## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] January 2020 Period start date To 31[st] December 2020 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Cestrian Lodge Charity Fund**
## **Charity registration number:507691**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 To apply capital and income for the
of the charity as set out relief of poor and distressed
in its governing masons, their families and to make
document grants to charitable institutions
both masonic and non masonic.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The distribution of grants to
1.19
activities in relation to charities and needy individuals In
those purposes for the Cheshire and North Wales.
public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services
identified in the
accounts.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The trustees have had regard to
whether the trustees the Commission guidance on
have had regard to the public benefit in carrying out its
guidance issued by the activities- the trust has a policy of
Charity Commission on generally making donations to
public benefit other registered charities
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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SORP reference
The policy of the charity is
Para 1.38 generally only to make grants to
Policy on grant making other registered charities; if that
policy is not followed the trustees
exercise due diligence in exploring
the status of the beneficiaries.
The charity does not invest its
Para 1.38 funds.
Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
The trustees run the charity
Para 1.38 entirely.
Contribution made by
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volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
The charity has had a quiet year
due to the covid lockdown and did
not receive its normal income until
Summary of the main Para 1.20 near to the end of the financial
achievements of the year. It did make 2 grants to the
charity, identifying the hospice of the Good Shepherd and
difference the charity’s Tarporley war memorial hospital
work has made to the totalling £5000- it intends to
circumstances of its distribute most of its reserve
beneficiaries and any funds this coming financial year.
wider benefits to society
as a whole.
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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N/A
Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
N/A
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
N/A
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
N/A
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The charity was in sound position
financial position at the with reserves of over £40000
end of the period
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 The policy is not to hold reserves
policy for holding but to distribute the funds straight
reserves stating why they away
are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £40 000
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 None
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 None
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **N/A** The charity’s principal sources of funds Para 1.47 (including any fundraising) **N/A** Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted **N/A** A description of the Para 1.46 principal risks facing the charity **N/A** Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s TRUST DEED
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Trust deed
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 Unincorporated association
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Selected by existing trustees
methods including details
of any constitutional
provisions e.g. election to
post or name of any
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
N/A
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
N/A
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
N/A
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
N/A
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Cestrian Lodge Charity Fund
Other name the charity none
uses
Registered charity 507691
number
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Charity’s principal 2 Queen Street Chester
address
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 John McGarva Charity Steward All year
2 Nicholas Jenkins trustee All year
3 Damian Murphy trustee All year
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## Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole
year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements N/A for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser N/A**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
N/A
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
**N/A**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** John McGarva **Full name(s)** John McGarva
**Position (eg** Charity Steward **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 21-10-2021
**THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
**Charity Number 507691**
## **THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND**
## **Independent examiners’ report to the Trustees of the Cestrian Lodge Charity Fund**
I report on the accounts of the Cestrian Lodge Charity Fund for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 2 and 3.
## _Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner_
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## _Basis of independent examiners’ report_
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions 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 items or disclosures in the accounts, and the seeking of explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair” view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## _Independent examiners’ statement_
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that, in any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- that the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a “true and fair” view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I 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.
Alastair Jeffcott BA FCA Chartered Accountant 20 October 2021
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## **THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 2020**
|**INCOME**
Gift Aid by Cestrian Lodge
Donations received directly
**Total Income**
**EXPENDITURE**
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Cheshire Freemasons Charity
Hope House
Age UK
Claire House Hospice
Hospice of the Good Shepherd
Clatterbridge Cancer
West Cheshire Foodbank
Save the Family
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital
T.L.C. Teddy Bears
Special Olympics
RDA (Clwyd Special Riding Centre)
Stroke Association
Queen’s Court Hospice
C.A.T.H.
John Sellers Educational Trust
Masonic Fishing Charity
**Total Expenditure**
**Net (Payments) Receipts for the year**|**2020**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
**30,000.00**
30,000.00
-
-
**30,000.00** 30,000.00
**-**
2,500.00
**-**
5,000.00
**-**
2,000.00
**-**
1,000.00
**-**
4,000.00
**2,500.00**
4,000.00
**-**
1,000.00
**-**
500.00
**-**
500.00
**2,500.00**
-
**-**
250.00
**-**
500.00
**-**
1,500.00
**-**
500.00
**-**
500.00
**-**
1,000.00
**-**
250.00
**-**
(250.00)
**5,000.00**
24,750.00
**25,000.00**
5,250.00|
|---|---|
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## **THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND**
## **ACCUMULATED FUND**
|
Accumulated Fund at 01.01.20
Net (Payments)/Receipts
**Accumulated Fund at 31.12.20**
**Represented by:-**
Cash at Bank
Nat West Bank
Nat West Bank Cestrian Lodge Account
Creditors
Donation cheques not presented – current year
|**2020**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
**15,077.60**9,827.60
**25,000.00**5,250.00
**40,077.60**15,077.60
**39,077.60**
39,077.60
**1,000.00**
1,000.00
**40,077.60**40,077.60
**- ** (25,000.00)
**40,077.60 **15,077.60|
|---|---|
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**THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020**
**Charity Number 507691**
## **THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND**
## **Independent examiners’ report to the Trustees of the Cestrian Lodge Charity Fund**
I report on the accounts of the Cestrian Lodge Charity Fund for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 2 and 3.
## _Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner_
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## _Basis of independent examiners’ report_
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions 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 items or disclosures in the accounts, and the seeking of explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair” view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## _Independent examiners’ statement_
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that, in any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- that the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a “true and fair” view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I 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.
Alastair Jeffcott BA FCA Chartered Accountant 20 October 2021
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## **THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 2020**
|**INCOME**
Gift Aid by Cestrian Lodge
Donations received directly
**Total Income**
**EXPENDITURE**
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Cheshire Freemasons Charity
Hope House
Age UK
Claire House Hospice
Hospice of the Good Shepherd
Clatterbridge Cancer
West Cheshire Foodbank
Save the Family
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital
T.L.C. Teddy Bears
Special Olympics
RDA (Clwyd Special Riding Centre)
Stroke Association
Queen’s Court Hospice
C.A.T.H.
John Sellers Educational Trust
Masonic Fishing Charity
**Total Expenditure**
**Net (Payments) Receipts for the year**|**2020**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
**30,000.00**
30,000.00
-
-
**30,000.00** 30,000.00
**-**
2,500.00
**-**
5,000.00
**-**
2,000.00
**-**
1,000.00
**-**
4,000.00
**2,500.00**
4,000.00
**-**
1,000.00
**-**
500.00
**-**
500.00
**2,500.00**
-
**-**
250.00
**-**
500.00
**-**
1,500.00
**-**
500.00
**-**
500.00
**-**
1,000.00
**-**
250.00
**-**
(250.00)
**5,000.00**
24,750.00
**25,000.00**
5,250.00|
|---|---|
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## **THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND**
## **ACCUMULATED FUND**
|
Accumulated Fund at 01.01.20
Net (Payments)/Receipts
**Accumulated Fund at 31.12.20**
**Represented by:-**
Cash at Bank
Nat West Bank
Nat West Bank Cestrian Lodge Account
Creditors
Donation cheques not presented – current year
|**2020**
**2019**
**£**
**£**
**15,077.60**9,827.60
**25,000.00**5,250.00
**40,077.60**15,077.60
**39,077.60**
39,077.60
**1,000.00**
1,000.00
**40,077.60**40,077.60
**- ** (25,000.00)
**40,077.60 **15,077.60|
|---|---|
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