## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From June 2024 - Period start date To June 2025 - Period end date** ## **Charity name: Eastbourne Ashridge Circle** ## **Charity registration number: 1201658** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The Circle is for the promotion of good**
**citizenship, primarily in East Sussex**| |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|**The holding of lectures on a diverse**
**range of subjects that are intended to**
**encourage and promote good**
**citizenship.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance on public benefit**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The policy is to not make grants**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The policy is not to make social**
**investment**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All activity is undertaken by unpaid**
**volunteers**| |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|**Lectures have encompassed an update**
**on current geopolitical issues, women’s**
**rights and environmental concerns,**
**together with aspects of our social and**
**cultural heritage – all topics with direct**
**relevance to the needs of well-informed**
**citizenship.**
**Members have made numerous**
**comments complimenting the quality**
**and relevance of the lectures.**
**Membership numbers reached full**
**capacity as a result of word-of-mouth**
**recommendations.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The financial position is strong with**
**income above target and the charity**
**remains a going concern**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The policy is to hold reserves of 50% of**
**annual income to meet substantial**
**contracts for accommodation rental and**
**speaker fees that are agreed in advance**
**of the lecture season.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£25,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Membership subscriptions are the sole**
**source of funds**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**None**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Issues that may prevent lectures from**
**taking place - the sole means by which**
**we deliver our Object. Suitable lecture**
**accommodation could be withdrawn or a**
**national health emergency could cause**
**membership to plummet.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**A constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**An unincorporated charitable**
**association**| |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|**Trustees are directly elected by**
**members at an AGM. There are no**
**constitutional provisions**| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Eastbourne Ashridge Circle| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1201658| |Charity’s principal address|32 Saffrons Park, Eastbourne BN20 7UX| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Alan Wenham|President||| ||Jennifer King|Chair||| ||Melinda Stone|Vice-chair||| ||Paul Briant|Treasurer||| ||Ashley Mitchell|Programme
Secretary||| ||Alan Packard|Membership
Secretary||| ||Tim Hancock|||| ||Brian Waters|||| ||Anita Dixon|Secretary||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None 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)** No paid employees ## **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** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Jennifer King **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 19 August 2025 CHARITY COMMI5510N '" FOR ÈNGLANO AND WALES Eastboum¥ Asbri&ge Circle 12111858 Recei tsand ments accounts CC16a. Por tho perÉod from To r1110512024 3a104I2025 Section A Receipts and payments Ull￿atrI¢led lund6 Restrlctsd fundg ttslhe nets￿t£ Endowrnent funds to1￿ n￿r*St£ to to the n¢ara&t£ Rfroel biibscrfli¢n$ dri0# 51,412 ross Income an tablè. ent *a A3Pa ments ts￿kerfèeS O" lal semtos PriDI, PV9t Stalionory 17,999 2.432 533 100 91$ .97Y 55 Commitl8é fjx&n$e J28 Suts total A4 Asset and Invesiment Sub total N9tofrecwpt51(payn￿ntsJ AS Tran8fBrs between fuiid$ AS Cash lund8 last yeorend Cash thnds thls year end CCXX R1"a￿Trts ISSI $3011112025 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Re&trl¢te fijndg to n¢a*¢stE Endowment funds tè rthr05t£ .latfj4orie lunds lo ￿eaTeSt £ 81 Cash funds NatWesiBank 22,583 Total ¢a$h funds Unr¢¥trl¢t¢d fund¥ 10 aGaF￿£ Reatrlct•d fiJnd$ Doto¢t. Pund h)w*l¢h a55Pt ¢￿tte￿I¥ll on riètail$ CvJtloptlonalJ 83 Invo8tmant as6èts Fts￿d towhlclj ¢￿￿¥￿￿41Ye L)etaii$ 34 Assots retalned for the Charlty's owft u80 Fundtowhkh A￿oU￿rt￿P rtal When du• Dptdil BS Llabllltl¥s Slgned by orté tru5te88 on bohelf Df all the tiustetr5 S¥Jnature CGXX R2 oruunts ISS) 11112D25 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiners report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of EastbDume Ashridge Circle On accounts lotthe year ended ¥Qih April 2025 Charity no {if anyl 1201658 Set out on pages I report to the.trustees on my examination of the acGounts of the above ¢harity {'*h8 Trust"} for the yéar end6tl 3010412025. Responslbllltlés and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responslble for thp preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance with th& requirements of th¢ Charities Act 2011 I'the Act.). I report In respect of my examination of the Trust's accounta carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out rny exatnination, I have followed the applicable Directions givèn by the Charity Commi$sion under $ection 14515)Ib) of the Act. I have completed my exarnination. I confimi that no m*eri81 Inatters have ome to My attention (other than that disdosed bèlow ') in connection with the examination which gives ffte cause to believe Ih8t in, any malerial r8spect'. accounting recort$5 were not kept In a¢MrdaOce véith sect¥on 130 of the Ad or the accounts do not acwrd with the ac¢ounting records Independent examlnerfs statèment I hav6 no concerns and have comg'8Gros3 no other mattèr$ in eonneoti¢Jn with Ihe examination lo which attention should be drawn.in order ta etiable proper understanding of the a¢counts to be reached. Please del8te the ￿rdS in th8 brack8ts if they do not apply. Slgned: 30th November 2025 Name: Brian Murphy Relevant profe8sional quallfi¢atlon($) or body {If any): Addre$$'. Meadhome, 48 St John's Road, Eastbourne. BM20 7NG October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of Gharity accounts: directions and guldance for examiners}. Give here brief detalls of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. No concerns IER OGtobor 2018