## **Pensford Publow and The Stantons Community Trust** ## **Christmas Message 2024 from the Chair, Andrew Hillman** I am sure that we are all absorbing the impact of our new Chancellor’s recent budget statement. Whist many of us are able quickly to assess the implications on our personal finances the ripple effect across the economy, the charitable sector and our villages and their residents will take a little longer to come through. The good news is that PPSCT goes into this new world in a strong financial position, able to meet immediate needs where appropriate. However, our focus has always been on longer-term projects with community-wide benefits. We have a number in the pipeline, including replacing defibrillators in Pensford, work on our two wonderful church buildings and in supporting our schools with capital projects. This year has seen several projects come to fruition. The most obvious has been the renovation of the clock on St. Thomas Becket church tower in Pensford. As well as telling the time accurately this has given a real lift to the appearance of Church Street in the middle of the village. We were delighted to provide funding for the Stanton Drew handbell ringers in completing their set with the final bell being cast at the world-famous Whitechapel Foundry. Most recently we have seen the publication of the extraordinary book detailing the history of the various religious buildings in Pensford, Publow and Woollard. The Pensford History Group are to be hugely congratulated in bringing this mammoth piece of research to the general public. To know the key role that Pensford played in the early days of Methodism, through John Wesley’s frequent sermons on Priestdown; and the genesis of the American Declaration of Independence (John Locke of Belluton) is quite something. Further, the irony that the renovation of All Saints’ Publow, our only Grade 1 Listed building, was largely funded on a brewing fortune (Devenish) and bird droppings (Gibbs) brings a new twist to the expression “filthy lucre”! How reassuring it is to know that the rather smaller fortunes of our members are being put to such good use in this apparently materialistic/hedonistic age. I leave you with that thought as I wish you a Happy Christmas and that 2025 is successful for us all. CHARITY COPAMISSJON FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Cl3arily N3me Th• P•n•ford Pubknw •nd th• *•nton• Cornmunty TN¥i No lif inyl 1160279 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th? period from To 0110212024 3110112025 Section A Receipts and payments Unre$trl¢ted funds Deslgnated funds Restricted funds Endowmgnt funds Total funds L•st y••r A1 Re¢?Ipts CT1c￿cIL Furvj Rai￿1￿ EYènt8 DOr￿tionS Subscfityor HMRC orft aid R•p8yments Ini6r 17.000 17.OUO 10 10 10 17,909 18.1fj9 2Q143 A2 Ass•t an tsblel. nv••tm•nt •al•8. m•nts Distri￿18￿ Grants 774 7￿17 6,357 100 Sub total M Asset and Invo8tmont Y￿h￿e* •ee tabl• Sub total Net of rnc•1pt￿{paYffi•nts) A5 Trnn•f•rn b•twt•n fund• A6 C￿h funds last y￿r end Cash fvnds thls y￿r end 17,4111 7,411 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unr￿tricted and D•slgn•tsd fund8 R8striclOd fund* Endowment C¥tsgorl Detal to nMr••tf to n•*mte B1 Cash funds CAF Bank￿nI CAF Dwrt arX￿nt 56.413 Total cash funds 56,461 un￿trIcted fund8 Rèstrict•d funds Endowment fund• n•wMt É D•tsils to n•ar•At£ B2 Other mongtsry a8s•ts Fund to wNch •••t b•1 D•tall8 B3 Investment assets FurKI towhlth CUrr•ntV￿u• 0•ts118 Co•1 B4 Assgts rntained for the harity's own use FLThI to*thlch Ilablll r•lai AAnount du• O•tsils S*n*J by one or￿￿tru1t••1 b8h*fof al the trustee¥ Date of roval SvJnaturo Pnnt Name MAILk K3Th/￿1 1113 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Charity Name The Pensford, Publow and the Stantons Community Trust On accounts for the year ended 31 January 2025 Charity no (if any> 1160279 Set out on pages (remember to indude the page numbefS of addrtional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended É datej. 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 Acr). 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 examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives 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 statemant I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 11 ooas Name: ÉLI x 46£