RVHMC Deputy Chairman’s Report 2023
24/11/23
With the worst impact of Covid now hopefully behind us, the past year has seen a further small 5% uptick in the number of bookings over the previous year to 1[st] November, topping out at 507 separate events. The weekly classes & gatherings account for the majority of these booking and some have been very long standing so it’s great to see that the hall is still being used by a wide cross section of the local community.
Unfortunately the youth’s football booking was rather short lived, more down to the club’s arrangement with their league rather than anything that we had done wrong but it is still a shame the pitches remain dormant bar the occasional casual users. The field has been fully utilised during the summer months however, with the Autojumble and the revised format Country Market, the combination of which has proved very lucrative for the hall. The Autojumble seems to have benefited from the extra publicity through our re energised social media exposure and website as well as new roadside signs and of course word of mouth. We seem to be garnering quite a reputation for putting on a good show. Whilst we’d decided to simplify/reduce market stall holder charges, the broader offering of items for sale seems to have been popular with visitors as is the café and its infamous bacon baps, proof I think that the change in format was the right decision.
Stripping out the approx. £10,500 of grant money which has been secured, the income for the hall over this past year is pretty much on a par with 2021/2. There has been some project expenditure and other ancillary costs which have risen year on year but again, excluding the grant, the hall has still turned a profit of over £10,000. Our financial position therefore, is stronger still and we’re better prepared to weather any similar Covid type storm, all of which is only possible with the unfaltering input, month in, month out, of the committee members and supporters for which I’m truly thankful. This is a community asset and the funds generated are designed to be re-invested into improving the facilities for everyone in the village to benefit from.
The major project currently progressing to actual installation in the coming two or three months is the PV panel/battery array, fully funded through a variety of grants. These have been secured from both Botesdale & Rickinghall Parish Councils, the locality budgets of both District Councillors Gilly Morgan & Jessica Fleming, Mid Suffolk District Council, Suffolk County Council & the National Lottery. Coupled with the replacement of all of our now rather tired Velux windows, we hope this will enable us to ride out the huge spikes in electricity costs without having to impact hire charges for the foreseeable future, not forgetting of course the ‘green’ credentials that come with it. Installation of EV charging points is also a possibility in the coming year but I’d be keen to hear ideas from the wider community as to what other facilities people would like to see at the hall to make it even more of a useful hub for the village.
I’m confident of a successful 2024 and look forward to seeing the planned improvements to the hall facilities bear fruit for everyone.
Dominic Ebert
CHARITY (OMMISSION . ¥OR ENGLAND ANO WALES Recel and ccounts CC16a Forthe p•rfod 0111112022 To 31111J2Q23 Section A Receipts and payments Uhrestrld•d funds End Tcrtal lunds Last ytst A1 Re¢el Hjll 11.147 4•1 In)x AR) 41 41 170 1•7 Ra In 178 Irtsur 47¥ rt6A a13 413 ¥14 Sub Sub tolal IIA27 IOrO•pPaynwts8) A5 Translws bth•n knwjs Mcash knls last yar¥l 20.421 20,421 14292 78, 2QA21 74
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent oxanpinerfs report on the accpunts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trust• membor• ol Rlckinghall VIHage Hall On iccounts for the year 0ndod 31 October 2023 harfty no lrfanyl 1031 Set out on pi9es 1&2 I report to the tNstees on ry eyaminalion Qf the 8ccounls ofthe above chafity he Trust) forthe yèar ended 31 October 2022. ResponsibltIeS and ba$1$ of rnport As the ¢harftWs twslees. you are responslble for th8 preparation ofthe accounts in accordance wllh the requiremems of the Chaiilles Ad 2011 he I report in respeci of my examlnatlon of the Trusl's accounts carrfed out under section 145 of the 2011 Atx and In c4rrying out my examination, I have followed all the appllcable Diredions 9iven by the Charity Commlssion under secllon 145(5)(b) of the Independent I have COmeted rny eyAThHnation. I C(ffi that no matthial matters have •xaminef8 statement come to my attention in conneclion with th examination (oth8r Ihan that dlsclosed below.) which glves me cause t9, b81iew Ihat In. any material respeci: the accounting records were not képl in accordance th sadion 130 of the Charfties Act: or the accounts thd not accord w4th the pccounting records., or the accounts dFd nol comply with Ihelapplicable requirements Conceming the fomi and content of nts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations,2008 otherlhan any requirement that the accounts give a 'tNe and fair view which is not a matt consdered as part of an indepeTrJent examlnation. I have no concerns and have come acrops no other matters in c¢Mn8Ction wilh the examination to Twhich attention *Id be drawn in this report in orderto enable a pmper understsndlng ffthe accfjts to be reached. Slgned: 22r2r2024 Nam•: Jo Meekings R•lov4nt professlonal quallllcatlorfsl or body (If any): IFA FFTA Address: Oct 2018
Section B Disclosure Onty comwele if the examiner needs lo highlig I material matters of concem (see CC32. Indépendent exanMnalion of thartyiaeeounts: directlons and guidance for examlners). Give hero brlef detaus of any ttems that the examiner wlshes to dl$clo#. Oct 2018
CHARITY (OMMISSION . ¥OR ENGLAND ANO WALES Recel and ccounts CC16a Forthe p•rfod 0111112022 To 31111J2Q23 Section A Receipts and payments Uhrestrld•d funds End Tcrtal lunds Last ytst A1 Re¢el Hjll 11.147 4•1 In)x AR) 41 41 170 1•7 Ra In 178 Irtsur 47¥ rt6A a13 413 ¥14 Sub Sub tolal IIA27 IOrO•pPaynwts8) A5 Translws bth•n knwjs Mcash knls last yar¥l 20.421 20,421 14292 78, 2QA21 74
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period CategcrlÈs Detall$ fvmls lund8 Bl Cash funds 478 eB Ld Oetalls Dotalls B4 Aswts retalnod for th• ¢h4rWs own use Ad Details
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent oxanpinerfs report on the accpunts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trust• membor• ol Rlckinghall VIHage Hall On iccounts for the year 0ndod 31 October 2023 harfty no lrfanyl 1031 Set out on pi9es 1&2 I report to the tNstees on ry eyaminalion Qf the 8ccounls ofthe above chafity he Trust) forthe yèar ended 31 October 2022. ResponsibltIeS and ba$1$ of rnport As the ¢harftWs twslees. you are responslble for th8 preparation ofthe accounts in accordance wllh the requiremems of the Chaiilles Ad 2011 he I report in respeci of my examlnatlon of the Trusl's accounts carrfed out under section 145 of the 2011 Atx and In c4rrying out my examination, I have followed all the appllcable Diredions 9iven by the Charity Commlssion under secllon 145(5)(b) of the Independent I have COmeted rny eyAThHnation. I C(ffi that no matthial matters have •xaminef8 statement come to my attention in conneclion with th examination (oth8r Ihan that dlsclosed below.) which glves me cause t9, b81iew Ihat In. any material respeci: the accounting records were not képl in accordance th sadion 130 of the Charfties Act: or the accounts thd not accord w4th the pccounting records., or the accounts dFd nol comply with Ihelapplicable requirements Conceming the fomi and content of nts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations,2008 otherlhan any requirement that the accounts give a 'tNe and fair view which is not a matt consdered as part of an indepeTrJent examlnation. I have no concerns and have come acrops no other matters in c¢Mn8Ction wilh the examination to Twhich attention *Id be drawn in this report in orderto enable a pmper understsndlng ffthe accfjts to be reached. Slgned: 22r2r2024 Nam•: Jo Meekings R•lov4nt professlonal quallllcatlorfsl or body (If any): IFA FFTA Address: Oct 2018
Section B Disclosure Onty comwele if the examiner needs lo highlig I material matters of concem (see CC32. Indépendent exanMnalion of thartyiaeeounts: directlons and guidance for examlners). Give hero brlef detaus of any ttems that the examiner wlshes to dl$clo#. Oct 2018