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The Friends of Holy Cross Church Sarratt
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The Friends of Holy Cross Church Sarratt
Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
Registered Charity No. l 018991

The Friends of Holy Cross Church Satratt
Trustees, Report
for the year ended 31 December 2024
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December
2024.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the Charity (charity no. l 018991) is to raise funds for the preservatio
maintenance. restoration, replacement.. improvement or ornamentation of Holy Cross Church.
SarratL The Charity holds a number of fund-raising events during the year.
Grants
During th¢ y¢ar the Charity made grants of £35,668 (£13,780 - 2023) to the PCC of Holy Cross
Church, Sarratt for th¢ pr¢s¢rVatiO￿ improvement and maintenance of the church.
Preparation of accounts
This report is prepared in accordance with the special provisions of the statements of
recommended practice for ckwities.
Statement by the treasurer
En 2024 we held our usual events and in November included a new one, a 60s,70s & 80s Disco.
A total of £23,988 was raised from ¢v¢nts, donations. interest and gift aid and we thank all those
who have supported the events and those who made donations. The Friends contributed towards
the general repairs and maintenance in the church and made a donation of £5,000 following The
Flower Festival. The Friends have agreed to help fund the new heating system" at the end of the
year they had paid £29,800 and the fu￿1 payment of £1 0,879 was made on 2nd January 2025.
Richard Cawdron
Hon. Treasurer

The Friends of Holy Cross Church Sarratt
Statement of trustees, responsibilities
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each fmancial year which
give a true and fair view of the state of affa2rs of the Charity and its profit and loss for that
period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.
Make judgments and estimth that are reasonable.
State whether applicable accounting stsndards have been followed, subject to any
material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
Prepare the financial statements on the going eAincern basis unless it is inappropriate to
presume that the group will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for the keeping of proper accounting records which disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to
¢nsure that the fllw]cial statements comply with the Statements of Recommended Practice for
charities.
The trustees and officers at the year-end were as follows:
Sue Clark (Chair)
Chris Adams
Marityn Butler
Richard Cawdron (Hon. Treas.)
Melissa Cortizo
Sheila Edmund (Hon. Se&)
Catharine Elliott
Katie Iyaylor
Anna Rankin
Leone Ashby
Elected l June 2021
Re-elected 6 July 2020
Rwlected 24 Jan 2023
Re-elected 3 May 2023
Elected 17 November 2021
Elected 25 October 2022
Elected 3 May 2023
Re-elected 24 Jan 2023
Re-elected 24 Jan 2023
Elected 29 January 2024
Tn￿teeS leaving during 2024:
Kate Hobhouse
Resigned 4 January 2024
Ex-officio members at 31 December 2024:
Neil AltmaD
Apwinted l O January 2024
Jenny Roberts
Appointed 22 May 2024
Revd. Sarah mil￿ (Rector & President) Appointed 24 July 2023
Linda Clough (Honorary Ex Officio)
Appointed July 2018

The Friends of Holy Cross Church Satratt
Income and expendlture aeeount
for the year ended 31 December 2024
Notes
2023
2024
Turnover from fundraising activities
Cost of sales
23.001
25,424
Gross surplus from operations
18,887
20,231
Donations and gift aid
4,705
1,554
Interest income
Operating surplus
25,325
23,988
Operating expenses
661
308
Surplus on ordinary activities
24,664
23.680
Grants made to charity
10
(Deficit) / Surplus for the y¢ar
The Charity has no recognised gains and losses other than those included above. All the above
items relate to the continuing OFKrations of the Cl]arRty.
The notes on pages 7 to 9 forn] an integral part of these financial statements.

The Friends of Holy Cross Church Sarratt
Balance sheet at 31 December 2024
Notes
2023
2024
Current assets
Wine and beer stocks
Bank and deposlt accounts
103
67,476
67,579
101
55,015
55,116
Creditor
Net current assets
500
67,079
25
55,091
Totsl net assets
67,079
55,091
Represented by:
Accumulated fund
67,079
55,091
The financial statements on pages 4 to 9 were approved by the trustees and were signed
on their behalf by Sue Clark and Richard Cawdron on 9 April 2025.
The notes on pages 7 to 9 fonn an inte￿1 part of these financial statements.

The Friends of Holy Cross Church Sarratt
Cash flow statement for the year to 31 Deeenjber 2024
2023
2024
Note
Net cash flow from ordinary activities
Grants made to charity
Decrease in creditors
(Increase)Idecrease in drink stock
24,664
(13,780)
23,680
(35,668)
(475)
10
103
Incre&sel(Decrease) in cash for the year
The notes on pages 7 to 9 fonn an integral part of these financial statements.

The Friends of Holy Cross Church Sarratt
Notes to the Financial Statenjents as at 31 December 2024
l. A¢counting Policies:
Basis ofaccounling
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable
Accounting Standards in the United Kingdom and under the historical cost
convention. The financial statements have also been prepared in compliance with the
Staternents ot" Recommended Practice for ChaTities.
(li)
Turnover
Turnover, which excludes value added taxatio￿ represents the value of merchandise
sold and proceeds from fund raising activities. None of the merchandise sold is
overseas sales.
2. Segmental inforniation on turnover and cost of sales
Turnover
Gross Ex
nses 2024
2023
Flower Festival
Christmas Fair
Coffee Morning
60s, 70s & 80s Disco
Reeling
Flower Demonstration
Coronation Celebrations
Total
11,794
4,976
720
3,671
4.263
2,228
616
9,566
4,360
720
2,479
3,106 3,697
8,584
5,216
1,030
1,192
1.157
316
20,231 18.887
25,424
3. Operating {deficit)Isurplu$
2023
2024
Operating (deficit)Isurplus is stated after charging:
Accountancy
4. Trustees emolumeDts
2023
2024
Fees and other emoluments
5. Staff numbers and costs
The average number of staff including executive trustees employed by the company
was nil and no costs were incurred.

The Friends of Holy Cross Church Sarratt
6. Creditor - due within one year
2023
2024
Sundry creditor
500
500
25
25
7. Reconciliation of movements in'funds
2023
2024
Opening accumulated fund
Surplusl(deficit) for the year
Closing accumulated fund
56.195
10,884
67,079
67,079
55,091
8. Reconciliation of operating {deficity surplus on ordinary activities to net cash flow
from operatins activities
2023
2024
Sury)lus/(deficit) from operntions
Purchase of wine and beer
Decrease in stock of wine and beer
Decrease in creditors
10,884
(103)
(11,988)
475
9. Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net funds
2023
2024
Increase/(decrease) in cash in year
Net funds at beginning of year
10,781
56,695
(12,461)
67,476
Net funds at end of year
67,476
55,015

The Friends of Holy Cross Church Sarratt
10. Grants
The following grants were paid by the charity for.the year ended 31 December 2024:
2023
2024
Holy Cross PCC
I l. Related party transa¢tRons
During the year th¢ charity had no related paty transactions with the trustees (£nil - 2023).
12. Commitments
The charity had a cornmitment to pay £10,879 to Holy Cross Church on 31 December 2024
(£nil - 2023). this was paid on 2 January 2025.

The Friends of Holy Cross Church Sarratt
INDEPENDE￿ EXAMINER'S REPORT to THE TRUSTEES of
THE FRIENDS ofHOLY CROSS CHURCH SARRATT
I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner and basis of report
As the charity's trustees you a￿ responsible for the prqmration of the accounts in accordance
with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('Xhe Act"). It is my resp)nsibility to:
examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Act
to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity
Commission (under Section 145 (5b) of the Act: and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Independent Examiner's ststement
I have completed my examination. I confirni that no material matters have come to my attention
in connection with the examination givlng me cause to believe that in any mat¢rial resp¢ct:
(l ) Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130
of the Act; or
(2) the accounts do not accord with those records or
(3) the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the fonn and
content of accounts set out in the Ch￿ltieS (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008
other than any requirment that the accounts giv¢ a 'tru¢ and fair view" which is not a
matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no othw matters in connection with the examination
to which attention should bc drnwn in this repKJrt in order to enable a proper understanding of
the accounts to be reached.
Lyle D. Aitken
Simmond House
The Green
SaTratt
Rickniansworth
Herts. WD3 6AT
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