## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1[st] January 2024 **Period start date To** 31[st] December 2024 **Period end date** **Charity name:** The Friends of St James' Church Hamsterley, County Durham **Charity registration number:** 1184033 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance culture and heritage in and
around Hamsterley, County Durham, in
particular by assisting in the preservation,
maintenance, repair and improvement of
the fabrics, fittings and contents of the
church of St James, Hamsterley and its
grounds.| |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|Through targeted fundraising, by seeking
donations and legacies, and by promoting
the history of St James’ church, the charity
exists to advance culture and heritage in
and around Hamsterley, County Durham.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Yes| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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 charity made grants to St James’
Church to preserve the structure of the
Grade I listed building.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|St James Church is considering undergoing
a major re-ordering program, and as a
result only made requests for funding for
urgent repairs this calendar year. The
closing balance therefore increased to
£13,171| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity has no policy for holding
reserves.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|The charity does not anticipate having any
uncovered liabilities or other reason for
holding reserves| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Nil| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
Membership subscriptions and donations at
events| |---|---|---| |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||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution/Articles of Association| |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|Trustees are appointed by resolution
passed at a Trustee’s meeting.
The treasurer of St James’ PCC is entitled
to be a trustee, ex officio, but has not taken
up office.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Friends of St James' Church Hamsterley, County
Durham| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1184033| |Charity’s principal address|Orchard View, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, County
Durham, DL13 3PP| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dominic Bayne|Chair||| ||AdyDavis|Treasurer||| ||Jonathan Ward|||| ||Kate Bonas||Until 02.07.25|| ||Kira Bayne|||| ||MarneySwan|||| ||Neil Holloway|||| ||Julieanne Weir|||| ||Barbara-Helen
Carter-Ward|||| ||Gayle Fidler|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** None Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |None||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the Not applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not applicable 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)** DOMINIC BAYNE **Full name(s)** Dominic Richard Noel Bayne **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** **Date** 29.11.25 **Charity Name No (if any) Friends of St James' Church Hamsterley 1184033** ## **Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y** ## **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1/1/2024 12/31/2024 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** **Total funds Last year** **to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |S01 Donations|||**878**||||**-**||||**-**||||**878**||||**-**|| |S03 Other tradingactivity|||**334**||||**-**||||**-**||||**334**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |
**_Sub total_**(Gross income for AR)|||**1,212**||||**-**||||**-**||||**1,212**||||**-**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|||||| |||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **||**1,212**||||**-**||||**-**||||**1,212**||||**-**|| ## **A3 Payments** |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |S08 RaisingFunds|**106**||**-**||**-**||**106**||**-**| |S09 Charitable activities|**740**||**-**||**-**||**740**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| 11/29/2025 1 ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**846**||**-**||**-**||**846**||**-**| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_**||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **||**846**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**846**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**366**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**366**||||**-**||| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**12,805**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**12,805**||||**-**||| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**13,171**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**13,171**||||**-**||| |||||||||||||||||||||||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**13,171**
**-**
**-**
**13,171**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| 11/29/2025 2 ## **B2 Other monetary assets** ## **B3 Investment assets** **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** |**Details**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
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**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
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**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
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approval| ||||Ady|Davis|||19/11/2025| ||||||||| 11/29/2025 4