## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1/4/2024 To: 31/3/2025**
## **Charity name: Friends of St Mary’s**
## **Charity registration number: 1202893**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|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
monthly talks which have an entrance cost
of £10 and at which people have been
encouraged to sign up as Friends or to
make a donation to the charity. We have
also been successful with grant
applications amounting to funds secured of
£6000.|
|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:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making
Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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 Friends have maintained a good roll of
Friends who continue to help to maintain a
sense of community at St Mary’s with more
people focussed on the needs of the
Church and its future. By the end of the
financial year we had secured enough
funds to replace the coverings on the
external windows which have been
identified as a need by St Mary’s Vestry
meetings. Fundraising continues in
anticipation of future projects to support the
Church.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|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 Charity held £14,087 in the bank as of
31/3/25.|
|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|£14,087|
|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 entrance revenue
from the Speaker Series has significantly
helped our fundraising.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|No investment policy. All funds raised are
used for improvement projects and held as
cash at bank.|
|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 Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Friends of St Mary’s|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1202893|
|Charity’s principal address|Vestry of St Mary’s Church
Church Lane
LD3 7AS|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Nicola Maughan|Chair|||
||Karen Hesketh|Treasurer|||
||PhilipPark||||
||Emma Hayes||||
||Liam Hosie||||
||Peter Jenkins|Secretary|||
||Liz Rijnenberg|Co-opted|||
||Chris Walsh|Co-opted|||
||Rebecca Griffiths||||
||Joanna Davies||Joined 3/10/2024||
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## – 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 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**|
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|**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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|Nicola Maughan||
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||Nicola Maughan||
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Chair||
||1/12/2025||
||1/12/2025||
||**Friends of St Marys**|**Friends of St Marys**|**Friends of St Marys**|**Friends of St Marys**|**Friends of St Marys**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date
06/04/2024||||Period end date
05/04/2025|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
||**14,216**||**-**||**-**||**14,216**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**14,216**||**-**||**-**||**14,216**||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|**-**|||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**-**|
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||**1,281**||**-**||**-**||**1,281**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**1,281**||**-**||**-**||**1,281**||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
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||**12,935**||||||||**-**|
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||**1,152**||||||||**-**|
||**14,087**||||||||**-**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
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**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
~~K Hesketh~~|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**14,087**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,087**
**-**
OK
OK
**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)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Karen Hesketh|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||~~K Hesketh~~|Karen Hesketh|8.12.25|
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