St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group
Chairman’s report for year October 31[st] 2024 to October 31st 2025
Pomery’s Garage Building
The year started with the disappointment that the planning application for the changes we wanted for the Pomery’s building had been turned down at the appeal stage. This meant that all our plans to fulfil Brenda Pye’s wishes could not be fulfilled, i.e. for the Heritage Group to have the top two floors of the building to display Brenda Pye’s collection of modern Cornish art work and also for the Heritage Group to have space for its own heritage exhibitions. Both these areas were to be open to the public.
Neither group could buy the building outright, so the only way forward was to sell the property.
We also lost one of our most valued local historians and trustee Jenny Johnson, who died following a fall. Not a good start to the year. We now had to review our aims and objectives. We decided that our new objectives should be
Our new objectives are
1 we need a new web site as the current one is inaccessible on smart phones.
2 We need indoor storage. Our storage is currently in a metal storage container.
3 We should invest the money from the sale of the property and use the interest to fund our objectives
Membership and subscriptions
In February Andy reported that we had 161 members, a slight drop on last year as we had several non-payers who need chasing
Our Facebook page is still vey popular and continues to grow.
Finance
It was noted that our regular income and expenditure are very consistent.
When the Pomery’s building is sold the legal agreement made through the company Pomerys Ltd, set up to oversee the proposed development, is that the Heritage Group will inherit the money paid for the sale of the building and the Gig Club will retain in the lower floor as sitting tenants in perpetuity.
Exhibition
As the Heritage Group connection with Pomerys was being severed we decided that the exhibition should be about Pomerys. It consisted of
A Biography of owner Brenda Pye. The history of The Roseland Gig Club. The history of the building Pomerys Garage.
Talks
Our monthly talks, free for members and to non-members for a small charge, continue to be popular. Over the year we had10 talks covering a diverse range of Cornish history. In February we had a talk about ”The legacy of Richard Trevithick, the Cornish Engineer” In April our talk was “The Work of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust”. The last one in October was “Red Sails and Pilchards”, The story of the migration of pilchards upon which the village of St Mawes totally depended for its health and well-being.
Trustees.
We gained one new trustee Liam Mulvin but received notice that our Treasurer Iain Speirs wished to resign as soon as a new treasurer could be found.
Christine Williams
St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group
Chairman
2[nd] April 2026
Receipts and Payments Accounts for the Year Ended 31 October 2025
for
St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group Charity Number 1158544
St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group
Contents of the Receipts and Payments Accounts for the Year Ended 31 October 2025
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Receipts and Payments Accounts | 1 |
| Statement of Assets and Funds | 2 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 4 |
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St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Year Ended 31 October 2025
| Investements Ordinary Shares in Pomery's Ltd Rathbones Portfolio and Bonds Current Assets Business Current Community Account Business Savings Premium Account Petty Cash Loan to Pomery's Ltd Liabilities Creditors Net Assets Unrestricted funds Revenue reserve Restricted funds Total funds |
Notes 1 1 1 |
31 October 2025 £ 50 450,000 450,050 1,206 2,997 37 - 4,241 - - 454,291 454,291 454,291 - 454,291 |
31 October 2024 | 31 October 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ 50 - 50 2,932 31,390 37 68,000 102,359 - - 102,409 102,409 102,409 - 102,409 |
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St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025
- The charity had previously loaned amounts, totaling £68,000, to Pomery’s Ltd, a company of which the charity owns 50% of the share capital.
The entirety of this loan, plus the interest which had accrued on the outstanding balance in accordance with the agreed terms, was repaid to the Charity during the year.
- The Trustees believe that the value of any non-fixed assets not reflected on the statement of assets and liabilities totals no more than £100.
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ST JUST AND ST MAWES HERITAGE GROUP
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 October 2025, which are set out on pages 1 to 3.
Respective responsibilities of members and examiner
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act;
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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
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to state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s report
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 those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the Accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in 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 matter has come to my attention:
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(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
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to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the 2011 Act: and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or.
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(2) to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the Accounts to be reached.
Colin Airey FCCA George Hay Partnership LLP Chartered Accountants
Brigham House High Street Biggleswade Bedfordshire
Dated: 2[nd] March 2026
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Receipts and Payments Accounts for the Year Ended 31 October 2025
for
St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group Charity Number 1158544
St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group
Contents of the Receipts and Payments Accounts for the Year Ended 31 October 2025
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Receipts and Payments Accounts | 1 |
| Statement of Assets and Funds | 2 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 4 |
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St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Year Ended 31 October 2025
| Investements Ordinary Shares in Pomery's Ltd Rathbones Portfolio and Bonds Current Assets Business Current Community Account Business Savings Premium Account Petty Cash Loan to Pomery's Ltd Liabilities Creditors Net Assets Unrestricted funds Revenue reserve Restricted funds Total funds |
Notes 1 1 1 |
31 October 2025 £ 50 450,000 450,050 1,206 2,997 37 - 4,241 - - 454,291 454,291 454,291 - 454,291 |
31 October 2024 | 31 October 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ 50 - 50 2,932 31,390 37 68,000 102,359 - - 102,409 102,409 102,409 - 102,409 |
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St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025
- The charity had previously loaned amounts, totaling £68,000, to Pomery’s Ltd, a company of which the charity owns 50% of the share capital.
The entirety of this loan, plus the interest which had accrued on the outstanding balance in accordance with the agreed terms, was repaid to the Charity during the year.
- The Trustees believe that the value of any non-fixed assets not reflected on the statement of assets and liabilities totals no more than £100.
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ST JUST AND ST MAWES HERITAGE GROUP
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 October 2025, which are set out on pages 1 to 3.
Respective responsibilities of members and examiner
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
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 our attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s report
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 those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the Accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in 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 matter has come to my attention:
-
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
-
to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the 2011 Act: and
-
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or.
-
(2) to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the Accounts to be reached.
Colin Airey FCCA George Hay Partnership LLP Chartered Accountants
Brigham House High Street Biggleswade Bedfordshire
Dated: 2[nd] March 2026
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