## BRANDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ## FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 20 APRIL 2025 CHARITY NO. 1041442 ## BRANDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ## FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 20 APRIL 2025 ## INDEX TO ACCOUNTS ||Page| |---|---| |Trustees’ Report|1-3| |Report ofthe Independent Examiner|4| |Receiptsand Payments Account|5| |StatementofAssetsandLiabilities|6| ## BRANDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ## TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT ## FOR THE YEAR ENDED 20 APRIL 2025 The Trustees are pleased to present their report, together with the financial statements for the year ended 20 April 2025. ## REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION Brandon Community Association is a registered charity, number 1041442. ## Address of Charity 51 Pinewood Drive Brandon IP27 OHG Trustees A Norton (Chairman) D Williams (Treasurer) S Price J Challiss D Palmer ## Independent Examiner Jamie Norton FCCA Lovewell Blake LLP First Floor Suite 2 Hillside Business Park Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7EA Page 1 ## BRANDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ## TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 20 APRIL 2025 ## STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The Charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, which was initially set up in the 1970’s and later registered on 18 October 1994. Trustees are representatives of the local groups that support our aims (they are usually groups ‘chair’ or ‘treasurer’) and are all local. The Trustees are all volunteers and receive no income from the charity. The charity receives signed confirmation that the Trustees are willing to act and abide by all the conditions set by the Charity Commission. The Trustees continue to monitor the progress of Brandon Community Association and have held various meetings during the year. The Chair and Treasurer hold monthly face to face meetings to sign off any financial payments. The Trustees are seen or telephoned to update them. The Charity has appointed another Trustee and are looking for other suitable people to join. The Trustees confirm that there were no related party transactions during the year. ## PUBLIC BENEFIT The Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. They confirm that in planning and carrying out the Charity’s activities they have had regard to this guidance. ## OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES - e To provide help and support for the vulnerable and elderly in the local area. - e Tocontinue to raise funds to support the Day Care Centre in providing care for their vulnerable and elderly clients. - e To provide free transport for the Day Care Centre’s clients. ## ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE The Charity shop is going from strength to strength and is well supported by the local community with donations and purchases. The Charity has again contributed £25,000 to Empanda in support of their vital work at the Day Care Centre, where attendances have continued to increase. The Charity still maintains the 2 minibuses that provide free transport to the centre and are looking at purchasing a 3 minibus to provide more cover for transporting clients to the centre. The Charity has quarterly meetings with Empanda to keep up to date with their progress in supporting the elderly and vulnerable in the local area. Page 2 ## BRANDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ## TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 20 APRIL 2025 The Association finances and commitments have been reported to the Trustees at the AGM, and they have adopted the Chairman’s annual report and the audited financial statement of accounts. Our balances remain in a healthy position, and we have funds in reserve for any emergency. ## FINANCIAL REVIEW The Charity’s principal sources of funding are: - e Shop income - e Grant income - e Bank interest The Charity’s main expenses are wages, motor vehicle costs, shop running costs and rent. The total receipts amounted to £95,624 and, after payments of £92,236, the net receipts for the period amounted to £3,389. The Trustees consider the year end financial position to be satisfactory and confirm that the Charity can meet all known obligations. ## Reserves At the year end, the Charity’s bank balances totalled £35,940 and together with current and fixed assets of £20,867 and deduction of current liabilities of £1,044 there were positive reserves of £55,763. ## There were unrestricted funds amounting to £55,763. The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ Report above. Signed on behalf of the Charity’s Trustees: A Norton (Chairman) D Williams (Treasurer) Date: 10 October 2025 Date: 10 October 2025 Page 3 ## INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF ## BRANDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION | report to the Charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 20 April 2025 which are set out on pages 5 and 6. ## Responsibilities and basis of report As the Charity’s Trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the ‘Act’). | report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination | have followed all the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145 (5) (b) of the Act. ## Independent examiner’s statement | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. Accounting records were not held in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. The accounts do not accord with those records. | have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be draft in this respect in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Jamie Norton FCCA Independent Examiner Lovewell Blake LLP Chartered Accountants First Floor Suite 2 Hillside Business Park Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7EA Date: 28 October 2025 Page 4 ## Brandon Community Association ## Receipts and Payments Account For the Year Ended 20 April 2025 ## eee ||2025|2025|2024| |---|---|---|---| ||Unrestricted|Total|Total| ||Funds|Funds|Funds| ||£|£|£| |Receipts|||| |Shop income|95,447|95,447|85,183| |Bank interest|177|177.|160| |Total receipts|95,624|95,624|85,343| |Payments|||| |Rent|14,500|14,500|14,500| |Utilities|6,431|6,431|6,451| |Wages and pension costs|27,408|27,408|22,079| |Insurance|605|605|235| |Card charges|1,174|1,174|1,008| |Shop expenses|3,651|3,651|4,946| |Empanda / Orbit|25,000|25,000|50,000| |Fuel|3,231|3,231|4,365| |Minibus insurance|2,743|2,743|3,024| |Motor repairs|5,387|5,387|3,196| |Miscellaneous|-|-|100| |Accountancy|2,070|2,070|1,500| |Professional fees|35|35|we»| |Total Payments|92,235|92,235|111,439| |Netreceipts/(payments)|3,389|3,389|(26,096)| |Cash funds at20 April 2024|32,551|32,551|58,647| |Cashfundsat20April2025|35,940|35,940|32,551| Page 5 ## Brandon Community Association ## Statement of Assets and Liabilities For the Year Ended 20 April 2025 aa ||2025|2025|2024| |---|---|---|---| ||Unrestricted||| ||Funds|Total Funds|Total Funds| ||£|£|£| |Cash Funds|||| |Current account|3,958|3,958|2,713| |Tracker account|4,401|4,401|8,285| |Shopaccount|13,271|13,271|10,943| |General account|10,139|10,139|6,500| |BPAaccount|4,171|4,171|4,110| |Total cash funds|35,940|35,940|32,551| |Assetsretained forcharity’sown use||CurrentValue|CurrentValue| |||£|£| |Minibuses|20,867|20,867|27,823| |Total assets retained forcharity'sown use|20,867|20,867|27,823| |Liabilities|||| |Independent Exam|1,044|1,044|972| |Empanda|-|=|ee| ||1,044|1,044|972| These financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 10 October 2025 and are signed on their behalf by: A Norton (Chairman) D Williams (Treasurer) Page 6