## **Friends of St Bede's**
**(Charity number: 700312)**
**Trustees annual report & financial statements for the year ended**
## **31st March 2022**
Charity accounts preparation & independent examination service
## **Friends of St Bede's**
|**Friends of St Bede's**||
|---|---|
|**(Charity number: 700312)**||
|**Contents**||
|**Index**|**Page**|
|**Report of the trustees**|**1**|
|**Independent examiner's report**|**4**|
|**Receipts & payments accounts**|**5**|
|**Statement of assets and liabilities**|**6**|
|**Notes to the accounts**|**7**|
## **Trustees' Annual Report**
## **From: 1st April 2021 To: 31st March 2022**
**Charity's full name Friends of St Bede's**
**Registered Charity number 700312**
## **Objectives and activities**
## **Summary of the purposes of the charity set out in its governing document**
The Friends of St Bede's aim to promote any charitable purpose which advances the religious and other charitable work carried on by the Congregation of Jesus community and Pastoral Centre established at Blossom Street in the city of York.
## **Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts**
We use subscriptions, donations and bequests from our members (and from other visitors to St Bede's Patoral Centre) to support the pastoral work carried on St Bede's. Funds have recently been used to provide items which make life easier for the staff, such as a rechargeable cordless vacuum cleaner, new office chairs and footrests.
The trustees consider that they have complied with their duties to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
## **Achievements and performance**
## **Summary of the main 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.**
The Friends of St Bede's has achieved its main aim of supporting the work of St Bede's Pastoral Centre both financially and in person by our members. This has enabled St Bede's to continue offering a safe and welcoming space for the many groups and individuals who come to the Centre. Our Committee meets with the Director several times each year to keep updated about all the various ongoing and proposed activities and to offer suggestions and encouragment.
## **Financial review**
## **Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period**
2021-22 has been an exceptional year as we have received two bequests: one of £5,000 and one of £74,047.03 making a total of £79,047.03. (By contrast, in 2020-2021, our total receipts were just over £1,000 from subscriptions and donations.) Our total balance at the end of March 2021 was £85,908.39. We would normally have about £5,000 in reserve.
## **Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held**
It is not our intention to hold such large amounts in reserve and we are currently discussing with the Director how our funds can best be used to support the work of St Bede's. We have already committed to contributing to work planned to improve the garden and also to creating a craft area in the basement. We are open to disbursing the funds in the most effective way as soon as possible.
**Amount of reserves held** £85,908 of unrestricted reserve
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## **Reasons for holding zero reserves**
N/A
**Funds materially in deficit** None
## **Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern**
N/A
## **Structure, governance and management**
**Description of the charity's trusts**
**Type of governing document** Constitution **(e.g. trust deed, royal charter) How the charity is constituted** Unincorporated association **(e.g unincorporated association, CIO) Trustee selection methods including** Elected at AGM **details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees**
## **Reference and administration details**
**Charity's full name** Friends of St Bede's **Other names the charity is known by Charity’s principal address St Bedes Pastoral Centre 21-23 Blossom Street York Postcode YO24 1AQ Names of the trustees who manage the charity Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if whole year any)** Barbara Martin Chair Loretta Earle Treasurer Pamela Ellis Secretary
**Names and addresses of advisers (OPTIONAL)**
|**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|YO1 8XS
YO1 7PR
**Bankers**
HSBC
13 Parliament Street
York
**Independent Examiner** Karen Wood ACMA
Hiscox Building
Peasholme Green, York
Outsource Accounting Services & Independent Examinations|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members**
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## **Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees Annual Report and Accounts**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees**
|**Signature**||
|---|---|
|**Full Name**|Loretta Earle|
|**Position**|Honorary Treasurer|
|**Date**|22/07/2022|
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**Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Escrick Pre-School Playgroup**
I report on the accounts of: for the year ended: **31st March 2022**
## **Friends of St Bede's**
which are set out on pages 5 to 7.
## **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 Charity'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.
**Karen Wood (ACMA)** Outsource independent examination service
08/08/2022
**Date:**
The Hiscox Building Peasholme Green York YO1 7PR
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## **Friends of St Bede's**
(Charity number: 700312)
|**Receipts &payments accounts for theyear ending:**
**31st March 2022**|**Receipts &payments accounts for theyear ending:**
**31st March 2022**|**Receipts &payments accounts for theyear ending:**
**31st March 2022**|**Receipts &payments accounts for theyear ending:**
**31st March 2022**|**Receipts &payments accounts for theyear ending:**
**31st March 2022**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts**
Subscriptions
Donations & fundraising
Legacies
Gift aid
**Total payments**
Bank charges
Sundry income
**Balance carried forward**
**Net of receipts/(payments)**
**Payments**
Postage & stationery
Fitting & equipment
AGM costs
Gift aid repayment
**Total receipts**
**Transfers between funds**
**Balance brought forward**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
550
5
138
79,047
40
**79,780**
48
743
-
-
16
**807**
**78,973**
**-**
**6,935**
**85,908**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
-
-
-
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2022**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
550
5
138
79,047
40
**79,780**
48
743
-
-
16
**807**
**78,973**
**-**
**6,935**
**85,908**|**2021**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
1,082
-
-
-
-|
|||||**1,082**|
|||||-
-
-
123
-|
|||||**123**|
|||||**959**
**-**
**5,976**|
|||||**6,935**|
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## **Friends of St Bede's**
(Charity number: 700312)
|**Statement of assets and liabilities at:**||**31st March 2022**|**31st March 2022**|**31st March 2022**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Current bank account
**Assets**
**Cash at bank and in hand**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
85,908
**85,908**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
**-**|**2022**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
85,908
**85,908**|**2021**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
6,935|
|||||**6,935**|
|**Liabilities**
Independent examination fee|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
150
**150**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
**-**|**2022**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
150
**150**|**2021**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
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(Charity number: 700312)
**31st March 2022**
## **Friends of St Bede's**
**Notes to the accounts for the year ended:**
## **1. Basis of Accounts**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 and prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
|**Approval of accounts for theyear ended:**|**31st March 2022**|
|---|---|
|The report and accounts were approved at a meeting of the
trustees held on:||
||22/07/2022
|
||**Date**|
## **Signed for and on behalf of the trustees:**
## **Signature**
## Loretta Earle
## **Name**
Honorary Treasurer
**Position (e.g. Chair etc)**
22/07/22 **Date**
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