# **The Friends of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Centenary Fund** 

# **Annual Report and Accounts** 

**For the period 1 April 2020– 31 March 2021** 

**Registered Charity Number 1166626** 



## **Trustee’s Report** 

The name of the charity is The Friends of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Centenary Fund.  It is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, Registered Charity Number 1166626. 

The principal address for correspondence is: The Diocesan Office, 4 Cutler Street, Ipswich, IP1 1UQ. 

## **Trustees** 

The minimum number of trustees is three, from time to time the trustees may seek to appoint by advertisement additional trustees on the basis of experience. 

## **Trustees who served during the period of this report** 

Mr Michael Wilde Mrs Jackie Maslin Mr Barry Vincent 

## **The Secretary** 

Mr Gary Peverley 

## **Independent Examiner** 

Mr Adrian Mann 

## **Bankers** 

NatWest Bank 7 Cornhill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk 

## **The objects of the Charity** 

The object of the Friends of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Centenary Fund is the advance the work of the Church of England in the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich for the benefit of the public through the provision, promotion and encouragement of permanent and non permanent endowment. 

The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit, and believe that the activities of the Charity fall within that guidance. The Charity seeks to promote the Diocesan Centenary Fund through publicity and through fundraising.  The funds raised are passed to the Centenary Fund and used to support church based community development. 

## **Activities and Achievements** 

The Charity was registered on 19 April 2016. There were no major fundraising events held by the charity during 2020-21. 

## **Investments policy** 

It is the Charity’s policy not to hold investments. 

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## **Reserves Policy** 

It is the trustee’s policy to hold minimum funds sufficient to permit fund raising events to take place.  Therefore, it seeks to transfer any money in excess of £3,000 to the Centenary Fund to form part of the endowment fund. 

## Friends of the St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Centenary Fund 

|**Receipts and Payments for the year ended 31 March 2021**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Receipts**|**£**||
|**Donation**||**0.00**|
|**Total receipts**||**0.00**|
|**Payments**|||
|**Total payments**||**0.00**|
|**Net surplus**||**0.00**|
|**Bank accounts 1 April 2020**||975.43|
|**Bank accounts 31 March 2021**||**975.43**|
|**Balance Sheet at 31 March 2021**|||
|**Bank current account**||**975.43**|
|**Total net assets**||**975.43**|



**Approved by Trustees** _M Wilde_ Chair of Trustees 

## **Notes to the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **General** 

These accounts have been prepared under the historic cost convention and in accordance with accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting, insofar as these are relevant to the Friends of the St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Centenary Fund, given its size. 

Michael Wilde ACIB 

Treasurer 

27[th] April 2021 

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## **Friends of the St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Centenary Fund Independent Examiner’s report to the Trustees** 

I report on the attached accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021. 

## **Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Examiner** 

As the Trustees of Friends of the St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Centenary Fund you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.  You consider that there is no legal or other general requirement for either an audit or an independent examination but you have requested an independent examination be performed. 

It is my responsibility to examine the accounts, to follow the procedures that I consider necessary in order to make the statement below and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s report** 

Insofar as they are relevant to the accounts of Friends of the St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Centenary Fund my examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners.  An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the organisation and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.  It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as the Trustees concerning any such matters.  The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which: 

1. gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements to keep accounting records and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records have not been met, or 

2. in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

Adrian Mann 13 Orchard Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 1EH Signed … _A Mann.._ ………………… 

Dated  …6 May 2021.................. 

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