Burwell Church Lands Charity
Annual Re
ort for the
earlse
tember 2023 to 31 Au
ust 2024
Charity names: Church Lands (registered number 207509)
Burwell Education Foundation {registered number 311330)
Contatt add$$. c/0 20 Myrtle Drive, Burwell
Church Lands is governed by a Chancery Scheme of 7 June 1855 as varied by Schemes of 9 August 1887 and 15 May
1963, and a Determination Order of 27 September 1904. Buell Education Foundation is governed by a Scheme
dated 8 July 1924.
Nine Trustees. appointed by existing Trustees. manage the Charity. Eight We in position until 4 December 2023
when Jackie Morgan resigned. They were." Mary Hammond. Ken Hurrell, Jeremy Lander. Jackie Lucas. Steve Martin,
Jackie Morgan, Simon Ogilvie and Eleanor Williams. with one vacancy. The Charity met on four occasions.
The same fourtenants as forthe previous financial year continued their tenancies.
The Clerk's annual fee plus expenses totalled £695.25.
The Agreement with Cambridgeshire County Council for an Easement to have an electric cable pass through the
Charitvs land near the Devil's Dyke, Reach was signed off on 25 September 2023 and £58,059 paid to the Charity.
CCC also paid £1,700 to the Charity, to be paid to the Clerk.
Income of £74,695.76 was received as follows in the General Fund: £13,686 from renting land to local farmers,
£545.74 from interest paid by the Charitys bank accounts, £442.85 from interest paid by the Scottlsh Widows
account, £2.17 from a wayleave paid by the National Grid, £59,759 from Cambridgeshire County Council (see above),
and a grant of £260 was retumed.
This income was used to pay for the runnin8 of the Charity {£1870.25}. £6(X) was left untouched to be paid to the
Clerk regarding the Easement. in the next financial year. The returned grant of £260 was returned to the Education
Fund. The gift of £10,000 made in 2021 by the PCC for Guildhall works was repaid to the PCC, together with the flnal
payment of £20(KJ of the loan from the PCC in 2021. The remaining income was divided between Burwell Education
Fund {£29,982.76) and the Church Fund (£29,982.75). Trustees decided to Set aside most of the capital from the
deed of easement in the Church Fund, to give sufficient funds for future Guildhall repairs.
Children from Burwell received grants from the Burwell Educatlon Fund via the Acorn Trust, Burwell Early Learners,
Spring Montessori and Burwell Village College to the total of £5275. A grant of £575 was made, but the cheque not
cashed until after this financial year.
The Church Fund was used to pay £6(Kl for the upgrade of extraction fans for the toilets and for a new controller for
the boiler in the Guildhall, which is owned by the Charity. Back payments that had been due in 2021 and 2022 of
£4591 were paid to St Marfs Burwell Preservation Trust. A further sum will be paid of £2155.13, which is the
balance in the Church Fund as at 31.8.24, after deduction of funds to be set aside forthe Guildhall.
The Charity continued to invest £9.317.32 in a Scottish Widows account.
Signed (2 Trustees)
Names
Date
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|Annual Accountsfrom
General Account
Income
less *|1September2023 to31August2024
74,695.76
260.00||||Sn
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|less **||600.00|||||||
|less Expenditure||13,870.25|(Includes£12000repayment||||repaymentto PCC)||
|Excess Income||59,965.51|This is split||equally: £29,982.76
Education Fund||||
|||||||and £29,982.75
Church Fund|||
|Old School Trust& Education||Fund|||||||
|Opening Balance||CITA ib|||||||
|plus Share ofIncome||29,982.76|||||||
|Subtotal||31,759.87|||||||
|less Expenditure||5,015.00|(Grantsawarded||||less grant returned)||
|less Guildhall Works||0.00|||||||
|Closing Balance||26,744.87|||||||
|Church Fund|||||||||
|mae
eee
plus
Share of
Income
Sulstetal
lessExpenditure
less Guildhall Works||iat
982.75
32,346.69
4,591.56
600.00||||||Note:£9,317.32 isheldina Scottish
;
:
—accountandeycapital=
£4,100 isnottobe utilised (seeminutes
of22.6.15, 7.12.15and 27.9.21)|
|Closing Balance||27,155.13|||||||
|Closing Balances
EducationFund
ChurchFund
Total||26,744.87
27,155.13
53,900.00||||||a
:
;
nceeciininsgranttobeincluded in
Education Fund only, notGeneral
Account.|
|GeneralAccount||||||||**Easementfee reSolar Farm included|
|Opening Balance||4,141.05||||||the Clerk’s costs (£1700)andwas paid|
|plus Income||74,695.76||||||byCambs CC, via solicitors, tothe|
|less *||260.00||||||Charity. This£1700fee isnotincome|
|less**
Subtotal
less
General Expenses
lessChurch Fund Expenses
lessEducation Fund Expenses
Subtotal||600.00
77,976.81
1,870.25
4,591.56
5,015.00
66,500.00||||||fortheCharity. £1100waspaidtothe
;
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Clerkinthisfinancial year. Thiswas
Scdicenat
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Income (includedwith the
Expenditure/running costs ofthe|
|less Guildhall Works||12,600.00||||||Charity). £600 istobe paid tothe Clerk|
|ClosingBalance||33,900.00||||||inthenextfinancialyear.|
|Total Funds in bank||||||||***Cheque number200for£575 (plus|
|CAFCash
eaeatensee
less **
.||901.67
pp
——
—||||||chequedrawnfeeof£0.75)wasnot
cashedduringthisfinancial year. Itis
included intheAccounts Book,butnot|
|less ***||575.75||||||inthe BankStatement.|
|Balanceavailableat31.8.2024||53,900.00|||||||
|||LsSP genS|LsSP genS|LsSP genS|LsSP genS||CHOV IST‘Ss slerkenroenwnwt|CHOV IST‘Ss slerkenroenwnwt|
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|Annual Accountsfrom
General Account
Income
less *|1September2023 to31August2024
74,695.76
260.00||||Sn
:
Qasr8
—
<=
gst \\Veeaine Bo2S||||
|less **||600.00|||||||
|less Expenditure||13,870.25|(Includes£12000repayment||||repaymentto PCC)||
|Excess Income||59,965.51|This is split||equally: £29,982.76
Education Fund||||
|||||||and £29,982.75
Church Fund|||
|Old School Trust& Education||Fund|||||||
|Opening Balance||CITA ib|||||||
|plus Share ofIncome||29,982.76|||||||
|Subtotal||31,759.87|||||||
|less Expenditure||5,015.00|(Grantsawarded||||less grant returned)||
|less Guildhall Works||0.00|||||||
|Closing Balance||26,744.87|||||||
|Church Fund|||||||||
|mae
eee
plus
Share of
Income
Sulstetal
lessExpenditure
less Guildhall Works||iat
982.75
32,346.69
4,591.56
600.00||||||Note:£9,317.32 isheldina Scottish
;
:
—accountandeycapital=
£4,100 isnottobe utilised (seeminutes
of22.6.15, 7.12.15and 27.9.21)|
|Closing Balance||27,155.13|||||||
|Closing Balances
EducationFund
ChurchFund
Total||26,744.87
27,155.13
53,900.00||||||a
:
;
nceeciininsgranttobeincluded in
Education Fund only, notGeneral
Account.|
|GeneralAccount||||||||**Easementfee reSolar Farm included|
|Opening Balance||4,141.05||||||the Clerk’s costs (£1700)andwas paid|
|plus Income||74,695.76||||||byCambs CC, via solicitors, tothe|
|less *||260.00||||||Charity. This£1700fee isnotincome|
|less**
Subtotal
less
General Expenses
lessChurch Fund Expenses
lessEducation Fund Expenses
Subtotal||600.00
77,976.81
1,870.25
4,591.56
5,015.00
66,500.00||||||fortheCharity. £1100waspaidtothe
;
;
Clerkinthisfinancial year. Thiswas
Scdicenat
mage
ha
e
——
: a
: gel
Income (includedwith the
Expenditure/running costs ofthe|
|less Guildhall Works||12,600.00||||||Charity). £600 istobe paid tothe Clerk|
|ClosingBalance||33,900.00||||||inthenextfinancialyear.|
|Total Funds in bank||||||||***Cheque number200for£575 (plus|
|CAFCash
eaeatensee
less **
.||901.67
pp
——
—||||||chequedrawnfeeof£0.75)wasnot
cashedduringthisfinancial year. Itis
included intheAccounts Book,butnot|
|less ***||575.75||||||inthe BankStatement.|
|Balanceavailableat31.8.2024||53,900.00|||||||