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

**From  1 June 2024        Period start date   To    31 May 2025      Period end date** 

## **Charity name:   Market Deeping Model Railway Club CIO** 

## **Charity registration number:  1187779** 

## **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 public education and foster an<br>understanding of the skills, heritage and<br>development of model railways and to<br>develop a high standard of modelling by<br>members of the club.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Club sessions and workshops for<br>members, visits to railway and model<br>railway related exhibitions, an annual<br>exhibition, demonstrations, community<br>outreach projects.|
|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 had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit.|



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

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The charity does not make grants|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|The charity has neither received nor made<br>financial social investment (see below).|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|All activities are undertaken and carried<br>through by volunteers.|
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The charity organised a very successful<br>exhibition which is one of the largest club<br>organised model railway exhibitions in the<br>East Anglia area.<br>The charity undertook a number of<br>outreach projects exhibiting layouts at<br>charity events and educational<br>establishments, which has helped highlight<br>the skills of our members and the profile of<br>the hobby.<br>A number of layout construction projects<br>have been undertaken which have helped<br>members develop their modelling skills|



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

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|The charity met its objectives and the<br>attendance at this year’s exhibition was<br>back to historical figures.  A more robust<br>advertising strategy was employed this<br>year which appears to have successfully<br>improved attendance.|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|The annual show attendance was back to<br>our normal expectations.  This takes place<br>at the end of the financial period and leaves<br>the club in a healthy position compared to<br>the start of this reporting period.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|A suitable investment account has been<br>identified and is expected to be functioning<br>by Q1 of the next financial year.|
|Other||A 60-day deposit account has been opened<br>and an initial deposit made.  This account<br>will earn interest on the working capital i.e.<br>funds ear marked for projects in the next 12<br>months.|





## **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 was seen by its Independent<br>Examiner as being in a strong financial<br>position.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity’s 25-year lease on its premises<br>will be costly to renew. The investment<br>account referred to in Para 1.41 is intended<br>to build reserves to a level sufficient to buy<br>a new lease, thus ensuing the charity’s<br>future is secured.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£45000 to be invested in a CAF fund with<br>£11000 held as working capital for loan<br>repayment and in club developments and<br>ongoing activity.|
|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|No such uncertainties exist|
|**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|Membership subscriptions<br>Annual exhibition<br>Donations|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|1. To allow the charity to continue to<br>invest in the development of its<br>facilities, membership and outreach<br>work<br>2. To secure the future of the charity<br>by ensuring reserves are sufficient<br>to purchase a new lease<br>3. Investments should pose no<br>financial risk to the stability of the<br>charity|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The annual exhibition could pose a financial<br>risk if not organised , managed and<br>appropriately budgeted|
|Other||The charity invests heavily in insurance for<br>the contents of the heritage display, its<br>layouts whilst under construction , in transit<br>and away at exhibitions, trustee indemnity<br>and for the annual exhibition.|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||N/A|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Association|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|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|1. Every charity trustee must be a<br>natural person, eligible and over the<br>age of 18.<br>2. No one is entitled to act as a charity<br>trustee whether on appointment or<br>on any re-appointment until they<br>have expressly acknowledged, in<br>whatever way the charity trustees<br>decide, their acceptance of the<br>office of charity trustee.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|All trustees are made familiar with the<br>history of the charity, its policies,<br>procedures and objectives.|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The charity has a board of trustees with its<br>own Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer<br>dealing with the legal and financial matters<br>affecting the charity.<br>The charity has a committee of members<br>(on which trustees sit ex officio) which<br>administer the charity’s day to day activities|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|The charity maintains cordial relationships<br>with other like-minded organisations and<br>contributes to their events, whilst<br>welcoming any contributions from them to<br>our events but has no formal relationship<br>with them.|
|Other|||



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|All trustees are made familiar with the<br>history of the charity, its policies,<br>procedures and objectives.|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The charity has a board of trustees with its<br>own Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer<br>dealing with the legal and financial matters<br>affecting the charity.<br>The charity has a committee of members<br>(on which trustees sit ex officio) which<br>administer the charity’s day to day activities|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|The charity maintains cordial relationships<br>with other like-minded organisations and<br>contributes to their events, whilst<br>welcoming any contributions from them to<br>our events but has no formal relationship<br>with them.|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Market Deeping Model Railway Club CIO|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1187779|
|Charity’s principal address|47 Deeping St James Road<br>Northborough<br>Peterborough<br>PE6 9BT|





## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Peter Davies|Vice-Chairman|||
||Iain Reeves|Treasurer|||
||Peter Wood|Secretary|||
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||Mark Warrick||||
||David Ashwood||||
||Brian Driscoll||||
||Alan Hancock||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name N/A** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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

Description of the assets N/A 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)** 

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

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

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## **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)** M. Reynolds **Full name(s)** MARTIN GLYN REYNOLDS **Position (eg Secretary,** CHAIRMAN **Chair, etc) Date** 4 March 2026 



## **Market Deeping Model Railway Club CIO** 

## **Registered Charity No 1187779** 

## **Accounts for the year 1st June 2024 to 31st May 2025** 

## **General Revenue and Expenditure Account** 

|**Revenue**<br>Subscriptions<br>Junior/Youth Funds<br>Easy Fundraising<br>Don's Café<br>Amazon Smile<br>Stamford Exhibition<br>Donations<br>HMRC Gift Aid<br>Misc Sales<br>Clothing Sales<br>Pen & Sword<br>Peco Publications<br>TryBookings/SumUp<br>Social Events<br>**Total Revenue**|**2023/2024**<br>**2024/2025**<br>**Expenses**<br>4,332.50<br>£<br>4,918.00<br>£<br>Rent<br>393.75<br>£<br>Website<br>42.88<br>£<br>52.04<br>£<br>Insurance<br>635.91<br>£<br>552.89<br>£<br>Club Layouts etc<br>-<br>£<br>Junior Clubs<br>15,637.00<br>£<br>11,461.51<br>£<br>Registration Fees<br>3,231.06<br>£<br>3,795.45<br>£<br>Stamford Exhibition<br>613.45<br>£<br>445.99<br>£<br>Club House Misc.<br>510.77<br>£<br>323.95<br>£<br>Club Clothing<br>270.00<br>£<br>78.08<br>£<br>Other Expenses<br>2,148.00<br>£<br>1,030.39<br>£<br>Electricity<br>-<br>£<br>Loan Repayment<br>4,736.04<br>£<br>7,602.13<br>£<br>Essendine Lift<br>290.00<br>£<br>1,024.00<br>£<br>Essendine Building<br>Essendine Fittings etc<br>Social Events<br>**32,447.61**<br>**£**<br>**31,678.18**<br>**£**<br>**Total Expenses**|**2023/2024**<br>**2024/2025**<br>**Expenses**<br>4,332.50<br>£<br>4,918.00<br>£<br>Rent<br>393.75<br>£<br>Website<br>42.88<br>£<br>52.04<br>£<br>Insurance<br>635.91<br>£<br>552.89<br>£<br>Club Layouts etc<br>-<br>£<br>Junior Clubs<br>15,637.00<br>£<br>11,461.51<br>£<br>Registration Fees<br>3,231.06<br>£<br>3,795.45<br>£<br>Stamford Exhibition<br>613.45<br>£<br>445.99<br>£<br>Club House Misc.<br>510.77<br>£<br>323.95<br>£<br>Club Clothing<br>270.00<br>£<br>78.08<br>£<br>Other Expenses<br>2,148.00<br>£<br>1,030.39<br>£<br>Electricity<br>-<br>£<br>Loan Repayment<br>4,736.04<br>£<br>7,602.13<br>£<br>Essendine Lift<br>290.00<br>£<br>1,024.00<br>£<br>Essendine Building<br>Essendine Fittings etc<br>Social Events<br>**32,447.61**<br>**£**<br>**31,678.18**<br>**£**<br>**Total Expenses**|**2023/2024**<br>**2024/2025**|**2023/2024**<br>**2024/2025**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||4,332.50<br>£<br>42.88<br>£<br>635.91<br>£<br>15,637.00<br>£<br>3,231.06<br>£<br>613.45<br>£<br>510.77<br>£<br>270.00<br>£<br>2,148.00<br>£<br>4,736.04<br>£<br>290.00<br>£|4,918.00<br>£<br>393.75<br>£<br>52.04<br>£<br>552.89<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>11,461.51<br>£<br>3,795.45<br>£<br>445.99<br>£<br>323.95<br>£<br>78.08<br>£<br>1,030.39<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>7,602.13<br>£<br>1,024.00<br>£|120.00<br>£<br>74.38<br>£<br>1,747.64<br>£<br>4,187.39<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>9,589.94<br>£<br>3,967.41<br>£<br>308.38<br>£<br>706.01<br>£<br>307.08<br>£<br>1,000.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>112.80<br>£<br>181.35<br>£<br>208.51<br>£|120.00<br>£<br>98.39<br>£<br>1,328.94<br>£<br>2,178.99<br>£<br>95.79<br>£<br>115.00<br>£<br>16,380.94<br>£<br>1,138.25<br>£<br>207.31<br>£<br>364.30<br>£<br>268.01<br>£<br>1,000.00<br>£<br>732.00<br>£<br>1,740.00<br>£<br>108.00<br>£<br>1,100.00<br>£|
||**32,447.61**<br>**£**|**31,678.18**<br>**£**|**22,510.89**<br>**£**|**26,975.92**<br>**£**|



|2023/2024<br>2024/2025<br>Amberdale<br>10.50<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>**Brought**<br>**Forward**<br>**Carried**<br>**Forward**<br>Canons Cross<br>-<br>£<br>Unrestricted Funds<br>45,587.23<br>£<br>49,480.53<br>£<br>Mitchell Junction<br>2,154.53<br>£<br>894.30<br>£<br>Interest Free Loan<br>8,000.00<br>£<br>7,000.00<br>£<br>Market Obthorpe<br>317.21<br>£<br>262.42<br>£<br>Other Restricted Funds<br>-<br>£<br>808.96<br>£<br>0 Gauge<br>13.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Sutterton<br>-<br>£<br>Barclays Charity Account<br>53,587.23<br>£<br>57,289.49<br>£<br>Woodcroft<br>-<br>£<br>CAF 60 Day Deposit<br>-<br>£<br>1,000.00<br>£<br>DCC Deeping Road<br>50.98<br>£<br>36.51<br>£<br>Investment Account<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Euston Junction<br>-<br>£<br>New 009<br>-<br>£<br>Holcombe Beach<br>1,267.11<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Peterborough East<br>374.06<br>£<br>193.02<br>£<br>Wipton<br>12.11<br>£<br>Inglenook<br>274.47<br>£<br>Common Control Equipment<br>506.16<br>£<br>General Repairs etc<br>-<br>£<br>**Club Funds at Year End**<br>**53,587.23**<br>**£**<br>**58,289.49**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>4,187.39<br>£<br>2,178.99<br>£<br>**Bank Reconciliation**<br>**Layout Expenses**|2023/2024<br>2024/2025<br>Amberdale<br>10.50<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>**Brought**<br>**Forward**<br>**Carried**<br>**Forward**<br>Canons Cross<br>-<br>£<br>Unrestricted Funds<br>45,587.23<br>£<br>49,480.53<br>£<br>Mitchell Junction<br>2,154.53<br>£<br>894.30<br>£<br>Interest Free Loan<br>8,000.00<br>£<br>7,000.00<br>£<br>Market Obthorpe<br>317.21<br>£<br>262.42<br>£<br>Other Restricted Funds<br>-<br>£<br>808.96<br>£<br>0 Gauge<br>13.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Sutterton<br>-<br>£<br>Barclays Charity Account<br>53,587.23<br>£<br>57,289.49<br>£<br>Woodcroft<br>-<br>£<br>CAF 60 Day Deposit<br>-<br>£<br>1,000.00<br>£<br>DCC Deeping Road<br>50.98<br>£<br>36.51<br>£<br>Investment Account<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Euston Junction<br>-<br>£<br>New 009<br>-<br>£<br>Holcombe Beach<br>1,267.11<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Peterborough East<br>374.06<br>£<br>193.02<br>£<br>Wipton<br>12.11<br>£<br>Inglenook<br>274.47<br>£<br>Common Control Equipment<br>506.16<br>£<br>General Repairs etc<br>-<br>£<br>**Club Funds at Year End**<br>**53,587.23**<br>**£**<br>**58,289.49**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>4,187.39<br>£<br>2,178.99<br>£<br>**Bank Reconciliation**<br>**Layout Expenses**|2023/2024<br>2024/2025<br>Amberdale<br>10.50<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>**Brought**<br>**Forward**<br>**Carried**<br>**Forward**<br>Canons Cross<br>-<br>£<br>Unrestricted Funds<br>45,587.23<br>£<br>49,480.53<br>£<br>Mitchell Junction<br>2,154.53<br>£<br>894.30<br>£<br>Interest Free Loan<br>8,000.00<br>£<br>7,000.00<br>£<br>Market Obthorpe<br>317.21<br>£<br>262.42<br>£<br>Other Restricted Funds<br>-<br>£<br>808.96<br>£<br>0 Gauge<br>13.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Sutterton<br>-<br>£<br>Barclays Charity Account<br>53,587.23<br>£<br>57,289.49<br>£<br>Woodcroft<br>-<br>£<br>CAF 60 Day Deposit<br>-<br>£<br>1,000.00<br>£<br>DCC Deeping Road<br>50.98<br>£<br>36.51<br>£<br>Investment Account<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Euston Junction<br>-<br>£<br>New 009<br>-<br>£<br>Holcombe Beach<br>1,267.11<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Peterborough East<br>374.06<br>£<br>193.02<br>£<br>Wipton<br>12.11<br>£<br>Inglenook<br>274.47<br>£<br>Common Control Equipment<br>506.16<br>£<br>General Repairs etc<br>-<br>£<br>**Club Funds at Year End**<br>**53,587.23**<br>**£**<br>**58,289.49**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>4,187.39<br>£<br>2,178.99<br>£<br>**Bank Reconciliation**<br>**Layout Expenses**|
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||10.50<br>£<br>2,154.53<br>£<br>317.21<br>£<br>13.00<br>£<br>50.98<br>£<br>1,267.11<br>£<br>374.06<br>£|-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>894.30<br>£<br>262.42<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>36.51<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>193.02<br>£<br>12.11<br>£<br>274.47<br>£<br>506.16<br>£<br>-<br>£|
||4,187.39<br>£|2,178.99<br>£|



## **Increase/Decreases in the Year** 

|**Club Funds**<br>**Income - Expenditure**<br>Revenue<br>Expenses<br>**Outstanding Debtors**<br>Stamford Exhibition<br>Others|**23/24**<br>**9,936.72**<br>**£**<br>**23/24**<br>1,124.00<br>£|**24/25**<br>**4,702.26**<br>**£**<br>**4,702.26**<br>**£**<br>**769.43**<br>**-£**<br>**4,465.03**<br>**£**<br>**5,234.46**<br>**£**<br>**24/25**<br>5,270.00<br>£<br>5,270.00<br>£|**_Note_**<br>_CAF 60 Day Deposit Account opened_<br>_Investment account opening in progress_<br>**Outstanding Creditors**<br>**23/24**<br>**24/25**<br>Interest Free Loan<br>8,000.00<br>£<br>7,000.00<br>£<br>Venue Hire<br>3,074.50<br>£<br>3,305.08<br>£<br>11,074.50<br>£<br>10,305.08<br>£|**_Note_**<br>_CAF 60 Day Deposit Account opened_<br>_Investment account opening in progress_<br>**Outstanding Creditors**<br>**23/24**<br>**24/25**<br>Interest Free Loan<br>8,000.00<br>£<br>7,000.00<br>£<br>Venue Hire<br>3,074.50<br>£<br>3,305.08<br>£<br>11,074.50<br>£<br>10,305.08<br>£|**_Note_**<br>_CAF 60 Day Deposit Account opened_<br>_Investment account opening in progress_<br>**Outstanding Creditors**<br>**23/24**<br>**24/25**<br>Interest Free Loan<br>8,000.00<br>£<br>7,000.00<br>£<br>Venue Hire<br>3,074.50<br>£<br>3,305.08<br>£<br>11,074.50<br>£<br>10,305.08<br>£|
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||1,124.00<br>£|5,270.00<br>£||11,074.50<br>£|10,305.08<br>£|





CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Roport to the trusto88
Market Deèping Mcrfjel Raiw Club CIO
On accounts for the year
ended
31 May 2025
Charlty no
(if any)
1187779
Set out on pago•
I report to the truste83 on my examination of the accounts ofthe above
charity Ilh8 Trust'l for the year ended 3110512024.
Respon•ibiliti08 and
bas1$ of report
As the charity's truste￿, you are responsibl8 for the prep8r81ion of the
accounts in acc¢Jrdance wrth the requirements of the Chartties Act 2011
(￿ Act).
I report in resFeCt of my examination of the Trust's accounts ca￿19d out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Direclh?n8 given by Ihe Charty Commission
under section 14515)Ib} of Ihe Act.
Independent
examlnerfs statement
I have compbted my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the exaMWiat￿n which gives me
cause lo believ8 that in. any matenal respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act; or
the accounts dKI not &o)rd with the &counting record8'. or
the accounts dKJ not compty wrth the applicable requirements
cnnceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charit¢es
{Accounts and Rep(Kts} Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that Ihe accounts grve a Irue and fairf view which Is not a matter
n8￿￿ered as part of an independenl examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a wop8r understanding of Ihe accounts to be reached.
Slgned:
1410712025
Name:
Nicholas Evans
Relevant professional l FCA
qualificationls) or body
(rf any):
Address:
23 High Street Market Deeping Lincolnshi￿ PE6 8ED
IER
Oct 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Onty complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and
guidance for examiners).
Givo horn brief dotails of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
dlsclose.
IER
Oct 2018