THE CITY OF WINCHESTER TRUST LIMITED
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 MARCH 2008
We report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31st March 2008.
Respective responsibilities of Council of Management and Examiners
As described on an earlier page the Council Members (who also act as trustees for the charity) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts, and they consider that the company is exempt from an audit. It is our responsibility to carry out procedures designed to enable us to report our opinion.
Basis of Opinion
Our work was conducted in accordance with the Statement of Standards for Reporting Accountants, and so our procedures consisted of comparing the accounts with the accounting records kept by the company, and making such limited enquiries of the officers of the company as we considered necessary for the purposes of this report. These procedures provide only the assurance expressed in our opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion:
- (a) the accounts are in agreement with the accounting records kept by the company under section 221 of the Companies Act 1985, as amended;
- (b) having regard only to, and on the basis of, the information contained in those accounting records;
- (i) the accounts have been drawn up in a manner consistent with the accounting requirements specified in section 249C(6) of the Act; and
- (ii) the company satisfied the conditions for exemption from an audit of the accounts for the year specified in section 249A(4) of the Act and did not, at any time within that year, fall within any of the categories of companies not entitled to exemption specified in section 249B(1).
28th July 2008
BUTLER & CO
Bowland House, West Street, Alresford, Hampshire SO24 9AT