## ||||SORP|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||reference|||| |Summary|ofthe purposes ofthe||Para 1.17|To be used and appropriated
as a burial ground||| |charity as|set out in its governing|||or place of internment|for the dead|| |document||||||| |Summary|ofthe main activities|in|Para 1.17and|The provision ofa sacred space as a burial||ground| |relation to those purposes for|||1.19|or place of internment|ofthe dead, permitting|| |the public|benefit, in particular,|||public and private remembrance,
open to||all.| |the activities, projects or services||||||| |identified|in the accounts.|||||| |Statement|confirmin
whether the||Para 1.18|The Trustees have paid|due regard to the|Charity| |trustees
have had regard to the||||Commission's
guidance|on public benefit|in| |guidance|issued
by the Charity|||deciding what activities|the charity should|| |Commission
on public benefit||||undertake.
The Trustees consider that they have||| |||||acted in the public benefit.||| ## |ou may c|hoose to|include further s|tatements
w| |---|---|---|---| ||||SORP| ||||reference| |Policy on|grant making||Para 1.38| |Policy on|social investment||Para 1.38| |including|program|related|| |investment|||| |Contribution
made||by volunteers|Para 1.38| |Other||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||SORP|| ||||||reference|| |Summary|of|the main achievements|||Para 1.20|Continue to provide
a beautiful
church
burial| |ofthe charity, identifying||||the||ground for the Swindon
community
to bury the| |difference the charity's|||work has|||dead or inter their loved one's ashes.
In addition| |made to|the|circumstances||ofits||to employing
a Sexton, the Burial Board have also| |beneficiaries||and any wider benefits||||paid for two professional
gardeners to help with| |to society as||a whole.||||the challenge of looking after and maintaining
the| |||||||grounds
with as much care as possible.
The| |||||||Community
Service pay back team have been able| |||||||to support
us.| |||||||Continue to maintain
the burial ground
as a place| |||||||of reflection
and peaceful enjoyment
for all those| |||||||who visit their loved ones and visit Christ Church.| |||||||We recognise the challenges ofa sloping
burial| |||||||ground
on the top of a hill overlooking
Swindon.| |||||||We continue to take Health and Safety very| |||||||seriously
and do all we can to look after the| |||||||hundreds
ofmourners
who have visited
us over| |||||||the last year.| |||||||The Burial Board works closely with Christ Church| |||||||PCC in providing
a car park, a beautiful| |||||||redeveloped
Victorian
church
building
opening| |||||||following
government
guidelines
during the| |||||||pandemic.
The Garden for Reflection
built| |||||||together
is widely appreciated
especially
during| |||||||these unprecedented
times.| |||||||The Burial Ground
have worked
more closely with| |||||||Christ Church this year who have taken over the| |||||||day to day running
ofthe Burial Ground. This| |||||||includes their professionalservices
of line| |||||||managing
the sexton.| |||||||A fantastic partnership
has been made which has| |||||||seen improved
relations
and a more managed| |||||||approach of looking at the best ways forward.| |ou may choose to incl|ude|fu|rther stat|ements
where|relevant
about:||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORP|||||| |||||reference|||||| |Achievements
against|objectives set|||Para 1.41|||||| |Performance
offundraising|||activities|Para 1.41|||||| |against
objectives set|||||||||| |Investment
performance
against||||Para 1.41|||||| |objectives|||||||||| |Other|||||||||| |||||SORP|||||| |||||reference|||||| |Review ofthe charity's|financial|||Para 1.21|Total funds at 30June 2023 were:||4|j l|9 r733| |position at the end of|the|period|||||||| |Statement
explaining|the|policy for||Para 1.22|Over the years, the Christ Church||Burial Board||| |holding reserves stating why|||they||have built up and held reserves|intentionally.|||| |are held|||||This enables them to continue|to|employ||a| ||||||sexton to look after the burial|ground||and|| ||||||enable graves to be reopened|for|the|internment|| ||||||ofa spouse when the burial ground
is|||full|which| |Amount of reserves
held||||Para 1.22|is likely in a couple ofyears.
Total funds as at 30June 2023|were:||Qihr70|| |Reasons for holding zero reserves||||Para 1.22|||||| |Details offund materially||in|deficit|Para 1.24|||||| |Explanation
of any uncertainties||||Para 1.23|||||| |about the charity continuing|||as a||||||| |going concern|||||||||| ## |||SORP||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||reference||||||||||| |The charity's
principal sources of||Para 1.47||||||||||| |funds (including
any fundraising)||||||||||||| |Investment
policy|and objectives|Para 1.46||||||||||| |including
any social investment||||||||||||| |policy adopted||||||||||||| |A description
ofthe principal
risks||Para 1.46||||||||||| |facing the charity||||||||||||| |Other||||||||||||| |Description
ofcharity's trusts:||SORP||||||||||| |||reference||||||||||| |Type of governing|document|Para 1.25|Indenture|dated 17February|||||1909.|||| |(trust deed, royal|charter)|||||||||||| |How is the charity|constituted?|Para 1.25|Unincorporated.|||||||||| |(e.g unincorporated|association,|||||||||||| |ciol||||||||||||| |Trustee selection|methods
including|Para 1.25|The Burial|Board and|||the Christ|||Church|PCC work|| |details ofany constitutional|||closely together|||to maintain||the site inclusively||||| |provisions
e.g. election to post|||for the benefit|||ofthe|people||ofSwindon.|||The| |or name ofany person or body|||Vicar is ex-officio Chairman.||||||The Trustees|||consist| |entitled to appoint|one or more||ofmembers||of|the church community|||||chosen|| |trustees|||with their|professional|||skills|and their||||| ||||understanding|||ofthe|pastoral||needs ofthe|||| ||||bereaved|in|mind.|||||||| ## ## |ou may choo|se to includ|e further stat|ements
w| |---|---|---|---| ||||SORP| ||||reference| |Policies and|procedures|adopted for|Para 1.51| |the induction|and training of||| |trustees|||| |The charity's|The charity's|organisational|organisational||Para 1.51||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |structure
and any|||wider network||||| |with which|the charity works||||||| |Relationship||with|any related|parties|Para 1.51||| |Other|||||||| |Charity name|||||Christ Church|Burial Ground,|Swindon| |Other name|the charity uses||||||| |Registered|charity||number||283082||| |Charity's
principal|||address||The Parish Office||| ||||||Community
Centre g Christ||Church| ||||||Cricklade Street||| ||||||Old Town||| ||||||Swindon||| ||||||SN1 3HB||| ||||Names||ofthe charity|trustees who|manage the charity| |Trustee name||Office (Ifany)|Dates acted If not for whole|Name ofperson (or body)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||year|entitled to appoint trustee| |||||(Ifany)| |Rev Simon|Melville|||| |Stevenette|(Chair)|||| |Angela Wirdnam||||| |Lyn Eggers||Clerk||| |Alison ingram||||| |Janet French||||| ## ## ## ## |STAT|EME|NT|OF|FIN|A|NCIAL ACTIVITIES - REC|EIPTS AND PAYMENTS|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||Total unrestricted|funds| ||||||||2023|2022| |INCOME:||||||||| |Grant of Burial|||||||6,799|2,473| |Interment|||||||8,080|5,700| |Interment
ofAshes|||||||2,380|1,981| |Memorials|||||||1,954|2,470| |Inscriptions|||||||1,740|1,308| |War Graves Commission|||||||85|85| |Sundry|||||||50|675| |Received
in error|||||||564|| |Interest - CBF Investment||Fund|||||508|56| |Dividends
- CBF Fixed Interest|||Securities|||Fund|7,578|7,426| |Dividends
-CBFFixed Interest|||Securities|||Fund|950|1,146| ||||||||30,687|23,320| |EXPENDITURE:||||||||| |Administration.||||||||| |Sexton (Salary; Income Tax &|||National||Insurance)||19,954|19,603| |Payroll Fees|||||||432|354| |Accountants
Fees|||||||960|840| |Insurance|||||||634|546| |Honorarium|||||||350|300| |General||||||||| |Petrol & Oil|||||||560|313| |Sundry
Materials|||||||78|309| |Almshouse
Electricty|usage|||||||166| |Equipment|||||||274|672| |Maintenance|||||||3,440|2,996| |Mileage|||||||45|23| |Sundries|||||||173|42| |Tree Pollarding||||||||1,800| |PCC Oflice|||||||2,500|2,500| |Refunds|||||||564|162| |Repairs|||||||115|| |Graveyard
Survey|||||||1,662|| ||||||||31,741|30,625| |Deficit for year|||||||1,053 -|7,305| |CBFInvestments-unrealised|||gains/-losses|||||| |On CBF Fixed Interest Securilies||||Fund|Income Shares (F)||22.02 -|6,234| |On CBF Investment|Fund|Income||Shares||(S)|8,175.31 -|13,681| |Net Gain /-Loss for|the year||||||8,197.33 -|19,915|