’ – Chairman s report to Limelights AGM 2023 2024
This time last year I reported that the club was at a crossroads & although management have worked to rectify the situation we are not out of the woods yet.
At the last AGM I said that I wished to stand down after 40 years at the helm but am willing to extend that for a further year to see the club back on solid footing, direction wise.
We have lost Sean Gabriel as a Trustee & we thank him for his time & input with the club. This leaves us with only 3 trustees a situation we hope to rectify at this meeting.
We have lost our administrator Alison who has taken early retirement from BCP council after being with the club for close on 30 years. We are not losing her completely as she has accepted to join the management committee, along with Sandi Robbins who is taking the minutes this evening, we know her well.
Club finances are sound mainly due to the income from the letting of the caretaker flat. We received our usual grant from BCP council but with the understanding that this was mainly to support SEN session’s at the club until April 2025. A big thank you goes to George Stevens who continues to steer the ship on a sound course.
There will be no further grants & no youth service as we have known it over many years. We have been told that our lease states that the building must be used exclusively as a youth centre. To this aim we have encouraged SEN. session’s run by Beverley Clark & her team. We have not been able to obtain a long term user agreement with forward funding guarantee from SEN Management, to use the building as their main centre, which is very dissapointing.
To enable the building to be used by young people we have been in talks with Dexters YFC who have their HQ in the close & will shortly be installing a 3D football pitch where the Mugga stands at present.
They have agreed to hire the building on 2 evenings a week for their junior teams to train & socialize.
Paul & Loraine Kybert have agreed to become Trustees & committee members & we welcome them to our family. This will bring Dexters & Limelights closer over the coming years which can only be good for us both.
Cllr Sandra Moore has worked tirelessly on our behalf to ensure that the club remains a youth building, with all the benefits it holds to the community. We thank her for her efforts on the clubs behalf.
Again we thank Men’s Shed who rent the club on Wednesday & Saturday mornings to socialize & continue to save the club money by completing several maintenance jobs. Our Thanks go to Peter Dryden who represents the shed on our committee & has agreed to become a Trustee.
I thank our cleaner Rachael & all who have helped the club through a difficult year & would appreciate if a new Chair Person be found in the not too distant future.
I am sure the committee that was formed some 40 years ago & who gave of their expertise & time in raising £325,000 (a lot of money then) would be pleased to know that the building they designed & built, is still being used for young people.
Anthony (Tony) Ives BEM
‘Limelights’ Chairman of Management.
| Section A Receipts and payments No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from CC16a 1067853 LIMELIGHTS THE CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 01/04/2023 31/03/2024 ~~=~~ ~~————— ae~~ |
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| Limelights Fund 30,859 - - 30,859 21,686 Flat 7064 - - 7064 6,961 16-18group-SEN Wednesday 5188 5188 3,315 Garfield Weston 0 0 7,500 Sub total(Gross income for AR)43,111 - - 43,111 39,462 ~~a~~ |
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| 0 - - 0 0 Sub total 0 - - 0 0 Total receipts 43,111 - - 43,111 39,462 A3 Payments Limelights Fund 23,851 - - 23,851 21,982 Flat 4776 - - 4776 0 16-18group-SEN Wednesday 1420 - - 1420 1,685 Garfield Weston 4673 4,673 10327 Sub total 34,720 - - 34,720 33,994 ~~SSS_=~~ ~~=e~~ |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 34,720 - - 34,720 33,994 Net of receipts/(payments) 8,391 - - 8,391 5,468 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 32,886 - - 32,886 27,418 Cash funds this year end 41,277 - - 41,277 32,886 ~~—————~~ ~~SSS=~~ |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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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 Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Bank Current A/c Bank Savings A/c Petty Cash Details Details Details Signature |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER S REPOR T ON THE ACCOUNTS Report to the trustees and members of Limelights Youth Club 5t On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Charity Number 1067853 Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Independent Examiner: The Charity's Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity's Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144{21 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is our responsibility to:_ Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; To follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act; and To state if particular matters have come to our attention Basis of Independent Examinerfs report: Our examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission. 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 any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fairf view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent Examinerfs Statement: In the course of our examination no matter ha5 come to our attention: which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirement5 to ensure that: a) proper accounting records are kept lin accordance with section 41 of the Charities Act 2011),. and b) accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or 2. to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed Date: 7 August 2024 Diane Hudson MAAT For and on behalf of Diane Hudson Accountancy Ltd 16 Freeland Park, Wareham Road, Lytchett Matravers, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6FH Diane Hudson is licensed and regulated by AAT under licence number 110800