2024-12-31-accounts - Centro Social De Mayores (Social Centre For The Elderly)

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 01 2024 To 31 12 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name[CENTRO SOCIAL DE MAYORES (Social Centre for the ] Elderly)

Other names charity is known by SPANISH PENSIONERS CLUB

Registered charity number (if any) 1022299 A 317 PORTOBELLO ROAD LONDON Postcode W10 5SY ~~—~~

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
Maria C. Garrido Montoya	CHAIR	16/11/2024	Elected by members
2 José A. ReyLuhia	Vicepresident	16/11/2024	Elected bymembers
3 Julia Garcia Cobos	Secretary	16/11/2024	Elected bymembers
4 Ana M. Delgado	Vocal	16/11/2024	Elected bymembers
5 Pilar Lopez Castro	Vocal	17/02/2018	Elected bymembers
6 Isidro Rodriguez	Vocal	16/11/2024	Elected bymembers
7 Jose B. Sachocos	Vocal	09/11/2013	Elected bymembers
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

CONSTITUTION OF THE CLUB

How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

ASSOCIATION

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

ELECTED BY MEMBERS IN FEBRUARY’S ASSEMBLEY EVERY 2 YEARS

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

The Board of Directors (Trustees) is the highest executive body of the Social Centre for the Elderly in between assemblies and its functions are:

To agree the operational Internal Regulations of the Centre, this should later be put through the next following AGO.
To promote and conduct activities in the Centre.
To execute the decisions taken by the General Assembly.
To manage the patrimony of the Centre.
To run the admission of new members and sanctioning regime.
To apply for grants from the public administrations in order to carry out the activities at the Centre.
The subscriptions of agreements of collaboration with other social or institutional organizations.
To maintain institutional relationships with other Spanish and British Administrations and with other centres and associations United Kingdom.
To contribute to the welfare by offering services of social and cultural character.

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The

To serve as a social centre for all the elderly Spanish citizens en United Kingdom.
To contribute to the welfare by offering services of social and cultural character.
To favour solidarity between its members as the best way to fight against solitude and lack of adjustments in sometimes hostile surrounding due to the foreign of the language and lack of relatives, etc.
To ensure that the elderlies are aware of the services and benefits available to them.
To request from the government financial and technical help needed to achieve the above mentioned objectives.
To arrange agreements of collaborations with other organizations when these could positively affect the quality of the life of the elderly.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

. To serve as a Centre point for all elderly Spanish Citizens in the United Kingdom. . To contribute to their welfare by offering services of social and cultural character. . To favour solidarity between its members as the best way to fight against solitude and lack of adjustment in sometimes hostile surroundings due to the foreign of the language, be short of relatives, tec. . To ensure that the elderly is aware of the services and benefits available for them. . To request from the public administration, the financial and technical help needed to achieve the above mentioned objectives. . To arrange agreements of collaborations with other organizations when these could positively affect the quality of life of the elderly.

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Weekly Keep Fit Classes.
Monthly Dancing Classes.
Weekly Language and Literacy Sessions.
Weekly Computer Skill Classes.
Weekly Art and Crafts Classes.
Daily use of Library of the Centre

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Daily activities to encourage social interaction, cards, ames, dominoes, etc.
Weekly workshops for the use of mobile phones.
Talks on different subjects.
General Help and Advice.
Cultural Visits.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

All the Members of the Board of Directors are volunteers.
All the staff who runs the coffee shop are volunteers.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main Consolidation of the premises and the full running of activities. achievements of the charity during the year

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
The principal, source of funds for our Centre for the year 2024 have been the Spanish Government and the Centre fundraising. That catered for most of the expenses.
The members contributed with a £25.00 annual subscription fee.

We organised some events to raise funds.

investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Maria C. Garrido Montoya	Jose A. Rey Luhia
	Chair	Vice-president
	28thOctober 2025
	28thOctober 2025

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of CENTRO SOCIAL DE MAYORES (SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY) On accounts for the year ended 2024 Charity no (if any) 1022299 Set out on pages (remember to include the page numter£ of il ddstional sheel'-I I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust") for the year ended 31112 12024. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 12.12.2025 Name: JEFF GOUMAL Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): F.M.A.A.T Address: 3 VVEDMORE STREET LONDON N194RU IER October 2018