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2025-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report

For the period from 1st January 2025 to 31[st] December 2025

Charity name: St Leonard’s Management

Charity registration number: 1196963

Objectives and Activities

SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document		 Para 1.17 Maintenance and upkeep of St
Leonard’s Church and the Bell Tower,
Yarpole, and their promotion as
community assets as well as a hub for
social events and support – eg. with our
links with the Talk Community
organisation and the PCC.
Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.		 Para 1.17 and
1.19		 Ongoing maintenance and refurbishment
of the fabric of the buildings.
Management of the Gallery Café sited
inside the church. Organisation and
promotion of community events and
activities therein. Ensuring that the
church is foremost a place of worship
for all comers
Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit		 Para 1.18 We confirm we have had regard to the
specified guidance.

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

SORP reference

Policy on grant making

Para 1.38		 n/a

Policy on social investment
including program related
investment

Para 1.38		 n/a


Contribution made by
volunteers

Para 1.38		 30+ volunteers make an enormous
contribution to our charitable objectives
as cooks, waiting staff, maintenance
assistants, events’ organisers, and in a
very wide range of community roles
such as the PCC and our own trustees

Other

Achievements and Performance

SORP reference
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.




Para 1.20		 The buildings have been maintained in a
good state of repair, enabling the
community to benefit significantly from
the facilities they offer. This has helped
to mitigate isolation and loneliness
within the community as well as
generate numerous social activities that
have engaged many from the immediate
community and beyond.

As our community hub in a church is
unique it attracts regular visits from
tourists, regional social groups and the
media. In 2025 we contributed to a
Herefordshire wide Histories Festival
that, particularly, celebrated our superb
local history archive and exhibition. We
also redesignated the interior of our
Historic Bell Tower into a celebration of
the 10th oldest timber structure in
England. This increased significantly the
footfall of visitors to our village.

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Achievements against
objectives set


Para 1.41


 We have set up a Management Team –
from 2023. This includes individuals with
property management expertise and
financial experience.

In accordance with our aim of involving
as wide a cross-section of the
community as possible in the running of
the building, we have involved the
Yarpole Men’s Shed in the routine
maintenance of the building.

In line with our objective to improve
communications with the community, we
hosted a special event – ‘Made in HR6’
to celebrate the creative talents of
people within our village and the local
area. The footfall was excellent and the
range of arts and crafts represented was
comprehensive.

We also regularly provide to the Parish
newsletter current reports on activities
and news involving St Leonard’s
Management and the Gallery Café.
We also provide preferential terms for
very small clubs and craft groups so
that their survival is not threatened by
strict hiring fees and small attendance.
Investment performance
against objectives

Para 1.41

Other

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of theperiod		 Para 1.21 The charity showed a respectable
operating surplus which has grown
further in this accounting year.
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held		 Para 1.22 1. The pandemic and lockdowns of
2021-22 shut down most of St
Leonard’s sources of income: the
Gallery Café had to close, there were
no hire fees because social activities
ceased and all fund-raising events
were cancelled.
2. We have ensured that, should a
similar catastrophe occur again, we
have sufficient funds to cover all our
liabilities (utility bills and insurance
premiums, for example) and to fulfil
our maintenance obligations. In
addition, should we need to make our
employee, the Café Supervisor,
redundant we now have sufficient
funds to cover any redundancy
payment.
3. Reserves are also required in the
event of an unexpectedly large repair
or replacement bill, if sufficient grant
funding were unavailable. We have
studied closely the report of the C of
E’s Quinquennial Buildings Condition
survey to enable us to draw up a plan
of maintenance and repair to address
any recommendations made.
4. Reserves are also needed to fund
any potential short-term deficit in the
cash budget, for example, where
there is a delay in the receipt of
anticipated income.
5. In addition to the management of
risk, the reserves are maintained in
order to have capital to provide
funding for new initiatives.
6. We are seeking to extend our Gallery
Café so that our volunteers and
supervisor have a preparation area fir
for purpose and we are seeking grant
funding to support this project. We
are earmarking £25,000 of our
reserves to contribute to the project
costs on the basis that matched
funding is likely to be needed to
secure agrant.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £60,000
Reasons for holding zero
reserves		 Para 1.22 n/a
Details of fund materially in
deficit		 Para 1.24 n/a
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern		 Para 1.23 n/a

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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)



Para 1.47		 1. Gallery Café
2. Annual donation from Parochial
Church Council
3. Fundraising events
4. Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)
5. Grants or donations from
charitable sources
6. Fees for hiring of our community
hub and Gallery Café
7. External catering events
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
Para 1.46
n/a


A description of the principal
risks facing the charity


Para 1.46		 1. Shortage of volunteers, given the
aging local population.
2. Increasing challenges to recruit
sufficient volunteers and paid
staff.

Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)		 Para 1.25
 Constitution
How is the charity
constituted? (e.g
unincorporated
association,CIO)		 Para 1.25 CIO
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees
Para 1.25		 Volunteer recruitment is required to
complement existing Trustee skills.
Current trustees are taking steps to
recruit new trustees as part of a policy
of succession planning. At the time of
writing, we have 4 trustees and a new
treasurer.

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:


Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees



Para 1.51		 When a new trustee is registered to one
of three areas of responsibility, s/he will
be paired with an existing trustee to
learn about their role.


The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works



Para 1.51		 The trustees have overall responsibility
for the charity, but advice and support
are given by a management team, which
includes representatives from the other
organisations with which it shares the
building and from the wider community.
We also call on a backroom team to
advise and support us in meeting our
objectives.


Relationship with any
related parties


Para 1.51		 St Leonard’s Management has
established a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Yarpole
Community Shop and the Parochial
Church Council. Relationships are
excellent and we are continuing to
strengthen these links as a process of
mutual respect. For example, we are
helping to reduce on-going costs of the
Yarpole Community Shop by taking on
the financial burden of some activities to
support the shop in being financially
viable in these difficult economic times.

Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charityname St Leonard’s Management
Other name the charityuses
Registered charitynumber 1196963
Charity’s principal address St Leonard’s Church
Green Lane
Yarpole
Herefordshire
HR6 0BB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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 Trustee name Office (if any) Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
**to appoint trustee(if any) **
Sebastan Bowen
Philip Daniels Appointed March 2026
Gordon Ewing
Stefano Street Resigned Dec 2025
William Talbot-
Ponsonby


Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets
held in this capacity
Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Gordon Ewing
Position (eg
Secretary, Trustee
Chair, etc)
Date
30/04/2026
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the St Leonard's Management trustees/members of On accounts for the year 31[st] December 2025 Charity no 1196963 ended Set out on pages 2 & 3 Attached

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31[st] December 2025.

Responsibilities and basis As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in of report 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.

Independent examiner's I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in statement connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

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.

Signed:
Name:
Address:		 John Langley 06/02/2026
John Langley
Cloverfields, Leys Lane, Bircher
Herefordshire, HR6 0AZ

1

St Leonard's Management

St Leonard's Management 1196963 Receipts and payments accounts For the period 1st Jan 2025 31st Dec 2025 To from

CC16a

Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
£
4,026
-
-
1,243
5,040
1,574
878
34,702
6,229
4,180
-
405
-
-
58,277
-
-
-
58,277
-
-
-
11,932
9,945
12,129
-
9,447
-
2,621
578
1,871
411
-
-
48,934
-
-
-
48,934
9,343
-
60,904
70,247		 Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
363
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
363
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
363
-
- 363
-
-
-
12,367
-
12,004
-
2		 Total funds
to the nearest £
4,026
-
-
1,243
5,040
1,574
878
34,702
6,229
4,180
-
405
-
-
58,277
-
-
-		 Last year
to the nearest £
Donations 4,026 10,566
Yarpole ShopLoan - -
VAT Refund - -
Interest 1,243 1,326
PCC Contribution 5,040 5,040
Grants incl RHI 1,574 2,453
Hire 878 1,572
GallaryCafé 34,702 35,409
Yarpole ShopContribution 6,229 6,385
Fund Raising 4,180 2,170
Insurance Claims - -
Other 405 229
- -
- -
Sub total( Gross income for AR ) 58,277 65,150
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
-
- -
Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
58,277 65,150
363
-
-
11,932
9,945
12,129
-
9,447
-
2,621
578
1,871
411
-
-
49,297
-
-
-
49,297
8,980
Development Projects - 8,413
Yarpole ShopLoan Repaid - -
- -
Salaries 11,932 10,490
Café Expenses 9,945 9,718
Maintenance 12,129 5,391
Fuel - -
Electricity 9,447 7,278
Water - -
Insurance 2,621 2,521
Professional Fees 578 741
Fund RaisingCosts 1,871 1,658
Sundries 411 472
- -
- -
**Sub total ** 48,934 46,682
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
-
-
**Sub total ** - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
46,682
8,980 18,468
- -
73,271 54,803
82,251 73,271

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
12,003
33,485
-
14
30,513
6,236
-
70,248
12,003
Agreement Error
Agreement Error
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)

-
-
-
-
3
Print Name
Signature
Details
Nat West Bank - SLD
Nat West Bank - SLM
Nat West Deposit - SLM
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Santander - SLM
United Trust Deposit -SLM
Details
Details
Details		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the St Leonard's Management trustees/members of On accounts for the year 31[st] December 2025 Charity no 1196963 ended Set out on pages 2 & 3 Attached

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31[st] December 2025.

Responsibilities and basis As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in of report 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.

Independent examiner's I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in statement connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

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.

Signed:
Name:
Address:		 John Langley 06/02/2026
John Langley
Cloverfields, Leys Lane, Bircher
Herefordshire, HR6 0AZ

1

St Leonard's Management

St Leonard's Management 1196963 Receipts and payments accounts For the period 1st Jan 2025 31st Dec 2025 To from

CC16a

Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
£
4,026
-
-
1,243
5,040
1,574
878
34,702
6,229
4,180
-
405
-
-
58,277
-
-
-
58,277
-
-
-
11,932
9,945
12,129
-
9,447
-
2,621
578
1,871
411
-
-
48,934
-
-
-
48,934
9,343
-
60,904
70,247		 Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
363
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
363
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
363
-
- 363
-
-
-
12,367
-
12,004
-
2		 Total funds
to the nearest £
4,026
-
-
1,243
5,040
1,574
878
34,702
6,229
4,180
-
405
-
-
58,277
-
-
-		 Last year
to the nearest £
Donations 4,026 10,566
Yarpole ShopLoan - -
VAT Refund - -
Interest 1,243 1,326
PCC Contribution 5,040 5,040
Grants incl RHI 1,574 2,453
Hire 878 1,572
GallaryCafé 34,702 35,409
Yarpole ShopContribution 6,229 6,385
Fund Raising 4,180 2,170
Insurance Claims - -
Other 405 229
- -
- -
Sub total( Gross income for AR ) 58,277 65,150
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
-
- -
Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
58,277 65,150
363
-
-
11,932
9,945
12,129
-
9,447
-
2,621
578
1,871
411
-
-
49,297
-
-
-
49,297
8,980
Development Projects - 8,413
Yarpole ShopLoan Repaid - -
- -
Salaries 11,932 10,490
Café Expenses 9,945 9,718
Maintenance 12,129 5,391
Fuel - -
Electricity 9,447 7,278
Water - -
Insurance 2,621 2,521
Professional Fees 578 741
Fund RaisingCosts 1,871 1,658
Sundries 411 472
- -
- -
**Sub total ** 48,934 46,682
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
-
-
**Sub total ** - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
46,682
8,980 18,468
- -
73,271 54,803
82,251 73,271

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
12,003
33,485
-
14
30,513
6,236
-
70,248
12,003
Agreement Error
Agreement Error
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)

-
-
-
-
3
Print Name
Signature
Details
Nat West Bank - SLD
Nat West Bank - SLM
Nat West Deposit - SLM
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Santander - SLM
United Trust Deposit -SLM
Details
Details
Details		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval