A1 Recalpts Bank interest Banking Differences CV Membership & Welghts Room Grants/Donations Granta - Give to Cricket Club Sundry Receipts Corporate & Private Booldngs, User Groups & Bingo Employment Alowance Kitchen Adull Activites Sub total A2 Anset and investmant sales, etc. Total receipts A3 Payments Consumables & Activities Insurance Kitchen & Bar Expenses Legal & Professional Licences Light, Heat & Water Miscellaneous Inc Travel Printing, Postage & Stationery Repairs Clesning Salaries, Wages & Sessional Staff Pensions Telophone & Internet Bank Charges, Interest and Arrangement Feas Donation - Cricket Cłub Banking Differences Sub total At Asset and Investment purchases, etc. Total payments Not of recalple/(paymanta) AS Transfera batorean funde As Cash Funde lant yoar and Cash funda thie year and South Hotton & District Community Assoctation For the perlod from Recepts and payments accounts 1st April 2024 To Unrestricted funds to the nearest Restricted funde to the nearest E 61,420 1,000 Endowment funde to the nearest 1037372 31at March 2025 Total funds to the newest 750 403 Last year to the nearest E 74 68,557 3,578 3,278 22,613 3,420 1,157 9,211 1,503 6,884 1,070 14,189 539 747 86 109 68,844 68,644 813 1,724 72,402 71,001 52,420 $2,420 1,417 5,000 17,327 26,400 1,000 51,144 • 51,144 1,276 1,724 3,000 page 1 121,077 4,095 3,278 22,013 3,420 1,187 14,211 58 1,503 24,211 1,070 40,589 539 747 80 1,000 109 119,788 $8,001 9,273 2,943 17,648 1,880 22,361 1,043 1,872 4,039 515 35,173 291 788 97,510 119,789 2,189 T2,402 74,501 87,516 488 71,916 72,402
Calegerie: B1 Cash funds Virgin Money Bank Virgin Money Bank (Bar Cash in Hand Virgin Monay Bank (Robin Took Contre) Scottish Widows Total cash funds (agree calances win receipts and payments accounts)) Data tr Unrestricted funds to nearest E 3,322 5,361 42 24,776 38,090 71,501 Unrestricted fund to nearest E B2 Other monetary assets Fund to which asset belongs B3 Investment assets Fund to which asset belongs B4 Assots retalned for the charity'& own use Fund to which llabllity relates Detalls B5 Liabilites Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature page 2 Restricted funds to nearest E 3,000 Endowment funda to nearest E 3,000 OK Restricted _funds to nearest E Endowment funds to nearest E Cost (optional) Current value (optional) Cost (optional) Current value (optional) Amount due (optional) When due (optional) Prink Nama Carol Charter Date of approval echares
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees' Annual Report for the period From 1 April 2024 Period start date To 31 March 2025 Period ond date Charity name: South Hetton & District Community Association Charity registration number: 1037372 Objectives and Activities SORP reference Summary of the purposes of | Para 1.17 the charity as set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the P. 18 1.17 and To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of South Hetton and the neighbourhood defined by the Local Authority by associating together the said inhabitants and local authority, voluntary and other organisations in common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupations with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. To establish or secure the establishment of a Community Centre and maintain and manage the same (whether alone or in co-operation with local authority or other person or body) in furtherance of these objectives. The facility managed by the Association (the Robin Todd Community Centre) continues to offer a wide range of activities and services to the local community such as, East Durham Credit union and Innovations who have themselves provided much needed services to the Community. The facility continues to be used by Local, Regional & National Organisations. In planning these activities, we kept in mind the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit at our Trustees meetings. The focus of any event or activity is to ensure the provision of benefit to the participant by way of developing self confidence and social skills alongside life skills. their personal
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public Para 1.18 We welcome all of the community regardless of their personal background, faith, gender or personal circumstances and we believe this openness to all enriches everyone through the sharing of skills, aptitudes and life experiences of all of our users and volunteers. Additlonal information (optlonal) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Contribution made by volunteers Para 1.38 Other Achievements and Performance | SORP reference Summary of the main chievements of the charity dentifying the difference the the dicumstances or de to beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. Para 1.20 During this financial year we have been extremely fortunate to receive a generous amount of help and funding from a variety of sources to continue our work within South Hetton. This has allowed us to have achieved great success in supporting the most vulnerable in our community and hope to continue our work into the future with the continued support of our funders. The year in question saw growth and expansion in the range of activities, events and services that South Hetton & District CA both offered and hosted as well as essential maintenance to the building to allows us to continue to provide these activities, events and services.
As always we hope to continue our work within the community and support all our members and residents of South Hetton. Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1,41 Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 Other
Financial Review Review of the charity's Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in deficit Explanation of any Para 1.24 Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern Additional informatlon (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts: Type of governing document Para 1.25 (trust deed, royal charter) How is the charity Para 1.25 constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) Trustee selection methods Para 1.25 including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled 1o appoint one or more I trustees Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity is governed by it's constitution which was adopted on 1-March 1982, and subsequently amended as of 18t December South Hetton & District Community Association is an unincorporated Charity The Trustees are appointed or re-appointed annually at the Annual General Meeting. The charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works Para 1.51 Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other Reference and Administrative details Charity name South Hetton & District Community Association Other name the charity uses Registered charity number 1037372 Charity's principal address The Robin Todd Centre Front Street South Hetton Postcode DH6 2TH
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Trustee name Office (if any) Carol Charters Chairperson Julie Todd Treasurer Christopher Baird Trustee Robert Dorn Trustee Karl Wass Trustee Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person for body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 = 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Corporate trustees - names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity Trustee name Dates acted If not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the asset: held in this capacit Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details Other optional information
Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) ichanters Full name(s) (1) Carol Charters Position (eg Secretary, Chairperson Chair, etc Date 13/1/2026
INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION - CHARITABLE COMPANY The purpose of this schedule and the Standard Terms of Business is to set out the basis on which we are to act as accountant and advisors to the charity in respect to the independent examination you have requested us to carry out and to clarify our respective responsibilities in respect of that work. Our firm will act as independent examiners with AssurancePrincipal+ acting as the Independent examiner. As this is a continuing service, we will remain responsible for your Independent examination. Your responsibilities as trustees/directors 1.1 Our independent examination will be conducted on the basis that you acknowledge and understand that you have responsiblity: (a) ta prepare financial statements for each financial year that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the Incoming resources and application of resources of the charitable company for that perlad. As directors/trustees, you must not approve the financial statements unless you are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the assets, llablities, financial position and surplus or deficit of the charitable company; (b) in preparing those financial statements, to: (i) select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently: {i) make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and () prepare the finandal statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue In operation; (c) for keeping adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensurethat the financia! statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), the relevant SORP, and applicable UK accounting standards. You are also responsible for such Interna' control as you determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financal statements that arefreefrom material misstatement whether due to fraud or error; and for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps to ensure the charitable company's activitles are conducted honestly and for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 1.2 As trustees of the charitab'e company, you have a duty under the CA 2006 to prepare a directors' report for each financial year and also an annual report complying in Its form and content with regulations made under the Charities Act 2011 (ChA 2011). You should also have regard to the relevant Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charities (the Charities SORP), published jointly by the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, and any subsequent amendments or variations to this statement. 1.3 1.4 In addition to the general duties of directors specified In the CA 2006 $170-177, you are responsible for ensuring that the charitable company complies with laws and regulations applicable to its activities, and for establishing arrangements designed to prevent any non-compliance with laws and regulations and to detect any that occur. You are also responsible for determining whether, in respect of the year, the charity meets the conditions for exemption from an audit set out in the Cha 2011 and the CA 2006, namely that: (a) no notice has been received from the Charity Commission requiring an audit; (b) no notice has been received from the members requiring an audit; (e) the charity's gross income in the current year is not more than E1m; (d) where gross income exceeds £250,000, the charity's gross assers do not exceed €3.25m; and (e) the charity is not ineligible for audit exemption under the CA 2006. 1.5 The exemption from audit is avallable onty if you, as director/trustees, sign a dedaration on the balance sheet stating that: (a) for the year in question, the company is eligible to take advantage of the audit exemptions; (b) the members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its finandal statements for the year in accordance with the CA 2006, 5476; and (c) you acknowledge your obligations for complying with the requirements of the CA 2006 with respect to accounting records and preparation of financial statements. 1.6 The availability of the exemption from an audit of the financial statements is conditional upon your causing an independent examiners' report to be prepared in respect of the financial statements in accordance with the ChA 2011, 5145. You are responsible for deciding whether that report shall be made and for appolnting us as reporting accountants to make that report to the trustees of the charity. 1.7 If gross income falls to £25,000 or less for the year, then, provided the other criteria set out above are met, you will need neither an audit nor an independent examiner's report. 1.7 If gross income falls to E25,000 or less for the year, then, provided the other criteria set out above are met, you will need neither an audit nor anindependent examiner's report. 1.B You have undertaken to make avallable to us, as and when required, all the charity's accounting records and related financial information, including minutes of management and members' meetings, necessary to carry out our work. You will make full disclosure to us of all relevant Information. 2 Our responsiblities as independent examiners 2.1 We shall plan our work on the basis that an independent examiner's report is required for the year, unless you inform us in writing that either: (a) the charity requires an audit of the financial statements; or (b) the charity requires nelther an audit nor an independent examiner's report. 2.2 Should you instruct us to carry out an audit, then the terms of that assignment will be dealt with in a new engagement letter. Shoult you inform us that the charity requires neither an audit nor an independent examiner's report, then we shall have no responsibilities to the charity, except those specifically agreed upon between us in respect of other professional services. 2.3 As independent examiners, we have a statutory responsibility to report to the members of the charity whether, in our opinion, there is reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect: (a) adequate accounting records have not been kept, contrary to the requirements of the CA 2006; (b) the financial statements do not agree with those accounting records; or (c) the financial statements do not comply with any of the accounting requirements specified in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (SI 200B/629), Regulation 4 (or 5 for common investment funds or common deposit funds) and applicable UK accounting standards, except to the extent necessary to show a true and fair view.
2.4 2.5 Should our work Indicate that the charity is not entitled to exemption from an audit of the financial statements then we will inform you. In such circumstances, we will not issue any report and will withdraw from the engagement to prepare an independent examiner's report, notifying you in writing of the reasons. In these circumstances, If appropriate, we will discuss with you the possibility of appointing us as auditors. We have a professional responsiblity not to allow our name to be associated with financial stasements that are, or may be, misleading. Therefore, although we are not required to search for such matters. should we become aware, for any reason, that the financial statements are, or may be, misleading, if the matter cannot be adequately deak with by means of qualifying our opinion for by other appropriare modifications of the report), we will not issue any report. In such dircumstances, we will withdraw from the engagement, and will notify you in writing of the reasons. In these circumstances you agree that we have a right to invoice you for our time spent examining the financial statements and for time spent on any other work that is not completed as a result of our resignation. 2.6 to you to fetter this discretion in any manner. Scope of independent examination 2.7 purpose of our report. 2.8 2.9 you orally during the course of our work. Our work as independent examiners will not be an audit of the financial Accordingly, we will not obtain any independent evidence relating to entries in the accounting records, or to the amounts or disclosures in he financial statements. Consequently our work as Independent examiners will not provide any assurance that the accounting records or the financial statements are free from material misstatement whether caused by fraud, other Irregularity or error. 2.10 Because we will not carry out an audit, nor otherwise confirm the accuracy or reasonableness of the accounting, records maintained by the charity, we will be unable to provide any assurance as to whether the financial statements that we prepare from those records give a true and fair view.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees/ members of South Hetton and District Community Association On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 Charity no (if any) 1037372 Set out on pages 1-2 (rementler 1o include the page numbers of addilio a! sheets I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 31st March 2024 . 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. Independent examiner's statement 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 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. Date: 14 January 2026 Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Joanne Regan FCA Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Bede House 3 Belmont Business Park Durham DH1 1TW IER 1 October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32 Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance fol examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER 2 October 2018