**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1176520**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND**
**UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **FOR**
## **WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
Staffords Chartered Accountants Unit 1, Cambridge House Camboro Business Park Oakington Road, Girton CAMBRIDGE Cambridgeshire CB3 0QH
**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
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Report of the Trustees 1 to 2
Independent Examiner's Report 3
Statement of Financial Activities 4
Balance Sheet 5
Notes to the Financial Statements 6 to 11
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 12
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**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
Ward's Charity was founded in the 16th century with a bequest of agricultural land from the estate of Mr John Ward. The Charity's original purpose was to support the upkeep of St Mary's Church Sawston and the road to Pampisford. Today, the charity's purpose is to provide funding for the general purposes of the church.
Over the several hundred years of the Charity’s existence years, most of the Charity's land holdings have been sold off and the proceeds and related income applied to maintain the fabric of the Church, leaving around 8.5 acres in two blocks south of Babraham Road. The rental income from this was around £600 per year - a very modest amount relative to the costs of maintaining the Church. This land was sold in September 2022, with the proceeds of the sale, greatly increasing Ward's Charity's ability to pursue its purpose of supporting St Mary's Church, which plays a unique and important role in the centre of our community.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
The aim of the CIO is to provide funding to be applied to general purposes of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sawston, Cambridgeshire. The CIO is committed to maximising the revenue available for its stated objectives.
## **Public benefit**
The trustees have complied with their duty in the 2011 Charities Act to have due regard to guidance published by the Charity Commission,
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Financial position**
The CIO income derived from rent from a local farmer. During 2022 the sale of land to south of Babraham Road, Sawston completed and the first of three payments was made to the Charity, with a further payment received in 2023, and the final payment due in 2024. The Charity has opened an account with Cater Allen Bank and invested the bulk of the proceeds in a portfolio managed by Cantab Asset Management Limited.
## **Reserves policy**
Charity reserves are maintained in order to allow investment income to be generated to be applied towards the charity's objectives. Total reserves as at 31 December 2023 stood at £7,811,060.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is governed by its Constitution as a CIO drawn up in 2018.
## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees**
New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees as necessary. The vicar and churchwardens of St Mary the Virgin, Sawston are ex officio trustees.
## **Decision making**
All decisions are made in meetings attended by all the trustees available.
## **Risk management**
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. The major risks to which the charity is exposed have been identified by the trustees and reviewed.
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**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number** 1176520
## **Principal address**
The New Vicarage Church Lane Sawston CAMBRIDGE Cambridgeshire CB22 3JR
## **Trustees**
R Mansfield Chair R G Richmond Ms M C M Dicken J D Crompton Ms M Watson Ms R Herrick (resigned 27/4/2023) Rev K J Waite Dr C F Roughley (appointed 28/4/2023)
## **Independent Examiner**
Matthew Pettifer FCA Staffords Chartered Accountants Unit 1, Cambridge House Camboro Business Park Oakington Road, Girton CAMBRIDGE Cambridgeshire CB3 0QH
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 28 October 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
J D Crompton - Trustee
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**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Ward's Charity or Church Lands**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Ward's Charity or Church Lands (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2023.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Matthew Pettifer FCA
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Staffords Chartered Accountants Unit 1, Cambridge House Camboro Business Park Oakington Road, Girton CAMBRIDGE Cambridgeshire CB3 0QH
Date: .............................................
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**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|Notes
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Investment income
2
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
Sawston Parish Church
Net gains on investments
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**Other recognised gains/(losses)**
Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets
**Net movement in funds**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|2023
Unrestricted
fund
£
54,361
108,033
4,638
(49,034)
270,408
221,374
7,589,686
7,811,060|2022
Total
funds
£
5,208
26,093
7,574,480
7,553,595
(2,130)
7,551,465
38,221
7,589,686|
|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
## **BALANCE SHEET 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Investments
7
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
8
Cash at bank
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
9
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
10
Unrestricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|2023
Unrestricted
fund
£
5,294,451
2,392,563
125,246
2,517,809
(1,200)
2,516,609
7,811,060
7,811,060
7,811,060
7,811,060|2022
Total
funds
£
331,611
4,785,126
2,472,949|
|---|---|---|
|||7,258,075
-|
|||7,258,075|
|||7,589,686|
|||7,589,686|
|||7,589,686|
|||7,589,686|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 28 October 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:
J D Crompton - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value, as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Fixed asset investments**
Fixed asset investments comprise listed investments, and these are stated at their market value as at the period end date.
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**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **2. INVESTMENT INCOME**
## **3.**
|Rents received
Dividends received
Deposit account interest
**GRANTS PAYABLE**
Sawston Parish Church|2023
£
146
36,261
17,954
54,361
2023
£
96,592|2022
£
146
231
4,831|
|---|---|---|
|||5,208|
|||2022
£
26,093|
Grants to institutions comprises grants of £96,592 paid to the Parochial Church Council of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sawston.
## **4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2023 nor for the year ended 31 December 2022.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2023 nor for the year ended 31 December 2022.
## **5. STAFF COSTS**
The charity has no employees, and therefore no staff costs were incurred during the period.
## **6. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
||Unrestricted|
|---|---|
||fund|
||£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**||
|Investment income|5,208|
|**EXPENDITURE ON**||
|**Charitable activities**||
|Sawston Parish Church|26,093|
|Net gains on investments|7,574,480|
|**NET INCOME**|7,553,595|
|**Other recognised gains/(losses)**||
|Gains/(losses) on revaluation of fixed assets|(2,130)|
|**Net movement in funds**|7,551,465|
continued...
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**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **6. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**
|||Unrestricted|
|---|---|---|
|||fund|
|||£|
||**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||
||Total funds brought forward|38,221|
||**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|7,589,686|
|**7.**|**FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS**||
|||Listed|
|||investments|
|||£|
||**MARKET VALUE**||
||At 1 January 2023|331,611|
||Additions|5,024,043|
||Disposals|(331,611)|
||Revaluations|270,408|
||At 31 December 2023|5,294,451|
||**NET BOOK VALUE**||
||At 31 December 2023|5,294,451|
||At 31 December 2022|331,611|
||There were no investment assets outside the UK.||
||Cost or valuation at 31 December 2023 is represented by:||
|||Listed|
|||investments|
|||£|
||Valuation in 2024|5,294,451|
||If fixed asset investments had not been revalued they would have been included at the following historical cost:||
||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Cost|5,024,043|331,611|
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**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**8.**
**DEBTORS**
Amounts falling due within one year:
Other debtors
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
Other debtors
Aggregate amounts
**9.**
**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Other creditors
**10.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
At 1/1/23
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
7,589,686
**TOTAL FUNDS**
7,589,686
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
Resources
resources
expended
£
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
54,361
(108,033)
**TOTAL FUNDS**
54,361
(108,033)|2023
£
2,392,563
-
2,392,563
2023
£
1,200
Net
movement
in funds
£
221,374
221,374
Gains and
losses
£
275,046
275,046|2022
£
2,392,563
2,392,563
4,785,126
2022
£
-
At
31/12/23
£
7,811,060
7,811,060
Movement
in funds
£
221,374
221,374|
|---|---|---|
||||
||||
||||
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**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
|Net
movement
At 1/1/22
in funds
£
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
38,221
7,551,465
**TOTAL FUNDS**
38,221
7,551,465
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
Resources
Gains and
resources
expended
losses
£
£
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
5,208
(26,093)
7,572,350
**TOTAL FUNDS**
5,208
(26,093)
7,572,350
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
Net
movement
At 1/1/22
in funds
£
£
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
38,221
7,772,839
**TOTAL FUNDS**
38,221
7,772,839|At
31/12/22
£
7,589,686
7,589,686
Movement
in funds
£
7,551,465
7,551,465
At
31/12/23
£
7,811,060
7,811,060|
|---|---|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
59,569
59,569|Resources
Gains and
Movement
expended
losses
in funds
£
£
£
(134,126)
7,847,396
7,772,839
(134,126)
7,847,396
7,772,839|
|---|---|---|
continued...
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**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2023.
## **12. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REMUNERATION**
The independent examiner received total remuneration of £1,000 plus VAT.
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**WARD'S CHARITY OR CHURCH LANDS**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Investment income**
Rents received
Dividends received
Deposit account interest
**Total incoming resources**
**EXPENDITURE**
**Charitable activities**
Grants to institutions
**Support costs**
**Finance**
Investment management costs
Bank charges
**Governance costs**
Accountancy
Total resources expended
**Net expenditure before gains and losses**
**Realised recognised gains and losses**
Realised gains/(losses) on fixed asset
investments
Realised gains/(losses) on investment property
**Net (expenditure)/income**|2023
2022
£
£
146
146
36,261
231
17,954
4,831
54,361
5,208
54,361
5,208
96,592
26,093
10,166
-
75
-
10,241
-
1,200
-
108,033
26,093
(53,672)
(20,885)
4,638
-
-
7,574,480
(49,034)
7,553,595|
|---|---|
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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