St Just & District Trust CIO (charity no 1168852) Chairs Report
for period 1[st] November 2024 - 31[st] October 2025
Trustees:
Mary Ann Bloomfield: Caroline Barnett: Rita Nield: Mandy Berry: Chris Lethbridge
St Just & District Trust
The bank balance for the Trust started the accounting year at £3559 and ended at £3920 with an income of £361 from steeldeck, projector and screen hire. Outgoings of £432 went to Nero Accountancy. Grants of £6,950 for St Just Ordinalia came in and went out of this account. Grants totalling £5,200 from Screen Cornwall were paid in and £4,200 paid out to the Ordinalia for a pilot immersive sound project.
The Trust continues to support local groups and organisations. We give the loan of our projection equipment for free for Lafrowda Film Festival and for donations to other local causes.
The Knut
The Knut had had a starting bank balance of £7840.49 and closing balance of £8376.11, therefore a surplus of £535.62 from this year.
Service bills of Electric (Knut domestic and exterior 3 phase), Broadband, and Water totalled approximately £1,225 for the year. With insurance costing £426, PPL/PRS - £81 and Council Tax £155.69.
Rental income was £2,624. Other Income consisted of £249 from our solar panels and £100 for the Knut writing group performance at St Just Earth Day in April 2025.
Rentals of the Knut have been consistent with 5 regular bookings from a local choir, creative art sessions, Bosavern Community Farm meetings, and NHS services for school immunisation, dementia and mental health support.
The Knut writing group is still going strong with 6 regular attendees. Performances were done at the Knut and in the Plen an Gwari.
The Knut was fumigated for woodworm and moths.
St Just Ordinalia
This was a year of promotion of St Just Ordinalia locally and across the UK.
Starting balance - £28,693 and closing balance of £47,003 making a surplus of £18,311 this year. This was due to a very successful Crowdfunder run in late 2024 – early 2025 raising £8,221 to date, with one regular monthly donation (£10) set up. We also received other donations of approx. £100 and fundraising events raised over £150. We also received £8,900 in grants from Cornish Charities and our own Town Council.
This gave us confidence to send in repeat grant applications to NHLF and ACE in May/June 2025 for £125,000 and £96,000 respectively. We were extremely disappointed to hear in September 2025 that we were unsuccessful in both of these applications.
Future plans are to cut our production budget further, continue to apply for small grants and hopefully put in an ACE bid for a similar amount in Spring 2026 aiming for 2027 productions.
Isobel Bloomfield and Ciaran Clarke applied successfully for an immersive innovation bid to Screen Cornwall, they received a total of £5,200 to work on a St Just Ordinalia audio experience to an invited audience in the Plen an Gwari for early November 2025.
In addition, IB reported on the Screen Cornwall and Creative Kernow grant for mentoring support in creating immersive arts experiences. The project was matched with Kieran Clark who wanted to do a sound scape in a heritage place. The funding covered the time of the people involved in creating the app. They developed a prototype that pushed the app to its limits; using more geolocations than it had been originally development for. Recordings from the 2021 production were used which didn’t have the best sound quality so as part of further development we would need better recordings, either from the next production or from organising some specific scenes or choir meetings to get them. The App is now in draft form and can’t be seen/used publicly. Further funding has been sought for future development but as yet not been awarded. Although the priority remains to get funding for the next production of the Ordinalia, this would be a really good way to support the understanding of the Ordinalia outside of performance years.
IB also reported that they had been invited to present at the Middle Ages in the Modern World Conference at Kings College London. It had been a useful conference to attend and supported growing a network of interested people. They were also invited to attend a symposium at Cambridge in medieval arts. It was a small group but much more focused on the act of medieval performance. Again, this supported the promotion of our work on the Ordinalia and reaching a new audience.
Other outgoings are a monthly payment of approx. £21 for regular Mailchimp mailings to promote the Ordinalia UK wide. This goes alongside our more vigorous volunteer led Facebook/Instagram presence.
Finally volunteers Isobel Bloomfield and Max Morrison attended and did a St Just Ordinalia presentation at a conference of medieval theatre in London. The response was extremely positive, raising the profile of this project. We also have contacts with Cardiff University and hope these are built on, alongside other university contacts in 2026.
The Garage Store
We continue to store 23 pieces of 8 x 4 steeldeck plus legs, connectors and other accessories here; its position in the town allows for easy loading into vehicles when hired by local groups. This year it was hired by Miracle Theatre.
Also in the garage store is the Ordinalia Hell stage and the Crucifix.
Note: that the state of the garage is quite poor with damp again affecting the wall adjoining the next property. This must be kept an eye on, and plans made for future work costs.
Mary Ann Bloomfield 15/03/2026
STJUST AND DISTRicfTRUST CIO A tharitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity no 1168852 Accounts for the Year Ending 31st Ortober 2025
STJUST AND DISTRICTTRUST CIO Registered Charity number 1168852 Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees for the Year Ending 31st October 2025 of Inde dent Ex er's R My examination was carried out in accordancewith general Directionsgiven bythecharity Commisslon. An examination includes a review oftheaccounting records kept bythecharity (including all receipts, invoices, bankstatements and otherfinancial documents) and a comparison oftheFinancial Statements fortheyear with those records. It also includesconsideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanationsfrom theTrusteesconcerninganysuch matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all theevidencethat would be required in afull audit. The report is limited to those mattersset out in thestatement below. Inde endent Exarniner's Re ort In connection with myexamination, no matter has cometo myattention: I which give5 me reasonablecauseto belie4ethat, in any material respect, therequirements: to k&p accounting records in accordancewith section 130 of theCharitiesAct 2011 to prepareaccountswhich accord with the accounting recordsand comply with the accounting requirements ofthe 2011 A£t have not b&n met. or 2 to which, in myopinion, attention should bedrawn in orderto enablea proper understanding ofthe account5to bereached Sarah Heath FMA4T, Accountant Nero Accountancy 27 Boskenna Road Four Lan Redruth TR16 6LS Date: 4th March 26
srJusrAND DisTricfTRusrcio Statement of Financial Activities including Incomeand expenditurekcount and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses forthe yearendlng31stOctober2025 Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Total 2024 Total Income resources Donationsand legacies Grant funding received 785 785 13,100 284 ioooo (2) 13,100 Charitable Activities Theatrical Productions Other trading Activities Investment income Refund of Corporation Tax (3) 11698 11698 3099 Total incomln8 resources 12,483 13,100 25,583 13,383 Resources expended (4) CharitableActivities Theatrical Productions Other Repayment ofordinalia loan 6,490 6,490 12,546 Total resources expended 6,490 6,490 12,546 Net incomlng resources/ (expenditure) 5,993 13,100 19,093 837 Transfers betWn fvnds Net movements in funds Reconclllation offunds Total funds brought forward 29,094 231.404 260,498 Total funds carried forward 35,087 244,504 279.591 260,498
srJusrAND DislliicTTrUSTCIO Registered Charity number 1168852 Balance Sheet at 31st Cktober 2025 2025 2024 Notes Flxed assets Tangible assets Investments (5) 220,335 loo 221,278 loo 220,435 221,378 Current assets Debtors and prepayments Cash at bank and in hand (6) 59,490 39,622 59,490 39,622 Current Ilabllltles Creditors: arnounts falling duewithin oneyear 171 -334 -502 Net current assets 59,156 39,120 Total Assets Less Current Liabllltles 279,591 260,498 Non<urrent Ilabilities amountsfallingdue afteroneyear {8) Net assets/ Ulabllities) 279,591 260,498 Unrestricted Funds 46,056 30.095 Restricted Funds 233,535 230,403 Total funds 279,591 260,498 Thesefinancial statements wereapproved by the Board of Trustees on and signed on their behalf by: Trust (print name) 24, M-.L 2o2G
STJusfAND DisfRicfTRU5rcio Notesto the accountsfor the Year Endin8 31st October 2025 (i) Donations The Knut donations Ordinalia donations 198 586 Total Donations 785 Grants Recelved Ordinalia Grant Ordinalia Screen Cornwall Grant 8,900 4200 13,100 13) OtherTradingActlvities Ordinalia-crowdfunder Ordinal ia- Fundraising The Knut- Events The Knut- Rents TheTrust- Equipment Hire Income 7824 810 loo 2624 340 Total other trading activities 11698 14) Resources Expended- Other The Knut- Purchases The Knut- Refreshments Accountants fees Legal and professional Ordinalia-Advertising Ordinalia- Repairs & Maintenance Ordinalia-subcontractors Ordinalia- Subscriptions Ordinalia-Travel & Subsistence The Knut-Advertising The Knut- Insurance TheKnut- Legal & PrOf10nal Fees The Knut-office Expense The Knut- Rates The Knut- Repairs & Maintenance The Knut-Research The Knut-subscription TheKnut-Sundry The Knut-Travd and Subsistence 22.86 83.39 514 47 474.52 17.6 1400 288 184.73 101.99 425.84 81 70.66 155.69 189.96 120 15 336.04
TheKnut- Utilities Depreciation Chargeforyear 1009.58 943 6489.86 {5) FixedAssets Land & Buildings Fittings& Equipment Total Cost Balancebrought forward Additionsin theyear Disposals in the year 212,226 17,554 229.780 212,226 17,554 229,780 Depreciation Balance brought fopward Chargefortheyear Depreciation eliminated 8,502 943 943 9,445 943 Net Bookvalue At 1st November 2024 212,226 9,431 221,657 At 31st October 2025 212,226 8,109 220,335 {61 Cash at Bank and In Hand Lloyds-Trust a/c Lloyds-TheKnut alc Lloyds-yuletide Fair alc Lloyds-ordinalia a/c Cash 3,920 8,376 ioi 47,003 89 59,490 17) Credltors: amounts falling due within one year Accountancyaccrual Loan resolar panels Trust: Equipment deposits 432 -98 334 (81 Creditor& amountsfalllngdue after one ye
(9} Movements In Funds Trans between Net funds Increase At 31110124 Incoming Outgoing Unrestricted funds General Fund 29,094 12,483 -6,490 35,087 Restricted Fund5 Fixed Asset Reserve 231.404 13,100 244,504 260,498 25,583 ,490 279,591 (71 Analyslsof net a&%ets between fiAnds General funds Designated funds Restricted funds Total Tangiblefixed assets Investrnent Current assets Current liabilities Long term liabilities 220,335 loo 13,100 220,335 loo 59,490 -334 46,390 -334 46.056 233,535 279,591 (8) Trustees remuneration and expenses No remuneration or expenses have been paid out.
Date: 7th February 2025
Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees for the Year Ending 31st October 2024
ST JUST AND DISTRICT TRUST CIO Registered Charity number 1168852
Basis of Independent Examiner's Report My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission.
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity (including all receipts,invoices, bank statements and other financial documents) and a comparison of the Financial Statements for the year with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the Trustees concerning any such matters.
The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in a full audit. The report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent Examiner's Report
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act 2011 to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met;
or
- to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
Sarah Heath FMAAT, Accountant
Nero Accountancy 27 Boskenna Road
Four Lanes Redruth TR16 6LS