The Friends of Dorchester Abbey
Annual Report
and
Accounts
for the year ended 31" March 2024
Contents
Trustee< Report
Page 14
Statement OF ￿nanCIal Actsvities
Page 5
Balan￿ Sheet
Page 6
Notes to the Accounts
Page 7-9
Independent Examinerfs Report
Page 10
Registered Charity Number. 275819

The Friends of Dorchester Abbey
Trustee< Report for the year ended 31" March 2024
Registered Charity Number: 275819
Prlnclpal Office: DorchesterAbbey Rectory, Oorchester on Thames. Oxon.
Objectives and Activities
includi￿ all assotiated ￿¥IdIng5 Witlwn tr* ¢urtila8e of the AW grou￿. ID partiudar. the Trust uses its
Income for the restcrtion and repair of the Abbey fiwnlshl￿. equipmrt monuments. wlndows. organ.
heat0￿ electittsl wem. li8htir& embellshn*nt&
The Friemts we nelther a Keneral funder ofAw)ey￿1atedarti¥Ityes ntya fvnopr ￿laSt r￿or￿
Memt*tshi￿ Thère isalsoasul>wp L3lledTh* Be￿f0¥￿t5odety. Theselattermemlx5 paya sub5UlOion
of a minimum of £140 per annum. Eath subsuiption (rrfL%trt￿ a &)T*ticffl to Thp Frlends of OorthestÈr
Abbey.The Frierxb meet peri￿r￿allYeath so(ial Éyents arnl ￿SItst0 of historical IrrteresL
Structure. Governan￿ and Management
Trustees
The Trustees rnay be between fi¥* a￿1 twerty-fthw in number. Dwlng the yew the lollth¥ln8 setved as
Trustee5:
Re*1 JaelWSs1315t Mry2023}
I￿SsGaI1Thorn￿ (retired 16° A￿51 20231
trs [ap￿sn￿d 31° May2023)
Trustees
Mr John TaWoT (WK&Ch3imw)
trs Clylstine Dawson Ir*iTed *September 20231
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The Friends of Dorchester Abbey
Trusteeg Report for the year ended 315t March 2024 (continued}
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Achievements and Perfomiance
Tr* tfU5tee5thank Ridwrd DILYS offitrforttssetythrial swip0￿. indood. we thank all t
trusteès and officersfortheir ￿1)Ik o¥erthe Kick Jenkirs retired a5the Honofary Treasurer
on 2SthJ•uary 1024artd $ trwtee to fatiffitatethe hand overto Rc&ert Mwnb. who
has lirnllytsken on this rd
£17.613vRs padfor tharÉtable thwbe5 rnainfyto D￿c1knAbb￿ Pccto support the Abbey
indurfi￿a contribution tthwardsthe wkeep (lthe grourKis I￿h￿￿￿the herb g*dÈEL In additio
£IOW antiowed to tre com￿ted later in 2024 and a ofE15W) t(hvards the eX￿ted
prcfrnrnmÈ ofvmrk Trtt 2024
Our reser¥es 3tthe made up Design￿ Emwgenry Fai¥ic Fund holthng
£50.1]00", andthe Wrth Stedm3Tr Endowment Fund holthry£5.(VJ. Thè renwNngfundsof
£369.939 are in aft urYe%tsic￿ General Fun
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The Friends of Dorchester Ab
Trusteeg Report for the year ended 31st Marth 2024 (continued)
Reserves Policy
Going Concern
belteve that the charity is a going (ortcern for¥t leasttweE¥e mnthsfromthe datè ot approving
Risk Management
n￿ the rote of the d￿rity 15 to raFsefrJnd5frxtte restwktion and repairoF DortheswAbbey,
Public Benefft
In exw¢isswAtheir pwers the tr¥tstee5 ¢<Mttinue to due rtg*dto CharÉty Cwnmisston
euidance on publi¢ bwefrt [thr￿e￿ urrtlersei*ith 17 of the I￿ar￿lIeS A¢t201L The tnstees
consider that in t￿lp￿t0 fabr1cofDryth￿eT Abbey. as laid cdrt in paragraph o
prLwide public benefit accessible to all.
Plans for Future Periods
Resporistbilities of the Trustees
law applicableto dw5tsesin E*ThJ al￿ Wales requires thetFu$￿estr* preparefinanual
finarKial statements IR arrJ)rdwwith rmarK￿ Rewling s￿￿￿ard finantial RepDrtth
Stsndard appfioble irt the UK and Rewblic of Irew IFRS I￿ the Charities SORP 2015
they3Te a true and frdirw￿w ofthestate ofaffalts oftte dwitya￿ the im)me and eynditure
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The Friends of Dorchester Abbey
Tru5teeg Reportfor the year ended 31st Mardi 2024 (continued}
Responsibilities of the Trustees (continued)
01)se￿ the rnethrrtls P￿￿$PIeS ofthe CtrAfities 9)RP 2015:
P￿paretheffina￿II1 ststernents on thÈ g(ing concern frAsis unle&s it is inapwopriate to
presume thattt* dwitywill continue in operatton.
and exrAain tt* d*ritys tr￿￿1(th$ aN4 thsdosewith re85th￿ a¢atrwat anytime the
finan(ial ¥wtion ofts* dw¥tyand e￿ble t*￿1￿ enyjre thatthe finaocial ststements comply
withthe O￿rItIeSArt 201L They*e aso fols*￿8￿￿#gthe assets ofthe tharity
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The Friends of Dorchester Abbey
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