## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1/04/2023 To** ## **31/03/2024** ## **Charity name: Norton Village Hall** ## **Charity registration number:1063062** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The Village Hall is for the use of the
inhabitantsof the Parish of Norton and
surrounding area in the County of Suffolk
(hereinafter called “the area of benefit”)
without distinction of political, religious or
other opinions.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The village hall is used for meetings,
lectures and classes, and for other forms of
recreation and leisure-time occupation,
with the object of improving the conditions
of life for the said inhabitants.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees derive no public benefit from
their roles as trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The management committee of the Village
Hall, working closely with the Norton Parish
Council (the custodian trustee) have sought
grants from local authorities and charitable
trusts to provide money to enlarge,
refurbish and improve the hall. The
necessary planning permission was
granted in 2021 and in 2023 the Parish
Council successfully applied for a Public
Works Loan (£500,000) to provide the
money for the bulk of the project A major
programme of works has been carried out
under the direction of the committee and a
local architect: this is due to be completed
in June 2024.. Building work necessitated
closure of the hall from September, 2023**.**
When finished, the hall will provide
improved facilities for Norton’s inhabitants,
including a café that will be an informal
meeting hub**.**| |---|---|---| **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** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|On 31/03/2024 the Village Hall charity had
liquid assets of £92,177. These assets are
committed to the completion of the building
programme.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Village Hall charity does not hold
reserves.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|The building is fully insured, and the
trustees raise funds to meet the needs for
proper maintenance of the facility as and
when these needs arise.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable| ## **Additional information (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 Para 1.46 adopted A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|The trustees shall be members of the
Village Hall management committee. One
member of that committee shall be
appointed by the Parish Council, two shall
be elected at the annual general meeting,
no more than 7 may be appointed by
village organisations (1 per organisation)
and the committee may co-opt to fill casual
vacancies.| **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’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the Para 1.51 charity works Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Norton Village Hall| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1063062| |Charity’s principal address|4 Ixworth Road, Norton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP31 3LE| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mrs Anna Till|Chair||| ||Dr Keith Jaggard|Secretary||| ||Mr GaryWalton|||Norton Parish Council| ||Mrs Karen
Robertson|Booking secretary||| ||Mr Hamish Gibson|||| ||Mr PhilipJefferson|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 assets
held in this capacity|Not Applicable| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|Not Applicable| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|Not Applicable| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details There are no non-disclos **ures.** ## **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)** K W Jaggard **Full name(s)** Keith William Jaggard **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 15/01/2025 ||**Charity Name**||||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Norton Village Hall**||||||**1063062**||||| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
4/1/2023
3/31/2024
~~a~~
~~ee ee~~
~~ee~~|||||||||**CC16a**|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| ||**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||| |Hire|**10,300**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**10,300**||**12,528**|| |Fund raising|**41**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**41**||**3,590**|| |Donations|**58,320**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**58,320**||**2,609**|| |Miscellaneous|**58**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**58**||**107**|| |Hire deposits|**750**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**750**||**1,550**|| |Interest|**1,014**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**1,014**||**164**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**70,483**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**70,483**||**20,548**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**70,483**
**-**
**-**
**70,483**
**20,548**
~~——————~~|||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| |Cleaning|**3,317**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**3,317**||**3,273**|| |Utilities|**3,623**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**3,623**||**1,698**|| |Equipment refurbishment|**14,608**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**14,608**||**3,234**|| |Deposit refund|**800**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**800**||**1,350**|| |Insurance|**922**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**922**||**847**|| |BuildingMaintenance|**512**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**512**||**1,600**|| |Consumables|**734**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**734**||**545**|| |PRS licence|**131**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**131**||**184**|| |Miscellaneous|**205**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**205**||**2,392**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**24,852**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**24,852**||**15,123**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**24,852**
**-**
**-**
**24,852**
**15,123**
~~——————~~|||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**45,631**
**-**
**- 45,631**
**5,425**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**48,262**
**- -**
**48,262**
**42,836**
**93,893**
**-**
**- 93,893**
**48,261**
~~======>~~||||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||National Westminster Community acc|**1,715**|**-**|**-**| ||Nat West Business Moneymaker acc|**92,178**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**93,893**|**-**|**-**| |||OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|OK|OK| ||||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||Signature
KWJaggard|||| |||||Date of
approval| |||Keith WilliamJaggard||1/15/2025| |||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees Norton Village Hall On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Charity no (if any) 1063062 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above Charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 31 March 2024. 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"). Responsibllities and basis of report 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 all 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 in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 2oZf Name: Robert Southgate Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): FCA CTA ICAEW Address: Integrity Tax & Accountancy Solutions, IER Oct 2018 May Cottage, Ashfield Road, Norton IP313NF Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brlef detsils of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018