## **Annual Report of the Friends of Keswick St John** **Name of the Charity:** The Friends of Keswick St John **Status:** Charitable Incorporated Organisation ## **Registration number with Charity Commission is** 1175886 **Registration date:** November 2017 **Address:** **Objects:** 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. **Constitution** – formalised on 19[th] September 2017. Maximum number of Trustees is 8 of which no more than 3 appointed, 1 ex-o�icio and at least 3 nominated by the Parish Church Council. ## **Trustee names:** Michael Webb (appointed) Val Montgomery (appointed) Richard Dale (nominated) Penny Duttson (nominated) Chris White (nominated) Eve Massey (nominated) Michael Sadgrove (appointed) Charles Hope (ex-o�icio – Vicar of Keswick St John) ## **Finances: see report below** **Membership:** There are currently 45 fully paid members. Membership derives from within the church congregation, the wider community of Keswick and surrounding area, from UK and abroad. ## **Major items of expenditure in the current year:** no major expenses were incurred ## **Main Achievements 2023** The Friends have welcomed a new trustee nominated by the Church Council, Ms Penny Duttson. The charity has run two successful fundraising events. In May, the Fryer-Spedding family very generously opened Mirehouse for an open house and garden event, with afternoon tea provided by the committee. This event had been in the planning for several years but because of the pandemic had been delayed. It was a highly successful afternoon with a number of local members visiting the house for the first time. The sum of £776 was raised. Another splendid Trivia quiz night, masterminded by Eve Massey, was a great success in October. The pizza and pies very generously donated by the Lame family of Alternatives Cockermouth were well received. The sum of £675.30 was raised. The Friends Annual Get together took the form of a talk about ‘Rewilding the Lake District and beyond’ was given by Professor Michael Hambrey. After the talk members were invited to see the work being done in the churchyard to enhance its beauty and bio-diversity. As a result, several people joined the Friends. Two newsletters were sent out to existing Friends – one at Easter included an article by the vicar on the churchyard and another by Doreen Lee on the banner of St Cuthbert by Josefina de Vasconcelles. It also included the unhappy news of the theft of the church silver and destruction of several doors. More happily the autumn edition consisted of a wonderful set of photographs of the church taken by one of our trustees, Very Revd Michael Sadgrove. The PCC made no requests this year for funding. In the light of this, steps have been taken to open a deposit account with CCLA to obtain a good rate of interest whilst a project is decided upon. and have had regard to this when running the charity. This guidance is available to read on the Charity Commission’s gov.uk website. Membership has decreased slightly during the year from 47 to 45. We were sad to lose Mrs Marjorie Browne who died during the year. I CHARITY COMMISSION I FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts Section A Indepeiideiit Examiyor's Rcport R•port to tho trustoesl mgmbgrs of Fri&nd8 of Ke$w￿k St John's On •￿9￿nts ftsr th• y•ar endod CharSty no Ilf any) 31st Decembtrr 2023 1175886 S•t out on pallo8 I report to th8 tru8t8es on my examination ol the accounts of the abovè charily I'the Trust") for the ytrar •r¢ded 31 December 2023. R•8ponslbllltl•s and basls of rgport As th8 charity's trustee5. you are resFX)nsible for thè preparatlon of the accounts in accordance with the fequirernent8 of tha Ch8rftl&s Act 2011 fthe AGt"}. I roport 111 respect ol my examination of th& Trust's accounts carried out un¢Jer section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrylng out my 6x8min@tion. I hav¥ followed all the applicable DirectK)fis given by the Charlty Comrnission under 8•Ctlon 14515llbl of the Act. Indopond¢nt I h8vè complete**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Total funds**|
**Total funds**| ||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |**Receipts**||||| |**Donations, legacies and similar income**||||| |Membership subscriptions|1,105|0|
1,105|
1,365| |Donations|30|0|
30|
1,100| |Legacies|0|0|
0|
0| |Gift Aid|382|0|
382|
0| |Other simiar income|0|0|
0|
0| |**Sub Total**|**1,517**|**0**|
**1,517**|
**2,465**| |**Grants**||||| |Grant|0|0|
0|
0| |**Sub Total**|**0**|**0**|
**0**|
**0**| |**Fundraising (gross)**||||| |Cards & Postcards|135|0|
135|
105| |Events|1,524|0|
1,524|
1,535| |Miscellaneous sales|0|0|
0|
0| |**Sub total**|**1,659**|**0**|
**1,659**|
**1,640**| |**Investment income**||||| |Building Society interest|0|0|
0|
0| |**Sub Total**|**0**|**0**|
**1**|
**0**| |**Total Gross Income**|**3,176**|**0**|
**3,176**|
**4,105**| |**Asset & investment sales**|0|0|
0|
0| |**Total receipts**|**3,176**|**0**|
**3,176**|
**4,105**| |**Expenditure**||||| |Grants to St John's Church, Keswick|0|0|
0|
901| |Fundraising costs|73|0|
73|
190| |Administration|23|0|
23|
86| |**Total Expenditure**|**96**|**0**|
**96**|
**1,177**| |**Surplus for the year**|**3,080**|**0**|
**3,080**|
**2,928**| |**Total Funds**||||| |Start of year|8,316|0|
8,316|
5,388| |Surplus in the year|3,080|0|
3,080|
2,928| |**End of year**|**11,396**|**0**|
**11,396**|
**8,316**|