2024-03-31-accounts

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.

Independent examlner's reportto thetrustees of The Truio Churches Trust CIO I report to the Irustees on my examlnation of the accounts of The Truro ChurchesTrust CIO Ithe Trust) for the year to 31st MaTch 2024. Responslbllltles and basls of Teport As the charlty trustees of the Trustyou are responslble for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wlth the requirements of the Charltles Act 2011 lthe Act). I report in respect of my examlnation of the Trust's accounts carried out under Sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have tollowed all the applicable directlons glven by the Charity Commission under Sectlon 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examlnation. I conflrm that no matefial matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination glving me causeto believe thai In any materlal respect:. l Accountlng records were not kept In respect of the Trust as requlred by Sectlon 130 of the Act. or 2 the accounts do not accord with those recor(Is. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters In connection wlth the examination to which attentlon should be drawn in thls report In orderto enable a proper understandlng ol the accounts to be reached. Anthony Scutt 25 Redannlck Crescent Truro Cornwall TRI 2DQ