## LEBRF Trustees’ Report 2023 The Llewellyn Edwards Bell Restoration Fund, Registered Charity no 270529 in the UK, makes grants towards the restoration and augmentation of church bells in the Diocese of Salisbury. Over the last 5 years we have paid out grants totalling over £108,000. The LEBRF Trustees are appointed annually, one from each Branch and one from the Guild Officers, with the Chair of Trustees being Andy Waring. The Trustees for 2023 were: Calne: Ken Webb Mere: Keith Woodward Devizes: Anne Willis Marlborough: David Close Dorchester: Michael Dillistone Salisbury: Louise Gay E Dorset: John Riley W Dorset: Andrew Waring Channel Islands: Jennifer Hill Guild: Anthony Lovell-Wood With bell-hangers catching-up with their backload of post-Covid projects, the LEBRF was very active with grants during 2023: - The LEBRF Trustees approved grants of over £57,000 to 12 churches in the Salisbury Guild during 2023 – this made 2023 & 2022 the highest ever granting years for the Charity. This level of investment was only made possible by the generous Lucas Family Legacy which the LEBRF received in 2022, and which will continue to fund worthwhile bells projects in the Salisbury Guild into the future. - One of the largest bells renovation projects, at St Mary’s, Calne was completed successfully - supported by LEBRF grants - and they held their Rededication Service on 10 September 2023. - In total, over £50,000 was paid out in LEBRF Grants to 8 churches throughout the Salisbury Guild during 2023, to keep their bells ringing for many years to come. Without the Lucas Family Legacy, the LEBRF’s income in 2023 would have been in line with that of previous years (income has remained at between £10k-£15k per annum for several years), with online JustGiving donations boosting the traditional sources of income like Open Days, Peal Fees, raffles, Tower donations etc. The Trustees would like to thank the Independent Accounts Examiner, Richard Picker, for his report on the LEBRF Year-End 2023 Accounts. The LEBRF Trustees are grateful to the members of the Guild for their donations – you can donate online to the LEBRF at any time, and the money will be put to good use restoring church bells within the Guild: htps://www.justgiving.com/llewellynedwardsbellrestoraton. If you are planning a bells project, please do apply for an LEBRF grant to kick-start your fundraising: htps://sdgr.org.uk/lebrf-apply-for-a-grant/. Andrew Waring, Chair of LEBRF Trustees **Llewellyn Edwards Bell Restoration Fund Accounts 2023** |**2022**
**_£_**|**_£_**|||**2023**|**to**|**tal Income from Branches**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |220.00
937.00
1,029.00
457.00
196.60
459.00
929.00
**4,738.45**
510.85
490.00
115,000.00
73.75
816.50
0.00
256.55
30.00
0.00
**116,752.80**
86.00
3,365.62
326.12
0.00
0.00
156.48
0.00
458.14
181.13
**4,487.49**
**125,978.74**|**Income from the Branches**
Calne
0.00
Devizes
532.00
Dorchester
143.00
East Dorset
402.00
Marlborough
160.00
Mere
453.00
Salisbury
271.00
West Dorset
697.13
**Other Income**
Open Day
1,500.00
Bequests and In Memoriam
13,525.02
Gift aid refund
162.75
Guild
796.50
Guild Quiz / Raffle
126.50
Just Giving donations;
www.easyfundraising.org.uk donations; CAF
donations
2,046.88
Individuals Donations
570.05
Donations via MemberMojo shop***NEW FOR 2023**
9.75
Peal Fees
211.00
**Interest**
Charities Official Investment Fund 2021
3,378.64
*NEW* Lloyds 1-Yr Fixed Term/rate Deposit
Account (opened 31 May 2023)
0.00
*NEW* Lloyds Instant Access Account (opened
June 2023)
152.37
Bath B/soc 1-Yr Business Bond (closed 7/2021)
0.00
Monmouth B/soc
937.72
Lloyds 1-Yr Fixed Term/Fixed Rate Deposit
(CLOSED MAY 2023)
1,420.27
Cambridge & Counties Bank 95-Day Notice Accou
1,009.73
HTB 95-Day Notice Account
77.07
**Income**
**Grants Paid 2023**
**St Peter's, Shaftesbury**
**Fittleton**
**South Wraxall**
**Calne**
**Bromham**
**Spetisbury**
**Calne Grant of Last Resort**
**Gt Bedwyn (#5 repairs)**
**Gt Bedwyn (sound reduction)**
**St Huberts, Corfe Mullen**
**Expenditure**|_closed_
_closed_
_closed _|**2,658.13**
**18,948.45**|**2,658.13**||| ||||||**to**|**tal Other Income**
**6,975.80**
**total Interest**| ||||_July 2020_
_Aug 2020_
_July 2020_|||| |||||**6,975.80**||| ||||**28,582.38**
(350.00)
(1,400.00)
(6,000.00)
(26,500.00)
(5,300.00)
(600.00)
(3,318.30)
(3,200.00)
(1,800.00)
(1,850.00)|||| |**(14,520.00)**|||**(50,318.30)**|||| |**111,458.74**|**Excess of expenditure over income**||**(21,735.92)**|||| |**184,931.68**
**111,458.74**
**296,390.42**
6,418.15
35,899.59
117,725.00
75,000.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
80,000.00
0.00
0.00
5,000.00
0.00
(23,652.32)|Balance as at 31 December 2022
**296,390.42**
Excess of expenditure over income
**(21,735.92)**
Balance as at 31 December 2023
**274,654.50**
**This balance was represented by:**
Lloyds
3,500.06
Monmouth Building Society Instant Access A/c
CLOSED OCTOBER 2023
0.00
COIF Charities Investment Fund 2021
117,725.00
Cambridge & Counties Bank 95-Day Account
CLOSED JUNE 2023
0.00
*NEW* Cambridge & Counties 5-yr Fixed Rate Bon
20,000.00
*NEW* Cambridge & Counties 3-yr Fixed Rate Bon
40,000.00
*NEW* HTB 1-Year Bond
45,000.00
Lloyds 1-Yr Fixed Term/Fixed Rate Deposit
CLOSED ON MATURITY MAY 2023
0.00
*NEW* Lloyds 1-Yr Fixed Term/Rate Deposit
Account
10,000.00
*NEW* Lloyds 6-Mths Fixed Term Deposit
Account
30,000.00
*NEW* HTB 2-Yr Bond
5,077.07
*NEW* Lloyds Instant Access Savings Account
18,852.37
Interestfreeloans:SDGR,Branches &Towers
(15,500.00)|**296,390.42**
**(21,735.92)**||||| |||**274,654.50**||||| |**296,390.42**
(69,900.00)|**Deposits**
**274,654.50**
Grants outstanding
(51,040.00)|**274,654.50**||||| |**226,490.42**|**Total assets**
**223,614.50**|||||| Saturday, 13 January 2024 Independent Exarninerfs Report to the Trustees of the Llewellyn Edwards Bell Restoration Fund. Charity No. 270529 I report on the accounts of the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023. Respective responsibilities The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audil is rsot required for this year under section 144 of the CharTiies Act 2011 (the 2011 Actl and that an independent examination is needed. It Is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 ofthe 2011 Art; to follow procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151 of the 2011 Act,. and to state whether particular matters have come to my atterition. Basi5 of independent examinerfs report My examination was carried out in accordance wfch the General Direction5 of the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review o* the accounting records kept by the charity and a compari50n of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and the seeking of explanations from you as trustees, concerning any such matters, The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be 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 examinerfs statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 111 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material rèspect, the requirementS.' to keep accounting records in accordance with s.130 of the Charities Act 2011. and to prepare which accord with the accounting records and to comply wlth the accounting requirement5 of the 2011 Act have not been met,. or 121 to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. J R M Plcker FCCA Chartered Certified Accountsnt Dated: 2310112024 6 Violet Farm Close Corfe Mullen Wlmborne Dorset BH213DR