## **THAXTED AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN** ## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING 31[ST] DECEMBER 2022** Address: Quaker Meeting House, High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1AA Friends who served as trustees in 2022: Rosemary Breen John Capper (Treasurer) Karl Gibbs Heather Kent (part year) Jane Mitchell (part year) Jonathan Morrell Jacqueline Bartlett (Clerk) Holding Trustees – Friends Trusts Ltd, Friends House,173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ Registered as Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Charity no.1194893. Bankers – Cooperative Bank Ltd. PO Box 260, Delf House, Skelmersdale WN8 6WT and Barclays Bank PLC, 23 High Street, Royston, SG8 9AB Independent Examiners- Bentens, Abbey House, High Street, Saffron Walden CB10 1AF. Solicitors – Adams Harrison, Church Street, Saffron Walden. 1 ## **STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** . Thaxted Area Meeting is the main local meeting for Church Affairs and is constituted of four Local Quaker Meetings at: Saffron Walden – membership 46 - average attendance 22 Stansted - membership 7 - average attendance 7 Bardfield - membership 10 - average attendance 7 Dunmow - membership 4 - average attendance 3 There were five removals from membership in 2022 and one transfer of membership to Thaxted Area Meeting from Cambridgeshire Area Meeting. One member is unattached. Total membership is slightly down on the year before, from 72 to 68. There are approximately 57 attenders. Each Local Quaker Meeting manages its own Meeting House, reporting to, and seeking advice from, trustees as appropriate. Financial contributions from each Meeting to Area Meeting funds are agreed annually by Area Meeting in session. Thaxted Area Meeting operates according to its constitution as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The object of the constitution is the furtherance of the general and religious purposes of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain, in Thaxted Area Meeting and beyond. ## **Appointment of Trustees** Trustees are appointed from its membership by Area Meeting in session following nomination by the Area Meeting Nominations Committee for an initial period of three years. Several Friends agree to renomination after this period. New trustees are provided with a copy of the Constitution (Governing Document), Minutes and supporting papers from the previous year and 2 guided to the Britain Yearly Meeting website to access the trustees manual and other relevant information. In 2022, Heather Kent served for a part of the year as a trustee following her appointment by Thaxted Area Meeting in June 2022. Jane Mitchell also served as a trustee until her death in September 2022. ## **Other appointments** Area Meeting also appoints a representative and alternate to Meeting for Sufferings, to Quaker Life Representative Council, Sibford, Ackworth and Leighton Park General Meetings and a correspondent to Quaker Council for Church and Interfaith Relations and receives occasional reports from each of these bodies. ## **FINANCE.** Trustees set fiscal reserves annually and submit to Area Meeting in session a proposed annual budget. The accounts are examined annually and are approved by the examiner. Accounts are submitted by the Treasurer to Friends House and the Charity Commission. A Reserves Statement for the year ending December 31[st] 2022 forms Appendix A to this report. ## **Margaret Stubbs Memorial Fund. (MSMF)** The Margaret Stubbs Memorial Fund was established for the property at 2 Springhill Road Saffron Walden – a bequest from a Friend Jean Stubbs –and to benefit the Bursary Fund at Friends School Saffron Walden, (latterly Walden School). The closure of the school in 2017 left the fund with a balance of £6,407. A decision made by trustees in 2018 and confirmed in 2019 and 2020 allowed income derived from the rents to be used to support young people in the Area Meeting, the balance at the end of the year to be divided between the Friends Schools Bursaries Fund and the Greenwood Educational Trust a charity whose purpose is to distribute small grants to eligible young people from four Area Meetings in East Anglia for the benefit of their education. Rather than draw on Greenwood Trust funds, grants agreed by Greenwood trustees to be made to young 3 people from Thaxted Area Meeting are found from Thaxted’s own income. In 2022 income totalling £7,750 from the MSMF was awarded to charitable activities. Of this, £1,150 was awarded to young friends connected to our AM. A total of £5,600 was sent to charitable trusts supporting two Quaker schools, Brummana High School, near Beirut, and Ramallah Friends School on the West Bank in Palestine, and £1,000 was given to the Greenwood Trust to help young friends in other area meetings in Essex and Suffolk. ## **PROPERTY** ## **2 Springhill Rd. Saffron Walden.** The tenancy to this property, which last year was extended to September 2025, continues to be beneficial to both the tenants and to the Area Meeting, granting time to Area Meeting to consider the long-term future of the property. With regard to the allotment at 2 Springhill Rd, local Friends have been actively exploring opportunities to use the land as a community resource according with Quaker values. ## **69 High Street, Saffron Walden** Arkwrights & Co of Saffron Walden continue to successfully manage this property on behalf of trustees and this year negotiated new leases for both the businesses which use the building **(check latest position)** ## **Meeting Houses** All our meeting houses have reopened following the relaxing of pandemic restrictions. During the lockdowns some meetings began to use Zoom as a platform for Meetings for Worship and in some cases this has continued. Friends otherwise prevented from attending in person have found this to be a way of sharing in the life of the meeting. ## **Saffron Walden Friends** Membership numbers remain about the same, with more than 80 members and attenders on our membership list, some of whom 4 live abroad; numbers attending Meeting on Sunday regularly average 22 including children. We have lost three Friends who died this year, Hugh Loader, John Evans and Christina Simmons but we have also gained some new regular attenders. In July there was an open day when the Burial Ground was opened to the public as a Peace Garden with craft activities for the children and a speaker on Quaker Peace work. Approximately 100 people attended from Saffron Walden and there were roughly 40 who listened to the peace talk and asked questions afterwards. One visitor has remained as an attender after coming to the talk. The number of children varies on Sunday mornings between none and six. They carry on creative work during Meeting for Worship focused on Quaker faith and testimonies then join the rest of us for the last ten minutes of Worship. Our children’s and Young Peoples Advocate and members of our Meeting keep in touch with some of the young people who do not attend Meeting with us, via email, text and occasionally in person. It’s appreciated greatly that LM and AM, and also the Greenwood Trust, continue to offer encouragement and financial support for our children and young people. Our pastoral care team of four has striven to keep in touch regularly with everyone. They have found the work very rewarding and are glad to see people returning to Meeting although some still prefer to use Zoom as we continue to hold blended meetings with a Zoom Meeting on Sunday and Wednesday evenings. The allotment at Springhill Road has reached out to the local community with our commitment to ensure the survival of the gift from a Friend for the benefit of the local community and a resource for people in need. The number of volunteers on the site has increased and now we are supported by ‘Dig-It’ through their practical work with people who face personal challenges. The Social Prescribers have also recommended the site to their clients so we hope that the site will continue to flourish especially once the weather improves. Bible study has recently recommenced and it is hoped that we will meet once a month, in each other’s homes, to read and discuss the books of the Bible, especially those with which we are less familiar. 5 ## **Stansted Friends** Members and attenders at Stansted Local Meeting were deeply saddened by the death of their dear friend and clerk Jane Mitchell. Despite her illness, Jane remained in close contact with the Meeting and continued to provide guidance and advice up to just a few days before her death on 3[rd] September. Following Jane’s death, Stansted friends reviewed roles and responsibilities across the meeting to make the best use of the talents of members and attenders. This included appointing a new clerking team and assigning specific responsibility for the care of premises, music and fellowship on special occasions, eldership, pastoral care, treasurership, visibility and publicity and the Accra meeting fellowship group. The link with Hill House in Accra, has continued to flourish with four meetings via Zoom during the course of the year. Topics for discussion have ranged from biblical texts to poetry and the theme of happiness. The Experiment with Light group has continued to meet, normally on the second Saturday of each month, with attendance by people beyond our own Quaker meeting. The healing group has also continued to meet. Both groups have provided a safe and confidential space for growth and to offer each other support. We have continued to be active in the local community. The meeting house is hired by a number of local groups and we aim to make the building comfortable and informative to help with outreach. We also continue to play an active part in Churches Together in Stansted and we aim to explore further interfaith relations in Hertfordshire and Essex. One attender has continued offering support to refugee families in Stansted. She has enjoyed the friendship of four families, three from Syria and one from Afghanistan. We have continued to contribute articles with a Quaker theme to the local community magazine _The Link_ , delivered monthly to every household in Stansted, and to the local newspaper, _Bishop's Stortford Independent._ ## **Bardfield Friends** 6 The occasions on which there is ministry are more frequent than the silent times. Both are valuable and our “afterwords” time can often be regarded as a continuation of ministry – more like “worship sharing” than a discussion. We all feel that the spiritual life of our Meeting is at the centre of what we are. In January we welcomed years 5 and 6 from Great Bardfield Primary School who came to learn more about Quakerism and the Smith family whose contribution to Bardfield community life was significant. Our Friend Angela was the last representative of the family to be part of our Meeting. They were asked how the Meeting House differed from the Parish Church. We got the expected answers but had not thought before that one difference was that we have curtains at our windows! In March we hosted the World Day of Prayer Service again for the first time after the pandemic. The outside of our Meeting House has now been painted and the garden is kept in good shape by our gardener. The work we did last year under the yew tree has allowed an interesting variety of native wildflowers to emerge, although the bulbs we planted in the Autumn of 2020 have yet to spread to any great extent. Hirers are returning including the Heart Song group. Hugh Belsey uses the meeting house for art lectures and a new group of musicians now practice there regularly and invited us to attend their first band concert. We were delighted when Flora, one of our attenders (who has since applied for membership) held the prize-giving for the Jubilee window competition at the Meeting House. The garden was filled with local people and in true Quaker style everyone who had entered was awarded a prize. Our numbers are small and occasionally we are obliged to leave a notice on the gate saying there will be no Meeting for Worship that day, but by forward planning we can almost always make sure that at least one of us can be there to open up and welcome any visitors. It is a pleasant surprise when someone from the AM or further afield joins us. We are not struggling to keep going but instead rejoice on the days when all of us meet together. We are in good heart. ## **Dunmow Friends** While a very small meeting, Dunmow Friends have continued to uphold each other in their weekly meetings. In addition to 7 routine gardening, we have completed some maintenance work during the year: gutter clearance, the replacement of one of the toilets and the repair of one of the outside drains damaged as a result of tree roots ‘invading’ from an adjacent property. 2022 was a difficult year for Wrens the pre-school nursery which rents our meeting house. Jane, their day-to-day manager, died very suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack while on holiday in St Lucia just a few days after her 60[th] birthday. With our agreement, the nursery has installed a bench in her memory in the front garden. Sadly the nursery continues to experience financial difficulties which may force its closure unless student numbers increase. On a more cheerful front, we have been heartened to have a number of visitors joining us at Meeting for Worship since the start of the year. Two of our attenders also continue to attend. ## **PUBLIC BENEFIT** Following the pandemic, our meeting houses have now fully reopened for public worship as well as supporting local community activities through meeting house lettings. ## **SUSTAINABILITY** As well as meeting in person, we have continued to use Zoom and blended meetings where possible, thus helping to limit our carbon footprint by reducing the need to travel. Where possible we continue in our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint including, for example, Stansted Friends buying energy from renewable sources including a biogas component and Saffron Walden and Bardfield Friends having contracts for green energy supply. Individual Friends remain active in local sustainability initiatives. ## **SAFEGUARDING** Following Area Meeting’s adoption in December 2021 of the BYM Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding procedures/toolkit, a safeguarding subgroup was approved by AM, to undertake to review and monitor safeguarding matters across all meetings. Heather Kent was appointed as a trustee in June 2022, and confirmed in her role as AM Safeguarding Co-ordinator from that 8 date. She is also a member of the National Safeguarding Forum for Quakers. The subgroup has met on five occasions via zoom, and engaged with aspects of the AM Safeguarding Policy and Procedures. Initial focus has been on: - DBS matters, including the appointment of an AM DBS Verifier which AM confirmed in June 2022. - Record keeping, safe storage and qualified/limited access. - Training via 31:8 online courses for roles deemed as ‘essential’ under the procedures – Safeguarding Co-ordinator; Clerk to Trustees; DBS Verifier; Pastoral Friends working with children and young adults and adults at risk. The courses have been paid by AM. - Safer Appointments, including using/adapting the suggested BYM procedure for the appointment of a Trustee and the preparation of Role Descriptions (deemed as essential under the Safeguarding Procedure) for all the notified forthcoming AM appointments. The subgroup members have been circulated with BYM updates on safeguarding matters throughout the year. No safeguarding matters/concerns have been notified for 2022. ## **TRUSTEES AIMS FOR 2023** Our principal aim as trustees is to further the aims and purposes of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and the living out of our Testimonies to Simplicity, Truth, Equality, Peace and Sustainability. We will continue to support the practical and spiritual life of our local meetings as well as making sure we have robust safeguarding arrangements in place across our Area Meeting. In doing so, we will be mindful of some of the areas in which current advice on best practice doesn’t accord with our spirit led tradition. We will continue to be open to advice and compromise. Trustees will also explore how AM’s nominations process can apply safer appointments practice. We will provide support to Area Meeting as it seeks to discern the way forward for the long-term future use of 2 Springhill Road and 9 the associated allotment, taking into account legal advice and the wishes of local meetings. We will continue to support the work of our Local Development Worker and consider ways of working more closely with area meetings across East Anglia. Jonathan Morrell - Clerk. May 2023 ## **APPENDIX A** Thaxted Area Meeting Reserves December 2022 At the end of 2022 the Area Meeting reserves were: 10 Deposits (£) Investments (£) Total (£) Current Account MSM Account (restricted): 13 600 30 100 43 700 0 Area Meeting 27 500 12 900 40 400 3 100 S Walden : 36 300 36 300 8 900 Stansted 48 500 48 500 14 100 Dunmow 2 900 18 100 21 000 5 300 Bardfield 5 800 Total (excluding Springhill Rd) 66 700 79 500 146 200 34 100 £9 000 was withdrawn from Saffron Walden Reserves in 2022; The value of the existing investments has decreased so the total value has fallen by £13 000 this year. Restricted Reserves (MSM) are treated separately. Unrestricted Reserves total: £183 400 For historic buildings it is recommend that 2% of the insured value is kept in reserves Excluding Springhill Road the insured value of the AMs property is 4 600 000. 2% of this is 92 000; 3% would be £138 000 Stansted also has £15 000 on long term loan to Green Pastures. Likely expenditure not covered from current income is: Dunmow: £15 000 for central heating Saffron Walden: some thousands dealing with the damp cellar in 69a £50-60 000 replacing heating system in the next 10 years 11 ## Suggested Format for Reserves: **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Walden 500 55000
8 800
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5 800
800
69a 5
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12 RELIGIOUS socIFrY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) THAxfED ARFA mE￿ING Annual Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2022 The report and accompanying accounts cover the financial affairs of Thaxted Area Meeting consolidated with those of rts four constituent meetings, namely Bardfield, Dunrnow, Saffron Walden and Stansted Local Meetings. As a charity the full title is 'Thaxted Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious societv of Friends (Quakers) in Britain.. Thaxted Area Meeting in short, Registered number 1194893. Although the Area Meeting, through its tnjstees, is ultimately responsible in practice the care and maintenance of the Meeting Houses and other properti￿ iltr 'Jndertaken by trE Local M&tings and this is reflected in their accounts. The Trustees have an agreed reserves policy and review the .-eserves each year. All trie accounts have been examined by a qualtfied person not connected with any of the meetings. John Capper, Treasurer 18 Landscape View. Saffron Walden. CB114AU Page I Legal and Administrative Infomiation Cory*titutiop. and Purpo*e The Area Meeting is a Charttable Incorporated Organisation, charity number 1194893. Ils objects are defined in its constitution, in particular the furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain. The principal activity is the holding of Meelings for Worship in the constituent local meetings of Bardfield, Dunmow, Saffron Walden and Stansted. The affairs of the Area Meeting are govemed by °Quaker Faith and Practi￿°, the Book of Discipline of Brstain Yearty Meeting. There are Memoranda of Understanding with the Local Meetings. The members of the Area Meeting are all those persons whose names are recorded in its official register. The Managing Trustees are appointed by a AAeeting for worship for Business ofthe Area Meeting which also appoints a representative and an altemate to serve on Meeting for Sufferings. the representative body which advises the Trustee body for the centrally managed work of Brttain Yearfy Meeting. Address for Correspondence Margaret Somerville. 54 Glebe Avenue, Braintree, Essex. CM7 4SR Meeting House Addresse5 Bardfield Friends Meeting House, Brook Street, Great Bardfield, Essex. CM7 4SR Dunmow Friends Meeting House, New Street, Great Dunrnow, Essex, CM6 1 BH Saffron Walden Friends Meeting House. High Street, Saffron Walden. Essex. CB10 1AA Slansted Friends Meeiing House, 87 Chapel Hill. Stansled, Essex. CM24 8AE Managing Trustees. The following Friends served in 2022= Jacqueline Batdett, Clerk: 4 The Green Saffron Walden, Essex, CBIO 2DS John Capper, Treasurer, 18 Landscape Wiew. Saffron Walden, Essex, CB114AU Jonathan mo￿ell, 4 Priory Court, Apton Road. Bishops Stortford, Herls, Cm23 3SF Jane Mitchell, 8 Bartholomew Road, Bishops Stortford, Herts, CM23 3TR Karl Gibbs, 69a High Street, Saftron Walden, Essex, CBIO 1AA Bankers Co-operative Bank, P.0. Box 260. Delf House, Southway, Skelmersdale, WN8 61 Barclays Bank PLC, 23 High Street. Royston, SG8 9AB Holding Trustee Friends Trusts Ltd, Friends House. 173 Euston Road, London, NW12BJ Page 2 Accounting Policies Basis of accounting. These Hccounts have been prepared in accordance with the Charity Commission Statement of Recommended Practic£ SOIIP 2015 (Statement of Finallcial Activities). Incowe and expenditure. Contributiolls, grants. Icgacie& interesL dividends, and rents are all treated a5 iDcome in the year in which they are ¥￿e1ved. Gift Aid recove￿1 is tff2ted as income for (he year in which the dollations are made. Land 3ud buildings. The propertics owned by th¢ Area Meeting compristng the Meetiug Houses and Wardens, accommodatioll are held for thc furtbernjce of the Atea Meetings ch￿1(ab]e objects. There are two investmetLt properties, 69 Higb Stwl Saffmn Walden and 2: Sprin￿111 Roa(L Saffron Walde On the recoll]m¢ndation of the QuakeT Stewardshtp Committee of Britaill Yearly Meeting, the capitsl value of th6 propeTties is included in the accounts. 11)e value of the properties is based on the insurance valu¢ which is miewed every year by the iMettu)dist IDsurnice CoMpa￿y. The contsots of the Meetitkg Houses are written off at purchase_ Reserves. The Reserves are a little le￿ PMDarity due to a (Irop in the values of investments. They are in lioe with the reserves w)licy and are reviewed each year. Loc21 Meetings. In accordonce with guidancc from the Charity Commission and the Quaker Stewardship Committee the ullre5tricted funds of t￿] Meetings are showTJ as desigllated funds. Presentation of the Aceounts The accounts have been prepared using Data Ikyclopments -Finance C(FordTnator" the software package TeconllDended by ACAT (The Association of Church Accounts Treasurers). This does not support a spreadsheet showing in one table a brcakdown of 1￿CoE[￿c and expenditure for thc Area Meeting and all its constituellt L(Kal Meeting4 so these have been printed separately. Page 3 Report of the Independent Examiner I report on the consolidated aCCo￿ts of Thaxted Atea Quaker Meeting for the year ended 31 December 2022. which are set out below. Respective responsibiliti&% o[truSte￿ and examiner 'The charity's th￿eeS are restK)osible for the preparntion of the accounts. The ch￿Rty'S lrnstees consider that all audit is not required for this year Under wtÈon 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) andibat an independent examillation is need It is my responsibility to= exallLitLe the accounts under sectkon 145 of the 2011 A¢ to follow the proc¢dures laid down in the geneTal D1￿Ctio￿S given by the Chartty Commissio under section 145(5Xb) of the 2011 A¢L ood to state whethcr particular rnatte￿ bave come to my attention. Basis of independent examin¢r's report My exa￿]nOti0ll was catried out in accordance with the general DirectiOll5 given by 1he Charity Commission. An &Tatniuation includcs a review of the accounting record5 kept by the charity and a cotnparison of the accounts preseuted with those iecords. It also includcs ¢onsideratioll of any unusual items or disclos[￿ in the accounts. seeking expianations from th]stees concerning ally sueh matters. The pio¢edures utldcrtaken do not provide all the evtdence that would be Ewuired in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts presettt 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 exatnination. no matter has come to mv attention: (l) which gives me reasonable cause to bejieve that ijj any material TesrKct thc requwements: to keep accouttting records in a¢conlaDce with section 130 of the 2011 A¢ and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requitetnents of the 2011 Act have not been met or (2) to wbiclL in Eny Opinio￿ attention should ￿ dTawn itl orderto enable a proper utkdetstsndirAg of the accounts lo bc rfached. Name: Amanda Prentice Address: Bentens. Abbey House. 51 High StreeL Saffron walde￿ E&y CBIO IAF Page 4 THAXTED AREA MEETING STATEMENT OF FINAPICIAL ACTIVITIES PEIUOD I JANUARY - 31 DECEAMBER 2022 TOTAL Illi. RL¥fRICtED PRIOR YEAR FLWDS TOTAL FLNDS Income and endowments fro Donations and legacies Income frotn Charl￿b]e activities Inv¢stments Other 3408? 51688 1858 lio 87758 49553 22740 1538 24121 97952 Expenditure Raising funds Expenditure on charitable activilies Other expenditure 50200 49582 1510 52613 56243 110366 Total expenditure 99782 Exttss income over expenditure 12024) 24763 Gainsllosses on investments 15946) 4596 Net incomelexpenditure 27970) ( 7818) Other reeognised gaillsnosses Gains on revaluationg 1276125 4555 et mo}e￿ent in fund5 1248155 { 3263) Total fixed assets blfwd Total other funds blfwd Total blfwd 3589965 268053 3857978 3589965 271273 3861?38 Total clfwd 5106133 385975 PaJQ 5 THAXTED AREA MEETING BALATr4CE SHEET- DETAILED PERIOD J JANUARY- 31 DECEMBER 2022 Asat Asat 31112n022 3111212021 Fixed Assets Saffron Walden M¢eting House Siansted Meeting House Bardfield Meeting House Dunmow Meeting House 69A High Street (Warden's House) 69 High Strcet 2 Springhill Road 2375212 1824639 361653 189902 588452 363059 527155 329545 290584 230000 4399i5 369721 283099 283099 Total Fixed Assets 4866090 3589965 Qa4L L Current Assets Designated Co-op Account Satbon WaldeD Barclays Saffron Walden COIF Deposit account Saffron Walden COIF Inveesttnent Fund Accumulation Units MS%1 .4¢¢0￿t Sprin£hill Road Barelays MSM COLF Deposit Account Smith & Nephew MSM Shares Co-op Account Th&Kted Area Meeting AM COIF Deposit Ac¢ounl M&G Charibond Units AM BMO Units AM AM COIF A¢cuTnulation Units Dwjrnow BusiT)es5 Investor Dunmow Tr&￿ure[S Trust Account Dunmow Friends ProvidenVBSO tnvestm¢nl Dunmow Petry Cash Dunmow Ctrop Account Bardfield Co-op Bank Bardfield Triodos Bank St2nsted Barelays Account Stansted CAF Fixed Interest Investment Stansted Green Pastures 8924 4858 816 10372 4344 26037 45106 101 13614 13482 30140 34524 3087 2372 6588 6525 940 1052 12042 14199 20962 23214 5146 2897 18150 21186 37 3087 2486 2882 2880 14191 19333 48509 48509 1501M) 15000 Totsl Current Assets 240043 268011 Net Asset surplus (Deficil) 5106133 3857975 Ra8i 1 RESERVES Exc¢sxldeficit in period Starting balances Other gain￿(loS5¢s) in ihe period Gains1(105ses) on revaluation of fixed 14sets Rounding diff 12024) ( 3857975 12414) 3861238 15946) 1276125 4596 4555 5106133 3857975 Ra91 3 Thaxted Area Meeting ADalysis of income and expenditure Selected period: IM January 2022 to 31 December 2022 Lastyw Income and endowmerts Donations and legacies 200- D0ti2tion5 via LM 2Q1- CDlkolions 202- GfftAKI Redall 504. LegaGy to AM 631 - Baidfield Conthbutsons GfftAklab 632- Contributions Ghl ￿dab￿ 701- Dunmow Conthbutior55 901 - Stsnsted Legary 902. Stsnsied UttTesford Grart 3- Stansted Donations to LM 904- Startstsd Colkction5 15,665.13 / lo.692.(￿4 15.665.13 10,692.00 5.835_00 15,341.2d 11741. 2,5(yJ.tKI 795. 225. 7￿.0D 1.000. 10,000.(NJ 100.rMI 1.105.(KI 1,105.00 295.00 490.00 Donations and legacies Totsts 34.08113 34,082.13 49,552.57 Income from charitable actsvilies 203- Let￿￿$ 2Q4- 69 High Street Rent 5(K>- GontribvDors froTn Lms 501- DiwKlpnds Thaxt8d AM 503- Balan￿ frr*n GattEritYJ 560- ReRt. 2 Swnghill Rijad 633- BardfEld Hirings 634- Bardfield Opus o)mpEnsatpJn 635- Batdfield QuakÈrActivFhe5 702- Dunrnow Hirings 705. Dunmow payments fromWren5 IDr 906- Stansted Lettings 19,054.trfL- 11134. 1.w.ty) / 19.054.OD 12.134.66 1,8W.(XI 3,226_00 4,823.24 1.5T5.00 265.41 69.13 9.OCX)_OO 320.00 60.00 9.orK).oo/ 1.815.(Kl 9.000.(XI 1.815.00 5_00 .00 222.27 6.9711JO 1,400. 661.24 1,335.00 6.9ll(M) / Income from chaFitsble aclivitses Totsls $16$7.93 51 Lgi.q3 22,740.02 Investments 190- Interest SWCOIF Deposit Account 26.42/ 26.42 0.62 3%E>"lO 857.89 / 131.54 < 2.04 / 3.590 1.611 3s£. 561 - DivHleDd Smrth & Nèph 562- MSM CCLA Deposit Aco)unÈ Intepst 630- BardfEkJ Triodos ITrterest 703- Dunmow Buyness Investor InteTest 704- Duntr￿wTrea5U[ers TrustAIG Inte¥&st 90S- Stanste(I COIF InixYDe 907- Green Paslute5 Investment InrA)n 857.89 131_54 743.09 2.37 5.88 3.59 1.61 329.26 450.00 450.(M) J Investments Totals 1859.13 1&59.19 1.537.99 24 Febtuery 2023 Page 9 Total This year Othertincome 205-The Friend IR8psyrnentsl 206- HMRC Furfough Grn 207- GovemrT*nt Co¥xl.19 Gr8rt (Y Uiuesfo 800- Inc*ase in Prowtyvahje 130.IXI 274.00 11,847.28 12,WO.00 Otherincome fotals 130.f)) 130.00 24.121.28 Income and endoWn￿nts Grand totals 37758 27758 97.951.86 Expenditure Raising funds 322- 69 Hkjh Street 1,509.46 Raising funds Totats 1,509.46 E¥pendlture on charitable activities 301- D)n3tions to BYM 302. Donotbns io auakercharit 303- DonatuFto non Quak8r Charities 304. (kanis ag*d ty Lo￿1 15237.9) 8,157ts0 2A25. 1&237.YJ 8,157.60 2,525. 17,042.50 8.046.50 2.350.00 11)0.00 255.98 Friends 1￿80.[￿* 0.00 AM 298.75 327-AnntJal 89 ChuTthe5 Toye 550- coU￿eS and Q)rferen 412.00 279.97 129.1 129. 660.00 100.fj8 142.QO 551- Chm Protsdion Feg $52. EXam￿al￿ ofAGo%AJr 553-AM OffiLW & Trv5tee Eynses s54-Ann￿l Sub5 vvage. QI 555. Fees for thKEfor Cha¥ty 61raiio 556- FAembership Sertty 557- BardfEW Meeeting House 558.AM Nott(e5 in The Frier 592- Granls to Young Fr*rKIs 594. Grantto Greenwood Trust 595- GraDts to QuBker EdurAtion31 129.fxl 7WJ. IL*.37 108.3% 142.00 4.fW.OQ 94.88 1,622.60 35.83 795.50 1.19).LKb 1.150.OD l.OW. 5.6fN).00 5.6(K).t 6.950.*)0 597- Springhill Road 640- Ba¥dfiekl c￿a￿er 641 - BardfEld Cleaning MthaL 642- B2rdfEld ￿￿e arKI mainienanc 643- Bathekj Electhicity 644_. Bard￿ldwaler 645- 8ardfEld Ga￿en￿l 646- Bardfi2ld InsurarKe 647. 83tdfiekl cotrtribubtin toAU 648- Bardfiekl Catering 649. B)rd￿￿j maMtenan￿ & 590.00 9.01 15D.00 9ffj1 52.20 YMJ.78 ISJ.42 370.00 5CK>.78 163.42 370.00 91.08 240.00 710.32 75.lyj 67.29 go.t 273.52 1223.71 239.Q8 1.256.10 751 . Oufim¢)wWater 752- OunmN E*trrty 1.523.71 30 May 2023 Page l O Total This year La$tyear 756- D￿nrr￿W MI￿1*r￿{KIs 751- DunrDow Insurance 758- Dunmow Contribution to 953- StsnstEd Repair5 arK£ Maintenan 957- Stansted Contribution to Area Meetir 958- StsnstÈd ContribLrtion to BYM 959- Stansted Donations 9W2- Stansted Furnitwe &eqUiP￿rtt 3.60 715.24 7.65 639.58 300.0Tr 26D.20 300.00 90.00 71524 360.r)D 1.461.67 1.461.67 360.ao 2.(￿0.0￿ 3.017.69 39.99 2.OW.(M) 3.017.69 1.272.00 E¥penditurv on charitsble activitiès Totals 50201.151 .201.04 52,612.88 Other expenditu 300- W3Tden W3ges 305- Insurance Saffrijn Waklen im . 306- RepaiE5 arKi maintenan￿ meeti￿ House 307- Repaits and MaIntenar￿ 69A 3U8- Equiprnent 309- Garden ?2.1￿.23 2.734. 1.390.80 67123 241_97 2,360.S) 5.437.32 884.42 2.￿.￿9 22.1￿23 2,734.96 1,39D.80 671.23 20,6￿.63 2.093.83 7.27T.54 4,791.78 4.797.57 5a50 3.227.02 588.81 Z391.91 13247 241.97 2.360.30 5.437.32 884.42 310- EWriGrty 311- WaterlSevRrage 312- GDunol Tax 314- Cleaning M*erials 315- Catering 316- PUbl￿ty inc New51etter. outreach 317- P2rknng Pemiits 318- Bookkeeper charge 319-Website and Zooffl 320- IntemÈt inc rtcen5es. Dot zoom 321- The Frtend 324- Imndow Cknin 326- Stalionaty & Posiage 328- Telephone 329- Gravestones 330- PlaquÈs 590- SpriDghill Road Insuranc 591- Springhill Road Repairs and MasnienarKe 593- Spriryhi￿l Road. Electrical 596- Springhill Rsd Gattlen 1- stsnstÈd Clear￿[ 952- Stansted Materials & Supplle5 954- Stansted WateT& SÈwage 955- Slansted Gas, electtx>ty, wi 956- Stansted Insuran 960- Stansted other costs OfQU2k￿aCl￿itrs 1- Stan5t￿ Gardener 2.485.89 31.&5 476.08 476.a8 T25.17 584.12 532.Tr3 219.(M) 584.12 532.09 219. 521 414 78.59 78.59 154. 210.( 374.97 2TJ.( 374.97 273.06 1.328.00 255.35 462.00 1,236.00 1,328.(H) 450.00 1.651.IX) 122.64 1,651.00 122.64 343.61 998_00 198.81 218.16 1.443.13 480.25 378.00 4T2.50 343.61 1.613.68 512.18 477.00 875. 1.613.68 512.18 471.00 875.00 OtherexpÈnditure Totals 49.W.39 49,582.39 243.08 Expenditure Grand totals 99.783.43 99,783.43 110.365.40 24 Febtuaiy 2023 Paqe 11 Thaxted Area Meeting Statement of Assets and Liabilities {by code) As aL- 31 December 2022 Class and nom￿al code 001 .. S3ffronWakkn Kleek"NJ House 2.375212. 1375212.LKS 002.. Stansted Me61ing House 361.&53.(M) 361.653.(K) OD3.. Bardfiekl MEeting House 588,452.(X) 588.452.00 ¢IM.. DuntnwlkEtiny House 527.155. 527,155.Crf) Tdal 3,852.471 3,852,472.00 2,707,14?.dts Fixed ass¢ts-YanglblÉ aÉ8ets J5.. 69A HvJh StTret (W3rderG House) 2￿.584.￿j 006: 69 Htgh Street 439.935.C() 439.935.U) 389.721.IKI LW)7: 2 Springlthl Road 283.099.20 283,099.20 Tistal 1,013.618.20 1.033,618.20 882.820.20 Currentassets. Cash at baJ*3rn1 in haTh . 100 .. C&opAccount Saff Waljen 4Y24.07 8.924.07 103.. B3¥tlays Saltrors Waklen 250.. MsMAcuuntSwngn￿l Road 8arclBys 816_09 101.07 101.07 44.24 350.. CtrOpAG&￿Jnt Th￿tsttATea Meebng 3S*6.79 3.086.79 2.372 C6 770: Durmn￿¥ BwsiEss Inve5 5.146. 771 '. DUnm￿Treas￿rets Trust Acci>unt 2.8*.n 37.49 773.. Dutun(w Petycash 774.. OunmDW C(kopAccount &382 5,382.28 870: Bardfie￿ bank 3.087.49 3,OB7.49 2.486.22 871 8ardfpldTriLxltss Bank 2.881.51 2.881.57 2,879.53 970." Sta￿st￿j Ba￿aYSALwJTrt 14.19)S5 14.1￿.95 19.333.41 Totsl .688.09 37.688.L 40.870.23 10.3r2.2g 10.372.29 4.343.91 104.. COIF Dep05rtAcu￿￿1 S Iva￿en 28.037.06 45.1D5.81 105: GOIF In￿str￿en1 Fund Accumul&tion Uryts *037.1 251 . MSM COIF rkposrtAccwrrt 252.. Smith & Nephgw Als Shaps 13.613.88 13,613_88 13.482.34 30.140.ryJ 34.524.00 3Q140.(11 30 May 2023 Page 1.1 Class and D(#nlnal Godo Last yur 351 .. A14 COIFdep05it AL£Wllt 352.. M & G Charknnd Unl5 14M 6.58B.2Z 8.588.22 6,524.56 940.13 940.13 1,051.76 14.19B.92 353.. BMO Unts AM 1104134 12,tH2.34 354.. COIF AG(?￿Ul￿)n Unis 20.%159 ,%1.59 d,213.80 21.186.19 18.149.69 1B.149.69 772.. Dunrnow F￿endS ProvkIen￿O Investrnent 48,509.31 971 .. St￿l￿A GAF F￿ed In InTr￿tmen1 48.509.31 15.tXQ.¢YJ 15.Cm. 15,LX)O.00 X$1354.51 2￿.354.51 227,140.60 Total 5,1Cfj.132.80 5,106.132.80 3.851.976.03 {1,432.261 23.213.80 2,372.06 DeS￿n&ted.Am 11.432.26) ZJ213.80 23,213.80 8.5U¥).18 5,5W.18 6,524.56 14,222.98 14.222.98 14.198.92 tknignat8d- B*thld t)eswJnat8d. Dur￿¢Y¥l Design3ted- MSM DesvJnaled. ￿Dep Design8t4d- MandG Designated-SWLM DÈsi9nated-SmithNeph DeS￿nat￿l. Star&8d D8s¥JDated. zPe￿￿n 594.421.( 594,421.r 368,424.75 ,720.B4 358,811.46 550,72D.84 278.970.19 27&970.19 2&3,165.82 13,48224 13.48Z.34 13.48134 1.051.76 1,(Q&33 1.026.33 3.151,(￿.46 2,479,484.22 34,524.00 3.151,W146 34.524.LKI 34.524.00 439.353.26 122.381 439.35326 2T2.744.72 122.381 {22.381 S,1[￿.132 5.106,132.80 3,85T.976.03 30 May 2023 Page I I Notes to the Accounts Trustee Remuneration Trustees were not remun¢rated. Trustee Expenses The only expenses claimed by the T￿￿e¢S were £37.49 for collwuter ink al￿ paper purchased by the clerk and £5 for stxtnps and paper by th¢ Tr¢asurer. Related Party Transactions There were no related party trartsactioDS. Ex Gratia Payments There were no ex gratia payments. Contributions to BYM and other cbarities. Local Meetings agEee any grants to Britsiu Yearlv Meeting. Saffton Walden has weekly collections. The chatitTr" to collected for on a ￿tiCUlar week is agreed at a local meeti￿g for b￿lnesS and illdividual FriaxLs make colltributioDs ifkn to support the charity concerned; the l&st collectioD eAch month is for Occasionatly at a local meeting for busilless will aw to SUp￿rt a Fwticular ar￿aL Ofi￿ f( Loc81 Meeting BuTlding Appeals, from Local meeti￿ tLtlld5: tbese ate wrdteh." Uk accounts under"Grants agreed by LA)cai Meeting. . Page 14 Report of the Independent Examiner report on the consolidated accounts of Thaxted Atea Quaker Meeting for the year ended 31 December 2022 , which are 5¢t out below. Respective r&sponsibiJities of trustees and eumlner The charitys trnstees are ¥esFKyngible for the preparation of the a¢coutEts. The charity's trustees cot]sidcr that ao audit is n(rt required for this yw under section 144(2) of the Cbarities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) andthat an independeot examinthon is neede(L It is my responsibility to- examine the acwunts under section 145 of the 2011 Ac to follow the pr(Kedures laid down in the generdl Directions given by the Cknty Commission ullder se¢tion 145(5)(b) of the 2011 ACL" aTKI to state whether particulat matters have come to my attelltio Basis of independent examiller's report My cxamination was carried out in accordance ￿ryth the general Directions givell by tIAe Charity ComtnissioL ' An examination includ￿ a review of the accountin(y records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented witb those r￿ords. It also itLcludes consideration of auy unusual items or disclosures in the accoutt￿ 5cekiDg explanations frorll trusiees eoncerniDg any sllch matters. The procedures undertakell do not providc all the evidellce that would be required in an audit and consequently no opillion is given as to whether the accounts ptesent a Irue and fair view, and the report is limited to those uotters set out in the statement below. Independent examiller's stateujent tn conTrection with cxaminatio￿ no matter has come to ￿Y attention: (l) which gives ]J]e Ttasonable cause to be1[￿'C that in any" malerial respect the reqUiren]￿ts. to keep accounting records in accordallcc wAth section 130 of thc 2011 A¢ and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and co￿pty wÈth the accounting Tcquiremettts of the 2011 Act have not been mct or {2) to which, in my Opinio￿ attention should be drdwn in Order to enable a proper understalldillg of tbe accounts to be reached. J allLe: Amanda Prentice AddTess: Bent6ll4 AbEw House, 51 High StteeL Saffron walde￿ EsseL CBIO IAF Page 4