2025-06-30-accounts - St John's Common Room

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 07 2024 To 30 06 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name St John’s Common Room

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1205859

Charity's principal address St John’s College 3 South Bailey Durham Postcode DH1 3RJ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Katherine Hickson	Chair
Susie Curtis	Trustee
EmilyMartin	Trustee
Oliver Davis	Trustee
Martin Hodgetts	Trustee
Jonathan Savine	Trustee
Edwin Jermyn- Francis	Trustee
Robert Gomulak	Trustee	13/12/2024 – 30/06/2025












Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name		Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Charitable Incorporated Organisation

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Appointed by interview

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

n/a

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objectives of the St John’s Common Room (charity number: 1205859) are identical to those of the St John’s Common Room (charity number: 1155621), which are: Promoting the interests and welfare of Students at St John's College during their course of study and representing, supporting and advising students. Being the recognised channel between Students and St John's College and any external bodies. Providing social,

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cultural, sporting and recreational activities and forums for discussions and debate for the personal development of its students.

The trustees of the St John’s Common Room (charity number: 1155621) have continued the process of transitioning to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (charity number: 1205859) over the past year. Therefore, no formal activities have been conducted within the CIO.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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n/a

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main The trustees of the St John’s Common Room (charity number: 1155621) achievements of the charity have continued the process of transitioning to a Charitable Incorporated during the year Organisation (charity number: 1205859) over the past year. Therefore, no formal activities have been conducted within the CIO. It is hoped that the legal and financial transition will take place in June 2025.

Section E Financial review

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As there are currently no funds in the St John’s Common Room (charity Brief statement of the charity’s number: 1205859), there has been no requirement to establish a policy on reserves Reserves Policy; this will come over when the formal transition takes place in June 2025.

Details of any funds materially in n/a deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); n/a
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

As of the 01/07/2025 all funds and assets have been transferred from the St John’s Common Room (charity number: 1155621) to the St John’s Common Room (charity number: 1205859). As such the incorporation process is now complete.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Katie Hickson Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 27/04/2026

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Charity Name No (if any) St John's Common Room 1205859 Receipts and payments accounts

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For the period Period start date Period end date To from 7/1/2024 6/30/2025

Section A Receipts and payments

Section A Receipts and payments
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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 Details Details Details Details Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - OK OK Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Katie Hickson Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			Date of approval
		Katie Hickson	4/27/2026