## **CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2021** Welcome to this AGM. After the disruptive past 16 months it is good to be able to meet in person. We have chosen to use the Parish Hall as there is more room to space out. When we arranged the meeting we hadn’t expected it to occur only 2 days after the relaxation of lockdown! Sadly I have to report that Fran Austin, a long time committee member, has died. She had been unwell for some time. She was a very talented woman and her background in graphic design was a real bonus for us. She designed the original recipe book after which she adapted her drawings for the original mugs, tea towels and apron. Latterly she totally redesigned the mug using just black and white to cut costs for us. If you have not yet bought one of these, we have some here at £6.50 each. We have been unable to meet in person but have kept in touch by email and telephone. We managed a Zoom meeting - thank you Richard for organising - to discuss investment of our generous £278k legacy from Walter Oke. Sue Chope, having taken over as Treasurer, looked for suitable accounts and we found one of the two we used for the previous legacy is giving the best return. Obviously we have not held any fundraising events, but expect to hold our usual Christmas coffee morning. We have sold some merchandise when asked for items. The church is waiting for the Architect to produce his schedule of works. Having received this generous legacy, we expect to be asked to pay for most of the work. Hopefully next year I shall be able to report the work is under way. Thank you to the committee and to all of you members who continue to support us in helping with the upkeep of our beautiful church. As last year, I am sorry we cannot offer refreshments. Hopefully next year will be different. RE EIIYTS AND PAYME AC YEAR ENDED THE FRIEI¥DS OF ST NECTANg& STOKE SIATEMEKT OF TRUSTEES. IIESPONSIBt1lT￿ Charity law wuirts the TDJstec5 ￿ prq)aTe sWements for fillancial year which properly PT&4CDt thc Ch8rAry'S receipL$ and payments r(x the period tO8ether with its 4SSCL$ and li&bilities at the end of the pcrio and adequ*ly distinguish sny matcrial strtial trust or other restri(ted fund of the Clwity. In Prepry thosc 6DatKial Marements thc'fnLSte¢s are Tequircd to: selext suitsble acr￿u￿(l￿8 p>licies Ittd th¢n aFpty them c4Msithty: 51ate whether the poli¢i&8 are in acc(thce with the apprf4mie SORP on AccouDtiDg by Clwitie5 al￿ the Accounting Regulations and with a￿lIcable a¢aMmling Stand￿[￿. subject to 8Uy ￿￿erial &partures di￿lOSed and exploincd iti the fiDwKial 5tstemettts: 4nd the fthanciAI st4teDx¢Dts on the BOiD8 conc4xn bASiS unle$5 it is itjApiWe to a$5Utne thai The are rr5w)nsiThle for k¢¢pin8 pr(w which disclo￿ with TeA$0￿ble ￿¢U￿Y 8Dy time the fuwicid p￿$>11￿ of the Ch&riiy. and to eDable to ensure th81 the fllwiciAI st&l¢menL% comply with appli14ble Aceoullting Standa￿$ And Stsiements uf ReconMn¢D(kd Prxtice aDd the requirements of The Cbariti¢s IA(%ounts and Rcwrts) Re8uiAtions 2￿$ and se￿10￿ 132(1) of the Charttiey Act 2011. ThLy are also resrA)nsAble for 5ufc8uardin8 thL wets of the Charity *td bence f(Y lakin8 Tc&sooable steps for the rrteveDlion and de￿,¢11th of fraud ￿ (kn Arre8ularitie& THE FRIENDS OF sr IYECTAN'& STOKE INDEPENDEIYT EXANIINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE FRtELYDS OF ST NECTAN'S sfoKE I report m the fllW]cid statements of The Friell(Ls of St Nect8n'$. Stoke ftr the year en&d S April 2021. which aye set Oui Oll Pa8es 3 ￿ 5. 14LSPFThIVE RLSPONSIBILITIF.S OF TRUSTEFS AND EXAMll¥ER As the chuTity's InL8tees you 8r¢ resP￿sIble f￿ the prep￿￿1￿ of the fmaDcial sthtemellts" you consid¢r tbai the audi¢ requir¢ment of Secti￿ 144 of the Chwities Act 2011 (the Act) does Dot w)ty. It is my resFrf)nsiTr*iliry to examine the fmAnciAI sr&t¢m¢nt& followin8 the pl￿¢th￿t$ speCif￿d in the General Directiuns given by the CTrwity Com[lliw￿ uniky sectirn 145(SXb) of the ACL wl to state whether pthi¢ular mattets h&ve cun¢ to my attentioll. BASIS OF INDEPEND￿ EXAMINER'S REPORT An ¢xamitiation includLY a review of aLYouniing records kqx by the Ch8riry aThJ a coMp8ri￿1 of the rJn8n¢ial $t#tem¢Dts PT¢sentrd with those recurd8. 11 8Lso in¢￿d&S c(XL8id¢rAtioD of any un￿￿U*l item9 < disclosure$ in th¢ fin8Dcial 5tst¢tllent& and seekin8 explatwiuns fTThn you as Trust¢es con¢ernillg 8ny 5ueb matters. The pnKLdures undertakell do provide the evithnc¢ thot would be Tcquired in an avdit, I th) n(* ¢xpr¢&s au Audi¢ thc view 8iv¢u by the f￿￿cIal $￿eMen INDF.PENDENT EXAMINER?S STATEMENT In Limnxtion with my ex4minatioo. no tllAtter Iw come to my att¢ll1i￿. which give$ m¢ r¢aK￿&ble cause to believe in w moterMI rttw)ect the r¢qUirn￿ts. io k¢¢p a￿OuntIn8 reetrd5 in xcordattce with s￿11c￿ 130 of th¢ Ad: and lo prepare fmgncial siarenieiits which aLTh)rd with the acc(nmtin8 recowds and to comply with a￿oUn11n8 reqiiirements of thc Act have not been or Lo my opinilm. attetttl￿ SIw￿ld drm in oth to eDabk a woper ullder5t￿dIng of the PA D￿N F.CA. 3 Springficld [￿.the.wHter BtDF.FORD Dev<)D F.X39 4AN 26 May 2JPI THE FRtEf4DS OF ST NECTAN'& STOKE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENIS ACCY)UNr for the ye*r e•ded S April 2021 2020 RECEllYS Incorne don*tloni *ttd lepc Donations and gift tK)xes Ixw- Estste ofmr W D Okt IDece& 970 100,1 I￿,82) 970 Ineojne from eh•rltsblt acdvlll¢s FthmbLYthip Subscripti￿5. life 100 165 140 240 265 Attlvltl¢• for gener*t* fo4d• EvLmLg._ coffee mornings - Mertyn ¢veniD8 S*k of aprons %al¢ of ba8$ Sale of trwks S&le of Sale of peL% Sak of towe] 415 366 48 58 20 123 32 312 110 120 290 1.566 l*vc•¢meDt Incume- Dividthth re¢eiv¢d 450 276 TOTAL RECF.IPTh 101.801 3,077 PA YME1￿s Fundrnknlng ¢ost8 MerGhandiyin8 Stock •Dd ￿Jus￿¢￿Lq to st￿k Expcn.w8 for Mertyn evenitig 1.442 51 Gen•rnl iwpport e•)•ts ottharltsbl¢ •¢¢fvh ACclicies Ittd th¢n aFpty them c4Msithty: 51ate whether the poli¢i&8 are in acc(thce with the apprf4mie SORP on AccouDtiDg by Clwitie5 al￿ the Accounting Regulations and with a￿lIcable a¢aMmling Stand￿[￿. subject to 8Uy ￿￿erial &partures di￿lOSed and exploincd iti the fiDwKial 5tstemettts: 4nd the fthanciAI st4teDx¢Dts on the BOiD8 conc4xn bASiS unle$5 it is itjApiWe to a$5Utne thai The are rr5w)nsiThle for k¢¢pin8 pr(w which disclo￿ with TeA$0￿ble ￿¢U￿Y 8Dy time the fuwicid p￿$>11￿ of the Ch&riiy. and to eDable to ensure th81 the fllwiciAI st&l¢menL% comply with appli14ble Aceoullting Standa￿$ And Stsiements uf ReconMn¢D(kd Prxtice aDd the requirements of The Cbariti¢s IA(%ounts and Rcwrts) Re8uiAtions 2￿$ and se￿10￿ 132(1) of the Charttiey Act 2011. ThLy are also resrA)nsAble for 5ufc8uardin8 thL wets of the Charity *td bence f(Y lakin8 Tc&sooable steps for the rrteveDlion and de￿,¢11th of fraud ￿ (kn Arre8ularitie& THE FRIENDS OF sr IYECTAN'& STOKE INDEPENDEIYT EXANIINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE FRtELYDS OF ST NECTAN'S sfoKE I report m the fllW]cid statements of The Friell(Ls of St Nect8n'$. Stoke ftr the year en&d S April 2021. which aye set Oui Oll Pa8es 3 ￿ 5. 14LSPFThIVE RLSPONSIBILITIF.S OF TRUSTEFS AND EXAMll¥ER As the chuTity's InL8tees you 8r¢ resP￿sIble f￿ the prep￿￿1￿ of the fmaDcial sthtemellts" you consid¢r tbai the audi¢ requir¢ment of Secti￿ 144 of the Chwities Act 2011 (the Act) does Dot w)ty. It is my resFrf)nsiTr*iliry to examine the fmAnciAI sr&t¢m¢nt& followin8 the pl￿¢th￿t$ speCif￿d in the General Directiuns given by the CTrwity Com[lliw￿ uniky sectirn 145(SXb) of the ACL wl to state whether pthi¢ular mattets h&ve cun¢ to my attentioll. BASIS OF INDEPEND￿ EXAMINER'S REPORT An ¢xamitiation includLY a review of aLYouniing records kqx by the Ch8riry aThJ a coMp8ri￿1 of the rJn8n¢ial $t#tem¢Dts PT¢sentrd with those recurd8. 11 8Lso in¢￿d&S c(XL8id¢rAtioD of any un￿￿U*l item9 < disclosure$ in th¢ fin8Dcial 5tst¢tllent& and seekin8 explatwiuns fTThn you as Trust¢es con¢ernillg 8ny 5ueb matters. The pnKLdures undertakell do provide the evithnc¢ thot would be Tcquired in an avdit, I th) n(* ¢xpr¢&s au Audi¢ thc view 8iv¢u by the f￿￿cIal $￿eMen INDF.PENDENT EXAMINER?S STATEMENT In Limnxtion with my ex4minatioo. no tllAtter Iw come to my att¢ll1i￿. which give$ m¢ r¢aK￿&ble cause to believe in w moterMI rttw)ect the r¢qUirn￿ts. io k¢¢p a￿OuntIn8 reetrd5 in xcordattce with s￿11c￿ 130 of th¢ Ad: and lo prepare fmgncial siarenieiits which aLTh)rd with the acc(nmtin8 recowds and to comply with a￿oUn11n8 reqiiirements of thc Act have not been or Lo my opinilm. attetttl￿ SIw￿ld drm in oth to eDabk a woper ullder5t￿dIng of the PA D￿N F.CA. 3 Springficld [￿.the.wHter BtDF.FORD Dev<)D F.X39 4AN 26 May 2JPI THE FRtEf4DS OF ST NECTAN'& STOKE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENIS ACCY)UNr for the ye*r e•ded S April 2021 2020 RECEllYS Incorne don*tloni *ttd lepc Donations and gift tK)xes Ixw- Estste ofmr W D Okt IDece& 970 100,1 I￿,82) 970 Ineojne from eh•rltsblt acdvlll¢s FthmbLYthip Subscripti￿5. life 100 165 140 240 265 Attlvltl¢• for gener*t* fo4d• EvLmLg._ coffee mornings - Mertyn ¢veniD8 S*k of aprons %al¢ of ba8$ Sale of trwks S&le of Sale of peL% Sak of towe] 415 366 48 58 20 123 32 312 110 120 290 1.566 l*vc•¢meDt Incume- Dividthth re¢eiv¢d 450 276 TOTAL RECF.IPTh 101.801 3,077 PA YME1￿s Fundrnknlng ¢ost8 MerGhandiyin8 Stock •Dd ￿Jus￿¢￿Lq to st￿k Expcn.w8 for Mertyn evenitig 1.442 51 Gen•rnl iwpport e•)•ts ottharltsbl¢ •¢¢fvh ACc