe; JF Sutton; DS Taylor; J Turton. ## **RESULTS** The accounts disclose an excess of income over expenditure of £202,665 in the Unrestricted Fund and no gain or loss in the Restricted Fund for the year ended 31 December 2024. ## **ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:** J SCHOLEY - Director and Trustee Date: 19/9/2025 Page 2 ## **THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST** ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES ( INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT ) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** |Notes
**INCOMING RESOURCES:**
**Incoming resources from**
**generated funds:**
_Voluntary income:_
Donations and grants
3
_Activities for generating funds:_
Rental income
Boat registration fees
Wayleaves
Interest receivable
Boat trips
Riverhead Gala
Driffield Solar
**Total incoming resources**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED:**
**Charitable activities**
**Governance costs**
4
**Total resources expended**
**Net movement in funds**
**Total funds brought**
9
**forward**
**Total funds carried forward**|Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
Fund
**TOTAL**
£
£
**£**
4,703
-
**4,703**
-
-
**-**
4,740
-
**4,740**
75
-
**75**
-
-
**-**
-
-
**-**
9,699
-
**9,699**
200,000
-
**200,000**
214,514
-
**214,514**
219,217
-
**219,217**
-
-
**-**
16,552
-
**16,552**
16,552
-
**16,552**
202,665
-
**202,665**
106,425
19,000
**125,425**
309,090
19,000
**328,090**|**2023**| |---|---|---| |||Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
Fund
**TOTAL**
£
£
**£**
2,888
-
**2,888**| |||-
-
**-**
2,713
-
**2,713**
94
-
**94**
-
-
**-**
250
-
**250**
2,485
-
**2,485**
-
-
**-**| |||5,542
-
**5,542**| |||| |||8,430
-
**8,430**| |||-
-
**-**
11,573
-
**11,573**| |||11,573
-
**11,573**| |||(3,143)
-
**(3,143)**
109,568
19,000
**128,568**| |||**106,425**
**19,000**
**125,425**| 3 ## **The notes form part of these financial statements. THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST** ## **BALANCE SHEET** ## **31 DECEMBER 2024** ||**31 DECEMBER 2024**|| |---|---|---| |Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible fixed assets
6
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
7
Cash at bank and in hand
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within
8
one year
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**RESERVES**
General fund
9
Restricted fund
9|Unrestricted
Restricted
Fund
Fund
**TOTAL**
£
£
**£**
49,070
15,000
**64,070**
148
-
**148**
260,588
4,000
**264,588**
260,735
4,000
**264,735**
716
-
**716**
260,019
4,000
**264,019**
309,090
19,000
**328,090**
309,090
-
**309,090**
-
19,000
**19,000**
309,090
19,000
**328,090**|**2023**| |||Unrestricted
Restricted
Fund
Fund
**TOTAL**
£
£
**£**
52,065
15,000
**67,065**| |||301
-
**301**
54,637
4,000
**58,637**| |||54,938
4,000
**58,938**
578
-
**578**| |||54,360
4,000
**58,360**| |||106,425
19,000
**125,425**| |||106,425
-
**106,425**
-
19,000
**19,000**| |||106,425
19,000
**125,425**| The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 December 2024. The directors and trustees have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The directors and trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for: (a) ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and; (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its net movement in funds each financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities ( effective April 2008 ). The financial statements were approved by the Directors and Trustees on 19/9/2025 and signed on their behalf by: Director and Trustee JOHN SCHOLEY Director and Trustee DAVID TAYLOR 4 ## **The notes form part of these financial statements. THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Accounting convention** The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and the Statement of Recommended Practice : Accounting and Reporting by Charities, issued in March 2005. ## **Fund accounting** Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Restricted funds are earmarked by the trustees for particular and specific purposes as requested by the donor of the funds. ## **Incoming resources** All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income: - Voluntary income is received by way of grants and donations and is included in full in the statement of financial activities when receivable. Grants are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant. - ▪ Incoming resources from activities for generating funds are accounted for when earned. ## **Resources expended** Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates. ▪ Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. - Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the accountancy fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity. ▪ All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the statement of financial activities on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly; the remaining costs are allocated on an appropriate basis. ## **Tangible fixed assets** Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life: Boats - 4% on cost. - Bridge 2% on straight line - Plant & equipment 12.5% on a reducing balance basis. Paddle board - 20% on straight line Pontoons - 10% on Straight line - Dum Barge 10% on Straight line 5 ## **THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **2. NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS** |The net movement in funds is stated
after charging:
Depreciation - owned assets
**3. DONATIONS AND GRANTS**
Other donations|Unrestricted
Restricted
Fund
Fund
£
£
4,703
-|**2024**
**£**
**2,995**
**TOTAL**
**£**
**4,703**
**4,703**|**2023**|**2023**
**£**
**3,665**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| ||||Unrestricted
Restricted
Fund
Fund
£
£
2,888
-|**TOTAL**
**£**
**2,888**| ||4,703
-||2,888
-|**2,888**| |**4. GOVERNANCE COSTS**
Insurances and indemnities
Accountancy
Honorarium and expenses
Postage and stationery
Boat maintenance
Riverside maintenance
Locks and bridgea maintenance
Sundry expenses
Depreciation
Subscriptions
Bank charges
Mooring charges
Equipment hire
Advertising & Promotion
Gala
Loss on sale of fixed asset|Unrestricted
Restricted
Fund
Fund
**TOTAL**
£
£
**£**
1,030
-
**1,030**
1,158
-
**1,158**
260
-
**260**
83
-
**83**
342
-
**342**
4,581
-
**4,581**
2,175
-
**2,175**
940
-
**940**
2,995
-
**2,995**
73
-
**73**
81
-
**81**
500
-
**500**
750
-
**750**
40
**40**
1,546
-
**1,546**
-
-
**-**|**2023**| |---|---|---| |||Unrestricted
Restricted
Fund
Fund
**TOTAL**
£
£
**£**
880
-
**880**
581
-
**581**
795
-
**795**
-
-
**-**
2,024
-
**2,024**
1,751
-
**1,751**
361
-
**361**
122
-
**122**
3,513
-
**3,513**
69
-
**69**
87
-
**87**
480
-
**480**
845
-
**845**
65
-
**65**
-
-
**-**
-
-
**-**| ||16,552
-
**16,552**|11,573
-
**11,573**| 6 ## **THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **5. TAXATION** As a charity, Driffield Navigation Trust is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen on the Charity. ## **6. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS** |**COST or VALUATION**
At 1 January 2024
Additions
Disposals
At 31 December 2024
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 January 2024
Charge for the year
Eliminated on disposal
At 31 December 2024
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 December 2024
At 31 December 2023|Dum
Barge
7,258
-
-|Pontoons
3,200
-
-|Snakeholme
Bridge
53,224
-
-|Boats
£
1,783
-
-|Plant &
equipment
£
10,919
-
-|**Totals**
**£**
**76,384**
**-**
**0**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||7,258|3,200|53,224|1,783|10,919|**76,384**| ||-
726
-|960
320
-|3,192
1,064
-
4,256
48,968
50,032|758
71
-|4,409
814
-|**9,319**
**2,995**
**0**| ||726|1,280||829|5,223|**12,314**| ||6,532|1,920||954|5,696|**64,070**| ||7,258|2,240||1,025|6,510|**67,065**| In the opinion of the directors the current replacement cost of the lock gates, bridge sections, information panels and other ancillary assets owned by the company at 31 December 2024 was £525,000; (31 December 2023 - £525,000 ). ## **7. DEBTORS : AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR** |VAT refund due|**2024**
**£**
**148**
**148**|**2023**
**£**
**301**| |---|---|---| |||**301**| 7 ## **THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **8. CREDITORS : AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR** |Secretarial fees
Accountancy
General works maintenance
Wayleave in advance
Reimbursed expenses
EQ Hire
**9. MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS**
At 1 January 2024
Incoming resources
Outgoing resources
At 31 December 2024|**2024**
**£**
**-**
**690**
**-**
**-**
**26**
**-**
**716**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Fund
Fund
£
£
106,425
19,000
219,217
-
(16,552)
-|**2023**
**£**
**-**
**560**
**-**
**-**
**18**
**-**| |---|---|---| |||**578**| |||**TOTAL**
**£**
**125,425**
**219,217**
**(16,552)**| ||309,090
19,000|**328,090**| 8 ## **THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST** ## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT** ## **31 DECEMBER 2024** |**Income**
DNAA
Donations
Boat registration fees
Wayleaves
Interest receivable
Boat trips
Riverhead Gala
Driffield Solar
**Administrative expenses**
Insurance
Accountancy
Secretary's honorarium & expenses
Postage and stationery
Inland Waterways Association:
subscription
Boat maintenance
Riverside maintenance
Locks and bridges maintenance
Sundry expenses
Bank charges
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
Mooring charges
Equipment hire
Advertising & publicity
Gala
Loss on sale of fixed asset|Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
fund
**TOTAL**
£
£
**£**
-
-
-
4,703
-
**4,703**
4,740
-
**4,740**
75
-
**75**
-
-
**-**
-
-
**-**
9,699
-
**9,699**
200,000
-
**200,000**
219,217
-
**219,217**
1,030
-
**1,030**
1,158
-
**1,158**
260
-
**260**
83
-
**83**
73
-
**73**
342
-
**342**
4,581
-
**4,581**
2,175
-
**2,175**
940
-
**940**
81
-
**81**
2,995
-
**2,995**
500
-
**500**
750
-
**750**
40
-
**40**
1,546
-
**1,546**
-
-
**-**
16,552
-
**16,552**|**2023**| |---|---|---| |||Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
fund
TOTAL
£
£
£
-
-
-
2,888
-
2,888
2,713
-
2,713
94
-
94
-
-
-
250
-
250
2,485
-
2,485
-
-
-| |||8,430
-
**8,430**| |||880
-
880
581
-
581
795
-
795
-
-
-
69
-
69
2,024
-
2,024
1,751
-
1,751
361
-
361
122
-
122
87
-
87
3,513
-
3,513
480
-
480
845
-
845
65
-
65
-
-
-
-
-
-| |||11,573
-
**11,573**| |**EXCESS OF (EXPENDITURE OVER**
**INCOME)/INCOME OVER**
**EXPENDITURE**|202,665
-
**202,665**|| |---|---|---| |||(3,143)
0
**(3,143)**| 9 **Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2024** **Report to the Directors and Trustees of The Driffield Navigation Trust on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 set out on pages 3 to 9** **Registered charity no.: 503430** ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law ) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 ( the 1993 Act ) and that an independent examination is needed. Having satisfied ourselves that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is our responsibility to: - Examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act; - Follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act; and - State whether any particular matters have come to our attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** Our examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a true and fair view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention: (1) which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: - To keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and - To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities have not been met; or (2) to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Date: 19/09/2025 JACKSON ROBSON LICENCE LIMITED Chartered Accountants Driffield 10