Rotary Club of Chesham Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025
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Rotary Club of Chesham
Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025
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Rotary Club of Chesham Trust Fund
Trustees Report
Independent Examiner's report to the Trustees of Rotary Club of Chesham Trust Fund
Receipts and Payments Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025 and Statement of Monetary Assets as at 30 June 2025
Projects
Donations during the Year ended 30 June 2025
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Rotary Club of Chesham Trust Fund Trustees’ Report for the Year ended 30 June 2025 Trust Deed
The Trust Deed, dated 10 December 1993, was registered with the Charity Commission for England & Wales on 31 January 1994. The registered number is 1032366.
Trustees
The Trustees are Officers of the Rotary Club of Chesham. They are appointed for a twelve month period ending on 30 June each year.
The Trustees who served during the year were:
John Harding President Laurence Sharp Secretary Anthony Eginton Treasurer The current trustees, who took office on the retirement of their predecessors, are Mervyn Edwards President Laurence Sharp Secretary Anthony Eginton Treasurer
Terms of Trust
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and its income upon trust and apply them for the following objectives:
Relief of poverty
Advancement of Education
Any other exclusively charitable purpose beneficial to the Community as the Club shall in any duly constituted meeting from time to time direct.
Address
Laurence Sharp, 16 Groves Way Chesham HP5 2WL
Financial Report and performance for public benefit
This year the Trust achieved net receipts of £13,102 (2024 £18,857). Payments were £13,218 (2024 £10,092) representing donations and projects for the benefit of the community
The fund raises income through the holding of various events and through donations from members of the Rotary Club of Chesham and others. It distributes its funds to various charities and carries out various projects to advance understanding in the community.
The Trustees consider the sum of £2,500 to be sufficient to enable it to meet its potential giving in the early part of the following year. This current Club policy is regularly reviewed.
Financial Statement
The Trustees approved the report and the financial statements for the year on 1 Ppil Uy? Signed by Laurence Sharp - Secretary
On behalf of the Trustees
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Independent Examiner's report to the Trustees of Rotary Club of Chesham Trust Fund
| report on the Accounts of the Rotary Club of Chesham Trust Fund for the year ended 30 June 2025 which are set out on pages 4 to 6.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
| 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 | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records.
| 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.
David MacBean
Signed by David MacBean FCA on '& ff puk Zoz&
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Rotary Club of Chesham Trust Fund Receipts and Payments Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025 and Statement of Monetary Assets as at 30 June 2025
| GROSS | EXPENSES | NET | 2,024 | ||
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| FUND RAISING | |||||
| Charity Box | 1,391.64 | - | 1,391.64 | 1,302 | |
| Internal Christmas Card | 500.00 | (48.00) | 452.00 | 312 | |
| Christmas Float (page 5) | 12,956.15 | (9,710.19) | 3,245.96 | 10,308 | |
| Distribution to Participants | - | - | - | (5,000) | |
| Rotary District 1260 Grant | 1,000.00 | - | 1,000.00 | - | |
| Donations & Sundries | 2,885.00 | - | 2,885.00 | 946 | |
| Frog Race Evening | 1,680.15 | - | 1,680.15 | 1,510 | |
| Games at Events | - | - | & | 40 | |
| Profit on Peace in the Park | 3,825.00 | (4,246.18) | (421.18) | 2,198 | |
| Music & Magic Evening | 1,960.55 | - | - | - | |
| Surplus from Quiz Night | - | - | - | 517 | |
| Car meet | 965.90 | (541.80) | 424.10 | 1,204 | |
| Interact club collections | 125.51 | - | 125.51 | 202 | |
| Inner Wheel funds | , | - | - | - | 675 |
| HMRC - Giftaid claim | 2,307.91 | - | 2,307.91 | 4,629 | |
| 29,597.81 | (14,546.17) | 13,091.09 | 18,843 | ||
| Projects (Page 5) | 306.47 | 387 | |||
| Donations (page 6) | ~~12,762.00~~ | ~~9,555~~ | |||
| 13,068.47 | 9,942 | ||||
| Surplus of Receipts over Payments forYear | 22.62 | 8,901 | |||
| Balances as at 30 June 2024 | 11,948.06 | 3,047 | |||
| Monetary Assets at 30 June 2025 | £11,97068 | £11,948 | |||
| Restricted Funds | |||||
| Chesham Valley Rotary ClO | |||||
| Funds held for the new | charity | - | 5,403 | ||
| Chesham HillsAcademy | InteractClub | 132745 | ~~00 =~~ | ||
| Funds held for Inner Wheel - Down's Syndrome | 591.15 | 591 | |||
| Ken Denham Trust Funds | 1,068.79 | 1,205 | |||
| Interest Received | 10.50 | 14 | |||
| Chiltern Music Festival February 2025 | ~~(150.00)~~ | (150) | |||
| 929.29 | 1,069 | ||||
| Unrestricted funds | 9,122.79 | 4,886 | |||
| £11,970.68 | £11,948 | ||||
| Signed byTrusteeson | 15 ftpil | 2026 | ( CY | ||
| MervynEdwards | LaurenceSharp | AAtH ginton |
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Rotary Club of Chesham Trust Fund
| Project Payments during the Year ended 30 June 2025 | ||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Technology Tournament | ||||
| Expenditure | 583.39 | 678 | ||
| Contributions from Amersham & Great Missenden | ||||
| Rotary Clubs | (388.92) | ~~(452)~~ | ||
| 194.47 | 226 | |||
| Kids Out | 112.00 | 162 | ||
| £ | 306.47 | £ | 388 | |
| Christmas Float and Collections | ||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| The floatwas taken out on 22 (2024:17) occasions by | ||||
| various organisations, including Rotary Club of | ||||
| Chesham, generating | 12,956.15 | 10,430 | ||
| This figure also includes the collections raised in the static | ||||
| collections in the town. | ||||
| Expenses Totalled | (210.19) | (61) | ||
| Funds for Chesham Valley Rotary Club | (9,500.00) | - | ||
| Distributions to participating organisations | - | (5,000) | ||
| IncomereceivedbyTrustFund | £ | 3,245.96 | £ | 5,369 |
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Rotary Club of Chesham Trust Fund Donations during the Year ended 30 June 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | |
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| Overseas | ||
| Mary's Meals | - | 500 |
| Mercyships | 290.00 | - |
| Nepal Toilets & Water Project | - | 500 |
| NICHE International | - | 500 |
| Rotary Foundation - Annual Fund | 1,500.00 | 1,500 |
| Rotary Foundation - End Polio Now | 500.00 | 500 |
| ShelterBox | 2,000.00 | 500 |
| Local/UK Organisations | - | - |
| Chesham Arts Festival | 300.00 | 300 |
| Chesham in Bloom | - | 200 |
| Chesham Museum | - | 500 |
| Chesham Peace in the Park | - | 350 |
| Chesham Tea Party | 300.00 | - |
| Chesham Valley Rotary Club | 2,872.60 | - |
| Chiltern Music Therapy | - | 250 |
| Chiltern Toy Bank | - | 400 |
| Chiltern Youth Council | - | 200 |
| Cygnet award | 100.00 | - |
| Dementia Carers Respite | - | 500 |
| Dictionary4Life | 972.80 | 1,034 |
| Florence Nightingale Hospice | 30.00 | - |
| Heritage House | 351.60 | 99 |
| Hospice of St Francis | 250.00 | 250 |
| Inner Wheel - Downs Syndrome | - | 84 |
| Newtown School PTA | 500.00 | - |
| PACE | - | 250 |
| Rennie Grove Hospice | 500.00 | - |
| Riding for the Disabled | - | 500 |
| Root & Branch Change | 1,000.00 | - |
| Royal British Legion 'Poppy Appeal' | 250.00 | 200 |
| Schools ofChesham Carnival | 50.00 | 50 |
| Theatre Shed | 400.00 | |
| Ukraine Children | 135.00 | 388 |
| Workaid | 500.00 | - |
| £12,762.00 | “£9,555 |
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