## **Friends of Deddington Church** 

Charitable Incorporated Organisation 

Charity registration number 1197482 

## **Annual Report 31 December 2023** 

Friends of Deddington Church was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 13 January 2022.  It is the successor to an informal unregistered organisation which supported the church for many years. 

The charity is a secular organisation whose sole purpose is to raise funds to assist in the preservation and maintenance of the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul (in the Diocese of Oxford), a historic Grade II* building, and its grounds, which have stood at the heart of the parish for nearly 800 years. 

The church provides the largest covered floor space available in the community. Apart from its role as an Anglican church, almost 50 different secular activities have been undertaken in the church in recent years, many of them multiple times, from monthly markets to concerts, plays, exhibitions, lectures and school activities, to highlight just a few. 

During the financial year, we raised £5,841 mainly through monthly subscriptions and Gift Aid recoveries, resulting in a year-end balance on account of just over £25,000 after our contributions during the year to the ongoing maintenance and repairs of the church. 

In particular, having previously confirmed to the church wardens that the charity would contribute most of the cost of the repair of the South porch, we contributed over £26,500 this financial year to the works which were completed and now provide an appropriate entrance to church.  We are now in discussion with the church wardens regarding contributions towards repairs recommended in the Quinquenial report which is being considered by the Parochial Church Council. 

There have been no changes in the charity trustees this year.  They are Lord Green of Deddington, Lesley Milroy and Catherine Desmond, who were the first trustees, along with Jill Cheeseman, Jennifer Childs, David Field, Colin Lambert and Caroline Condon. 

Registered address:  Weston House, Church Street, Deddington, OXON OX15 0TG 



i CHARITY COMMISSION
| FOR ENGLA.VD AND WAIES
Frlend¥ of Deddington Chuwrh
ReGeipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period
0110112023
To
3111W2023
Section A Receipts and payments
UnrestriGtod
funds
to lh•
Re$tr(¢tad
funds
Endowment
fund$
Total fund5
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to lh• n••rMtE
10lh• n••rvrt£
A1 Re￿
Donalh)
&ftAid
4650
41.352
5.470
Sub total(Gross irteome
AR)
4841
6.82Z
A2 A$••t and Inv•8tment s•l•s,
18•0 t*blo1.
Sub ioial
S.B41
46.822
A3Pa
ent$
Church r*p&Ms
26,510
653
6SJ
ProlessiN￿l feès
Sub total
Z7.792
27.792
A4 A5SOt and Inve8trnont
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See tablo
Sub lolal
27.792
27,792
N•t of receirt￿{P?yM*￿tsj
A5 Transl¢rs be￿een lunds
A6 Cash funds1881 yeat end
Cash fijnds this year end
21.95t
21.9S1
46.822
47.273
25.322
47273
25,322
451
47.273
CCKX R1 arxounts ISSI
11104r2024

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted
funds
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fvnds
tODeare*t£
Endowment
funds
to n•ar•*£
B1 Cash funds
C•sh*bÈnk
25322
Total cash funds
25,322
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Prirt Name
Date of
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13
CCXX R2 accix]r*is ISSI
1110412024

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
••+
Section A
Independent Examinefs Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Friends of Deddington Church
On accounts for tho year
ended
31 Decemter 2023
Charity no
lif any)
1197482
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
tharity {"the Trust.) for the year ended 31112 12022.
Responsibllities 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 r&port in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in ¢arying 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 ￿nfirn that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any malenal
respect:
accounting r8cords were not kept in accordance bmth section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord wth the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention Should ￿ drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
. Please delete the words in th8 brackels rf they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
3C U?ti2
Name:
Mr J M Dovey
Relevant professlonal
qualifIcationlsl or body
(if anyl:
FCCA
Address:
Heyford Park House. Heyford Park
| Upper Heyford. Bicester
Oxon OX25 5HD
IER
OGtober 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concem (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounls.. directions and guidan￿ for
examiners}.
Give here brief detalls of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018