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← The Friends Of St Mildred's, Tenterden Kent

2024-04-30-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1st May 2023 30 April 2024 T From o

Section A Reference and administration details ~~ee~~ Charity name The Friends of St Mildred’s Tenterden Kent ~~a~~ Other names charity is known by ~~po~~ Registered charity number (if any) 1159264 ~~|~~ Charity's principal address 14 Eastwell Meadows, Tenterden, Kent Postcode TN30 6QR

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) whole year to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Roy Isworth 2 Jeremy Cooper Chairman Elected 28-10-2020 3[Jill Clark ] Secretary Elected 03-01-23 4 Malcolm Kneller Treasurer Elected 20-10-2019 Chairman Retired chair 28-105[Tim Monckton ] 2020 6

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

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Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution and By-Laws

How the charity is constituted

Constitution and By-Laws

Elected by members Trustee selection methods

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

The Trustees have been assisted in the general running of the charity by a Committee of members. The members on the Committee and not trustees for this financial year were Linda Fennell, Barbara Frikstad, Tim Lee, Roger Graham, Eddie O’Donnell and Chris Northen

The Trustees would like to thank the members of the Committee for their support during the year.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The Friends are established to advance the restoration, preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement and beautification of the Grade 1 Listed Building, the Parish Church of St Mildred, Tenterden in the Diocese of Canterbury and of the monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, ornaments and chattels in the church and churchyard belonging to the Church.

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Arrange and provide for or join in arranging and providing for the holding of exhibitions, meetings, lectures and classes and concerts and recitals and events

Raise funds by any lawful means and through any lawful activity and invite and receive contributions from any person or persons whatsoever by way of subscriptions.

Collect and disseminate information on all matters affecting the Summary of the main activities objects. Cause to be written and printed or otherwise circulated, undertaken for the public gratuitously or otherwise, such papers, books, periodicals, benefit in relation to these pamphlets or other documentation or films, websites or recorded objects (include within this tapes (whether audio or visual or both) as shall further the objects. section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Make grants or gifts of other property to the clergy, Churchwardens and Parochial Church Council of the Parish of St Mildred Tenterden exclusively for the purpose of the said objects, and generally assist those responsible for the care and maintenance of the church.

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

Invest the monies of the charity not immediately required for the said objects in or upon such investments, securities or property as may be thought fit, subject nevertheless of such conditions (if any) as may for the time being be imposed or required by law.

Do all such other lawful things as are necessary for the attainment of the said objects.

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Summary of the main
achievements of the charity
during the year		 It has been another successful year for the Friends of St
Mildred’s Church. In addition to running the ever popular
Summer Garden Party on a beautiful August afternoon as a
thanks to all our loyal supporters in the Vicarage Gardens, our
Committee organized six musical events, all of which were well
supported and of outstanding quality, achieving a total surplus
in excess of £5000. Most important of all, we passed the
milestone £200,000 mark of monies raised by the Friends for the
upkeep, restoration and beautification of the Church, since we
were first established 10 years ago.
The first of the year’s six concerts took place on a damp
November evening, delivered by the London Adventist Chorale.
The London Adventist Chorale was formed in 1981, bringing
together and developing the latent talents of singers from
various Seventh-day Adventist Churches. Throughout its years,
the choir has made a strong impact on the choral world
internationally through its moving performances, combining, as
one music critic put it, 'discipline with fervour'. Its repertoire has
included music in Hebrew, African-American Spirituals, close
harmony, and Western choral music from the Renaissance
through to new commissions.
The Chorale's performances have been witnessed by tens of
millions world-wide on stage, screen, recordings and radio
appearances. The choir has performed in most of the UK's major
performance venues and now it was the turn of St Mildred’s!
The
beauty
and
intense
spiritualty
of
the
Choir’s
unaccompanied singing in St Mildred’s with its characteristic
sound modulation and close harmonies was mesmerising,
climaxing with The Lord’s Prayer, rendered a capella –
unaccompanied - almost as a whisper. Nobody in the audience
whether of faith or no faith, could have failed to be moved by
this performance.
The second concert took place in December and was delivered
by the Benenden Chapel Choir, from Benenden School. This
disciplined and highly musical group of girl choristers gave an
excellent rendition of Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols
which has become one of the best loved Christmas choral
works. The girls parading silently onto the stage as the singing
began and leaving the stage in similar fashion as the singing
ended added a dramatic subtlety to the performance, and the
audience loved it! The pleasure was two-sided, Benenden
Musical Director Edward Whiting writing:

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We really enjoyed ourselves, as I hope you and the audience could tell. It was lovely to sing for such a good crowd, and the girls were on a real high coming back to school.

An additional pleasure for the audience that evening was a rendition of Claude Debussy’s Arabesque by the highly talented young harpist Rosanna Rolton. Losing no time we rapidly booked her for a full solo concert in May 2024 which was well attended, and a delight to the eyes and ears of all those fortunate enough to be present. The concert even included a whistle stop exposition of the history of the harp! This concert was followed in June by the return of Bukolika pianist Anna Szalucka, accompanying yet another Polish musical virtuoso, the violinist Jaga Klimaszewska in a concert of classical and romantic music, appealing to all tastes.

Our season also included two full evenings of Jazz cabaret style by the Benoit Viellefon Hot Club and the Kate Daniels Sextet. Both bands were old favourites of FOSM stalwarts and their evening performances were full of eclectic sound and high audience appreciation. Benoit Viellefon’s band included the rare appearance of the Romanian superstar jazz violinist Rares Morescu, a one time protégé of Stéphane Grappelli

We will enter 2025 with a new Chairman, as my term of office comes to an end after this year’s AGM. It has been highly enjoyable and a privilege to serve FOSM in this role. I wish my successor, whom you will elect today, the very best fortune. Our Treasurer, the inestimable Malcolm Kneller, will also be retiring this year. I wish to thank him sincerely for the tremendous amount of work he has put into this post and the careful, steady and wise control he has exercised over our financial progress. He will bequeath to his successor books in excellent order.

Jeremy Cooper December 2024

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Section E Financial review

Section F Other optional information

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Section G Declaration ~~ee~~

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s)[Malcolm Harry Kneller ] ~~ee~~ Position (eg Secretary, Trustee / Treasurer Chair, etc) ~~a~~ Date 1[st] December 2024 ~~Pp~~

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THE FRIENDS OF ST MILDRED’S CHARITY. Helping to maintain a thousand years of history.

THE FRIENDS OF ST MILDRED’S CHARITY

Treasurers Report for financial period 1[st] May 2023 until 30[th] April 2024

  1. The FOSM annual accounts to 30[th] April 2024 have been independently examined and approved by Mr. Frank Port.

  2. We must submit a form CC16a to the charity commission each year end. I have completed this form ready for submission and it is shown on pages two and three of this report. I have a few comments to make on this form: -

  3. 2.1 Subscriptions were slightly down this year.

  4. 2.2 Donations and events are generally closely associated. (The more events we put on, the more donations we normally receive).

  5. 2.3 We have been fortunate to receive another substantial legacy this year.

  6. 2.4 Unfortunately, we have not received any sponsorship or grants this year. 2.5 Gift Aid was very slightly up. 2.6 Most of our funds are held in a 100-day notice account with The Charity Bank. 2.7 FOSM has passed £24,578 to St Mildred’s PCC for roof repairs during this year.

  7. We made £14,364 profit for the year. (Note – This after passing £24,578 to St Mildred’s)

  8. On 30[th] April 2024, our FOSM bank accounts stood at £13,466 in Nat West, £81,179 in the Charity Bank and £1,336 in cash.

  9. As always, my sincere thanks go to: -

  10. 5.1 Brian Guest for the time that he has spent maintaining records and giving me help and advice when asked. Brian also keeps our website up to date and is involved with our annual submission to the Charity Commission.

  11. 5.2 The team at Webbs Ironmonger’s in Tenterden for running our ticket office for events. They do a brilliant job.

  12. 5.3 Mr Frank Port, for carrying out the independent examination of our accounts. (Frank has retired from MMP accountants but has agreed to carry on doing our independent examination for a small fee).

  13. 5.4 All the other FOSM committee members, for the work and the time they donate to ensure that we are a successful organisation.

  14. I have now completed five and a half years as the treasurer for The Friends of St Mildred’s and I will be resigning at the end of this financial year (30[th] April 2025). I will gladly give advice after my retirement if asked.

Malcolm Kneller Honorary Treasurer

The Friends of St. Mildred’s, 14 Eastwell Meadows, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6QR Tel: 01580 763586 Mobile: 07760 161536 Email: fosmtrea@gmail.com Registered Charity No. 1159264 Page 1 of 3

The Friends of St. Mildred’s, 14 Eastwell Meadows, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6QR Tel: 01580 763586 Mobile: 07760 161536 Email: fosmtrea@gmail.com Registered Charity No. 1159264 Page 2 of 3

The Friends of St. Mildred’s, 14 Eastwell Meadows, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6QR Tel: 01580 763586 Mobile: 07760 161536 Email: fosmtrea@gmail.com Registered Charity No. 1159264 Page 3 of 3

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinefs Report S. Report to the trusteesl members of The Friends of St. Mildred's Tenterden On accounts for the year ended 30th April 2024 Charity no (if any) 1159264 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Yhe Trust.) for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the 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 carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my ex3min2iion. I conf',rm that no maierial matters have come to my attention I n connection with the examination which giijes me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no COn￿rnS and 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. Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: 14ii ', LLJ Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. d1￿CtionS and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018