## **BULWARK COMMUNITY CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT TO TRUSTEES FOR THE AGM 9[th] October 2023** This has been a momentous year for the Bulwark Community Centre with a successful application to the Lottery Community Fund for a grant of £99500 and support funding from Chepstow Town Council, enabling us to carry out extensive refurbishment works to greatly improve the accessibility of the Centre, including a new front entrance, accessible toilets (including a hoist and an adult changing table, improvements to the acoustics and the widening of doorways throughout the Centre). A highly successful re-launch event attracted large numbers of Centre Users, local business and political leaders. We are already seeing increased interest from the community in accessing the new facilities and are hopeful that we will again see an increase in rentals. Our submission to the Lottery Fund provided details of four outcomes:- 1. To improve opportunities for local children to participate in a holiday playscheme including those with additional and complex needs. 2. To increase the number of families cooking freshly prepared meals from home produce as a result of providing a community garden and cookery courses 3. To provide a consultation space for one to one consultations. 4. To make the Community Centre accessible and relevant to all members of the community. We believe that in carrying out the re-furbishment programme we have strengthened our links with the community in continuing to provide a valuable resource for groups and individuals for social, educational, and recreational purposes ## **On behalf of the Bulwark Community Centre Management Trust.** ## **T.M.Wood (Secretary and Treasurer)** ## **October 2023** |**BULWARK COMMUNITY CENTRE ACCOUNTS**|**BULWARK COMMUNITY CENTRE ACCOUNTS**|**BULWARK COMMUNITY CENTRE ACCOUNTS**|**BULWARK COMMUNITY CENTRE ACCOUNTS**|**BULWARK COMMUNITY CENTRE ACCOUNTS**|**BULWARK COMMUNITY CENTRE ACCOUNTS**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**FINANCIAL YEAR 1ST JUNE 2022 TO 31ST MAY 2023**||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |**INCOME**|||||**EXPENDITURE**|||||| |||||||||||| |**Grants**||||||||||| |**Chepstow Town Council**|||**15575**|||||||| |**Lottery Fund**|||**57015**|||||||| |**Total Grants**||||**72590 **|**refurbishment(building costs)**||||**47065**|| |**Rentals**||||**15958 **|**Wages**||||**16072**|| |**café cash**||||**1699 **|**consultancy fees**||||**14285**|| ||||||**Utilities**||||**4956**|| |**Charity Fund Interest**||||**327 **|**Maintenance**||||**2368**|| |**Other income**||||**200 **|**Insurance**||||**1522**|| ||||||**Rates**||||**1222**|| ||||||**Events**||||**517**|| ||||||**Other expense**||||**330**|| ||||||**Surplus for theyear**||||**2437**|| |||||||||||| |||||**90774**|||||**90774**|| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |**Balance brought forward**|||||||||**51689**|| |**Plus surplus for theyear**|||||||||**2437**|| ||||||||||**54126**|| |**Represented by**||||||||||| |**Charity Fund Investment Ac**|||||||||**14000**|| |**Lloyds "Saving Account" ****|||||||||**35694**|| |**current account**|||||||||**4432**|| |||||||||||| ||||||||||**54126**|| |****Lloyds Saving Account( includes funding for future refurbishment costs)**||||||||||| |||||||||||| |**b/fwd from 2022**|||||||||**29002**|| |**Interest**|||||||||**79**|| |**transferred from current account (net)**|||||||||**6613**|| ||||||||||**35694**|| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |**TMW 2004**||||||||||| |||||||||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the aGGounts Section A Independent Examinef 5 Report Rèport to the tr￿tee81 rnembers of BULWARK COMMUNtrY CENTRE MANAGEMENT TRUST On accourts for the year ended 31ST MAY 2023 ChaTIty no 111￿y) 1048141 Sgt ￿tI)n pa￿5 I repDrt to Ihe trustees on my examln811on ofthe &r￿U￿￿ of the above chwty IlheTrust"I for the yearended I I I ti f J i o 1.4 Rosponsibilities and A5 the tharty IruBtees of the Twsl. you are reSp)nSts￿ forthe preparatio basis of rowi ofthe accounts in attrydanee wth Ihe reqU￿mentS of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe Acri. 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