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2022-12-31-accounts

Annual report and accounts

for the year to 31 December 2022

Registered Charity Number 1193466

St Peter’s Shared Church - Annual Report 2022

Church details and correspondence address

St Peter’s Shared Church 37 Hazel Avenue Guildford, GU1 1NP

Since the end of the financial year, St Peter’s Shared Church has completed its registration by the Charity Commission and is now registered with registration number 1193466

Shared Church Council members

Incumbent The Rev’d Kirsten Rosslyn-Smith Wardens Peter Bedser Sara Smith Licensed Lay Minister Stephen Pugh Representatives of Debbie Ewins Deanery Synod Sarah Cummings Elected Members Helen Luckett Jonny Snowball Judy Hayes (Until April 2022) Julie Clarke Karen Collins Niki Vardy (from April 2022) Virginia Emmings

Free Church Representatives Sara Smith Phyllis Green Co-opted (not voting) Rosie Clarke Administrator / Secretary

Bankers

CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue West Malling, ME19 4JQ

Independent Examiner

William Gerard Devanney, BA, FCMA Wisteria Cottage 91 Kennel Ride Ascot, SL5 7NU

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St Peter’s Shared Church - Annual Report 2022 (cont.)

Objectives and activities

St Peter’s Shared Church Council (SCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in promoting the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical in the ecclesiastical parish. The SCC is made up of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) and the Free Church Council. The SCC has the maintenance responsibility for the Church and hall complex in Hazel Avenue.

Achievements and performance

2022 has been a year that has had lots of community events: a Jubilee party hosted on Sunday, our building launch event, the fun day ran for the first time since 2019 and we had lots of people coming to it, screening of the Queen’s funeral which drew 30 people to church and offering a book of condolence, we also has a community Christmas fair too.

We have had a lot of celebrations too – Baptisms in June on Pentecost Sunday and Sunday Funday has continued to grow and has a thriving group of families with under 5’s as well as primary aged children. Our Toddler group, Funky Monkey’s, is full most weeks with 70 families on the books and continues with a booking system with 28 child places – It has a committed group of volunteers working with Cassie. The young people’s group yrs 6-8 led by Cassie and Phyllis has grown and having taken in more new year 7’s in September will become two groups. We have David Cowan and Debbie Ewins lined up to take the other group in the new year. The yr13 group run by Piers and Chantelle moved at the end of the academic year to become a post school group with the two members meeting with leaders when they can. It still runs about fortnightly.

In 2022 Cassie went into Weyfield to do assemblies and at Easter we ran Easter encounter here for several classes. A Christmas adventure was also taken into Weyfield with volunteers from both St Peter’s and St Johns. Weyfield also came to St Peter’s for a Harvest service and a Christingle service. We hosted services for each year group from Christ’s College during Lent and Cassie started going into school once a fortnight to encourage the young people at the flourishing Wednesday youth groups and help out with the Christian Union.

Lent saw us have 2 courses on Prayer; one here in St Peters with Bob and Kirsten and one joint with Burpham, St Johns and Christchurch which Stephen and Jenny went as group leaders.

We had several baptisms, one on Pentecost Sunday, and then a cohort of young people from age 6-13 were baptised in July. These were both full immersion baptisms. We also had two infant baptisms too; a 6 month old and a 2 year old on different Sundays. It has been a delight to see people growing in faith in 2022 and we held two Alpha courses; one after toddlers in the Spring term and one in the evenings in the Autumn. Through these courses, we have seen people find faith and others have had their faith strengthened.

New this year was the Oak Café growing out of our fundraising project for the building. Starting in May, it has grown and developed – it began in the church but over the winter has moved into the hall and became a warm hub giving a warm space on a Tuesday morning for anyone who needs. It has a great team of volunteers with pastoral skills who welcome and care for everyone who comes. This has great potential for adding in other community activities and over the last quarter of the year planning began on a Community Pantry opening in early 2023. The development of the community pantry has moved forward as Stoke Community Support came to an end, having been a pandemic response delivering frozen meals. With the cost of living crises effecting so many in our community, SCC felt the Pantry would be a way of giving food generously and enabling our community to contribute to this too. There are plans to open this whilst Oak café is on and also on Saturday mornings. We have helped 3 or 4 families with small loans or gifts from the Care and Share fund as well as being able to give small gifts of encouragement to those who needed it over Christmas.

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St Peter’s Shared Church - Annual Report 2022 (cont.)

We further developed our building plans, after a successful funding launch in April and generous giving with pledges over the next 3 years our building fund is slowly growing. We made a launch video and some churches have been particularly generous to us. We have spent time working on the plans to deliver more sections of the building in hopefully a shorter timeframe and in early 2023 were granted planning permission for the whole development scheme. We have had a second Winter without heating and one of the priorities has been to research and cost new heating types and sources. We hope to have the heating in before Winter 2023.

Over the Summer we had holiday club super heroes. Over the Autumn we had an SCC awayday and we have focused on caring and providing for our community with the Food Pantry and moving further forward with the building process. We also started the process of applying for money to keep our children and families worker role for another 3 years which is vital to our growth here.

Cook and Eat got some funding from the Bishop of Guildford Foundation and has run several courses with sessions for families it has been a brilliant project and we hope to continue it if at all possible.

Thanks to Bob, small groups, some new and some old started meeting together over the Autumn and we hope to add more to these over the year.

Christmas services were busy with the first carol service back in church since 2019 which lots of people came to. Christingle was busy and the crib service was the most full it has been for at least 6 years! This is very much due to the great work that Cassie and the team are doing. Midnight and Christmas day services were good and well attended too.

This year having has a period of illness and time off I am indebted to our leadership team Sara, Peter and Stephen and also to Jonny, Bob and Cassie too. All the services continued. I was really well supported and everyone has carried various parts of leading church along with the rest of SCC. The pastoral team have been amazing too and many more I have failed to mention. St Peter’s is a very special church family who love Jesus and everyone who comes through the door.

We are so grateful to God for all his gifts to us and for the joy of seeing lives transformed and seeing God at work amongst us – we look forward to seeing what he will do with us in this next year – we continue to pray for provision for what He wants to achieve in our lives and in our community.

Governance

The members of the SCC are elected by those on the Free Church Roll, or by members of the Anglican Roll as members of the PCC. For the Anglican Roll they are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. Details of those serving on the SCC are shown on page 1. Any member having served for three consecutive years must stand for re-election if they wish to continue serving. The Church employed Rosie Clarke as the Church Administrator. She attends SCC meetings but is unable to vote at the church council as she is an employee.

The SCC operates with Committees together with various ad hoc working groups targeted on specific tasks.

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St Peter’s Shared Church - Annual Report 2022 (cont.)

Key Matters discussed

During the year we have continued to discuss and keep an eye on safeguarding (no major issues this year), the building project – refining planning, finance and church heating options, finance is always a topic for discussion and God continues to be faithful as we agreed the annual tithe and looked at funding opportunities. We continued work on all the risk assessments for activities and looking at community events.

Risk assessment

Alongside the work being carried out to establish the best heating option to replace the broken boiler and looking at the general energy efficiency of the building which has included looking at insulating the church ceiling and reviewing our electricity supply for future usage, the large Fabric items completed this year were the replacement of the cladding and repair of the window sills of the West window following the damage to the Barge boards on the roof. We also replaced the porch doors which were damaged and rotting and causing damp in the porch area. Quotes to repair the South window have been accepted and repairs will be carried out in Jan 2023 from funds set aside in 2022

Church Attendance

There were 78 (2021 – 66) people on the two church rolls in 2022, 67 (2021 - 54) on the Anglican roll and 11 (2021 - 12) on the Free Church roll.

Financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared under the accruals basis of accounting. The results for the year show a surplus of £114,044 (2021 – deficit of £(96,273)) which is a result of the income received in the year for our building project and new boiler which has yet to be spent.

Income

Income has seen an increase to £256,891, (2021 – £125,412) as a result of generous donations to our building fund. Hall income increased in the year to £6,270 (2021 – £1,440) as a result of more people coming back to using the hall post Covid-19.

Expenditure

The total cost of providing the Church’s ministry decreased to £142,847 (2021 – £221,685) driven by the large building spend in 2021. This year the Parish Share payable to the Diocese has seen a marginal increase to £61,113 (2021 – £59,916), explained further in note 4. The Church continues to put a strong focus on missionary giving, so that outward giving is summarized as follows:

Tithe of Church’s Income
Gift Day
Care & Share Fund
Stoke Community Support
Other gifts
See note 3(b)		 2022
2021
11,000
7,600
2,328
3,087
354
153
7,145
38,111
-
80
£20,827
£49,031

Reserves policy

The Church’s policy is to as far as possible, match income to expenditure during a year, with a small cash reserve to meet unexpected expenses. As expected, further repairs to the Church were carried out and will continue over the next few years, but we will need to raise funds to do so and will need to ensure the ongoing operations of the Church are funded without significant deficits.

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St Peter’s Shared Church - Annual Report 2022 (cont.)

Restricted funds

A breakdown of the summarised movement on the restricted funds is shown in note 9. The restricted funds carried forward at 31 December 2022 total £97,958, of which £92,562 relates to donations received to fund our building project

The Care & Share Fund continues to support those in need in the parish and relies on giving by individual members. During 2022 a number of families from our community were helped by donations from the Fund, as well as further opportunities to bless people at Christmas by giving small gifts. This demonstrates how important the Church is in supporting people in the community.

The annual report and accounts were approved by the Shared Church Council on 30 April 2023 and signed on its behalf by

The Revd Kirsten Rosslyn-Smith 30 April 2023

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Independent Examiners Report to the Shared Church Council (SCC) of St Peter’s Shared Church, Stoke Hill, Guildford

This report on the financial statements of the SCC for the year ended 31 December 2022 which are set out on pages 7 to 12 relates to an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 (“the Regulations”) and the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

Respective responsibilities of the SCC and the 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 year under section 144 of the Act, and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

Basis of this report

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. 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 the 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 statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

have not been met; or

William Gerard Devanney, BA, FCMA Wisteria Cottage 91 Kennel Ride Dated _24 July 2023____ Ascot Berks SL5 7NU

Registered Charity Number 1193466

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St Peter's Shared Church, Hazel Avenue, Guildford Statement of Financial Activities

For the Period ending 31 December 2022

Note
INCOMING RESOURCES
Voluntary income
2(a)
Activities for generating funds
2(b)
Income from investments
2(c)
Income from church activities
2(d)
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Fund-raising trading costs
3(a)
Church activities
3(b)
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
NET INCOMING RESOURCES BEFORE TRANSFERS
Fund Transfers
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
BALANCES BROUGHT FORWARD 1 JANUARY 2022
BALANCES CARRIED FORWARD 31 DECEMBER 2022
10		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
124,762
118,028
242,790
120,919
6,944
5,296
12,240
2,293
285
-
285
26
1,576
-
1,576
2,174
133,567
123,324
256,891
125,412
1,599
3,013
4,612
119
101,767
37,039
138,806
221,566
103,366
40,052
143,418
221,685
30,201
83,272
113,473
(96,273)
1,556
(1,556)
-
-
31,757
81,716
113,473
(96,273)
15,701
16,173
31,874
128,147
47,458
97,889
145,347
31,874

The notes on pages 9 to 12 form part of these accounts

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St Peter's Shared Church, Hazel Avenue, Guildford Balance Sheet

For the Period ending 31 December 2022

Note
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible
6
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
7
Short term deposits
Cash at bank and in hand
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Creditors
8
NET CURRENT ASSETS
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors - amounts falling due after one year
TOTAL NET ASSETS
10
PARISH FUNDS
Unrestricted
Restricted
9
TOTAL PARISH FUNDS
10		 2022
£
375
375
11,861
15,777
131,879
159,517
14,545
14,545
144,972
145,347
-
145,347
47,458
97,889
145,347		 2021
£
499
499
13,347
15,325
10,389
39,061
7,686
7,686
31,375
31,874
-
31,874
15,701
16,173
31,874

Approved by the Shared Church Council on 30 Apr 2023 and signed on its behalf by

Revd Kirsten Rosslyn-Smith

The notes on pages 9 to 12 form part of these accounts

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St Peter's Shared Church, Hazel Avenue, Guildford Notes to the financial statements

For the Period ending 31 December 2022

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 together with applicable accounting standards and the SORP (March 2005).

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the SCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.

Funds

Restricted funds represent donations or grants received for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of each year must be carried forward as a balance on that fund. The SCC does not usually invest separately for each fund. Where there is no separate investment, interest earned on these balances is taken to general unrestricted funds.

Designated funds represent general funds which the SCC has put aside for a particular purpose. These are classed as unrestricted funds and do not have to be utilised for that particular purpose.

Unrestricted funds represent general funds which can be used for SCC ordinary purposes.

Incoming resources

Planned giving, collections and donations are recognised when received. Tax refunds are recognised when the incoming resource to which they relate are received. Grants and legacies are accounted for when the SCC is legally entitled to the amounts due. All other income is recognised when it is receivable. All incoming resources are accounted for gross.

Resources expended

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding or constructive obligation on the SCC. The diocesan parish share is accounted for when due. Amounts received specifically for mission are dealt with as restricted funds. All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross.

Fixed assets

Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.

Equipment used within the church premises is depreciated on a straight-line basis over five years. Fixtures and fittings are depreciated on a straight-line basis over ten years. Individual items of equipment and fixtures & fittings with a purchase price of £1,000 or less are written off when the asset is acquired.

Current assets

Short-term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the CBF Church of England Funds or at the bank.

2
INCOMING RESOURCES
2(a) Voluntary income
Planned giving:
Gift Aid donations
Tax recoverable
Other
Collections (open plate)
Gift Day (net of tax recovered)
Donations, appeals, etc.
Tax recovered on gifts & donations
Grants received
Legacies		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
53,406
17,359
70,765
58,053
17,351
4,340
21,691
12,565
9,279
1,188
10,467
10,564
779
-
779
953
-
1,915
1,915
2,545 .
11,464
65,881
77,345
21,799
-
9,115
9,115
1,084
6,844
18,230
25,074
13,356
25,639
-
25,639
-
124,762
118,028
242,790
120,919

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St Peter's Shared Church, Hazel Avenue, Guildford Notes to the financial statements

For the Period ending 31 December 2022

2(b) Activities for generating funds
Church hall income
Fun day
Other events and activities
2(c) Income from investments
Interest received
2(d) Income from church activities
Fees for funerals and weddings
Total incoming resources
3
RESOURCES EXPENDED
3(a) Fund-raising trading costs
Other
3(b) Church activities
Missionary and charitable giving:
Church overseas
Relief and development agencies
Home mission and other Church societies
Secular charities and individuals
Ministry:
Diocesan parish share
Note 4
Clergy expenses
Curate housing costs
Church running expenses
Church maintenance
Cost of services
Printing, stationery and administration
Expenditure on parish newsletter
Training costs
Church hall running costs
Wages & salary costs
Pension costs
Depreciation
Children's and youth work costs
Bank charges
Project equipment and materials
Fees paid to diocese for funerals and weddings
Total resources expended		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
6,040
230
6,270
1,440
-
1,920
1,920
-
904
3,146
4,050
853
6,944
5,296
12,240
2,293
285
-
285
26
285
-
285
26
1,576
-
1,576
2,174
1,576
-
1,576
2,174
133,567
123,324
256,891
125,412
1,599
3,013
4,612
119
1,599
3,013
4,612
119
-
-
-
-
2,000
776
2,776
2,229
6,000
1,552
7,552
4,978
3,000
7,499
10,499
41,824
11,000
9,827
20,827
49,031
61,113
-
61,113
59,916
2,123
-
2,123
1,213
-
-
-
-
6,638
-
6,638
3,867
3,937
10,812
14,749
70,581
1,535
-
1,535
823
1,358
-
1,358
1,700
250
-
250
-
290
-
290
410
576
-
576
345
10,144
16,375
26,519
24,951
263
-
263
263
124
-
124
240
1,070
-
1,070
1,869
84
25
109
104
-
-
-
5,030
1,262
-
1,262
1,223
101,767
37,039
138,806
221,566
103,366
40,052
143,418
221,685

4 PARISH SHARE

St Peters is a parish church of the Church of England and the Diocese of Guildford and by means of parish share, helps fund the costs of ministers throughout the Diocese, the work of various Diocesan bodies and the work of the Church of England as a whole. The Diocese is a community resourcing a common task between its parishes and not a charity trying to raise funds to meet a need.

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Registered Charity Number 1193466

St Peter's Shared Church, Hazel Avenue, Guildford Notes to the financial statements

For the Period ending 31 December 2022

5
STAFF COSTS
5(a) Staff Costs
Wages and salaries
Employer's pension contribution		 Total
Total
2022
2021
£
£
26,519
24,951
263
263
26,782
25,214

The Vicar is employed and paid for by the Diocese and a major portion of the parish share payments are in respect of ministry costs. Throughout the year the SCC employed a part time Church Centre Manager, part time cleaner and part time children's & families worker.

5(b) Payments to SCC members

In the course of the year, expenses have been paid to the Incumbent, Licensed Lay Minister, the Church Centre Manager, the Childrens & Families Worker and some SCC members incurred in the course of their ministry. Members of the congregation and SCC gave and continue to give significant voluntary assistance to the work of the Church, but it is not possible to quantify the value of such work.

6 FIXED ASSETS

Tangible
Actual cost
At 1 January 2022
Additions at cost
Disposal
At 31 December 2022
Depreciation
At 1 January 2022
Charge for the year
Withdrawn on disposal
At 31 December 2022
Net book value
At 31 December 2022
At 31 December 2021		 Church
Fixtures &
Notice
Kitchen
equipment
fittings
Board
Shutter
Total
£
£
£
£
£
15,247
12,739
1,152
1,248
30,386
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15,247
12,739
1,152
1,248
30,386
15,247
12,739
1,152
749
29,887
-
-
-
124
124
-
-
-
-
-
15,247
12,739
1,152
873
30,011
-
-
-
375
375
-
-
-
499
499

Fixtures & fittings comprise the chairs in the church. Church equipment comprises a photocopier, projection equipment and a sound system. The notice board is located outside the front of the church near the road. The Church equipment and fixtures & fittings are restricted funds.

7 DEBTORS

DEBTORS
Tax recoverable (unrestricted)
Tax recoverable (restricted)
Loan by Care & Share Fund (restricted)
Prepayments and accrued income (unrestricted)
Prepayments and accrued income (restricted)		 2022
2021
£
£
2,441
10,408
3,097
1,084
520
440
804
1,415
5,000
-
11,861
13,347

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St Peter's Shared Church, Hazel Avenue, Guildford Notes to the financial statements

For the Period ending 31 December 2022

8 LIABILITIES
LIABILITIES
Amounts falling due in one year:
Other creditors (unrestricted)
Other creditors (restricted)		 2022
2021
£
£
13,689
7,686
856
-
14,545
7,686

Other creditors (unrestricted) is made up of; Tithe - £10,765 (2021: £6,700), Gifts to be passed on - £2,327 (2021: £260), Other - £597 (2021: £726)

9 FUNDS

The restricted funds comprise amounts received for a specific purpose determined by the donor. The main funds are described below as are the movement on the funds and the balance retained at the end of the year.

Details of Main Restricted Funds

Care and Share Fund: Supporting those in need within the parish SCS Stoke Community Support (SCS) was set up as a partnership with St John's Stoke as a Covid-19 Pandemic response to feed the community in need Building Funds given to support the new Oaks Building Project at St Peter's Cook & Eat Funds received to allow St Peter's to run courses enabling and empowering families to cook and eat together on a budget. Youth Worker Funds received to enable the employment of a Childrens' & Families Worker

Fund movements

Care and Share Fund
Missionary & Other Gifts Passed On
SCS
Building
Cook & Eat
Youth Worker		 Balance at
Incoming
Resources Transfers to
Balance at
1 January
Resources
Expended
Unrestricted 31 December
2022
Funds
2022
£
£
£
£
£
2,450
608
(354)
-
2,704
987
4,248
(4,082)
-
1,153
8,492
241
(8,701)
32
4,244
99,997
(11,679)
-
92,562
-
3,230
(1,792)
-
1,438
-
15,000
(15,000)
-
-
16,173
123,324
(41,608)
-
97,889

Funds Designated by the PCC

10 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND

Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
-
375
375
499
61,147
98,370
159,517
39,061
(13,689)
(856)
(14,545)
(7,686)
47,458
97,889
145,347
31,874

Registered Charity Number 1193466

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Independent Examiners Report to the Shared Church Council (SCC) of St Peter’s Shared Church, Stoke Hill, Guildford

This report on the financial statements of the SCC for the year ended 31 December 2022 which are set out on pages 7 to 12 relates to an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 (“the Regulations”) and the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

Respective responsibilities of the SCC and the 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 year under section 144 of the Act, and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

Basis of this report

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. 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 the 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 statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

have not been met; or

William Gerard Devanney, BA, FCMA Wisteria Cottage 91 Kennel Ride Dated _24 July 2023____ Ascot Berks SL5 7NU

Registered Charity Number 1193466

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