## **Friends of Keswick St John** ## **Trustees Annual Report** **Name of the Charity:** The Friends of Keswick St John ## **Registration number with Charity Commission:** 1175886 **Status:** Charitable Incorporated Organisation ## **Registration date:** November 2017 **This report relates to financial year from:** 1[st] January 2022 to 31[st] December 2022 **Principal address:** c/o The Secretary, Springfield, Springs Road, Keswick, CA12 4AQ ## **The following individuals were the charity trustees on the date the report was approved:** Michael Webb (appointed) Richard Dale (appointed) Val Montgomery (nominated) Eve Massey (nominated) Michael Sadgrove (appointed) Christine White (nominated) Charles Hope (ex-officio – Vicar of Keswick St John) ## **The following individuals served as charity trustees during the year:** Michael Webb (appointed) Val Montgomery (nominated) Doreen Hodder (resigned December 2021) Eve Massey (nominated) Michael Sadgrove (appointed) Christine White (nominated) from April 2021 Charles Hope (ex-officio – Vicar of Keswick St John) Richard Dale (appointed) **Constitution** – formalised on 19[th] September 2017. Maximum number of Trustees is 8 of which no more than 3 appointed, 1 ex-officio and at least 3 nominated by the Parish Church Council. **Objects:** For the benefit of the public to maintain, repair, restore, preserve, improve and enhance the fabric of the church of Keswick St John in the Diocese of Carlisle, its monuments, fixtures, fittings, furniture, stained glass, ornaments and other chattels and its graveyard. ## **Main Achievements of 2022** Since we have come out of the pandemic, the charity has been able to restart some of its activities. The Friends have welcomed a new trustee and appointed Richard Dale, formerly Chief Finance Officer of Newcastle University, as Treasurer. The charity has run two successful fundraising events. The Bishop’s Garden and Azalea Walk event in May drew a crowd of around 70 people who enjoyed an afternoon seeing the transformation of the Bishop’s house (the old vicarage) garden by Mrs Alison Newcome and a splendid tea provided by the Friends. A plant stall raised additional funds for the church. A total of £670 was raised. A splendid Trivia quiz night, masterminded by Eve Massey, was a great success in November and raised £500. The Friends Annual Get together took the form of a talk about the historic organ at St John’s by John Cooper Green, the Organist and Director of Music. He also illustrated his talk by playing some wonderful pieces of organ music. As a result, several people joined the Friends. Two newsletters were sent out to existing Friends – one on the items in the church, the other on the life and work of the church’s architect, Anthony Salvin. The PCC made a request that the Friends should provide funds to replace the gate to the churchyard on Borrowdale Road and this was agreed at a cost of £901. The trustees have read the Commission’s Public Benefit requirement statutory guidance and have had regard to this when running the charity. This guidance is available to read on the Charity Commission’s gov.uk website. ## **A review of the Charity’s financial position at the year-end:** In the financial year 1[st] January 2022 to 31[st] December 2022 the Charity had an income of £4,105 and expenditure of £1,170 and had a credit balance of £8,316.49 at 31 December 2022. There are no funds held by the Charity that are in deficit. Membership We have sadly lost three members of the Friends through death this year – Ms Christine Brookman, Mrs Gill Selvey and Canon Brian Selvey and we wish to record our thanks for their generous support. Several people have joined the Friends and we have some 47 paid up members. CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ETr￿lAND ANO WALES Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts Stctlon A Indepondfrnt Examln9r'$ Report Raport lo ¢hè tru8108•1 ornbor• of Frfènds of Keswick St John'$ On •¢¢ount• for th• y••r •nd•d 3161 DKembor 2022 Charlty no {11 any) 1175888 8•t out on paq•• I r8pJrt to Ihè tru8t•eB on my examinat￿n of the a¢￿UnIS of the above charity {Ihe Trust") for the ye8r en¢Jed 31￿ ￿8￿mber 2022. IIKpon¥lblllll•• and ba•1• ol r•port As thè ¢hariV$ tru8t888, you aro responsible for the preparalkjn of the accounts in ac￿rdanC* wrth th• rngulrwnonts of tho Ch8ritia8 Act 2011 I'lhtr A¢l'l I report In fe8pect ol my ?x4min•llon of the Tru¥l'B K£ounts ¢&rrl•d oul under Bo¢tp)n 145 al th6 2011 A¢1 and in carylng oul my ex8mination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by lh8 Charlty Commi08*Jn und9f 14515llb} of th• AGt Indgpnd&nt I have compleled my examinat￿n. I confimi th81 no material matters hav¢ •xamln•rf8 •tat•m•nt coma to my 8tt8ntion in conn8clJoft wlth tho 4xaminal*)n which olv•B m8 ¢8U80 to ball•v• that in, any m81oriBI respect. th? o¢o)untlng r8¢0rdg wor¢ no¢ kept in A¢eord*nce wlth 6•ctbn 130 ol Ihg Ch8rilles Act". tho account8 did nol accord wilh the 8ccounllng re¢ord$'. Or the accounts dld not comply wlh tho 8pplicable rnqulrgm$nts ¢on¢*ming the fomi ond content ol occ(Juni$ 8et out In the Charitk (Accounts and Reports) Regulali0Th8 2008 olhef than any requirernent that tho ocwuDts 8'tru8 and falrf vl•w whlch IB not a matter cons￿8¥•d 88 part of an independent examinabo I h8vg no cth)cArns and hwe ccMn8 across no olher rnaiteT• In conneclljn wllh the examinauon lo which attenllon should be drnwn ITr IhiB report IA order lo enable • propel und•rnt8ndlnp ol thé 8ceoun18 to ba roaeh•J. Slqn•d: Dat•: 17.0 CSA R•l•v•nt prof•••lon•l qu•llfl¢*tlonl•l or body ICAEhJ Addyw: kEhJ ILwORTH ILM I+ILL I(ESiJicL( CA12 ## **Friends of Keswick St John** ## **Receipts and Payments Account For year from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022** |**Receipts**|**2022**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**|**2022**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**|**2022**
**Total funds**
**£**|**2021**
**Total funds**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Donations, legacies and similar income**||||| |Membership subscriptions|1,365|0|1,365|1,290| |Donations|1,100|0|1,100|5| |Legacies|0|0|0|0| |Gift Aid|0|0|0|461| |Other simiar income|0|0|0|0| |**Sub Total**|**2,465**|**0**|**2,465**|**1,756**| |**Grants**||||| |Grant|0|0|0|0| |**Sub Total**|**0**|**0**|**0**|**0**| |**Fundraising (gross)**||||| |Cards & Postcards|105|0|105|79| |Events|1,535|0|1,535|0| |Miscellaneous sales|0|0|0|0| |**Sub total**|**1,640**|**0**|**78**|**78**| |**Investment income**||||| |Building Society interest|0|0|0|1| |**Sub Total**|**0**|**0**|**1**|**1**| |**Total Gross Income**|**4,105**|**0**|**4,105**|**1,836**| |**Asset & investment sales**|0|0|0|0| |**Total receipts**|**4,105**|**0**|**4,105**|**1,836**| |**Expenditure**||||| |Grants to St John's Church, Keswick|901|0|901|2,500| |Fundraising costs|190|0|190|0| |Administration|86|0|86|38| |**Total Expenditure**|**1,177**|**0**|**1,177**|**2,538**| |**Surplus for the year**
**Total Funds**
Start of year
Surplus in the year
**End of year**|**2,928**
5,388
2,928
**8,316**|**0**
0
0
**0**|**2,928**
5,388
2,928
**8,316**|**(702)**
6,090
(702)
**5,388**| 2