Annual Flnanelal Keport of the fruiteei for 2024
Cornmvnlty ￿lO¢latIon of Port$lade tsouth)
Charlty nvrnber 1089411
Ae•ovnti for the perlod frorrt lif January 2029 to Slst Peeember 2024
Ineorn¢
U1892M7
Expendltvre £50252.19
Net Loii. £ 11419A6
Falanee In bank g lit P¢¢¢mber 202$
£149M.82
Ih¢oMe for 2029
U1892.67
TofAL
£5S777h9
Exp8Mdltvre for 2023
£50252.19
Falan¢¢ In bank on Slit Pi¢emb¢r 2024
£ $52S96
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For iubmls$lon to the Annual ￿neral Meetlnq on 2tst O¢tob¢r 2024
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eharlty Overvl8W
To provlde a eommunlty Centre for the v$e of the Inhabitant$ of South Portilade and nearby envlroni
wlthin Friqhton and Hove Couneil and Advr Council. Sueh provision to be oi a profit rnaklng basil
qoverned by th¢ truitee8 of the Agloeiation.
A) fo prornote the benefit of the Inhabltanti wlthort diitln¢tlon of sex. s¢xual orlentatlon. raee or of
polltleal rellgloui or other oplnioni. by a88oelating together the laid inhabltantg and the lo¢al authorltlei
voluntary and oth8r organisatloM In a eornmon effort to advanee edueatlon and to provide faeilitleg In
the Intereits of ioeial welfare for re¢reatlon and lel8ure41me o¢cvpatloM wlth the objeetive of improvlnq
the ¢ondltioni of Ilfe for the sald inhabitants.
l) Malntaln the establl8hrnent of a eommunlty e8ntr8 and to rnalntaln and rnanaqe th¢ sanw In
furtheranee of these obJe¢tiVe8.
C) Promote other oharitable purpoi81 ￿ rnay from tlrne to tIMe be d¢terrnlnf d.
The Communlty Centr8 of Portilade houthj li ¢ontaln¢d In a rnodlfied ¢hur¢h buildlnq belonglng to the
Churoh of Emgland and contains a chapel of Eas8 whl¢h li uied by both the Asio¢latlon and the Chureh. Thii
bulldlnqlg rented at a fv8 of £1 p¢r year. In additlon we eover the vpkeep of the bulldlng and all qen¢ral
¢xpenie$ 14 well as a 6ontrlbutlon to ¢over the bulldlng Insvran¢8.
APgRESS
South Portilade ComMUMlty Céntra
Chureh Koad
PORTSLAPE
FRI¢>HfoN
FM+I ILF
Ernall..
ade
Pollolei
¢ornplalnt8 Pro¢edvr¢
syaff Wages Poll#y
Rlik Managernent- Ineludlhg Flre. Health and Safety and Covld
Safeguardlnq Polley for vvlnerable benefielarl¢s
Volvnt8er Manaqernent wh6h approprlate
Ernploye84
We retaln S part tlrne ernployeei. A Centre Manaqer. Off¢e Manaqer and 4 Caretaker wlth el¢anlng
dutle8. We allo employee as ne¢eiiary a qardener and malnt8nanee pernon. In addltion all other
MaIntena￿l. Inspeetlon ete li ¢arrled out by hlred profe81ional.
Syaff and Trv8tee$ alio volunteer th8lr *ervkei and on ooeulons addltlonal volunteers ar¢ found for
Ipeelfj¢ oWe¢tlve8 when needed.
Syaff Pay li revlewed every year and we pay rnor¢ that the rnlnlrnurn wage.
Property
The property li owned by the Chureh of England and we pay an annval rent of £1. At present th1$18 paid up
to to 2025. rhe eharity do¢$ not own or leu¢ any other property.

What the Charity Poes
We hire ovt faellltle8 whleh allow other groups to ¢arry out aetlvitie&
At preient we have a Nursery and Forest S¢hool durlnq the day and this provide8 rnueh needed nuriery
provision for the area. The are￿ the Nunery uie ar8 Itill available for vie by the inhabltanti of Portilade
and the envlroni duri+ty weekend and evexinqs.
eentre Vlen
There are a larg8 IIUMber of groups that vie the eentre on a r¢qular b￿1$. These in¢lude groups for ohlldren.
dan¢lnq qroups, aetlvltlei for tho1¢ referred to as eld¢rly. various rellglovi qro¥ps, phy$l¢al aetivltlei ¥u¢h
al yoga and martial arti. Varioui grovp rn8et(nqi. eduoation a¢tivities and general booklng¥ for farnily
aetlvltlel iueh a$ part184. In partl¢ular we have a regular vie by the Al¢oholiei Axonyrnovi for group
The bulldlnq li lultable for people wlth partloular needi Ineludlng tht ¢ntrle8 and a Ilft. We al80 have S
addltlovlal tollet¥ with Ipeelal ¢qulpMent.
Malntenan¢e Ixelud¢i the h¢atlnq $￿te￿I. ¢l¢etronl¢i and fre iaf¢tY. d¢¢oratlng and thep eleanlng. W4
4180 Thalntalned the outilde of the bvlldlng and the ground8.
rreasurers Comment
The ao¢ovnt ihowg a1018 of £l1419A6 whl¢h li a dlreot reivlt of the aetloni of Usa Southon the owner
and dlreetor of My Flrit Word - fyrowi Vp Ltd Nursery. W8 were Informed that the nvriery wag about to
be ¢108ed following a falled OFSTEP Inlpeetlon. We agreed to 4¢ek a new Nunery Orqanlser whl¢h Inolude a
eornpany 8ugge8ted by Llia Southon and an exlitlng loeal nunery whleh had used our faellltl81 for
nuMb¢r of yeari. In Iln¢ wlth our polley of lupportlng the lo¢al ar4a we opted to offer tho Nuriery to the
own¢rg of the Hlppy Kld8 Nun¢r
In 4plt4 of agiuranoes that th¢ overdv8 rent would b¢ pald Uia Southon and otheri enter¢d the prethlie$
on the nlght of 4th O¢tober and reMov¢d any valvabl¢ equlpxext. She al¥0 Inforffl4d her ltaff that the
nvrgery wai now ¢loied. She fall¢d to Inform the parents of th¢ ohlldren and w8 vMd¢rstand hai fallid to
pay waqes to staff or rebateg to par¢nti.
We endeavoured to aqree a iettlenwnt for our lols but wlth no r8iponoq. Thi new nvriery was able to
#tart In Jamvary and hai been a great iuee4s&
We are In the pro¢ei8 of 88eklnq a $ettlernent vla the gmall ¢lalMs eovrt proee$* In the regfon of
£1 0000.00 based on unpald rent and eo$ti of elearinq and eleamlng the premiiei for the new nvrlery. Th1¥
proceis has been gubjeated to varloui dlff¢ultlei and we are In ¢OMMvnl¢atlon wlth the aqeney In ¢harg8
of the pro¢e84 to find ovt when the ¢a84 wlll pro¢eed.
At present we have made arrangementi to allow the ¢onJMunlty Centre to eontlnue runnlng effielently
and wlll b8 able to do 40 no Matter what the reiult of our leqal elalrn.
treasurer l alrn to retaln a balanee able to Meet at least $ months average expen$e$ ineluding $alarie8
avjd our present balance Meet$ thi$ reqvirernent. Mth the depo$it and frst payment from the Hippy Kids
Nur¥ery and For8St S¢hool we were ab18 to maintain thi8 balanee in 2024.
Fvndlng and Paymenti
This charity raises fundlng by hlrlng out fa¢ilitle$ and does not work wlth profe$8ional fundrallers.

The eharlty does not have any tra&r4 iubiidiariei.
The ¢harity owns no propert
The trustees do not reeeive any rewJneratlon. payrnents or benefts from the eharlt
fKvsfEES
frl¥tan Ollver
Se¢retary
Patrlek ¢>lnnelly
Treaiur¢r
Jronw¢n Curran
¢entr¢ Manager
Enld ChaMb8rlaln
Carol Fyard
Chalr
Ruth fanity

Community Association of Portslade (South)
Financial Statements
Period Ended 31 December 2023
Tracy Angus
85 Downland Court
Stonery Road
Portslade
Brighton
BN412PS

Community Association of Portslade (South)
Financial Statements
Period Ended 31 December 2023
Contents
Trading Profit and Loss
Notes to Financial Statements
Accountants Report.

Community Association Of Portslade (South)
1st January 2023-31st December 2023
Profit and Loss
Turnover
My First World
Yousif
Revolut
Denizli
Nicholls
Hippy Kids
King Art
Hugh's Fellowship
Pulse
Mcenery-carte
La Tarte
ODAAT
General Bookings
£ 13,030.tM)
629.00
£ 1.487.50
£ 2,115.75
£ 2,695.(Kl
£ 1,906.00
650.00
£ 1,034.00
£ 1,373.00
507.00
922.00
891.00
£ 11,592.42
Gross Proflt
£ 38.832.67
Overheads
Wages
Rent/Rates
Cleaning
Heat/Light
Water
Maintanance
Telephone/lT
Consumables
Office Supplies
Insurance
Accounts
Advertising
£ 23,734.08
614.40
£ 1,996.68
£ 10,594.11
475.70
£ 6,491.10
£ 1,036.52
£ 1,302.38
409.42
£ 3.435.74
102.IM) £ 50.252.13
Net Loss/Profit
4 11,419.46

Community Association of Portslade (South)
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the period I" January 2023- 31st December 2023
Note I
Accounting Policies
Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with Financial Reporting standard 102 "The Financial
Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and Republic or
Ireland" including the provisions of section IA "Small
Entities" and the companies Act 2006. The financial
statements have been prepared under the historic cost
convention.

Community Association of Portslade (South)
Report of the Accountant
For the year ended 31st December 2023
In accordance with your instructions, I have compiled these
unaudited financial statements in order to assist you in
fulfilling your statutory responsibilities, from the accounting
records and explanations supplied by yourselves.
Tracy Angus
85 Downland Court
Stonery Road
Portslade
Brighton
BN412PS