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|Objectives and Activiti|es|es||
|---|---|---|---|
||SORP reference|||
|Of the purposes Of|Para|1.17|Toadvance the education of the public by|
|the charity as set out in its|||the promotion, support and development of|
|governing document|||a Museum in Felixstowe.|
|Summary of the main|Para<br>-1.19|1.17 and|Toshare our collections by opening the|
|activities in relation to those|||Museum 4 days a week plus Bank|
|purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the|||Holidays. New local exhibits e.g. Radio<br>Caroline, Views from Convalescent Hill;|
|activities, projects or|||temporary exhibits e.g. D-Day, Olympics.|
|services identified in the|||To run a café &shop to raise income & use|
|accounts.|||of Beehive Café as a creative space for|
||||community workshops &events|
||||To further engage with our community<br>through outreach e.g talks and displays;|
||||hosting community & school groups, &<br>through our social media further increasing|
||||followers to 2500.|
|Statement confirming|Para|I .18|The trustees believe the objectives and|
|whether the trustees have|||activities of the charity meet the|
|had regard to the guidance|||guidance issued by the Charity|
|issued by the Charity|||Commission.|
|Commission on public||||
|benefit||||



|Additional information (optional)|Additional information (optional)|
|---|---|
|You ma|choose to include furtherstatements where relevant about:|
||SORP reference|
||Para 1.38|
|Policy|on grant making|
||Para 1.38|





|Policy on social investment|||
|---|---|---|
|including program related|||
|investment|||
|||We have about 30 volunteers supporting|
||Para 1.38|the museum in various roles during the|
|Contribution made by||season April to Nov- front of house, retail,|
|volunteers||exhibit champions, archive & collections.|
|||Volunteer hours exceed 2300hrs|
|||contributing savings of cE29,000 paid staff|
|||FT E. In addition, a number of volunteers|
|||continue to support the Museum over the|
|||winter period in maintenanceand new|
|||exhibit installation roles. Three volunteers|
|||also received a Silver Owl award for long|
|||service < 25 years; We also hosted a|
|||student with learning difficulties from the|
|||University of Essex and credit to the|
|||volunteers to see the studentblossom over|
|||the<br>ear.|
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|chievements and Per|formance||
|---|---|---|
||SORP reference||
|||The Museum in accordance with its|
|||accreditation status measures its|
|||performance against a forward<br>plan. In|
|Summary of the main|Para 1.20|addition the Museum undertook an|
|achievements of the charity,||Organisational Health Check with Museum|
|identifying the difference the||Development England resulting in positive|
|charity's work has made to||feedback and secured funding for a Modes|
|the circumstances of its||upgrade to facilitate our collection audits.|
|beneficiaries and any wider|||
|benefits to society as a||The Museum launched its new season with|
|whole.||an event celebrating 60 years of Radio|
|||Caroline,<br>>100 attendees and coverage on|
|||ITV Anglia got the season off to a great|
|||start.|
|||The Mayor of Felixstowe also chose|
|||Landguard Trustas one of his charities of|
|||the year leading to many opportunities to<br>raise awareness of the Museum and E2500|
|||monies raised reserved for a future project.|
|||We continued to be creative in our|
|||community outreachembarking on a new|
|||venture with the local cinema showing We|
|||Fought Them in Gunboats with local author|
|||as host, resulting in 4 screenings due to|
|||o<br>ular demand and<br>showcasin<br>some of|





|our collection at a Fashion on a Ration|
|---|
|event.|
|A new management structurewas|
|introducedworking with the neighbouring|
|Landguard Fort to improve long term|
|sustainability. A new General Manager and|
|a new Deputy Manager/Collections Officer|
|took up post.|
|In June we held a commemorative event|
|for D-Day with the Town's veterans<br>— an|
|inspirational and moving day, followed in|
|August by a Public eventcommemorating<br>the 80th Anniversary of the Lancaster|
|Bomber which crashed in Felixstowe seas|
|to save the lives of residents and in|
|November a further commemorative event|
|for the tragic loss of the HMS Gipsy off our|
|shores. Its importantthat these events are|
|not forgotten.|
|In July we launched a new exhibit Views|
|from Convalescent Hill focusing on|
|people's memories of local health|
|institutions overtime and the benefits of|
|healthy living by the sea.|
|We celebrated the Olympics with an|
|Olympic trail, gold medals and shared|
|stories from local Olympians and our|
|volunteers who were part of the Change|
|Maker Team.|
|This year we were able to keep our doors<br>open over winter receiving grant funding to|
|run a warm space and history café|
|addressing the cost of living challenges and|
|loneliness and isolation<br>—<br>it was a huge|
|success.|
|Overall the museum increased footfall >|
|1000 more visitors and increased shop and|
|ticket sales. The café proved to be a|
|challenge with the new business providers|
|ceasing to trade by mid-summer.|
|Volunteers undertookfood hygiene training|
|and with the help ofour retail champion the|
|Beehive Café was up and running once|
|again.|
|Another successful year with planning<br>already underway for a new flagship|
|exhibition 2025 season<br>— Beside the|
|Seaside|





|Achievements against|Para|1.41|
|---|---|---|
|objectives set|||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives|Para|1.41|
|set|||
|Investment performance|Para|1.41|
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|inancial Review|inancial Review||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity's||Para|1.21|The charity has maintained a good level of|
|financial position<br>ofthe period|at the end|||reservesover the year and has avoided the<br>need to impact the operational reserves|
|||||The income level has significantly|
|||||increased during the year thanks to there<br>being an increased awareness of the|
|||||Museum in the local community. The major|
|||||increase was created by selling Joint-|
|||||tickets with Landguard Fort which benefited|
|||||both charities. The Museum was also|
|||||successful in securing grants to develop|
|||||the Museum further|
|Statement explaining the||Para|1.22|The operational reserve is held in an|
|policy for holding|reserves|||interest-bearing account. The Trustees|
|stating why they are held||||intend this reserve to be E10,000 and will|
|||||continue to increase this from its current|
|||||value of €7,900|
|Amount of reserves held||Para|1.22|At the end of the reporting period there|
|||||were reserves of€42,433 which included|
|||||El 0,689 in unspent restricted funds|
|Reasons for holding zero||Para|1.22||
|reserves|||||
|Details offund materially in||Para|1.24||
|deficit|||||
|Explanation of any||Para|1.23||
|uncertainties about the|||||
|charity continuing as a going|||||
|concern|||||



|ou ma<br>choose to include furt|her s|tat|
|---|---|---|
|The charity's principal|||
|sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para|1.47|
|Investment policy and|||
|objectives including any<br>social investment policy|Para|1.46|
|adopted|||
|A description of the principal|||
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|Description ofcharity's||||
|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:||||
|Type of governing document|Para|1.25|Trust Deed|
|(tn.u;t deed. tova! charten||||
|How is the charity|Para|1.25|CIO|
|constituted?||||
|uruncc»pocated||||
|C!C.ij||||
|Trustee selection methods|Para|1.25|Independent Trusteesnominated,|
|including details of any|||interviewed and voted on|
|constitutional provisions e.g.||||
|election to post or name of||||
|any person or body entitled||||
|to appoint one or more||||
|trustees||||



|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction|Para|1.51|
|---|---|---|
|and training oftrustees|||
|The charitVs organisational<br>structureand any wider|Para|1.51|
|network with which the|||
|charity works|||
|Relationship with any related|Para|1.51|
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|Charit|name|||Felixstowe Histo|and Museum Societ|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other|name the charit||uses|Felixstowe Museum||
|Re<br>istered charit||number||1196598||
|Charity's principal||address||Felixstowe Museum||
|||||View Point Road||
|||||Felixstowe||
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|Names and a|ddresses of advis|ers (Optional information)|
|---|---|---|
|Type of|Name|Address|
|adviser|||
|Accountant|Dawn Johnson|5 Schneider Business Park, Felixstowe, IP 11 3SS|



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||Full name(s)|Sharon Harkin|Kevin Sullivan|
|Position|(eg Secretary,<br>Chair, etc)|Chair|Treasurer|
||Date|||





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|Trustees'Annual Report|2|
|Independent Examiner's Report|3|
|Statement of Financial Activities|4|
|Balance Sheet|5|
|Statement ofCash flows|6|
|Notes to the Accounts|7 to 12|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|13 to 14|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|||
|||funds|funds|Total funds|Total funds|
|||2025|2025|2025|2024|
||Notes|||||
|Income and endowments||||||
|from:||||||
|Donations and legacies|3|2,392||2,392|3,476|
|Charitableactivities|4|20,811||20,811|14,566|
|Othertrading activities|5|8,257||8,257|10,234|
|Investments|6|418||418|45|
|Other|7|12,773|10,899|23,672|1,151|
|Total||44,651|10,899|55,550|29,472|
|Expenditure on:||||||
|Raising funds|8|5,832||5,832|3,283|
|Charitableactivities|9|420||420|250|
|Other|10|33,775|943|34,718|24,561|
|Total||40,027|943|40,970|28,094|
|Net gains on investments||||||
|Net income|11|4,623|9,957|14,580|1,378|
|Transfers betweenfunds||||||
|Net income before other<br>gains/(losses)||4,623|9,957|14,580|1,378|
|Other gains and losses||||||
|Net movement<br>in funds||4,623|9,957|14,580|1,378|
|Reconciliation of funds:||||||
|Total funds brought forward||27,121|732|27,853|26,475|
|Total funds carried forward||31,744|10,689|42,433|27,853|





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|at 31 March 2025||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Charity No. 1196598||2025|2024|
|Fixed assets||||
|Tangible assets|13|3,469|4,020|
|||3,469|4,020|
|Current assets||||
|Debtors|14|11,087|1,503|
|Cash at bank and in hand||29,417|22,750|
|||40,504|24,253|
|Creditors: Amountfalling due within one year|15|(1,540)|(420)|
|Net current assets||38,964|23,833|
|Total assets less current liabilities||42,433|27,853|
|Net assets excluding pension asset or liability||42,433|27,853|
|Total net assets||42,433|27,853|
|The funds of the charity||||
|Restrictedfunds|16|||
|Restricted income funds||10,689|732|
|||10,689|732|
|Unrestricted funds|16|||
|General funds||28,744|24,121|
|Designated funds||3,000|3,000|
|||31,744|27,121|
|Reserves|16|||
|Totalfunds||42,433|27,853|



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|Unrestricted funds|These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the|
||general objects of the charity.|
|Designated funds|These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trusteesfor particular purposes.|
|Revaluation funds|These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reserve representing the|
||restatement of investment assets at their market values.|
|Restricted funds|These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor orthrough|
||terms of an appeal.|
|Income||
|Recognition of|Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) whenthe charity|
|income|becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to receive, the income and the amountof|
||the income can be measured with sufficient reliability.|
|Income with related|Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is|
|expenditure|reported gross in the SoFA.|
|Donations and|Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in the|
|legacies|the SOFAwhen receivable and only whenthe Charity has unconditional entitlement|
||to the income.|
|Taxreclaims on|Income from tax reclaims is included in the SOFA at the same time as the|
|donations and gifts|gift/donation to which it relates.|
|Donated services|These are only included in income (with an equivalent amount<br>in expenditure)|
|and facilities|where the benefit to the Charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and|
||material.|
|Volunteer help|The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts.|
|Investmentincome|This is included in the accounts when receivable.|
|Gains/(losses) on|This includes any gain or loss resultingfrom revaluing investments to market value|
|revaluation offixed|at the end of the year.|
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|2<br>|Statement of Financial Activities<br>- prior year||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted||
|||funds|funds|Total funds|
|||2024|2024|2024|
|Income and endowments from:|||||
||Donations and legacies|3,476||3,476|
||Charitableactivities|14,566||14,566|
||Other trading activities|10,234||10,234|
||Investments|45||45|
||Other|251|900|1,151|
|Total||28,572|900|29,472|
|Expenditure on:|||||
||Raising funds|3,283||3,283|
||Charitableactivities|250||250|
||Other|24,393|168|24,561|
|Total||27,926|168|28,094|
|Net|income|646|732|1,378|
|Net|income before other|646|732|1,378|
|gains/(losses)|||||
|Other gains and losses:|||||
|Net|movement in funds|646|732|1,378|
|Reconciliation of funds:|||||
|Total funds brought forward||26,475||26,475|
|Totalfunds carried forward||27,121|732|27,853|
|3|Income from donations and legacies||||
|||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
||||2025|2024|
||Donations|2,392|2,392|3,476|
|||2,392|2,392|3,476|
|4|Income from charitable activities||||
|||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
||||2025|2024|
||||E||
||Admission to Museum|20,811|20,811|14,566|
|||20,811|20,811|14,566|





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|5|Income from other trading activities|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Gift Shop||4,210|4,210|3,935|
||Tea Room||1,880|1,880|2,882|
||Events||||1,360|
||Arts Commission||2,167|2,167|2,057|
||||8,257|8,257|10,234|
|6|Income from investments|||||
||||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Bank Interest||418|418|45|
||||418|418|45|
|7|Other income|||||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Grant Income|11,050|10,899|21,949|900|
||Membership Fees|150||150|230|
||Other Income|1,573||1,573|21|
|||12,773|10,899|23,672|1,151|
|8|Expenditure on raising funds|||||
||||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Fundraising trading costs|||||
||Gift Shop||1,513|1,513|599|
||Tea Room||1,825|1,825||
||Events||510|510|1,033|
||Arts Commission||1,984|1,984|1,651|
||||5,832|5,832|3,283|
|9|Expenditureon charitable activities|||||
||||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Governance costs|||||
||Independent Examination||420|420|250|
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|10|Other expenditure|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Other Direct costs|789||789|644|
||Waste Disposal|1 ,449||1,449|1,448|
||Display and Curatorial|48|775|823|1,551|
||Card Processing Fees|338||338|271|
||Employee costs|26,736||26,736|16,529|
||Amortisation, depreciation,|||||
||impairment, profit/loss on|383|168|551|550|
||disposal offixed assets|||||
||General administrative costs|3,726||3,726|3,398|
||Legal and professional costs|306||306|170|
|||33,775|943|34,718|24,561|
|11|Net income beforetransfers|||||
||||2025||2024|
||This is stated after charging:||||E|
||Depreciation ofowned fixed assets||551||550|
|12|Steff costs|||||
||||2025||2024|
||Salaries and wages||24,500||15,000|
||||24,500||15,000|
||No employee received emoluments in excess of E60,OOO.|||||
|13|Tangiblefixed assets|||||
|||||Office|Total|
|||||Equipment||
||Cost or revaluation|||||
||At 1 April 2024|||4,570|4,570|
||At 31 March 2025|||4,570|4,570|
||Depreciation and|||||
||impairment|||||
||At 1 April 2024|||550|550|
||Depreciation charge for the|||||
|||||551|551|
||year|||||
||At 31 March 2025|||1,101|1,101|
||Net book values|||||
||At 31 March 2025|||3,469|3,469|
||At 31 March 2024|||4,020|4,020|





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|14|Debtors|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||2025|2024|
||Trade debtors|6,552||
||Otherdebtors|4,535|1,503|
|||11,087|1,503|
|15|Creditors:|||
||amounts falling due within one year|||
|||2025|2024|
||Accruals|1,540|420|
|||1,540|420|





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|Movement in funds|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Incoming|||
|||resources|Resources|At 31|
||At 1 April|(including<br>other|expended|March<br>2025|
||2024|gains/losses)|||
|Restricted funds:|||||
|Restrictedincome funds:|||||
|MDSE Museum MOT|732|3,000|(168)|3,564|
|MDSE Going Green||3,552|(479)|3,073|
|MDSE Income Generation||500||500|
|ESC Enabling||1,250||1,250|
|FTC Lancaster Celebration||500|(296)|204|
|ESC WarmSpace||2,097||2,097|
|Total|732|10,899|(943)|10,689|
|Unrestricted funds:|||||
|General funds|24,121|44,651|(40,027)|28,744|
|Designated funds:|||||
|Gitsham Fund|3,000|||3,000|
|Total|3,000|||3,000|
|Totalfunds|27,853|55,550|(40,970)|42,433|



|Analysis of net assets betweenfunds||||
|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
||funds|funds||
|Fixed assets|2,908|561|3,469|
|Net current assets|38,964||38,964|
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|---|---|---|---|
||||At 31|
||At 1 April||March|
||2024|Cash flows|2025|
|Cash and cash equivalents|22,750|6,667|29,417|
||22,750|6,667|29,417|
|Net debt|22,750|6,667|29,417|





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|---|---|---|
|Cash flows from operating activities|||
|Net income per Statement of Financial Activities|14,580|1,378|
|Adjustments for:|||
|Depreciation of property, plant and equipment|551|550|
|Dividends, interest and rents from investments|(24,090)|(1,196)|
|Othergains/losses|||
|Increase in trade and other receivables|(9,584)|(1,503)|
|Increase in trade and other payables|1,120||
|Net cash used in operating activities|(17,423)|(351)|
|Cash flows from investing activities|||
|Dividends, interest and rents from investments|24,090|1,196|
|Net cash from/(used in) investing activities|24,090|(3,374)|
|Net cash from financing activities|||
|Net increase/(decrease)<br>in cash and cash equivalents|6,667|(3,725)|
|Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year|22,750|26,475|
|Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year|29,417|22,750|
|Components of cash and cash equivalents|||
|Cash and bank balances|29,417|22,750|
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|for the year ended 31 March 2025|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|||
||funds|funds|Totalfunds|Totalfunds|
||2025|2025|2025|2024|
|Income and endowmentsfrom:|||||
|Donations and legacies|||||
|Donations|2,392||2,392|3,476|
||2,392||2,392|3,476|
|Charitable activities|||||
|Admission to Museum|20,811||20,811|14,566|
||20,811||20,811|14,566|
|Other trading activities|||||
|Gift Shop|4,210||4,210|3,935|
|Tea Room|1,880||1,880|2,882|
|Events||||1,360|
|Arts Commission|2,167||2,167|2,057|
||8,257||8,257|10,234|
|Investments|||||
|Bank Interest|418||418|45|
||418||418|45|
|Other|||||
|Grant Income|11,050|10,899|21,949|900|
|Membership Fees|150||150|230|
|Other Income|1,573||1,573|21|
||12,773|10,899|23,672|1,151|
|Total income and endowments|44,651|10,899|55,550|29,472|
|Expenditure on:|||||
|Costs of other trading activities|||||
|Gift Shop|1,513||1,513|599|
|Tea Room|1,825||1,825||
|Events|510||510|1,033|
|Arts Commission|1,984||1,984|1,651|
||5,832||5,832|3,283|
|Total ofexpenditure on raising<br>funds|5,832||5,832|3,283|
|Governance costs|||||
|Independent Examination|420||420|250|
||420||420|250|
|Total ofexpenditure on charitable<br>activities|420||420|250|
|Otherexpenditure|||||
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|ELIXSTOWEHISTORY AND MUSEUM SOCIETY<br>etailed Statement of Financial Activities|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Waste Disposal|1,449||1 ,449|1,448|
|Display and Curatorial|48|775|823|1,551|
|Card Processing Fees|338||338|271|
||2,624|775|3,399|3,914|
|Employee costs|||||
|Salaries/wages|24,500||24,500|15,000|
|Staff recruitment|1,116||1,116|576|
|Staff training|130||130||
|Staff welfare|990||990|953|
||26,736||26,736|16,529|
|General administrative costs,|||||
|including depreciation and|||||
|amortisation|||||
|Depreciation of Office|383|168|551|550|
|Equipment|||||
|Equipment repairs and|1,401||1,401|635|
|maintenance|||||
|General insurances|928||928|980|
|Software, IT supportand related|131||131|112|
|costs|||||
|Stationery and printing|60||60||
|Subscriptions|582||582|395|
|Telephone, fax and broadband|624||624|1,276|
||4,109|168|4,277|3,948|
|Legal and professional costs|||||
|Accountancy and bookkeeping|306||306|170|
||306||306|170|
|Total cfexpenditure ofother costs|33,775|943|34,718|24,561|
|Total expenditure|40,027|943|40,970|28,094|
|Net gains on investments|||||
||4,623|9,957|14,580|1,378|
|Net income|||||
|Net income before other|4,623|9,957|14,580|1,378|
|gains/(losses)|||||
|OtherGains|||||
|Net movement in funds|4,623|9,957|14,580|1,378|
|Reconciliation of funds:|||||
|Total funds broughtforward|27,121|732|27,853|26,475|
|Totalfunds carried forward|31,744|10,689|42,433|27,853|





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Section A I l jl | | |lllng,ependent Ex.
miner's Report
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On accounts for the year
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 31 03 502>,
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention
in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please d lete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
202
Name:
Ak/So
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address:
CLcuf/
ky/
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure I
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
/A
IER
October 2018