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

## **Annual Report and Accounts** 

**For the period 1 April 2022– 31 March 2023** 

**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 Jacki Maslin Mr Barry Vincent 

## **The Secretary** 

Mr Gary Peverley 

## **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 2022-23. It is the intention of the Trustees to close the charity and cease operations. 

## **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 2023**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Receipts**|**£**||
|**Donation**||**0.00**|
|**Total receipts**||**0.00**|
|**Payments**|||
|**Sufolk Community Foundation- Diocesan Centenary Fund**||**975.43**|
|**Net surplus**||**-975.43**|
|**Bank accounts 1 April 2022**||975.43|
|**Bank accounts 31 March 2023**||**0.00**|
|**Balance Sheet at 31 March 2023**|||
|**Bank current account**||**0.00**|
|**Total net assets on closure of account**||**0.00**|



**Approved by Trustees M Wilde** Chair of Trustees Michael Wilde 

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## **Notes to the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 March 2023** 

## **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 

17[th] January 2024 

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