## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: Period start date:** 01 September 2024 **To: Period end date:** 31 August 2025
**Charity name:** The Abingdon Passion Play
**Charity registration number:** 1183512
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of
the purposes
of the charity
as set out in
its governing
document|Para 1.17|Promotion of the Christian faith by holding various events,
particularly a regularly performed Passion Play.
a) To put on Passion Play in Abingdon , and if possible
every 3 years
b) To advance the Christian faith by portraying the
Passion of Jesus Christ and its relevance today.
c) To involve members of the local community in Abingdon
in the production.
d) To highlight the importance of music and drama as
religious and cultural activities.|
|Summary of
the main
activities in
relation to
those
purposes for
the public
benefit, in
particular, the
activities,
projects or
services
identified in
the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|
This was a year of recovery for Abingdon Passion Play,
finalising the expenditure for the previous year’s passion
play and organising an event for previous performers. All
expenditure was towards the Passion Play|
|Statement
confirming
whether the
trustees have
had regard to
the guidance
issued by the
Charity
Commission
on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the guidance of the
Charity 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**
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|Summary of the main
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.|Para 1.20|The main achievements were ensuring the
longevity of Abingdon Passion Play. By
allowing the committee to recover, keeping
in touch with previous participants, and
having regular meetings, trustees have
ensured that work can continue with
organising future Passion Plays, spreading
the Gospel to our community.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Para 1.41
||Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
Investment performance
against objectives
Para 1.41
Other|
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Charity has a closing balance of £165
Events detailed in Para 1.20.|
|
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity is committed to holding a
production of a passion play generally on a
3-year cycle and so aims to raise funds to
enable a production to be put on, after
which any excess funds will form the basis
of the fundraising for the next production.
Therefore, there is no specific policy on
holding a reserve. The charity is not
committed to any ongoing or continuous
expenses.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£165**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No funds are materially in deficit|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No uncertainties|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||None|
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by the charity’s AGM|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Abingdon Passion Play|
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Other name the charity uses|
None|
|Registered charity number|1183512|
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Charity’s principal address|5 Nuneham Square
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 1EH|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**
**Nam**
**e of**
**pers**
**on**
**(or**
**bod**
**y)**
**entit**
**led**
**to**
**app**
**oint**
**trust**
**ee**
**(if**
**any)**|
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||David Pope|Chair||
||John Clare|||
||Joyce Kelly|Secretary||
||Samuel Poyton|Treasurer||
||Anne Green|||
||Jane Cadogan|||
||Sarah Mears|||
||Eliane Pony|||
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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
held in this capacity|None|
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|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|None|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|None|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **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)** Eliane Pony **Full name(s)** Eliane Pony **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 23/06/2026
Joyce Kelly Secretary
|||**Abingdon Passion**|**Abingdon Passion**|**Play**|**Play**|**Play**|**Play**||||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||||||
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|||**Abingdon Passion**||**Play**|||||||||**1183512**|||||||||
|||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||||||||||||||**CC16a**||
|||**For the period**
**from**|||||Period start date
01/09/2024|||||**To**|||Period end date
31/08/2025|||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||||||||||||
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**funds**||||**Total funds**||||**Last year**||
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|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||||
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|Raising funds||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||
|Expenditure on charitable events||**-**|**597-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**597-**|||**-**|**--**||
|Liability insurance||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**168-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**168-**|||**-**|**--**||
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|Expenditure on charitable events||**-**|**597-**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**597-**|||**-**|**--**|||
|Liability insurance||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**168-**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**168-**|||**-**|**--**|||
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|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**--**|||**-**|**--**|||
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**-**|**597-**|||**-**|**168-**|||**-**|**--**||||**-**|**765-**|||**-**|**--**|||
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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B1 Cash funds Metro Bank Account 165 - -
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Total cash funds 165 - -
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|**B2 Other monetary assets**
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**charity’s own use**
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