2023-12-31-accounts - Essex Provincial Almoners Fund

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ESSEX PROVINCIAL ALMONERS FUND Reports and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2023

ESSEX PROVINCIAL ALMONERS FUND - REGISTERED NO. 1177292

Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31st December 2021 2023 2022 General Restricted Funds Funds £ £ Income and expenditure Incoming resources Donations: General 8,651 Essex Provincial Charity Fund 810 Essex Provincial Grand Lodge 400 Sale of pens and stationery Total incoming resources 9,861 0 Resources expended Direct charitable expenditure: Grants to brethren and dependants net of recoveries 38,007 Grants administered for: Masonic Charitable Foundation Other expenditure: Trustees liability insurance 350 Data Controller registration 35 PGA expenses 150 Stationery 0 EPAF pens 0 Total resources expended 38,542 0 Net incoming/(outgoing) resources 22853 0 Fund balances brought forwa 1/1/2023 19689 0 Fund balances carried forwa 1/31/2023 42722 0	Total for 2023 13,097 4,727 913
	18,737
	11,014 350 75 43 2,934
	14,416
	4,321 42722 47043

ESSEX PROVINCIAL ALMONERS FUND - REGISTERED NO. 1177292

2022 12/31/2022 £ 0 43,072 43,072 350 42,722 42,722 42,722 0 42,722	12/31/2023 £ 0 47,043 0	12/31/2023 £ 0 47,043 0


		47,043
	47,043 0
42,722		47,043

Approved by the trustees on 4/19/2024 and signed on their behalf by:

G J Hostler

J. Mansfield

ESSEX PROVINCIAL ALMONERS FUND - REGISTERED NO. 1177292

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2023

1. Accounting Policies

1.1

The annexed accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and using the guidelines given in recognised Statements of Standard Accounting Practice the Charity Commission’s Statement of Recommended Practice 2005 and the Chariti Act 2011.

1.2

There have been no changes to the accounting policies.

1.3

No changes have been made to previous years accounts.

2. Assets

Debtors

12/31/2022 12/31/2023 £ £ £0 £0

ESSEX PROVINCIAL ALMONERS FUND - REGISTERED NO. 1177292

Trustees report for the year ended 31st December 2023

The name of the charity is Essex Provincial Charity Fund (EPAF), registered no. 1177292 with the Charity Commission.

The principal operating address of the charity is Provincial Office, 2 Station Court, Station Approach, Wickford, Essex, SS11 7AT.

Attached are the accounts for the EPAF for last year for the registered charity 1177292.

The names of the persons who were trustees of the charity at the date of this report or at any time during the year under review are as follows:

G J Hostler(Chairman), , P.J. Harris (Secretary), J Mansfield(Treasurer)

,R A Jordan , R E Heathfield , E L Chevin and M D Howse

The day to day management of the charity's functions were delegated to the following - G J Hostler, Chairman & Provincial Grand Almoner ,R E Heathfield Deputy Provincial Grand Almoner, and J Mansfield Treasurer of the EPAF.

The charity’s bankers are Barclays Bank PLC.

The independent examiners of the charity’s accounts is I.V. Jones

The EPAF charity remains solely to look after distressed Essex Masons and their eligible dependants in times of medical and finacial difficulties

The Trustees have been kept informed at all times throughout the year of the transactions and they have been very supportiveof the decisions and actions taken

The accounts show a reduction in financial activity . This is due to the end of the Covid 19 Pandemic and the fall off in the necessity to support members in distress.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees by:

G J Hostler ( Chairman of Trustees)

ESSEX PROVINCIAL ALMONERS FUND - REGISTERED NO. 1177292

Independent Examiners' Report to the Trustees of Essex Provincial Almoners Fund

We report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31st December 2023

Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiners

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed.

It is our responsibility to:

Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act.

Follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and state whether particular matters have come to our attention.

Basis of Independent Examiners' Report

Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair view" and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiners' Statement

In the course of our examination, no matter has come to our attention:

which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act, and
b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met,or
to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Name:

I.V. Jones 28 March 2024