## 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
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|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|
|---|---|---|---|
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.|
|---|---|
## **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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