## **2024 Annual Report for The Friends of Snape Church, Charity number 1202538** 

Registered address 5 Squirrel Cottages, Cundle Green Lane, Snape IP17 1RE 

Trustees: Jacqueline Allfrey Miranda Barclay Timothy Beach Georgina Lock Margaret McKenna Christine Quinn Gregory Spray 

The Trustees meet about six times annually, and have appointed a Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. There are no employees. New Trustees when required will be recruited from those within the Snape community who can bring relevant interest, skills and experience. 

The objective of the Charity is to raise funds for the maintenance and improvement of the fabric of the Church of St John the Baptist, Snape, and to develop community use of the church. It has done this through the organisation of performances in the church and by creating a network of Friends who are willing to be involved in raising funds. 

The Charity was set up on March 29[th] 2023. In 2024 there were eleven fundraising events and a number of additional individual donations. The surplus for the year was £6,035, which will be carried forward as reserves. The reserves on 31[st] December 2024 were £8,277. Once sufficient funds have been accumulated to carry out the first maintenance project, the funds will be given to the Snape Parochial Church Council to carry out the work. Our initial target is for about £15,000 to replace broken guttering which currently allows water ingress into the stonework of the church. The target has been increased from £7,000 in 2023 because of the escalating costs of the building work. 

Attendance at the events was very good, and the Trustees are pleased to note that, as well as making significant progress towards our first fundraising target, the events held in the church are increasing its accessibility to the local and wider community. 



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