## **The River Gipping Trust Limited** 

**Registered as a Charity No. 1119586 Registered in England No. 6145692** 

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|**INCOME & EXPENDITURE FOR YEAR ENDED 31/03/2025**||||**BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31/03/2025**||
|**2023/2024**|**INCOME**|**2024/2025**|**2023/2024**|**GENERAL ACCUMULATED FUNDS**|**2024/2025**|
|£3,558.45|General Donations|£4,190.35 Note 1||||
|£5,712.00|Specific Donations|£46,710.00 Note 2||||
|£1,065.00|Membership Income inc Gift Aid|£1,527.00 Note 3|£23,816.20|BALANCE AS AT 1st April|£9,895.55|
|£423.58|Book sales|£185.96 Note 4|-£13,920.65|SURPLUS (DEFICIT) FOR YEAR|£13,821.45|
|£518.10|Fundraising Talks & Members lunch profit|£647.00 Note 5|**£9,895.55**|BALANCE AS AT 31st March|**£23,717.00**|
|£2,002.41|Sale of donated goods|£4,382.31 Note 6||||
|£0.00|Insurance claim|£2,235.66 Note 7||||
|**£13,279.54**||**£59,878.28**||||
||**EXPENDITURE**|||||
|£94.00|Membership Fees - SLHC & IWA|£98.00 Note 8||||
|£596.67|Admin, Stationary, Print and Post|£794.63 Note 9||**REPRESENTED BY**||
|£395.74|Publicity|£413.20 Note 10||||
|£1,046.48|Public Liability & Motor Insurance|£1,540.45 Note 11||||
|£9,064.47|Specific Project Costs|£14,785.56 Note 12||**CURRENT ASSETS**||
|£504.42|General Restoration Costs|£648.61 Note 13|**£9,895.55**|BANK - CURRENT ACCOUNT|**£23,717.00**|
|£0.00|Equipment Fuel costs|£699.77 Note 14||||
|£15,141.41|New Equipment & Repairs|£27,076.61 Note 15||||
|£357.00|Planning & Permit fees|£0.00||||
|**£27,200.19**||**£46,056.83**||||
|**-£13,920.65**|**SURPLUS (DEFICIT) FOR YEAR**|**£13,821.45**||||



For the year ending 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 in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. 

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. 

Signed 

Signed 

John Warren, Chairman Gregory Rashbrook, Treasurer 



## **The River Gipping Trust Ltd** 

_Registered in England No._ _**6145692** Registered as a Charity No._ _**1119586**_ 

Notes to Accounts Year Ending 31st March 2025 

|**Note 1**|These are general donations towards general expenses, footpath<br>maintenace and river and tree work.|
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|**Note 2**|The specific projects during the year included new equipment for<br>footpath, new storage facility, new website, oak benches and<br>information display boards|
|**Note 3**|Membership income has increased, particulary lifetime members<br>mainly due to higher levels of publicity and larger numbers of<br>volunteers|
|**Note 4**|The remaining few Ipswich to Stowmarket Navigation books are<br>being sold mainly at the fundraising talks|
|**Note 5**|Increased number of talks and demand remaining strong|
|**Note 6**|Scrap Metal sales of £3,382.31 plus £1000.00 trailer sale|
|**Note 7**|Insurance payout for flood damage and repairs including some<br>power tools written off|
|**Note 8**|Continued membership to both Inland Waterways Association<br>and Suffolk Local History Council which provide valuable<br>information and assistance. IWA increased by £4.00|
|**Note 10**|Software, ink cartridges, stationary, postage and printing.<br>Also incoming free telephone calls and internet costs.|
|**Note 9**|Membership forms, marketing brochures and newsletters|
|**Note 11**|Higher Combined Motor and Public liability premium due to<br>significant increase in new equipment and storage building|
|**Note 12**|This refers to storage facility build costs,new website construction<br>and data transfer,new benches and information displayboards.|





**Note 13** Focus on footpath maintenance, tree work, Footpath diversion and drainage, river clearance and removal of himalayan balsam . **Note 14** Fuel costs now separated from general restoration work as the petrol for lawn mowers, rough cuts and strimmers has increased significantly due to additional new equipment. It also includes diesel for the Hitachi digger and the 3 tonne dumper. **Note 15** Four new lawn mowers, one rough cut, a wheeled strimmer, three battery hedge trimmers and a ride on commercial mower have all been purchased from specific donations and support from Suffolk CC, MSDC and several parish councils along the river. All existing and new machines are serviced annually and repaired as necessary 



# **Please note that our accounts were not independently examined as per email sent to CSCORRES1 26/01/2026**