Friends of St George's RC Church Taunton Annual Report and Aceounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 Charity No: 1107992 Friends of St George's RC Cburcb Taunton Annual Report ¥4nd Accounts for the year ended 31 Mareh 2025 Page Contents G¢n¢ral Inforniation Annual Repx)rt of the Trustees Ind¢p¢nd¢nt Examiner's Report Receipts and Payments Account Statement of Assets and Liabilities Notes to the Accounts Friends of St George's RC Chureh Taunton Gener¥41 Inforniation for the year ended 31 March 2025 Registered ChArity Number: 1107992 Registered AddreJ$: 22 Holway Avenue Taunton Somerset TAI 3AR Trustees: D W Argil¢ P Tighe Mr P Hanraty MT V Kearney Mr A Gamble Chairnw) Independent Examiner: Mr R Z¢laztk BA{Hons) Penlan Villa Holway Hill Taunton Somerset TAI 2HB Bankers: Sanlander UK plc Bootle Merseyside L30 4GB Page I Friends of St George's RC Chureh Taunton Annual Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31 March 2025 Registered Charity Number: I I07992 The Charity is governed by its Trust Deed. Re￿stered Address: 22 Holway Avenue Taunton SomcTSCt TAI 3AR Trustees: D W Argil¢ P Tighe Mr P Hanratty Mr V Kearney Mr A Gamble Chaim)an Basis of Preparation These accounls have been prepared on the Receipis and Payments basis and in accordance with the slatutory requirements. the Charity's Trust Deed and the Charities Ad 2011. Aims, Objectivej and Public Beneflt The objects of the Charity are the preservation. repair, restoration. maintenance and improvement (either by means of alteration or by means of adth'tion for the public benefit) of the fabric of St G¢org¢'s RC Church, Taunton, th¢ old pre-￿h0o1 nursery, th¢ old school, th¢ rectory and parish centre and the contents, major fittings and ornaments. but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the organ chimes, statues. monuments, brasses, vestments and grounds and ancillary charitable purp)ses. The Friends of St Georges RC Church - Taunton has as its main aim and pu￿05¢ the raising of funds to support the parish priest in hls work, and the Roman Catholic and wider community of Taunton by maintaining and improving St Georges Church. the old pr¢-school nursery, the old school, the rectory, parish centre and ground& The trustees in considering these aims and purposes have considered the Commission's guidance on Public benefit and the specific guidanc¢ on charities for the advancement of religion. Achievements and Perforniance The Victorian Church &s a Grade Il* listed building is important as the main centre of Roman Catholic worship in Taunton and surrounding are￿ as well as being part of thc Cultur￿ and 'storic heritage of the town. Page 2 Friends of St George's RC Church Taunton Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2025 Achievements and Perforniance (Continued) As well as being a place of worship for the Roman Catholic community, the church hosts ecumenical cvents from timc to timc. and is us¢d as a venuc for concerts. The church is kept open almost all day cvcry day for private worship or for any mcmber of the public for private prayer or just as a place for quie( intimate and peaceful reflection. In adth'tion to use by the parish, the parish centre and ancillary buildings are available for hire and are used by many local organisations, not linked to thc church, including The Women's Institute, the NHS and various clubs. Trustees. Responsibilities The Charities Act 1993 requires the Trustees to prepare a Rec£ipts and P&yin¢nts Account and a Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Trustees are responsible for keeping propLY accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial wsition of the Charity. They are also responsible foi safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for takin8 reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Review of the Year Friends of St George's Trust was sLqrted in 2005 as a charity for the preservation, repair. restoration maintenance and improvement of the fabric of St George's Church and associated property. Sin¢¢ then, through th¢ gen¢rosity of parishioners, the trustees have raised funds to install the window at the north end of the church, the cleaning and repair of the stained glass window above th¢ altar and fund many other repairs and improv¢m¢nts. During the year 2024-2025 the Trust was asked by the parish priest for funding a contribution of £10.5k towards secondary glazing for the Rectory, £22k towards pinnacle repajrs to the church tower and moss removal from the church roof, helped by a generous donation of £IOk from parishionw. and £8k towards the cost of th¢ PV panels and storage batteries for the Catholic Centre. Th¢ Trust is generously supported by parishioners who contribute by standing order or by joining the 200 Club. The Tn￿t is also supported by both legacies and donations at funerals. On behalf of the Parish Congregation 8nd the Parish Pries( may I thank all the parishioners who contribute to this worthy charity. This year Geraldine Braycotton resigned as a trustee and was replaced by Adrian Gamble. Personally l also would like to thank my fellow trustees for their time and skills in maintaining th¢ trust. Complete Accounts and Annual Report are available on http'.//tauntonval¢catholics.¢om Page 3 Friends of St George's RC Church Taunton Annual Report of the Trustees for the yevdr ended 31 March 2025 Reserves Policy The Trustees recO￿lse the requirement to establish a reserves policy. Due to the age and fabric of the church and buildings io which the chaTity has a responsibility, the trustees fe¢1 it is Prudent to maximise the levels held in general reserves to cover unexpected and unscheduled expenth'ture on r¢pairs. Any major planned prOj￿t will have a specific restricted fund set up in order to ring fence funds for thal activity. Paul Tigh¢ Chairnian of Trustees 01823 271049 /¢ Lfj* .Zrzf Pa8e 4 Friends of St George's RC Chureh Taunton Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2025 I rewrt to the trustees on my examination of the acc4)unts of the Friends of St George's RC Church Taunton (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2025. Rejponsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with th¢ r¢quir¢m¢nts of th¢ Charities Act 2011 {'th¢ Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under the 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 examiner'8 statement I have completed my e￿aMInatiOn. I confirni that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination givin8 me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by wtion 130 of the 2. the accounts do not accord with thos¢ r¢wrds. 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 enabl¢ a proper understanding of the accounts to ￿ reached. TOb￿l-L* Robert Zelazik BA(Hons) Penlan Villa Holway Hill Taunton TAI 2HB Date . Page 5 Friends of St George'$ RC Cburcb Taunton Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 March 2025 Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Funds Funds 2025 2025 2025 Totsl Funds 2024 Receipts tk)nations and legacies Regular monthly donations 200 Club subscriptions Interest HM Revenue & Customs repaJYnent- Gift Aid Loan repayments received - Capital Interest 10029 3435 912 2930 950 10606 1333 1821 10029 3435 912 2930 950 10606 1333 1821 13117 3999 744 4448 1045 7551 1995 14146 VAT repayments Total Receipts 32016 32016 47045 Payments Charitable activities - Church lib7hting repairs and materials deposit for relighting upgrade - Asbestos removal - Presbytery secondary glazing Church brasses and restorations - Tower pinnacle repair - Church roof moss removal - PV panels and batteries for Catholic Centr¢ - 200 Club prize money Bank charges 26791 38085 15CK)O 241 12499 12499 10927 11000 7740 314 10927 11000 7740 314 367 Totsl Payments 42480 42480 100485 Surplus/(Defi¢it) of Receipts over Payments Cash Funds at Previous Year End (10464). 85249 (10464) (53440) 85249 138689 Cash Funds at 31 Mareh 2025 74785 74785 85249 Page 6 Friends of St George's RC Church Taunton Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31 March 2025 Unre$tri¢ted Restricted 2025 2025 Total 2025 Tothl 2024 Fixed Assets Investments Loan to St George's Church 8439 8439 19045 Current Assets Cash at bank Cn'ft Aid T&x Reclaimable 74785 3795 74785 3795 85249 950 Total Current Assets 78580 78580 86199 Liabilities Total Assets Le88 Current Liabilities 87019 87019 105244 These accounts have been approved by the trustees and are signed on their behalf by: Mr P Tighe Chairnian /rt è¥. Z42K Date Mr D W Argile Page 7 Friends of St George's RC Church Taunton Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 Accounting Polieies Accounling Ba.sis The accounts ar¢ pr¢par¢d on a recxipts and pajrynents basis. Trustees Remuneration and Expenses No remuneration has b¢¢n paid to any of the trustees during the year (2023 - £nil). Independent Examiner's Fee 2025 2024 Independent Examiner's Fee Unrestricted and Restricted Funds Restricted funds are the unexpended balances of funds raised for specific purposes within the Charity's objectives and which must be applied for thos¢ purposes only. All funds raised by the charity prior to l April 201 O were for the purposes of installing a new stain¢d glass window and the redecoration of the church in celebration of the church's 150" anniversary. Unrestricted funds are the free fimds of a Charity, which are not d￿l￿nated for a particu18r pury)ose, and can therefore be us¢d in furtheTan¢¢ of th¢ g¢n¢ral obj¢cts of the Charity. At 31 March 2025 all funds were h¢ld in unrestricted funds. Page 8