Annual Trustees Report 2021
The focus of all our activity this year has been the St Grade Church Restoration Appeal. Having received five tenders for the restoration work at the end of 2020, we decided to accept the tender from Gloweth Ltd and set our projected fundraising target at £350K. However, it was also agreed with the contractor and with our surveyors, Scott & Co, that the work would be broken down into three phases, each costed at approximately £100K. The first of these, the total replacement of the roof tiles, was an essential preliminary to all the other external and internal work, and it was therefore agreed that work could begin once sufficient funds had been raised to cover this initial phase.
A key strand of our work this year was the pursuit of applications to a number of relevant grant-awarding bodies, which met with varying degrees of success. In the course of 2021 we received grants of £3K and £10K, and a further pledge of £5K once work starts (not recorded in the attached annual accounts). Several of the awarding bodies suggested ‘matched funding’ might be provided if we were already 30% or 50% of the way to our fundraising target. In the context of our revised initial target of £100K, we passed both these thresholds in the course of the year. Disappointingly, however, this did not lead to awards on the scale that the term ‘matched funding’ had led us to expect.
Nonetheless, 2021 was a very successful fundraising year given the circumstances. The relaxation of lockdown rules allowed several very successful events to be staged over the summer and autumn, often organised by other groups and individuals in support of the Grade Restoration Appeal. The ‘Buy a Slate’ campaign raised over £6K, mainly online. Membership subscriptions and merchandise sales were buoyant, and the recovery of Gift Aid on donations brought in £3.6K. It is to be hoped that this momentum can be maintained in 2022, so that work can commence on the re-roofing phase.
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Registered Charity No. 1164632
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On behalf of the Trustees
Brian Jenkins, Treasurer Friends of St Ruan and St Grade Historic Church Buildings 23.09.22
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Registered Charity No. 1164632
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Friend5 of St Ruan & St Grad& Historic Church Bullthngs No {rf any} 1164632 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from Peiiod strrt date Period end date 31-Dec-21 To 01-Jan-21 Section A Receipts and payments Unrnstrtcted funds lothe r11 Restricted funds EndowrrEent funds Total funds Last year A1 R8celpts Subs & Ren1$ Gift& Tax fe Mwmtser8hip DtiOnS Grade Appeal Merchandise Buy a Sllgtt Grft T2X Donatsons fe me[[51¥p Events tsrants 355 130 130 250 1.603 3.641 3,641 14638 11OOD 13.(NJ) Sub totsl(Gross income for AR) 3171 31A71 16,390 A2 Asset and Investment salo Is¢¢ table). Sub total Total rncglpts 311 31.$71 16.390 A3 Payments Fund Rai$ing L¥)sts Insuran Posi & stabDnpry subpt5 Sundries wete deww" c£nstructr 1241 101 500 Sub total 1.416 1,416 A4 Asset and Investment urchases. table Sub total 1.411 1.416 601 Plet of reCWptsl(p•ents) A5 TransfeTr between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this yearend 30,155 30,155 15,790 18.115 48270 18,115 48.270 15.790 CCXX R1 accounts {SSI 21109r2022
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period UntCtsd fund to Thaar•st£ Endowment funds Categorles Detslls funds to no8m&£ B1 Cash funds 107 162 Total cash funds 48270 s}) funds funds funds Details NIA to nJaTPSt£ Fund towhh as¥et bpl¢Jn Details 14RA CL1 loptEonal) Currertvalue 01181 FLmd towhiGh 0888t be C(8t lopu0nl CurrqntVa? onal Do;ails NIA 84 Assets retained forthe charity's own uso Fund towht ount d onfjl Wh8n on•1 Detalls IA B5 Uabllllles S9ned by one or trjstses on behalf 01811 the tnjsteeg Siynature Print Name Date of roval CCXX P2 a¢xnLmts ISS} 2110912022
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