Charity Number: 1172812 Company Number: CE010206
The Friends Of March Railway Station (FOMRS)
Annual Report and Accounts
1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022
Purposes, Aims and Objectives
The purposes, aims and objectives of the Friends Of March Railway Station (FOMRS) are:
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Maintaining and preserving buildings of heritage importance and interest, associated with the history of railways in March
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Make the facilitates of a community room, library, meeting facilities and lecture room available to community groups and community support groups
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Providing resources for learning about the history of and the role the railway has played in development of the town
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A place to display and be viewed by the general public, artefacts donated to the group that relate to the railway history of March
Achievements
This year saw a year of coming out of lockdown and various restrictions coming into play due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
The group decided to continue to put all events on hold and some general maintenance work was carried out, following all social distancing restrictions.
This was very much a year of no income but the group continued on despite this.
Plans were put in place for the first event and all efforts were focused on tidying up the rooms in preparation.
Financial Review
Total receipts on unrestricted funds for the period were £00.00. The restricted grant of £400 from March Town Council received in 2019-2020 for a gazebo for events which was to be purchased in March 2019, but due to Covid19 this expenditure did not happen as the event was cancelled, will be carried over a further year until events can be restarted and the gazebo can be purchased.
£345.01 was spent on maintenance and repairs of the rooms and the outside works. Other costs were plants for the station area at £84.15, £30.00 for Cambridgeshire Council for Voluntary Services annual membership and £96.00 for the Groups Liability Insurance which is with Zurich Insurance.
The net result for the year was a deficit of receipts over payments of £551.16. Adding bank and deposit balances brought forward at the beginning of the year, the balance carried forward at 31st March on unrestricted funds is £1,568.77 plus £400.00 restricted funds, giving a total of £1,968.77.
Reserves Policy
FOMRS has an agreement to maintain a balance of circa £2,500 to cover any unforeseen costs. During the Pandemic we have had to fall back on reserves to cover the deficit. We plan to replenish the reserves as soon as we can commence fundraising activities and events. FOMRS works on a basis of applying for Grants for specific projects but in general the grant payments although awarded are not paid out until the work has been carried out. The reserves balance held is to fund any projects prior to grant pay out.
Volunteers
We would like to thank all our volunteers that work hard to make the station a vibrant and lively place.
Structure, Management and Governance
The FOMRS structure, management and governance is defined in our constitution. We have a Committee of four Trustees that fulfil the officer roles of Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.
All decisions are overseen by the Committee and all members have voting rights on all proposals, which are discussed and voted on at regular members meetings and the AGM.
Administrative Information
The Friends Of March Railway Station is based at and has the buildings on Platform 2 of March Railway Station, the address of which is 4 Station Approach, March PE15 8SJ.
The FOMRS Committee of Trustees for the period of this report were:
Adrian Sutterby – Chair
Gary Christy – Vice Chair
Max Mobius – Secretary
Nicola Christy – Treasurer
Friends Of March Railway Station (FOMRS) 1172812 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2021 31/03/2022
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations - - - - -
Grants - - - - -
Funds from Events - - - - -
Interest - - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) - - - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts - - - - -
A3 Payments
Plants 84 - - 84 -
Cost of Events - - - - -
Maintenance and Repairs 345 - 345 -
CCVS Membership 30 - - 30 -
Insurance 96 - - 96 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 555 ] - - 555 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 555 - - 555 -
Net of receipts/(payments) - 555 - - - 555 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 2,124 400 - 2,524 -
Cash funds this year end 1,569 400 - 1,969 -
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
20/01/2023
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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 B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Bank Accont Cash Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 1,244 400 325 - - - 1,569 400 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 |
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
20/01/2023
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