2023-12-31-accounts - The Friends Of St Swithun's Church Nately Scures

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date

Period end date

1 1 2023

31 12 2023

From

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

The Friends of St Swithun's Church Nately Scures

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1167478

The Friends of St Swithun's Church

Charity's principal address 15 Plough Road Yateley Hampshire Postcode GU46 7UW

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	Maureen Ashworth	Chairman
	Patrick Whelon
	Nick Willmer	Treasurer

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

TAR

March 2012

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

[Constitution ]

How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

[Charitable Incorporated Organisation ]

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

[Appointment by the trustees ]

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

The advancement of the Christian religion and preservation of the built heritage, by supporting the church and community of St Swithun’s Nately Scures in the fulfilment of its activities and in the upkeep of its land and property.

The main activities are the raising of funds to support the church and community of St Swithun’s Nately Scures in the fulfilment of its activities and in the upkeep of its land and property.

The trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

TAR

March 2012

Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main Before 2020 the charity had taken the primary responsibility for raising achievements of the charity the considerable sums needed to restore the ceiling plaster and the bell during the year fittings and to accomplish other items of repair and restoration. Over £30,000 was raised, and the works were all completed during 2019. Since 2020, with the constraints of the Coronavirus pandemic, the charity has not been able to undertake any major fund-raising or expenditure, but it has been fortunate that income has broadly kept pace with expenditure.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details Youmay chooseto include additional information, where relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.	The trustees aim generally to hold reserves of around £10,000 – not normally lower than £7,500, not normally higher than £12,500. If it is unavoidable to allow reserves to fall temporarily below £7,500, in order to undertake essential urgent expenditure, the aim then is to build them up again to the minimum level as soon as practical. Reserves may be permitted to exceed £12,500 if funds are being generated to carry out a particular project, but when that project has been completed the reserves should be returned to normal levels. The reserves are required (a) to help meet any emergency expenditure that might arise, and (b) to be able, when applying for grants, to demonstrate to potential grant funders that in a responsible manner the charity has already raised part of the funding required. The trustees are particularly aware that St Swithun’s Church itself is not presently in a position to hold any reserves (indeed the church has been running a deficit) and so the need for The Friends to maintain a prudent level of reserves is additionally important.
	None
	(Optional information)


Section F	Other optional information

TAR

March 2012

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Charles Nicholas Willmer Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)[Treasurer ] Date October 29th 2024

TAR

March 2012

Charity Name No (if any) The Friends of St Swithun's Church Nately Scures 1167478 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 1.1.23 31.12.23

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds		Endowment funds		Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest	£	to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
	426		-		-		426	232
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		-	-		-		-	-
Sub total (Gross income for AR)	426		-		-		426	232

A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
		-		-		-	-
		-		-		-	-	-
Sub total		-		-		-	-	-

Total receipts	426			-		-	426	232
A3 Payments

A3 Payments
	60		-		-		60	371
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Sub total	60		-		-		60	371

A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
	-			-		-	-
	-			-		-	-
Sub total	-			-		-	-	-

Total payments	60			-		-	60	371
Net of receipts/(payments)	366			-		-	366	- 139
A5 Transfers between funds	-			-	-		-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end	7,728			-	-		7,728	7,867
Cash funds this year end	8,094	#		-		-	8,094	7,728

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

29/10/2024

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature Details Details CAF Bank Cash Account CAF Bank Gold Account Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 550 - 7,544 - - - 8,094 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name C N Willmer	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			-
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			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Current value (optional)
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			Date of approval
		C N Willmer	29.10.23

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

29/10/2024