2021-04-05-accounts

Castle Studies Trust Annual Results 2020-21 Trustees Report

Grants were awarded to five successful applicants to take place during the fiscal year. Due to the pandemic none were completed within the financial year. This round of projects involved a second year of excavation at Shrewsbury Castle, a geophysical survey of Warkworth Castle, a project to if a site called the Wirk in the Orkneys is a castle, an innovative study in trying to understand relic plants in Irish castles and a reconstruction of Lincoln Castle as it would have been in the 12[th] century . Since the end of the financial year the field work for the projects have finished and some of their results be found on the Castle Studies Trust website (www.castlestudiestrust.org) The rest will appear when ready.

All the projects, the most interesting results were found at Shrewsbury where an excavation of the rampart indicated that the rampart was not there and the foundation of the castle and indeed the land fell away quite steeply indicating a much smaller bailey than now. The geophysical survey at Warkworth revealed a substantial stone structure in the inner bailey but few positive / conclusive elements. The reconstruction of Lincoln Castle has been published including a number of specialist archaeological publications while the other projects await final publication at time of righting

Fundraising continued to rely on regular donations which grew marginally in the year. However one off donations saw a large leap during the year. Regular donors are given the opportunity to attend exclusive site visits to all the projects that the Trust funds during the year.

Jeremy Cunnington

Chair of Trustees – Castle Studies Trust

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES	Castle Studies Trust
	Receipts and payments			accounts			CC16a
	For the period from	"iA i°>>:,i';, 06-Apr-20	To	" '," .•,., 05-Apr-21
Donations, Is • acres & -rants	24992	3,000			27,992		23332
Gift Aid reclaimed		250			4,367		4365
Bank Interest					184		189
Sub total (Gross income for AR)	29,293	3,250			32,543		27,886
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Sub total
Total receipts	29,293	3,250			32,543		27,886
A3 Payments
Grants for charitable purposes	14,374	2,250			16,624		34,486
Website	193				193		116
Printing postage & stationery							69
Social media costs							34
Travel to projects funded by grants	3				3
Accommodation to visit projects	29				29
Edinburgh fundraising event							79
Dover fundraising event							688
Sub total	14,599	2,250			16,849		35,472
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Sub total
Total payments	14,599	2,250			16,849		35,472
Net of receipts/(payments)	14,694	1,000		-	15,694	-	7,586
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last_year_end	22,650	2,000		-	24,650		-
Cash funds this year end	37,344	3,000		-	40,344	-	7,586

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment
i	tJC`ta IIG	funds	funds	funds
		to nearest £	to nearest	to nearest
81 Cash funds	Bank Account 5th April 2020	19,082	3,000
	Deposit Account 5th April 2020	18,282
	Total cash funds	37,344	3,000
	(agree balances with receipts and payments
	account(s))
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment
		funds	funds	funds
	Details	to nearest	to nearest f.	to nearest 11
B2 Other monetary assets	Balance of 20/21 Gift Aid Tax to reclaim	3,117	375	-
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value ortional
E14 Assets retained for the
charity's own use
		Fund to which	Amount due	When due
	ails	liability relates	(optional)	(optional)
B5 Liabilities	Approved grants to be paid out	20949	-
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print	Name	Dateof arrroval
		JE9C_-My GUNN&ON_

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Se¢tion A Ind•pendent Examiner's R¥port R•port io the tru¥t?￿l m•rnbers of On •¢counts for th• y••r •ndod ( Z41 Charlty no Ilf any) 114516C S•t out on p•9 I report lo the tfustees on my examinalJLM of th• accounts of the above chanty I'the Twst'l for y•ar erJed Raponslblllll•s •nd As thè thanty trustees oftN• Trust, you •re reBponsible lor t￿ preparation bul• ol r•port ol the accounts m a¢eordanc¢ wlh requlrnments ofthg Charit￿ Act 20111.the Acri. I repjrt in T•sp•ct cl my examinatson of Tntst's account$ carried out uThaer sethon 145 01 the 201 l Ad and In carying out my examination. I have lolltred Ihe 8ppli¢ablo Oir8ator gwen by the Charty Commissson uTrJer seGon 145lSllbl ollhe Acl I have (>)mpleted my •xominatKJn. I confinn that no Inalenal maliefs have me to my att8ntson {thr th•n that dix108ed bdow'l in cOnr￿ction with the exarninali¢M which gNe8 me cause lo believe that in. any malenal oxounb.ng wefe not kept in accwdance 8OCtion 130 of theAdc¢ Ih accoLmts do not accwd the actounlir4 r￿rdS Independent •xamln•ff• •tstom•nt I have no concems arml have come across no othèr matters In connèdion with the eXaminat￿fi lo which attenb.on s￿)Uld te dravm in order lo enable proper un¢JerstaTrJing ol the accounts lo t¢ reath8d ' Plea d&l8t& the in Ihe b￿ketS rflh8yth ml opply. Slgn•d: D•t•: Nam•: R•l•vnt pfohsslonal quallfkaiSon(•l or body 111 •nyl: Addrnu: Octob•r 2018

Se¢tlon 8 Disclosure Only complete If the examiner need5 lo highlight maiters of concem {see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiner5). Glve here brf•f d•tslls of any iiems that th? èxaminèr wish•s to dls¢lose. Mo lfftns IER October 2018