
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 1.6.2023 to 31.5.2024** 

## **Charity name: The Kingfisher Funerals Community Charity** 

## **Charity registration number: 1183152** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To advance such charitable purposes as the<br>trustees see fit in St Neots, Huntingdon and St<br>Ives, by providing grants and awards to local<br>organisations|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|We have supported the creation of a baby-loss<br>memorial garden in St Neots during the financial<br>year.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have at all times considered and<br>had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference St Neots Town Council provided with a grant to help build a memorial garden specifically dedicated to baby loss. Summary of the main Para 1.20 achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. 

## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity is in a strong financial position,<br>having spent less than its reserves|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity did not spend all its reserves as<br>funding requests were for less than the accrued<br>bank balance|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£11,655.39|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit<br>Para 1.24<br>Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit<br>Para 1.24<br>Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23|N/A<br>N/A|
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|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|CIO Foundation Structure Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|No change since charity inception. More<br>than 50% of the trustees must be non-<br>related to the company (Kingfisher<br>Independent Funeral Services Ltd)|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Kingfisher Funerals Community Charity|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1183152|
|Charity’s principal address|Gate Lodge, Cemetery Road<br>St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 2BX|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Andrew Hickson|Chair|||
||Catherine Charlton|Trustee|||
||Nicola Juggins|Trustee|||
||Lorraine Inglis|Trustee|||
||Scott Hardiman|Trustee|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** ANDREW JAMES HICKSON CATHERINE NICOLA CHARLTON **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 23rd January 2025 




**Charity Name No (if any) The Kingfisher Funerals Community Charity 1183152 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1.6.2023 30.5.2024 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**5,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,000**<br>**1,500**<br>**1**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **1,501**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**1,501**<br>**3,499**<br>**-**<br>**8,156**<br>**11,655**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**5,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,000**<br>**1,500**<br>**1**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,501**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,501**<br> <br>**3,499**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**5,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,000**<br>**1,500**<br>**1**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,501**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,501**<br> <br>**3,499**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|Donations|**5,000**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**5,000**||**41**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**5,000**|||**5,000**||**41**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**5,000**||**41**|
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|Grants & Awards|**1,500**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**1,500**||**1,546**|
|Bank Charges|**1**|||**1**||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**1,501**|||**1,501**||**1,546**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||||**-**|**1,501**||**1,546**|
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||**8,156**|**-**||**8,156**||**9,661**|
||**11,655**|**-**|**-**|**11,655**||**8,156**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

23/01/2025 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Cash funds at year end 31.5.2023<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**11,655**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**11,655**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>ANDREW HICKSON<br>CATHERINE CHARLTON|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

23/01/2025 

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