## **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**
1-2
(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
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**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** .
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**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 £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total 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**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**68,019**||**-**||**-**||**68,019**||**17,313**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**17,313**|
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|
Donation to St Mary's Church|**55,000**||**-**||**-**||**55,000**||**-**|
|Administrative expenses|**337**||**-**||**-**||**337**||**208**|
|Events costs|**2,645**||**-**||**-**||**2,645**||**3,077**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**57,982**||**-**||**-**||**57,982**||**3,285**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_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**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
||**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 £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|_M Kettle_
Signature
_V H Silverman_
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Vivian Silverman
Martin Kettle|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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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
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