EDWARD HUNSTONE CHARITY
REGISTERED CHARITY NO 214570
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
for the year ended
31 DECEMBER 2025
EDWARD HUNSTONE CHARITY
CONTENTS
1. Trustees Annual Report
2. Independent Examiner’s Report
3. Receipts and Payment Account
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EDWARD HUNSTONE CHARITY Trustees Annual Report
The trustees present the receipts and payments accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Structure, Governance and Management
The charity is governed by the schemes of the charity commissioners dated 14[th ] March 1842. This document is located at the charity’s principal address:
The Old Coach House, Manor Lane, Wrangle, Boston Lincolnshire PE22 9DE
The charity operates as an unincorporated trust under the Charities Act 2011, and is registered with the Charities Commission, number 214570.
Trustees
The trustees who held office during the year were:
W J Atkin S J Cooper R Wright J Boulton
Objectives and Principal Activities
The charity’s principal activity continued to be that of grant making to elderly and disabled gentlemen, in need or on low incomes, living in Lincolnshire. The scheme of the charity has recently been amended to include grant making to ladies also.
The trustees consider that the objectives stated above, as summarised from the governing document, satisfy the Charity Commission’s guidance on being for the public benefit.
Achievements of Performance
During 2025 the trustees continued to support the recipients by making 17 grants of £250 on 6[th] April 2025 and 19 Grants of £250 on13[th] October 2025.
Financial Review
The charity continues to make improvements to the farm and to ensure any remedial work is completed, to enable the farm to continue to provide an income. The charities policy on reserves is to maintain adequate funds to continue to make grants to the recipients, even in the event that rental income temporarily ceased.
Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Dated
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EDWARD HUNSTONE CHARITY
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Edward Hunstone Charity
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2025 set out on page 3.
Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Independent Examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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Examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 2011 Act);
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to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act); and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’.
Independent Examiner’s Statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:
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proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act); and
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accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act; or
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(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Annette Panton Independent Examiner
TC Lister & Co 75 High Street BOSTON, Lincs
- 21[st] May 2026
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EDWARD HUNSTONE CHARITY
Receipts and Payments Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025
£ RECEIPTS Rents received Wayleave National Saving income bonds Lloyds bank interest TOTAL RECEIPTS PAYMENTS Direct Charitable Payments Gifts and Donations 9000 Management and Administration Payments Clerks honorarium 2037 Office expenses 208 Accountancy 360 Insurance 3441 Professional fees 2285 Bank charges 31 Subscription 47 _____ TOTAL PAYMENTS NET RECEIPTS / (PAYMENTS) FOR THE YEAR |
2025 £ £ 29000 273 2088 150 _ 31511 2000 182 420 2934 4979 - - __ 8409 _ 17409 ___ 14102 |
2024 £ 29000 273 2377 - _ 31650 7450 10515 __ 17965 _____ 13685 |
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