Registered Company Number R¢gistered Charity Number 6683052 1128575 Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust Report of the Directors and Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2024
Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust Report of the Directors and Trustees and Financial Statements For the year ended 31 August 2024 Contents Director5. Trustees and Advisors Annual Report of DirlorS and TTUStees Direaors. Remuneration Report Independ¢nt Examtner's Report Sial¢m¢nt of Financial Activities Balance Sheet 10 Notes to the Financial Sialemcnts
Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust Directors, Trustees and Advisors Registered Charity Number Registered Company Number Registered Office 1128575 6683052 Meadowside, Main StreeL Kings Norton. Leicester LE7 9BF President HM Lord-Lieutenanl of L£icesiershir¢. Mike Kapur. Esq. OBE Patrons The Chainnan of Leiceslershire County Council The Ri8ht Worshipful the Lord Mayor of txi¢es¢¢r The Bishop of Lxicester President and Vice-chanccllor, University of tKi¢est¢r Vice-chancellor, De Montfort University Viee-chancellor and Presidenl, LA)u8hborou8h University John Aldridge. Esq. OBE. DL Major Richard Bream. TD. DL Baroness Byford, DBE DL Baron Gl¢ndonbr(Kyk. CBE Jennifer. Lady (iretton. v0. JP Lars Tharp. Esq. DL David Wilson, E4, CBE. DL Professor Michael OBE Directors and Tnjstees Squire Gernrd de Lisle. DL (Resign¢d ioth September 2024) Gordon Arthur. Esq Robert Collins, Esq. MVO. DL Professor Christopher Dyer, CBE Simon Gravett. Esq (Company Secretary) Dr Richard Jones Profe55or Elizabeth Tin81¢ (ApFM)int¢d 5th September 2023) Professor Marilyn Upstone Dr David Wyk¢s (Appointed 2 February 2024) Sub Committ¢e Members Mrs Carol Cambers Dr Pamela Fisher Dr David Holmes (Resigned 22 July 2024) Freddie de Lisle (App)inted 21 st (ktobv 2024) Independent Examiner Barry Thompson. Esq Solicitors Shakespeare Martineau One Colion Square. L£icester. LE I I QH Bankers HSBC PIC 2-6 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester. LEI I DA
Leieestershire Victoria County History Trust Annual Report of the Direetors and Trustees The DirectOTS and Trustee5 have ple&sure in presenting their Teport and financial statements for the year ended 31 Au8USt 2023. Patrons Director5 and Trustees The Patrons, Directors and Truslces are lis¢¢d on page 2. The Trust wntinues to refresh its membership. During the year the chairnian of the Board. Squire Gervlld de Lisl¢, announced his inteniion to stand down after almost 20 years of service. After consuliations in the autumn of 2024. il w&$ decided to invite Gordon Arthur, an existing Trustee, to suc¢e¢d him. He agreed to tske on the role. A new candidate to join the Trustees was Dr David Wykes. Ihe fornier Director of Dr William's Library in London, who has many hisiorical publications to his credit. Ills nationwide links wtth other historians of nonconfomiity will be of ben¢fil to th¢ TrusL and he also lives in Leicesler and has many connections with lo1 heritage jieS. Structure. Governince alld M#Dagemtnt Leicestershire Victoria County Hisiory Trnst is a company limited by guarnntee and was incorporai¢d on 28 Augusl 2008, company number 6683052. It was r¢gist¢red as a charity on 16 March 2009. charity number 1128575. 11 is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. appn)vcd by the Direclors on I l February 21. The Directors and Trusl¢¢s Jre appointed in accordance with ihe Articles of Association. Athlitional Directors may be apinted by ordinary res0110n of the trt)ard. The board of Directors and Trustees has ultimate le8al sponSibl11ty for our organisation and works to ensur¢ 80(Ml governance, with ihe help of its committees. The board agrees the overnll strategic direction and is our highest decision-making body. Its members are volunteers. They work along5id¢ the executive committ¢¢, who are reswnsible for the implemenlalion of wlicy and for the management of the day-l04ay running of the organisation. The board is committed to ensurin8 that governance arrangements arc efflive and relevanL as well as ensuring that lh¢ board members refleci the breadth of the services we provide. The board are also responsible for safeguarding the a55eis Qlthe charity and hence for taking reasonable steps to pr¢v¢nl and detect fr8ud and other irregularilies. The board's responsibilitie5 also extend to the ongoing integrity of the financial statements. Objects The objects of Leiceslershire Victoria County History Trust are: To further the educaiion of the public in the history of the county of tkicest¢rshire and its communities and to promote and foster public knowledge, und¢rstsndin8 and appreciation of the history of the ar in general. To commission, facilitate and promote research into the history of the county of Leicestershire and its communilies and to disseminate the useful results of such resewch for the public t*n¢fit.
Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust Annual Report of the Directors and Trustees - continued Public Benefit In exercising their )WerS and duties. the Directors and Trustees have complied with their duty in seciion 4 of ihe Charities Act 2006 to have due r¢8ard to the 8uidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission. Lei¢es*rshire Vi¢loria County History Trust aims to PTovide (when fund5 allow) a volunteer programme which is open to anyone in t£icestershire with an interest in the llnty'S history. It provides free training in historical research method5, including skills thai ih¢ volunt¢ers will be able to use in employment or in other voluntary aaivilies. Sections are being published online &8 r¢%ar¢h is ¢ompl¢ted and are published within books to provide local people and the public more generally with a definitive and accurate history of th¢ tom5 and villages within the county. The Trust works with schools when funds perniiL to provide educational packs that meet the need5 of l(K81 teachers and the curriculum. and to enthuse and inforni pupils alM)Ut the history of their c4)mmunities. A¢¢ivitie4 Research and Publicado A book on Ibslocl after a delay USed by Covi4 was launched with much local cnthusia5m in the autumn of 2023. Our r¢S¢h into Loughlx)rough's hisw has continued. and with the help of ik grants mentioned in th¢ nexl s¢ction we have been able to increase the pace. Excellent progress was mad¢ towards our first ot'two Loughborough paperbacks, a social and cultural history of the town since 1750. The sections on religious life and on the town's educational providers were c(Mnpleted. and substsntial progress was made on other social history topic& including iA)ughborough's two workhouses and the town's sports grounds and teams. We also iK8an to publicis¢ som¢ of iyur findings online through websites provided by others as we aim to reach the widest wissible audience. Leic¢st¢rshire Archaeological and Historical Society published a blogpo wrillen by Dr Pamela Fisher on 'iKgU8hborough's First Workhou$¢', 8vailable online at htt 5'.1118hs.or .ukibl hborou hs-firsl-workhouse and an article on 'Loughborovgh's Second Workhouse, was wrillen for the Lynne-Aboul-LoughlM)rough Sile, at nneaboutlou hborou h.blo .com/?02410811ou hEK)rou hs-second-workhouse.himl. Durin8 2024 the centrnl otTiee of the VCH Indiled that counlies should make their own publishing arrangements. Ihough with continued quality assurance from the London stsff. The L¢ittslershir¢ VCH Trnst has made 8 provisional arrangement with a reputable publisher for future volumes. Work is also und¢rway on our second L4)ughb)rough pAperback. which will fwus on iA)ughborough'$ farnis and industries since 1750. Meanwhile, Dr Andrew Watkins has continued to make progress on the rural history of the parish in Ihe m¢dieval riod. looking at the demesne (manorial) fami and the lives of the pea5ani famiers. Volunteers ar¢ also continuing to transcribe probate records from the ¢arly modern period. Once again. we attendd IM)th m¢¢tings of the LA)ughborough Heritage Forum, in October 2023 and April 2024. Convened by LA)ughborough Studie5 Library volunieer& sponsored by Loughborough Building Society and supEM)rted by Charnw(K>d Borough Council. all organitiOnS and individuals with an interest in researching and promoting the history and h¢rits8¢ of the town attend these meetings to share inforniation alxTrui their aclivities. We are finding thes¢ meetings very useful for h¢arin8 about other projecty making contacts SuprtIng th¢ work of others and publicising our ovm work. We have taken severnl oprtunItieS to Sha our res¢aTch with the public by delivering talks and attending events arrdnged by others. We joined other h¢rÉtag¢ organisations from LEice5tershire and across the East Midlartds counties at the second Heritsge Hub event organi5ed by the University of Leicester, wher¢ we wcr¢ able diKuss our r¢s¢ah with members of the public.
Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust Annual Report of the Directors and Trustees- continued We were delighted to be invited to deliver a brief thlk for the Friends of the Centre for Regional and Local History at the University of tKicester as part of their annual Hoskins Day. Inlerest in l(Kal history ¢ontinues to be Strong across the country. and 50 members of Cosby Herilage Society attended a talk we w¢re &sked to give on the htstory of Lutterworth. where we also sold some of our published history of this town. We were also made very welcome when we reiumed to Castle Donington as part of th¢ national Festival of Archaeolo. where Dr Pamela Fisher led a iour of th¢ ¢hur¢h and talked about its interesting history and its three Fyomineni monuments in stone, brass alabT. Sin¢¢ ihe yw end, we have started a new volunteer project on the history of Nonpantan, whi¢h will feed inlo our Loughknrough parbaCkS. Over 20 volunteers are meeting ai Home Farni in Nanpantan to help with this research. We are v¢ry grat¢ful to Charnwood Fore Geopark and the Heritage Fund for their financial supprt for this work. Fund rnising aDd futurt prospects Not all the TrU's applicaiions and negotiations for funding are successful. but during the year the fund5 conthined in the Bequesl which featured in last y¢ar's rewrt at last became available io spend. We were also successful in an application for £51100 to lh¢ Aurelius Charithble Trust. and a further s¢parate grant of £500 was made by the Aurelius Trnst. Eveniually an earlier Application for £5000 to the L¢ic¢stershire Archaeological and Historical Sciety was approved. The VCH Trust maintsins its relationship with this siety. Trusttts have also been in discussion with the National Forest which is taking initiatives in developing the heriiage of nonh-wesi Leic¢ershirc. Th¢ T1 continues to receive a 51e8dy revenue reaM from its Friends and 200 Club. FinAneil Revltw The financial position of ticestrrshire VIOr1& County History Trust is set out in thc finan¢i41 slalements on pa8¢s 9 to 12. These show iothl incoming resources of £33.260 and cxp¢nditurc of £24.884 resulting in a net surplus for the year of £8,376. The financial position is sound. Totsl nel assels al 31 Au8USt 2024 w¢r¢ £25.264, which included £9,826 of r¢stricied funds. A balance of £23.945 was held in the Trusl's bank accounts. The Directors and Trustees consider the financial SitIOn of the charity to be satisfactory. The aclivilies of the charity are carefully tailored io match available resOue5. Budgets are drnwn up and monitored ¢los¢ly and costs kept to 8 minimum ihrough many hours of donaled time 8iv¢n freely by several highly skill¢d people. The Directors and Tru51ees aim to ensure Ihot the Trust's reserve5 do noi fall below six months. anticipated expenditure and believe th81 ihis policy is appropriate and will b¢ m¢1 throughout the next year to 31° August 2025, when it will be r¢vi¢w¢d again. Responsibilities ill reltlott to the IIDaD¢ial Ststements The Directors and Trust¢¢s are resFKynsible for preparing the annual port and the financial statements in accordance with Chariti¢s Act and Companies Act requirements. For the year ending 31 st August 2024. the company was entiiled exemption from audit und¢r s¢¢tion 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small compani¢s. Dir¢¢tors' r¢sponsibilities'. The memkrs have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in ac¢ordan¢e with section 476, The Directors acknowledge their reswnsibilities for complying with the requir¢m¢nts of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparntion of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accor with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies, regim¢.
Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust Annual Report of the Directors and Trustees- continued The financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for that wiod. In pparing these statements the Directors and Trustees are required to: Select suitable accounting liCIeS and then appty them consistently Make judgcments and esiimaies that are reasonable and pNdeni Comply with applicable ac¢ouniing regulations and standards and sta*ments of recommended prnctice. with any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial stsiemenls Prepare financial sthiements on the "going concern- bLsis, unless il is inappropriate to presum¢ that the charity will continue in operalion The Directors and TNst¢es confimi that these financial statements comply with the ab)ve requiremenls including the Companies Act 2006. th¢ Charities Act 201 l. the Ststement of Recommended Praclice FRS 102 and the Financial R¢wrting Standard for Smaller Entilies. The Directors and Trustees are reSnsIble for ensuring that proper accounting records are kept. which disclose with reasonable accuracy al any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them lo ¢nsur¢ that the financial stsiemenls comply wilh th¢ Companies Aci 2¢X16 and the Charities Act 201 l. Th¢y are also resN)nsible for safeguarding ihc assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the pr¢v¢ntion and ddeCtI of frnud and other ifTegularities. This r¢port and these financial slatements hav¢ been approved at a meeting of the DirtOrS and Trustees held on 18th February 2025 and ale si8n¢d on behalf of the Ix)ard of Directors and th¢ Trustees by Profe ristopher Dyer Director and Trustcc Simon M Grnvett Director and Trustee 18° February 2025
Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust Directors, Remuneration Report It is confim)ed ihat the Directors of Letcestershire Victoria Counry History Trusi hav¢ tweiv¢d no emolumenis for their services and no eXnSeS have been claimed by them for travel. subsisten entertainment or any other purp)s¢. Profes risiopher Dyer Dir¢ctor and Trustee
Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust Independent Examiner's Report I report lo the charity trvste¢s on my eLwnination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31° August 2024. which are set oul on pAges 9-12. Responslbllitles And b1$ of report As th¢ ¢harity's trustees of the C(Knpany (who are also the dirtOrS of the company for the Purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the a¢wunts tn accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2(K16 {'Yhe 2IXJ6 Acl-). Having satisfied myself ihal the aOunts of the Company are required to be audid for this y¢aT under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and ar¢ ¢li8ible for independent examination. I report in r¢spect of my exwnination of your charity's accounts as carried out under se¢iion 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('Yhe 2011 Acl"). In carying out my examination. I have followed the Direclions giv¢n by th¢ Charity Commission (under 5eclion 145(5Xb) of the 2011 Act). Independent Euminer's Statement I have compled my examination. I Confi thal no maierial matters have come to my attenlion which give me cause to believe ihal: . accounting records were noi kept in aOrdance with sedion 386 of the Companies Act 2006. or . the accounts do nol 0rd with such records; or the accounts do not Comply with relevant accouniing requiremenls under $tIOn 396 of the Companies Acl 2006 other than any requiremeni thai the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considerd as part of an independeni examination; or the accounts have not been prepared in acrdance with ihe Charities SORP (FRS102). I hav¢ no concerns and h8ve come across no oiher matters in conneciion with the examination lo which Attention should be drnwn in this rel in order to enable 8 proper understsndin8 of th¢ accounts to be reach¢d. Bary ThoTnpson 47, Maplewell Roa Woodhouse Eaves. Leicestershire. LEI 2 8RG
Leicestersbire Victoria County History Trust Statement of Financial Activities, incorporating Income and Expenditure Account, for the year ended 31 August 2024 Restrieted fuDds Ullreytricted 2024 funds 2024 Total rund$ 2024 Total ruJd9 2023 Nole INCOMING RESOURCES Incoming resources from generdi funds Voluntary Income Interest income Gifi aid Totsl incoming rewur¢es 9950 22696 356 258 23310 32646 356 258 33260 13963 59 308 14330 RESOURCES EXPENDED Cost of g¢nerdting funds Charitable a¢tivities Research & volunt¢¢r training 2950 3054 5428 1798 17069 13 20136 18867 13 12077 13 17318 Governance costs To¢41 resources eipended 4748 Net $urpluJ l (deficit) for the perlod 5202 3174 8376 4188 Total funds brought forward Add nei income l (deficit) Reclassification of costs Total fuDdJ carried forward 4624 5202 12264 3174 16888 8376 20075 -3188 9826 15438 25264 16887 Th¢ notes on pages 11-12 forni part of these financial s¢at¢m¢nts
Leicestersbire Victorigd County History Trust Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2024 Total Futhds 2024 Tothl Funds 2023 Fixed Current ets Cash at bank D¢biors Total current 23945 3008 26953 12183 6516 18699 Curren¢ liabilÉtieJ Creditors Total current114bllltleg 1689 1689 1812 1812 Net Current assets Totsl avets le current li*bililies 25264 25264 16887 16887 Funds of the Charity Restri¢t¢d income funds Unr¢stricted income funds Total funds 9826 15438 25264 4623 12264 16887 Thc notes on geS 11-12 forni part of these financial 51atements For the year ending 31 Au8usI 2024. the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating kn small companies. Directors. responsibiltties: The members have not required the company lo obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476, The Directors knOwledge their resFK•nsibilities for ¢omplyin8 with the requirements of the Act with resixct lo accounling records and th¢ preparniion of accounts. These accounts hav¢ be¢n prepared in cordAnce wilh the special provisions applicable to Companies Subject to the small companies, regime. Professor Christopher Dyer Director and Trustee 18th Febny 2025 io
Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust Notes to the Fin¥4ncial Statements l. Basis of *ecounting The financial stat¢menls have been prePad on an accruals basis under the historic cost conventio in accordance with the requirements for charitable companies under lh¢ Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011, the Statement of Recommended Practice FRS 102 'A¢¢ounting by Charities, and UK Generally Accepled Practice. Unrestricted funds have not been designated for any ScIfiC purpose and are available for use at the discretion of the Directors and Truslees in furtheTrnce of the general objects of the charity. Restricied funds relate to donations rw¢ived which are to be used for a purpose specified by the donor. ReJtri¢ted Unrestrlded Totsl funds funds 2024 funds 2024 2024 Totsl fund8 2023 2. Voluntary Income Donations- Friends xheme Other donations and 8ranls Book Sales Event Income 2IXI Club Income & fund5 transfer Total l(M)5 l(X)5 1025 I81 26081 6150 1708 520 2950 9950 1770 22697 4720 4560 13963 32647 3. C05t of 8eneratlng funds Administratlon Marketin8 & Publicity Book & launch costs Event costs 2CKJ Club prizes 2CQ Club funds transfer of cash Bank charges Sundry other costs (excl governance) Total 140 140 1860 590 1512 173 1140 1710 141 718 718 1180 1180 1770 1770 140 196 140 196 162 5428 2950 tEiceslershire Victoria County History Trust no employees in th¢ period covered by these A¢count4 but has nefited from the services of s¢veral employees of the University of Leicester. None of thern is a Director of the company or a TTUSt¢¢ of the charity. except for Dr Richard Jones. li
Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust Notes to the Finaneial Statements continued 4. Taxation The company is a registered charity and accordingly is exempt from laxation on its income 4nd gains where they are applied for Charitsble puryK)ses. 5. CoD¢ingent liabilities There were no contingeni liabilities at 31 August 2024. 6. CAPital ¢ommitments There were no Capital wmmitments at 31 August 2024 12