2023-04-05-accounts

ofthe charity trust	ees who manage	the charity
Trustee name	Office (ifany)	Dates acted ifnot for whole ear	Name to a	ofperson (or body) entitled oint trustee ifan
Stephen MORRILL	Chair
James GOOD	Treasurer
Anthony
THOMPSON
John VIGOR
Karen PAPWORTH
Mike JOSEPH

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	Establish and	provide a New Burial Ground to be available to people
	residing in the	neighbourhood who wish to be buried in Chipperfield.
mmary ofthe objects ofthe rity set out in its governing ument	Undertake or procure the management of the Burial Ground Hold and administer the Burial Ground in trust to allow enjoyment thereof by the public
	Maintain and	keep the Burial Ground in a good and decent state of repair

									The Chipperfield Project Group was formed by volunteers in 2011when	The Chipperfield Project Group was formed by volunteers in 2011when
									it became clear at the annual Parish Council meeting that there were a
									limited number ofspaces left for burials in St.Paul's Churchyard in
									Chipperfield. (No space for any new graves 2020 onwards)
									The intention ofthe Project Group (and now ofthe Trust) is that burials	will
									be able to continue for those from the locality who wish to be buried in the
									village of Chipperfield now that the churchyard is full.
									The Diocese ofSt.Albans has a policy ofnot extending its churchyards,
									and so it was clear that the Project Group would have to find suitable land,
									obtain planning permission and establish a new burial ground.
									The Trust became a charity on 4~ January 2017 —with a Charitable
									Incorporated Organisation set up to be the holder ofthe land forming the
									future burial ground.
									The Trust has never employed staff. In the early years Trustees made
Summary			ofthe			main activities			donations to provide starter funds in the bank account, and then continued
undertaken				for the public					local fund raising over 6 years until income from burials became available.
benefit in			relation to				these		The work for this financial year to April 2023 has been to purchase
objects (include						within this			another 26 memorial stones, and paving stones for the ashes area, and
section the				statutory					have them set in a weak mortar mix to double the size ofthe area for
declaration				that trustees				have	cremated remains. The Trust also had chippings laid on the sloping
had regard				to	the guidance				entrance to the grassed area to provide a firm surface for coffin bearers
issued by			the		Charity				and mourners.
Commission				on		public benefit)
									The first burial took place in October 2019,and in the period 6Apr 2022
									to 5 Apr 2023there have been 2 interments ofashes and 4 burials in
									graves, so a total of9graves and 6stones with ashes underneath in our
									Burial Ground. This is in line with the project's expectation of3to 5 burials
									each year.
									The Trustees understand what is meant by 'public benefit' 'and believe
									that this is demonstrated in this annual return. The Burial Ground
									continues to receive compliments from those who visit it and walk past	it.
									The Trust does not own any possessions, or buildings. (But itdoes have
									a 125yr lease on the Burial Ground). It continues to have public liability
									insurance with Zurich, renewed in May 2022
Additional details ofobjectives You may choose to include									a nd activities 0 tional information Income for the 2022-23 financial year is detailed in "E"below.
further statements,						where
relevant,		about:							The Trust does not make grants to others.
~	policy	on		grantmaking;					The Trust has no investments, but does have a draft policy on investments
~	policy	programme					related		likely to be adopted in the next year as UK interest rates rise and our bank
	investment;								balance approaches 88,000. CCLA manages investments on behalf of	C
~	contribution				made		by		of ESchools and the Diocese, and the Trust will consider using them.
	volunteers.								The Trustees are aware ofthe guidance on Public Benefit and no trustees
									have been paid for their work or contributions, or claimed any expenses
									other than reimbursement for materials.
									The public benefits provided are:-
									New space for burials and the interment ofashes
									A 22 metre brick and flint front wall, with low gates, which has been
									praised by many and complements the village conservation area.
									An attractive burial ground with flowers, and 2 benches on which to sit;
									and free access for the public at all times.
									A path round the outside ofthe boundary hedge now heavily used by dog
									walkers and others. The Trust has re-surfaced this 60 metre path with
									arisings from trees felled locally.
TA	R								March 2012

			~ Volunteers are looking after the Burial Ground and assist with
			many ofthe tasks. The Trust has not yet had to pay for any
			rofessional maintenance of rass or hed es.
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Summary ofthe main			The work in the year up to April 2023was:-
achievements ofthe during the year		charity	~ Further purchase of26 memorial stones for the ashes area. ~ Laying these stones + a firmer surface on the entrance slope
			Planting of more daffodils, and tulips around the perimeter
			~ Cutting ofthe hedge 8 grass; weeding 8 maintaining the graves.
			~ 4 burials and 2 interments ofashes.
			~ Front gates re-coated in Sadolin, and gateposts capped in lead to
			prevent rot.
			The Trust does not have any reserves but intends to adopt a drafted
Briefstatement ofthe			policy during the next year. At the moment it holds only a Current
charity's policy on	reserves		Account.
Details of any funds in deficit		materially	None
Further financial review details			(Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:			Funds for the 22-23 financial year have come from:- Income from 4 burials and 2 interments ofashes. Small donations from individuals, largest 2450 from the village petrol station.
~ the charity's principal			f100from closure ofthe Hollyberry Fair account
sources offunds	(including
any fundraising);			The expenditure has been purchasing and laying paving and memorial
~ how expenditure	has		stones for the ashes area so as to allow a second bench where people
supported the key objectives			can sit and talk to others near those whose remains are buried.
ofthe charity;
~ investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy			The Trust has no investments, but a policy on investment has been drafted and will be considered as interest rates rise and our bank balance increases.
adopted.
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					For the period
					from	06/04/22			05/04/23
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					Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds		Total	funds	Last year
					tothe nearest 6	to the nearest 6	to the nearest R		to the nearest 6		to the nearest 6
A1 Receipts
Donations					680					680
Inlerments					4+00					4,200
Sub total(Gross income forAR)					4,880					4,880	4,871
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
			Sub total
	Total receipts				4,880					4,880	4,871
A3 Pa ments
Insurance					192					192
Memorial stones	for ashes				2 772					2,772
Bank charges					65					65
Access paving					2,640					2,640
Memorial stone	for Dawn Bunker				790					?ao
			Sub tote		8,45a					6,459	4,286
A4 Asset and investment
urchases,	see table
			Sub total
	Total	payments			6,459					6,459	4,286
Net ofreceiptsl(payments)					1,579					1,579	585
A5 Transfers	between		funds
A6 Cash funds last year end					7,057					7,05?
Cash funds this			year en		5,478					5,4?8	585

						Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment
						funds	funds	funds
						to nearest R	to nearest t	to nearest S
81 Gash	funds
					Total cash funds	5,47&
			(agree	balances	with receipts and payments
					account(s))
						Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment
						funds	funds	funds
						to nearest R	to nearest t.	to nearest R
B2Other	monetary assets
			Details			Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3Investment		assets
			Detaiis			Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4Assets retained for the
charity's	own	use
						Fund to which	Amount due	When due
						liability relates	(optional)	(optional)
B5Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees				Signature		Print Name p.tt"&~		Date of approval
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