NOTLEY GREEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TRUSTEE’S REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2023
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## Notley Green Community Association Contents of the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 July 2023
Page 1 General Information
Page 2 Trustees Report
Page 3 Trustees Responsibilities
Page 4 Independent Examiner’s Report
Page 5 Statement of Financial Activities
Page 6 Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2023
Page 7 Notes to the Financial Statements
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## Notley Green Community Association Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 July 2023
|Charity Registration Number|1058443|
|---|---|
|President|KYap|
|Chairman|RogerSmith (appointed 6.11.23)|
|Treasurer|C Crick|
|Trustees|B Cassidy|
||M Cave|
||C Crick|
||D Neave|
||R Smith|
||KYap|
||Y Frattaroli (resigned 6.11.23)|
||RogerSmith (appointed 6.11.23)|
|Independent Examiner|RonaldW Chivers & Co|
|Bankers|HSBC plc|
||Great Square|
||Braintree|
||Essex|
||CM77UE|
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Notley Green Community Association
Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 July 2023
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The trustees present their annual report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 July 2023. The accounts comply with the current statutory requirements and with the requirements of the SORP.
## Constitution
The charity was constituted on 1 February 1996 and is governed by a definitive Trust Deed and rules dated 16 February 1996 as amended on 7 January 1999, 6 January 2000 and 23rd January 2023.
The trust is registered as a Charity, under number 1058443.
## Objectives
The purpose of the charity is to establish or secure the establishment of a community centre for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish of Great Notley, and to promote other charitable purposes as required.
## Activities
The Association has continued to expand its membership during the year.
## Results
The results for the year are set out in the statement of financial activities on page 5.
These show the Association received income of £182,411 and had expenditure of £202,210.
## Trustees
The Trustees of the fund throughout the past year are shown on page 1. Additional trustees can be appointed by the existing trustees. The General Committee consists of the trustees, the Charity’s administrative officers (nonvoting), section representatives, and representatives from local authorities and affiliated organisations.
B cassidy. eae C My
Date 24 April 2024
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## Notley Green Community Association Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 July 2023
## Under the Charities Act 1993, the Trustees are required to:
- Keep proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity;
- To prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of the Charity’s affairs and of its surplus or deficit for the year and comply with the regulations made by the Secretary of State.
In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- " Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
- = Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
- State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements, and whether the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting for Charities, issued by the Charity Commission
- "Prepare the financial statements on the ongoing concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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## Notley Green Community Association Independent Examiner's Report to The Trustees of Notley Green Community Association For the Year Ended 31 July 2023
We report on the accounts of the trust for the year ended 31 July 2023 as set out on pages 5 and 6.
## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts: you consider that the audit requirement of section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) does not apply. It is our responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act. whether particular matters have come to our attention.
## Basis of independent examiner's report
Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of anv unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from vou as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide ail the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## Independent examiner's statement
in connection with our examination. no matter has come to our attention:
(1) which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements ‘ to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act: and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Charitics Act have not been met: or
(2) to which. in our opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Kmeld WwW € haart 4 bo RONALD W CHIVERS & CO ACCOUNTANTS 61 Manor Street Braintree Essex CM7 3HP
24 April 2024
Ronald W Chivers & Co is the wading name of Ronald W Chivers & Co Ltd, company number | 1919594 registered in England and Waies. registered office address as above.
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Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 July 2023
||General
Fund|Designated
Funds|Total
2022/23|Total
2021/22|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Income|£|E|£|£|
|ChargesforHall Hire
Fundraising
Interest
Governmentfunding
Sections:|44,039
1,463
179
-|-
12,593
-
-|44,039
14,056
179
-|43,487
25,533
10
7,277|
|Fees and Charges
Other Income
Total Income|-
-
45,681|120,556
3,580
136,730|120,556
3,580
182,411|111,980
3,903
184,916|
|Provision ofCharitable Expenditure|||||
|Provision ofCommunity Hall|||||
|Caretaking
Light& Heating
WaterCharges
Repairs/MaintenanceofHall
Security
CleaningandWaste Disposal
Insurance|14,560
10,532
1,962
25,682
1,967
13,195
788||14,560
10,532
1,962
25,682
1,967
13,199
788|14,560
ar
2,175
37,931
1,098
13,013
732|
|Licences
Baddebt|2,591
_-||2,591
_=|202
6,179|
|Sections|71,281||71,281|83,461|
|Wagesand Fees
Materials and Equipment
OtherExpenditure||104,920
2,975
17,871|104,920
2,975
17,871|101,665
4,292
18,921|
|Other Expenditure||125,766|125,766|121,878|
|FundraisingandSocialevents
ManagementandAdministration
independent Examiner'sFee
Other
Total Expenditure|2,479
2,642
(100)
wae
5,163
76,444|125,766|2,479
2,642
(100)
aA2
5,163
202,210|9,253
1,465
250
—_/48
11,717
217,056|
|NetIncome/(Loss) fortheYear
Contributionfrom sections|(30,763)
-|10,964
-|(19,798)
=|(32,143)
-|
|Hireofthe Hall bySections
NetMovement inFunds
Fund Balancesat 1August2022
FundBalancesat31July2023|8,242
(22,521)
45,115
22,594|(8,242)
2,422
24,694
27,416|-
(19,799)
69,809
50,010|-
(32,143)
69,809
:|
The notes on page 7 form part of these accounts
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|||NotleyGreen CommunityAssociation||||
|||Financial Statements||||
|||FortheYearEnded 31July2023|2023|||
|||2023||2022||
|||£|£|£|£|
|Current Assets||||||
|Debtors||6,142||2,634||
|Payments inAdvance|Advance|3,316||4,738||
|Balances at Bank||||||
|CurrentAccounts||55,442||61,502||
|DepositAccount||20,787||34,137||
|Cash in Hand||3||16||
||||87,690||103,027|
|Current Liabilities||||||
|Creditors||27,322||27,922||
|Receipts inAdvance||10,358||5,296||
||||37,680||33,218|
|NetAssets|||50,010||69,809|
|Represented by:||||||
|FUNDS||||||
|Unrestricted Income Funds||||||
|General Purpose Fund|||22,595||45,115|
|Designated Funds||||||
|Sections:|Badminton|35||74||
||Ducklings|23,747||20,766||
||Gardening|819||684||
||Table Tennis|2,236||3,022||
||Workout|(12)||145||
||||27,415||24,694|
||||50,010||69,809|
B Cassidy
For and on behalf of the Notley Green Community Association Dated 24 April 2024
## Notes
1) These Accounts have been prepared ona full accruals basis and cover the period from 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2023
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For the Year Ended 31 July 2023
## Notley Green Community Association Contents of the Financial Statements
## Accounting Policies
## Accounting Convention
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (Accounting by Charities) and in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
## Voluntary Income
Cash donations, gifts, legacies and cash collected at fund raising events are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the amounts receivable have been ascertained.
## Investment Income
Interest receivable is included inclusive of the associated tax credit
Grants Receivable
All grants received have been treated as income irrespective of the grant and the use to which the grant is put. Related expenditure is included under the appropriate heading.
## Designated Funds
Are those where the Association has identified funds to be used for a specific purpose of a specific section of the Association.
Employees and Trustees
|||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|
|||£|£|
||StaffCosts: Wages and Salaries|104,920|101,665|
||The total number ofemployees byfunction|was:||
||Administration|-|-|
||Caretakers|=|=|
||Playgroup|10|10|
||Section Officers|-|-|
||Section Offices||a|
||10
None oftheTrustees received any remuneration fortheir||10
services.|
|Debtors||||
|||2023|2022|
|||=|E|
||Hire Charges|2,142|2,387|
||Pre School Session Fees|.
2.142|247
2,634|
|Creditors|Amounts fallingduewithin one year|||
|||2023|2022|
|||£|£|
||Creditors|27,322|27,922|
## Debtors