## **DONINGTON VILLAGE HALL** **CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTERED NO. 1063827** ## **STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS** **for the year ended** **30th April 2024** ## **DONINGTON VILLAGE HALL Charity Information** ## **Charity number: 1063830** ## **Trustees** Mr Richard Wray Mrs Karen Marshall Mr Christopher Wray Mrs Jane Inkley Mrs Helen Clarke ## **Bankers** Lloyds TSB Bank 36 Hall Place Spalding Lincolnshire PE11 1SF ## **Independent Examiner** Moore Thompson Bank House Broad Street Spalding Lincs PE11 1TB ## **Registered Office** The Old Barn Northorpe Donington Spalding Lincolnshire PE11 4XY Page 1 ## **DONINGTON VILLAGE HALL** ## **Annual Report** ## **for the year ended 30th April 2024** The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 April 2024. ## **Governing document** The charity is constituted by the Charity Commission and is a registered charity with the charity number 1063830. The charity became a registered charity on 7 August 1997. The charity is governed by its declaration of trust, which was adopted on 31 March 1994. ## **Objectives and Activities** Donington Village Hall is a village community centre, with a bar and kitchen facility, available fo hire, general functions etc. and also providing a sports hall gym type facility for the inhabitants of the parish of Donington, Spalding in the county of Lincolnshire. ## **Trustees** The trustees who served the charity during the period were as detailed on Page 1. New trustees are recruited from a group who have shown a keen interest in the work of the charity and have abilities required on the governing body. Training is provided to keep trustees up to date with new legislation etc. on a regular basis. ## **Financial Review** The results for the charity for the financial year are detailed on pages 4 to 5. ## **Public Benefit** The trustees have given due regard to the guidance published by the Charity Commission on public benefit, with the charity's objectives of the provision and maintenance of the Donington Village Hall on behalf of the inhabitants of Donington being beneficial to the community as a whole. ## **Risk Management** The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the Charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. The principal risk towards the Charity is a lack of funding and income to support it's stated aims. The trustees have considered this risk and believe that with careful management they will be able to continue to fulfil the objectives of the Charity. ## **Results / Future Plans** Both lettings income and related function bar takings have maintained a strong performance in 2023/24 and now significantly exceed pre-covid levels. The trustees continue to maintain the property to a sufficient standard in order to secure the future useability of the facility. ## **Reserves** The Trustees regularly review the amount of reserves that are required to ensure that they are adequate to fulfill the charity's continuing obligations. The carried forward unrestricted reserves as at 30th April 2024 are £28,104. For and on behalf of the board of trustees: Mrs Helen Clarke **Trustee** Date: 04 July 2025 Page 2 ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of DONINGTON VILLAGE HALL** ## **for the year ended 30th April 2024** I report to the charity on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 April 2024 which are set out on pages 4 to 5. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'). I 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 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records, or 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. **H.J. Bright B.A., F.C.A., C.T.A. Moore Thompson Chartered Accountants Spalding** Date: 04 August 2025 Page 3 ## **DONINGTON VILLAGE HALL** ## **Statement of Financial Activity** ## **for the year ended 30th April 2024** **----- Start of picture text -----**
2024 2023
Total Total
£ £
Incoming resources
Bar takings 31,732 28,997
Letting income 10,019 4,120
41,751 33,117
Total incoming resources 41,751 33,117
Resources expended
Purchases 20,580 17,442
Other direct costs 1,714 557
Rent and rates 1,569 948
Light and heat 2,313 3,905
Cleaning 2,318 1,720
Premises insurance 1,126 1,057
Telephone - 399
Postage, stationary and printing - 118
Repairs, maintenance and gardening 3,586 4,980
Sundry expenses 716 645
Subscriptions and "Sum-up" transaction costs 803 621
Independent examination - 330
Total resources expended 34,725 32,722
Net income/(expenditure) 7,026 395
Cash funds at 1 May 2023 21,078 20,683
Cash funds at 30 April 2024 28,104 21,078
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Page 4 ## **DONINGTON VILLAGE HALL** ## **Statement of Net Assets** ## **at 30th April 2024** |_Note_
**Cash deposits**
Cash at bank
Cash in hand|**2024**
2023
**£**
£
20,367
18,302
7,737
2,776| |---|---| |**Monetary assets**|28,104
21,078| |**Creditors**
Independent examiner's fee - 2023
Independent examiner's fee - 2024|330
330
330
-| |**Monetary liabilities**|660
330| |**Total net assets**|27,444
20,748| ## **Notes to the financial statements** ## **1 Accounting policies** The statements of financial activities has been prepared on a receipts and payments basis which is a consistent basis to previous years. ## **2 Trustees remuneration, expenses and control** There have been no remuneration or expenses paid to any of the trustees during the current or prior year. The charity decisions are made by the trustees as a body and are detailed on page 1 of this report. No one trustee or group of trustees has a dominant control. ## **3 Related party transactions** There have been no other related party transactions during the current or prior year. Mr Christopher Wray **Trustee** **----- Start of picture text -----**
05 June 2025
Date
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