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2021-12-31-accounts

Central Council of Church Bell Ringers

societies to assist ringers in supporting each other and achieving their bell ringing objectives;

Annual Trustees’ Report for 2021

Learning and Development

1. Legal and Administrative Information

1.1 Charity

The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (“the Council”) was founded in 1891 and is a registered charity, no.270036. Its ad‐ dress is that of its Secretary for the time be‐ ing, namely 11 Bullfields, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9DB. The constitution and conduct of the Council is governed by its Rules, last revised in May 2018, amended September 2020 and September 2021.

Stewardship and Management

1.2 Trustees

The Council’s Trustees during 2021 were:
President Mr S J L Linford
Deputy President Mr D Kirkcaldy
Secretary Mrs M Bone
Treasurer Mr F M S Stracey
Ordinary Trustee Dr P R J Barnes
Ordinary Trustee Ms A M Everett
Ordinary Trustee Mr D L Smith
Ordinary Trustee Mr C R Whittaker
At the Annual Meeting held by video con‐
ference on 4 September Mr F M S Stracey, Dr
P R J Barnes and Mr C R Whittaker were re-
elected for 3-year terms.

Technical and Taxonomy

Historical and Archive

1.3 Principal Agents and Advisors

The Council’s bankers are Lloyds Bank age of bell ringing and the role of indi‐ plc, Butler Place Branch, 1 Butler Place, vidual ringers. Westminster, London, SW1H 0PR. Its Inde‐ pendent Examiner is Ms C A Stockmann. Its 2.2 Public Benefit insurers are Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, Benefact House, 2000 Pioneer Avenue, The public benefits from the following Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, areas of activity of the Council: Gloucester, GL3 4AW.

2. Objectives and Activities

To advance the practice, heritage and ap‐ preciation of bell ringing as an enjoyable mental and physical exercise and unique per‐ forming art for the public benefit of both church and community, in particular but not exclusively by:

Communications and Relationships

3. Structure, Governance and Manage‐ ment

eral running of the Council. It holds regular meetings during the year and is in contact by electronic means between meetings. Execut‐ ive members, who are also the trustees, are directly elected by the members. They retire in rotation and are limited to a maximum of six years on the Executive unless the mem‐ bers resolve otherwise at an annual meeting. The Executive appoints the workgroup lead‐ ers and individual Executive members act as sponsors for workgroups.

3.2 Working Groups

The Council has eight workgroups: (1) Volunteer and Leadership; (2) Historical and Archive; (3) Public Relations; (4) Steward‐ ship and Management; (5) Technical and Tax‐ onomy; (6) Young Ringers – Schools and Youth Groups; (7) Young Ringers – Univer‐ sities and Colleges; (8) Senior Stakeholder Liaison. Most of the work of the Council is carried out by these workgroups.

3.3 Membership

The Council’s membership comprises Representative Members (elected or appoin‐ ted by affiliated societies); Small Society Representatives (elected or appointed by Re‐ gistered Small Societies); the trustees, stew‐ ards and workgroup leaders who shall be exofficio members if not otherwise members; and Fellows. Only Representative Members and Fellows (elected prior to 28 May 2018) may vote at an annual meeting. Applications by societies to affiliate are approved at an an‐ nual meeting. Applications to become a Re‐ gistered Small Society are approved in ac‐ cordance with the Rules and Standing Orders.

4. Progress and Achievements in 2021

2021 was a year in which ringing started to recover from its longest break since the Second World War. Gradually the restrictions that had been placed on ringing in every ter‐ ritory in the world were lifted with a return to a new form of normality in many places. Cer‐ tainly throughout spring and summer many of the activities that bellringers enjoy got restarted, although we then shuddered to a near halt again as the Omicron variant hit the world towards the end of the year.

The Council’s Covid guidance team con‐ tinued to work closely with the House of Bishops’ Recovery Group, but with a back‐ ground of the Church of England at least not wishing to impose any restrictions over and above those required by law. By the end of the year changes to guidance had become infre‐ quent as the last vestiges of externally im‐ posed restrictions were removed, and we all moved towards just living with Covid. Ringers have become more used to keeping windows open to improve ventilation, and many ringers in situations such as face to face teaching or working with young ringers con‐ tinue to wear masks just as they might in other aspects of daily life.

What became clear during lockdown when bells were silent, and then when ringing opened up again, was how much bells are part

of the community rather than just being in churches as a call to worship. For instance, bells were rung as part of the public appreci‐ ation of the NHS, and many towers received messages of support from local people. This underpins the public benefit of the charity.

The Council continues to work actively with its strategic partners to further its aims. During lockdown, the Council formed a part‐ nership with the Association of Ringing Teachers to form a network of “Survival and Recovery Champions” – some nominated by branches or associations, and some just nom‐ inating themselves. The Champions met regu‐ larly on Zoom and formed a network inter‐ ested in sharing experiences of keeping ringers motivated, and planning how to re‐ cover from the pandemic, seen as everything from something we will get over to an exist‐ ential threat. The word “Survival” was dropped as ringing restarted, but we still have a network of Recovery Champions, all inter‐ ested in how we can take ringing forward on a stronger footing and with wider participa‐ tion.

Another strategic partner is the Churches Conservation Trust (CCT), which sees bells as an important part of attracting visitors to its heritage assets. Just before the suspension of ringing the Council was about to launch a ma‐ jor recruitment campaign in association with the CCT. That relationship is getting stronger at a time when an increasing number of churches with bells are heading into their care.

The Council holds a regular tri-partite meeting with the Association of Ringing Teachers and the Board of The Ringing World. Matters of mutual interest are dis‐ cussed and the parties look for opportunities to work together and promote each others’ activities.

The Trustees and Executive continue to be guided by reference to its ‘Strategic Priorit‐ ies’, released at the start of 2020. These have only been slightly adapted by the pandemic, and that has really been to recognise the im‐ portance of recruiting additional bellringers, and expanding the number of members of the general public who can enjoy and participate in this activity.

  1. Find alternative long term sources of recruits who have the potential to be good ringers

  2. That no ringer should hit a barrier to their own progression

  3. The pursuit of excellence in everything we do

  4. The sound of church bells remains part of our cultural soundscape and is ap‐ preciated and understood

  5. The pursuit of method ringing is not the only measure of success for a ringer

  6. The Church continues to value our contribution.

The Trustees and Executive delegate much of the work of delivering the Strategic Priorities to the workgroups, with regular pro‐ gress reports from these workgroups. Each Workgroup has an Executive Sponsor from

the Trustees whose role is to ensure that activ‐ ities are aligned with the Objects of the char‐ ity and that any issues and difficulties can be resolved quickly.

The Trustees and Executive are held to ac‐ count by the members, who in turn are elected from the Affiliated Societies. All affiliated so‐ cieties are involved in promoting ringing to the general public broadly in line with the Ob‐ jects of the charity. Covid restrictions preven‐ ted the Council from having a physical faceto-face AGM again, so the experience of 2020 was put to good use by the running of a very efficient AGM using Zoom. There were 148 attendees, and many members said that while the other events usually accompanying the AGM were sadly missed, the meeting itself was surprisingly effective – perhaps even an improvement in some respects.

The Council Executive is consulting on reducing the size of the Council, i.e. reducing the number of members representing affili‐ ated societies, in order to make the meetings of the Council more efficient, and to enable more of the resources of affiliated societies to be focused on their own activities. As redu‐ cing the number of members would reduce the Council’s income, the Executive is first consulting on decoupling the affiliation fees from the number of Representatives. A pro‐ posal to move to a fixed amount per member of each affiliated society, subject to a min‐ imum and maximum fee was first tested on those larger societies that would pay more un‐ der such a model, and then at the start of 2022 the consultation was broadened out to all affil‐ iated societies. There is broad support for such a model and it would keep the Council’s income the same.

In the first part of 2022, the Trustees will be undertaking the Council’s 3-yearly Gov‐ ernance Review, which will follow guidance from the Charity Governance Code. In ad‐ vance, and as part of that Review, the Trustees have also started a review of the Rules and Standing Orders. With the Rules and Standing Orders having been in force since May 2018 this is an opportunity to see how they are op‐ erating in practice and correct any anomalies.

The Council continues to make progress on projects which are intended to expand the reaches of the charity and increase engage‐ ment with the public:

NaRC

A project to create a ‘National Ringing Centre’ as part of a CCT development in Northampton. The Council has signed an MOU with the CCT to develop the centre, working with the local affiliated society.

Mobile Belfry

A project to build a new mobile belfry which will make it easier to take ringing demonstrations to schools and large events.

YCRA

The Young Change Ringers Association has been established as a stand-alone en‐ tity with the aim of strengthening the bond between young ringers at least throughout the British Isles, reducing the attrition rate as young ringers progress,

and generally increasing the sustainabil‐ ity of ringing.

The Trustees have identified the oppor‐ tunity to expand greatly the charity’s reach particularly to young people, building on work already being done by its Schools and Youth Groups Workgroup. To exploit this op‐ portunity fully would require more funding than the Council has available and hence the Trustees are working with partners (the Asso‐ ciation of Ringing Teachers and the Handbell Ringers of Great Britain) on a Heritage Lot‐ tery Fund bid focused on taking bells into schools. The bid is expected to be submitted in 2022.

The President’s Blog, published fort‐ nightly, continues to be a valuable and popu‐ lar channel for connecting the activities of the Council with the wider ringing population. It exploits all the media channels the Council has available to it, and has done much to raise the profile of the Council. The Council makes good use of its media channels, with regular news stories promoted by its workgroups. The Council uses Twitter in particular to spread messages beyond the ringing com‐ munity and engage with other partners and groups.

Safeguarding is critical to public particip‐ ation in ringing, and is something that the Church also considers to be of paramount im‐ portance. During 2021, the Church of Eng‐ land moved towards implementation of a new Safeguarding Learning and Development Framework, designed to apply to all those connected with the church, both clergy and laity. Whilst the new Framework is designed to support the needs of believers, who com‐ prise the vast majority of those who take part in church activities, the Council recognises that church bellringers come from diverse backgrounds and that the future of ringing as a performing art depends on it being an open and inclusive activity, which welcomes all re‐ gardless of faith. With valuable support from the Guild of Clerical Ringers, the Council therefore embarked on a programme of en‐ gagement with the Church of England’s Na‐ tional Safeguarding Training and Develop‐ ment team to ensure that the new Framework is implemented appropriately for all bell ringers and that training offered to ringers is both relevant and inclusive.

The lack of a physical AGM again re‐ moved the major item of expenditure from the Council’s finances which means they remain very healthy, as we have reported in Section 6 here.

The Trustees of the Central Council are confident that progress and achievements will continue to be made across all the Council’s stated Objects.

5. Statement of Policies

5.1 Reserves

and activities of the Council. The bal‐ ation Scheme (FSCS). Expenditure is only in‐ Although the pandemic has had a huge ance also facilitates cash flow and en‐ curred on receipt of relevant supporting docu‐ impact on ringing as described previously, in ables the development of new projects mentation and proof of service delivery. Bank terms of risk assessment there is a positive and initiatives. The Trustees have statements are electronically available to the financial impact to the CCCBR. Longer term agreed that a minimum of £75,000 Treasurer. The Treasurer provides a financial risks such as fewer ringers returning to tower needs to be kept as a reserve in the gen‐ update to each Executive meeting, highlight‐ bell ringing are being addressed by some of eral fund. This is in order to cover three ing financial issues that need to be brought to the initiatives described in the report. years of overheads, provide adequate the Executive’s attention. On reviewing the financial controls, aside cash flow and give a reasonable level from changes already mentioned, they are of contingency against any unforeseen 5.5 Expenses consistent with prior years. financial risks. This fund is unrestric‐ ted. Updated guidance on expenses was ap‐ 7. Membership (ii) Education Courses Fund – the bal‐ proved by the Executive in November 2019. ance provides cash flow to enable the At the close of the Annual General Meet‐ Volunteer and Leadership Workgroup 5.6 Safeguarding ing on 4 September 2021 the Council’s mem‐ to run various training courses; in gen‐ bership comprised 4 Fellows, 14 Ex-officio eral the costs are recouped from at‐ The Council’s guidance on safeguarding Members and 181 Representative Members tendees. This is an unrestricted desig‐ was revised in June 2019 and issued to societ‐ representing 66 affiliated societies. Since then nated fund. ies and members. Further guidance has been one Ex-officio Member has retired and one (iii) Bell Restoration Fund – the balance issued on the implementation of the Church has become a Representative Member. Seven is fully allocated to bell restoration of England’s new Safeguarding Learning and Representative Members retired and three of projects and paid on satisfactory com‐ Development Framework. A safeguarding these vacancies were filled. A further two va‐ pletion of the work. Grants are made in policy applicable to the Council and its own cancies were also filled. In October the Guild proportion to the types of applications activities and events was prepared in January of Railway Ringers was admitted as a Re‐ received and in accordance with prior‐ 2020 and placed on the website. gistered Small Society. We regret to record ities agreed by the Council and re‐ the deaths of William Butler (Oxford Dio‐ viewed annually. Members approved 5.7 Conflicts of Interest cesan Guild 1957‒60 and 1966‒2012; Life an increase in the maximum possible Member 2012‒18 and Fellow 2018‒21); Rev grant to £2,000 in May 2018. This is a A revised policy came into effect on 1 Oc‐ Dr John Baldwin (Oxford Diocesan Guild restricted fund. tober 2020. Members of the Executive are re‐ 1972‒75; Llandaff & Monmouth Diocesan (iv) Fred E Dukes International Bell quired to complete an annual declaration Association 1975‒95; Life Member Fund – Grants from the Fred E Dukes which is available to the members. 1995‒2018 and Fellow 2018‒22); and Bruce International Bell Fund are made in ac‐ Butler (North American Guild 2005‒22). We cordance with the terms of Mr Dukes’ 5.8 Data Protection (GDPR) note the retirement of Stephen Pettman legacy. Grants are awarded from the (Suffolk Guild 1984‒2022). Due to reduced interest on the legacy and reviewed an‐ The guidance note on data protection was membership numbers the North American nually. This is a restricted fund. last reviewed in January 2018. A privacy no‐ Guild is now entitled to three members. Sub‐ (v) Publications Fund – the balance rep‐ tice is available on the website. ject to any further changes, at the start of the resents the stock of publications held 2022 Council meeting there will be 2 Fel‐ and a cash balance to facilitate the pro‐ 6. Review of Financial Activities lows, 12 Ex-officio Members and 178 Repres‐ duction of new titles and the reprinting entative Members representing 66 affiliated of existing publications. This is an un‐ The accounts for 2021 show total funds at societies. There are 19 vacancies. There is one restricted designated fund. the year-end of £459,104, of which £250,139 Registered Small Society with one represent‐ (vi) Library Fund – this fund represents is in restricted funds. Income for the year ative. A full report on membership changes the value of the library as well as sun‐ totalled £32,806 (including a legacy of will be given at the 2022 annual meeting. dry income items and is restricted to £11,303 from Philip Rolle, together with pub‐ use for the benefit of the library, which lications and library sales of £9,248, and £495 Declaration is maintained for use by Council mem‐ on behalf of YCRA). The main expenditure bers and affiliated societies. was for grants for bell restoration of £9,650, The Trustees declare that they have ap‐ and publication cost of sales of £3,417. The proved the trustees’ report above. 5.2 Investment pandemic resulted in a reduction in the sales Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees of publications and corresponding reduction on 28 July 2022. Funds are invested in low risk invest‐ in the cost of sales, which seem to be on the S J L Linford ments and bank accounts. The need for regu‐ rebound. President lar income from investments is considered The 2021 figures include further dona‐ important to support the work of the Council. tions for the Kilifi project totalling £120.

The 2021 figures include further dona‐ tions for the Kilifi project totalling £120.

No significant fundraising activity has been carried out during the year.

5.3 Investment and Borrowing Powers

The Council had no employees during the The Trustees have the power to invest year. All of its work is carried out on a volun‐ money and adopt such measures as seem to tary basis. them necessary in the interest of the Council. It is confirmed that the Council’s assets, They do not have any power to borrow together with the expected income for 2022, money, except by Council resolution. are available and will be adequate to fulfil the

It is confirmed that the Council’s assets, together with the expected income for 2022, are available and will be adequate to fulfil the objects of the Council in that year. The 2022 financial estimates were approved by the Ex‐ ecutive in November 2021 and they support the fact that the Trustees consider that the CCCBR is a going concern, i.e. that the Cent‐ ral Council can meet its commitments for the foreseeable future. The Trustees included considerations of the impact of the pandemic in the longer term within their conclusions.

5.4 Risk Assessment

The Trustees have identified and reviewed the major risks to which they believe the Council may be exposed and have taken steps to minimise and manage those risks.

The Council’s banking deposits are fully protected by the Financial Services Compens‐

CENTRAL COUNCIL OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS

Registered Charity Number 270036

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021

Total
Funds
2020
£
7,960
859
1,374
3,013
8,927
10
226
120
122
3
25,126
23,081
‒
463
13
6,328
2,920
32,806		 47,740
326
326
6,666
28
6,694
‒
12
12
96
96
3,417
346
3,763
398
398
‒
9,650
9,650
2,012
89
2,101
2,000
2,000
16
706
722
2,705
397
3,101
‒
1,683
1,683
106
106
161
161
700
700		 309
1,550
500
10
8
5,848
829
29
5,550
2,308
2,500
800
2,843
26
1,717
106
130
313
10,493
‒
9,650
‒
8,015
3,355
31,513		 25,376
12,589
‒
(9,187)
13
(1,687)
(435)
1,292		 22,365
12,589
‒
(9,187)
13
(1,687)
(435)
1,292
166,146
1,950
59,465
79,641
29,968
120,642 457,812		 22,365
435,446
178,735
1,950
50,278
79,654
28,281
120,207 459,104		 457,812

1. Basis of accounting

The accounts have been prepared under the historic cost convention and in accord‐ ance with applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Prac‐ tice on Accounting by Charities.

2. Accounting policies

The accounts have been drawn up in ac‐ cordance with the going concern, accruals, consistency and prudence concepts.

2.1 Incoming resources 4. Funds

Interest is accounted for when receiv‐ able.

The General Fund is unrestricted and includes designated funds raised and held for a particular purpose.

Donations, grants and legacies are ac‐ for a particular purpose. counted for as soon as the Council is noti‐ The Education Courses Fund and Pub‐ fied of the legal entitlement and the amount lications Fund are unrestricted designated due. funds.

The Bell Restoration Fund, the Fred E Dukes International Bell Fund and the Lib‐ rary Fund are maintained for restricted pur‐ poses.

2.2 Resources expended Expenditure is included on an accruals basis.

Grants are accounted for when paid over.

The YCRA income & expenditure is through the number two account and is in‐ cluded within the income & expenditure. The balance the Central Council holds at the end of the year was £2,890.

3. Consistency

The accounts are prepared on a consist‐ ent basis with the previous year and in ac‐ cordance with the accounting policies.

CENTRAL COUNCIL OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS

Registered Charity Number 270036

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2021

Fixed assets
Tangible assets
Investments at cost
Library Collection
Library shelving
Total fxed assets
Current assets
Stock
Debtors and prepayments
Cash on short term deposit and at bank
Total current assets
Current liabilities
Creditors - amounts due within one year
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Funds
Unrestricted
Unrestricted - designated
Restricted
Total funds		 General
Fund
Education
Courses
Bell
Restoration
Fund
F Dukes In‐
ternat'l Bell
Fund
Publica‐
tions Fund
Library
Fund
Total
Funds
2021
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
162,092
30,777
79,131
272,000
82,464
82,464
212
212
162,092
30,777
79,131
‒
82,676
354,676
5,036
994
6,030
23
30
92
150
295
18,902
1,950
19,471
431
23,367
36,386
100,506
18,924
1,950
19,501
523
28,403
37,530
106,831
(2,281)
(123)
(2,404)
16,643
1,950
19,501
523
28,281
37,530
104,428
178,735
1,950
50,278
79,654
28,281
120,207
459,104
178,326
178,326
409
1,950
28,281
30,640
50,278
79,654
120,207
250,138
178,735
1,950
50,278
79,654
28,281
120,207
459,104		 Total
Funds
2020
£
272,000
84,147
318
356,465
7,924
2,862
92,792
103,578
(2,231)
101,347
457,812
165,737
32,327
259,748
457,812

5. Transfers between funds

No amounts have been transferred between funds.

6. Tangible assets and intangible assets

The major tangible assets of the Council are the Investments in National Savings In‐ come Bonds and the Library Collection. The Library Collection is valued at a replace‐ ment cost of £95,000. The revaluation was undertaken by Roger Barnes of Church Green Books as at 31 December 2014. The policy now is to revalue the collection every twenty years, but keeping the policy under review. It is being depreciated for account‐ ing purposes at 2% on the reducing balance per annum. An asset register is maintained for other tangible assets. The policy is to treat assets of an individual cost up to £1,000 as fully depreciated in the year of purchase.

The major intangible asset of the Coun‐ cil is the copyright of Dove's Guide .

7. Interest receivable

Interest, in a continued climate of low interest rates, was received from –

Amounts received were lower than 2020.

8. Donations and grants received 8.1 Kilifi, Kenya

Donations have been received in re‐ spect of Kilifi, Kenya, for ropes and a train‐

ing project. These are included in the Bell Restoration Fund as a restricted item and, together with any related gift aid, amounted to £150 in 2021, bringing the total now available to £957.

abandoned; one new award of £1,000 was granted leaving £3,413 available for new schemes.

During the year, the Bell Restoration Fund awarded £36,200 in 37 new grants.

Twelve grants totaling £9,650 were paid to: Stoke St Milborough (£1,500), Broad‐ well (£1,700), Little Horwood (£2,000), Moretonhampstead (£550), Braintree (£550), Dunkeswell (£250), Goathurst (£100), Honington (£350), Kenwyn (£450), Ramsbury (£550), Sheringham (£900) and Staplegrove (£750).

8.2 Ringing Remembers

The remaining balance, at 31 December 2019, of the Ringing Remembers Grant of £15,606 is held within general balances for future related work.

During the year the Bell Restoration Fund received four donations from Amazon Smile totaling £86.66. A donation of £250.00 was received from CAF.

Outstanding commitments total £48,650.

11. Charitable commitments

Both of the above were allocated to Bell Restoration at the Treasurer's discretion.

There is one grant of £1,000 awarded but not yet paid by the Fred E Dukes Inter‐ national Bell Fund, and forty five grants totaling £48,650 awarded but not yet paid by the Bell Restoration Fund.

8.4 Other Donations

A legacy of £11,302 was received from the Estate of Philip Rolle. This has been noted as a designated fund, the use for which has yet to be decided.

There is also a charitable commitment to Kilifi bell restoration in respect of the balance of donations received but not yet paid amounting to £957.

9. Workgroup Expenses

Total workgroup expenses amounted to £6,694 across all activities, an increase from 2020.

12. Publications fund

from 2020. Storage and distribution costs of £2,000 Of these expenses the Executive ac‐ was paid to a Council member. counted for £1,653 of which £960 was ex‐ 13. Payments to trustees ceptional spending on Safeguarding. There were no payments to Trustees,

There were no payments to Trustees, except for the reimbursement of expenses in the course of their duties as members of the Executive.

10. Grants paid

During the year, no grants were paid from the Fred E Dukes International Bell Fund.

14. Emoluments of employees

The outstanding grant commitment was The Council had no employees during returned to the Fund as the scheme was the year.

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers

I report on the accounts of The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (charity no. 270036) for the year ended 31 December 2021, which are set out on the attached pages.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiners

My examination of the Trust’s accounts was carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act, and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 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.

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 as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that is required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that, in any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signature:

Name: Caroline Stockmann FCA DChA HonFCT Address: Bell House High Street Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1JD Date: 28 July 2022