## **MAYOR OF STOCKPORT CHARITY FUND ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2024/25**
The Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund is a non-company charity, which was established on 26[th] November 2009. Each year, the newly elected Mayor will run a series of events to raise funds for the Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund. At the end of their mayoral term, the Mayor will donate the funds raised to their chosen charity in line with the objectives of the Charity and these objectives are as follows:-
- The prevention or relief of poverty in Stockport by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.
- To assist in the treatment and care of persons suffering from mental or physical illness of any description or in need of rehabilitation as a result of such illness, by the provision of facilities for work and recreation
- For the public benefit to promote the education (including social and physical training) of people under the age of 25 years in Stockport in such ways as the charity trustees think fit, including by:
- awarding to such persons scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants tenable at any university, college or institution of higher or further education;
- providing their education (including the study of music or other arts), to undertake travel in furtherance of that education or to prepare for entry to any occupation, trade or profession on leaving any educational establishment.
During the financial year, the Mayor has run a number of fund-raising events, including the annual Mayor’s Ball and abseil from Stopford House. The Mayor, assisted by Council Officers, has been closely monitoring the income received on the account.
Since the start of the financial year, i.e. 1 June 2024, a total of £26,608 has been received into the Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund bank account. Of this £1,188 related to the previous Mayor’s fund raising activities, the remaining £25,420 relates to funding raising events for the Mayor during the 2024/25 financial year.
A total of £22,994 has been paid out during the period 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025. £10,864 relating to the final donation payment to the chosen charities of the previous Mayor. The expenditure of the Mayor during the 2024/25 financial year was £12,130.
## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
- In accordance with Charity Commission guidance, the accounts have been prepared on a ‘Receipts and Payments Accounts’ basis. Non-company charities with income of less than £250,000 per annum can produce accounts on a Receipts and Payments basis, which simply accounts for incoming and outgoing cash for the year.
|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
6/1/2024
5/31/2025
**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
6/1/2024
5/31/2025
**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
6/1/2024
5/31/2025
**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
6/1/2024
5/31/2025
**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
6/1/2024
5/31/2025
**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
6/1/2024
5/31/2025
**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
6/1/2024
5/31/2025
**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
6/1/2024
5/31/2025
**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|**Charity Name**
**No (if any)**
**CC16a**
**Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
6/1/2024
5/31/2025
**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts and payments**|||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**||**Last year**|
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||
|Abseil
Donations
Mayor's Charity Ball
**_Sub total_**
**A2 Asset and investment sales, etc.**
**_Total receipts_**|**4,569**
**-**
**-**
**4,569**
**3,147**
**10,275**
**-**
**-**
**10,275**
**3,030**
**11,765**
**-**
**-**
**11,765**
**12,275**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,608**
**-**
**-**
**26,608**
**18,452**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,608**
**-**
**-**
**26,608**
**18,452**
~~a~~||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|Mayor's Charity Ball
**7,631**
**-**
**-**
**7,631**
**8,477**
Abseil
**4,500**
**-**
**-**
**4,500**
**300**
Payment to Re-Dish (22/23 Mayor)
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**770**
Payment to Help for Heroes (22/23 Mayor)
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,000**
Payment to The Hatters Project (22/23 Mayor)
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,000**
Payment to NK Theatre Arts (22/23 Mayor)
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,000**
Payment to Stockport Sea Cadets (23/24 Mayor)
**10,864**
**-**
**-**
**10,864**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**
**22,994**
**-**
**-**
**22,994**
**16,547**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**22,994**
**-**
**-**
**22,994**
**16,547**
**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**
**etc.**
~~=~~|||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**3,614**||**-**||**-**|**3,614**||**1,905**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**0**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**9,676**||**-**||**-**|**9,676**||**7,770**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**13,290**||**-**||**-**|**13,290**||**9,676**|
**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees** Charity Name Mayor of Stockport Charity Fund1 **On accounts for the year** 2025 **Charity no ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/05/2025.
**Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 all 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:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- • the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Signed:** _W B Christie_
**Date:** 01/10/2025
**Name:** W B Christie, Internal Audit Manager **Relevant professional** Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:** Stockport MBC Stopford House, Edward Street, Stockport, SK1 3XE
**Oct 2025**
1
**IER**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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** None **disclose** .
**Oct 2025**
2
**IER**