Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 April 2021 To 31 March 2022
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Cannock Public Recreation and Pleasure Ground
Other names charity is known by n/a
Registered charity number (if any) 522631
Charity's principal address Cannock Chase District Council
PO Box 28 Cannock , Staffordshire Postcode WS11 1BG
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
Tom Walsh “trustee for a charity” 2021-22 Remaining Trustees are
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a Councillor of the Council.
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Conveyance and Trust Deed dated 7[th] July 1930 Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Trust
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Cannock Chase District Council elected members are corporate Trustees. Trustee selection methods Therefore Councillors once elected become a corporate Trustee of the (eg. appointed by, elected by) Trust. A “trustee for a charity” manages the administration of the Trust but is not involved in making any decisions on the running of the Trust.
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
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“The purpose of providing a public recreation or pleasure ground for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Cannock, the majority of those inhabitants being “workers in or about Coal Mines and their dependents” Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Cannock Public Recreation and Pleasure Ground is an area of land known as Cannock Park. The park grounds are maintained for the objects set out in its governing document. The Trustees in making decisions about the Trust make those decisions with due regard to the objects of the Trust In addition they have due regard to their legal duty to carry out the Trust’s charitable purposes for the Public Benefit. Summary of the main Cannock Public Recreation and Pleasure Ground has remained available activities undertaken for the for all members of the public to benefit from and use freely for the public benefit in relation to purposes of recreation and pleasure throughout the period these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Cannock Public Recreation and Pleasure Grounds are currently maintained to allow the purposes in its Governing document set out above to take place during the financial year 2021-22.
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Section E Financial review
The Trust has no reserves
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially in deficit
none
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
The Trust has no assets but the Local Authority maintains the land on which Cannock Public Recreation and Pleasure Ground Trust covers. The donation of the Local Authority grounds maintenance is included in the Trust Annual Accounts return to the commissioners.
Along with smaller elements of income collected by the Local Authority for recreation and pleasure related activities occurring on the Trust land. This income being applied to the costs associated with maintaining the Trust land and associated infrastructure.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s) Tom Walsh Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Administrator etc) Date 28-11-25
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