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The Maylands Trust

Trustees’ Annual Report

For the year ended 31st March 2025

1. Reference and Administrative Details

Charity name: The Maylands Trust

Charity number: 1092044

Address:

19 Windermere Drive, Great Notley Braintree Essex CM77UB

Trustees:

• Dorothy Lodge (Chair)

• Kevin Sherrington-Lodge (sec)

• Christopher Lodge

• Julian Davey

• Angela Cox

Bankers:

HSBC 52 Bank Street Great Square Braintree CM7 1TX

Independent examiner:

Richard Tytherleigh c/o Oakfield Finance Services Ltd Oakfield House 11 Freeport Office Village, Century Drive Braintree, Essex, CM77 8YG

2. Structure, Governance and Management

Governing document:

• The Maylands Trust Deed as declared 05/12/2001 outlines the structure, governance and management of the trustee board. The Maylands Trust is administered by a board of elected trustees.

Type of governing document: Trust deed

How is the charity constituted: Registered charity

Appointment of trustees:

• The Maylands Trust constitution states that at any one time there shall be at least two trustees. The first trustees as stated in the Declaration of Trust are entitled to hold office for life. New and/or trustees (to a maximum of 10 trustees) are appointed by resolution of the Trustees

Organisational structure:

• All activities of The Maylands Trust are managed by the Trustees board

3. Objectives and Activities

Charitable purposes:

• The relief of need, hardship or distress in the old, disadvantaged or needy within 30 miles of Halstead and promotion of other charitable purposes for the benefit of such persons

• The promotion of the charitable purposes of Halstead Day Centre (Charity 280552)

Main activities:

• The Maylands Trust provides grants to enable the relief of hardship. This is achieved through payments made to address specific needs brought before the trustees in form of grant requests.

Statement of public benefit confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit:

• The trustees of The Maylands Trust confirm that they have had due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. Throughout the year, we have ensured that our activities align with these guidelines, solely focusing on delivering enabling support to the community we serve.

4. Achievements and Performance

• During this year The Maylands Trust made 5 grants to The Halstead Day Centre in response to specific requests made to support their operations providing facilities and care support to housebound and isolated elderly within the community. This enabled Halstead Day Centre to keep open on specific days to provide services and operate minibuses to provide access to services to their members.

5. Financial Review

• Opening balance: £105.17

• Total income: £48,000

• Total expenditure: £42,563.20

• Surplus/deficit: £5,436.80

• Reserves policy: The Maylands Trust aim s to maintain reserves to cover 6 months operation costs

• Principal funding sources: Donations

6. Plans for the Future

• The plan for 2025/6 is a to maintain operations in a similar state. Specific applications for support will be assess trustees and supported where donations permit within the Trust policies.

7. Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

• Trustees confirm the report is prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and SORP requirements.

Signed on behalf of the trustees

Name: Dororthy Lodge JP MBE

Position: Chair

Date: 30/01/2025

Accounts

					The Maylands Trust
			Income and Expenditure Account
				Year to 31 March 2025
2023/24							2024/25
		Income
14800.00		Donations					48000.00
0.00		Bank Interest					0.00
14800.00		Total Income					48000.00
		Expenditure
20080.00		Grants awarded					42500.00
62.40		Bank Charges and		operatingcosts			63.20
-5342.40		Excess of Income		over Expenditure/(Expenditure over			5436.80
		Income for theyear)
5447.57		Brought forward from Previousyear					105.17
105.17		Balance of fund carried forward					5541.97

				The Maylands Trust
					Balance Sheet
				As	at 31 March 2025
	2024							2025
			Bank Balances
105.17			HSBC				5541.97
105.17							5541.97
5447.57			Total Fund Brought Forward				105.17
			Plus
-5342.40			Excess of Income over Expenditure for theyear				5436.80
			('-'ve shows excess expenditure over income)
105.17							5541.97

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