St Martn’s Brasted Heritage Trust
Annual Report for 2023/4
Summary
During the period, the Trust was able to organise a varied calendar of events comprising three concerts and a community supper. In addition, a guided village history walk was inaugurated with six walks took place during the course of the year. All profits from all of these activities went to the Heritage Trust.
Steps were taken to reduce the Trust’s overheads during the year. The software and domain subscriptions for the website were not renewed, the website was closed down and the Trust’s bank account was transferred from a bank charging a monthly fee and further fees for issuing cheques to a free bank account, which combined, have reduced annual overheads to zero. The Trust will continue to use zero cost media channels to promote its events and activities including social media.
Modest increases in fundraising activities combined with eliminating our overheads mean that we are better placed to make meaningful donations to St Martin’s Church.
Trustees
All of our trustees remained in post during the period with no new additions.
Future prospects
Recruiting sufficient volunteers to support a more ambitious programme of fundraising events continues to be a challenge but we will continue to plan events as and when resources allow to produce a surplus that will enable us to support St Martin’s Church will charitable donations in the coming financial year.
Roger Rogowski
CHAIRMAN – ST MARTIN’S BRASTED HERITAGE TRUST
10[th] September 2024
St Martn's Brasted Heritage Trust proft and loss statement for the YE January 2024
| Income | Amount in | Notes | Amount in | Notes | Amount in | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023/4 | FY2022/23 | FY2021/22 | ||||||
| Donatons | £18.50 | 1 | £155.00 | £0.00 | ||||
| Grants | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | |||||
| Income from events and actvites | £2,826.81 | £348.72 | £16.00 | |||||
| Membership fees | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | |||||
| Interest | £1.64 | £0.09 | £0.00 | |||||
| Gif Aid | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | |||||
| Total income: | £2,846.95 | £503.81 | £16.00 | |||||
| Expenditure | ||||||||
| Start up costs | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | |||||
| Costs to support events and actvites | £1,230.47 | £214.00 | £0.00 | |||||
| Recurring website costs | £0.00 | £316.78 | 2 | £0.00 | ||||
| Bank account fees | £63.75 | £84.00 | £96.00 | |||||
| Donatons to St Martn's Church | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | |||||
| Total expenditure: | £1,294.22 | £614.78 | £96.00 | |||||
| Surplus for the year | £1,552.73 | -£110.97 | -£80.00 | |||||
| Opening balance at 15 January 2023 | £472.92 | |||||||
| Closing balance at 15 January 2024 | £2,025.65 |
Notes
1 - Amazon Smile
2 - two years' annual subscription to Squarespace for website platform and domain renewal, which is no longer required