
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From                   Period start date 1 Apr   2022 Period end date 31 Mar 2023** 

## **Charity name: Friends of Burngreave Cemetery & Chapels** 

## **Charity registration number:1147669** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**Educate, explore and encourage the use**<br>**of the environment of Burngreave**<br>**Cemetery for local people**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Identifying family grave, escorted**<br>**walking in groups, Exhibitions and**<br>**displays of people interred, Bat Walks,**<br>**Environmental activities, Fungi**<br>**identifying walk. Well Dressing. Local**<br>**artist exhibition, Drumming Group.**<br>**Military events**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**We are all mindful of the guidance on**<br>**Public Benefit and encourage people**<br>**from afar as well as local dwellers**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||<br>SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**Contributions are made by visitors to**<br>**the Chapel and may Volunteer on a once**<br>**only time.**|
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Our main achievement is to ensure that**<br>**the cemetery is a place of enjoyment**<br>**whilst gaining knowledge of the**<br>**environment. The surrounding area has**<br>**bad reputation so encouraging visitors**<br>**to the Chapel to view displays and**<br>**events helps local people feel safe. Also**<br>**those from other parts of the country**<br>**visit for family grave finding and we are**<br>**able to tell them what the area was like**<br>**in the old days – what housing and work**<br>**was like.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41|<br>**We had more visitors than expected this**<br>**year in spite of the bad weather.**|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Stable**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We hold 25% of our cash in reserve in**<br>**case of any unexpected financial event.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£105**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**None**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**Sudden loss of income –eg Covid**<br>**Lockdown.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47|<br>**Donations**|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Advertising and Interview**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Friends of Burngreave Cemetery & Chapels|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1147669|
|Charity’s principal address|North Chapel. Burngreave Cemetery. Melrose Road.<br>Sheffield. S3 9DN|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Jacob R Davies||||
||Doreen White||||
||Victoria G. Smith|Treasurer|||
||Stephen l Cooke||||
||Christine E Steers|Contact|||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

## **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets None held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Christine Steers 

**Full name(s)** Christine Elizabeth Steers 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Contact **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

28 Jan. 24 



|||**Friends of Burngreave Cemetery & Chapels**|**Friends of Burngreave Cemetery & Chapels**|**Friends of Burngreave Cemetery & Chapels**|**Friends of Burngreave Cemetery & Chapels**|**Friends of Burngreave Cemetery & Chapels**|||
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|||**April 1 2022 to March 31 2023**|||||||
|Date|INCOME|||||Expendature|||
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|**Date**|**Item**|**Cash/Chq**|**Amount**||**Date**|**Item**|**Cash/Chq**|**Amount**|
|Apr 3 2022|Donations. Post Card Exhibition|Cash|£26.20||01 April 2022|Bank charge||5.00|
||Flood Exhibition|Cash|£36.84||01 May2022|Bank charge||5.00|
||Books|Cash|£60.00||01 June 2022|Bank charge||5.00|
||FamilyHistory|Cash|£195.36||01 July2022|Bank charge||5.00|
||General|Cash|£118.23||01 August 2022|Bank charge||5.00|
||||||02 September 2022|Bank charge||5.00|
||||||01 October 2022|Bank charge||5.00|
||||||04 November 2022|Bank charge||5.00|
||||||02 December 2022|Bank charge||5.40|
||||||01 January2023|Bank charge||5.00|
||||||02 February2023|Bank charge||5.00|
||||||03 March 2023|Bank charge||5.00|
||||||26 May2022|Insurance|Cash|157.00|
||||||29th June 2022|Website|Cash|89.95|
||||||14 December 2022|Printer Inks|Chq|45.00|
||||||01 September 2022|Bat Walk B Croxton|Cash|30.00|
||||||01 June 2022|Website|D D|79.95|
|2023 Mar 31|Total||**£436.63**|||Sacks|Cash|3.50|
||MoneyAvailable||£853.20||Total|||**465.80**|
|2023 Mar 31|Balance in Bank||**£674.80**||||||
|2023 Mar 31|Cash in hand||£178.40||||||



