## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01-05-23 Period start date To 30-04-24 Period end date Charity name: Friends of St Laurence Church, Blackmore**
## **Charity registration number: 1113888**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objective of FoSL is to assist in the**
**maintenance, repair, restoration,**
**preservation, beautification and**
**reconstruction of St Laurence Church**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Fund-raising for Tower and Lych Gate**
**Project through 3 Events: Quiz, Games**
**Night, Concert. Profile-raising at the**
**Blackmore May Fayre and Buy A**
**Shingle. Donations invited via the**
**Replica Tower and Social Media.**
**Funds were granted to St Laurence**
**PCC for a Bat Survey**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**A statement was made to members at**
**the Annual General Meeting of 25th July**
**2024 within the Chairman’s Report**
**regarding Public Benefit. A similar**
**statement was made at the previous**
**AGM held on 30th October 2023. The**
**statements indicate that CC Guidance**
**was followed and there were no**
**conflicts of interest.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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||Para 1.38|
|Policy on grant making||
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|Policy on social investment||
|including program related||
|investment||
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|Contribution made by||
|volunteers||
Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The Tower of St Laurence Church is**
**now on the National Heritage At Risk**
**register and is the main focus of our**
**activities to raise funds to restore it.**
**Profile-raising at Blackmore May Fayre**
**and three other events raised over**
**£25000 including donations by**
**individuals.**
**In line with FoSL’s purpose, the goal is**
**to restore the Tower, described by**
**historian Niklaus Pevsner as ‘possibly**
**the most impressive timber tower in the**
**UK’.**
**The Tower as a construction educates**
**and informs generations of public**
**society, visitors and worshippers at the**
**Church.**
**Once sufficient funds are achieved, the**
**restoration work can commence.**
**Additionally on an annual basis we**
**grant funds to St Laurence Church to**
**support ongoing maintenance such as**
**grass-cutting, tree maintenance etc.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Treasurer reported to members at**
**the AGM of 25th July 2024 citing**
**an**
**exceptional year of fundraising. The**
**£23678 of donations raised includes**
**£6000 from the Blackmore Village Fayre**
**Committee and several individual**
**personal donations. The accounts show**
**an excess of receipts over payments of**
**£22,982.61 at the end of the year. Our**
**Funds have therefore increased**
**substantially by this amount and the**
**total held at year end was £91316**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**All our funds/reserves are held in**
**accordance with our Objects**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£91316**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**None**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are elected at an AGM to the**
**committee and serve a three year period**
**after which they must retire and may**
**stand for re-election. The St Laurence**
**PCC is entitled to nominate a maximum**
**of two members to the FoSL committee.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Friends of St Laurence Church Blackmore|
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|Other name the charity uses|-|
|Registered charity number|1113888|
|Charity’s principal address|Uvongo Blackmore Road
Blackmore
Ingatestone
CM4 0QX|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Marion Wollaston|Chairman||FoSL committee|
||John Caton|Treasurer|||
||Carol Moulder|Secretary|||
||Richard Thwaite|Vice-Chairman and
Membership
Secretary|||
||William Parkinson||||
||Brenda Flack||||
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||Claire Norris||||
||Peter Mason||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|CJM|MW|
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||Carol Jill Moulder|Marion Wollaston|
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||Secretary|Chairman|
||13 October 2024||
||13 October 2024||
**Friends of St Laurence Church Blackmore Registered Charity 1113888 ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2024**
|**2023**
**RECEIPTS**
2186 Membership
1295 Donatons - General
800 Donatons - Tower Project
425 Gif Aid reclaimed
272 Bank Deposit Interest
**FUND RAISING EVENTS**
**IN**
**OUT**
**PROFIT**
Quiz
693.00
63.15
629.85
Fun and Games Night
859.79
90.58
769.21
Sid Bolan Big Band
1259.58
418.58
841.00
2746
**2812.37**
**572.31**
**2240.06**
7724
**LESS PAYMENTS**
260 Insurance
260.06
12 Postage
0
1630 Donatons to St Laurence PCC fabric fund
5990.00
17 Miscellaneous
0
76 Bank and Card charges
121.11
0 Tower Project Expenses
368.17
95 Card Reader Payments
99.00
2090
5634 **EXCESS OF RECEIPTS OVER PAYMENTS**
**FUNDS HELD**
68146 Bank
183 Cash
5
Other
68334
Of this amount £66316.84 is designated for the Tower Project
**FUNDS ACCUMULATED**
62700 Balance at 1st May 2023
5634 Excess above
68334 Balance at 30th April 2024|**2024**
1561.00
224.00
23678.62
1697.96
419.31
**2240.06**
**29820.95**
**6838.34**
**22982.61**|**2024**|
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||91133.72
183.12
0.00
**91316.84**||
||68334.23
22982.61||
||**91316.84**||
M Wollaston, Chairman
J Caton, Treaurer
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER TO THE TRUSTEES OF FRIENDS OF ST LAURENCE
CHURCH BLACKMORE
YEAR ENDED 30- APRIL 2024
I report on the accounts for the year ended 30 April 2024 which are attached.
Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and the Independent Examiner
The chariws trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2} of the
Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my
responsibility to:
Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act:
Follow procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity commissioners
section 145(5)Ib) of the 2011 Act;
and
State whether particular matters have come to my attention
Basls of Independent Examlners Ststement
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity
Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a
comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any
unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the management
committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the
evidence that would be required in a full audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion
on the accounts.
Independent examlnerfs statement
In connection with my examination, no Matter has come to my attention:
Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to
keep accounting records in accordance with s.130 of the 2011 Act;
Or
To prepare accounts, which accord with these accounting records have not been met:
Or
To which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Gillian Romang
Date:
2024