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Notice is hereby given that the 36th Annual General Meeting of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust will be held at the Arthur Rank Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LG on Thursday 26 August 2010 at 12-30pm for the following purposes: Company Limited by Guarantee Company No. 1204694 Registered Charity No 269442 Registered Office: Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2LG Notice of Annual General Meeting we have the information available to give a full answer. You can provide advance notice of your question to the Company Secretary on or before 23 August 2010 by emailing enquiries@ rbst.org.uk or telephoning 02476 696 551. Ordinary Business 1. To approve the Minutes of the 35th Annual General Meeting held on 15 August 2009 (available online at www.rbst.org.uk/ agm or by email from enquiries@rbst.org.uk or by phoning 02476 696 551.) 2. To receive the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2009 together with the Report of Council and the Report of the Independent Auditors. 3. To receive the names of newly elected Members of the Council. 4. To receive the names of the President, Vice Presidents, and the Vice Chairman of Council 5. To re-appoint the auditors and authorise Council to fix their remuneration. 6. To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following Resolution which will be proposed as a Special Resolution: That the name under which the Trust operates be changed to RBST. (see below) 7. Any other business By order of Council David Leafe Company Secretary 5 July 2010 Notes The Trustees are proposing that the name of the Trust be changed to RBST which is in common use by the membership and the public at large. The intention is to retain the full name Rare Breeds Survival Trust and use it when appropriate but to operate the Trust’s activities under the name RBST which is the widely accepted name and branding. A member is entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting or is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on his behalf. To be effective, forms of proxy must be duly completed and returned so as to reach the Company Secretary, Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LG not less than 48 working hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting, or adjourned meeting as the case may be. Members are welcome to ask questions but it is helpful if you let us know your questions in advance so that we can ensure A buffet lunch will be available after the meeting. Please inform RBST if you plan to attend the meeting so that appropriate catering arrangements can be made. Summarised financial statements The following report and financial statements are extracts of the full Annual Report of Council and the Financial Statements which were approved by Council on 13 May 2010. The full report and financial statements are available online from www.rbst.org.uk/agm or by emailing enquiries@rbst.org.uk or by phoning 02476 696 551. Rare Breeds Survival Trust Extract from the Annual Report of Council for the year ended 31 December 2009 Council The members of Council at 31 December 2009 were: T A D Brigstocke - Chairman M T Anderson W R Barker - co-opted Mrs F R L Byatt A F Chambers K J Cooper - Treasurer Mrs S A Cooper Mrs Y Froehlich Mrs P Holloway P W King Mrs S Mansell Mrs P A McLaughlin Mrs V Mills Dr R W Small Mrs J A Todhunter D Watson – co-opted Review of the year Each year brings new challenges for the Trust and 2009 has been no exception. The last report flagged up the problems that Bluetongue disease might bring and thankfully there has been no major outbreak. Electronic Identification in Sheep (EID) is being introduced and RBST arranged a discount for members to buy tags. Council has debated the merits of expanding the Trust’s remit to include Native breeds. It has decided that rebranding is not necessary and that any move to extend the remit needs careful consideration. In the meantime RBST should celebrate the success story breeds which have come off the Watchlist and continue to offer support to them. The Breeds at Risk Register (BARR) contract with Defra has been extended to 2011 and the threshold levels removed so animals can be registered regardless of how many are owned. This represents the best protection if the UK is hit with another outbreak of FMD 20
or similar. The Government has advanced plans to introduce Responsibility and Cost Sharing (RCS) which will raise money from livestock owners to be used against the costs of fighting outbreaks of livestock diseases. RBST will make submissions to Defra about the impact of RCS on owners of small numbers of animals and will liaise with other groups affected. At the 2009 Dairy Event and Livestock show at Stoneleigh RBST had a good turnout of animals and took the opportunity to demonstrate its role to commercial livestock producers. The 2010 Show at the NEC offers the Trust a chance to be even more integrated into the show and have a higher profile. Rare breeds do enjoy good publicity through TV programmes like Countryfile but in addition the Trust receives regular requests from all sectors of the media for help with articles mentioning and featuring rare and native breeds. Membership has held-up reasonably well in 2009 with in excess of 7,000 members. It is worth reflecting that RBST has more members than any breed society or the specialist farming organisations (NSA, NBA, RABDF, etc). Every membership organisation suffers with non-renewals and despite the slowing general economic climate it is pleasing to report that RBST numbers have not changed significantly. Council appointed Tim Brigstocke as Executive Chairman late in 2009 to continue the drive to achieve the objectives published in The Way Forward strategy paper. RBST has re-acted to concerns about its relationships with breed societies and members by appointing two field officers – Ruth Dalton for the north and Richard Broad for the south. The feedback from Support Groups and others about these new officers has been very positive and encouraging. Other changes have seen the appointment of David Leafe as General Manager to run the head office. These changes took place in early 2010. Total income of £620,000 was similar to 2008. Membership subscriptions, including gift aid, were £180,000, 28% of the total. The Trust is grateful to its many supporters and donors, and also to legatees, who between them contributed £128,000 (21%); this amount included bequests of £69,000. Investment income was £113,000 (19%) and represents a return of over 4% on the portfolio. The balance of the income comes from conservation projects and activities to generate funds. Expenditure totalled £650,000 of which 55% or £356,000 was spent on conservation projects and programmes. This included grants to various breed societies including the Northern Dairy Shorthorns, Manx Loaghtan sheep, Middle White Pigs, Portland sheep and the Castlemilk Moorit sheep. In addition the White Park Cattle Society received £8,000 which has utilised the remainder of its restricted fund. Governance costs were £51,000 and the remainder of the costs were spent to generate funds. Governance costs rose in the year as the Trust remodelled its constitution adopting new Articles of Association and concluded a staff restructuring which involved the use of professional advisers. This meant that the Trust experienced Net outgoing resources for the year of £30,000. The revival of the stock market saw the portfolio’s value rise by £383,000 and this combined to increase the reserves by £353,000 which at the year end totalled £2.9m of which £27,000 was held in a restricted fund. Plans for the future In 2010 RBST will continue to pursue the objectives identified in The Way Forward and specifically will be targeting how it can translate ideas into practicalities which fit in with its charitable objectives and can generate funds to expand its work, its research programmes and its role in educating the public about the merits of rare breeds. A working group is exploring how best to promote rare, and native, breeds to the benefit of the Trust and its members. As part of this RBST needs to carefully explain to Government and others that smallholders and native breeds can help sustain agriculture in the days ahead, and it needs to promote this message widely and beyond the membership. RBST benefits from a very strong and active support group network which can be really helpful in this regard. Statement of financial activities (incorporating an Income & Expenditure account) For the year ended 31 December 2009 2009 2008 Incoming resources from generated funds Voluntary income 361,767 387,337 Activities for generating funds 47,104 49,709 Investment income 112,887 113,386 Total incoming resources from generated funds 521,758 550,432 Incoming resources from charitable activities 97,913 80,315 Total incoming resources 619,671 630,747 Resources expended Costs of generating funds 193,690 222,875 Charitable activities 405,086 471,208 Governance costs 51,008 19,943 Total resources expended 649,784 714,026 Net outgoing resources (30,113) (83,279) Gains/losses realised on investments (621) 5,838 Realised deficit/gain for the financial year (30,734) (77,441) Unrealised gains/losses on investments 383,511 (775,760) Fund balances at 1 January 2,603,104 3,456,305 Fund balances at 31 December £ 2,955,881 £ 2,603,104 Continues> 21
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Page 25 and 26: Heritage Lottery Grant for Grazing
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