LEBRF Trustees’ Report 2025
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 £136,000.
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 2025 were: Calne: Ken Webb Mere: Keith Woodward Devizes: Anne Willis Marlborough: Louisa Stuckey Dorchester: Michael Dillistone Salisbury: Louise Gay E Dorset: John Riley W Dorset: Andy Waring Guild: Anthony Lovell-Wood
The only change to the LEBRF Trustees in 2025 was the cessation of the role of Channel Islands LEBRF Trustee, for fiscal reasons, and the LEBRF Trustees would like to thank Jennifer Hill for her input during her tenure as CI LEBRF Trustee.
The LEBRF was very active with grants during 2025:
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The LEBRF Trustees approved grants of over £44,500 to 8 churches in the Salisbury Guild during 2025
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A significant bells renovation project supported by LEBRF grants in 2025 was at Frampton (Dorchester) where they undertook a complete re-hang onto roller bearings with new metal headstocks, new wheels and bell-fittings. These works have secured the integrity of the (previously notoriously difficult) Frampton bells for many years to come, and allow the band, which was formed in 2022, to ring regularly and more easily.
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In total, over £37,300 was paid out in LEBRF Grants to 10 churches throughout the Salisbury Guild during 2025, to keep their bells ringing for many years to come
A very large bequest from the Will of the late Ann Abrahams early in 2025 has meant that the LEBRF Trustees can now allocate larger Grants than in previous years to eligible bells projects. This large bequest has required a more complex set of Annual Accounts to be prepared, and the LEBRF Trustees would like to thank both Ken Webb and the Independent Accounts Examiner, Richard Picker, for their work in ensuring that the LEBRF Year-End 2025 Accounts were compliant and in the Charities Commission proscribed format.
All donations - large and small - to the LEBRF are greatly appreciated by the LEBRF Trustees. 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: https://www.justgiving.com/llewellynedwardsbellrestoration. If you are planning a bells - - project, please do apply for an LEBRF grant to kick-start your fundraising: https://sdgr.org.uk/lebrf apply for-a-grant/.
Andy Waring, Chair of LEBRF Trustees
Llewellyn Edwards Bell Restoration Fund (Charity No 270529) Accounts for the period 1st January to 31st December 2025
Section A Statement of financial activities
| Restricted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | income | Endowment | Total | Total | |
| funds | funds | funds | this year | last year | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Incoming resources | |||||
| Income and endowments from: | |||||
| Donations and legacies | 655,660 | 655,660 | |||
| Charitable activities | 0 | ||||
| Other trading activities | 1,886 | 1,886 | |||
| Investments | 10,865 | 10,865 | |||
| Total | 668,411 | 0 | 0 | 668,411 | |
| Resources expended | |||||
| Expenditure on: | |||||
| Raising funds | 0 | ||||
| Charitable activities | (37,378) | (37,378) | |||
| Total | (37,378) | 0 | 0 | (37,378) | |
| Net income/(expenditure) | 631,033 | 0 | 0 | 631,033 | |
| before investment | |||||
| gains/(losses) | |||||
| Net gains/(losses) on investments | 0 | 2,101 | 2,101 | ||
| Net income / (expenditure) | 631,033 | 0 | 2,101 | 633,134 | |
| Extraordinary items | 0 | ||||
| Transfers between funds | 0 | ||||
| Other recognised gains / (losses) | |||||
| Gains and losses on revaluation of | 0 | ||||
| fixed assets for own use | |||||
| Other gains / (losses) | 0 | ||||
| Net movement in funds | 631,033 | 0 | 2,101 | 633,134 | |
| Reconciliation of funds: | |||||
| Total funds brought forward | 158,353 | 117,725 | 276,078 | ||
| Total funds carried forward | 789,386 | 0 | 119,826 | 909,212 |
Llewellyn Edwards Bell Restoration Fund (Charity No 270529) Accounts for the period 1st January to 31st December 2025
Section B Balance Sheet
| Restricted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | income | Endowment | Total | Total | |
| funds | funds | funds | this year | last year | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Fixed Assets | |||||
| Investments | 213,885 | 119,826 | 333,711 | ||
| Total Fixed assets | 213,885 | 0 | 119,826 | 333,711 | |
| Current assets | |||||
| Debtors | 0 | 0 | |||
| Investments | 493,781 | 0 | 493,781 | ||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 107,151 | 0 | 107,151 | ||
| Total current assets | 600,932 | 0 | 0 | 600,932 | |
| Creditors: falling due within one year | (25,431) | 0 | 0 | (25,431) | |
| Net current assets / (liabilities) | 575,501 | 0 | 0 | 575,501 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 789,386 | 0 | 119,826 | 909,212 | |
| Creditors: falling due after one year | 0 | 0 | |||
| Provisions for liabilities | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total net assets / (liabilities) | 789,386 | 0 | 119,826 | 909,212 | |
| Funds of the Charity | |||||
| Endowment funds | 117,725 | 117,725 | |||
| Restricted income | 0 | ||||
| Unrestricted funds | 789,386 | 789,386 | |||
| Revaluation reserve | 2,101 | 2,101 | |||
| 789,386 | 0 | 119,826 | 909,212 |
Llewellyn Edwards Bell Restoration Fund (Charity No 270529) Accounts for the period 1st January to 31st December 2025
Section C Notes to the accounts 2025
| Section C | Notes to the | accounts | 2025 | |||||
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| Note 3 | Analysis of | Income | ||||||
| Restricted | ||||||||
| Unrestricted | income | Endowment | Total | Total | ||||
| funds | funds | funds | this year | last year | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Donations and legacies: | ||||||||
| Donations and gifts | 3,909 | 3,909 | 3,426 | |||||
| Gift Aid | 0 | |||||||
| Legacies | 650,500 | 650,500 | ||||||
| Membership subscriptions | 1,251 | 1,251 | ||||||
| Total | 655,660 | 0 | 0 | 655,660 | ||||
| Charitable activities: | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Other trading activities. | ||||||||
| LEBRF Open Day | Total | 1,886 | 0 | 0 | 1,886 | |||
| Income from investments: | ||||||||
| Interest income | 7,347 | 7,347 | ||||||
| Dividend income | 3,518 | 3,518 | ||||||
| Total | 10,865 | 0 | 0 | 10,865 | ||||
| Other | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TOTAL INCOME | 668,411 | 0 | 0 | 668,411 | ||||
| Within the income items above the | ||||||||
| following items are material: | A receipt of | £650,000 funds from a legacy. |
Independont Examlnerf$ Report to the Trustees of tho Llewellyn Edwards Ball Restoratlon Fund. Charity No. 270529 I report on the accountsfortheyearended 31 Decemb8r2025. R68pectlve re$pon8ibiliti88 The charity's trustees are responsible forthe preparation of the accounts. The trustees considerthat an audit is not required forthls year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 Ithe 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibiiityto: Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; To follow procedures laid down in the General Directions given bythe Charity Commission under section 145151 of the 2011 Act: and To state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent examiner's report Myexamination was c8rried out in accordance with the General Directions ofthe Chartty Commission. An examination includes a review ofthe accounting records kept bythe charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unu8U81 items or disclosures inthe accounts, and the seekingof explanations from you as trustees, concerning allsuch matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide allthe evidence thatwould be required for an audit, 8nd consequently, no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fairview, and the report is limited tothose matters set out In the statement below. Independent examin8r'8 Statement In connection with my examination. no matter has cometo my attention.. 1. Which gives me reasonable causeto be.eVethat. in any material respect. the requirements: To keep accounting records in accordance with saction130ofthe Charities Act2011 Act; and To prepare accounts which accord withthe accounting records and complywith the accounting requirements ofthe 2011 Act, have not been met. or 2. To which. in my opinion. 8ttention should be drawn in orderto enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reachad. J R M Plcker Datad 20 February 2026 6 Violet Farm Close Corfe Mullen Wimborne Dorset BH213DR