## **– GOWARD & EVANS CHARITIES Registered Number 253727** ## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT 2024** 1. The Trustees met on 2 occasions during the year. ## 2. Allocation of Income ## – S.24(2) Relief in Need In accordance with the Trust Deed, Soham United Charities received one-eighth of the income from the Goward Charity in the sum of £6,056.42 together with a copy of the Statement of Accounts. 22 grants totalling £9,482.80 were made to a individuals/families/situations in need from Lakenheath. ## S.24(3)(a) Schools Grants totalling £13,676.95 were awarded to Lakenheath Community Primary School in order to fund special ‘mini’ projects - including Trips and Visitors to school, Gifted & Talented Workshops, and various other additional resources. ## S.24(3)(b) Sunday Schools A grant of £500 was awarded to support activities at the Parish Church. ## – S.24(3)(di&ii) Education Grants totalling £7,000 were made to a total of 7 Further/Higher Education students. Grants totalling £6,000 were made to 12 students aged 16-18 years old. 3 other grants totalling £500 were awarded to young people under this sub-section. 3 grants totalling £7,800 were made to a long-standing local groups in the parish. _Laura Williams, Clerk to the Trustees – Goward & Evans Charities_ ## **GOWARD & EVANS CHARITIES** ## **YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024** |**INCOME**
Income from Investments
Income from Bank Interest
Rent of Land
**TOTAL ASSETS**|**£**
£50,632.81
£984.02
£1,000.00
£52,616.83|**EXPENDITURE**
Relief in Need
Education
_£6,162 from 2023 Budget_
Administration
_NOTE - Soham 2024 RIN cheque £6,056.52 issued early 2025_
_Also 2 x unbanked cheques were O/S totalling £1,300_|**£**
£9,482.80
£35,476.95
£2,040.69
£47,000.44
**£2,210,796.86**
_due to administrative oversight._| |---|---|---|---| **£2,210,796.86** INDEPENDEKt A EVANS C.HARITY Drr RT TO THE TRU TEES OFTHE GOWARD AND We have audited the Financial Statements of Goward and Evans Chanty for the year ended 31" December 2024. which comprise of the Income and Expenditure Account and the Balance Sheet and related notes. These Financial SLqtemenls have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies sel oul the￿in land the requirements of the Fmancial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (Effective 2008)]. This report is made solely lo the Charity's Trustees. as a body. in accordan￿ wilh section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 and the regulations under section 145 of Ihal Act. Our audit work h&s been undertaken so that we might state lo the charily's ￿SteeS those matters we are required to stale to them in an auditor's report and for no other PUTpose. To the fullest exlenl p¢nnilled by law. w¢ do not accept or a&sume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and its trustees as a b(xly, for our audil work, for this TeN)rt, or for the opinions we hav¢ forTned. Respeetive responsibilities of trustees and auditor5 Th¢ responsibilities of the trustees for preparin8 the AnJ)ual Report and the fmancial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally AccWed A￿oWi110g Praclice) are sel out in the Slaleinent of Trustees, Responsibilities. We have been appointed as auditors under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with regulations made under section 145 (5) (b) of th¢ Ath. Our responsibility is to audit Ihe financial slatements In accordance with relevanl legal and regulatory r¢quirernents and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). We report to you our opinion as to whether Ihe fmancial statements give a true and fair view and are properly prepared in accordance lo the s.130 of the Charities Act 201 I. W¢ also report to you if. in our opinion. the Trusle¢s' annual Report is not ¢onsistcnt with the financial statements. if the charity has nol kepi proper accounting records. or if we have not received all the infortllalion and explanations we require for our audil. {We read oiher inforniaiion contained in the Annual Report and consider whether it is consistent ￿7th the audited financial stalements. The other infOrn￿ll0n comprises only I list all documents published with the financial ststements such as Trustees, Annual Report. Chairn]an's Siatem¢nl ¢tr.]. W¢ consid¢r the implications for our report if we become aware olany apparent misstatements or nMt¢rial inconsistencies with the financial statements.] (We read the Trustees. Annual Rewirt and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any misstatements within it.1 Basi5 of audit OPilllOD We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) issued by the Auditing Practice Board. An audit includes examination, on a test basts, of evidence relevant to the amounts and discloswes in ihe financial slalem¢nls. It also include5 an assessment of the significant eslimates and judgemenls mad¢ by ihe trusiees in the preparation of the financial slalements and of whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the charity's cwcumstances. consisiently applied and adequately disclosed. We planned and perform¢d our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with SU￿1¢ient evidence io give Teasonabl¢ assurance that ihe financial ￿ateMents are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other l￿egUlarltY or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of infornution in the financial slatements. [ We have undertaken the audit in accordance wilh the requirements of APB Ethical Standards including APB Ethical Standard Provtsions Available foT Small Entities, in th¢ circumstances set out in the finan¢ial statements.] Opinioo In our opinion the financial slatements: gyive a true and fair view, in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepied Accounting Practice, of the slate of the chanty's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its incoming resources and application of resources. including its income and expenditure. for the year then ¢n(kd: and have been properly prepared in accordance with s 130 of the Charitie5 Act 2011 J.D.H Accoun g Service5 Ltd 35 Eriswell Road L&k¢nheath Suffo]k IP27 9AF Date '. J.D.H AC￿lIT￿NCy SERVICVSLTD Rv•iatti-_Y fl*. 73J7591