Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and agreed.
Governing Documents
Thanks to Mr W Smith for
drawing up a new governing document. It was
proposed that this was forwarded to the
Charities Commission for adoption.
Proposed: Mr J Walsh,
Seconded: Mr W Smith
Duties of Trustees
Mr F Anderson read from
Charities Commission paperwork on the duties
of trustees
Long term plan
Discussion concerning the
reserves of the trust amounting to some six to
ten thousand pounds as well as distribution of
income. It was stated that the trust had been
running for at least 400 years and that the
reserve should be left alone for the future.
Distributing the annual income should
continue.
Hall marks of a well run
charity
The charity commission's
pamphlet on what constitutes a well run
charity was read through and the meeting
discussed what it meant for the trust.
Mrs J Edwards will be asked
to audit the accounts.
Correspondence
Mr F Anderson had faxed
through information to the Acle Medical
surgery to highlight the trust's existance and
its ability to assist the poor in the parish.
Mr F Anderson had written to
John Waters who had agreed to continue to
graze the marshes.
Mr F Anderson read a letter
from Richard N Bailey in California USA who
had written expressing an interest in buying
the land at the Moonshine Hill Allotments. The
trustees decided that it was not for sale and
Mr F Anderson wrote back explaining this to
Richard Bailey. This raised the difficulty in
renting the Moonshine out as allotments as few
people were prepared to rent them. The
possibility of turning them into temporary
grazing for horses was raised as having a
better chance of obtaining rental for the
trust. Mr W Smith was to investigate the
change of use situtation legally.
Finance
Accounts balance at the date
of the trust meeting were
