REGISTERED COMPANY NUM8ER 06528814 (England and Wales)
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1123525
CRANHAM COMMON TRusr
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Geoffrey James
Klngswood Cottage
Kingswood Close
Bishop5 Cleeve
Cheltenham
GL52 8SL

CRANHAM COMMON TRU5r
REGISTERED COMPANY No: 06528814
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
PAGE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE5
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
BALANCE SHEET
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CRANHAM COMMON TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies
Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the
year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the
Statements of Recommended Practice ISORPI 'Accounting and Reporting by
Charities, issued in March 2005.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Regirtered Company Numl 06528814 (England and Wales)
Registered Charity Numbei 1123525
Registered Office
Third Floor, 95 Promenade, Cheltenham GL50 IHH
Trustees
PRBass
Engineer
Mrs B D Berry Music Teacher
L A Chilcott
Civil Servant
H L Daniels
General Manager (resigned 23 April 20251
M J Drake
Farmer
P J Elliott
Lawyer
T W Osborne
Lawyer
RHIOvers
Blacksmith
P R Saunder5
Garden Designer
R T Tyson
Barrister
Company Secretary
R T Tyson
Independent Examiner
Geoffrey James ACMA
Kingswood Cottage. Kingswood Close, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham GL52 8SL
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing Document
The charity is constituted as a company limited by guarantee las defined by
Companies Act 20061 and its governing document is the Memorandum and Articles
of Association
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CRANHAM COMMON TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Rlsk Management
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is
exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable
assurance against fraud and error.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objertives and aims
The Charity's objectives are to acquire and own Cranham Common as open
grassland for the benefit of the community of Cranham and the general public
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Reserves pollcv
The trustees have considered the requirement of the trust and its reserves. The
charity require5 a positive balance to be maintained within reserves.
Investment pollcy and objectives
Under the Memorandum and Articles of AsSOCiation, the charity has the power to
invest according to the recommendation5 of a financial expert.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
The major portion of the grassland common purchased by the Trust is leased to
Natural England. This arrangement (valid until 31 March 20381 will ensure that the
SSSI and NNR are kept in satisfactory condition. The peripheral areas are monitored
and joint action taken with the Cranham Common Management Committee in the
event of any encroachment or other problems
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15
of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
LF
F THE BOARD
Os
rne - Trustee
Dated..
P J Elliott- Trustee
Dated.........
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CRANHAM COMMON TRUST
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcrivrriES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Unrestrlcted
funds
Restrfcted
fvnds
Total
funds
Total
funds
Notes
INCOMING RESOURCES
Incofflln8 resource5 from generated funds
Voluntary Income
Investment Income
29,320
753
29,320
753
2,062
127
Total Incomlry resources
30.073
30,073
2,189
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Governance costs
Other resources expended
960
45
960
45
720
45
Totsl resources expended
1,005
765
NET INCOMING RESOURCES
29.068
29,068
1.424
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
148,334
148,334
146,910
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
177,402
177.402
148,334
The notes form part of these statements
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CRANHAM COMMON TRusr
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
2025
2024
Unrestricted Restrlcted
fund5
funds
Total
funds
Total
funds
Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
105,194
105,194
105,194
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Investments
Cash at bank
31,304
52,245
31,304
52,245
31,304
23,277
Total Current assets
83.549
83,549
54,581
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one
year
NET CURRENT ASSETS
111,341)
111,341)
(11,4411
72,208
72,208
43.140
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
177.402
177,402
148,334
NET ASSETS
177,402
177,402
148,334
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
177,402
148,334
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
177,402
148.334
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companie5
Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its financial staternents
for the year ended 31 March 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for
al ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and
387 of the Companies Act 2006, and
b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable
company as at the end of each financial year and of its Surplus or deficit for each financial year in
accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the
requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the
charitable company.
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CRANHAM COMMON TRusr
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
These financial statement5 have been prepared in accordance with the special provision5 of Part 15
of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small charitable companies and with the Financial Reporting
Standard for Smaller Entitiies (effective April 2008)
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on the
wer
é - Trustee
P J Elliott - Trustee
The notes form part of these statements
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CRANHAM COMMON TRUST
NOTESTO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounting conventlon
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in
accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 20081,
the Companies Act 2(YJ6 and the requirements of the Standard of Recommended Prattice,
Accounting and Reporting by Charities.
Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the
charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable
accuracy.
Resources expended
Expenditure is accounting for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings
that aEgregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to
particular headings thay have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use
of resources
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activitie5
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the
discretion of the trustees.
Restricted fund5 can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of
the charity. Restrictions arise when Specified by the donor or when fund5 are raised for
particular restricted purposes.
Tanglble assets
The land is not depreciated as there is deemed to be no diminution in value.
VOLUNTARY INCOME
2025
28750
570
2024
Easements and Donations
Rents received and Wayleaves
2062
TRUSTEES, REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees, remuneration or other benefits for the for the year ended
31 March 2025 nor the preceeding year.
There were no tustees, expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor the
preceeding year.
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CRANHAM COMMON TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANUAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
COST
As at 31 March 2024
As at 31 March 2025
105194
IOS194
NET BOOK VALUE
As at 31 March 2024
As at 31 March 2025
105194
105194
CREDrroRS: AMOUNT5 FALUN6 DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025
11341
11341
Accrued expenses
11441
11441
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Unrestrl¢ted R•strfcted
Total
General fund - Net movement in fvnds
Incoming resources
Resources expended
Movement in funds
30,073
1,005
29,068
30,073
1,005
29.068
As at l Aprfl 2024
Net movement in funds
As at 31 March 2025
148,334
29,068
177,402
148,334
29,068
177,402
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Cranham Common Trust
On accounts for the year
ended
31 March 2025
Charity no
(if any)
1123525
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110312025.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report 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 (other than that disclosed below ") 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
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
0911012025
Name:
Geoffrey James
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
ACMA
Address:
Kingswood Cottage Kingswood Close
Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, GL52 8SL
IER
October 2018

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 detsils of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018