## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/1/24 Period start date To 31/12/24 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Great Meeting Endowment Fund Charity** ## **Charity registration number:1046150** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the Charity is the advancement of
religion in accordance with the usages and
practices of Unitarian and Free Christian
Churches and to further other charitable
purposes that the Trustees may from time to
time determine. With freedom, reason and
tolerance as our guiding principles, Leicester
Unitarians share an enquiring outlook into non-
dogmatic, liberal religion and seek to affirm an
open-ended faith in life, in humanity and in
God.Further information is available on our
website: www.leicesterunitarians.org| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Great Meeting Chapel maintains a 300+
year old uninterrupted tradition of worship on
Sundays with services, open to all, led usually
nowadays by a minister trained in Unitarian
theology. These services take place in a Grade
II listed building of significant heritage
importance. The minister or deputy provides
pastoral support to the congregation and liaises
with other congregations in the East Midlands
and with national organisations involved in
Unitarian activity. The elected trustees manage
the chapel and organize activities for the
congregation. Our carefully maintained meeting
rooms and garden are a valuable resource for
groups wishing to hire them. In the chapel we
offer the facility for weddings (including for
same sex couples), naming ceremonies and
funerals. Our next door ‘old school building’,
properly named Charles Berry House, is rented
to the NHS for use as a Health Centre for the
homeless, for asylum seekers and for those
with alcohol or drug dependency.
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the
Trustees' Report and the financial statements in
accordance with applicable law and United
Kingdom Accounting Standards (United
Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting
Practice). The law applicable to charities in| |||England and Wales is the Charities Act 2011,
Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations
2008 and the provisions of the Charity's
Constitution require the Trustees to prepare
financial statements for each financial year
which give a true and fair view of the state of
affairs of the charity and of the incoming
resources and application of resources of the
Charity for that period. In preparing these
financial statements, the Trustees are required
to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then
apply them consistently;
• observe the methods and principles in the
Charities SORP;
• make judgements and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent;
• state whether applicable accounting standards
and statements of recommended practice have
been followed, subject to any departures
disclosed and explained in the financial
statements; and
• prepare the financial statements on a going
concern basis unless it is inappropriate to
presume that the Charity will continue in
operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping
proper accounting records which disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial
position of the Charity and enable them to
ensure that the financial statements comply with
the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts
and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the
provision of the Charity's Constitution. They are
also responsible for safeguarding the assets of
the Charity and hence for taking reasonable
steps for the prevention and detection of fraud
and other irregularities.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have had regard to the Guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit| ## **Achievements and Performance** |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The energetic work of our new minister
continued in 2024 with an encouraging
growth in the size of the congregation. The
minister has liaised with other faith groups
and organisations both locally and
nationally and has attended the General
Assembly on our behalf. He co-ordinated
a successful Family Day for the district
organisation. He has greatly improved our
social media presence. Our Coffee
Morning is very popular and we now
welcome the Inclusion Disability group. We
continue our policy of hiring out our
meeting rooms to other charitable groups
at preferential rates. We hosted several
concerts in the main chapel. We
participated in the Leicester Pride march.
We were open for Heritage Open week,
including a ‘Tea in the garden’ event and
welcomed over 100 visitors. A
quinquennial building inspection was
completed. We had significant expenditure
on upgrades of our electrics and alarms.
Negotiations commenced positively on the
new lease with our tenants in our adjoining
old school building.| |---|---|---| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The financial position is stable. It is most
encouraging that our income from room hire
lettings has recovered post Covid, with a 40%
increase on previous year.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|A reserve is held to cover employment
obligations and any emergencies related to the
fabric of the chapel.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£19,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|NA| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|NA| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|NIL| ## **Additional information (optional)** |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|See accounts. The principal source of income
is from lettings.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|An audit of Endowments has been performed
with funds and sums noted in CC16a accounts
as submitted. A decision has been taken for
these endowments to be managed by
Redmayne and Bentley who also manage the
funds of East Midlands Unitarians who are our
Custodial Trustees. Progress in transfer is
sadly slow due to bureaucratic impediments.| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Principal risk would be if the current tenants at
Charles Berry House [Inclusion Healthcare]
were to give notice to leave.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Endowment Trust| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected by the congregation with a
3 year term| ## **Additional information (optional)** The Management Trustees are as listed. The Custodian Trustees are East Midlands The charity’s organisational Unitarians. structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Great Meeting (Endowment Fund)Charity| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Great MeetingUnitarian Chapel Leicester;Leicester Unitarians| |Registered charity number|1046150| |Charity’s principal address|45 East Bond Street Leicester
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||David Wykes|President||The congregation of Great
MeetingChapel| ||Michael Drucquer|Chairman||Ditto and for all below| ||Diane Romano-
Woodward|Treasurer|Resigned 2025|| ||Elizabeth Clapp|||| ||Stephen Miles|||| ||Sir Peter Soulsby|||| ||RoyCrole|||| ||GabbyProvan|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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|**Great Meeting Unitarian Chapel**||**1046150**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |01/01/2024
**For the period**
**from**
Period start date|**To**|Period end date
31/12/2024|| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |
Donations,Legacies and Grants|**9,695**||**-**||**-**||**9,695**||**17,714**| |Lettings / Events|**14,423**||**-**||**-**||**14,423**||**8,633**| |Rent|**64,252**||**-**||**-**||**64,252**||**51,694**| |Gift Aid|**2,422**||**-**||**-**||**2,422**||**2,151**| |Investment Income|**1,012**||**-**||**-**||**1,012**||**849**| |Interest|**54**||**-**||**-**||**54**||**65**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**91,858**||**-**||**-**||**91,858**||**81,106**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**81,106**| ||||||||||| |
Roof Expenditure|**171**||**-**||**-**||**171**||**5,304**| |Stipend|**41,777**||**4,040**||**-**||**45,817**||**25,555**| |Salaries and other fees|**7,211**||**-**||**-**||**7,211**||**14,468**| |Event Expenses|**1,736**||**-**||**-**||**1,736**||**-**| |Insurance|**8,270**||**-**||**-**||**8,270**||**7,810**| |Utilities|**6,081**||**-**||**-**||**6,081**||**5,132**| |Maintenance and Cleaning|**9,607**||**-**||**-**||**9,607**||**9,841**| |Organ and Music|**932**||**6,466**||**-**||**7,398**||**501**| |Communications and Administration|**3,616**||**-**||**-**||**3,616**||**5,644**| |Subscriptions|**2,843**||**-**||**-**||**2,843**||**1,511**| |Accountancy|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,082**| |Bank Charges|**60**||**-**||**-**||**60**||**62**| |Interest on Loan|**-**||||||**-**||**1,000**| ||||||||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**82,304**||**10,506**||**-**||**92,810**||**77,910**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**77,910**| ||||||||||| ||**9,554**||||||||**3,196**| ||**-501 **||||||||**-**| ||**21,300**||||||||**31,643**| ||**30,353**||||||||**34,839**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|Signature
MikeDrucquer
Accountancy
East Midlands Unitarians
Rent
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
M & G Charifund
SVS Cornelian ProgC Fund
Janus Henderson Pan Euro Fund
Bank of Ireland Ord shares
**Details**
Insuranceprepayment
GA Quota
CafBank
Lloyds
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**25,749**
**-**
**4,604**
**3,534**
**-**
**-**
**30,353**
**3,534**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**8,270**
**-**
**980**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**belongs**
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**belongs**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**2,000**
Unrestricted
**2,500**
Unrestricted
**12,220**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**10,120**| ||||**19,883**| ||||**53,540**| ||||**1,681**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| ||MikeDrucquer||| ||||| **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Great Meeting Unitarian Chapel **members of On accounts for the year** 31 December 2024 **Charity no** 1046150 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 and 2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2024. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I 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, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Date:** 9[th] July 2025 ~~[~~ **Signed: Name:** Simon Purvis ~~Ps~~ **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 9 Hedley Court London SW15 3NS 1 **October 2018** **IER**