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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
Friends of Morston Church
**Other names charity is known by**
## N/A
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1099831
**Charity's principal address** West Acre 2 The Street Morston NR25 7AA Norfolk
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
March **2012**
**TAR**
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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Constitution adopted on 1 May 2003 (as amended 5 April 2003 and 16 August 2003
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, a music event 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 in deficit**
N/A
## **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**
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**FRIENDS OF MORSTON CHURCH**
**1099831**
## **Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y**
**For the period from**
|**For the period**
**from**|01-May-25|**To**|30-Apr-26|
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## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**11,932**
**15,543**
**2,809**
**30,284**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,284**
**2,149**
**194**
**2,344**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,344**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total**
**funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Subscriptions & donations (non event)|**11,932**|||**11,932**|
|Events|**15,543**|||**15,543**|
|Gift aid and easyfundraising|**2,809**|||**2,809**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**30,284**|||**30,284**|
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**table).**|||||
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|**_Sub total_**|
**-**|||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||
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|Events|**2,149**|||**2,149**|
|Insurance and other costs|**194**|||**194**|
|**_Sub total_**|**2,344**|||**2,344**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**
**(see table)**|||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**|||||
||**2,344**|**-**|**-**|**2,344**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**27,940**||**-**|
|**-**||**27,940**|
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||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**138,566**||**-**||**-**||**138,566**|
||**166,506**||**-**||**-**||**166,506**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Unrestricted Restricted funds funds**
**Categories Details**
## **B1 Cash funds**
Current account _**Total cash funds**_ (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
## _**Total cash funds**_
**to nearest £ to nearest £ - 166,506 - - - - 166,506 -** OK OK **Unrestricted Restricted funds funds**
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## **Details**
**to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - -**
**-**
**Fund to which Cost asset belongs (optional)**
## **Details**
## **B3 Investment assets**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which Cost asset belongs (optional)**
## **Details**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due (optional)**
## **Details**
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B5 Liabilities
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Dr Peter Tibbetts
Robert Metcalfe
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees**
Charity Name Friends of Morston Church
**On accounts for the year** 30 April 2026 **Charity no** 1099831 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (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 2026. **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 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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.
**Signed:** Anne Bissett **Date:** 9 June 2026 **Name:** Anne Bissett **Relevant professional** Member of ICAEW **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Shawtop House, 3 Rookdean Chipstead, Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2RT
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**Oct 2018**
**IER**
## **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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