SRP Chairs report 2025
This year has been a very difficult year for the Trust, we lost one of our Trustees, Frances Buckingham, who passed away after a short illness, Frances was instrumental in setting up the SRP Charitable Trust and always made sure we stayed within our commitments, she will be missed. Rhys Jenkins who was our contact with NRW, passed away following a road accident, Rhys was a huge help in getting NRW to commit to all the work that has been done to date and he wanted to ensure the Pillar was repaired, Rhys was a true gentleman that we were privileged to have worked with, our condolences and thoughts have been with his whole family.
WE have restarted meetings with NRW and Cadw, they have informed us that the condition of the Pillar is such that it is impossible to actually repair the Pillar, the base is ok but the upper part of the Pillar will need to be taken down and rebuilt, Cadw have accepted that this is the only option and will work with NRW to get it rebuilt as close to the original as possible, this will obviously increase the estimated costs.
That has led us into looking at what funding opportunities there are and how we make it into a suitable project that funders would be willing to grant us funding, we are currently looking into options for applying to the Heritage Lottery Fund, the first step is to make an Expression of Interest, it is imperative we get this right to ensure we are able to put in a full application, now that we are looking for external funding, we will now need to carry out some major fund raising as no funders will provide 100% of the costs of the project.
Whilst we have not been able to move forward the Trustees still maintain a positive attitude and are continuing to work to our original aim of repairing the Pillar for future generations.
Bill Lee
Chair of Trustees
SRP
**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1186259**
## **SAVE RODNEY’S PILLAR**
**ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 30[TH] SEPTEMBER 2024**
**Robert Davies & Co 4 Sweetlake Court Mercian Close Shrewsbury SY3 9GE**
## **SAVE RODNEY’S PILLAR**
## **Year Ended 30[th] September 2024**
## LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
|CHARITY NUMBER:|1186259|
|---|---|
|ADDRESS OF CHARITY:|The Crest|
||Llandysilio|
||Llanymynech|
||SY22 6QZ|
|TRUSTEES:|David Roberts|
||Elizabeth Dawson|
||William James Lee|
||Stephen Williams|
||Heather Hobman|
||Frances Buckingham|
|BANKERS:|NatWest|
||P O Box 5|
||Owain Glyndwr Square|
||Aberystwyth|
||Ceredigion|
||SY23 2NB|
|INDEPENDENT EXAMINER:|Mr Robert Davies|
||Robert Davies & Co|
||4 Sweetlake Court|
||Mercian Close|
||Shrewsbury|
||SY3 9GE|
## TRUSTEES REPORT:
Save Rodney’s Pillar became a registered charity on 11 November 2019 as a Service Provider.
The objectives of the charity are to restore and preserve the monument “Rodney’s Pillar”
The charity is controlled by trustees elected at general meetings and is run on a democratic basis.
The charity has undertaken fund raising activities during the year ended 30[th] September 2024 and raised awareness of the campaign to save Rodney’s Pillar.
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## **SAVE RODNEY'S PILLAR**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
## **Year Ended 30 September 2024**
**----- Start of picture text -----**
2024 2023
Income £ £ £ £
Donations 0 13
0 13
Expenses
Postage 0 19
Ballot software 74 76
74 95
Net (Deficit)/Surplus -74 -82
**----- End of picture text -----**
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## **SAVE RODNEY'S PILLAR**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## **As at 30 September 2024**
|**Current Assets**
Natwest Bank Current Account
**Current Liabilities**
Creditors
**Represented by:**
**Accumulated Fund**
Brought forward
(Deficit)/Surplus from
Receipts and Payments Account|**2024**
**£**
**2,648**
**2,648**
**0**
**2,648**
**2,722**
**-74**
**2,648**|**2023**
**£**
**2,722**|
|---|---|---|
|||**2,722**
**0**|
|||**2,722**|
|||**2,804**
**-82**|
|||**2,722**|
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **SAVE RODNEY’S PILLAR TRUST**
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 30[th ] September 2024 which are set out on pages 2 to 3.
## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this period under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) or under Regulation 10(1)(d) of The Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (the 2006 Accounts Regulations) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 and section 44(1)(c) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (the 2005 Act)
- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission and is accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. 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 next statement.
## **Independent Examiners Statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and section 44(1)(a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act and section 44(1)(b) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 9 of the 2006 Regulations
- have not been met or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **ROBERT DAVIES ROBERT DAVIES & CO**
4 Sweetlake Court, Mercian Close, Shrewsbury, SY3 9GE Date: 19[th] June 2025
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