REGisfERED CHARFTY NUMBER 701152 rt of the Trustees and nanclal S lor the Year ended 31 March amH Grou The Lytham Heritage Group coMrENTS OF THE FINANaAL sfATEMEPItS For the Year Ended 31°March 2025 Pa8e Reference and Administrative Detai15 Report of the Executlve Committee2- 4 Independent Examlnerfs Report Recelpts and Payments Account Statement of Assets and Liabilltres Notes to the Flnancial Statements 8-11 The Lytham Heritage Group Reference and Adminbstrative details For the Year Ended 31° March 2025 Charity Number 701152 Holding Truste88 S W Forshaw A G Kirby M Bell President A G Kirby Executive Comrnrttee ITfUStees} S W Forshaw M Bell J Trueman A G Kirby H Fletcher D Hoyle S Williams p stringer P Anthony K Wykes Chairn￿n Treasurer Addr8S8 2 Henry Street Lytham Lancashire FY8 SLE Indepondent Examiner Leanne Nield ACA Ar¢ Accountancy Solutions Limited 51 Laverton Road Lylham St Annes, LarKashiro FY8 1EN Hon Solicitor Dlckinsons Solicitors 24 Park Road St Annos on Sea Lytham St Annes FY8 1 PA Bankers Royal Bank of SCO￿and Drummond Hous• {8C} Branch 1 Redheughs Ave. Edinburgh. EH12 9RH, Skipkn) Buikjing S 43 Sl Annes Road West St Anne$￿)48a Lancs FY8 1SB Lioyds Bank pk CorpyatKJn Street (305￿90) Branch 30 Corporabon St Blackpcol FY1 1EN The LythamHertta8e Group Report of the Executive Committee For the Year Ended 31 March 2025 The Executive Commtttee has pleasure in sutffi)ffting its report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025. Structure, govoman¢• and manag•m?nt Govoming do¢um•nt The Lytham Heritage Group was on 4 February 1987 and is govemed by the c0nsttht￿7 adopted on 3 November 1988 as amended on 2 April 1990, 9 June 2010. 12 November2010. 15 June 2011. The Constitution was rewritten in line with Charity ComMiss￿n mc•Jel text Ino change to name or objectsl and a9re8d on 9 September 2024. It 1$ a registered ¢harity regulated by the Charity Commission. Appolntm•nt of Tru•t••s All Memters of the Executive Commrttee are Truste8s of the chadty. Offurs arthj membe￿ of the ￿￿utiVe Committee s￿ elected annually at the Annual General Meeting and out90ing Members may be re-elected. Any freehold and 18asehofd pro￿rtY and all other proporty of any descflptron acquired by or bèlonging to the Group is vested in Holding Trustees. Holding Trustees must be at least in number or a tmst corporation. The power of Hokling Trustees is vested in the E￿Ul1¥6 Committee. A Hok1ing Trustee must te a Member of Ihe Group Trustee Induth and trnlnlng New Trustee5 are briefed on the temis of their *al obliga'ons under chanty and company law and the content of Ihe Consl>tution under which the Group is governed. They are given a copy of guidance provided by the Charity Commiss￿nerS. Oryanl•atlon The Executive Commlltee Is responsible for the management and administration ol the Group. The Executive cornm￿ee consists of the Officers. other than Honorary Officers, and not less than four and not more than elght other Membors. The Executtve Committee has the to.. fill Casual v8£ancies occurring amorysl officers of the Group.. flll up to three casual vacanues c¢cumng amcThJ$l MOM￿r$ of the Ex￿utiVe Committee be￿on General Meelings, and ctropt further Members shall attend in an advwry and non-voting capa¢ity). The Exacutfve Committee meets not ￿$$ than six a year at inteNab of not more than trwo months. Three working groups, reporting to the E¥￿tive Committee. fc¢us on ￿hleVIng the Group's 8tralegy. These are.. Ar¢hrve Heritage C&ntre Windmill& Okj Lrfeboat House The LythamHeritage Group Report of the Executive Committee For the Year Ended 31° March 2025 Risk managoment Owing to the natu￿ of the Group the onty risk 8rea Is related to the financial resour￿. The Trustees have in place proper proc8dures for the safe custc*Jy of the funds and di$bursemenls. Oblectfv88 and activltl88 The Group is established for the publ￿ benefft by educating the public in the g￿raPhy. history, natural history, archaeology and architecbjre of the Ancient Parish of Lytham. The Trustees ￿nfi￿n that they have referr￿j to the guidance contained in the Charity Commisston's general guidance on public when revith¥ing the Group's aims and obiectrves and in planning future activitw and sethng the grant and grft making potw for the JEar. The Group carries out these objects by aiming to fostsr and stimulate the public interest In its history and herrtage and form and encourage othef inslrtub'ons to fom a coll￿trOn of photographs, documents. fiths arKI other artefacts of an educ*￿nal and hiStor￿al nature and to make these available for publ￿ exhibib'on from time to time wiihin the area. The Group also works to secure the preservation. protection, d8V8bpment and impTo¥ement of th8 a[chit￿￿ra1 features and vlsual amenities of h￿tOriC or public interest in the area. The main objectives during the year ¢ontr"nued to be the purnuit of the above obleckn at the Heritage Centre, Archive, WÈndmill and Old Lrfetoat House. During the year, other than the ongoing xtivthes of the Group wth the Artlst Llisplays at the Herltage Cenlre, the main aclivty has been to devekjp good quality henlage exhibib.on material and improve the &ce88ibilty of tho ArchNe Material. The Group is very invofved in the communty and is dependent 8018ty on voluntary help. Achlov•m•nts and p•rf0m￿NCè During year, the Group PUTsued the corn aims of research. exhibibons and archmng. In June 2024 we had a Hentage Exhib￿.On on -L￿rn Club Day- 130 Years Ol¢f" In October 2024 we had a Exhibilton on 'Treasures of the Archive- In February there was 'Secondary Art Celebrabon ' by pupils from l¢)cal Secondary schools. Prizes wer8 gNen for the best work al the CelebralK)ns which were sponsored by grants from Fylde Borough Council and The Edrth Mary Clark Foundation. Thls was followed In March by an ExhibrtJ"on on "Industr￿ of LyU)am" local 1ndustn.al hertsge The material sour￿$ of fvndraising conb.nue to be the prOvis￿n of donatM)n boxes, exhibitions and the sale of books and cards. The Group also reliant on grants and grfts to meet the cost of acbvibes at the Lytham Heritage Centre. The level of incomng resources ansing from donal*)n boxes, exhibitions, grants and grfts is entirely reliant on the generosty of the general publ￿. Ther have been a number of Publ￿ tsiks whth have been *BII atteThJed together with s￿'al Events. Flnancial rgVi•W The charity has prepared these ac¢ounts on the Tewpts and payments basls. The charity relieved a on&off dOnat￿n of £70.OIJ) from the Thomas Blasson Charitable Foundat￿n for the protectton and preseNation of the natural and built environment of LyU)*n. The LythamHeritsBe Group Report of the Executive Committee For the Year Ended 31. March 2025 Told receipts fr(￿ cash fvnds for the year vme £92.162 {2024. £26.5401. £70.000 of was received from the Thomas Blasson Fund. The net receipts for the year frcffi ¢ash funds was £64.512{2024.' q9.04n). The charrty also inv8Sted in term deFxJsiis and recebved £5.W in intwest (2024. £1,251}. A statsment gNing details of the a6$ets and IkgbilitEs at the end of the year k8 prov￿ad on pag8 7 The invesknent a¢￿￿nt is with ts Sknpton BuiKlir#J S￿, wthKh was opened in April 2024. R•Mrv•• A'working capital. minimum balance of £10,000 will nO￿alty be hekl in instant access accounts wth Ihe balance invested in short to medium tem fixed rate cash securitm following our policy of a low attitude to nsk. Plan• lor futurn perfod• Work is progressing to update and improve the dI$￿aY8 in the Vlndmill arKI Old Lif8boat House. Dixussions ore taking place to secure future of the Archive in the Lyttwn In$￿tute. InVeSth￿7t is being made lo improve the IT capabilty of the Archlve. We are ¢ontlnuing work on the IT System to improve our Membership and CRM dats and also the abillty for the wblic to viffw archive material. The Archfve Team will continue to creats exhibition¥ wi line with our primary obJ'ectN88 of educatlon and hentage awarene88. Thi8 reF#Irt was approved by the Executive Committee on 2* August 2025 and was 8wJned on its behair ty. S Fornhaw- ChalrnianDatod The Lytham HerTtage Group Independent Examinerfs Report For the Year Ended 31" March 2025 I report to the ¢harlty trustees on my exèmirwtlon ofthe acctyJnts of the tha1￿V forthe year ended 31°Marth 2025 whkh are set out on pa8es 6- 11. R•spJnslblllUes * baslsof r•pNt As the Choritvs trusteesyou are tor tre prepafatbjn of accounts h) acttsrdan￿ wlth the wulremerts of the Charlties 20111'the ACVI. I report in respect of my e%amination of the ¢haritrfs attourts carrted out under seL11on 145 of the Act and In tarrying out my examination I have foltowed all the applkable Dlrectlons yven ty the char￿ Commlssion under sectk7n 14515llbl of the Ac Indepethrttx•mlMes sl¥ten*rt I have tompkned my examlnatkin. I corthrm that no mateiial matter5 have come to my attenthn In connecllon wth the exèrnln8tlon 8hfln8 metaU5e to bellv4e thot In ary motertal respe¢r. •ccountlng rKords were not kept kn Woftstharityas requlred ty *ctlon 130 ofthe A¢. or the accounts do not accord wlth those records- or the attourtts do not cornp￿ wtth the ap￿￿a￿le requ*ements cor￿eMIn8tr* fomi and torrtent ofaccounts set out In the CharIt￿$ (Accounts and Reports) RegUL9t￿n$ 2(￿ tsther than any ￿QuI￿rne￿ that the accounts •'tnse and falr vlew whlch Ls not a mattèrcon5klered as of aft Independent examk}at￿,. or the accounts have not been pre￿￿d In accordarKt wlth Charrtles SORP IFRS1021. I have no ¢on¢erns and ha¥e corne across rK> txher matters In connertkjn w￿h the eyamlrwthn to whlch attentlon should e drnwn In thls report In order to ettab￿ a proper underslandln8 ofthè to be wched. Leanne Nleld ACA Art Accountartcy Wuth)ns Llm 51 LavertoTr Road Lytharn St. Annes ianca5hire FY8 IEN Date.. The Lytham Heritage Group Receipts and Payments Account For the Year Ended 31° March 2025 Unro6trlctod Doslgnatod Rogtrl¢t•d funds funds funds 2025 Total 2024 Total Cash fund¥ Recelpts Subscriptions, grants and donations Income from fundraisin9 actNities Bank interest 11.357 70mO 81,357 12,585 10.040 10,040 13,230 725 Total recelpt8 22.162 91162 Paymont• Fundraising activlties Charitable an¢J adminBtration Costs 4.708 4,708 4h47 31,140 Total payments 27.650 35,587 Net recelptsllpaymentsl for the year 70,000 64,612 19,047) Transfers totem) deposits {165.000) 15.000) (170,1)00) 99,949 Cash and bank balances at 31 March 2023 144,148 S.WO 149,148 58,248 Cash and bank bal•ncM at 31 Ma￿h 2024 (26,340) 70,000 43,680 149,148 T•rm depo•tt• Roc•lpt• Interest 1.251 Net re¢eiptsl{payments) for the year Transfer to cash funds Transfers ￿tsWeen fvnd8 165.WO 170,000 199,949) Term deposit balances at 31 March 2024 98,698 Tami doposlts balancw at 31 March 2025 170,666 17S,666 The Lytham Herttage Group Statement of Assets and Liabilities For the Year Ended 31" March 2025 2025 Totsl 2024 Total lunds Cash funds Lloyds The Royal Bank of Scotland PIC Cash (26,600) 70,000 149,093 205 55 ss Total funds ptt r•colpts and payments account 126.340) 70,000 43,680 149,148 Torm deposlts Sklpton Building ScJ$ for res*. The estimated value of stock8 held at the year end are shown on the Statement of Assets and L￿bilit￿ at the of cost and net realisable value. Items donated for sale are not indud8J in the financial statemenls until they are sohl. io The Lytham Heritage Group Notes to the accounts For the Year Ended 31 Marth 2025 Assets r•talnod for th• charlty's own Fixed assets retained for the Chath￿s use is the freehohj at 2 Henry Street. This propety was revalued on 18 June 2021 by Graharne Benste*J MRICS IRRV of Bushells and Benstsad Chartered Supleyors at Market Value. Assets recognised bLrt not valued in the Statement of Assets and Liabiltbes include the Audio Visual equipment. tcoether wrth other IT equipmenL fixiures and fittings. and exhibÉti'on equipment ovffled by the chanty. 10 The mov•m•nt In funds durfng th• y••r ￿. 8alanc• 8•lanc• clfwd R•¢o1fvts Paymw)ts Tr•n8fer8 Unrn•lrl¢l•d: General funds 144,148 27828 Iri,650) 144,326 R8strlct•d: Thomas Fund Old Lrfeboat House Fund 8las%)n 70,0(M> 70,000 6,000 149,148 97,828 127,650) 219,326 Old Llfobo•t Hou*• Fund These fund8 will bo used for ￿ng1￿8 improvements only to the Otd Ltleboat Housè. Thom•• 81aMon Fund These funds will be used for the prot8ctTh and presafvation of the nalural and built environment of Lytham. Prlor year comparaUv••: Balanc• Balanco RKdpts Paym•nts Tr•n•f•rn General funds 161.944 27,791 135,587) 144,148 Restrlcted: Old Lifeboat House Fund 5,000 156,W 27.791 135,587 149,148 li