The Friends of Roundhay St. John's Church
Charity number 1165879
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2021
The Friends of Roundhay St. John's Church
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2021
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| Trustees' report | 2 to 3 |
| Receipts and payments account | 4 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 5 |
| Notes to the accounts | 6 to 7 |
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service
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The Friends of Roundhay St. John's Church
Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2021
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Lynne Staveley Chair Martin Muers Roger Potts Joint Treasurers Edward Lax Joint Treasurers
Charity number
The charity was registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number 1165879, on 4 Mar 2016.
Principal address
Oakwood Lodge 6 Park Avenue Roundhay Leeds LS8 2JH
Bankers
Santander HSBC 2 Triton Square PO Box 105 Regents Place 33 Park Row London Leeds NW1 3AN LS1 1LD
Accountants
West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
Structure, governance and management
The charity is a CIO formed on 4 March 2016 and is governed by a constitution.
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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The Friends of Roundhay St. John's Church
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2021
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
The object of the Friends of Roundhay St John's Church is for the benefit of the public to maintain, repair, restore, preserve, improve and enhance the fabric of the church of Roundhay St Johns, its monuments, fixtures, fittings, furniture, stained glass, ornaments, and other chattels and its churchyard.
Public benefit statement
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular members of the public have mentioned and complimented us on the state of the churchyard.
Achievements and performance
The activities of the Friends of Roundhay St. John’s Church has been curtailed by the Covid Pandemic and we have had no General meetings of the overall group for about 15 months. A core of workers has worked on the north graveyard during the year to keep it in a presentable condition as of course this is outdoor work. The North graveyard is where the more recent graves are located and I believe that this is appreciated as I have been thanked on more than one occasion by visitors. We have arranged for and had completed relatively recently some remedial work on a few graves where gravestones were falling or damaged, although this will probably feature in terms of cost payments in next years accounts.
Financial review
The net receipts for the year were £294, including net payments of £713 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £1,007 on restricted funds after transfers.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £8,574.
Signed on behalf of the board of trustees on 22.12.2021
Roger Karl Potts (Trustee)
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The Friends of Roundhay St. John's Church
Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2021
| Notes 2021 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Donations (2) 2,040 Gift aid 413 Total receipts 2,453 Payments Maintenance (3) 420 Equipment 105 Insurance - Subscriptions 20 Accountancy 360 Total payments 905 1,548 Transfers between funds (2,261) Net movement in funds after transfers (713) Fund balances brought forward 9,287 Fund balances carried forward (4) 8,574 Net receipts / (payments) |
2021 Restricted funds £ - - - 833 40 381 - - 1,254 (1,254) 2,261 1,007 839 1,846 |
2021 Total funds £ 2,040 413 2,453 1,253 145 381 20 360 2,159 294 - 294 10,126 10,420 |
2020 Total funds £ 2,070 605 2,675 357 355 386 40 - 1,138 1,537 - 1,537 8,589 10,126 |
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The Friends of Roundhay St. John's Church
Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 31 March 2021 2021 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 8,574 Total cash funds 8,574 Assets retained for the charity's own use Wheeled strimmer Strimmer Lawnmower x2 Storage shed Liabilities Accounts preperation Approval of the accounts |
2021 Restricted £ 1,846 1,846 |
2021 Total £ 10,420 10,420 £ 180 180 |
2020 Total £ 10,126 10,126 |
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 22.12.2021
Roger Karl Potts (Trustee)
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The Friends of Roundhay St. John's Church
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2021
1 Accounting policies
Basis of accounting
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
Taxation
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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The Friends of Roundhay St. John's Church
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2021
| 2 Restricted funds North Churchyard Fund name North Churchyard |
Balance b/f Incoming Outgoing Transfers Balance c/f £ £ £ £ £ 839 - 1,254 2,261 1,846 839 - 1,254 2,261 1,846 Purpose of restriction Towards the upkeep, maintenance, repairs, restoration, preservation, and improvements of the North Churchyard. A transfer of £2,261 was made from unrestricted funds to the North churchyard. |
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3 Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
4 Trustee remuneration and benefits
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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