## **Trustees’ annual report for the period** 


From: 1 January 2022 

To: 31 December 2022 

Charity name: The Church Estate, Chalgrove 

Charity registration number: 254896 

Company number: Not Applicable 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||**SORP**<br>**reference**||
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|Summary of the purposes of the<br>charity as set out in its governing<br>document|Para 1.17|The charity’s objects are the repair, improvement and maintenance<br>of the fabric and furniture of the Parish Church of Chalgrove and<br>the maintenance of the services thereof.|
|Summary of the main activities in<br>relation to those purposes for the<br>public benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17<br>and 1.19|The fixed asset investments of the charity are held as endowment<br>funds.<br>The policies adopted in furtherance of these objects are generating<br>income for the charity’s investments and making grants to the<br>Parochial Church Council of Chalgrove Parish Church and there<br>has been no change in these during the year.<br>The charity continues to generate income through the rental of its<br>investment properties.  The income is applied to achieve the<br>objects of the charity by way of providing photocopying facilities to<br>support services, and grants to the Parochial Church Council for<br>the maintenance of the fabric of the church.|
|Statement confirming whether the<br>trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit.|Para 1.18|The Trustees have paid due regard to the guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on public benefit in deciding what activities<br>the charity should undertake.|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
||**SORP**<br>**reference**||
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment including<br>program related investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||**SORP**<br>**reference**||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to the<br>circumstances of its beneficiaries<br>and any wider benefits to society<br>as a whole.|Para 1.20|The charity met 4 times during the year.<br>The Trustees continued to address issues affecting tenants in light<br>of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to act accordingly to protect the<br>assets of the Trust.<br>The Trustees continued discussions with their agents, Carter<br>Jonas LLP, regarding the rent reviews under the Lease for the Red<br>Lion.<br>The Trustees continued to support the parochial church council of<br>St Mary’s Church, Chalgrove with the maintenance of the fabric<br>and services.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||**SORP**<br>**reference**||
|---|---|---|
|Achievements against objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising activities<br>against objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance against<br>objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||



## **Financial Review** 

**SORP reference** 



|Review of the charity’s financial<br>position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|The charity continues to accumulate funds through careful<br>investment and management of its properties enabling it to make<br>grants to the Parochial Church Council of Chalgrove Parish<br>Church.<br>Mindful of the economic situation and the financial implications for<br>this charity all monies are placed on deposit and invested carefully<br>with the Central Board of Finance for the Church of England.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the policy for<br>holding reserves stating why they<br>are held|Para 1.22|As a grant making charity with reasonably predictable income<br>sources, the trustees consider that the current level of unrestricted<br>reserves is sufficient for winding up of the charity.<br>A reserve fund (Extraordinary Repair Fund) is maintained for the<br>purpose of providing for the extraordinary repair, improvement<br>extension or rebuilding of the Parish Church of Chalgrove.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5,384.90|
|Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any uncertainties<br>about the charity continuing as a<br>going concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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||**SORP**<br>**reference**||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal sources of<br>funds (including any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and objectives<br>including any social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal risks<br>facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|**Description of charity’s trusts:**|**SORP**<br>**reference**||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document: eg<br>trust deed, memorandum and<br>articles of association etc.|Para 1.25|The charity was established by a charitable trust deed on 29 March<br>1887 as varied by a Scheme of 15 May 1967 and 22 August 1990.|
|How is the charity constituted? eg<br>limited company, unincorporated<br>association, CIO|Para 1.25|Trust|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of any<br>person or body entitled to appoint<br>one or more trustees|Para 1.25|The trust deed stipulates seven trustees comprising three ex officio<br>trustees, two nominative trustees and two co-optative trustees.<br>The Vicar and Churchwardens of Chalgrove Parish Church are ex-<br>officio trustees.<br>The Nominative trustees are appointed by the Parochial Church<br>Council of Chalgrove Parish Church.<br>The Co-optative trustees are appointed by the other trustees.<br>Co-optative trustees serve for five years and the other trustees for<br>four years respectively.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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||**SORP**<br>**reference**||
|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures adopted<br>for the induction and training of<br>trustees|Para 1.51|On appointment trustees sign a declaration of acceptance and<br>willingness to act in the trust of the Charity in the Minute Book.<br>Copies of the trust deeds are provided.<br>Trustee induction is an informal process with serving trustees<br>explaining the background, relevant issues, risk factors and<br>financial position to incoming trustees.|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider network<br>with which the charity works|Para 1.51|The Charity is managed by the Board of Trustees who meet at<br>least four times during the year.<br>The Trustees delegate the day to day management of the rental<br>properties to letting agents Carter Jonas LLP.|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other||The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is<br>exposed and are satisfied that systems and procedures are in<br>place to mitigate exposure to those risks.|





## **Reference and Administrative Details** 

|Charity name|The Church Estate, Chalgrove|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Chalgrove Church Estate|
|Registered charity number|254896|
|Charity’s principal address|The Vicarage, 58 Brinkinfield Road, Chalgrove, Oxford OX44 7QX|



## **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**|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee**<br>**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Reverend Michael Lakey|Chairman|N/A||
||Mrs S W Brown|Secretary|N/A||
||Mrs P Hunt||N/A||
||Mr M Jacques||01.01.2022 – 12.12.2022||
||Mrs K Mulcahy||N/A||
||Mr B Spicer||N/A||
||Mrs J Reeve||N/A||
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**Reference and Administrative Details (cont)** 

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<br>this capacity|The charity holds funds of £62.10 as custodian for the Chalgrove Ecclesiastical<br>Charity, registered number 275431.|
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|Name and objects of the charity on<br>whose behalf the assets are held<br>and how this falls within the<br>custodian charity’s objects|The Chalgrove Ecclesiastical Charity receives income from investments and<br>expends on services for sermons and holy communion.|
|Details of arrangements for safe<br>custody and segregation of such<br>assets from the charity’s own<br>assets|The funds are invested in the CBF Church of England Investment Fund.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

## **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** 



Declarations
The company has taken advantage of the small cx)mpanies' exemptK)n in preparing the report above.
The trustees declare that they have aN)roved the IJuSt￿. retwNt finduding direct￿, report) above.
Signed on behalf of the charitys truStee￿direct
Signaturels)
Full namels)
Reverend Michael Lakey
Posttion (for example Secretary,
Chair, etc.)
Trustee, ChaimRn
Date

Section A Receipts and payments 

A1 Receipts Donations and gifts Interest income Dividend income Rental income 

Sub total(Gross income for AR) 

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). 

Sub total 

Total receipts 

A3 Payments Management costs Grant funding of activities Governance Costs 

Sub total 

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) 

Sub total 

Total payments 

Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 

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

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Categories 

B1 Cash funds 

B2 Other monetary assets 

B3 Investment assets 

B4 Assets retained for the charity�s own use 

B5 Liabilities 

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

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The Church Estate, Chalgrove 

|Receipts and payments accounts|Receipts and payments accounts|||
|---|---|---|---|
|For the period|from||1st Jan 2022|
|Unrestricted funds|||Restricted funds|
|to the nearest|<br>�||to the nearest�|
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## Details 

Main Account Less cheques written in current year but not cleared Deposit account Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) 

## Details 

Retainer held by Carter Jones 

Details Investment properties Shareholdings 

Details 

Details 

Signature 

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254896 

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31st Dec 2022 

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|Unrestricted funds|Restricted funds|
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CC16a 

Last year to the nearest � 22 16 3726 34192 - - - - 37956 - - 

37956 

13307 12056 3267 - - - - - - 28630 

- 28630 9326 - 65139 74465 

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Endowment funds to nearest � - - - - OK Endowment funds to nearest � - - - - - - 

Current value (optional) 1015000 134831 - - - 

- Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - 

When due (optional) 

Date of approval 

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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Roport to the trusteesl
members of
On accounts for the year
ended
Charlty no
(if any)
254
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
¢harity I'the Trust") for the year ended
Responslbllities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Aot
2011 {'the ACV)
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried oul
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinalion, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145{51{bl of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi thal no malerial matters have
come to my attention {other than that disclosed below") in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not a￿ord with Ihe accounting records
Independent
examiner's statsment
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please dalate tha words in th8 brackets il Ihgy do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification{s) or body
{if any):
Address:
CIIfvL*eoVC 6<lk4 7sD
IER
October 2018