Blandford Hall Trust
Annual report 2024/5
The internal refurbishment of the Blandford Hall was started in February 2025 to complete in April. A major project costing in excess of £130,000, it was made possible by a targeted fundraising campaign and the marshalling of skills and expertise in the Parish. £81,000 was raised from grants from external bodies. The rest was achieved through a sustained community effort involving donations and fundraising events. The Trustees are grateful to the many people in the Parish who participated.
We ended the year in a strong financial position. The refurbishment project was tightly managed to produce a small surplus, with which to kick start the next phase to build an external disabled access to the hall. Our strong reserves allow us to proceed in 2025 with repainting the outside of the hall and providing new notice boards. The high level of community use and participation in the hall provides ongoing income through hall hire, the 200 club and fundraising events.
Our purpose is to provide the hall and activities in line with our charitable objectives “..a Village Hall for the purpose of recreation entertainments and the like, conducive to the welfare education advantage and happiness of the inhabitants”. The regular events in the hall - Saturday coffee mornings, the Lunch Box, yoga and Friday evening meals - continue to be popular. Our strong links with the Church provides facilities for weddings, funerals and other events. Our aim, with the improved facilities, is for the hall to be more widely used for talks, exhibitions and other community activities.
I would like to thank the trustees and hall management committee for their commitment and support over the year.
John Butler Chair of Trustees
Blandford Hall Committee — Statement of Accounts
01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 YTD Mar 25
Trading
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|Revenue|2024/25|2024/25|Variance|2023/24|
|To|Date|Budget|
|Regular|Hall|Hire|1,323.75|1408|-84.25|1352.5|
|Occasional|Hall|Hire|1,443.00|916|527.00|909|
|Electricity|Coin|Meter|231.00|0|231.00|374.5|
|Equipment|Hire|11.00|140|-129.00|133|
|Fundraising|Events|1,286.90|825|461.90|655.2|
|Donations|272.86|320|-47.14|332.36|
|200|Club|0.00|
|Interest|NS|&|||35.22|5|30.22|
|Total|Revenue|4,603.73|3,614.00|989.73|3,756.56|
|Expenses|
|Electricity|9.27|580|=|-570.73|837.84|
|Water|Rates|67.62|50|17.62|47.2|
|Insurance|885.93|0|885.93|710.73|
|Internet|14.40|0|14.40|60.62|
|Sundry|95.56|300|-204.44|353.59|
|Repairs|&|Refurbishments|371.80|1375|-1,003.20|1645.61|
|Bank|charges|5.25|§:25|
|Warm|hub|costs|5.00|80|-75.00|
|Total|Expenses|1,454.83|2,385|-930.17|3,655.59|
|Net|Trading|Gain|3,148.90|1,229|1,919.90|100.97|
|200|Club|
|Monthly|income|to|date|2261.52|1970|291.52|2051|
|Prizes|-600.00|-550|-50.00|-550|
|Cleaning|&|Maint|-1392.50|-1400|7.50|-1410|
|0|
|Net surplus|on|200|Club|269.02|20|249.02|91.00|
|Warm|Hub|
|Opening|balance|862.96|
|Electricity|50|
|Catering|67.88|
|Equipment|742|
|Transfer|to|general|reserve|3.08|
|862.96|
|Balance|remaining|0.00|
|Refurbishment|Project|
|Specific|Donations|64991.21|10045.14|
|Expenditure|54859.54|4117.89|
|Net|expenditure|for year|10131.67|5927.25|
|Summary|of Reserves|and|advance|receipts|
|Totai|Generali|Refurb|200 Ciub|
|Reserves|Reserve|Reserve|Advance|
|Receipts|
|Opening|Balance|25,604.94|1892.63|23317.25|395.06|
|Surplus/(Deficit)|for year|13,549.59|3,148.90|10131.67|269.02|
|Income|Received|2,978.61|2,978.61|
|2024/25|Income|used|-2,261.52|-2,261.52|
|200|club|interest|13.63|13.63|
|Transfer|to|General|Reserve|0.00|269.02|-269.02|
|Transfer|to|Refurbishment|reserve|0.00|
|Closing|Reserves|and|advances|39,885.25|5,310.55|33,448.92|1,125.78|0.00|
|Located|
|Cash|591.80|
|Lloyds|Bank|39,293.45|
|Kitchen|Float|0.00|
|39,885.25|
|Approved:J Butler|Chair|f CaX|=|2S“Wg *|25|
|P Horley|Treasurer|fi.|vw|o.uK|
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ ; members of | Blandford Hall Committee On accounts for the year | 31° March 2025 Charity no | 1051101 ended (if any)
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| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2025.
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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’).
Independent examiner's statement
| 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, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
| 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.
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IER
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October 2018
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Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
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Blandford Hall Committee — Statement of Accounts
01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 YTD Mar 25
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|Trading|
|Revenue|2024/25|2024/25|Variance|2023/24|
|ToDate|Budget|
|Regular|Hall|Hire|1,323.75|1408|~84.25|1352.5|
|Occasional|Hall|Hire|1,443.00|916|527.00|909|
|Electricity|Coin|Meter|231.00|0|231.00|374.5|
|Equipment|Hire|11.00|140|-129.00|4133|
|Fundraising|Events|1,286.90|825|461.90|655.2|
|Donations|272.86|320|-47.14|332.36|
|200|Club|0.00|
|Interest|NS|&|||35.22|5|30.22|
|Total|Revenue|4,603.73|3,614.00|989.73|3,756.56|
|Expenses|
|Electricity|9.27|580|= -570.73|837.84|
|Water|Rates|67.62|50|17.62|47.2|
|Insurance|885.93|0|885.93|710.73|
|internet|14.40|0|14.40|60.62|
|Sundry|95.56|300|-204.44|353.59|
|Repairs|&|Refurbishments|371.80|1375|-1,003.20|1645.61|
|Bank|charges|5.25|§.25|
|Warm|hub|costs|5.00|80|-75.00|
|Total|Expenses|4,454.83|2,385|-930.17|3,655.59|
|Net Trading|Gain|3,148.90|1,229|1,919.90|100.97|
|200|Club|
|Monthly|income|to|date|2261.52|1970|291.52|2051|
|Prizes|-600.00|-550|-50.00|-550|
|Cleaning|&|Maint|-1392.50|-1400|7.50|-1410|
|0|
|Net surplus|on|200|Club|269.02|20|249.02|91.00|
|Warm|Hub|
|Opening|balance|862.96|
|Electricity|50|
|Catering|67.88|
|Equipment|742|
|Transfer to|general|reserve|3.08|
|862.96|
|Balance|remaining|0.00|
|Refurbishment|Project|
|Specific|Donations|64991.21|10045.14|
|Expenditure|54859.54|4117.89|
|Net|expenditure|for year|10131.67|5927.25|
|Summary|of Reserves|and|advance|receipts|
|Total|General|Refurb|200|Club|
|Reserves|Reserve|Reserve|Advance|
|Receipts|
|Opening|Balance|25,604.94|1892.63|23317.25|395.06|
|Surplus/(Deficit)|for year|13,549.59|3,148.90|10131.67|269.02|
|Income|Received|2,978.61|2,978.61|
|2024/25|Income|used|-2,261.52|-2,261.52|
|200|club|interest|13.63|13.63|
|Transfer|to|General|Reserve|0.00|269.02|-269.02|
|Transfer|to|Refurbishment|reserve|0.00|
|Closing|Reserves|and|advances|39,885.25|5,310.55|33,448.92|1,125.78|0.00|
|Located|
|Cash|591.80|
|Lloyds|Bank|39,293.45|
|Kitchen|Float|0.00|
|39,885.25|
|Approved:J Butler|Chair|ty Om(2|xk|a|25,4 g|25"|
|P Horley|Treasurer|fhe|f|,|y|
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