**To** 

## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 01 May 2024 30 April 2025 

**From** 

Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** 

Friends of Morston Church 

**Other names charity is known by** N/A 

|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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|1 Sandra Morris||||
|2 Carole Bean|DeputyChairman|||
|Robert David<br>Metcalfe|Treasurer|||
|4 SusyHarrison||||
|5 Dr Peter Tibbetts|Chairman|||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Constitution adopted on 1 May 2003 (as amended 5 April 2003 and 16 Type of governing document August 2003 (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

Association How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Trustees are proposed and elected by Members Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

To maintain repair restore and preserve for the benefit of the public the fabric of All Saints Church, Morston, Norfolk, its monuments, fixtures, fittings, furniture, stained glass, ornaments and other chattels and its churchyard. 

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To raise money for the maintenance and repair of All Saints Church, Morston, Norfolk, England. 

The trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when undertaking charitable activities during the year. 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

Fundraising Successful events and activities were held during the year to raise funds for the maintenance and repair of All Saints Church, Morston. These events included the sale of books on-line, a quiz, a talk by a guest speaker, an art sale and sales of items at craft and market events. Repairs to All Saints Church, Morston No repairs to the fabric of All Saints Church, Morston were made during the year but works are expected to start in the next financial year. 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

The charity trustees do not have a reserves policy. 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially** N/A **in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Robert David Metcalfe **Full name(s)** Dr Peter Tibbetts **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairman Treasurer **etc) Date** 21st June 2025 

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## **Friends Of Morston Church** 

## **2024-25 Accounts** 

## **1st May 2024 to 30th April 2025** 

|**Income**<br>Friends' Subscriptions<br>Donations<br>Book Sales<br>Shovell Event<br>Quiz Event<br>Shakespeare Event<br>Art Sale Event<br>Mardle Event<br>Stalls<br>Easyfundraising<br>Gift Aid<br>**Total**|**2023-2024**<br>**2024-2025**<br>£1,875.00<br>£1,690.00<br>£769.99<br>£400.00<br>£7,847.52<br>£9,879.85<br>£3,135.00<br>-<br>£1,748.62<br>£1,869.50<br>£3,015.50<br>-<br>£882.15<br>£7,261.50<br>-<br>£758.50<br>£3,409.74<br>£4,213.97<br>£214.83<br>£566.71<br>£490.77<br>£533.57|
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||**£23,389.12**<br>**£27,173.60**|



|**Expenditure**|**2023-2024**|**2024-2025**|
|---|---|---|
|Book Sales Costs|£200.00|-|
|Shovell Event Costs|£2,198.00|-|
|Quiz Event Costs|£197.73|£231.21|
|Shakespeare Event Costs|£882.50|-|
|Art Sale Event Costs|£68.80|£201.14|
|Mardle Event Costs|-|93.79|
|Insurance|-|388.82|
|Web Hosting Costs|£237.60|-|



|**Total**<br>**Balance of Income over Expenditure**|**£3,784.63**<br>**£914.96**|
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||**£19,604.49 £26,258.64**|



|Brought Forward<br>Add Income over Expenditure<br>**Total**<br>Current Account<br>**Total**|£92,703.64<br>£112,308.13<br>£19,604.49<br>£26,258.64|
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||**£112,308.13**<br>**£138,566.77**|
||£112,308.13<br>£138,566.77|
||**£112,308.13**<br>**£138,566.77**|



Notes: Insurance 2024 paid in May 2024 Current account balance 1 June 2025 £141k 



## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

|**Report to the trustees**|Charity Name<br>Friends of Morston Church (the Friends)||
|---|---|---|
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|**On accounts for the year**|30 April 2025<br>**Charity no**|1099831|
|**ended**|**(if any)**||
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|**Set out on pages**|||
||(remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets)|(remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets)|
||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above||
||charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30 April 2025.||
|**Responsibilities and**|As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the||
|**basis of report**|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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission|have followed all 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 in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

   - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or 

   - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or 

   - • the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

I 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. 

* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ 

|**Signed:**|Anne Bissett|**Date:**|28 June 2025|
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|**Name:**|Anne Bissett|||
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|**Relevant professional**|Member of ICAEW|||
|**qualification(s) or body**||||
|**(if any):**||||
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|**Address:**|Shawtop House|||
||3 Rookdean|||



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Chipstead Sevenoaks 

Kent TN13 2RT 

## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of** N/A **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

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