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← Winterbourne Medieval Barn Trust

2025-03-31-accounts

Registered number: 04797256 Charity number: 1112908

WINTERBOURNE MEDIEVAL BARN TRUST

(A company limited by guarantee)

UNAUDITED

TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

WINTERBOURNE MEDIEVAL BARN TRUST

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Contents Pages
Chair’s Statement 1 - 2
Trustees’ Annual Report 3 - 8
Reference and Administrative Information 9 - 10
Independent Examiner’s Report 11
Statement of Financial Activities 12
Balance sheet 13
Notes to the financial statements 14 - 22

WINTERBOURNE MEDIEVAL BARN TRUST

CHAIR’S STATEMENT

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Dear Friends

This year has marked a significant step towards the Trust achieving long-term operational sustainability, with the Trust breaking even on day-to-day operations.

We continued to have a full programme of events during the year. The varied programme has ranged from our traditional community events of Medieval Fayre and Orchard Harvest Day to small workshops, music and drama, family activities and a lecture programme. Our events have attracted a wide audience and have been a great success judging from the numbers attending and feedback received. We continue to review our programme on a regular basis to ensure that planned events remain attractive to South Gloucestershire and Bristol residents, and to identify potential new opportunities.

Our wonderful Barn site is a testament to the work of very many volunteers and trustees over this period. We have also had invaluable support from our staff in delivering events, developing the commercial hire side of the Trust and maintaining the buildings to a high standard.

The commercial hire of the site for events is an essential element for us to achieve financial viability and the 2024 season saw the most weddings in a year we have ever had, with positive bookings for 2025 and 2026. Whilst our Barn is becoming increasingly recognised as a lovely wedding venue, the Trust remains committed to ensuring that the commercial hire of the site is balanced with our heritage and community responsibilities.

Sue Fox, who has been Chair of the Events and Publicity Committee since 2016 stood down as Chair at the end of December 2024, after many years developing and managing events to enable the Trust to become the success it is today. We are incredibly grateful for all her support and input over the years and are pleased that she has agreed to continue as a Trustee.

We are also delighted to have been joined by Karis Bouher, who has taken over as Chair of the Events and Publicity Committee. Karis is a marketing and events professional and brings a lot of skills to the role.

Rheanne Mansell, our Weddings and Venue Manager has again played a major role managing the site to ensure it is an attractive and well-maintained venue, as well as developing the commercial hire aspects. As a result of the changes in the Chair of the Events and Publicity Committee, Ceara Foley, our Events Programme Coordinator, has taken more responsibility in delivering our Trust events programme, and we are grateful for her professional input. We were also joined by Louise Barnett in April 2024 as Volunteer Coordinator, and she has provided major support to our wonderful group of volunteers.

The volunteers who support the site and events are invaluable and we could not operate without them. Every event we hold depends on volunteers covering a variety of roles. We also have Barn Force and the Gardening Group who maintain the site and grounds to a high standard.

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CHAIR’S STATEMENT

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The only change of Trustee during the financial year was the resignation of Nic Labuschagne as a Trustee. Tim Bowles, George Kousouros and Malcolm Strange retire by rotation this year with Tim Bowles and George Kousouros happy to stand for re-election.

We are looking forward to an exciting future as we continue with our successful Community events programme and develop our weddings and private hire offerings.

Awe Persons

Sue Parsons Chair

Date: 21 August 2025

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. The trustees confirm that the Annual Report and financial statements of the charitable company comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the company's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

a. Policies and objectives

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives we have set.

The Trust operates the site of the Winterbourne Court Farm Barn under a 25 year lease from South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) which commenced in September 2020. SGC has agreed to waive the rent payable of £37,730 per annum under the lease on condition of the Trust meeting various obligations with regards to the operation and maintenance of the site.

The objects of the Trust are:

(1) To promote and undertake the conservation, management, maintenance and improvement of the site at Winterbourne Court Farm Barn to ensure that it is protected, celebrated and used as a unique historical asset for the public benefit of serving the local community and improving community cohesion now and for the future by such exclusively charitable means as the trustees shall from time to time determine; and

(2) To advance public education by increasing the local community’s knowledge and understanding of the history and medieval architecture of Winterbourne Court Farm Barn, and its surrounding landscape by the provision of guided tours, exhibitions, talks and such other activities as the trustees shall from time to time determine.

The trustees have reviewed and assessed the achievements of the Trust in terms of key activities and benefits and have taken the objects into account when planning future activities.

b. Activities for achieving objectives

The Trust’s main objectives continue to be preservation of the unique 14th century Barn and promotion of knowledge of the history of its architecture, agricultural landscape and people through creation of a renowned centre which will provide for future generations:

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c. Volunteers

The Trust had three paid members of staff during the year who were assisted by around 70 volunteers. Their invaluable assistance incorporated maintaining the site, planning, publicising, managing and hosting events and activities, cultivating the vegetable garden and general management.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

a. Review of Trust-run activities

The annual Medieval Fayre, Heritage Open Days, Orchard Harvest Day and Carols in the Barn community events attracted visitors from the local area, Bristol and the wider region.

Audiences participated in the annual Barn Dance and enjoyed music and drama productions throughout the year. From Jazz in the Barn in April 2024 through to A Brief History of Music in March 2025. These performances included Shakespeare’s The Tempest,

Down at the Barn with Leonie Evans, The Harlequin Singers, Sisters of Swing, and a musical accompaniment to the Silent Cinema screening of the only surviving full film production of Nosferatu.

The Story of Our Barn presentation was enthusiastically received as a stand-alone event and as part of Heritage Open Day. Delivered in partnership with St Michael’s Church this is growing in popularity and is now being offered to external organisations as a group visit.

New for 2024 the Cider Tasting workshop proved as popular as our traditional Spring and Autumn

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wine tasting events. Fused Glass making and Pottery continued to appeal to our creative supporters and attendees at the weekly Tai Chi classes report positive physical and psychological changes.

Talks on various subjects were delivered monthly during the warmer months to audiences who had a choice of attending in person at the Barn or online through Zoom.

Events and activities for families and children were offered throughout the year and included four seasonal craft sessions, glass mosaic workshops, a musical production of The Little Mermaid, tile painting, and make a woolly gonk or suncatcher workshops.

Guided walks around the Barn grounds and local nature reserve delighted groups who foraged for food and made tasty snacks from their finds, explored habitats, plants and learned fascinating facts. At dusk in late summer, they identified bats feeding along the local pathways and heard bird song and the hoot of a tawny owl.

Sixty pupils from a local school attended a workshop during the summer where they experienced a journey through time exploring the life and times of Medieval England.

All the above events and activities were supported by our staff and volunteers.

b. Review of commercial operations

All four of our Byre units were occupied throughout the year. The West Barn Studio was occupied throughout the year.

A key source of our income are hires of the Main Barn for wedding celebrations and we are starting to see it being more widely recognised as a great wedding venue. During the year 13 weddings were held, the highest number we have seen in any year. In addition, we have 19 weddings booked for the 2025 season made up of a mixture of 3-day hires, day hires and ceremony only hires. In addition, the Barn has been used for other celebrations and for funerals.

The West Barn meeting room and the Cart shed continued to be let on an ad hoc basis.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

a. Income and Expenditure

The statement of financial activities for the Trust shows a deficit for the year of £5,188 (2024: deficit £6,959). During the year the Trust incurred £6,276 in respect of work required to repair roof trusses. Without this expenditure the Trust would have made a small surplus for the year.

b. Balance sheet

The balance sheet as at 31 March 2025 shows net assets of £98,338 (2023: £103,526).

c. Reserve funds policy

The disclosure in the accounts analyses reserves between unrestricted funds, which are available for the main objects of the Trust, and restricted funds, which are only available for the purposes

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set down by the donor or under some other obligation. The trustees have examined the requirements for reserves considering the main risks to the Trust.

One of the obligations under the lease with SGC is for the Trust to apply a reasonable proportion of any surplus in each financial year into a sinking fund to provide for the expected cost of future major structural work to the site such that a minimum of £50,000 is established and maintained. Given the deficit for the year the trustees consider it was reasonable not to make any transfer from general funds into the designated Site sinking fund in the year.

The trustees consider that it is reasonable to make a transfer of £6,276 from the Buildings repair reserve to general funds to reflect the expenditure incurred in the year to repair the roof trusses. The Trustees consider that the remaining £38,724 in the Buildings repair reserve is a reasonable amount as a contingency against future repair and maintenance costs of the site.

The trustees consider that £16,000 should be the minimum amount maintained by the Trust in unrestricted, undesignated funds not committed or invested in fixed assets (the free cash reserves). On 31 March 2025 free cash reserves held by the charity amounted to £36,285 (2024: £32,717).

Current free cash reserves are greater than the minimum because of sound financial management in the past and to provide an additional financial buffer whilst the Trust moves towards financial sustainability.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

a. Constitution

The charity is constituted under a Memorandum of Association dated 12 June 2003 (company limited by guarantee), as amended by special resolutions dated 28 May 2004 and 14 November 2005. Articles of association at Companies House on 21 December 2010, as amended by special resolution registered at Companies House on 9 December 2021 and it is a registered charity number 1112908.

b. Method of appointment or election of trustees

The management of the charity is the responsibility of the trustees who are elected under the terms of the Articles of Association.

Under the requirements of the Articles of Association the number of trustees shall be not less than three but (unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution) shall not be subject to any maximum.

At each Annual General Meeting one third of the trustees shall retire. The trustees to retire first shall be those who have been longest in office since their last appointment. Those trustees who are retiring are eligible to seek re-election.

Members are encouraged to volunteer for a range of tasks including that of trustees; membership is open to all on payment of a modest subscription. Potential trustees are interviewed by a small panel of trustees before making a recommendation for appointment by the full trustee board. In the event of identified skills needed, the Trust will approach an appropriate agency such as CVS South Gloucestershire, VOSCUR or REACH in the quest to fill that skills gap, and a similar

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process is adopted before appointment.

c. Policies adopted for the induction and training of trustees

The board of trustees strives to ensure that the trustees are informed and educated on their role and responsibilities as a charity trustee and director.

d. Organisational structure and decision making

The board of trustees meets on a regular basis and is responsible for setting the strategic direction and policy of the charity. The day-to-day administration of the Trust is delegated to the members of the Finance Committee, the General Purposes Committee, the Commercial operations Trustee and the HR Trustee. The Finance Committee is chaired by the Treasurer and the General Purposes Committee by the Vice Chair of Trustees. The Chair is an ex officio member of both committees. In addition to these committees there is an Events and Publicity committee.

e. Risk management

The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the Trust is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the charity and are satisfied that systems and procedures are in place to manage our exposure to the major risks.

PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS

a. Future developments

The Trust now has the required operational infrastructure to deliver on our objectives and policies. With the support of our volunteers this will enable us to continue to provide a full programme of Trust-run activities.

Our focus going forward is to ensure that we can maintain our commercial hires of the Main Barn, particularly for weddings at around the numbers achieved in the 2025 season, as this generates the income to support the general operation of the site.

We remain confident that we will have a successful future ahead of us and that Winterbourne Medieval Barn will continue to be a valued community asset.

MEMBERS' LIABILITY

The Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up.

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Statement of trustees’ responsibilities

The trustees (who are also directors of Winterbourne Medieval Barn Trust for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report (incorporating the directors’ report) and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Signed by order of the Trustees on 21 August 2025

Aue Persons

Sue Parsons Chair

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REFERENCE & ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Status

The Trust is governed by its Articles of Association. It was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee, number 04797256, on 12 June 2003 and was registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales, number 1112908 on 2 February 2006.

Trustees

The trustees who are directors for the purpose of company law and who served during the year are:

Sue Parsons, Chair Derek Andow, Vice chair Andy Peters, Treasurer Tim Bowles, HR Trustee Sue Fox George Kousouros, Commercial operations Trustee Nicholas Labuschagne (ceased 23 April 2025) Rev. Malcolm Strange

Registered Office Winterbourne Court Farm Barn Church Lane Winterbourne BS36 1SE Company secretary Rosina Pullman (ceased 31 October 2024) President Baroness Corston Vice-Presidents The Bishop of Bristol Professor Mark Horton Jack Lopresti Kathleen Marsh Karen Morgan OBE DL Dr Lee Prosser Hilary Severn Peter Warren

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REFERENCE & ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Independent Examiner Joshua Kingston BSc., ACA Burton Sweet Limited, The Clock Tower, 5 Farleigh Court, Old Weston Road, Flax Bourton, Bristol BS48 1UR Bankers CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

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.

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Joshua Kingston BSc., ACA Burton Sweet Limited, Chartered Accountants The Clock Tower 5 Farleigh Court Old Weston Road Flax Bourton Bristol BS48 1UR Date: 21 August 2025

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (Including Income and Expenditure Account) YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Note
Income from:
Donations
2
Charitable activities
3
Other trading activities
4
Investment income
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
5
Total expenditure
Net income/(expenditure)
7
and net movement in funds
Total funds at start of year
16
Total funds at end of year
16		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
1,917
120,956
-
854
123,727
128,915
128,915
(5,188)
103,526
98,338		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total Funds
2025
£
1,917
120,956
-
854
123,727
128,915
128,915
(5,188)
103,526
98,338		 Total Funds
2024
£
8,059
94,324
185
639
103,207
110,166
110,166
(6,959)
110,485
103,526

The Charity has no recognised gains or losses other than the results for the year as set out above.

All of the activities of the charity are classed as continuing.

See note 10 for fund-accounting comparative figures The notes on pages 14 to 22 form part of these financial statements

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BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

WINTERBOURNE MEDIEVAL BARN TRUST
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025 Company number: 04797256
Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
11
Intangible fixed assets
12
Heritage assets
13		 2025
£
3,630
-
3,600		 2024
£
6,765
-
3,600
Current assets
Debtors
14
Cash at bank and in hand		 7,230
11,032
124,640		 10,365
11,160
100,093
Liabilities
Creditors : amounts falling
due within one year
15		 135,672
(44,564)		 111,253
(18,092)
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities		 91,108
98,338		 93,161
103,526
Net assets 98,338 103,526
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
General funds
17
Designated funds
17		 43,515
54,823		 43,082
60,444
Total funds 98,338 103,526

For the year ended 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act applicable to small companies and constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company.

These financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 21 August 2025 and are signed on their behalf by:

Sue Parsons, Chair

The notes on pages 14 to 22 form part of these financial statements

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1 Accounting policies

Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention (except where otherwise stated in the accounting policy note) and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019, and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and the Companies Act 2006.

The charity is a public benefit entity as defined under FRS102.

The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties affecting the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern.

Income

Income from donations is included in income when these are receivable, except as follows:

I. When donors specify that donations given to the charity must be used in future accounting periods, the income is deferred until those periods;

II. When donors impose conditions which have to be fulfilled before the charity becomes entitled to use such income, the income is deferred until the pre-conditions have been met.

Investment income is included on a receivable basis.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised in the period in which it is incurred. Expenditure includes attributable VAT which cannot be recovered.

Governance costs

Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the audit fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity. Governance costs are included within support costs.

Allocation and apportionment costs

Certain expenditure is directly attributable to specific activities and this has been included in those cost categories. Other costs, which are attributable to more than one category, are apportioned across cost categories on the basis of an assessment of workload carried out from time to time.

Overhead support costs have been allocated to charitable activities on the basis of usage and is analysed in note 6.

Intangible fixed assets

Website development has been capitalised to the extent that it is probable that future economic benefits attributable to the website are likely which will benefit to the Trust. The asset is being amortised over its estimated useful life of 3 years.

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1 Accounting policies (continued)

Tangible fixed assets

Fixed assets are held at cost less accumulated depreciation. Assets costing less than £500 are not capitalised. Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset, less its estimated ultimate residual value, over the useful life of that asset as follows:

Computer equipment - over 3 years; straight line Equipment - over 5 years; straight line Other fixed assets - over 5 years; straight line

Heritage assets

Heritage assets are held at cost at the time of acquisition. The asset balance represents the historic cost of a cider mill purchased by the Trust in 2014. The cider mill has not been depreciated due to its long economic life and high residual value, meaning any depreciation charged would not be material. One of the Trust's objectives is conservation and therefore it is the responsibility of the trustees to ensure that the condition of the charity's heritage assets does not deteriorate over time.

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

Liabilities and provisions

Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably. Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the charity anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide. Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Designated funds form part of unrestricted funds and have been identified as being for particular purposes by the Trustees. They are not restricted and can be transferred to general funds at any time at the discretion of the Trustees.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in note 16 of the financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

2 Income from: Donations

Current year
Donations
Grants received		 Total Funds
2025
£
1,917
-
1,917		 Total Funds
2024
£
4,059
4,000
8,059

All income from donations was for unrestricted purposes in the current and prior year.

3 Income from: Charitable activities

Rental and property hire income
Community events
Membership fees		 Total Funds
2025
£
65,945
54,258
753
120,956		 Total Funds
2024
£
44,713
48,996
615
94,324

All income from charitable activities was for unrestricted purposes in the current and prior year.

4 Income from: Other trading activities

Equipment hire Total Funds
2025
£
-
-		 Total Funds
2024
£
185
185

All income from other trading activities was for unrestricted purposes in the prior year.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

5 Expenditure on: Charitable activities

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||||| |---|---|---|---| |Support| |Direct|Costs|Total Funds| |Costs|(Note 6)|2025| |£|£|£| |Core activity|78,907|11,174|90,081| |Events|38,834|-|38,834| |117,741|11,174|128,915| |Prior year|Support| |Direct|Costs|Total Funds| |Costs|(Note 6)|2024| |£|£|£| |Core activity|63,119|16,812|79,931| |Events|30,235|-|30,235| |93,354|16,812|110,166|

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In the prior year, all expenditure was for unrestricted purposes except £1,542 that was related to a restricted fund.

6 Support costs

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|||| |---|---|---| |Total|Total| |Support costs, included in note 5, are as follows:|2025|2024| |£|£| |Depreciation|3,924|3,770| |Administration|4,610|10,581| |Governance costs| |Independent examiner's fees|2,640|2,461| |11,174|16,812|

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This is stated after charging:

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||||| |---|---|---|---| |2025|2024| |£|£| |Independent Examiner's remuneration|- Independent examination|2,707|2,461| |- Over/under accrual|(67)|-| |- Other services|635|475| |Depreciation|3,924|3,770|

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No Trustee has been reimbursed for their out of pocket travel expenses during the current or prior year. No Trustee received any remuneration during the current or prior year.

Aggregate donations received from Trustees, key management personnel, and other related parties was £60 (2024: £1,082).

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8 Staff costs and numbers

The aggregate payroll costs were:
Wages & salaries
Social security costs
Employer's pension contributions		 2025
£
40,121
-
580
40,701		 2024
£
30,943
-
444
31,387

No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000.

The average head count during the reporting period was 3 (2024: 3)

The trustees consider the key management personnel to be themselves and the venue manager. During the year, the key management personnel received total remuneration of £19,271 (2024: £16,845).

9 Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

10 Statement of Financial Activities comparative figures

For the year ended 31 March 2024
Income from:
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net income/(expenditure)
and net movement in funds
Total funds at start of year
Total funds at end of year		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
8,059
94,324
185
639
103,207
108,624
108,624
(5,417)
108,943
103,526		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
1,542
1,542
(1,542)
1,542
-		 Total Funds
2024
£
8,059
94,324
185
639
103,207
110,166
110,166
(6,959)
110,485
103,526

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

11 Tangible fixed assets

Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2024
Additions
At 31 March 2025
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2025
Net book value
At 31 March 2025
At 31 March 2024
12 Intangible fixed assets
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025
Net book value
At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025
13 Heritage assets
Cost
At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025		 Computer
equipment
£
838
-
838
838
-
838
-
-		 Equipment
£
31,755
789
32,544
25,240
3,674
28,914
3,630
6,515		 Other Fixed
Assets
£
1,654
-
1,654
1,404
250
1,654
-
250
Website
development
£
2,275
2,275
-
2025
£
3,600		 Total
£
34,247
789
35,036
27,482
3,924
31,406
3,630
6,765
Total
£
2,275
2,275
-
2024
£
3,600

There have been no purchases or disposals of Heritage assets in the last 5 years.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

14 Debtors
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Tax reclaimable under gift aid
Other debtors
15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income		 2025
£
3,250
6,036
56
1,690
11,032
2025
£
5,550
39,014
44,564		 2024
£
2,195
7,129
315
1,521
11,160
2024
£
4,800
13,292
18,092

16 Movement in funds For the year ended 31 March 2025

Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
Buildings repair reserve
Site sinking fund
General funds
Total funds		 At 1 April
2024
£
45,000
15,444
43,082
103,526
103,526		 Income
£
-
655
123,072
123,727
123,727		 Expenditure
£
-
-
(128,915)
(128,915)
(128,915)		 Transfers
£
(6,276)
-
6,276
-
-		 At 31 March
2025
£
38,724
16,099
43,515
98,338
98,338

Designated funds

Buildings Repair Reserve - The trustees have agreed to set aside regular sums as contingency for repairs and maintenance of the barn and site now that it is being used.

A transfer of £6,276 to the general fund was made to cover the cost of roof trusses repair undertaken during the year.

Site sinking fund - Under the lease with SGC, the Trust is obliged to have a sinking fund to provide for the expected cost of future major structural work to the site.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in reserve funds policy section of the Trustees Annual Report on page 5 & 6.

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WINTERBOURNE MEDIEVAL BARN TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

16 Movement in funds (continued)

Restricted funds

National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) - This represents the elements of the final funds received from the NLHF to complete the activities aspects of the refurbishment.

For the year ended 31 March 2024

Restricted funds
NLHF
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
Buildings repair reserve
Site sinking fund
General funds
Total funds		 At 1 April
2023
£
1,542
1,542
45,000
15,000
48,943
108,943
110,485		 Income
£
-
-
-
444
102,763
103,207
103,207		 Expenditure
£
(1,542)
(1,542)
-
-
(108,624)
(108,624)
(110,166)		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 At 31 March
2024
£
-
-
45,000
15,444
43,082
103,526
103,526

17 Analysis of net assets between funds

As at 31 March 2025
Tangible fixed assets
Heritage assets
Other net assets
As at 31 March 2024
Tangible fixed assets
Heritage assets
Other net assets		 Unrestricted
Designated
Funds
£
-
-
54,823
54,823
Unrestricted
Designated
Funds
£
-
-
60,444
60,444		 Unrestricted
General
Funds
£
3,630
3,600
36,285
43,515
Unrestricted
General
Funds
£
6,765
3,600
32,717
43,082		 Total
£
3,630
3,600
91,108
98,338
Total
£
6,765
3,600
93,161
103,526

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

18 Related party transactions

In the prior year, the daughter of Andy Peters paid £150 (2024:£600) for the hire of the Main Barn.

There were no other transactions with trustees or other related parties other than those disclosed elsewhere in the financial statements.

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