## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 2 May 2023 To: 5 April 2024 Charity name: Friends of St Mary’s** **Charity registration number: 1202893** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the Christian religion by providing and
assisting in the restoration, preservation, repair,
improvement and beautification of St Mary’s
church and by providing additional facilities and
contributing towards the cost of maintaining the
ministry at the church and the day-to-day costs
incidental thereto for and on behalf of the Parochial
Church Council or successor.| |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|Raising money to support the church’s vital
work in the community and help preserve its
architectural heritage.. Priorities for fundraising
are chosen from projects identified by St
Mary’s Vestry meetings. Funds have been
raised at a series of talks when people have
been encouraged to sign up as Friends or to
make a donation to the charity| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees met with a an advisor from Powys
Association of Voluntary Organisations
regarding guidance on public benefit.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
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reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |||| 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|In this first year of the charity we signed up 35
Friends to the charity and £1,057 in donations.
By building the number of Friends we are
helping to develop a sense of community at St
Mary’s with more people focussed on the needs
of the Church and its future. Both the launch
event and the first in our Friend’s Speaker
series have helped us accrue funds towards the
repair of the windows of St Mary’s which have
been identified as a need by St Mary’s Vestry
meetings.| ## **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** |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the
period|Para 1.21|The Charity holds a small surplus (£1,152) as
cash in bank at the end of the first year in
operation| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating
why they are held|Para 1.22|The cash held at bank is held as a resource for
planned East window protection replacement| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£1,152| |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|None: FoSM is a “going concern”| |**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 (“Friend of St Marys”) and
donations received, including those from
attendees at events.
The Friends also apply to relevant grants to
help fund the projects that are being supported.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|No investment policy. All funds raised to be
used for improvement projects.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|No financial risks.
Public liability is covered by Event Insurance.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |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|Election by existing Trustees (majority basis)| ## **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|Friends of St Mary’s| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1202893| |Charity’s principal address|Vestry of St Mary’s Church
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Punch Maughan|Chair||| ||Karen Hesketh|Treasurer||| ||Philip Park|||| ||Emma Hayes|||| ||Liam Hosie|||| ||Peter Jenkins|Secretary||| ||Liz Rijnenberg|Co-opted||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 None 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** **Signature(s)** K Hesketh **Full name(s)** Karen Hesketh **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Treasurer **Date** 12 January 2025 ||**Friends of St Marys**|**Friends of St Marys**|**Friends of St Marys**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
5/2/2023|||Period end date
4/5/2024|| |||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |**A1 Receipts**
**3,350**
**3,350**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 3,350**
**A3 Payments**
**2,198**
**_Sub total_ 2,198**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 2,198**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 1,152**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 1,152**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**3,350**
**3,350**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,350**
**2,198**
**2,198**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,198**
**1,152**
**-**
**-**
**1,152**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||**-**|**-**||**1,152**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**1,152**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
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**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
~~K Hesketh~~
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,152**
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**1,152**
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OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name
Karen Hesketh
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||~~K Hesketh~~|Karen Hesketh|2.11.24| |||||