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2022-03-31-accounts

The Friends of Dorchester Abbey Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 315t March 2022 Contents Trusteeg Report Page 14 Statement of Knancial Activitses Page 5 Balan￿ Sheet Page 6 Notss to the Accounts Page 7-9 Independent Examinerfs Report Page 10 Registered Charity Number. 275819

The Friends of Dorchester Abbey Trusteeg Report for the year ended 31st March 2022 Registsred Charlty Number: 275819 Principal Office: Dorchester Abbey Rertory. Dorthester on Thames. Oxon. Objectives and Artivities Indudin% all asxKiated bu1￿￿￿ 7Mtlwn tl ￿rtIla￿e of the Ab￿ mrxls. In particdar. the Trust use5 rts membership. There i5a15oasu￿BrouPLal1edThe BearfQre￿￿lety.TlQSelatt¥￿ernl￿￿ paya sulwiption of a minimum of £140 per annum. Eath subsuiption C(￿￿tIt￿ a donation to The Friends of 00rd￿ster Abbey. The Friends meet ￿n(&s￿lI¥ &i￿￿3r[￿S0cIa1 e4ents and irysits to places of historiral interest. Structure, Governan￿ and Management Trustees The Tr4ESte25 may be between five and t•f￿r in wmiET. Dwing Ye￿ the fl41￿￿lng 5eT¥ed a5 Trustees: Hr). President fjs5 G•lThom35 Ridwd Di& (Chainnan) trjohn Ta)tr Ch•mwn)

The Friends of Dorchester Abbey Trusteeg Report for the year ended 31S1 March 2022 (continued) Trustees {conti1M￿d) Mr TrridtJenki￿ IHon. T￿s￿r&I Dr David Parker Achievements and Perfomian Throughout the ￿ar The FTiends ojrtln￿l w(Yking to supp¢rtThe Phbey. We thank the Reverend Canon Sue B(ws. who rfired frLMh her role an ex4fJcio trustse on 31" January 2022. The trustees a￿ nwstErateful for her great supportatxl valualde inixit o%Er 20 years in offic The trustees also thank RithaTd Dicvs office for its secretarial 5upporL: irthed. we thank all the trustees and officersfortheiT work over the ). Subscriptions received in the yearwere to the Fri￿d$ and £6.785 to The Beauforest Society. Donations of £2087 and a sdlstanttal legacy of £50.IJ(Xl were received durirvxthe year. On the 0￿going side. various payments have been made to PCC dwing the >Ear. A totsl of £33.308 was paid for tharitable activities mainlyto D<¢hester Abbey PCC to support the Abbey throu￿ the Co¥id-19 wlth a prticul emphasls on maintenarKe matters indudinga contribution towards the upkeep of the irKluthrythÈ hèrb Eat￿ Gallery in the Abbey. The trustees have agreed thaL rfthe Project becTrnes feasible with all the rèlewdnt ct)Trsents. a mntribution of aOO.000 will be made available towanls the builrfiTrx cost& Any afteration5 to the Guest H¢)use *e regarded as a Se￿rate future project and there are no current proposals beiTE considered bythe trust Page 2

The Friends of Dorchester Abbey Trustees. Report for the year ended 31st March 2022 (continued) Achievements and Perfonnance (continued) There wa5 a net increase in the value of ow in%wbnents overthe year of £4,883. Our reser¥es at the ￿ar￿lld We￿ made up of a DesEnd Emergency Fabric Fund h¢Ading £50.1]0￿. and the Edith Stedmn Endryfftrt Fund I￿l￿tt& £5.(M)9. The remalnlngfumls of £313.933 are In an Unyestiicted G￿eTaI FWML Due to Covid-19. neither the nual ou¢ing nor the Dor¢hester lecture posslble although the BeaufoTest SeThI￿ vrns ab(e totae Reserves Policy The trustees have pre¥iou51y agreed to hdd £50.(KIO a5 a De51y￿ted EmeTPfV Fabric FUNI. The Temaining funds are as detailed above. Going con￿rn and Covid 19 The tNstees have considered the po551￿e effett of c￿1&19 and consider that this pandemic will neither result in any material redurtion of inwme nor have any ad¥erse effert on the charity as a going concern and c3rrylng out its charitable acti¥ibe Risk Management Since the role ￿ the charrty 15 to rnifwd% the rest(nti(M arbd repairof Dorthester Abbey. the main risk is of 5ub5tsrtial dedine in the level of donations and income from investments. The trustees aim to maintsin a le¥el of i￿Ome ¢or¥lstent with ￿ anticipated of the Abbey. Public Benefit guidance on publit benefrt published undef Secti￿ 17 of the Charities Art 2011. The tntstees tonsider thal In helpingto CLYÈserYe the fabric of Dorchester Abbey. a5 laid out In pardgraph one of Objettives and Activities. the Friend5 activities support the Abberfs ministry and therefore provide publi¢ bÈnÈfit actessibteto all. Plans for Future Periods The trustses intend to continue their presort poli(iesand practios in the pèriods ahÈad.

The Friends of DorchesterAbbey Trusteg Report forthe year ended 315t March 2022 (continued) Responsibilities of the Trustees The tharitrfstrustees are resp￿1b1QfOT preparlngthe1n￿eeg Annual RepDrt and the fin￿da} st3temet7ts for Vdth finartsal yÈar. Undèrthe lawthe tJEtste& elerted to piepart the fi￿r￿lat statem•ts in accord￿￿[th financial Reporttng StaThlard 102 Th Yinancial RÈporting Standard applicable TETrthe UK and Republic oFIretaMf IFR5 102) and ts Chrilies XIRP 2015 ISORP 20151.ThÈtnw not appro¥Èthefirt2ntial Sww￿rtts urdessthey * 53tisfied that they arè a trneandfalrview ofthesw ofallolrsoftte dwiw•xl the eXtnd1￿re otthe thariwforthatwrod. obsenEthe rftethotsand prln(i¥d&s oftre Clrarflwes g)RP2015: state TAhether appkcable accountÈngstsrrflatshave beenfoJltr4Ed. subiettto any material departure5 thsd05ed 8nd explained In the ftt)w¢tal state￿Trts: prepare finaFKial s￿￿￿errtS onthÈ going conom unless ittsiftapwprÉatÈ to presume thatthe dmritywill contlmte In owatlo with the th2fittesArt 201L They are akn responsEbFe forsafw3rdingthe a55ets ofthe tharity and hence for takingrth8sot*b￿ stepsforthe pre¥entton and deterfion uFfraud and other Cknmian P3p4

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The Friends of Dorchester Abbey Notes to the accounts for the year to 31" Marth 2022 Basis of prepaTrtion offinanoa 5￿t￿lts The finarKial ststements have been wepared to g¥e a andtairf and ha¥e ￿P￿ed from the cost ortransartton value unless 0￿r¥11se5tsted iTrthe relevant notestothese auounts. The finana31 statements have been prepared In accordan￿ with the Ststement of Recommended Pr￿11￿.. Accounting and Reporting by Clwities prep•riffgtheiracc(wThts in accOntan￿ with the financial R4wting Standard aprAI￿le Inthe UX arnl Itewblic of Irela￿ IF115 102) issued OTr 16Jthy2014 and ￿nancial ReyAting Stsndard applioble in the United Repth￿¢ of IrelaThl {FRS 102) and 0￿ritIeS Art 201L Fund A(C￿n￿O8 Restritted funds are sth]ertto restridiLwts on their exper¥frtwe yufied bythe dDI¥jrthr￿h the tern￿ of o raisi￿ initrats¥e. tharity. on lrtcome wll be minimal anlithereth. Itistheiy opirmon ththe goi￿ ljasls forthe prepaTrtion Incorne All income is reCWtrs￿ in the statement thfirwKial ¥ti¥itses (SOFA) whenthe d￿rty 15 entitledtothe income aml the amcrfmt cai l qu•rtified with re¢RaAexcuraqT.The foll(yh4N6wufic pjliaesare applied to spetificceEoriésof incorne: a) Volimytwy irtome recei¥ed Iywayof yarts. dO￿tI(￿￿ftS and substfsOiLvts is induded in fvll they relzte. d) Theya1￿ ofaryTffj1￿ttter help 15 ￿ti[￿l￿ ind*a(¢owrt>

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The Friends of Dorchester Abbey Independent Examinerfs Report to the trustees of The Friends of Dorchester Abbey {he thariV'I I report tothe tharitytrwtees on m¥exan1￿1on (Athe xcounts ofthedmrlty fcthÈyèar Èryled 31 March 202L {A￿nts and Reports) Reguli£ms 2(KK My ￿rk has been undertaken x•tFAt I mightstateto the tharivs trustees matters l am reqwred to statetothem in an I￿n￿nt èxaminerfs [t￿t and tor no other wrpo5& To the fullestextent by law. l &) notarceo or a55wne re5poThsibilityto an￿rte req￿reMents0ftheo￿itie5Art 2011{Ihe2011 A￿). report in rwct onyexaminaliott Of￿ (wiWs a(t(Wt￿ (arrfed (xrt uNlersection 145 ofthe 2011 Art and in CarryE￿ Out my examination I folltywed al theap￿1£￿e Dirediors gi¥en bytsECharhty C(Mnmi5sion ur¥kT 5ertion 145151(bl of the 2011 A Indepen￿rt examiner'sstatenrt I have completed myexaminatiUL l that no matters to myattent5(￿ in Connection -4ccOurrti￿ rec(Yds were kept in respert ofthe dwityas reffjured MT sedirA) 130 2011Actr, or 3. the 3(counts th) (omplywith the awlirable reWIrem￿ co￿@mi￿theforni wntent of £ounts Set out in thechartlies IAccwnts and Report5) R￿￿atiOnS 2(￿ otherthan any requirement that the arcounts gi¥e a'true and faieNTv%4￿ is not a matter c(￿$1￿ 45 Part ofan itmlependent I have no CO￿emS and habE come arrr65 no cther matters in Conn￿ with the exarnination to whith attention shwld be drawn imthis rep)rtin orderto enle a woper UNkrst￿lY of the aco)untsto be reached. De: 8"Jiw* 2022 Kobert UaTres Davld MitCt￿l AccothtaTV Ltd 4 The PL￿nd Cholsey Walli￿Ord OXIO 9NS