
## Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 

From 26/09/2024 To 01/07/2025 

Charity name:  Friends of St Giles, Great Coxwell 

Charity registration number: 1210218 

## Objectives and Activities 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The preservation and conservation for the<br>public benefit of St Giles Church, Great<br>Coxwell, by providing support to maintain<br>and improve the same.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The raising of funds for the maintenance of<br>St Giles and the planning and provision of<br>longer-term improvements to the facilities<br>of the same.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have always had regard for<br>the aims of the Charity and the benefits to<br>the wider community around St Giles.|



## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Our only potential future grants are to the<br>PCC for expenditure within our target<br>objectives|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|We work within tight boundaries for the<br>benefit of the local community And for the<br>continued existence of St Giles.|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|We have no volunteers other than the<br>trustees themselves. This may alter in<br>29026.|
|Other||None|





## Achievements and Performance 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|We are a new charity and the first period<br>has involved fundraising and the drawing<br>up of detailed plans for future activity.|



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|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41|<br>In progress- We have an eventual target of<br>£170,000 to completely re-roof the church,<br>and have achieved £10,545 to date (7/25),<br>plus promises of up to £20,000 from grant<br>giving bodies.|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|As above- Continuing to explore grant<br>opportunities and fund raising activities.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|Funds held in interest bearing bank<br>accounts-|
|Other||none|





## Financial Review 

|Financial Review|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Solvent with assets of £10545 against long<br>term objective of £170,000|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|ultimate use in Re-roofing  and improving<br>church in line with objectives|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|All funds in Commercial controlled bank<br>accounts|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|None|



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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Initial funds consist of transfers from<br>Parochial Church Council, plus limited<br>donations, and transfers from redundant<br>funds for maintenance of bell ringing (tower<br>not strong enough to maintain bell ringing).|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|Local objectives with limited funds to date-<br>as funds develop will draw up appropriate<br>investment strategy.|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Failure to obtain grants +/or sufficient<br>donations in the long term.|
|Other||None|





## Structure, Governance and Management 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|By interview in conjunction with local PCC<br>and Parish Priest.|



## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## Reference and Administrative details 

|Charity name|Friends of ST Giles, Gt Coxwell|
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|Other name the charity uses|-|
|Registered charity number|1210218|
|Charity’s principal address|c/o The Vicarage,<br>Holloway<br>Gt Coxwell<br>SN7 7NG|
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## Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|Trustee name|Office (if any)|Dates acted if not for whole<br>year|Name of person (or body) entitled to<br>appoint trustee (ifany)|
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||Colin Hamling|Chair||PCC|
||Russ Payne|Secretary||Chair|
||Daniel Williams|Treasurer|12/2024|Chair|
||Rev. Maureen<br>Turner|Ex Officio||Ex Officio|
||Lauren Gilmour|Trustee||Chair|
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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 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) 

## Exemptions from disclosure 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## Other optional information 



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||**Friends of St. Giles, Great Coxwell**|**1210218**||
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|**Receipts and payments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**<br>**from**|26/09/2024<br>**To**|01/07/2025||



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
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||**to the nearest**|**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|Donations||**-**||**9,915**||**-**||**9,915**||**-**|
|Fundraising Events||**-**||**630**||**-**||**630**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**-**||**10,545**||**-**||**10,545**||**-**|



|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**-**||**10,545**||**-**|||**10,545**||**-**||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||
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||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**|**-**||**10,545**|||**-**||**10,545**|||**-**|
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|Professional Costs|**-**||**919**||**-**|||**919**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**919**||**-**|||**919**||**-**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**|**-**||**919**|||**-**||**919**|||**-**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-**||**9,626**|||**-**||**9,626**|||**-**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**-**||**9,626**|||**-**||**9,626**|||**-**|



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

**Categories** 

**B1 Cash funds** 

|(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Bank Balance<br>**_Total cash funds_**|**Unrestricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**9,626**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,626**<br>OK|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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## **B2 Other monetary assets** 

## **B3 Investment assets** 

## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** 

|**Details**|**Unrestricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|**Details**<br>**Details**|**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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## **B5 Liabilities** 

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

|**Details**<br>Signature|**Fund to which liability**<br>**relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Daniel Williams|**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
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|||Date of approval|
||Daniel Williams|26APR2026|
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