Registered number: 00333711 Charity number: 220012
THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (A Company Limited by Guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
CONTENTS
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| Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisers | 1 |
| Trustees' Report | 2 - 6 |
| Independent Auditors' Report on the Financial Statements | 7 - 10 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 11 |
| Balance Sheet | 12 - 13 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 14 - 24 |
THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE CHARITY, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
Trustees Dom F Hutchison OSB, Trustee Dom SJK Jarratt OSB, Trustee The Right Reverend SM Burns OSB, Trustee The Very Reverend SJ Waine, Trustee The Reverend MV Berrett, Trustee Company registered number 00333711 Charity registered number 220012 Registered office St Benedict's Priory 19a The Close Salisbury Wiltshire SP1 2EB Company secretary Dom SJK Jarratt Independent auditors Fletcher and Partners Crown Chambers Bridge Street Salisbury Wiltshire SP1 2LZ Bankers National Westminster Bank PLC 30 Market Place Newbury Berkshire RG14 5GP
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
The Trustees present their annual report together with the audited financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 30 September 2025. The Annual Report serves the purposes of both a Trustees' report and a directors' report under company law. The Trustees confirm that the Annual Report and financial statements of the charitable company comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charitable company's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019).
Since the Charity qualifies as small under section 382 of the Companies Act 2006, the Strategic Report required of medium and large companies under the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report) Regulations 2013 has been omitted.
The Pershore, Nashdom and Elmore Trust exists for the advancement of Christian religion and, in particular, to administer property and investments. The linked Charity 220012-1 RD Reid Will Trust exists for the purpose of establishing and maintaining (in communion with the Church of England) a Benedictine, or similar religious community for men within a radius of 5 miles of Glastonbury Abbey.
Objectives and activities
a. Policies and objectives
In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the Charity Commission relating to public benefit, including the guidance 'Public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'.
b. Strategies for achieving objectives
The income from investments is donated to St Benedict's Priory. In so far as St Benedict's Priory devotes itself to the general furtherance of religious education and knowledge, and the relief of poverty and suffering, as set out in the Holy Rule of St Benedict, the Trust meets its objectives via St Benedict's Priory. The Trust's public benefit therefore depends on the public benefit of the Benedictine Community at St Benedict's Priory, a recognised religious Community of the Church of England, whose activities it supports.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
Objectives and activities (continued)
c. Activities undertaken to achieve objectives
At the heart of the life of the Community is the regular daily round of communal worship. The Community worships at least five times a day in its own Oratory, and there is a weekly communal Eucharist at which a homily is preached. The Community attends the Sunday eucharist at Salisbury Cathedral.
Guests are invited to join with the Community in the worship. The oratory, because it is located within the house of the Community, is not open to members of the general public without prior arrangement for security reasons; however, individuals do attend worship by prior arrangement.
The Community receives day visitors. While the majority of guests are members of the Church of England, guests and visitors may be of any faith, or none. The Community seeks to create a welcoming and accepting atmosphere and to maintain the Priory buildings and grounds so as to maintain a quiet and beautiful environment, where guests may rest, recuperate, and encounter God. Whilst all donations to enable the Community to continue its activities are gratefully received, the Community charges no-one to visit St Benedict’s Priory. The Community no longer has bedrooms to host guests overnight, but guests wishing to visit the monks for longer than one day either book accommodation at Sarum College next door, or in nearby guesthouses.
The Community has a confraternity of around 130 external oblates, who promise to live in their own homes in accordance with the spirit of the Holy Rule of St Benedict. The Community normally hosts an annual Oblates Day at St Benedict’s Priory/Sarum College and organises an annual oblate renewal meeting at Westminster Abbey. The Oblate Master supports the oblates generally through occasional oblate letters and offers individual support through personal letters, telephone calls, and face-to-face conversations. The oblates in turn support the Community materially, and sometimes through voluntary work, when they visit the Community. Whilst most oblates are members of the Church of England and resident in the UK, some live overseas and some are members of other Christian denominations.
People come to the Community in bereavement, with relationship difficulties, facing criminal trial and seeking Christian support, with moral dilemmas, questions of vocation, problems of faith, theological questions, and seeking guidance in prayer. The Community seeks to offer pastoral support to guests and visitors through attentive and sympathetic listening, and through offering spiritual counsel, sharing the fruits of their study, prayer and experience. In addition to face-to-face conversations, there is an extensive ministry through letters and phone calls to people who have a relationship with the Community. A number of external engagements are undertaken the occasional leading of a prayer group in Salisbury Cathedral.
The Community consists of life-professed monks but the novitiate is now closed. All are beneficiaries of the Trust in that the St Benedict’s Priory Community provides them with board and lodging, and other necessities of living, as well as an ongoing religious education and provision of four weeks rest each year.
The Community seeks to look after its older members at St Benedict’s Priory but, when this becomes beyond the Community’s competence, members may go into care. The reasonable support of older members of religious communities was acknowledged to be a legitimate incidental benefit in the Charity Commission’s supplementary guidance “Public Benefit and the Advancement of Religion”. The move in 2010 to St Benedict’s Priory was itself in recognition of the age and frailty of Community members and enabled the Community to continue a pastoral ministry while supporting each other.
d. Grant-making policies
All surplus funds of the charity are donated to St Benedict's Priory. Any income in excess of the requirements of the Community is used to fund donations in furtherance of religious education and knowledge, and the relief of poverty and suffering.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (A Company Limited by Guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
Achievements and performance
a. Main achievements of the Charity
In the year, through the support of the Pershore, Nashdom and Elmore Trust, St Benedict's Priory was able to continue to deliver the services of the Community as set out above, and to make charitable donations of £162,518 (2024: £170,928) including a donation to Sarum College of £50,000). The Trust was also able to make a donation of £50,000 (2024: £nil) to Sarum College.
b. Investment policy and performance
The Trustees reviewed the performance of the Investment Manager in the year, and concluded the performance of their investments to have been adequate. The Trust received investment income of £280,028 (2024: £289,819).
Financial review
a. Going concern
After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the accounting policies.
b. Reserves policy
The Charity has few expenses and no ongoing obligations, and has ample surplus income to meet any governance expenses and to continue delivering its objectives. The Trustees therefore do not consider they need to retain reserves.
c. Material investments policy
Investments are managed by an external investment manager to manage the investments under a mandate to provide long term total return comprising growth in capital and income. To fulfil this mandate the Trustees accept medium risk in the active management of a diversified portfolio of assets designed to help protect both present and future beneficiaries from the effects of inflation. The investment managers follow an ethical investment policy which is consistent with the Trust's ethos and charitable objects.
d. Principal risks and uncertainties
The principal risks the Charity faces relate to its fixed assets. The financial risks of investment management are mitigated as far as possible by the choice of Investment Managers and the mandate under which they operate. The risk of property ownership is managed on a day-to-day basis by the Community who live within it, and the building is insured against all normal risks
Structure, governance and management
a. Constitution
The Pershore, Nashdom and Elmore trust is registered as a charitable private company limited by guarantee and was set up by a Trust deed.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (A Company Limited by Guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
Structure, governance and management (continued)
b. Methods of appointment or election of Trustees
The management of the Charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Trust deed.
c. Organisational structure and decision-making policies
Each member of the Community resident at St Benedict's Priory, is automatically an Ordinary Member. In addition there can be up to three Nominated Members, who can be nominated by the Archbishop of Canterbury with the consent of the Chairman of the Board. All members are directors of the company.
d. Related party relationships
The Ordinary Members, who are also directors and trustees of the Charity, are all members of the Community of monks who live at St Benedict's Priory. They are therefore also beneficiaries of the Charity by virtue of the donations made to St Benedict's Priory that are used to support the Community. The Charity considers this an incidental benefit as, before taking life vows, the monks divest themselves of personal property. They receive no salary from the Charity and the benefits they receive are purely to enable them to participate in the mission and ministry of the Community.
Statement of Trustees' responsibilities
The Trustees (who are also the directors of the Charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial . Under company law, the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP (FRS 102);
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make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards (FRS 102) have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
Disclosure of information to auditors
Each of the persons who are Trustees at the time when this Trustees' Report is approved has confirmed that:
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so far as that Trustee is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the charity's auditors are unaware, and
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that Trustee has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a Trustee in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity's auditors are aware of that information.
Auditors
The auditors, Fletcher and Partners, have indicated their willingness to continue in office. The designated Trustees will propose a motion reappointing the auditors at a meeting of the Trustees.
Approved by order of the members of the board of Trustees on 2 June 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
Dom SJK Jarratt OSB
(Trustee)
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (A Company Limited by Guarantee)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of The Pershore, Nashdom and Elmore trust (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 30 September 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
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give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 30 September 2025 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure for the year then ended;
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have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
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have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (A Company Limited by Guarantee)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (CONTINUED)
Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The Trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
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the information given in the Trustees' Report is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or
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sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or
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the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
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we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the Trustees' Responsibilities Statement, the Trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (A Company Limited by Guarantee)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (CONTINUED)
Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' Report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
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The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
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We identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with Trustees and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the Trust;
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We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, Charities Act 2011, data protection, employment, and health and safety legislation;
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We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting correspondence; and
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Identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.
We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
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Making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
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Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.
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To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
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Performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
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Tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
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Assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and
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Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (CONTINUED)
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
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Agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
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Reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
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Enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
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When considered necessary, reviewing correspondence with relevant regulators and the company’s legal advisors.
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance.
Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' Report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charitable company's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and its members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Fletcher and Partners
Crown Chambers
Bridge Street Salisbury Wiltshire SP1 2LZ
8 July 2026
Fletcher and Partners are eligible to act as auditors in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
| Note Income and endowments from: Investments 3 Total income and endowments Expenditure on: Charitable activities Total expenditure Net income before net (losses)/gains on investments Net (losses)/gains on investments Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Net movement in funds Total funds carried forward |
Endowment funds 2025 £ - - - - - (98,241) (98,241) 2,276,934 (98,241) 2,178,693 |
Unrestricted funds 2025 £ 280,028 280,028 280,028 280,028 - (286,002) (286,002) 7,591,365 (286,002) 7,305,363 |
Total funds 2025 £ 280,028 280,028 280,028 280,028 - (384,243) (384,243) 9,868,299 (384,243) 9,484,056 |
Total funds 2024 £ 289,819 289,819 |
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| 289,819 289,819 |
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| - 774,901 774,901 |
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| 9,093,398 774,901 9,868,299 |
The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
The notes on pages 14 to 24 form part of these financial statements.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (A Company Limited by Guarantee) REGISTERED NUMBER: 00333711
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
| Note Fixed assets Tangible assets 9 Investments 10 Current assets Debtors 11 Cash at bank and in hand Current liabilities Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 12 Net current liabilities Total assets less current liabilities Total net assets Charity funds Expendable Endowment funds 13 Unrestricted funds 13 Total funds |
2,569 652,090 654,659 (982,920) |
2025 £ 1,290,954 8,521,363 9,812,317 (328,261) 9,484,056 9,484,056 2,178,693 7,305,363 9,484,056 |
2,450 884,669 887,119 (1,001,281) |
2024 £ 1,076,855 8,905,606 9,982,461 (114,162) 9,868,299 9,868,299 2,276,934 7,591,365 9,868,299 |
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The entity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the entity to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
However, an audit is required in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and preparation of financial statements.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to entities subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on 02 June 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
Dom SJK Jarratt OSB
(Trustee)
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (A Company Limited by Guarantee) REGISTERED NUMBER: 00333711
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED) AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
The notes on pages 14 to 24 form part of these financial statements.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (A Company Limited by Guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
1. General information
The Pershore, Nashdom and Elmore Trust is a charity limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital. It is registered and operates in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Each of the trustees are liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation.
The accounts also include the figures of the linked charity 22012-1 RD Reid Will Trust.
The accounts are prepared on the going concern basis as Trustees consider the level of reserves, and the income generated by the investment portfolio,.to be sufficient to meet any liabilities of the charity as they fall due; and will enable the charity to continue to deliver its objectives for he foreseeable future.
2. Accounting policies
2.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
The Pershore, Nashdom and Elmore trust meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.
The trustees do not consider there to be any significant judgements or sources of estimation uncertainty that would materially affect these financial statements.
2.2 Income
All income is recognised once the Charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.Investment income is recognised when dividend is payable.
Income tax recoverable in relation to investment income is recognised at the time the investment income is receivable.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
2. Accounting policies (continued)
2.3 Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
Expenditure on charitable activities is incurred on directly undertaking the activities which further the Charity's objectives, as well as any associated support costs.
Grants payable are charged in the year when the offer is made except in those cases where the offer is conditional, such grants being recognised as expenditure when the conditions attaching are fulfilled. Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end are noted as a commitment, but not accrued as expenditure.
All expenditure is inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.
2.4 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
Tangible fixed assets costing £NIL or more are capitalised and recognised when future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably.
Tangible fixed assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. All costs incurred to bring a tangible fixed asset into its intended working condition should be included in the measurement of cost.
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of tangible fixed assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, .
Depreciation is provided on the following bases:
- Freehold property 2 - 2.5% straight line - Fixtures and fittings 25% straight line
2.5 Investments
Fixed asset investments are a form of financial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction cost and subsequently measured at fair value at the Balance Sheet date, unless the value cannot be measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment. Investment gains and losses, whether realised or unrealised, are combined and presented as ‘Gains/(Losses) on investments’ in the Statement of Financial Activities.
2.6 Debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST (A Company Limited by Guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
2. Accounting policies (continued)
2.7 Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
2.8 Liabilities and provisions
Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance Sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably.
Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the Charity anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide.
2.9 Financial instruments
The Charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
2.10 Fund accounting
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.Expendable Endowment funds may be spent at the discreion of the Trustees but are otherwise retained for the continued benefit of the Charity.
Investment income is treated as unrestricted income but gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate fund.
3. Investment income
| Income from local listed investments Interest on deposits |
Unrestricted funds 2025 £ 247,038 32,990 280,028 |
Total funds 2025 £ 247,038 32,990 280,028 |
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Included in the total of £280,028, £64,167 is attributable to the RD Reid Charity and £215,861 to the Pershore Nashdom and Elmore Trust.
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THE PERSHORE, NASHDOM AND ELMORE TRUST
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
3. Investment income (continued)
| Income from local listed investments Interest on deposits |
Unrestricted funds 2024 £ 241,195 48,624 289,819 |
Total funds 2024 £ 241,195 48,624 289,819 |
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Included in the total of £289,819, £62,956 was attributable to the RD Reid Charity and £226,863 to the Pershore Nashdom and Elmore Trust
4. Analysis of grants
| Donations to St Benedict's Priory Donation to Sarum College Donations to St Benedict's Priory |
Grants 2025 £ 165,377 50,000 215,377 Grants 2024 £ 252,468 |
Total funds 2025 £ 165,377 50,000 215,377 |
|---|---|---|
| Total funds 2024 £ 252,468 |
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5. Analysis of expenditure by activities
| Charitable activities Donation to Sarum College Charitable activities |
Grant funding of activities 2025 £ 165,377 50,000 215,377 Grant funding of activities 2024 £ 252,468 |
Support costs 2025 £ 64,651 - 64,651 Support costs 2024 £ 37,351 |
Total funds 2025 £ 230,028 50,000 280,028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total funds 2024 £ 289,819 |
Analysis of support costs
| Depreciation Insurance costs Repairs & maintenance Sundry expenses Governance costs |
2025 £ 33,093 4,917 21,018 34 5,589 64,651 |
Total funds 2025 £ 33,093 4,917 21,018 34 5,589 64,651 |
|---|---|---|
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5. Analysis of expenditure by activities (continued)
Analysis of support costs (continued)
| Depreciation Insurance Governance costs |
2024 £ 26,913 4,601 5,837 37,351 |
Total funds 2024 £ 26,913 4,601 5,837 37,351 |
|---|---|---|
. Analysis of governance costs
| Auditor Fee Accountancy (2024: includes investment policy recommendations) Trustees Expenses Auditors' remuneration Fees payable to the Charity's Auditor for the audit of the Charity's annual accounts Advice Accounting (includes investment policy recommendations) |
2025 £ 4,660 670 259 5,589 2025 £ 4,660 670 |
2024 £ 4,440 1,313 84 5,837 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 £ 4,440 1,313 |
6. Auditors' remuneration
7. Staff
The Charity does not have any employees (2024: nil)
8. Trustees' remuneration and expenses
During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration or other benefits (2024 - £NIL).
During the year ended 30 September 2025, expenses totalling £259 were reimbursed or paid directly to 3 Trustees (2024 - £84 to 2 Trustees). Expenses were reimbursed for travel.
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9. Tangible fixed assets
| Cost At 1 October 2024 Additions At 30 September 2025 Depreciation At 1 October 2024 Charge for the year At 30 September 2025 Net book value At 30 September 2025 At 30 September 2024 10. Fixed asset investments |
Freehold property £ 1,345,675 247,192 1,592,867 268,820 33,093 301,913 1,290,954 1,076,855 |
Fixtures and fittings £ 23,587 - 23,587 23,587 - 23,587 - - |
Total £ 1,369,262 247,192 1,616,454 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 292,407 33,093 325,500 |
|||
| 1,290,954 | |||
| 1,076,855 | |||
Investments are valued at mid-market value, which is based on net asset value.
| Cost or valuation At 1 October 2024 Revaluations At 30 September 2025 Net book value At 30 September 2025 At 30 September 2024 |
Listed investments £ 8,905,606 (384,243) |
|---|---|
| 8,521,363 | |
| 8,521,363 | |
| 8,905,606 |
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10. Fixed asset investments (continued)
Fixed asset investments are units in the CCLA COIF Charities Investment fund and consist of two funds: The Pershore Nashdom and Elmore Trust £6,342,670 (2024: £6,628,672) The RD Reid Charity £2,178,693 (2024: £2,276,934)
11. Debtors
| Due within one year Prepayments and accrued income Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year Other creditors Accruals and deferred income |
2025 £ 2,569 2,569 2025 £ 977,590 5,330 982,920 |
2024 £ 2,450 |
|---|---|---|
| 2,450 | ||
| 2024 £ 996,206 5,075 |
||
| 1,001,281 |
12. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
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13. Statement of funds
The RD Reid Will Trust is treated as an endowment fund. The market value of the Charity's investment portfolio is identified in note 10 above, and the associated income in note 4 above. The portfolio income is used to support the shared objectives of the Pershore Nashdom and Elmore Trust and RD Reid Will trust. The Trust objects are to, should the Community so decide, establish a Benedictine or similar religious community for them within a radius of five miles from the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey.
Statement of funds - current year
| Unrestricted funds General Funds - all funds Endowment funds Endowment Funds - all funds Total of funds |
Balance at 1 October 2024 £ 7,591,365 2,276,934 9,868,299 |
Income £ 280,028 - 280,028 |
Expenditure £ (280,028) - (280,028) |
Gains/ (Losses) £ (286,002) (98,241) (384,243) |
Balance at 30 September 2025 £ 7,305,363 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,178,693 | |||||
| 9,484,056 |
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13. Statement of funds (continued)
Statement of funds - prior year
| Unrestricted funds General Funds - all funds Endowment funds Endowment Funds - all funds Total of funds |
Balance at 1 October 2023 £ 7,014,587 2,078,811 9,093,398 |
Income £ 289,819 - 289,819 |
Expenditure £ (289,819) - (289,819) |
Gains/ (Losses) £ 576,778 198,123 774,901 |
Balance at 30 September 2024 £ 7,591,365 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,276,934 | |||||
| 9,868,299 |
14. Analysis of net assets between funds
Analysis of net assets between funds - current year
| Tangible fixed assets Fixed asset investments Current assets Creditors due within one year Total |
Endowment funds 2025 £ - 2,178,693 - - 2,178,693 |
Unrestricted funds 2025 £ 1,290,954 6,342,670 654,659 (982,920) 7,305,363 |
Total funds 2025 £ 1,290,954 8,521,363 654,659 (982,920) 9,484,056 |
|---|---|---|---|
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14. Analysis of net assets between funds (continued)
Analysis of net assets between funds - prior year
| Tangible fixed assets Fixed asset investments Current assets Creditors due within one year Total |
Endowment funds 2024 £ - 2,276,934 - - 2,276,934 |
Unrestricted funds 2024 £ 1,076,855 6,628,672 887,119 (1,001,281) 7,591,365 |
Total funds 2024 £ 1,076,855 8,905,606 887,119 (1,001,281) 9,868,299 |
|---|---|---|---|
15. Financial commitments
At the end of 2024 the charity committed to fund major improvement works in the region of £212,000 for St Benedict's Priory. No financial commitment at the end of 2025.
16. Related party transactions
In year the Charity paid a grant of £165,377 to St Benedict's Priory (2024: £252,468) to support the living costs of the monks resident there. As stated in the Trustees report, the Charity considers this an incidental benefit as, before taking life vows, the monks divest themselves of personal property. They receive no salary from the Charity and the benefits they receive are purely to enable them to participate in the mission and ministry of the Community. At the year end the Trust owed St Benedict's Priory £977,589 (2024: £996,206). This is unsecured and repayable on demand.
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