Balkwell Communi
Welfare Association
BCWA
ANN
REP
THEC
MMirrE
or the Year 202212023
Jud• D•vl
Cheir
T•d Dav•y
Vice Chalr
Phllllp How•ll•
Nomia Nor￿11
Bryan Smlth
Brlan Coop
St•ph•n Campb•ll
Crynmittee Member
Committee Member
Comrnrttee Member
JIM Dav
Comnmttee Memtw
PAalcolm Holman
Commrttee Pthmber
The rtyular group• th• Hall ar• *• tsllth•'.
Monc5ay
Pa￿Trt 8 T(x1dkr Grwp
Car¢ Craft
Tuesday
imming World
Tea Don
Dog Tra￿Ing Cla88
Wednesday Parent & T¢>Jdler Grvjp
Ea818m Star12nd Wednesday in monthl
Thursday
Line Dandng- Pdling Station u88
Friday
Salurd8y
LI￿ D￿rI1vd
Dance cl￿ - BCWA Sockql Ev8nts- Part
Sunday
North East Syritualist Churc*
Fdlowng the COVID writxI whth affected us all,. wa are ¥888ed to report thatthe hall is b￿k up to
the b¥e¢s of hiring to wular groups and pth"e8 as owrr8d pre£OVID.
Th• BCWA 8•turday So¢lal •v•nt• are al•0 b•¢k vp and running on a monthly b8815 With retumi
mainly at capaoty 8811 out 8venl8.
Saturday ev8nt nvJhts hela in 2022r2023 *ere as follo￿.
14th May 2022
Ou¥ty Traln
11th June 2022
On tho Road Aqaln
23rd July 2022
Th¥ Paylsh
13th August 2022
Bknck n, Blu•
24th September 2022 Swlnglng Blue Jeans 15th OCto￿r 2022 Jo8sica Irvlng
12th November 2022 Howard Bakor 8and 17th 08C8mt4r 2022 Tho Parish
21st January 2023
Dlnosaurs
181h Febru￿ 2023 J•s11¢4 Irvlno
18th Mar¢h 2023
On the Road Agaln
Saturday nvJht functions are wjain very **ll supported participants enjoying entertainment,
and goc*J company and we aro ￿eaSe￿ to report that Tellu￿1 Saturday night events have b88Tr
organised for the remaindar of 2023 and bookings are already ￿Ing made fty 2024. These fun￿￿)
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are open to m8mber8, 8ubj8Ctto the type of avenl and c4pacity of th H411. Our thank$ go to #ll
BCWA tommittaa m•mb8r& and their partners who help to run the events on 3 vduntary ba818, %thi18t
eaeh payiro lull ticket prt￿ for admission to the events. Ti¢ket enquiries for future e¥ent8 8houkl
made lo Brian Cooper on 0191257 8821. Al mem￿r5 arè en¢ouraged lo invite fwxls arky
acquaintances to e0rn8 aloThJ to th8S8 Speckql e¥enings.
As well a$ the wulargroups. and the Saturday Èvents indKated above, th8 communty centre ra u8ed
by the office of the Retuming Officer fw North Tyne8￿8 and Tynemouth for loc21 and national
e*d￿n8. Th8 hall was also used by kcal people fw private part￿$ wh￿h rangod Irom ¢hiklren'
birthday pafti88 to adum trérthdays, anniversaries, mu¥ic and dance practKe. Bookings a￿ welcomed
Irom rnemb&rs and non-members be made through PhiKip Ho￿118 on 07981 123 432.
The certrfied accounts fer the year 202212023 Sh￿ a net defi¢ft lor the year of £8.024 ffastyeals
8CCOUJ71s show8d 8 suWs 01£9,343). Previous year5 incorne was supported by Govemment COVID
rdated grants now have $toppe£*. These grants kept 8CWA goiry Ihrough the perir>J w*ere
Ere forced to close under COVID wula¥on$ and $thequentty us to make major
Impr0￿Ments to the buik4irvJ. Tha accounts showthe A5swation rernains in a very he4lthy position.
A set ot a¢¢ounts and the A¢countant's Repjrt are availab￿ at th8 AGM aTra further ccy88 can be
obtsined from the BCWA trewrer on reou&st.
We continu8 10 Bee the benefrts of all the upgradts and woths to Ihe prnmiw *+)i¢h hav& made
$ignffif*nt drflerence lo our ¢JutgoirrfJs on gas, electriciiy and water bills. We will continu8 to make
improvements to the buiklirvJ *fiere required. Wg havo worf(?ng an oir rtrryrojlatipn ￿nrt %whi(*
prO￿deS a change of airwithin the hall with heat f8covery from exF¢lled air, and a lull air CO￿1t10nIng
installation which can ￿1 the buildirKJ d¢Mn and also wovide irtstant heat when the hall t*comes too
cok4. This has dramatically ujl our costs on the ga$ ￿ntral heating system atthoLKJh it ￿Main
availat4e should it te n88ded. W8 ojntinue to s88 the t*nefits of the air COndit￿ning systern.
A$ 8 safety measbre and sn the event of a med￿1 emergency ￿ have aw in8talK8d a defibrilLqtor in
the entrance k)bby ofthe buibjing. We *re able to %pt a UK) grantfrom London Hearts. a￿ a
chanty ba88d in London. to hdp pay for this equipment. The defthllator Ya ab￿ to be swtched
bet*wi adutts and thildren under the 8up8NKs￿n of a responsi￿8 adutt. If the defibrillator B needed
and it5 IKI orened it talk$ the user dearty through the in8trudiorts on *18 U88
Our committ88 structure ha¥ t¢en in¢reased by or* from last yw the appointsw* ol Stepl•n
CampWI 18 alreèjy proving to ke a commrtted and Valuab￿ mpmber of BCWA committee.
Al members of tIE ¢ommrtte• w¢ a large amount of unpahl time and affort ￿t0 lh8 continuirvJ succ888
of BCWA aTrJ the asso￿ation Blso depe[￿5 upon support Of the local 9fouF* arKI of local
cxjmmunlty. The committea woukj ￿￿orne help frorn any PBW50ns willing to asist with thp runniry of
the Assouab"on on a voluntary, co-opted or full committee basis. Those ￿terested shoukl contact any
ofthe exBting eèmmitiee members. Membership ofth8 committee fort￿ year 202212023 stsnd8 at 9
mamt4rs. Our thanks aL80 go lo Iho8e who ryjrrènly help aThJ give their bme to the $ucces8 of thè
As305iatth, also to the lead8rs ￿ h81per8 of the user9roup5 WI￿ ¢¢￿InkX￿e to wr ¢ontJM4ed
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Our new cleaner, Vid(y Wight. ha¥ now teen in kx)st for nearfy 2 years and has 8ettk*J into th8 job aTrJ
is keerxng the standards hvJh. We also gN8 thanks to Nomia NoNdl and her husband Dave Nowll
o OVe￿e the dewing y0¢è$8 and for all trw do lo maintain the bu1￿1#g Misde anEI tsthsKIe.
Flnally. w• th•nk the cornmunlty group8Tr regular hall uMr• and BCWA m•mb•r• ¢ontln
to support u• •0 that evaryono can mako full u8• of ourfa¢lllti
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Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independeni Exarniner 5 Report
R•port to th•tVUBtM
BakwÈll COM[n￿n￿w8￿￿8 A65ouau
On accountsfortheyur
31d Marth 2023
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accwnis a¢¢C*d8￿ Ihe requKernents oflhe Chanlles kn12011
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I report in resperA of rnyexaminaoon ￿ Iho TtU8r'¥ accwnts carried out
undersection 145 af thp 2011 Act and in rAryng out my examIn8￿¢￿. I
h8¥e foHIMpd all thè BppkncBble DirectirJn$ giv$n bythe Chgrity CLVnmis￿c
undersethon 145(5Mbl of ihe Act.
Indw)endent
•¥qmln•rf5 8tst8ment I have c¢Jrnpthd myexamination. I confimi Ihal no m8lerfal mailern have
corneto my aitention In ¢onnt¢bon vllh the examiTralH)n vthich g￿eSme
¢8u$e lo bgb'eve Ihal in. any rnateri81 respect..
the ace￿n￿￿9 r￿dS V￿rE nDI in accordanEe wth secbon 130
of Ihe Charil¢s AL* or
the accounts did not2ttsyd w5th Ihe 8¢wunbng ￿r(W￿$.,
the accounts dld nDieomply Wth the 3pFth'(z￿8 requiretnents
pming thef￿n and (yJntsnl ofaccounls Set wt In the Charthes
(Acr￿unIS and Repr￿8) ReguLgllons 2008 oth¥ tr8n any ie4ukanent
Ihatthe ￿)un￿% a'iwe and far, wew%%thith ￿ not a maiter
C￿s￿er8d as partofan Independent exBmination.
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wrth the ex8min¥tion towhith attBnlion s￿d ￿ drawn in trms report in
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