## **FRIENDS OF DEERHURST CHURCH** 

## **TREASURER’S REPORT as at 31[st] March 2025** 

Our position remains strong. A number of new members, including life members, have joined: welcome to all. Book sales continued, and my thanks are due to Garth Reynolds for organising monthly lists of sales. 

The overall balance on the 1[st] of April 2024 (start of financial year) was £44, 283, held at Lloyds Bank (£17,760) and  Redwood Bank (£26, 523 which includes over £898 in interest earned for the financial year). 

The overall balance on the 31[st] of March 2025 was £153, 641 held at Lloyds Bank and £27, 511 held at Redwood Bank (including £988 interest). The reasons for this increase in our funds are the generous bequests made to the Friends by the estate of Doreen Farthing (£4, 000) and the estate of Mrs Jean Hollingworth (£133, 205). 

Book sales are again recorded as part of our income, as we continue to produce new books arising from our annual Deerhurst lectures, the latest being Trevor Cooper’s _The Post-Reformation Communion Furnishings at St Mary’s, Deerhurst and their Context,_ the printing of which was funded by the generous contribution of £2000 towards the cost of printing. 

Jeremy Lake, Treasurer 23 July 2025 

## **FINANCIAL STATEMENT YEAR ENDING 31 March 2025** 

|INCOME|2024-25|2023-24|
|---|---|---|
|Books|£1774.50|£814.00|
|Subscriptions|£643.00|£966.00|
|Donations|£137,323.19|£2, 240.00|
|Lecture|£671.00|£400.00|
|Redwood Bank interest|£988.38|£898.00|
|Total|£141,400.07|£5, 318.00|
|EXPENDITURE|||
|Printing|£3076.30|£744.80|
|Postage|£124.40|£147.87|
|Lecture costs|£232.00|£55.79|
|Room Hire|£70.00|£60.00|
|Website etc|£30.00|£68.80|
|Other (legal)|£90.42|£0.00|
|Grants to Church|£907.64|£4802.82|
|Total|£4530.76|£5880.08|





## FRIENDS OF DEERHURST CHURCH 

|ETB as at 31 March 2025<br>Books<br>Subscriptons (1)<br>Donatons<br>Lectures<br>Interest received<br>Printng<br>Postage<br>Lecture costs<br>Room hire<br>Website<br>Legal fees<br>Grants to church (2)<br>Lloyds Bank (3)<br>Redwood Investment (4)<br>Reserves||Opening<br>17760.06<br>26522.67|Opening<br>Bank<br>Bank<br>Jnls<br>Jnls<br>1774.50<br>643.00<br>137323.19<br>671.00<br>988.38<br>3076.30<br>124.40<br>232.00<br>70.00<br>30.00<br>90.42<br>907.64<br>140411.69<br>4530.76<br>988.38<br>44282.73|
|---|---|---|---|
|||44282.73|44282.73 144942.45 144942.45<br>988.38<br>988.38|



1  This was adjusted for C Horswell missed subs of £10.00 in July 2024 2  This was adjusted as the total was incorrect and should have read a 

3  Income, expenses, opening and closing balances agreed to monthly 4  Interest, opening and closing balances agreed to statements 



||P and L<br>P and L<br>B Sheet<br>1774.50<br>643.00<br>137323.19<br>671.00<br>988.38<br>3076.30<br>124.40<br>232.00<br>70.00<br>30.00<br>90.42<br>907.64<br>153640.99<br>27511.05|B Sheet<br>44282.73<br> 44282.73||Rounded<br>-1775<br>-643<br>-137323<br>-671<br>-988<br>3076<br>125<br>232<br>70<br>30<br>90<br>908|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||-136869<br>153641<br>27511<br>-44283|
||4530.76 141400.07 181152.04|||0|



4 as £907.64 y statements 



## Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Friends of Deerhurst Church 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Friends of Deerhurst Church (the trust) for the year ended 31 March 2025. 

## Responsibilities and basis of report 

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

Independent examiner’s statement 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records. 

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

Signed: Robert Jackson 

Name: Mr Robert Jackson RJ Accountancy (Cheltenham) Ltd FATT (Fellow of the Association of Taxation Technicians) 

Address: 1 Coln Rise, Andoversford, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 4HL Date: 23 July 2025