2024-12-31-accounts - Cottenham Dissenters' Cemetery CIO

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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From 1 January 2024 To 31 December 2024 Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Cottenham Dissenters' Cemetery CIO Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1160345 Charity's principal address 56 Rampton Road (chairman) Cottenham Cambridge Postcode CB24 8TH Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Name of person (or Dates acted if not Trustee name Office (if any) body) entitled to for whole year appoint trustee (if any) 1 James Nathan Blunt Chair (from 26 Feb.) 2 Ralph Jonathan Carpenter To 4 Feb. 3 Sarah Crisall Treasurer (from 22 Jan) 4 Kate Lees To 4 Feb 5 Philip Charles Saunders Secretary 6 Ann Scott Treasurer (to 22 Jan) To 4 Feb 7 David Charles Barrett From 22 Jan 8 Victoria Jane Mills From 22 Jan 9 Robert William Cox From 22 Jan 10 Marcia Jain Scott From 22 Jan ~~ee~~ Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees): none Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information): none Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information): none Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charity’s trusts Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)[Constitution ] How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)[Charitable Incorporated Organisation ] Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)[Co-option ] ~~Oo~~ TAR 1 2025

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information): none

2025

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

The trustees are informally connected to other community organisations within the village and to the parish council. The Baptist Church, which historically provided trustees under the predecessor trust, continues to facilitate meetings of the CIO committee.

the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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

The objects of the CIO are to provide a burial place for the people of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in During 2024 we continued to fulfil our core function of providing relation to these objects (include a burial place and ensuring it is appropriately maintained, safely within this section the statutory and with dignity. We have done so with due regard for guidance declaration that trustees have had issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further The CIO is not a grant-making body. statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

It has no formal policy on investment.

It recognises the value of volunteers in helping with maintenance, in being a connection with the wider community and providing a pool of potential trustees.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the • The trustees met formally eight times. The main concern was with the extension, for which planning consent was received at the start of the year. charity during the year

The cemetery was used for its primary purpose. Three burials (all in existing graves) and three interments of ashes (one within the extension) took place, and one scattering of ashes was authorised.
We successfully recruited new trustees by publicity in the village newsletter and from our volunteer helper base.
A successful application was made to the Parish Council for s.106 funding for costs associated with laying out the extension and constructing a new

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Section D Achievements and performance

vehicular access/reception area, contractors were sought and one was selected at the end of the year, with works expected to be completed in 2025.

Regular clear-up sessions of trustees and other volunteers were held.
A Whatsapp group was created to help with organising work parties at short notice at other times.
Several local firms were successfully approached for donation of tools.
A full tree survey was commissioned and received.
The detailed lay-out of the extension was agreed in time for the first interment of ashes and for an expected first burial (which in the event did not take place).
• Wooden edging in the ashes area which had proved inadequate was replaced with steel edging.
The trust had had a display at the Annual Parish Meeting and had again participated in the national Heritage Open Days, with a good attendance.
A process and associated fee and application form was agreed for monument cleaning.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The CIO's balance increased owing chiefly to uncertainty of costs that might be involved in bringing the extension area into use and expected tree work.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

There are no funds in deficit.

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

The chief recurrent source of funds is the grant made equally to the Parish Church (for the churchyard) and to the CIO by Cottenham Parish Council of funds received by the Council from the civil purposes part of the Cottenham Church and Causeway Charity. Additional funding is occasionally available from the Ebenezer Trusts, which include maintenance of the Cemetery among its explicit objects, and when available applications are made for s.106 funding via the Parish Council. Regular funding comes from fees for interments and monuments - it is anticipated these will be revised in 2025 once the configuration and costs of the extension become clearer. Funding from the Ebenezer Trusts is for maintenance matters.

Fees were reviewed in January 2023 and left unchanged.

Section F Other optional information

Nothing that we feel necessary to draw the Commissioners' attention to.

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Signature(s)	Signature(s)
		Sarah Catherine Crisall
Full name(s) Position	Full name(s) James Nathan Blunt Chair ~~rr~~	Sarah Catherine Crisall Treasurer
	Date 06/10/2025 06/10/2025 ~~oo~~

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|Period end date
01-Jan-24
31-Dec-24
Charity Name
No (if any)
Cottenham Dissenters' Cemetery CIO
1160345
Receipts andpayments accounts
For the period
from
Period start date
To
| aad ~~——————~~|Period end date
01-Jan-24
31-Dec-24
Charity Name
No (if any)
Cottenham Dissenters' Cemetery CIO
1160345
Receipts andpayments accounts
For the period
from
Period start date
To
| aad ~~——————~~|Period end date
01-Jan-24
31-Dec-24
Charity Name
No (if any)
Cottenham Dissenters' Cemetery CIO
1160345
Receipts andpayments accounts
For the period
from
Period start date
To
| aad ~~——————~~||CC16a|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Section A Receipts and payments|||||| ||Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds|Total funds||Last year|| ||to the nearest £
to the nearest £
to the nearest £|to the nearest £||to the nearest £|| |A1 Receipts|||||| |Grants
29,000
-
-
29,000
Donations
141
-
-
141
Fees
2,180
-
-
2,180
Interest on buildingsocietyaccount
997
-
-
997
-
-
-
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)
32,318
-
-
32,318
~~= SS~~||||4,440
640
389
-
5,469|| |A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
-
-
-
-
-
-
~~Sub total~~-
-
-
Total receipts
32,318
-
-
~~S55 ~~||-
-
-
-
- -
32,318
5,469
~~5—~~|||| |A3 Payments|||||| |Water rates|41|41|41|79|79| |Insurance|224|224|224|272|272| |Cemeterymaintenance|1,706
-
-|1,706|1,706|2,781|| |Tax on interest|-
-|-|-|-|| |Administrative costs|11
-
-|11|11|-|| |-
-
-
-
Sub total 1,981
-
-
1,981
3,132
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sub total -
-
-
- -
Total payments
1,981
-
-
1,981
3,132
~~—=====~~|||||| |Net of receipts/(payments)
30,336
-
- 30,336
2,337
A5 Transfers between funds
-
- -
-
-
A6 Cash funds last year end
23,353
- -
23,353
21,016
Cash funds this year end
53,689
-
- 53,689
23,353
~~=~~||||||

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

13/10/2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	the end of the period
Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets	Signature Sarah Crisall James Blunt Details Details Details Details Details Building Society Account *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - 53,689 - OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - Fund to which Amount due - Print Name Sarah Crisall James Blunt	Endowment funds to nearest £
			-
			-
			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
			-
			Current value (optional)
			-
			-
			Current value (optional)
			-
			-
			-
			When due


			Date of approval
	Sarah Crisall	Sarah Crisall	06/10/2025
	James Blunt	James Blunt	06/10/2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

13/10/2025

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Cottenham Dissenters’ Cemetery CIO On accounts for the year 31 December 2024 ended Set out on pages 1

Charity no 1160345 (if any) (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2024 .

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 carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm 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

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 a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date: 21/10/2025 ~~[|~~ Name: John Alfred Ely ~~Ps~~ Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: 47 Rampton Road Cottenham CAMBRIDGE CB24 8TH

October 2018

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