Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period 818rt dale 1st April Period end date 2020 2021 From Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Ashdown Forest Trust Other names charity is known by Registered charity number {if any) 8Q0437 Charity's principal address East Sussex County Councsl County Hall, St Anne's Crescent LEWES Postcode BN7 1UE Names of the charity trustees who manage the charlly Datps acted If not for whole ear Trustee namo Office (If any) Name of person lor body) erttltl¢d toa olnt trustee Ifan East Sussex County Council 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, {for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole ear TAR March 2012 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional infomiationl e of adviser Name Address Advice on finance, land Phil Hall & rent issues Chief Operating Officer, East Sussex County Council, County Hall. St Anne's Crescent, Lewes BN7 1 UE Name of chief executlve or names of senior staff members (Optional information} Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Descrlption of the charity's trusts Trust Deed Type of governing document le.g. trust deed, conslilLilion} How th8 charity is constituted le.g. Irusl, association, company) Trust Trustee selection methods le.g. appointed by, elected by) Elected by East Sussex County Council Additional governance Issues (Optional infomiationl You may choose to include Under the East Sussex County Council's conslilution, Ihe Chief Operating additional information, where Officer has delegated authority to exercise day to day management of the relevant, about.. Ashdown Forest Trust and to agree the Annual Report and Accounts, policies and procedures following consultation with the Lead Members for Community Economy & Environment. adopted for the induction and training of trustees., the charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charily works., relationship with any related parties., trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage thern. Section C Ob"ectives and activities To promote the conservation of Ashdown Forest as a quiet and natural area of outstanding beauty as an amenity and a place of resort for members of the public. Sumrnary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document TAR March 2012 Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include withi this section the stalutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by Ihe Charity Commisslon on public benefit) Grants to the Conservators of Ashdown Forest to further their activities in managing the forest. Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information You may choose to include further statements, where relevanl, about.. policy on grantmaking., policy programme r81ated inveslmenl., contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance In 2020-21 the trust gave grants of £65,100.00 to the Conservators of Ashdown Forest in order that Ihey could use this grant lo carry out Iho trust's objectives. Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year TAR March 2012 Section E Financial review Brlef statement of the charity's policy on reserves To maintain the level of reserves as far as possible by ensuring annual expenditure does not exceed income. Details of any funds materlally In deficit None Further flnancial review details (Opttonal information) You may choose to include The charity's rnain source of income is rent from the Royal Ashdown additional information, where Forest Golf Club. relevant about.. the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising). how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity., 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 charily's trustees Signaturels) Full namels) Phil Hall Nick Bennett Position Chief Op8rating Officer Trustee Dale 12 January 2022 17 January 2022 TAR March 2012 Section B Balance sheet RestrÉcted Unrèstricted funds ancorn8 Endowment Total this funds year funds Total last year Fixed assets Intangible assets Tangible assets Herltage assets Investments F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 (Note 151 (Note 14) {Note 161 (Note 17} Total lixed assets Bot B02 1,200,000 1.200,OOD 1,200,000 B03 B04 b05 1.200.OOD Current assets stocks (Note 18) Debtors (Note 191 Investments {Note 17A) Cash at bank and in hand (Note 241 Tot81 current assets 100 100 100 158,683 158,783 809 BIO Creditors: amounts falllng due wlthln one year (Note 201 540 540 480 Net current asseW(lialJilitiesJ 812 158,303 Total assets less current liabilities D13 1,358,303 Creditors.. amounts falling due after one year (Note 20} Provisions for liabiliti8S B14 B15 Totsl net assets orliabilitiTes 516 162,693 1,200,100 1.362.793 1.358,303 Funds of the Charity Endowment funds (Note 271 Restricted income funds (Note 271 Unrestrieted funds Revaluation reserve 817 1,200,100 1.200,100 1,200,100 B18 B19 162,693 162,693 158,203 B20 Total fund$ B21 1,358,303 Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the tnjstees Signaluie Print Name Date of approval ddlmml Phil Hall 12101r2022 Nick Bennett 1710112022 CC17a (Exoell 2710112022 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANtTr ANO WALES ASHDOWN FOREST TRUST Charity No ifan Annual accounts for the period 0110412020 To dal8 800437 Period start date 3110312021 Section A Statement of financial activities Restricted income funds Recommended categories by activÈty Unrestrictsd funds Endowment funds Prior year funds Total funds Incoming resources (Note 31 Incom8 and endowments from= F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Donalims ar￿ legaci25 Cha￿table a¢￿VitIeS $01 S02 Other trading ￿ts'VitI8s ve8trnen19 SD3 SD4 70,130 70,130 70,452 Separate tnaleri&l item ol in¢xffle Other S06 Total Resources expended (Note 6) SU7 70,130 0,130 70,452 Expendlture on.. Raising funds S08 ch￿table8CtiVItIes sog 65,100 65,100 65,100 Separate material itam of expense Other sio S11 540 65.640 540 65,640 479 65,579 Total S12 Net incomel{expendituro) beforo investment gainslllossesl S13 4,490 4.490 4,873 Mei gaing1110gsesl on Inve8tmenls S14 Net ineomellexpenditurel Extraordinary Items Transfers between funds Other recogni$ed gainslllosses): S15 4,490 4,490 4,873 S16 S17 Gains and IDS59& on revaluation of r￿d assets forth8 charit¢s own use Other gaiD$ll￿N￿£s) S18 S19 Net movemont in funds 520 4,490 4,490 4,873 Reconciliation of funds.. TO1￿ funds brought fonyard Total funds carried fotward S21 1,358,303 1,362,793 1,358,303 1.362.793 1,353.430 1,358,303 S22 Section C Notes to the accounts Note 1 Basis of preparation This section should be completed by all chanties. 1.1 Basis of accounting These accounts have been prepared under Ihe historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or Iransaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(sl to these accounts. The accounts have been repared in accordance wtth= the Statement of Recommended Practice.. Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in Ihe UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 issued on 16 July 2014 and with" and with. the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 and with the Charities Act 2011. The charity constrtutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.. -Tick as appropriate 1.2 Going concern If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charitys ability to continue as a going ¢on¢ern, please pmvlde the following details or state "Not applicable" rf appropriate." An explanation as to those factors that support the conclusion that the charity is a going concern., not applicable Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the going concern assumption doubtful., not applicable Where accounts are not prepared on a going con¢em basis, please disclose this fact together wth the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern. not applicable 1.3 Change of accounting pollcy The accounts present a true and fair view and Ihe accounting policies adopted are Ihose outlined in note { }. Yes, -Tick as appropriate Please disclose.. (i) the nature of the change in accounting olicy,. (li) the reasons wh the new accounting ollc the amount of the ad ustment for each line affected CC17a (Excell 2710112022 1.4 Changes to accounting estimates No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS 102 SORP). Yes" -Tick as appropriate Please disclose." (i) the nature of any changes.. (li) the effect of the change on income and expense or assets and liabilities for the ¢urrent period.- and (Ill) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or more future periods. 1.5 Material prior year error5 No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS 102 SORP). Yes. -Tick as appropriate Please disclose.. (i) the nature of the priorperiod error,. (li) for each priorperiod p￿sented in the accounts, the amount of the correction for each account line item affected,. and (111) the amount of the correctlon at the beglnnlng of the earliest priorperiod presented in the accounts. CC17a (Excell 2710112022 Section C Notes to tho accounts Nt)t9 2 Accounting polici88 Pleasecomplete Ihlsnole when IlrstreportifwJunderFRS2107 S&ctyon 35OfFR5102, ts¢uiyEs 3Té¢onGN%qtionsbb& W&9enlfjd. 8ppIIco)ff$. 2.1 RECONCILIATION WITH PREVIOUS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRACTICE Please P￿th￿de a de&crlptlon ofth* nature01e￿￿ Cha￿￿e In accourtlng ￿J1¢Y R￿￿¢M￿lion of lundswwevlous GAAPto lunds détomhned underFRS 102 stsrtof E￿￿ of poriod p•rfod Fund balatt￿ as pmiou$ A(fjvslmeths.' Fund balance a6 restated R8¢on¢ilation ofn*lncomrfnetexpwrd*urelperpreYlcvs GAAP tonetlneompJ(netexp4rtthtstrpJ widgrFRS 102 Ead of Plet Incomallèxp&ndltllrél as Stated Pre¥k*￿& pertod net lllcom￿lexpend￿re1 as Te¥tated ¢¢17a (EX￿1) 2710112022 Sectioii C Notes to the accounts Icontl Noto 2 Aeeounttng policies 2.2 INCOME Thi55Iandardl￿tof￿￿￿￿1yfyngP0*ri￿5 hasbeen appliedbylhe tharityexcepffortb￿ tsGked"No"Dr"M/a". whe￿ a diMeRnto adthM0nal￿G¥haSbeeTr *opteGllhen thlsAFdeleOedin tshebaKbelow. Recoon￿oN of IncomÈ These are IrKI￿e￿ in the Statement of FinanBialActywbes ISOFAI when.. the charity beC￿neS enbUe41 lothe T¢¥cAJrce$', il is rnore liketylhan notlhattheltU5tee5 will ￿e￿1ve the resour￿5." and e monelaryvaluecan be measured suffiueni Eellalllty Yes Nla ThFro h88 off8etbng of a35ets 1FabIl￿eS, ￿1￿COMea￿d expEnses, un￿SS ￿Ul[ed or pFTht4ttod bylhe FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102. Grantrs areonly Included In Ihe ￿FA￿hen th6 9eneN Income ctNeAa ére mel{5.10to 5.12 FRS102 SORPI. Yes No Oftsettlng Yes No Nla Grants and Ill ttEra5eof ￿rfO[[na￿￿ rdated grants, income muslanty ￿ recognised to the extent that theC￿￿ty has kyovided the $￿CIfied wods orservicesas entuemenlkn Ih8granlonly oILurs¥then the perfLyrnan￿ related condthons are rnel15 18 FRS 102 SORPI. Legacies are IndUd￿ In SOFAvthen rettlpt i4 protsble. that ￿. when there ha5 beer grantof Wo￿te. th&e￿￿E￿a ￿tsve estsbwsaed that mere2￿ suffldent in the egtsie and any condm￿)nS attachertto the ayè eithermdthin the contrd chsrityorhavè been rnet. Yes NO Nla Lega¢l¢s Y&$ No Nlg Governmertgraryts Thech¥rity has ro¢wv¢d govetnmenl grants in the ieportsng period Yes No Nl8 Git￿d r￿e1Valle is In incomewhen tr￿re is a valld declarn￿On from Ihe donor. Any GrfiAid recovered cfi a donaton Is eon51dered to b2 partolthèl glftgntt is treated a5 ￿ addrrion to Ihe samefund dsthe iniual donatton unless the don(Korlhetems of the apwal have spedfied other￿se. Tax reclalrns on dO￿a￿￿n3 and glfts Yes No Nla es No la ¢otrtrac1￿aI Incoffte perforMan¢¢ r¢lat¢d grants This Is onlyinduded in Ihe SoFAonce the charityha3 prowded the r￿ated goods or seN1￿5 ormetlhe perfomance related cA)ndthons Yes No Nla Qonated goods Donaf8d 9￿￿Sa[8 m&*5urerJ *fairYalue Ifh8atnounl forwhith theas¥gtcould be exthangedl Un￿5¥ itnpracbE4 todo so. Thec0stolanys￿k otgoodsdonated for di3tnbuliDn lo bBnefi**members of**
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**(if any)**|800437| ||||| ||1-22||| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2021. **Responsibilties 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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination 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:** 27/1/2022 **Signed: Name:** Caroline Clarke **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Oct 2018** 1 **IER** ## **Address:** 99 Western Road Lewes BN7 1RS ## **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** . **Oct 2018** 2 **IER**