Brede Steam Engine Society Registered Charity Number: 1082438 Registered Company Number: 03451902 Annual Accounts for the period 6 April 2023 5 April 2024 Contents.. Organisational infomiation Trustees, Annual Report Receipts & Payments account Statement of Assets & Liabilities Independent Examiner's report Hastings Voluntary Action Jackson Hall Portland Place Hastings East Sussex TN34 1QN Organisational information of Brede Steam Engine Society The Trustees of Brede Steam Engine Society presents its organisational information for the year ended 5th April 2024 Name of charity: Brede Steam Engine Society Ltd Working Names: Brede Steam Engine Society and BSES Registered Charity Number: 1082438 Register8d Company Number.. 3451902 Legal form: Charitable Company Governlng document: Adopted 20th October 1997 and amended by special resolution on 20th May 2000 Addre88: Waterworks Lane Brede Rye East Sussex TN316HG Trustees: B Atkinson S Atkinson A Beaney C Dadswell J Moody P Moore R Wood 8anker8: CAF Bank, West Malling, Kent Shawbrook Bank, Brentwood, Essex Independent Examiner: Laura Dawson, Independent Examiner HVA, Jackson Hall, Portland Place. Hastings, TN34 1 QN Objects: To advance the education of the public in the subject of Steam pumping engines used in the water industry and in related subjects with particular reference to the Brede Steam Pumping Engines and the Brede Tramway BREDE STEAM ENGINE SOCIETY DIRECTOR'S REPORT TH FOR THE YEAR EINDING 5 APRIL 2024 th The directors present thelr annual report and financial statements for the year ending 6 April 2024. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policics sct out in nole I to the tin(￿cial statements and comply with the socicty's Memorandum and Articles of As.sociation, the Charities Act 201 l and "Accounling and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommcnded PrdLlice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordanLe with the Financial Reporting Standard st ¢ipplicable in the UK and Republic of Ircland (FRS 102)" (effective l January 2019). Obiectives and Activities The principle objectivcs of the ch¢iritdble company. under its memorandum and articlcs of association, tire to advance the eduL Net Current Assets 318,997 236,294 Total A83ets less Current Ll8 318,997 237,636 Net Assets 318,997 237,636 Re resented b ACCUMULATED FUND blf Surplusldeficit of receipts over payments 237,636 81,361 264,431 (26,795) 237,636 318.997 Assets An inventory of assets is held by the Treasurer and is available on request. All Fixed Assets have been depreciated to zero Charity Law ￿qUireS the Trustees lo prepare financial ststemenls for each financial year which comply with the regulations sel out in the Charities Act 1993. The trusless have elected to take advantage of the provisions that apply to small charities and have prepared a Receipts and Paym8nts account and Statement of Assets and Liabililies. Approved by the Trustees on 11 and signed on their behalf by Independent EXamine￿S Report to the Commlttee i Brede Steam Engine Society I report on the accounts of Brede Steam Engine Society for the twelve month period ended 5th April 2024 which are set out on the previous pages. Respective responsibilities of committee & examlner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act), and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility.. to examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act to follow the prO￿dureS laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission lunder section 145(511b) of the Charities Act), and to stste whether particular matters have come to my attention Basis of Independent examlner's report My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and comparison of the supporting documentation presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'Yrue and fairf, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examlner's Statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my 8ttention'. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section130 of the Charities Act to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met; or 2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ra Dawson Finance Manager Hastings Voluntary Action Jackson Hall, Portland Place, Hastings, TN34 1QN