## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 January 2023 To 31 December 2023** ## **Charity name: Pevensey Church Farm Trust** ## **Charity registration number: 1189682** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Advancement of the Christian religion**
**by the extension of the Pevensey**
**churchyard and maintenance of Church**
**Farm field as a tranquil and attractive**
**area**| |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|**Church Farm field has been maintained**
**as a tranquil and attractive area. Scope**
**for extending the churchyard is limited**
**by environmental and archaeological**
**requirements and the associated costs.**| |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 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** ||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 grazing agreement with the existing**
**tenant was renewed for 3 years from 1**
**April 2022 with a small rent increase in**
**line with inflation. This has enabled the**
**Trust to cover its costs while**
**maintaining the field as a tranquil and**
**attractive area pending further**
**consideration of the scope for a**
**churchyard extension or other**
**appropriate use of the field.**| ## **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|**There has been a slight improvement in**
**the Trust’s financial position.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**There are no reserves, just a small**
**fluctuating cash surplus**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**There are not sufficient funds available**| |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|| |---|---|---| |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**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |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|**Vicar of Pevensey is ex officio, others**
**are appointed by existing trustees**| ## **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|Pevensey Church Farm Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1189682| |Charity’s principal address|Marsh Hall, Church Lane, Pevensey, East Sussex BN24 5LD| ||| **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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||SDH Sargent|Chair||| ||P Lowton|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 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)** Peter Lowton **Full name(s)** Simon David Haigh Sargent **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 16 August 2024 **Charity Name No (if any) Pevensey Church Farm Trust 1189682 Receipts and payments accounts** **No (if any) 1189682 pts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** Period start date Period end date **To** 1-Jan-23 31-Dec-23 **For the period from** ## **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** **Total funds Last year** **to the nearest £** **to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**576**||**-**||**-**||**576**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**576**
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**_Total receipts_ 576**
**A3 Payments**
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**_Sub total_ 391**
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**_Total payments_ 391**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 185**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
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**A6 Cash funds last year end**
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**_Cash funds this year end_ 817**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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**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
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Simon Sargent
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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OK
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Print Name
Simon David Haigh Sargent
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**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**
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approval| ||Simon Sargent|Simon David Haigh Sargent|16.8.2024| |||||