## **Cotgrave Futures** (Registered charity, number 1093432) **Financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025** |**Page**|**Contents**| |---|---| |2 - 3|Trustees’ annual report| |4|Independent examiner’s report| |5|Receipts & payments account| |6|Statement of assets & liabilities| |7|Notes to the accounts| ## **Cotgrave Futures Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 March 2025** **Full name** Cotgrave Futures **Organisation type** Charitable incorporated organisation ## **Registered charity number** 1093432 ## **Principal address** Candleby Lane, Cotgrave, Nottingham NG12 3JG **Trustees** Keir Chewings, Chair George Chewings, Vice Chair Norman Monday Ian Shaw Darren Stothard Andrew Wilkie, until 12/11/2024 ## **Independent examiner** Eva Stevens, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL ## **Governance and management** The charity is operated under the rules of its Declaration of Trust adopted 15/12/01. We recruit new trustees by local advertisement and community engagement. ## **Objectives and activities** The charity’s objects are any purposes which are charitable at law for the general benefit of the inhabitants of the area in particular the advancement of education, the promotion of health and the provision of facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants. ## **Public benefit statement** The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'. ## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit** The charity has a community-led remit, currently focusing on childcare and other care needs. Its meeting room and café area are used by local groups and education and training providers. There is a considerable need locally for early years’ child care and this provided through Serendipitys, an accredited provider. Compassion Care use our small meeting room, they set out to provide support and advice for carers. 2 Cotgrave Futures St Johns Ambulan￿ are regular users of our Meeting Room to teach first aid to the younger children of Cotgrave. This is done on a weekly basis. The charity seeks to provide facilities for recreation and leisure time with the object of improving resident's conditions for life. Colleges of further education are encouraged to lay on courses to improve literacy, numeracy and nutritional advice for families. Summary of the main achievements during the period Our core users, Serendipity Nursery and Compassion Care. Serendipity's continue to provide a much needed children's nursery and Compassion Care with elderly care in the community. We support Cotgrave Community Kitchen a registered charity in the provisions of space for their community market. We have supported Cotgrave Advice Centre through a donation - they provide advice and support to the residents of Cotgrave. We have supported Cotgrave Community Garden through a donation to help secure their community garden. Cotgrave Community Garden is a charity in Cotgrave that promotes healthy living through healthy eating and production of home grown organic produce. Financial Review The trustees are happy with the financial position of the charity. The charity's policy on reserves In line with current good practice in the event of closure, Cotgrave Futures will aim to hold sufficient reserves to: Honour its liabilities to staff, suppliers, and other organisations Finance any planned investments Have sufficient cash flow to continue normal operations Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees: Signed Keir Che Date l? 11/2 Ings, Trustee ## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Cotgrave Futures for the year ended 31 March 2025** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Cotgrave Futures (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the trustees of the charity 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 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 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. 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 ______________________ 18/11/2025 Toko Eva Stevens BSc, CPFA Employee of Community Accounting Plus 4 ## **Cotgrave Futures Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025** |_2024_
£
**Receipts**
622
Bank interest
-
Casual User rent
-
Casual User Contributions
-
Open/ close charges
33994
Regular user rent
281
Sundry receipts
-
Services
34897
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
1841
Administration & Office
-
Stationery
60
Bank Fees
788
Communications
-
Phone/Internet
984
Insurance
159
IT
27455
Wages, Tax & NI
-
Premises Maintenance
1526
Cleaning Materials
7353
General Maintenance
2491
Total Premises Safety
726
Professional Fees
574
Sundry
-
Purchases
-
Annual Rent
-
Utilities
1200
Unauthorised withdrawals
-
Donations given
45157
**Total payments**
(10260)
**Net receipts/(payments)**
52062
Cash funds at start of this period
41802
**Cash funds at end of this period**|**_2025_**
**£**
768
3677
31039
551
41228
108
55| |---|---| ||**77426**| ||1749
181
90
-
1431
775
-
31049
5282
779
3769
1843
1296
917
3347
53
25183
-
3700| ||**81444**| ||**(4018)**
41802| ||**37784**| 5 Cotgrave Futures Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 March 2025 2024 2025 Cash assets Bank accounts Nots 41802 41802 37784 37784 Other monetary assets Debtors 17512 17512 3138 3138 Assets retained for the charity's own use Container purchased May 2021 , cost £5530 - £1854 recharged to Cotgrave Town Council and Cotgrave Community Kitchen. CCTV purchased ALVJUSt 2021, cost £4535. Outside lightirwJ purchased March 2020, cost £577. Liabilities Creditors 2106 (2106) 1393 1393 These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by: Signed Keir Chewings, Trustee Date Ill 11/ 2 ## **Cotgrave Futures Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025** ## **1. Receipts & payments accounts** Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand. ## **2. Debtors** |Electicity recharge
Gas recharge
Trade waste recharge
Water recharge
Prepayment- Annual monitoring fee
Prepayment- CISWO
Prepayment-Insurance
**Creditors**
Independent Examination Fee
HMRC|**£**
748
1783
20
22
142
35
388| |---|---| ||**3138**| ||**£**
624
769| ||**1393**| ## **3. Creditors** ## **4. Trustees’ remuneration** Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period. ## **5. Related party transactions** There were no related party transactions during the period. ## **6. Glossary of terms** **Creditors:** These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period. **Debtors:** These are amounts owed to the charity, but not received in the accounting period. **Prepayments:** These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period. 7