2022-12-31-accounts - The Friends Of St Cyrs Church Stinchcombe

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01/01/2022 Period start date To 31/12/2022 Period end date

Charity name: The Friends of St Cyrs Church Stinchcombe

Charity registration number: 1114126

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To advance the Christian religion by contribution to maintain, repair ,restore improve and reconstruct the fabric of St Cyrs Church Stinchcombe Gloucestershire, including its monuments, fixtures, furniture, stained glass, ornaments, other chattels and its churchyard for the benefit of the public.
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	The Charity maintains the Church fabric and Graveyard and carry out other work agreed with the Parochial Church Council to enhance the experience of the general public who use the Church facilities. The year in question saw nearly the completion of the Open2All project which will provide a disabled ramp and wheelchair lift into the Church and also a fully accessible toilet and kitchen facilities
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity on public benefit

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	It is very rare for the charity to make grants as the main aims of the Charity is for the upkeep and maintenance of the Church inside and out.
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	The Trust’s policy on social investment is to make the visit by the general public a good experience and facilities will continue to be improved by investment in schemes that help the public enjoy their

		visits.
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	All the trustees and Friends Committee are volunteers and all the work is done on a voluntary basis
Other		N/a

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
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 main achievement during the reporting period was to virtually complete the project to provide a disabled ramp, wheelchair lift, fully accessible toilet and kitchen facility into the Church and construction will take place in the next accounting period. This project is called Open2All and will enable many who cannot attend Church at present due to age or disability to attend the Church. It is also an investment in the Church to enable outside Groups, either religious or otherwise, to use the Church space and facilities.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	All objectives for the year have been met although the project construction tool longer to complete
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	Agreement to our large fund raiser to finance the Open2All project was completed and funds from each Grant organisation were drawn. We had no further fund raising events during the year
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	We had no investment targets set during the year
Other		n/a

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	The total assets of the Charity at the end of the period was £46,608 as opposed to £59,114 at the star
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	There are no reserves held specifically for the Charity. However there were Restricted funds held of £4,896 at the end of the period. These related to the Open2All project
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	Unrestricted funds held of £41,435 held for general expenditure supporting the Church in line with the terms in the Constitution.
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	There will always be funds held for future unspecific use to ensure the Charity has funds available for emergencies.
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	n/a
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	There are no uncertainties about the Charity not continuing as a going concern.

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Donations, general fundraising from social events and grants for specific projects
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	No investment policy objectives are adopted
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	There are considered to be no risks facing the Charity
Other		n/a

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
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	Unincorporated institution run by voluntary Trustees and committee
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	Recommendation for volunteers whether Trustees or Committee to be agreed by majority vote from existing members

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	n/a
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	n/a
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	n/a
Other		n/a

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	The Friends of St Cyrs Church Stinchcombe
Other name the charity uses	n/a
Registered charity number	1114126
Charity’s principal address	c/o Combe House, The Street, Stinchcombe Gloucestershire GL116A

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Russell	Chair	n/a	N/a Majority vote by Trustees and Committee of Charity
Roger Batty	Treasurer	n/a	ditto
John Pinch	Committee Member	n/a	ditto

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name n/a

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and	addresses of advisers (Optional information)	addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser	Name Address
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

n/a

Other optional information

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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	Russell Legg	Roger Batty

	Russell John Legg	Roger Marsden Batty

	Chair	Treasurer
	29/08/23
	29/08/23

	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	No (if any)
	For the period from	Period start date	To	Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Donations 2,108 Fund Raising - Gift aid on Donations 277 Bank and Gift Aid Interest 14 Sale of Christmas Cards - Open2All Income Grants 61,608 - - 64,007 - - Sub total - Total receipts 64,007 A3 Payments MachineryRepairs and Maintenance 96 Church Maintenance - open2All 79,415 Church Insurance - Laura's land legacycosts 1,830 Bank Charges 68 - - - Sub total 81,409 - - Sub total - Total payments 81,409 Net of receipts/(payments) - 17,402 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end - Cash funds this year end - 17,402 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ *Sub total*(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)	to the nearest £ - - - - - 4,896 - - 4,896 - - - 4,896 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4,896 - - 4,896 Restricted funds	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £ 2,108 - 277 14 - 66,504 - - 68,903 - - - 68,903 96 - 79,415 - 1,830 68 - - - 81,409 - - - 81,409 - 12,506 - - - 12,506	Last year to the nearest £
		- - - - - - - - -	2,108	19,924
			-	3,010
			277	492
			14	131
			-	46
			66,504	2,600
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			68,903	26,203

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		-	68,903	26,203

		- - - - - - - - - -	96	543
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			79,415	6,120
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			81,409	7,733

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		-	81,409	7,733

	4,896	- - - -	- 12,506	18,470
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	4,896		- 12,506	18,470

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Details HSBC Scottish Widows Details Gift Aid to be claimed Details n/a Details n/a Details n/a Signature Roger Batty Russell Legg *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ 15,526 4,896 25,909 - - - 41,435 4,896 Agreement Error OK to nearest £ to nearest £ 277 - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Roger Batty Russell Legg Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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		Date of approval
Roger Batty	Roger Batty	8/29/2023
Russell Legg	Russell Legg	8/29/2023

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of

Charity Name

The Friends of St Cyrs Church Stinchcombe

On accounts for the year ended

31/12/2022

Charity no (if any)

1114126

Set out on pages

See Receipts and Payments accounts 31/12/2022

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Responsibilities and basis of report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022

As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I 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, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I 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.

Signed:

Richard Bartlam 30/08/2023

Date:

Name:

Richard Bartlam

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):

n/a

October 2018

IER

Address:

Street Farm, The Street, Stinchcombe. Glos GL11 6AW

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).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Nil

October 2018

IER