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
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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 DesEn*d 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 rni*fwd% 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 finar*tsal 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 eXt*nd1￿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
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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 th*the 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 spetificc*eEoriésof 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>

The Friends of Dorchester Abbey
Notes to the accounts for the year to 31st Marth 2022 (continued)
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ExpeNkn*e
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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 fc*thÈyèar Èryled 31
March 202L
{A￿nts and Reports) Regul*i£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 o*nyexaminaliott 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'sstaten*rt
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 en*le a woper UNkrst￿lY of the aco)untsto be
reached.
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