Annual report for Friends of Fawley Church for Charity Commission – March 2025
The Friends of Fawley Church was founded in February 2021 with the objec:ve, ‘To preserve, maintain and enhance the ancient Church and Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Fawley as a place of worship and gathering for the greater benefit of the community’.
building works. The whole community benefited from the new kitchen, disabled WC, flexible sea:ng, good hea:ng, sound and ligh:ng. A café was held every Saturday morning in May and June, bringing in new visitors as well as locals and with many volunteers helping make it a success.
Events included a popular Midsummer Supper, nature talk, medita:on and poetry groups, opera evening, Christmas Fair, and first aid training – all designed to bring the community together and raise much-needed funds for future works at the church as well as suppor:ng other chari:es. The church con:nues to be a place of worship and provides an enhanced and more welcoming environment for many religious celebra:ons.
We are thankful that fellow trustees and other volunteers are ensuring that the church is benefi:ng the whole community.
Julia Ogilvy Chair of the FFC
Section B Balance sheet R•8trlcknd Incom• fund• ' Unr•8trlclJd lund¥ Endwm•nt T(thl th1• fund• y•ar Ta•al la Flxed assets Intanglblo assotg Tanglblo assets Hgrftage asset• Inve•tments F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 -(Note 15) -(Note 14) (Note 16) (Notg 17) Total Ilxed asuts Current assets Stocks (Notè 18) Debtors (Noto 191 Inve•tm•nts (Note 17A) Cagh at bank and In hand (Noto 24 Total cuffont •48•ts 33,495 33,495 33,495 33.495 B10 45.272 Credltors: amounts falllng du• wfthln ong ygar (Not• 20) Net curnt •ss•trfll•bllltl•s) B12 23.520 23.520 668 TO¢ assets l•ss curnt Il•bllltl•s , B13 23.520 2.570 Cradltars: amount• lalllng du• aft•r on• yoar (Not• 20) Provl•lon* lor Ilablllll B15 Total n•t •8sets orllabllltl•• Funds of the Charfty_.- Endowment fund• (Not• 27) Ra•trfct•d Incom• funds.0 27) Unmtrlctod fund• Rovaluatlon r•Mrvo B16 23.520 817 B18 819 Tot•1 lunds 23,520 23,520 SSgn•d by on• or tW8teè8 on beha of #ll the tsu8tse8 Date ol app¥81 ddlTrYrlMI Slgnaturo Prknt Name C M Colla8 1710812025
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Roport to tho trusteesl membern of Frl8nds of Fawley church On accounts for tho year ended 311t December 2024 1193351 Charlty no (If any) Sot out ¢Jn pago8 I r8POrt to the trustees on my 8xaminatlon of th8 accounts of th8 above charfty (Ihe Trust") for the year ended 3111212024. Rgsponslbllltl•¥ and As the tharlty trustees of the Tnjst. you arB r88ponslble for th8 preparaOn ba81s of rnport of the accounts In accordanc8 wlth the requirements of the charie8 Act 2011 fth8 Acr). I r8port in respect of my examlnatlon of th8 TrusY8 aCunts carrf8d out under section 145 of tPK8 2011 Act and in carrying OLrt my examination. I have follow8d the appllcable Dlredons given by the Charity Cornmlsslon under sedon 145(5)(b) of the ACL I have compl8ted my examlnation. I conflm) that no material matters hav8 (x)me to my att8ntlon (other than that dlsclosèd below.) in connedlon wlth the axamination whlch gives me cause to belleve that In, any material respect.. accounting recnrds were not kept In accordance th section 130 of the Act or the ac(x)unts do rK)t accord the accountlng records I have no conc8ms and have com8 across no other matters in nneCn the examlnatlon to vthlch attentlon should be drawn in order to enabl8 a proper under5t8ndlng of the accounts to be reached. ' Pl8asg delete the words In the brack6ts rfthey do not8ppIy. Dato: Independent examln8Vs statement Slgned: Namo: Rolevant prof•sslonal qualfflcatlon(s) or body Ill an. Addrmg: Lower Woodend Farni Fawley. Henley-on-Thames RG9 6JF IER OCtor 2018