## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] January 2021 Period start date To 31[st] December 2021 Period end date**
**Charity name: The Cestrian Lodge Charity Fund**
**Charity registration number: 507691**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 The relief of poor and distressed
purposes of the charity masons and their widows and
as set out in its children or for the benefit of
governing document other masonic charities or other
charitable institutions, societies
and objects as the Lodge[That is
Cestrian Lodge 425] in duly
constituted meeting shall decide.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The lodge makes donations
1.19
activities in relation to generally to other registered
those purposes for the charities as detailed in the
public benefit, in accounts. They include a number
particular, the activities, of hospices and hospitals and
projects or services other charities whose objects are
identified in the to assist the unwell and
accounts. distressed. This is the charity’s
sole activity.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The trustees meet once a year to
whether the trustees make recommendations to the
have had regard to the Lodge and has regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission guidance on
Charity Commission on public benefit.
public benefit
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference
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SORP reference
The Charity generally only
Para 1.38 donates to other registered
Policy on grant making charities- in exceptional cases it
will donate to non-charities but
only after conducting due
diligence.
The Charity does not invest
Para 1.38 funds- its funds are held in a UK
Policy on social bank account .
investment including
program related
investment
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Volunteers meet once per year to
Para 1.38 agree the programme of
Contribution made by donations.
volunteers
n/a
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
The charity has donated £20250
to other charitable causes in
2021.
Summary of the main
Para 1.20
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society
as a whole.
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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The objective is to distribute the
funds provided to it.
Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
The charity does not undertake
fund raising as such and is
Performance of dependant on Cestrian Lodge for
fundraising activities Para 1.41 its funds.
against objectives set
No targets-set funds held in UK
bank account with minimal
Investment performance Para 1.41 interest paid
against objectives
N/A
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other
## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The charity had a surplus of
financial position at the £9250 income over expenditure
end of the period
Statement explaining Para 1.22 Reserves are modest- the aim is
the policy for holding to distribute all funds- a small
reserves stating why reserve is being built up to
they are held enable a special donation in 2025
to ceebrate the 300 anniversary
of the Province of Cheshire
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 54000 as at 29-12-21
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 n/a
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 n/a
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)**
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Donations from Cestrian Lodge
whose funds comprise income
The charity’s principal form members and rental income
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
Money to be held in 100 % safe
environment- UK bank accounts
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A reduction in income form Lodge
in uncertain rental market
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
n/a
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Trust Deed dated 16-2-1978
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 Trustees selected by Worshipful
methods including Master of Cestrian Lodge
details of any
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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N/A
Policies and procedures
adopted for the Para 1.51
induction and training of
trustees
The charity works with the
Province of Cheshire and to a
The charity’s lesser degree the MCF
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Cestrian Lodge- its sole source of
funding
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 The Cestrian Lodge Charity Fund
Other name the charity n/a
uses
Registered charity 507691
number
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Charity's principal
address
## **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 Whole year Cestrian Lodge
2 Nicholas Jenkins Trustee Whole year
3 Damian Murphy Trustee Whole 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 NIL 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**
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Signature(s)
McGarva
Full name(s) John
Position (eg Charity Steward
Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date
28-09-2022
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**THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021**
**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 2021, 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 13 September 2022
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## **THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 2021**
|**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
Dee Banks Special School
John Seller’s Trust
RDA (Clwyd Special Riding Centre)
Stroke Association
Queen’s Court Hospice
C.A.T.H.
N.Y.A.S
Bridge Farm Trust
**Total Expenditure**
**Net (Payments) Receipts for the year**|**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
**30,000.00**
30,000.00
-
-
**30,000.00** 30,000.00
**-**
-
**-**
-
**2,000.00**
-
**-**
-
**4,000.00**
-
**4,000.00**2,500.00
**-**
-
**1000.00**
-
**500.00**
-
**1000.00**
2,500.00
**1000.00**
-
**250.00**
-
**1,500.00**
-
**1,000.00**
-
**-**
-
**2,000.00**
-
**1,000.00**
-
**1,000.00**
-
**20,250.00 **5,000.00
**9,750.00**
25,000.00|
|---|---|
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## **THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND**
## **ACCUMULATED FUND 2021**
|
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
|**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
**40,077.60**15,077.60
**9,750.00 **25,000.00
**49,827.60**40,077.60
**54,077.60**
39,077.60
**1,000.00**
1,000.00
**55,077.60**40,077.60
**5,250.00** -
**49,827.60 **40,077.60|
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**THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021**
**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 2021, 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 13 September 2022
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## **THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 2021**
|**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
Dee Banks Special School
John Seller’s Trust
RDA (Clwyd Special Riding Centre)
Stroke Association
Queen’s Court Hospice
C.A.T.H.
N.Y.A.S
Bridge Farm Trust
**Total Expenditure**
**Net (Payments) Receipts for the year**|**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
**30,000.00**
30,000.00
-
-
**30,000.00** 30,000.00
**-**
-
**-**
-
**2,000.00**
-
**-**
-
**4,000.00**
-
**4,000.00**2,500.00
**-**
-
**1000.00**
-
**500.00**
-
**1000.00**
2,500.00
**1000.00**
-
**250.00**
-
**1,500.00**
-
**1,000.00**
-
**-**
-
**2,000.00**
-
**1,000.00**
-
**1,000.00**
-
**20,250.00 **5,000.00
**9,750.00**
25,000.00|
|---|---|
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## **THE CESTRIAN LODGE CHARITY FUND**
## **ACCUMULATED FUND 2021**
|
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
|**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
**40,077.60**15,077.60
**9,750.00 **25,000.00
**49,827.60**40,077.60
**54,077.60**
39,077.60
**1,000.00**
1,000.00
**55,077.60**40,077.60
**5,250.00** -
**49,827.60 **40,077.60|
|---|---|
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