The Truro Churches Trust CIO- annual report from the trustees- June 2023 Charlty details Registration number- 1194164 Address- Kemp Street, Truro TRI IEQ Trii%tpp namp.s- William Harwood, Alan Stanhope, Anthea Lovelock, Bert Biscoe, Royer Lhilman Thp trustee5 act as 3 management board for the Moresk Centre, with day-to-day activities managed by a paid Operations Lead. When a vacancy occurs, a new trustee would be selected following advertising and an interview with existing trustees. Iritri)duction The charity was first registered Dn 21 April 2021, wi°117 5 Founder Trustees. Tkie Moresk Centre has been open to the public for over a year, following COVID lockdowns. The trustees oporate in line with a Service Level Agreement with Truro City Council, to provide ,7 bisis fDr the relationship between the Council and Truro Churches Trust. The trust m3n3gPS c community centre known as The Moresk Centre in the centre of Truro. Truro City Coiincil owii the building that the Trust operates. Activities in the Moresk Centre I li l i ne with the foundiiig vision the Moresk Centre provides a quality f3ciI ity, at a reasonable cnst., lor loc31 Truro people to use. The current U.5ers of the Moresk Centre include, U3A Carrick, Deat A55iSt, the Labour Party, Inner Ci", cle ConsultinR, Amnesty International, Pilates, Epi Lpsy Action, Bridge Group, Grace Church, school of Samba, Cornwall Wine Tasting, Clcar l iiid counselling, Truro Art Set, vocalising training, pottery appreciation day, Coinin unity b.rTieigency planning, domestic violence reduction, Man Down, Connect, Truro Wool Shop, C',Jltivate Cornwall, Celtic Sounds, Warm Wolcome, Chaos, Citizens Advice, Drama Express etc. Relationships I lie trustees prioritise good community relations￿lIpS, which support the vision of the Trust. Vve aim to provide a positive, welcoming and attractive environment lor individuals and oi"g,3nisations in and around Truro that support them to achieve their own objectives. .ignclture...... .Date 25 April 2024 A13n stanhope, Chairman ## **– Truro Churches Trust 1194164 Annual return for 2023/24 to Charity Commission** ## **Questions and Answers as per Charity Commission Guidance** - Financial period 1 April to 31[st] March - Accounts attached - The trust has no government or local authority contracts - The trust received a one-off grant of £5000 from Truro City Council - Income breakdown – almost all of the trust ’s income comes from letting – - rooms, to an extremely diverse range of users see accounts - Donations – apart from the grant from Truro City Council there have been no donations - Grant-making – the trust does not make grants - Trustee payments – there have been no payments to trustees - Out of UK activities or income – there are none - Trading subsidiary – none - Charity address – is correct - Property – the trust does not own any property - Structure and membership - the charity is the only body - Employees – none - Volunteers – 5 - Governance – the trust has in place policy and procedure for financial control, safeguarding, complaints, serious incident and accident reporting, risk, trustee expenses and conflicts of interest - Safeguarding – the trust does not provide services to children or vulnerable adults - Serios incidents – there have been no incidents - Risks and impact – all risks have been managed adequately and without impact, by trustees during the reporting period. Yii I rq ￿ O ID m (o o Loo* V)< 4 J tx o¥ Independent examlnefs reportt01hetru￿¢es olTheTNTO ChurchesTTUSt CIO I reportto the twstees on my examination of the accounts of TheTfuro Churches Trust CS0 {the Trust) forthe year to 31st March 2024. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the charity trustees ofthe Trustyou are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in 111 TrbE lE4uii￿il1vli￿o'th thG uw1￿￿￿*￿lC￿￿￿9￿b>ri￿lPt Art ?n11 lthe Actl. accoraance pct of my examlnation of theTrust's accounts carrled out under Sectlon 145 of nd In caTrylng out my examlnation I have followed aLI the applbcable dlrections )arlty Commission undersectlon 145{51(bl of the Act. I report in resp the 2011 Act a g￿en bythe Cl amlnevs statement Independent I led my exarnlnation. I confirm that no materlal matters have come to my Innectlon wilh the examinatlon gmngme cause to belI￿e that in any Ict:. I have comple attention in c( material respi tountlng records were not kept In respect of the Trust as required ty Section 10 of the Act- or e accounts do not accor(J with those recor(Js. IA( 2th erns and have come acros5 no other mattersln connectlonwith the examinatlon Illon should be drawn in thls report in order to enable a proper undeTrtanding ts to be reached. I have no coni to whlch attei otthe accour Anthony Scul 25 Redannlcl Truro Cornwall TR12DQ (Crescent