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← The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of The Ascension, Hanger Hill With West Twyford, St Mary

2023-12-31-accounts

Parish of the Ascension Hanger Hill with West Twyford St Mary

Annual report of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31[st] December 2023

1 Reference and Administrative Information

The Parish of the Ascension Hanger Hill with West Twyford St Mary is situated in the northern part of the London Borough of Ealing and is part of the Willesden Area of the Diocese of London within the Church of England.

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) was registered with the Charity Commission on 5[th] October 2010. The Charity name is The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Ascension, Hanger Hill with West Twyford, St Mary. The Charity number is 1138274.

The PCC’s correspondence address is:

The Ascension Vicarage, Beaufort Road, London, W5 3EB

The PCC’s bankers are:

Co-operative Bank plc, PO Box 250, Skelmersdale, WN8 6WT

The PCC’s solicitors are: Prince Evans Solicitors LLP, Craven House, 40-44 Uxbridge Road, W5 2BS

The PCC’s independent examiner is:

Data Developments,Creative Industries Centre, Wolverhampton Science Park, Glaisher Drive Wolverhampton WV10 9TG

The PCC members who served during the period covered by this report are:

Vicar: The Revd Simon Reed (PCC Chair)
Minister at St Mary’s: The Revd Pete Harris
Pastoral Assistants: Mrs Elizabeth (Liz) Williams (PCC Secretary)
Ms Rachel White
Churchwarden: Ms Philippa Bird (from 23/04/23) (PCC Vice Chair from 22/05/23))
Deputy wardens: Mrs Rosy Sookias (A) Mr Arby Ghazarian (M)
Deanery Synod Representatives: Mr Kester Worme (to 23/04/23)
Elected members: Mrs Denise Avanessian, Mr Colin McKenzie, Mr Kester Worme
(from 23/04/23)

2 Structure, Governance and Management

The PCC is a corporate body established by the Church of England and operates under the Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1956. The method of appointing PCC members is as set out in the Church Representation Rules and in the Parish Scheme as approved by the Bishop’s Council on 29[th] October 2002 and subsequently amended on 2[nd] October 2006. All members of the congregation are encouraged to apply for membership of the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC.

In addition to ad hoc working parties, there are three subordinate bodies which report to the PCC, namely:

1) the Standing Committee which is empowered by the PCC to transact business between Council meetings and which, for the period covered by this report, comprised the Vicar, Minister at St Mary’s, Church Wardens, Deputy Church Wardens, PCC secretary and the Parish Treasurer.

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2) the Church of the Ascension District Church Council to which the PCC delegates the day to day management of the Church of the Ascension part of the parish and which comprises some PCC members and some directly elected members according to the requirements of the Parish Scheme. For the period of this report this comprised the Vicar, the Minister at St Mary’s, the Pastoral Assistants, the Churchwarden, the Ascension Deputy Churchwarden , the Parish Treasurer, Ascension elected PCC members and the following elected members: Mrs Iyabo Adeola, Mrs Stella Bell (to 23/4/23) Mr Lee Dewsnap, Mrs Susan Lawes, Dr Lucy Pavesi, Mr Anthony Momoh (co-opted 13/7/23)

3) the St Mary’s District Church Council to which the PCC delegates the day to day management of the St Mary’s part of the parish and which comprises some PCC members and some directly elected members according to the requirements of the Parish Scheme. For the period of this report this comprised the Vicar, the Minister at St Mary’s, the Pastoral Assistants, the Churchwarden, St Mary’s Deputy Churchwarden, the Parish Treasurer, St Mary’s elected PCC members and the following elected members: Mr Kester Worme (to 23/4/23)

3 Objectives and Activities

The PCC (the Trustees) confirm that they have referred to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives, in planning future activities, and setting the grant making policy for the year.

The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Incumbent, the Revd Simon Reed, in the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England and in promoting within the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelical, social, and ecumenical.

The PCC also has responsibility for the financial affairs of the parish and for supporting the District Church Councils as they strive to achieve the ideals embraced by their respective vision statements: The Church of the Ascension – “To create community and grow community” St Mary’s West Twyford - “To be a church growing closer to God, each other, and our community.”

4 Achievements and Performance

The PCC met six times during 2023 with an average attendance of 63%. The two District Church Councils each met on six occasions. The Ascension DCC had an average attendance of 73% participating members (one ex officio St Mary’s member did not attend and is not included in the statistics). The St Mary’s DCC had an average attendance of 72% (the one ex officio Ascension member did not attend and is not included in the statistics). The deliberations of both DCCs were reported to the full PCC and discussed where necessary.

In addition to routine business and receiving reports from subordinate committees, the PCC or Standing Committee considered the following matters in particular:

In addition to routine business, the Ascension DCC considered the following matters in particular:

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At the time of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on 21[st] April 2024, the Electoral Roll stood at 95 with 71 members belonging to the Church of the Ascension and 24 to St Mary’s. The figures for 2023 were 96, 69 and 27 respectively.

5 Report on the Activities of the Parish Generally in 2023

In reporting on the activities and health of our Parish in 2023, context is vital. Our experiences, both positive and negative, are not unique. Across the churches of post lockdown Ealing there is a common pattern. Finances are very tight with few Parishes able to pay their full Common Fund contribution. Volunteers are thin on the ground making church activities hard to maintain. At the same time there is some evidence of recovery in numbers and of engagement in new initiatives.

This pattern describes our own Parish. At the Ascension we have seen a growth in attendance numbers which, including those joining online, takes us back close to pre-pandemic levels. At St Mary’s it has been harder because in the comparable period seven members have moved out of the area and two have died. Allowing for this, the congregation, although still smaller, is numerically stable and seeing newcomers, which is healthy. At the same time we are still some way from understanding that church is something which requires all of us to play a part to make anything happen. Where once we had teams, both of our Junior Churches now depend on Rae White alone producing resources and activities every week for our children. Many other tasks also depend on too few people.

Despite these pressures we continue to engage with our neighbourhoods through Ascension Friends, St Mary’s Coffee morning, hosting the Stay and Play toddler group, through Spring and Christmas events at the Ascension, and the St Mary’s summer barbecue. We have also engaged in significant new initiatives. In January we launched The Open Door welfare café at St Mary’s, pioneered by Rae, which draws a regular clientele from outside the church, and meets real needs with acts of practical Christian love. In Hanger Hill we hosted a Coronation street party and sang carols and Christmas songs in Ithaki restaurant and the Greystoke pub. All these things give visibility to the church and credibility when we seek to communicate the Gospel message.

All of this has taken place against a backdrop of considerable challenges. Until mid March the Ascension was worshipping in the Hall until the new church boiler was installed, with all the resulting pressures on the service leaders who did most of the setup each weekend. When Philippa Bird stepped up as Church Warden to support Rosy Sookias as Deputy it made a huge difference to our ability to look after and improve our buildings. Thanks must also go to Arby Ghazaryan, Deputy Warden at St Mary’s, for all his work chipping away at long-standing maintenance tasks, and Colin McKenzie’s management of our finances in all this. It has also been a very challenging year for all of our ordained and commissioned ministers with Pete, Liz, Rae and myself all facing health issues either personally or in our families, but carrying on to the best of our ability.

It may be helpful to give some idea of the sustained and demanding level of activity in our Parish by reporting that in the week up to and including Christmas, I prepared and led seven church services, made four visits for home communions, prepared and led a funeral, and also prepared everything for the Sunday after Christmas. Various pastoral needs and administrative tasks were also dealt with during that time. Our ministers are stretched, our church councils are smaller than they should be, and our volunteers are fewer than they need to be. These issues need improvement but despite all that, by the grace of God we seem able to do more than just survive, and people inside and outside the church speak of the positive difference the life and ministry of the Ascension and St Mary’s makes to them. In the end that is what matters most.

Revd Simon Reed (Vicar of the Parish)

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6 Financial Review

In 2020 we outsourced our bookkeeping to Kevin Ogilvie of Charity Bookkeeping and Examination Services, and in the process changed our accounting systems and made some small amendments to the way income and expenditure is reported. This arrangement has continued since.

The 2023 accounts show a deficit of about £55,000. Total income was £134201, total expenditure £189588 - This is mostly due to the cost of replacing the Ascension church boiler – around £47,000. We were only able to pay this because of the generosity of former parishioners leaving money to the church. The legacy fund also paid for hand driers for St Mary’s.

Apart from this, income was sufficient to cover our running costs. These include salary and wage costs of around £2200 a month. Much of this is for jobs that were once done by volunteers. I would ask everyone to be aware of this when considering their level of giving to the parish. That said, we are enormously grateful for all donations, large and small.

Income from lettings of both churches and halls increased marginally compared to 2022, but has not kept up with inflation.

Membership of the Planned Giving Scheme was 52 at 31st December 2023, with 37 members belonging to the Church of the Ascension, 14 to St Mary’s, and one anonymous. The figures for 2022 were 52, 37, 15 and 0 respectively. During the year, more parishioners joined the Parish Giving scheme, to give a total of 22, all but three from the Ascension, and a total income for the year of £21514 (2022: £19612) before tax recovery. Other planned giving income was £13810 for the Ascension, and £7263 for St Mary’s. The St Mary’s figure is significantly below 2022.

In addition, there were £4045 of donations for the Open Door project, and a legacy of £5000, which was added to the Legacy Fund for major expenditure.

Until 2020, the Parish paid less than one twelfth of its Common Fund each month, with a balancing topup at the end of the year. Since then we have paid the whole amount in monthly instalments. This year, the total paid was £40,000 (2022: £36,000; 2021: £50,000). All these figures are much less than we were paying before the pandemic, and well below the assessed cost of a single-minister parish, which means we are being subsidised by other parts of the wider church.

During the year, we paid off the remaining £14,000 of our loan from the diocese for St Mary’s restoration. This accounts for the rest of the year’s deficit.

At the end of the year, the general fund stood at £10585, the legacy fund at £68493, and the Open Door fund at £3366.

I am pleased to report that, excluding the boiler and the loan repayment, parish income exceeded expenditure by about £6,000; however, this is much less than the surplus in 2022.

Colin McKenzie (Treasurer)

7 Reserves Policy

It is PCC policy that the value of unrestricted funds should not exceed the value of approximately six months’ unrestricted payments. The balances at 31[st] December 2022 comply with this policy.

It is PCC policy to invest funds not immediately required with the Church of England Central Board of Finance.

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Independent Examiner’s report

Accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2023 Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and the examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts and they consider that an audit is not required for the year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

Examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act

to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and

to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of the Independent Examiner’s statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with these records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required for an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no material matter has come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

Accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act, or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I 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.

Date: 13th March 2023

Signed:

Stephen Hendy

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Statement of Financial Activities

Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted Endowment
Total
Prior year
funds
funds
funds
funds
funds
total funds
Income and endowments from:
Giving
CoA
St M
Parish
Tax Recovery
CoA
St M
Church Halls
CoA
St M
Other income
CoA
St M
Parish
Total income
Expenditure on:
Churches
CoA
St M
Church Halls
CoA
Parish Staff
Work of the Church
Miscellaneous
Total expenditure
Net income / (expenditure) resources before
transfer
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds - in
Gross transfers between funds - out
Other recognised gains / losses
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 44,715
—
(200)
—
44,515
72,078
8,082
—
—
—
8,082
11,485
6,340
9,045
100
—
15,485
5,758
—
—
—
—
—
3,446
—
—
—
—
—
2,619
43,084
—
—
—
43,084
38,352
4,856
—
—
—
4,856
6,037
3,774
—
—
—
3,774
5,951
6,440
—
—
—
6,440
6,940
3,849
4,116
—
—
7,965
6,628
121,141
13,161
(100)
—
134,201
159,294
395
—
615
—
1,010
591
28,022
44,579
—
—
72,601
14,193
25,570
2,221
—
—
27,791
20,463
2,404
—
—
—
2,404
—
10,417
—
—
—
10,417
14,118
8,526
—
—
—
8,526
6,158
57,119
2,769
440
—
60,328
52,993
5,968
7
535
—
6,509
3,143
138,423
49,575
1,589
—
189,588
111,658
(17,282)
(36,415)
(1,689)
—
(55,386)
47,635
—
96
210
—
306
8,025
(306)
—
—
—
(306)
(8,025)
(17,588)
(36,318)
(1,479)
—
(55,386)
47,635
28,173
108,177
(12,325)
—
124,026
76,228
10,585
71,859
(13,804)
—
68,640
123,864

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Balance sheet

Class and code
Description		 This year
Last year
Current assets
6501
HSBC current account
6502
Co-Op Bank
6510
CCLA (CBF) deposit account
6515
Pre-paid debit card
6590
Cash in hand
6595
Tax Reclaim
Z05
Accounts Receivable
Total Current assets
Liabilities
6699
Agency collections
9902
LDF Loan
Z04
Accounts Payable
Total Liabilities
Net Asset surplus(deficit)
Reserves
Excess / (deficit) to date
Z01
Starting balances
Total Reserves
Represented by funds
Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
Endowment
Total		 —
—
8,261
23,514
43,743
84,187
178
—
200
—
18,126
34,430
559
—
71,068
142,131
218
952
—
13,674
2,210
3,479
2,428
18,105
68,640
124,026
(55,386)
47,635
124,026
76,390
68,640
124,026
10,585
28,173
71,859
108,177
(13,804)
(12,325)
—
—
68,640
124,026

Signed

Signature ___ ______

Name ___ _______

Position ____ _______

Date ___ _______

Fund movement by type

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Opening
Incoming
Outgoing
Transfers Gains/losses
Closing
ARepair - Ascension Repair Fun
Restricted
Sub-total for ARepair
Asst - Parish Assistants
Restricted
Sub-total for Asst
Legacy - Legacy Fund
Designated
Sub-total for Legacy
Mission - Mission Fund
Restricted
Sub-total for Mission
Opendoor - Open Door
Designated
Sub-total for Opendoor
Pastoral - Parish Pastoral Fund
Restricted
Sub-total for Pastoral
Rest - St Mary's Restoratio
Restricted
Sub-total for Rest
Synod - Deanery Syond Grant
Restricted
Sub-total for Synod
General - General fund
Unrestricted
Sub-total for General
Grand total		 (1,117)
—
—
—
—
(1,117)
(1,117)
—
—
—
—
(1,117)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
108,177
7,116
46,800
—
—
68,493
108,177
7,116
46,800
—
—
68,493
(101)
—
—
—
—
(101)
(101)
—
—
—
—
(101)
—
6,045
2,776
96
—
3,366
—
6,045
2,776
96
—
3,366
1,805
(100)
300
210
—
1,615
1,805
(100)
300
210
—
1,615
(14,177)
—
229
—
—
(14,406)
(14,177)
—
229
—
—
(14,406)
1,264
—
1,060
—
—
204
1,264
—
1,060
—
—
204
28,173
121,141
138,423
(306)
—
10,585
28,173
121,141
138,423
(306)
—
10,585
124,026
134,201
189,588
—
—
68,640

Analysis of income and expenditure

Total Unrestricted Designated Restricted Endowment This year Last year

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INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS

Giving - CoA
CoA Planned Giving
PGS Giving
CoA Gift Aid
CoA Loose plate collections
CoA Unrestricted Donations
CoA Restricted Donations
Tax recovered on PGS Giving COA
Total
Giving - St M
St M Planned Giving
St M Gift Aid
St M Loose plate collections
St M Unrestricted Donations
Total
Giving - Parish
Other planned giving
Parish Unrestricted Donations
Parish Restricted Donations
On Line/card donations
Donations to Mission
Donations -Open Door
Legacies
Total
Tax Recovery - CoA
CoA Tax Recovered on Planned
Giving
Total
Tax Recovery - St M
St M Tax Recovered on Planned
Giving
Total
Church Halls - CoA
CoA Church hall lettings
Total
Church Halls - St M
St M Church hall lettings
Total
Other income - CoA
CoA Fundraising/Events
CoA Church Lettings
CoA Welcome Area Lettings
Total		 13,810
—
—
—
13,810
13,805
21,960
—
—
—
21,960
19,612
24
—
—
—
24
—
731
—
—
—
731
310
2,759
—
—
—
2,759
33,273
—
—
(200)
—
(200)
250
5,431
—
—
—
5,431
4,858
44,715
—
(200)
—
44,515
72,108
7,263
—
—
—
7,263
10,477
61
—
—
—
61
424
492
—
—
—
492
546
267
—
—
—
267
38
8,082
—
—
—
8,082
11,485
5,848
—
—
—
5,848
5,298
121
—
—
—
121
—
50
—
100
—
150
—
321
—
—
—
321
—
—
—
—
—
—
460
—
4,045
—
—
4,045
—
—
5,000
—
—
5,000
—
6,340
9,045
100
—
15,485
5,758
—
—
—
—
—
3,446
—
—
—
—
—
3,446
—
—
—
—
—
2,619
—
—
—
—
—
2,619
43,084
—
—
—
43,084
38,352
43,084
—
—
—
43,084
38,352
4,856
—
—
—
4,856
6,037
4,856
—
—
—
4,856
6,037
1,057
—
—
—
1,057
2,304
2,717
—
—
—
2,717
3,704
—
—
—
—
—
90
3,774
—
—
—
3,774
6,098

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Other income - St M
St M Fundraising/Events
St M Church Lettings
Total
Other income - Parish
Non-recurring one-off grants
Other funds generated
Parish Magazine
Parish Fundraising/Events
Bank and building society interest
Fees for weddings and funerals
Magazine income - advertising
Parish magazine sales
Unidentified Income
Total		 686
—
—
—
686
2,114
5,754
—
—
—
5,754
4,826
6,440
—
—
—
6,440
6,940
—
2,000
—
—
2,000
4,641
302
—
—
—
302
(421)
32
—
—
—
32
—
776
—
—
—
776
937
—
2,116
—
—
2,116
900
1,068
—
—
—
1,068
50
399
—
—
—
399
106
316
—
—
—
316
415
957
—
—
—
957
—
3,849
4,116
—
—
7,965
6,628
INCOME TOTAL 121,141
13,161
(100)
—
134,201
159,471
EXPENDITURE
Churches
Costs of stewardship campaign
Costs of fetes & other events
Total
Churches - CoA
CoA Church Running - Upkeep of
Services
CoA Church running - electric
CoA Church running - gas
CoA Church running - water
CoA Church running - Insurance
CoA Church maintenance
CoA Church Running - Equipment
CoA Church Running - Cleaning
CoA Site - Routine Maintenance
CoA Site - Equipment
CoA Hall Running - Equipment
Total
Churches - St M
StM Church Running -upkeep of
services
St M Church running - electric
St M Church Running - gas
St M Church Running -water
St M Church Running - insurance
St M Church Running - Maintenance
St M Church Running - equipment
St M Church Running - Misc
St M Church Running - cleaning
St M Church Running - Consumables
and ge
St M Site - routine maintenance
StM Fundraising Costs		 —
—
—
—
—
57
395
—
615
—
1,010
534
395
—
615
—
1,010
591
235
—
—
—
235
9
1,287
—
—
—
1,287
1,319
(1,570)
—
—
—
(1,570)
5,457
181
—
—
—
181
542
1,471
—
—
—
1,471
1,756
22,837
44,579
—
—
67,416
3,839
534
—
—
—
534
136
1,120
—
—
—
1,120
993
532
—
—
—
532
—
—
—
—
—
—
141
1,395
—
—
—
1,395
—
28,022
44,579
—
—
72,601
14,193
92
—
—
—
92
30
12,036
—
—
—
12,036
5,036
598
—
—
—
598
564
257
—
—
—
257
230
5,219
—
—
—
5,219
4,904
3,891
2,221
—
—
6,112
5,934
1,089
—
—
—
1,089
1,160
221
—
—
—
221
120
1,812
—
—
—
1,812
1,734
260
—
—
—
260
235
95
—
—
—
95
204
—
—
—
—
—
313

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Total
Church Halls
Vicar's telephone
Upkeep of churchyard
Rubbish collection both sites
Total
Church Halls - CoA
CoA Hall running - Electricity
CoA Hall running - gas
CoA Hall running - insurance
CoA Hall running - maintenance
CoA Hall running - water
CoA Hall running - Cleaning
Total
Parish Staff
Working expenses - Vicar
Book Allowance - Vicar
Secretarial Support
Parish Halls running - Hall Booking
Secr
Parish Halls running - Hall Booking
Secr
Total
Work of the Church
Youth Work Expenses
Outreach/Mission
Chiildren's Work
Upkeep of services
COA Organist
St M Keyboard player
Common Fund
Charitable giving
Open Door expenditure
Church office - telephone
Bookkeeping
Governance costs examination/audit
fee
Total
Miscellaneous
Administration - Bank charges
Administration - Telephone
Administration - Office Supplies
Administration - Misc
Misc/Subs/Licences
Printing costs
Loan Interest
Total		 25,570
2,221
—
—
27,791
20,463
187
—
—
—
187
—
1,100
—
—
—
1,100
—
1,117
—
—
—
1,117
—
2,404
—
—
—
2,404
—
2,146
—
—
—
2,146
1,505
2,154
—
—
—
2,154
7,137
1,471
—
—
—
1,471
1,460
2,491
—
—
—
2,491
2,499
285
—
—
—
285
—
1,870
—
—
—
1,870
1,517
10,417
—
—
—
10,417
14,118
490
—
—
—
490
350
240
—
—
—
240
120
5,850
—
—
—
5,850
4,914
1,840
—
—
—
1,840
773
105
—
—
—
105
—
8,526
—
—
—
8,526
6,158
454
—
—
—
454
—
348
—
440
—
788
1,920
200
—
—
—
200
362
255
—
—
—
255
405
6,955
—
—
—
6,955
6,141
2,962
—
—
—
2,962
2,417
40,000
—
—
—
40,000
36,000
2,646
—
—
—
2,646
2,800
—
2,769
—
—
2,769
—
—
—
—
—
—
36
2,500
—
—
—
2,500
2,292
800
—
—
—
800
620
57,119
2,769
440
—
60,328
52,993
—
—
—
—
—
156
684
—
—
—
684
767
884
—
—
—
884
563
1,313
—
—
—
1,313
(1,112)
462
7
—
—
469
451
2,354
—
306
—
2,659
2,022
270
—
229
—
499
312
5,968
7
535
—
6,509
3,158

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EXPENDITURE TOTAL 138,423 49,575 1,589 — 189,588 111,673
GRAND TOTAL (17,282) (36,415) (1,689) — (55,386) 47,797

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Independent Examiner’s report

Accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2023 Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and the examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts and they consider that an audit is not required for the year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

Examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act

to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and

to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of the Independent Examiner’s statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with these records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required for an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no material matter has come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

Accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act, or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I 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.

Date: 13th March 2023

Signed:

Stephen Hendy

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