## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/01/2024 To 31/12/2024**
## **Charity name: St. Simon’s Mission Hall and Coffee Tavern Trust**
## **Charity registration number: 274974**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Premises to be used for the purposes of**
**worship of Almighty God. Otherwise**
**income may be applied in furthering the**
**religious and other charitable work of the**
**Church of England in the ecclesiastical**
**parish of St. Simon, Southsea.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Grants have been made as detailed in**
**Achievements and Performance below.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The main activities undertaken during the**
**year have been to make grants to the**
**PCC of St. Simon's Church, Southsea in**
**order to assist in its mission within that**
**parish.**
**The trustees have had regard to the**
**Charity Commission’s guidance on**
**public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The Trust has no documented grant-**
**making policy. Grants are made solely in**
**line the charity’s purposes and with due**
**regard to the Trust's aims and objectives.**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Apart from property, the only investment**
**that the Trust holds is in a Santander**
**account. For historical reasons the**
**details of this account are uncertain. The**
**trustees are working to clarify this**
**situation. The trust has no documented**
**social investment policy.**|
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|||**The Trust has no volunteers other than**
**the trustees themselves.**|
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All Trustees are volunteers.**
**No other use of volunteers is made.**|
|Other||**Not applicable.**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**During the year, the Trust made the**
**following grants:**
**1 – £7,250 towards the cost of a priest-in-**
**charge at St. Simon’s Church**
**2 - £1,150 towards the cost of Christmas**
**events at St. Simon’s Church: flowers**
**(£300), children’s work (£500) and Sunday**
**Suppers (£350)**
**3 - £7,147 for St. Simon’s Church**
**insurance (2025)**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**No specific objectives are set beyond**
**remaining solvent and able to meet**
**known commitments.**|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Not Applicable**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Not applicable**|
|Other||**Not applicable**|
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Trust is solvent and in a good**
**position to continue its work in 2025.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**A prudent working balance of cash is**
**held in order to maintain and repair the**
**properties owned by the charity.**
**Trustees are aware that many unforeseen**
**costs can occur given the age of the**
**properties.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**The Trust has no specific reserves policy.**
**The total cash at bank on 31st December**
**2024 was £130,216. This is considered a**
**sensible amount given known future**
**demands.**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable.**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no concerns about the Trust**
**continuing as a going concern.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Net income from rented properties.**
**Some financial investments.**|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not applicable**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Loss of tenants.**
**Cost of maintaining properties.**|
|Other||**Not applicable**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed.**|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|**Incorporated charitable trust.**|
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|(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|||
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|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**As described in the Conveyance of 2nd**
**October 1879, the Trust Deed of 16th**
**February 1880 and the Scheme of 7th**
**April 1976.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Not applicable**|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Not applicable**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Not applicable**|
|Other||**Not applicable**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
> Charity name **St. Simon’s Mission Hall and Coffee Tavern Trust** Other name the charity uses **Not applicable.**
> Registered charity number **274974** Charity’s principal address **Flat 19 Charminster 46 Craneswater Park SOUTHSEA Hampshire PO4 0NU**
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Mr. S. Bentley||||
||Miss. M. Burke|Treasurer|||
||Mr. P. Gower||||
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||Mr. P. Jolly||||
||Mr. M. Taylor||||
||Mr. M. Walters||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name Not applicable.**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets **Not applicable.** held in this capacity Name and objects of the **Not applicable.** charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for **Not applicable.** safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**Not applicable**
## **Other optional information**
## **Not applicable**
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## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** P Giffiths **Full name(s)** Patricia Griffiths **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc) Date** 7th July 2025
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Si. Simons Mission Hall and Coffee Tavern Trust
ACCOUNTS
For The Year Eilded 31 st December 2024
Chartered Accountant's Re
ort to the trustees of
St. Siinons Mission Hall and Coffee Tavcrn Triist on thc UnauditLd
Financial Information of St. Simons Mission Hall and Cotfee Tavern Trust
In ac¢ordanLe with the engagement letter dated 3 Isl DeLember 2018 1 have comptled ihe fm41n¢ial
infonrtation of Sl. Simons Mission Hall & Coffee Tavem Trust which Comprises the profit and loss
ILLoimt and bal(Ince sheet from the aLLounting records dnd inlornialion and explanalionb you have
given lo me.
The fmancial infonnation bas been compiled on the historical cost basis of accounting. The f]naDcTral
informalion is not intended io auhiev¢ full wmplidnL¢ with the provibions of UK Generally Aucepted
Accounling Principles.
This Teport is made to YO in accordance with the tern of my engagemenl. My work has been
undertaken so that I might compile the Iintsnciol inlomialion th(ii I have been engaged to LfflYJpilL, report
to you that I have done so, and state those rnatters thal I have agreed to state to you in this Teport and for
no other PLWW)se. To tlie fullest extent perniilted by law. I do not aLcepl or a&sume responsibility to
anyone other than the trustees for my worK or for this report.
I have carried out this engagement in accordance with technical guid1ce issued by the Institute of
Chartered AcLountants in Engldnd & Wales and have Lomplivd with the ethical guidance laid down by
the Institute.
You have approved the financial infonnation foT the year ended 31st DeLember 2024 and have
a¢knvwledged your TesTM)nsibilily for it. for the appropriateness of ihe aLcLNmling basis and for
providing all informalion and explanatiCTrD5 necessary for Its compilation.
I have not ve.rified the accuracy or completeness of Ihe accounting records or infonnalion and
explanations you have given to me and I do nol therefore, express any opinion on the fmanLial
infonnation.
S.G. TALATI F,C.A.
Chartered ALcounlant
9th April, 2025
17, St. Georges Road
soirrHSEA
Hampsbire P04 9PL
ST SIMONS MISSION HALL AND COFFEE TAVEFIN TFIUST
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
Income
Rents Received
87,990
85,320
Le&8.' Agents CommissionlProf8ssional
Fees
11,812
10,608
Direct Expenditure by Agents
63,829
66,800
Bank Interest
2,533
2,009
Investment Income
852
67,214
71,696
Ex
gnditure
Insuranc8
10,026
15,050
Accountancy
1,200
1,200
Legal and Professional
1,620
522
Donations
1,150
1,300
Secretarial Expenses
2,512
2,014
Vicar,Youth & Childrens Wor1(er Costs
14,000
Priest Costs
7,250
29,000
Building Repairs & Special Structural Costs
Depreciation
46,006
51,008
158
186
114280
(Deficit) For the Year
ST SIMONS MISSION HALL AND COFFEE TAVEFIN TRUST
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
Fixed Assets
Cost
Fwd
Aggrogate
Net
Propety
Fixtures & Equipment
3,000
4,696
3,000
893
3,803
£7,696
£3,803
3,893
4,051
Investments
At cost or valuation brought forward
Incr8as8 in valuation
62,112
58,299
67,476
66,163
Current Assgts
Cash at Bank - Current Account
Deposit Accounts
Prepayment- Insuran
75,966
54,250
65,045
51,717
130,216
132,766
Current Liabilities
Accruals
129 016
131566
Net Assets
£196 492
£197 729
resented B
ital Account
Ca
re
resentin
Profit & Loss Account
Balance Brought Forward
(Deficit} for tha Year
Investment Valuation Increase
197,729
(2,708)
236,500
(42,584)
£197 729
Si. Simons Mission Hall and Coffee Tavern Trust
ACCOUNTS
For The Year Eilded 31 st December 2024
Chartered Accountant's Re
ort to the trustees of
St. Siinons Mission Hall and Coffee Tavcrn Triist on thc UnauditLd
Financial Information of St. Simons Mission Hall and Cotfee Tavern Trust
In ac¢ordanLe with the engagement letter dated 3 Isl DeLember 2018 1 have comptled ihe fm41n¢ial
infonrtation of Sl. Simons Mission Hall & Coffee Tavem Trust which Comprises the profit and loss
ILLoimt and bal(Ince sheet from the aLLounting records dnd inlornialion and explanalionb you have
given lo me.
The fmancial infonnation bas been compiled on the historical cost basis of accounting. The f]naDcTral
informalion is not intended io auhiev¢ full wmplidnL¢ with the provibions of UK Generally Aucepted
Accounling Principles.
This Teport is made to YO in accordance with the tern of my engagemenl. My work has been
undertaken so that I might compile the Iintsnciol inlomialion th(ii I have been engaged to LfflYJpilL, report
to you that I have done so, and state those rnatters thal I have agreed to state to you in this Teport and for
no other PLWW)se. To tlie fullest extent perniilted by law. I do not aLcepl or a&sume responsibility to
anyone other than the trustees for my worK or for this report.
I have carried out this engagement in accordance with technical guid1ce issued by the Institute of
Chartered AcLountants in Engldnd & Wales and have Lomplivd with the ethical guidance laid down by
the Institute.
You have approved the financial infonnation foT the year ended 31st DeLember 2024 and have
a¢knvwledged your TesTM)nsibilily for it. for the appropriateness of ihe aLcLNmling basis and for
providing all informalion and explanatiCTrD5 necessary for Its compilation.
I have not ve.rified the accuracy or completeness of Ihe accounting records or infonnalion and
explanations you have given to me and I do nol therefore, express any opinion on the fmanLial
infonnation.
S.G. TALATI F,C.A.
Chartered ALcounlant
9th April, 2025
17, St. Georges Road
soirrHSEA
Hampsbire P04 9PL
ST SIMONS MISSION HALL AND COFFEE TAVEFIN TFIUST
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
Income
Rents Received
87,990
85,320
Le&8.' Agents CommissionlProf8ssional
Fees
11,812
10,608
Direct Expenditure by Agents
63,829
66,800
Bank Interest
2,533
2,009
Investment Income
852
67,214
71,696
Ex
gnditure
Insuranc8
10,026
15,050
Accountancy
1,200
1,200
Legal and Professional
1,620
522
Donations
1,150
1,300
Secretarial Expenses
2,512
2,014
Vicar,Youth & Childrens Wor1(er Costs
14,000
Priest Costs
7,250
29,000
Building Repairs & Special Structural Costs
Depreciation
46,006
51,008
158
186
114280
(Deficit) For the Year
ST SIMONS MISSION HALL AND COFFEE TAVEFIN TRUST
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
Fixed Assets
Cost
Fwd
Aggrogate
Net
Propety
Fixtures & Equipment
3,000
4,696
3,000
893
3,803
£7,696
£3,803
3,893
4,051
Investments
At cost or valuation brought forward
Incr8as8 in valuation
62,112
58,299
67,476
66,163
Current Assgts
Cash at Bank - Current Account
Deposit Accounts
Prepayment- Insuran
75,966
54,250
65,045
51,717
130,216
132,766
Current Liabilities
Accruals
129 016
131566
Net Assets
£196 492
£197 729
resented B
ital Account
Ca
re
resentin
Profit & Loss Account
Balance Brought Forward
(Deficit} for tha Year
Investment Valuation Increase
197,729
(2,708)
236,500
(42,584)
£197 729