Turn End Trust
Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023
The Turn End Trust is constituted by Deed of Trust and is a registered charity, No. 1162076. The address is 2 Kindleton, Great Linford, Milton Keynes, MK14 5EA. The Charity Trustees at the end of the year to 31 December were:
Aldington, Margaret Aldington, Peter Beagrie, Neil – appointed 22nd August 2023 Blagden, Sophie – appointed 25th May 2023 Collins, Gary (Secretary) Gitsham, Julian (Chair) Farmer, Lynda – appointed 28[th] August 2023 Lillycrop, Kaye Warnock-Smith, Neil
Additions to the Board of Trustees during 2023 are noted above. In addition, Philip Roberts acts as Treasurer in a non-trustee capacity.
The Trust was set up to (i) conserve and maintain the Turn End estate; (ii) help the advancement of education and scholarship in the art of building and garden design and seek to foster the integration of these two disciplines; and (iii) promote public knowledge and understanding of architecture, planning, landscape architecture and other creative arts. Until such time as the Turn End estate is gifted to the Trust, it is unable to fulfil the first of these requirements other than to fully understand the construction of the three listed buildings and the administration of the estate. The Trust therefore continues to concentrate its activities on the other two requirements by each year holding a number of public events including house and garden open days, workshops and lectures. These events are well attended by the general public, student and professional architects and landscape architects. Attendees from around the world have visited Turn End at Trust events and have had the opportunity to appreciate the architecture and garden, and to experience and understand how building and garden design can be integrated in practice.
The Trust found 2023 a steady year. Income from the planned events programmed ticket sales for the Open House and Garden events was maintained and sales of ‘A Garden and Three Houses’ continued once the reprint became available. Funds advanced by the Rothschild Foundation enabled the Trust to engage the services of a professional fundraiser to assist with further grant applications to support its education and outreach ambition.
The total income the Trust received in the 2023 year was about £43,863. Some £16,497 of this was restricted funds from grants and donations for strategic and digital development projects. Costs were £42,840 including expenditure on the consultant fundraiser and the digital programme. The costs incurred by events also increased. At the end of the year, the Trust’s cash funds stood at about £36,839 inclusive of a ring-fenced £13,345 restricted funds
The Trust has confidence that 2024 will also be successful with grant funding enabling the Trust to continue its strategic work. The Trust will also be seeking to increase the number of trustees with specific skills aligned with and supporting the Trust’s future planning.
LYNDA FARMER, Secretary
For and on behalf of the Trustees and Directors
28 October 2024
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name Turn End Trust members of On accounts for the year 31 December 2023 Charity no 1162076 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-2 (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 December 2023.
- 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 I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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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.
Date: 28 October 2024
Signed: Name: Jacqui Porteous Relevant professional ACCA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: JE Accountants Brill Memorial Hall, Church Street, Brill, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP18 9RT
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October 2018
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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October 2018
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