2025-06-30-accounts - The Friends Of St Mary's, Long Crendon

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THE FRIENDS OF ST MARY’S, LONG CRENDON ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS Year to 30[th] June 2025

Reference and administrative details

Name: The Friends of St Mary’s, Long Crendon Registration number: 285163

Address: St Mary’s Church, High Street, Long Crendon, HP18 9AL

Trustees : Martin Kettle (Chairman) Vivian Silverman (Treasurer) Nigel Allen Catherine Bullock Calvin Frost Maralyn Harris Michelle Montgomery Catriona Muir Jennifer Peters Edward Peycke The Revd Richard Phillips Julia Pountney Richard Swinney Alyson Viner

Structure, governance and management

The governing document is the Constitution of the Friends of St Mary’s Long Crendon, approved on 8th October 2017.
The members of the Committee, who are all trustees ex officio, are elected at the Annual Meeting of the Friends of St Mary’s. The Incumbent and Treasurer of the Parish of St Mary’s are also ex-officio trustees.

Objectives and activities

Our purpose is to raise funds to assist the parochial church council of St Mary’s Long Crendon with major repair, renovation or re-ordering work in our parish church. This is done through organising a cycle of fund-raising community events in the village.

Achievements, performance and public benefit

In July 2024 the Jazz Picnic took place in the beautiful grounds of Tompson’s Farm.
In December 2024 we held the Christmas Tree Festival in the church displaying 40 trees.
In January 2025 we ran the Safari Supper which this year was enjoyed by 90 villagers.
In June 2025 we held the ever-popular FOSM Beer Festival in the church. The event was accompanied by a BBQ Burger bar available outside the church.
All of these activities have brought a public benefit to the village of Long Crendon by providing popular social activities which build the sense of community and solidarity within the village. This is in addition to the public benefit of raising funds to keep in good repair the ancient parish church, which is at the heart of the village in terms of its location, its activities, its support for a wide range of villagers at key moments in their lives, and its historical significance.
In addition to the fundraising activities, we are also very grateful for the number of voluntary financial contributions made by parishioners during the year. These generous donations are never taken for granted and very much appreciated.

Financial review

The charity received a total income of £68k in the year to 30 June 2025 including a bequest of £50k from the estate of a deceased parishioner. The balance was comprised of sundry donations and the proceeds from events held.

Expenditure of £58k was primarily a donation of £55k to the St Mary’s Church Council as a contribution to urgent roof repairs. The remaining costs related to expenditure on events and fund raising.

The net surplus of £10k was added to reserves of bank deposits and current account balance which totalled £97k at the year end. There were no debts during the financial year.

Although the charity does not have a specific reserves policy the Trustees intend to accumulate reasonable funds over time to cover the requirements of the church for repairs to the building and desirable enhancements as and when they arise.

Martin Kettle (Chairman) 10 September 2025

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ The Friends of St Mary’s, Long Crendon members of

On accounts for the year 30 June 2025 Charity no 285163 ended (if any)

Set out on pages

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(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/06/2025.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: A G Smith Name: A G Smith Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):

Date: 7/7/25

Address: Harroell End, Harroell Long Crendon HP18 9AQ

October 2018

IER

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

October 2018

IER

Charity Name No (if any) The Friends of St Mary's, Long Crendon 285163

Receipts and payments accounts

CC16a

For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01-Jul-24 30-Jun-25

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Bequest received	49,888	-	-	49,888	-
General donations	3,671	-	-	3,671	3,945
Gift Aid received	2,008	-	-	2,008	1,700
Events held	9,464	-	-	9,464	11,413
Interest received	2,988	-	-	2,988	255
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	68,019	-	-	68,019	17,313

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					17,313

Donation to St Mary's Church	55,000	-	-	55,000	-
Administrative expenses	337	-	-	337	208
Events costs	2,645	-	-	2,645	3,077
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**Sub total **	57,982	-	-	57,982	3,285

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					3,285

	10,037				14,028
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	86,999				72,971
	97,036				86,999

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

CCXX R1 accounts (SS) Categories B1 Cash funds	1 Bank current account Bank deposuts Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 4,583 92,453 - 97,036 OK	16/10/2025 Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - OK OK	Endowment funds to nearest £
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		Date of approval
V H Silverman	Vivian Silverman	07/07/2025
M Kettle	Martin Kettle	07/07/2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

16/10/2025