EN
F ST MARGAREfs CH
MINGFORD
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023
HARiff NO. 11

FRIENDS OF ST MARGARETS CHURCH HEMINGFORD ABBOTS
Ind•x
Page No.
Trustees, Annual ReFOrt
Independent Examine¢s ReF￿rt
Statement of Finan0￿ Ac1wit￿S
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Accounts

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The Friends of St Margaret's. H8miryFord Abbots. is 7hith the CtrAitti85 Commission.
No. 1104625. ar¥J is govem&J by the cl*'s D*atK)n of by applKable lth¥.
The Friends of St Margareys Hemiryford Abbots, atdress for Con￿ is:
18 ComFfK¢n
H8mingford Abbots
Hunlingdon
Cambs PE28 9AN
Trustees
The Offic8rs of the Clwty at the of th• year 20ZJ arp
Bridget Flanagan
argarst aoka
Bnjce Gamer
Barrie Hoar
Parn Bartlgti
JoAnng Ruller
Ictroimian)
(rrèasur8r)
Tru$lg85 resigrAng dwir¥J tho yaar
C*arfes Ber8sford
Pl•thod of appolnbnatt of TYust08S
Ther8 must be ai18ast flv8 Tr￿￿￿. appolrrt8J for a maxlmum of fow year5 by a resolLrtKJn of
tha Trustees.
Obl•¢ts of the Charlty
Thè rtustÈÈs must appty the [r￿me of the charity ￿ furthorfTrJ the fonovAng Ob5ects: the
maintenance. ￿paIr. restoratk)n, conswation. p￿erVatIon. improv8ment. bg8Utification artd
reconstnKtion, for the of t1￿ pl￿11￿, of ￿ fabric of Ihe Church of St Margatet of Antloch.
Hpmingford Abbots, its monLrnts, fixtures. fittings. swned ar•J glass, omam8nts ar)d othgr
chattels and ils churchyard conteTts.
vili8s of the Ch¥lty In 2023
ch￿rMan'S Report
The Frlends ol St M*g8r•Vs 2023
Thr[)ugho￿t 20r3 The Fri8rxJs of Sl Mayarfs continu￿1 to raise funds forth8 rgpair aTKI
conservatton of the fabric of St M¥y￿1'S Church. 2023 a partiC￿dY s￿esSful year as the
Fiiends boost￿1 its Ir￿orne by tr3.054 ￿1th its bierria Flo*w F8stiv81 hgld on 301h June.
7hls wa5 first Flow Festsvd slnce 2019 fo1￿￿1r￿ the ¥ariou5 lockdown5 of the COVKI
p8rKlgmic in 2020 and 2021.
Naarty 3.(KJO vistiors tIB tr￿ttl0￿ Festwal. I was a ￿￿nderfLI vill￿• ovérrt vhrÈ amost
all the commuimty part￿pa￿l to W8knffeVisito￿ to ts Op￿ gardwts and decorated ch￿￿h. si￿ere
tl¥3nks are glven to Flo*Br Fesltvd 0￿￿￿$1￿ committee led by Chairman Jo Wills. A Flo
Festival of this Sue demaTrJs months of cerEful preparation ar¥J attent￿n to detsil - as *il as
isting of an amiy of ￿perS arxj vol￿￿88￿.
The Fwids ￿le extr6mety SaJd￿ to Iw of ￿ p￿￿1[￿a of Lord frbmiTrJford at th8 stsrt of 2023.
Hg had chaiwl The Friends of St M￿g*S sirKe it b•3an as an ITrJepg￿l8nt ctrwty in 2004 until
2019. On behalf of all trE Tn￿t￿ I pay warn trtbErte to Nick's glIdar￿ aTrJ V+4sdom dun￿ hls IONJ
leadgrshlp.

Chades Beresford resIgr￿d in Janu•y 21E3 dter ffAny yws as a higTrrfy v81ugJ Trustee there
were two new Trustee appoinlmwts. Margaret ljoke was ￿ppOint￿l in JarKwy arKI took on the
Treasurer role. JoAnne Rutter was appointed in November. ￿ 8$ a memb8r of the Par¥)chial Church
Council of St Margarevs $he ￿11 act as ￿ Ilason bet*Een Tr Fil￿￿jS ￿ the PCC in place of
Charfes Beresforf. I vK*uld like to record thar*s to all my fdkjw TJusteas for t￿1r commitment and
efforts for the Charity. The Friends of St M￿are1'S has ￿ off￿t[We rel*ionship with PCC
of St Margarefs and has made signiflcarrt contsibutions to thew>keq) of the buildiro and will continue
to do so.
Flnancld Revlv4V
The FloKEr Fèstival was a great Stjccess V•ith £41.369 income. mainly fmm p￿grarnme sa188 and
refreshments. Costs in gèrwal Iwghar folbwing the pa￿eMiC and amo￿lled to £16.198
Including £5.455 on eqLupmerrt lure a￿1 Q420 on pubb'tty printing. An additional £3.838 in Grft
Ald 4Yas daim&J.
Ajthough no granls to the PCC maje dwirwj the y83r. tlwp ae sov*a maint*pw projects
plan1￿￿ for 2￿24 %thich wll be fir￿￿￿ by The F￿￿￿j?.
Tru8t••s' Rgsponslbllltlos Stsltynert
The trustees are responsibteforpreparirg th8 Tnth, Arnual Report ed¥J the stat*nenls In
accorrjancewrih applicable law aN1 IJ]It￿j IfjFwJdom Accowkn¥ StarKlard8 (unit￿ Kirgdom Gener&lly
Accepted Accol￿tIr￿a Pl￿tiCe￿
The law applic￿le to ch8Eiti89 in Engl¥KI & W* wuirp5 trustees to prepèwe f inancial statements
forvach f inat￿lar year whlch glve a a￿1 far viav of th8 state of affairs of the charity and of the
irwmirKJ resources •¥J appfiGatton of ￿SOUrceS of ts ttttity for that period. h prepariThJ thesè
finarci81 statem￿1$. th& trtL%laé¥ are required to".
sdect suttable polt1￿ and then apply thern consi5tenVy"
observe the m*hJds arKI pri[￿lpleS in the i)WFlies SORP 3)19 IFRS 102k
make judgements and estimate3 tIMt rEasorhqble aTra pr￿Jent.,
Slate vthether applicabFt accow)tiTrJ st*)dards been foll0v￿￿, Subl￿t to any mat￿1&1
departures disclosed ￿ explarEd in the fir￿la statem￿ts:
prepare the financil statern￿ts on ts gotrs cow b￿15 urfoS8 it Is inappropri￿e to
presume that the charty wll c01rtin￿ in opgration.
The I￿￿te8S are tssponsIb￿ for keepirwJ proper ￿oUntIng r￿OrdS that dl3ckJse wth reason*)le
cuRcy at any time the f1M￿l￿ positlon of c￿rIty aThY enabl8 t￿7 to 8nsure that the financial
statemènts compEy4qththe Charities Act 2011. ttr* Charitles (Accounts and Reports) ReJuLgtlong 21JJ8,
the provisions of the d8&J. They aré also responsiblB fors8fegwding the assets of the Gharfty
arKI herKe f0rtakIr￿ rea8onab18 Steps torthePrBV￿dx)n ￿ d￿t￿tion of tra￿1 *Jd other Irreg￿rItieS.
Approv￿ by TnJsle8s arKI sign￿1 on thBir betslt by..
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B Hanagan (Chalman)

EPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT T
THE TRUSTEES OF
FRIENDS OF ST MARGARETS CHURCH HEMINGFORD ABBOTS
I report to the charity trustees on my examlnation ofthe aCc￿nts of the charÈty for fhe year ended
31st Decemt*r 2023 wh￿h are set out on pages 4 to 7.
Responsibilltios and basis of r•port
As the charity's tnjstees you are respN)nsble for the preparation of the a￿Unts in accordance with
the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the AGV}.
I repc¥t in reSP￿t of my examination of the charity's ac£J)unts carTied out under Section 145 of the AGI
and in Garrying out my examination I have frjllowed all the applK*bk DireGb"on& gtven by the Charity
Commission under section 145151{b} of the Act
Indopondent axamlnoffs statement
I have wmpleted my examinalton. I confiTh that no Materi￿ Matte￿ have ￿rne to my attention
in connection wth the examinatK)n gbving mè Cause beI￿ve that in any material reS￿l
accounting I￿OrdS were not kept in restEGi ofthe Ghartty as tequired by ¥eGtion 130 of the ACL or
2. the accounts do not aLxord those records. or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements cOn￿ming the form and content
of tne accounts set out in the Ghath"es lAc￿Unts and Repx)tts) Regulatsons 2008 other tha
any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair vi•¢ which is not a matter considered
as part of an independent examinat*)n.
I have no concems and have Gome aGross no other n￿tter5 in ￿nneCtIOn with the examinats'on
to vthiGh attention should be drawn in this report in order to ena￿e a proper understandin9 of
the aGGounts to LE reached.
S Young
8 Langley Way
Hemingford Grey
Hunbngdon
Cambridgeshire
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FRIENDS OF ST MARGAREfs CHURCH HEMINGFORD ABBOTS
ATEMEKf OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023
Total
2022
Funds
Funds
2023
INCOME
Donatons
Gift aid
Flower FestTrval inwn
Interest received
1,639
3.838
41,369
338
1,639
3,838
41,369
338
270
281
TOTAL INCOME
47,184
551
EXPENDrruRE
Grants to PCC
Flower Festival eXpendi￿re
Insuranea
1,154
74
238
16.198
238
16.198
238
TOTAL EXPENDrruRE
16A36
16A36
1.466
Surplu8 I Idefi¢ltl forthe yoar
30.748
30.748
{915
AccumuL4ted Fund brought forward
101,956
101,956
102.871
Accumulatod Fund carried forward
132.704
132.704
101.956

FRIENDS OF ST MARGAREfs CHURCH HEMINGFORD ABBOTS
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2023
Unrestricted Restsi¢ted
Funds
Funds
Totsl
2023
Total
2022
Fixed Assets
Tangible assets
Current Assets
Dobtors
Cash at bank & in hand
132.704
132.704
101,956
Total Current Assets
132,704
132.704
101,956
Current Liabiliti88
Credito
Nèt Cuffènt Assets
Total A88et8
132,704
132,704
101.956
Repreaentod by
Unrestncted fvnds
132,704
132,704
101.956
Restricted funds
TOTAL
132.704
132.704
101.956
These a¢xounts wgrB approvgj on behalfon the Managing Commrtiee and were signed on its behalf by..
8 Flanagan IGhainrAn)
Gloke (treasurer)
Date.. SyF¢frtW 1014.

ENDS OF ST MARGARETS CH
RCH HEMINGFORD ABBOTS
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023
Note
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis ol preparing the financial statsmonts
The financial statements of the chartty, which is a public benefft enty under FRS 102, have
been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP {FRS 102) 'Accountsng and Reporu'ng by
Charities: Ststement of R￿QmMendeLI Prn¢lK* appltcable to charib.es preparing their a￿Unts in
acc4)rdance with the Financial Repo￿"n9 Standard applicabl8 in the UK and Republic of Irdand
IFRS 1021 (èffective 1 J8nuary 2015),. Financtal Reportrng Standard 102 The Finanaal Reporting
standard applicable in the UK and ReputAic of Irelan￿ and the Cha{￿e$ PLI 2011. The finanGial
st*ments have been prepared under the historirAI Gost ¢MventK)n.
The finan￿21 statements have been prepared to gNe a Irue and fairf view a￿1 have departe(J from the
Charityes (Accounts and Reports) Regutatrons 2CQ8 onty to the extent required to provide a 'true and
fair view,. This departure has invofved following the Account"ng and Reporting by Charities. Statement
of Recommended Practre applirAble to charities prepanng their acctsursts in accordance with the
Financial Repth'ng Standard applicablo in the UK and Republic of tr@￿nd {FRS 1021 issued on
16 Juty 2014 rather than the Accounts"TKJ an(J Retxn"ng by Charities.. Statement of Recommended
PraGtiGe etstive from 1 April 2005 which has Sin￿ been withdrawn.
The finanoal staterwts are prÈpared on a going coneem basis under the historical cost convention,
m￿Jif￿&d to include certain rtems at fair value. The finanaal 5t8teff￿ts are presented in sterling
whth is the functional currency ofthe Ghafity and rounded to the nearest pound.
Incom•
All income is recognised in the Statemerrt of Financial ActiviiEs On￿ the charity has enttmement to
the ftlnds, it is probable that the inco￿￿ vrfill be re￿Ned and Ihe amount Gan be measured pliably.
ExponditUTg
Liabilitses are recognised as expendrture a5 scon as there is a legal or construGlive obligation
mmithng the charty to that e￿nditure. it is probabk that a transfer ol ewnomic beneffts will be
required in 5ettlem¢nt and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is
xounted for on an accruals basL8 and has baen da$S￿ under h8adings that aggregate 811 cost
related to the c2tsgory Wfftere costs ￿nn0t tE directty attTibuied to particular headings they have
been alltxated to actNittes on a basis consisknt wrth the use ol resources.
Fund accountSng
Unrestricted funds can be used in acmrdance wrth the chartfatite objeth.ves at the discretion of the
trustees.
Restn'cted fijnds can onty be usèd for parkn"cular ￿$tricted purp)seg within the objects of the charity.
Restrictions arise when sr£cffiad by the donor or when fvnds are raised for parb"cular restrthd
purpose5.

FRIENDS OF ST MARGARETS CHURCH HEMINGFORD ABBOTS
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023
Note
TRUSTEES. REMUNERATION AND BENEFrrs
There were no trustees. remuneration or other beneffts for the year ended 31st December 2023 nor
for the year ended 31st December 2022.
T￿￿t￿5. expenses
There were no trustees. expenses paKI for the year ended 31st De￿rnber 2023 nor for the year
ended 31st December 2022.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net tTh)vement
in funds
At1.1.23
At31 12.23
UnreslJicted funds
101.956
30,748
132,704
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNIX8
Net mov8menl in fijnds, induded in the above are as follows..
Ineoming
resources
Resources
expended
Gains &
1055es
Movement
in funds
Unrestricted frjnds
47.184
(16.436)
30.748
Reslricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS