## **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**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
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.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |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.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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
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20|**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**|| |---|---|---| |**n/a**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **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**|| |**n/a**||| |||| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** n/a ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **n/a** ## **Other optional information** ## **n/a** ## **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**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**68,903**|**26,203**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**68,903**|**26,203**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**96**|**543**| ||||**-**|**70**| ||||**79,415**|**6,120**| ||||**-**|**1,000**| ||||**1,830**|**-**| ||||**68**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**81,409**|**7,733**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**81,409**|**7,733**| |||||| ||**4,896**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 12,506**|**18,470**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**4,896**||**- 12,506**|**18,470**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**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**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||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** 1 **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** 2 **IER**