**Charity registration number 800349**
## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
**WORKING NAME : MEVAGISSEY HARBOUR TRUSTEES - MHT ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
|**Trustees**|Mr R Ingram|Chair|
|---|---|---|
||Mr M Hunkin||
||Mr R Greenaway||
||Mr H St. Aubyn Bowles||
||Mr D Warwick||
||Mr J Hughes||
||Mrs C Mitchell||
||Mr M Roberts||
||Mr R Blamey||
||Mr J A Lakeman||
|**Administration**|Mr C Gilbertson|Clerk|
||Mr A Trevarton|Harbour Master|
|**Charity number**|800349||
|**Address**|The Harbour Office||
||Island Quay||
||Mevagissey||
||St Austell||
||Cornwall||
||PL26 6QQ||
|**Independent examiner**|Jane Webb FCCA||
||Phillips Frith LLP||
||9 Tregarne Terrace||
||St Austell||
||Cornwall||
||PL25 4DD||
|**Bankers**|Lloyds Bank Plc||
## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|1|
|Independent examiner's report|2|
|Statement of financial activities|3|
|Balance sheet|4|
|Notes to the financial statements|5 - 11|
## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the Charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019).
## **Objectives and activities**
The construction and maintenance of the piers and harbour at Mevagissey.
## **Structure, governance and management**
|**Structure, governance and management**|**Structure, governance and management**|
|---|---|
|The charity is governed by the Mevagissey Harbour Order 1865 (replacing the Private Act 1774) and consolidating Orders of||
|1886 & 1892.||
|The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:||
|Mr R Ingram - Chair|Mr J Hughes|
|Mr M Hunkin|Mrs C Mitchell|
|Mr R Greenaway|Mr M Roberts|
|Mr H St. Aubyn Bowles|Mr R Blamey|
|Mr D Warwick|Mr J A Lakeman|
## _Recruitment and appointment of trustees_
Vacancies for permanent members are advertised locally. Applicants must reside in or be rate payers of the Parish of Mevagissey.
## _Organisational structure_
Mevagissey harbour was originally built in 1774 but was substantially developed in 1865, 1886 and 1892. The harbour is run as a charity having been granted charitable status in 1988.
The harbour is a Trust Port. Trust Ports are independent statutory bodies, each governed by their own, unique, statutes and controlled by a local independent board. There are no shareholders or owners and any surplus is ploughed back into each port for the benefit of its stakeholders.
The harbour operates through a Board of Trustees, who appoint a harbour master (and support staff) to undertake the day to day running of the harbour. Trustees meet monthly with an annual general meeting held in June of each year.
Trustees receive no remuneration for holding the position of 'Trustee'. However, during the year £7,452 (2024: £2,064) was paid to Mr R Greenaway (a Trustee) for the provision of harbour assistance services.
The Trustees would like to thank the harbour master, clerk and quay staff for their efforts in keeping the harbour and surrounding property in good order and fit for purpose.
## _Financial results_
The harbour achieved a net operating surplus of £81,829 for the year to 31 March 2025 (£54,216 net operating surplus for the year to 31 March 2024). Operating income for the year increased by nearly 11% to £382,493 mainly due to increases in rental income. Operating expenses were tightly managed and increased by just over 3% to £300,664. After non operating results are included the net surplus for 2025 was £74,091 (2024 £98,061). Full details are set out on page 3.
During the year, considerable effort was put into the harbour resilience project which involved designing a solution to protecting the ageing infrastructure and applying for grants to fund the anticipated cost. To date no grants have been made available for the proposed solution but grants were received covering the external costs of designing the solution. Further details are set out in note 12.
The Trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
..............................
Mr R Ingram **Chair**
Date: .............................................
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## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Mevagissey Piers and Harbour (the Charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the Trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
Having satisfied myself that the accounts are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
The Charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no 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 Charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act 2011.
- 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of financial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
- 4 the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
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 financial statements to be reached.
## **Jane Webb FCCA**
Phillips Frith LLP 9 Tregarne Terrace St Austell Cornwall PL25 4DD
Dated: .........................
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## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2025**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**Income from:**
Donations and grants
**2**
13,765
-
Charitable activities
**3**
368,728
-
**Total income**
382,493
-
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
**4**
300,664
7,738
**Total expenditure**
300,664
7,738
**Net income/(expenditure) and**
**movement in funds**
81,829
(7,738)
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Fund balances at 1 April 2024
910,757
43,845
**Fund balances at 31 March 2025**
992,586
36,107|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
13,765
12,070
160,723
368,728
333,610
-
382,493
345,680
160,723
308,402
291,464
116,878
308,402
291,464
116,878
74,091
54,216
43,845
954,602
856,541
-
1,028,693
910,757
43,845|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
172,793
333,610|
|---|---|---|
|||506,403|
|||408,342|
|||408,342|
|||98,061
856,541|
|||954,602|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## _**AS AT 31 MARCH 2025**_
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
**7**
**Current assets**
Debtors
**8**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one**
**year**
**9**
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**The funds of the Charity**
Restricted income funds
**11**
Unrestricted funds
**12**|**2025**
**£**
**£**
400,481
39,859
633,484
673,343
(45,131)
628,212
1,028,693
36,107
992,586
1,028,693|**2024**
**£**
175,896
401,479
577,375
(40,553)|**£**
417,780
536,822|
|---|---|---|---|
||||954,602|
||||43,845
910,757|
||||954,602|
The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on .........................
.............................. Mr R Ingram **Chair**
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**MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Charity information**
Mevagissey Piers and Harbour is a trust port, governed by a Board of Trustees. It is not limited by shares and as such does not have a share capital. The Entity is also a Charity, and is governed by the Mevagissey Harbour Order 1865 (replacing the Private Act 1774) and consolidating Orders of 1886 & 1892. The address of the registered office is Harbour Office, Island Quay, Mevagissey, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 6QU.
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
The Charity's financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to the charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) (second edition - October 2019) and the Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the Charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The Charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transactional value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The financial statements have been prepared on the assumption that the Charity is able to carry on as a going concern. The Trustees have no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue for the foreseeable future.
## **1.2 Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are earmarked by the donor, or the terms of an appeal, for specific purposes within the overall aim of the Charity or for specific projects being undertaken by the Charity. The donation and income deriving therefrom will be used in accordance with the specific purposes.
## **1.3 Income**
Income is recognised when the Charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.
Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the Charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount.
Income from government and other grants, including capital grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably, except as follows: - when donors specify that grants given to the Charity must be used in future accounting years, the income is deferred until those years.
- when donors impose conditions which have to be fulfilled before the Charity becomes entitled to use such income, the income is deferred and not included in incoming resources until the pre-conditions for use have been met. A grant received before the recognition criteria are satisfied is recognised as a liability.
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## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
**(Continued)**
## **1.4 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges are allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
## **1.5 Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
|Freehold land and buildings|No depreciation provided|
|---|---|
|Plant and equipment|15% per annum on the straight line method|
|Computers|15% per annum on the straight line method|
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## **1.6 Impairment of fixed assets**
At each reporting end date, the Charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).
## **1.7 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.
Cash at bank and in hand is mainly monies out on deposit with UK regulated deposit takers. This is in order to ensure security of the deposits as the vast majority are covered by way of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme should a bank fail.
## **2 Income from donations and grants**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
Donations
13,765
-
Grants received
-
-
13,765
-|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
13,765
12,070
-
-
-
160,723
13,765
12,070
160,723|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
12,070
160,723|
|---|---|---|
|||172,793|
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## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **3 Income from charitable activities**
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Dues**|||
|Mooring|94,706|86,464|
|Fish landing|32,163|46,820|
|Car parking receipts|54,828|51,547|
|**Rents received**|||
|Rental income|101,843|89,191|
|**Other income**|||
|Filming|2,500|-|
|Aquarium contribution|10,726|23,811|
|Bank interest received|33,392|11,170|
|Miscellaneous sales - fuel and ice etc|38,570|24,607|
||368,728|333,610|
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## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **4 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|**Direct**
**charitable**
**expenditure**
**Management**
**and Admin**
**expenditure**
**2025**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
Staff costs
66,565
81,335
Depreciation and
impairment
9,305
256
Repairs and maintenance
78,119
-
Hire of equipment
1,595
-
Light and heat
21,358
-
Fuels
4,890
-
Rates and water
7,562
-
Accountancy
-
2,205
Loan and bank charges
2,741
-
Telephone
-
2,735
Insurance
11,056
-
Office expenses and
sundries
10,942
-
**Unrestricted funds**
214,133
86,531
Repairs and maintenance
-
-
Depreciation
7,738
-
**Restricted funds**
7,738
-
221,871
86,531|**Total**
**Direct**
**charitable**
**expenditure**
**Management**
**and Admin**
**expenditure**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
147,900
61,212
79,255
9,561
9,305
256
78,119
85,205
-
1,595
2,372
-
21,358
19,364
-
4,890
3,884
-
7,562
3,879
-
2,205
-
2,100
2,741
3,207
-
2,735
-
2,373
11,056
7,683
-
10,942
11,369
-
300,664
207,480
83,984
-
109,140
-
7,738
7,738
-
7,738
116,878
-
308,402
324,358
83,984|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
140,467
9,561
85,205
2,372
19,364
3,884
3,879
2,100
3,207
2,373
7,683
11,369|
|---|---|---|
|||291,464
109,140
7,738|
|||116,878|
|||408,342|
## **5 Employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
||**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|
||**Number**|**Number**|
||5|5|
|**Employment costs**|**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Wages and salaries|147,900|140,467|
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.
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## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **6 Taxation**
Mevagissey Piers and Harbour is a registered Charity and is thus exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or s256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that those are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the Charity. There was no UK Corporation Tax payable by Mevagissey Piers and Harbour in either period.
## **7 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Tangible fixed assets**||
|---|---|
|**Freehold land**
**and buildings**
**Plant and**
**equipment**
**Computers**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Cost**
At 1 April 2024
328,519
113,617
1,704
At 31 March 2025
328,519
113,617
1,704
**Depreciation and impairment**
At 1 April 2024
-
25,610
450
Depreciation charged in the year
-
17,043
256
At 31 March 2025
-
42,653
706
**Carrying amount**
At 31 March 2025
328,519
70,964
998
At 31 March 2024
328,519
88,007
1,254|**Total**
**£**
443,840|
||443,840|
||26,060
17,299|
||43,359|
||400,481|
||417,780|
|**8**
**Debtors : amounts falling due within one year**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
**9**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Other taxation and social security
Deferred income
Trade creditors
Accruals|**2025**
**£**
12,034
-
27,825
39,859
**2025**
**£**
3,295
32,336
4,547
4,953
45,131|**2024**
**£**
6,773
36,981
132,142|
|---|---|---|
|||175,896|
|||**2024**
**£**
2,745
31,702
1,101
5,005|
|||40,553|
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**MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **10 Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
**At 31 March 2025:**
Tangible fixed assets
364,374
36,107
Current assets/(liabilities)
628,212
-
992,586
36,107
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**At 31 March 2024:**
Tangible fixed assets
373,935
43,845
Current assets/(liabilities)
536,822
-
910,757
43,845|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
400,481
628,212|
|---|---|
||1,028,693|
||**Total**
**2024**
**£**
417,780
536,822|
||954,602|
## **11 Restricted funds**
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
|**At 1 April 2024**
**£**
Disabled access slipway
-
Solar panels
43,845
43,845
**Previous year:**
**At 1 April 2023**
**£**
Disabled access slipway
-
Solar panels
-
-|**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**At**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
(7,738)
-
(7,738)
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**At**
**£**
**£**
109,140
(109,140)
51,583
(7,738)
160,723
(116,878)|**31 March**
**2025**
**£**
-
36,107|
|---|---|---|
|||36,107|
|||**31 March**
**2024**
**£**
-
43,845|
|||43,845|
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## **MEVAGISSEY PIERS AND HARBOUR**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**_
## **12 Unrestricted funds**
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
||**At 1 April 2024**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 31 March**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**resources**|**expended**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General funds|910,757|382,493|(300,664)|992,586|
|**Previous year:**|**At 1 April 2023**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 31 March**|
|||**resources**|**expended**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General funds|856,541|345,680|(291,464)|910,757|
Reserves are key to ensuring the long-term viability of the Charity. After deducting fixed assets (which are illiquid) of £400,481, the level of free reserves at 31 March 2025 amounted to £592,105. These reserves are required to cover risks associated with the unpredictability of repair costs as well as fluctuations in income. Harbour repair costs are very unpredictable due to the age and complexity of the structures and can be very costly to repair.
The trustees are fully aware of an independent report in 2012 that stated the North Pier was not in good condition and have worked hard in 2024 to seek a solution to the issue and to seek funding for it. The practical solution identified was the placement of nearly 15,000 tonnes of rock armour on the seaward facing side of the North Pier to break the strength of the storm waves. The cost of this work has been estimated at £3.5m to £4.0m which is beyond the financial capabilities of MHT and work has been ongoing to try and find grant funding for this project. To date grant applications have not been successful but further work to seek grant funding will take place in 2025/26.
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