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Sheriffhales and Community Renewable Energy Committee
Annual Statement
For the year ended 28[th] February 2021
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Information
Charity Number 1176923 Chair P Bonsall Trustees Rev MW Shaw RW Maddocks L Gardner N Pulker N Jones P Kind SL Hodgson Address 46 Church Lane Sheriffhales Shifnal TF11 8RD
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Sheriffhales and Communities Renewable Energy Committee
Trustees report for the year ended 28[th] February 2021
SaCREC is a Charity with the sole purpose of distributing excess profit arising from the sale of electricity generated from a 3.2Mw Solar Power project owned by the Sheriffhales Community Energy CIC and situated within the Parish of Sheriffhales.
The Charity was founded to represent a cross section of the Community from the Parish of Sheriffhales. Trustees represent the following sectors of the Community: -
Sheriffhales Village Hall Sheriffhales Parish Council Sheriffhales Church Sheriffhales Primary School Sheriffhales Farming Community Sheriffhales Parishioners Directors of the Sheriffhales CIC and Sheriffhales CBS who are involved in the management and running of the Solar Project.
The Charity website asks for new Trustees with a declaration in the Constitution of a maximum of 12 Trustees including Chair.
The Charity advertises through the Parish Magazine and through word of mouth for projects that are situated within the Parish of Sheriffhales and are seen to benefit the Parishioners of Sheriffhales.
The Charity sits 3 to 4 times per year to review projects and vote on whether funds are allocated to the project or not. Each project is submitted with full costings and a statement of how the project will benefit the Community of Sheriffhales. The project is then put to a vote and if a majority of Trustees vote in favour, the project is then noted as approved and funds allocated to the project.
The Charity pays funds by Cheque to the nominated Contractors employed to carry out the works for the nominated project after the works are complete.
The Charity pays for Clerk services as required for meetings, meeting minutes and works associated with managing projects.
The Charity received an income of £48,489 for the period to February 21. The source of income was two payments from the refinance of the Sheriffhales Solar Energy Community Interest Company (one payment deferred from 2020).
The Charity aims to distribute all funds received and keep a nominal sum for overheads in the Bank at all times.
The Charity opened the financial year 2020/121 with a cleared balance of £48,605.13 and ended the financial year with a cleared balance of £70,046.23. A sum of £48,489 was received from the Solar Project during the year. None of the income was project dependent. All funds were received on the basis that SaCREC would democratically decide on worthy causes in the Parish of Sheriffhales
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Sheriffhales and Communities Renewable Energy Committee
Trustees report for the year ended 28[th] February 2021
There were a number of supported major projects during the financial year: -
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1) Covid-19 support. During the year £12,792 was spent on supporting the community in a number of measures to counter the issues encountered during the initial Covid-19 lockdown period. Food boxes were sourced and provided to vulnerable members of the community weekly; a large maxi skip was hired so that people spending time at home could dispose of items during the period that the local recycling centre or tip was closed. A grant was made to the local ladies support group to facilitate small scale support for vulnerable or elderly residents that were suffering hardship during the lockdown.
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2) Sheriffhales Primary School were awarded £3,393 to provide software, licenses and hardware that supported the government requirement to teach all pupils remotely,
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3) The STEPS (taxis for local elderly residents) subsidy programme continued throughout the year, receiving funding of £1,077.
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4) An additional grant for further lighting for the Sheriffhales Village Hall was awarded to the sum of £2,400.
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5) St Mary’s Church, Sheriffhales, received a grant of £4,187 to pay for urgently required electrical works.
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6) LED lightbulbs were distributed around the village at a cost of £1,808
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7) A payment of £500 was made to support the Parish magazine, a vital communication to people in the village.
Peter Bonsall
Chair, Sheriffhales and Community Renewable Energy Committee
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Sheriffhales and Community Renewable Energy Committee On accounts for the year 28/2/2021 Charity no 1176923 ended (if any) Set out on pages TBC(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 28 / 02 / 2021 .
Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report 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 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did 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.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
| Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: |
Date: | 5/12/2022 |
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| Sam Reed | ||
| Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland | ||
| Burrow Cottage, Longcombe Cross, Totnes TQ9 6PL | ||
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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Sheriffhales and Community Renewable Energy 1176923
Committee
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/03/2020 28/02/2021
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from
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
Sheriffhales Solar CIC 48,489 - - 48,489 -
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Sub total (Gross income for
48,489 - - 48,489 -
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 48,489 - - 48,489 -
A3 Payments
Community Support - Covid related 12,792 - - 12,792 -
Church Hall - Electrical works 4,187 - - 4,187 990
Primary School - Software and training 3,393 - - 3,393 -
Energy Efficiency - LED Lightbulbs 1,808 - - 1,808 1,306
Parish Magazine 500 - - 500 -
Clerk Services 2,685 - - 2,685 2,160
Travel 1,077 - - 1,077 74
Accountancy 570 - - 570 -
Website Development 850
Village Hall Extension 21,665
Sundry 139 - - 139 -
Sub total [ 27,151 ] - - 27,151 27,045
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 27,151 - - 27,151 27,045
Net of receipts/(payments) 21,338 - - 21,338 - 27,045
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 48,727 - - 48,727 -
Cash funds this year end 70,065 - - 70,065 - 27,045
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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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 B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities |
Details Cash at Bank Total cash funds Details Details Details Details Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 70,065 - - - - - 70,065 - 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 Peter Bonsall |
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval 13/12/22 |
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