Charity Commission Annual Return 2025
SAUSAGE TREE CHARITY Charity registration number: 1102336
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This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2025.
PART A - Charity information
Financial period
Financial period start date 06/04/2024 Financial period end date 05/04/2025
Income and spending
Income £ £ 57,499 Spending £ £ 62,183
Number of contracts from government
How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return? 0 Number of grants from government How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return? 0
Income breakdown
Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received) £ 17,461 Charitable activities £ 40,038 Other trading activities £ 0 Investments £ 0 Other £ 0
Grantmaking
Is grant making the main way your charity carries out its purposes?
Yes
Recipients of grants
Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).
Individuals
£ 0
Other charities
£ 34,286 Other organisations that are not charities £ 0
Grant recipients related parties
Are any of the grant recipients related parties to the charity? No
Trustee payments Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return?
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e. None of the trustees have been paid Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return? No
Income from outside the UK
Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return? No
Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom
Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return? Yes
Select the countries your charity delivered charitable activities outside the United Kingdom Zambia
Written agreements with partners outside UK
Does your charity have formal written agreements in place with any partners delivering charitable activities on its behalf outside of the United Kingdom? No
Spending outside of the United Kingdom
Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return? Yes
Select countries/territories your charity operated in during the financial period covered by this annual return
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Zambia Please record total spend in each country. Round figures to the nearest £100 if possible (do not enter decimal points or commas). We recommend you select "Save" regularly to avoid losing any values entered. Zambia £ 34,286 Total Spending outside of the United Kingdom £ 34,286
Methods of money transfer
How much money did your charity send in total outside of the United Kingdom using a method other than the regulated banking system in the financial period for this return? £ 0
Trading subsidiaries
Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries? No
Property
Were any of your charity's properties held by holding or custodian trustees on behalf of your charity (excluding the Official Custodian) during the financial period for this return? No
Employment contract types
People were permanently employed by your charity 0 People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity 0
Self-employed people were working for your charity 0
Governance policies
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures Not applicable
Safeguarding policy and procedures Not applicable Financial reserves policy and procedures Not applicable Complaints policy and procedures Not applicable Serious incident reporting policy and procedures Not applicable Internal risk management policy and procedures Not applicable Trustee expenses policy and procedures Not applicable Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures Not applicable Investing charity funds policy and procedures Not applicable Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures Not applicable Bullying and harassment policy and procedures Not applicable Social media policy and procedures Not applicable Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures Not applicable
Safeguarding
Has your charity provided services to children and/or adults at risk in the financial period of the return? No Serious Incidents
Has your charity reported all Serious Incidents (including any historical incidents) that the charity became aware of during the financial period of this return? There were no incidents to report External risk and impact
Donations Not applicable Other income - grants Not applicable Other income - contracts Not applicable Other income - investment Not applicable Expenditure on charitable activities Negative Expenditure on overheads Not applicable Number of volunteers No impact Number of employees Not applicable Number of trustees Not applicable Fundraising activities Negative Capacity to deliver services Not applicable Total service demand Not applicable Volunteers Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return? 6
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| Donations | 17 461 | - | - | 17 461 | 19 353 | |||||
| Partyin the Pub 2024 | 40 038 | - | - | 40 038 | - | |||||
| ClayShoot 2023 | - | - | - | - | 26 703 | |||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
(Gross income for AR) 57 499 |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 57 499 - - 57 499 46 056 ~~——_———~~ |
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| Insurance | 947 | - | - | 947 | 871 | |||||
| Bank Charges | 42 | - | - | 42 | 81 | |||||
| Grants for Education, resources, teachers, | Grants for Education, resources, teachers, | |||||||||
| students,buildingworks | 34 286 | - | - | 34 286 | 54 815 | |||||
| Partyin the Pub 2024 | 25 183 | - | - | 25 183 | - | |||||
| Flights to Zambia to seeprojects | 1 725 | - | - | 1 725 | - | |||||
| ClayShoot 2023 | - | - | - | 10 836 | ||||||
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| **Sub total ** | 62 183 | - | - | 62 183 | 66 603 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 62 183 - - 62 183 66 603 ~~——=——~~ |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) - 4 684 - - - 4 684 - 20 547 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 21 818 - - 21 818 42 365 Cash funds this year end 17 134 - - 17 134 21 818 ~~SSS]~~ |
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature Lu Chignell Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - 17 134 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Lucinda Chignell |
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| Lu Chignell | Lucinda Chignell | 28.12.2025 | |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
: CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Section A
Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ ; members of | Sausage Tree Charity On accounts for the year | 05/04/2025 Charity no | 1102336 ended (if any)
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| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust’) for the year ended ;
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Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act’). | 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, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn 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.
Name: | Robert Alistair Sadler FCA
Relevant professional | |CAEW — Chartered Accountant qualification(s) or body (if any):
Address: | Robert Sadler & Company Ltd 30B Southgate, Chichester West Sussex, PO19 1DP
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Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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