## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 04 2024 31 03 2025
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
The Beatrice Drewe Trust
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 305314 **Charity's principal address** The Village Institute High Street Ticehurst **Postcode TN5 7BB** ~~ee~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Peter Reeves Chairman 2 Sheila Jemmett Secretary/Treasurer 3 Sally Atteridge 4 Adrian Drewe 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 ~~ee~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** Ticehurst Parish Council
March **2012**
**TAR**
1
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Scheme
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Trust How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Election & Appointment Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
To provide & maintain a village hall for the use of local groups and inhabitants of the Parish and members of the public
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
March **2012**
**TAR**
2
Ongoing repairs and refurbishments to areas as needed in order to present a pleasant and welcoming space for all and any activities. Also re-instatement of original features (from 1901) to create an impressive and atmospheric space for events.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
March **2012**
**TAR**
3
Section D Achievements and performance
Continued improvements & enhancements to the listed building as and **Summary of the main** when funds became available. **achievements of the charity during the year** Original features re-instated/recreated to provide an atmospheric space for all types of events.
March **2012**
**TAR**
4
**Section E Financial review** The Trust does not have any reserves **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit** ~~—_—~~ **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ~~_L~~ **Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration** ~~_~~ **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Sheila P J Jemmett **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Secretary **etc) Date** 25/01/2026
March **2012**
**TAR**
5
## **The Beatrice Drewe Trust Income/Expenditure Account for the year ended 31st March 2025**
|**Income**
Parish Council Precept
Donations/Gifts
Rental Income
Investment income
Bank interest
1) Grant
Gift aid reclaim
Ticehurst Talks
Insurance payment
less **Expenditure**
Caretaking/cleaning
General Rates
Water
Gas
Electricity
Buildings (repair & maintenance)
Cottage repairs
Outside toilets
Safety checks
Website/internet
Telephone/Internet
Insurance
Sundries
Net surplus/deficit|**2025**
£
10,855
317
2,341
7,308
3,374
13,799
10,888
140
585
440
811|**2024**
£
£
8,000
8,838
27,425
478
198
19,352
3,676
5,224
73,192
9,645
296
818
1,856
1,983
1,692
5,772
1,047
160
413
6,293
292
50,860
22,332|
|---|---|---|
|less
Net|||
Notes
1) includes £15,000 from The Godolphin Trust 2)
## **The Beatrice Drewe Trust Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025**
|**Long Term Assets**
Buildings
Aston Webb Refurbishment
Investments (at market value)
**Current Assets**
Cash at Bank
less **Current liabilities**
Creditors
**Net Assets**
**Represented by**
General reserve
Revaluation reserve
Notes
1)
Movement on General Reserve
Opening balance 1st April
Add surplus/deficit for the year
Closing balance 31st March
2)
Movement on Revaluation Reserve
Opening balance 1st April
Increase/decrease in investment value
Closing balance 31st March
3)
Creditors
PJR 2022
-2,500
PJR 2023
-679
PJR 2025
-10,100
-13,279|**2025**
58,806
77,990
16,754
153,550
17,382
-13,279
157,653
141,965
15,688
157,653
119,633
22,332
141,965
16,507
-819
15,688|**2024**
44,507.00
14,299.00
17,572.85|
|---|---|---|
|||76,378.85
62,940.31|
|||3,179.00
-
136,140.16|
|||119,632.95
16,507.00|
|
Notes
1)
2)
3)|||
|||136,139.95|
|||102,148.00
17,484.95|
|||119,632.95|
|||14,644.00
1,863.00|
|||16,507.00|
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£ 8,000 2,306 27,322 469 673 280
30,268
17,485
## **Independent examiner’s report to the Trustees of The Beatrice Drewe Trust**
Charity number 305314
## **Report on the Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025**
The Charity’s Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (‘the 1993 Act’) and that an independent examination is needed.
## It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts under Section 43 of the 1993 Act;
to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under Section 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act); and
to state whether particular matters come to my attention.
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general direction given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual terms or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently my opinion as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view of the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
In connection with my examination no matter has come to my attention
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 41 of the 1993 Act,
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act have not been met
or
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the account to be reached.
16/01/2026
C C Willis