Document · trust deed
The trust deed of 1963
The four-page foundational document of the Trust, signed at a dining-room table in Fetcham on the fourth of February, 1963. We have not amended it since.
PDF · 0.6 MB · 4 pages
Resources
A small library of plain-English documents — five short downloads, kept current and posted on the open web as a matter of principle.
We do not produce many publications. A small fund's writing time is mostly absorbed by the quarterly dispatches, the Annual Return, and the cheque book. What follows are the five plain documents we hold up to date and re-publish on the website each March.
Document · introductory leaflet
A short leaflet about the fund
A two-page introduction we hand out at the coffee morning and post out with the annual report. Written in 2024, refreshed every spring.
PDF · 1.1 MB · 2 pages
Document · safeguarding
Our safeguarding statement
A single-page statement of how the fund handles confidential information and protects vulnerable beneficiaries. Signed by both Trustees and revised in January 2026.
PDF · 0.3 MB · 1 page
Document · complaints
Our complaints procedure
A short, plain account of how to make a complaint about anything the fund has done or failed to do, with named individuals and timescales.
PDF · 0.4 MB · 2 pages
Document · partner guide
A short guide for partner charities
If you run a local charity in our four parishes and would like to know how to write to us — what to expect, what we can and cannot fund, and how soon to expect a reply — please start here.
PDF · 0.8 MB · 3 pages
Document · dispatch archive
The 2025 quarterly dispatches
The four quarterly dispatches we sent in 2025, gathered into a single PDF for the record. Each is a single sheet, plain prose, no images.
PDF · 1.4 MB · 4 pages
Why we publish these
We publish them because the Charity Commission encourages every registered charity to be open about its governing document, its safeguarding posture, and its complaints procedure — and because we think a fund that asks for small cheques from its neighbours owes its neighbours the courtesy of being legible. Anything we have done that we have not put on the open web is something we would gladly send by post if you wrote to us at Kennel Lane.
The PDFs above are small, plain documents — none of them is long, and none of them contains any personal data. If you find a typo, an out-of-date phone number, or anything else that needs correcting, we would be genuinely grateful to hear about it. Write to [email protected] or ring the Lodge Secretary on 01372 454336.
If something here is unclear
Write to us — we read every message.
The Lodge Secretary will write back within three working days, by letter or email as you prefer.