2023-12-31-accounts

Charity Numkr. 1011698 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Charlty Number. 1011698 5ErnNGTON AND DOWNSVIEW C£IMMUNITY A5soaAI]ON 14 Independent Examlnees Report Income and Expenditure Report

SErtlN6foN AND tKMNSVIEW COMMUNttY ASSO(MnON •• FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31" DECEMBER 2023 The Tnth are pleased to present their reporttopthwwith the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31" 2023. ADM NISTrATIVE Charity re8Sstrakn number. I￿1698 princlple address The Commurfty Centre Stonecross Lea U)atham MES OBL D￿tt Chalmian M Fletcher VI￿ Chalrnian Secretsry Treasurer A Osborn• Accountants Allurkcountsncy Umlted 18 Motnry Hlll Road Ralnham, Kent ME8 Bankers Uoyds Bank Vlctorja, London {onllne) The Charfty Is an unlncorporated assodation Y￿ned thnstftutbn adopted on Ilth December 1973 and amended in A￿1 21N)3.

FOR.ThE YEAR ENDING 31-"DECÈMBER.2025 A cou￿1 ts ele(ed annualty. ty mwnbers at.the ann￿1 pneral The Cound may onornry offlc•rs ofthe thar Itrust￿&8r0 awarn ofthe need to remaln up to dat¢ whh thdr rn5poMkn" and curr d￿lop￿￿ts cl sethy. The polky 8ew•l man•gemttof# cw ts dtreL￿ tyth• (Thmdl. T￿.￿mary￿nIxon Is to erour• thrtthe (Mununlty centre ts usedty acNev8the chafftfs Obj¢th￿ They meetnot thenfour tlmes a year. and sy#wni or proc¢dur¢s hm been ¢Stab￿h•d to man¥ethtsse rfsk& The obje• ofthe drfty arnts: Promote the b•nefftof th• trthaknnts of the local ￿te$ 8ndsufroundln8area5 wtthout dlsuncrion of polltlcal r¢ll8lous or otheroplnlom bya550daUry¥ voluntsry Of8anlsatlons and Inhabltants kn a 0)M￿ effort tp thano edu¢atlpn.andto Prn￿def4dlltle5 In the ImiThirry the conthlions of KfEforsW Inhalthnts

5ErnNGfON AND DOWNSVIEW COMMUNrrY AssoaATION TRUStEES REPOKf (CONTINUED) FOR ThE YEAR ENDING 31Sf DE(EMBER 2023 Al To athleve these objethes the tharlty has built a commurdtycentre whlth Is used by a wdrlety of lotal organisations for a differi￿ range of actlvitiel The coundl take all reasonable precautlons to ensurethat the communtty centre ts ￿11 malntslned and safe for all to us& There are currenty no ma￿r rlsksto the th• The coundl alm to contlnue the usa8e of thefadllty by a range of duts and OfWtsaUons whkh meet the necessary crlterla. The councll wlll ajntlnue to encourage thesodal usage by providin8 soclal events for all local re51dents that meet the nece55ary ulterla. The coundl Intend to proceed with Improvementsto the bulldlng kn orderth modernlse and make the fadfrtles more aestheticalty pleasln& FIN REVI The Ino)me from vse of the hall In 2023 stands at £25.91& Thls was thanks in part to several grdnts made avallable due to the pandemlG Charftable expendlture on the communlty centre wa5 £22.760. due In part to Improvements made on the centre to modernlse and brln8 In Ilne wlth ¢UTrem le8lslatlons as well as makln8 sure the hall was compllarrt wlth all leglslatlon regardingthe on8oln8 Covid pandemlc At the end of 2023 there h•s been an Increase In 8enernl undeslgnated funds to £54.661. The trustee5 have deterMIr￿ the level of Income reseThes whlth 5t Fs approprlate to malntaln In order to meet Its needs effectl*ly as one yearfs tosts of provWlng the communlty centre. Thls ts In the regkn of £25,(XXI. The assodation had thts offunds atthe yearer￿. Pa8e 3

TRUSTEES REPORTI(DffllNUED FORIHE YE4R ENDING 31W DECEMBER 2023 statemrts hreath fInanC￿ yearwhlch ts a tn￿ andfalr vlew of the tharws finandal ard￿leS durlwthe ￿•r and of ltsfinanda the end oftt*ye¥. tnprepa'rkw flnandal slatements amirncy. the fln•thi P05111onof the charfty, and whlth enable them to ascertaln the ftnandal pothn ofthe indwhlth •nththem toenmttAtthefirwicfal statements cornpjy wfth appllth law and the pvttnmatthapnatt. Thry we•&0 rnsponth for safe8uardlngthe assets of the charfty and helKe fortaklrf I￿80nal￿¢ stepsTorthe We￿n￿On and deteetkn of

SErnN6foN AND DOWNSVIEWCOMMUNIIY AS9)t)ATK)N FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DE￿MBER 2023 Reportlng the ac¢wnts fwthe yearended 31 December2023 set out on page & RESPEcllvE RESPONSIBiimES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER The ch8rltr/s tnJstees are responslble forthe Preparati￿ ofthe accounts. The tharlvs trustees cansiderthat an audlt ts not requlred {undersothi 144 (2) of the (￿rftlesAct 2011) and that an independerrt examinatkm ts requlred. It Is my responslblllty to: . &xamlne the accounts undersectlon 145 of the 2011Act .tofollow the I￿O￿dureS lald down In thè General Directl￿ Oven by the awlty c{xtu￿ (undersectlon 145 of the 2011 A . to state whether partkujar rrtatteTS have come to nyy attenkn. BASIS OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT My exomlnatlon was carrfed out In accorda￿ vAth the Gener41 Dlrectlons 8fven bv the tharlty Commls510Th An examlnatlon Indudes a revlew of the accounilng records kept bythe charlty and a compari50n of the accounts presented wjth those records. It also Indudes conslderation of any unusual l*ms or dlxlosure5 In the accounts. and seekln8 explanatloTrs from you as trustees o)ncernln8 any suth matters. The Pr￿edureS undertaken do not provlde all the evidence that would be requlred In an audi¢ and consequently I do not express an audlt oplnion on the view ven by the accoun INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS sfATEMEKr In connectlon wlth my examirmtlon, M matter has cm to my attentton: (l) whkh ths me reason￿le ouse to believe thaL in any rnaterial respe4 the Tequlrements . to keep accountlng records In accordan￿ wlth Seth 130 ofthe 2011 A¢ and .to prepare accounts whlch accord wlth the acC￿ntk4 recryts and to complywlth the accountlng requlrements of the 2011 A hav• not been metr or (2) to Wh1￿ In my oplnlon, attentknb slKMJld be dravm In orderto enable a proper understandlng of the acc￿nts to be reathed. Alfur Accountsncy Llmlted 18 Motney Hlll Road Ralnham Kent ME871Z Pa8e S