## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/05/2023 To** **30/04/24** ## **Charity name:Friends of Garway Church** ## **Charity registration number:1187572** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The Purposes of the CIO are to help**
**restore, conserve, maintain and improve**
**the fabric, furnishings and fittings of the**
**Parish Church of St Michael’s Garway in**
**the Diocese of Hereford and to:**
**(I) Support the upkeep of the**
**building, monuments, ornaments**
**and chattels both in the church**
**and its grounds.**
**(II) Foster public interest in the**
**building 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|**A “Mediaeval Fayre” was held in June**
**2023. which was a successful fund**
**raising event .**
**Church Tours.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We confirm that the trustees have regard**
**to the guidance issued by the Charities**
**Commission on public benefit as stated**
**in our CIO**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**| |||| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**General maintenance of the church and**
**churchyard. Assisting with fund raising**
**events.**| |---|---|---| |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 Friends of Garway Church work with**
**the PCC and the Diocese. There are**
**regular inspections and assessment of**
**the building.**
**Also, applying for grants to cover the**
**cost of necessary repairs. The long-term**
**maintenance of the Church is ongoing.**| ## **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|**The popularity of Church Tours and Teas**
**continues to generate much needed**
**funds.**
**More planned Medieval events are a**
**possibility in 2025.**| |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|**The balance as of 30th April 2024 was**
**£13410.20.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We maintain a credit balance to cover any**
**unexpected or planned expenditure**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£13410.20.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| **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 of FoGC.**
**Donations**
**Church Tour and Teas**
**Local village events**
**Grants**| |---|---|---| |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|**We continue to raise the funds necessary**
**to carry out essential work to the church.**
**If the funding is not forthcoming the**
**church is at risk of further deterioration.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated**
**Organisation whose only voting members**
**are its charity trustees. ('Foundation'**
**model constitution)**| |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|**The trust is managed by a committee of**
**up to 12 trustees who are appointed at**
**the Annual General Meeting (AGM), of the**
**charity. The charity trustees manage the**
**affairs of the CIO and may for that**
**purpose exercise all the powers of the**
**CIO. There must be at least three charity**
**trustees. If the number falls below this**
**minimum, the remaining trustee or**
**trustees may act only to call a meeting of**
**the charity trustees or appoint a new**
**charity trustee. During any one year the**
**charity trustees may appoint additional**
**trustees up to a maximum number of 12.**
**The charity trustees may not appoint any**
**charity trustee if as a result the number**
**of charity trustees would exceed the**
**maximum. All trustees will stand down at**
**the next Annual General Meeting (AGM).**
**Every trustee shall be appointed for a**
**term of one year. In selecting individuals**
**for appointment as charity trustees, the**
**charity trustees must have regard to the**
**skills, knowledge and experience needed**
**for the effective administration of the**
**CIO.**| ## **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|**We work closely with the PCC and have**
**two PCC representatives who are FoGC**
**trustees.**| Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Friends of Garway Church| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|FoGC| |Registered charity number|1187572| |Charity’s principal address|CAE-DUFF
GARWAY COMMON
GARWAY
HR2 8RF| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**| |---|---|---|---| ||**Martin Thomas**|**Chair**|| ||**Lynn Patricia Osborne**|**Secretary**|| ||**Pearl Irene Beach**|**Treasurer**|| ||**Nigel William Deeley**|**PCC Representative**|| ||**Tracy Somerville**|**Church Warden**|| ||**Susan Caroline Thomas**||| ||**Lesley Vera Whistance**||| ||**Brian Thomas**||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| – 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 Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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 adviser Name** **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)** PEARL IRENE BEACH **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Treasurer **Date** 01/19/25 ||**Charity Name**

**Friends of Garway Church**
|**Charity Name**

**Friends of Garway Church**
|**Charity Name**

**Friends of Garway Church**
|**No (if any)**
**1187572**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/05/23|**To**|Period end date
30/04/24|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Uid**||**Rid**|**Ed**||| |**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**6,160**
Membership
**615**
Fund Raising
**1,606**
Grant
**500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,881**
**-**
**-**
~~**_Sub total_**~~**-**
**_Total receipts_ 8,881**
**A3 Payments**
**-**
Hall
**122**
Repairs and Maintenance
**25**
Legal Costs
**1,632**
Printing/Promotions
**29**
Bat Survey
**936**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_** **2,744**
**None**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_** **-**
**_Total payments_ 2,744**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_** **6,137**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_** **6,137**
**nrestrcte**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
~~**_Sub total_**~~~~_(Gross income for AR)_~~
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**estrcte**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**nowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**6,160**
**615**
**1,606**
**500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,881**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,881**
**-**
**122**
**25**
**1,632**
**29**
**936**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,744**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,744**
**6,137**
**-**
**-**
**6,137**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**6,160**|**-**| |||||**615**|**-**| |||||**1,606**|**-**| |||||**500**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**8,881**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**8,881**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||**122**|**-**| |||||**25**|**-**| |||||**1,632**|**-**| |||||**29**|**-**| |||||**936**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**2,744**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**2,744**|**-**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**6,137**|**-**| |||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**||**6,137**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on|**Details**
Charities Bank Account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**13,410**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,410**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
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