St Edmund's Charlty
Trustees. Report
and
Financlal Statsmonts
Year 6ndod 31 March 2024
Charlty Reglstratlon Number. 1160454

St Edmund's Charfty
Tnrntees. Report and Flnancial Statsments
Year ended 31 March 2024
CONTENTS
Pages
Trustses. Report
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Report and financial ststements preparats'on
Basis of accounting
Origin of the Charity
Objects and Actlvfties
Public benefrt
Achievements and Perf0m￿nCe
Flnancial Review
Reserves policy
FLrture developments and outlook
Indepondent Examlnerfs Roport
Statsment of Flnancial Actlvitles
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Financlal Statsments
Accountlng policles
Charitable expenditure
Fixed asset investments
Transactions with trustees and relat8d parties

Trustees. Report
Year ended 31 March 2024
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Addrnss and
Principal Offi￿.
Croydon Minster
Church Street
Croydon
CRO 1RN
Legal Status:
An unincorporated charity, registration number 1160454.
Govem8d by a charity commission scheme dated 24 June 2013.
TrustaO8:
The ex￿d0 trustees are the VKar and Churchwardens for the
time being of the ecclesiastical parish of St John the Baptist.
Croydon. The current appointe88 are:
Rev Andrew Scott Bishop
Pamela Hall
Arfene Esdalle
Investment
Advisers:
Barclays Chanty Fund
One Snowhill
Snowhill Queensway
Blrmingham
B4 6GN
Independent
Examiner:
Michael L Martin FCA
Partner of
Lloyd & Co
Chartered Accountsnts
1031105 Brighton Road
Coulsdon
Surrey CR5 2NG

St Edmun<r8 Gharty
Trustees, Report (contlnued)
Year ended 31 March 2024
1. Report and financlal statoments prnparation
The trustees present their report and financial statements which comply with current
statutory requirements includiryq ts Statement of Recommended Practice SORP
FRS102.
2. Bas18 of accountlng
The trustees have opted to produce financial ststsments using the accruals basls.
3. Orlgln of the Charlty
St Edmund's Charity is the successor Charity to a previously registered excepted Charity
known as 'St Edmund's Site for a School,. The Vicar and Churchwardens were similarfy
ex offlclo Trustees of th8 fomier charity whose assets consisted of land arKI buildings
situated in Croydon In Ihe fom) of 8 permanent endowment by virtue of a conveyance
dated 20 July 1885. The new charity was established after the land and buildings were
sold as there was otherwise no basis for th8 former Charity to fvnction, having no liquid
assets in Its original fonn. The objects of the fornier Charity are incorporated into the
Scheme of the new Charity.
4. Objects and Actfvitlos
The objects of Th8 Charlty as laid down In the Charity Commission Scheme of 24 June
2013 are:
(1) The advancement of edUCa￿n of person8 resident In the area of benefit who are
in financial need.
(2) The advancement of religion (including religious education) In the area of benefit
in accordance with the doctrines, practices and principles of the Church of
England.
The area of benefft is defined as the ecclesiastical parish of St John the Baptist,
Croydon.
The trustees have Invested the capitsl funds with Bardays Wealth with the aim of
achleving capital growth but with an income stream also to be generated to be available
for disbursement to meet eligible demands in accordance with the objects. Such income
needs also to cover the administrative costs of running the chaiity. The trustees have
met periodically as required to consider grant claims.
5. Publlc benefft
The trustees are satisfied that the objectives of St Edmund's Charity confonn to Ihe
Charity Commissioners, guidance on public benefit when making grants in accordance
wlth its objects.
6. Achlevemonts and Perfornmnco
The Trustees approved two grants In the period tolalling £29,000. These were to
Croydon Minster (£24.000) and St George's Church Waddon {£5,000).

st Edmunrfs Charlty
Trustees, Report (continued)
Y•ar endad 31 March 2024
7. Financlal revl
The Charity accounts for Capital and Income separately as is ￿qUI￿d by its constitution.
Capital funds received at inception were invested in stock market based products under
the guidance of Barclays Wealth. In this year the carying arnount of Investments
increases by £65,476 to £1,056,950. Balance sheet net assets at the end of the year
amounted to £1.056,895.
Gross incoming resources amounted to £31,109 and expenditure amounted to £33.418
to leave net deficit of £2,309. Retained surplus income of £6.711 18 carried forward.
8. R•sorvas pollcy
The Trustees Intend lo disburse any surplus available income it has against eligible
claims which it receives provided that they meet the Charitys objects and that it is not
necessary to ration or tum down daims where such daims exceed funds available.
9. Futurn devolopments and outlook
The trustees aim to contlnue with existlng policies both as regards capltal appredation
and levels of income disbursement.
Rev Ari<frew Scott Bishop
Approved by the Trustees: 16 October 2024
Arlene Esdaile

Ind•pendent ExamineV8 Report to the Trustees of the
St Edmund's Charity
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of St Edmund's
Charity for the Year erthd 31 Marth 2024.
Respon8lbllltles and basis of report
As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial ststements
in accordance with the requirements of ￿ Charities Act 2011 (the Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the Charitvs financial statements carrled out
under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the
applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission urKler section 14515)(b) of the
Acl.
Independent examlnef8 Statement
I have completed my examination. I confinn that rK) material matters have come to my
attention in connection wlth the examination giving me cause to believe that in any
material respect:
(1) accounting records were not kept In respect of the Chartty as required by section
130 of the Ac(. or
{2) the financlal ststements do not accord with those records: or
(3) the flnancial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the form and content of financial statements set ¢￿t in the
Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any
requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair vlew whlch 18
not a matter considered as part of an Independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the
examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to erhgble a proper
understandlng of the financial statements to be reached.
1031105 Brighton Road
Coulsdon
Surrey CR5 2NG
Michael L Martin FCA
Partner of
Lloyd & Co.
Chartered Accountsnts
16 October 2024

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St Edmund's Charlty
Balanco Sheet
As at 31 March 2024
31 March 2023
Flxed assets
Investments
1c&3
1,056,950
991,474
Current assets
Cash at bank
2,092
2.038
Crndltors: Amounts falllng due
wlthln one year
Accrua18
2,147
3.384
Net curr•nt Ilabllltles
55
1,347
1.056.895
990,127
Accumulatsd funds
Unrestricted funds
Capital
Income
1,050.184
6.711
985,525
4,602
Total fvnd•
1,056.895
990,127
The Financlal Statements on pages 5 to 8 were approved by ts trustees
and signed on their behalf by:.
Rev Andrew Scott Bishop
Arlene Esdaile
18 October 2024

St Edmund's Charlty
N•t•s to the Financlal stateffl￿ (continued
Y•ar •nd￿ 31 IAarch 2024
1 Accountlng pollcl•s
St Edmund's Charfty is a wbllc benefft ￿tr￿￿11h1n Ihe meanlrvj of FRS102.
Th8 Accounts are prepargj in ac(x)rdarKe *ilh The Ch81ili88 (Ac￿￿ts afwj Rep)rts)
Regulations 2008 The Charities Ad 2011. Ttr￿e wKorporate the Ststement of
ReComme￿Ied Practlce {SORP FRS1021.
The financlal ststements habe b8en prepared in order to gEve a Irue fair ￿78￿ aThJ ha¥e
dep8rted from the Charitles {A0￿unts arKI Rep)rts) Regulatioré 2008 only to the exienl
requirod to provlde 8 Irue and tslr vieyl. This depar￿Tr h08 involv&J foll0v￿r￿j Ststemènt of
Recommended Pradce {SORP FRS1021 rnther lh￿ aThl Repothy by Charttles
SORP 21J05 whith has 81n(x boon villKlra*ik
The Accounts are prepared urhyer the histori¢al aC￿U￿1r￿j I%r￿ntIon except that
Inve8tment 8888ts are reported at market value.
The prfnapal accounttng wlldes arn adopted in Ihe preparakn of tho
Aemunts are a6 follo￿.
{•} Incom•
Thlg c£Jnslsts of Inv8slrnrt IrK¥me and18 frjr bowj upon >*ar ts)
whith It relate8.
(b) Expondllur•
Th8 consi8ts of grants admtr48lraUNY exp8rw ar￿ ￿ a(>JArt￿ for ba8ed (won
e yoartt) which ft rnlatss.
(c) Inwstnwnts
Investments Ilsted on a rerngnl8ed Stod( ExcharKda are ststed at market val￿ (do8lrKJ
mld-mark8t value at the balance sheet data). Reall￿1 and unlea11se￿ galrA aNI k)8888
ariwng In the year are ac£ounted for in the Statement of Fln8no81 A￿vItIes.

St Edmund's Charlty
Y•ar end•d 31 March 2024
2023
Grants
Independerrt eyAmln8lk)n
Portlolio Admlrdstration
29.0(N)
1.350
3.038
2023
Ilark•t valu•
At 1 Aprll 2023
Addlyons
Sale prorAeds from dltsposa
Other movemerts
991.475
27.989
(31.570>
89.076
1,066.564
29,065
130,789)
173,3651
At 31 Mabrh 2024
4 Trnns•thn• wlth tru•l•M WKI r•lat•d partl
No Irusteo recelved any remuneratlon or relmburnement of exp8n￿.