TIDDINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE (TCC)
REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31 MARCH 2026 Charity Number 1093526
The Tiddington Community Centre
TIDDINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2026
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| Front Page | 1 |
| Contents | 2 |
| Legal and Administrative Information | 3 |
| Report of the Trustees | 4 |
| Report of the Trustees continued | 5 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 6 |
| Receipts & Payments Accounts | 7 |
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | 8 |
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TIDDINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION for the year ending 31 March 2026
| CHARITY NUMBER. CONSTITUTION NAMES OF MANAGING TRUSTEES BANKERS INDEPENDENT EXAMINER PRINCIPAL ADDRESS PRIME CONTACT (CHAIR) SECRETARY TREASURER |
1093526 The charity is governed by the Scheme dated20 May 2002. The members of the Committee of Management are the managing trustees of the charity. Details of the Committee members are shown on Page 4. HSBC Bank PLC UK 13 Chapel Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6ET Hinckley & Rugby Building Society –Account Opened May 2022 Upper Bond Street Hinckley Leicestershire LE10 1NZ Justine Day Frensham Blakes Hill North Littleton Worcestershire WR11 8QN Tiddington Community Centre (TCC) Main Street Tiddington CV37 7AZ 01789 268390 Rob Cobley Touchwood, Beeches Walk Tiddington CV37 7AT rob.cobley@touchwoodonline.com 01789 293863 Julia Day 01789 262605 Trevor Lloyd-Adams 01789 266730 |
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TIDDINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ending 31 March 2026
History and objectives of the Association
The Tiddington Community Centre is a registered charity whose charity number is 1093526 . It was founded in 2001 and is governed by a scheme registered with the Charities Commission dated 20 May 2002. The objectives of the charity are to renovate, maintain and run the Tiddington Community Centre (TCC) for the benefit of Tiddington Residents and the wider local community. The TCC was granted a 35-year lease by Coventry Diocesan Trustees on 4 July 2007 .
Management and Governance Arrangements
The members of the Executive Committee, who are the managing trustees of the charity, were all appointed at the Annual General Meeting on 14[th] July 2025 and hold office until the next Annual General Meeting. They are:
Rob Cobley, Julia Day, Trevor Lloyd-Adams, Jo Connolly, Janice Howkins & Eric Davies
The scheme rules allow for up to 10 elected members of the Executive Committee to hold office and these are elected each year at the AGM. There are currently 6 trustees. Membership of the Charity is open to all people over the age of 18 years interested in furthering the objects of the Charity. Nominations for new Executive Committee members are advertised locally in advance of the AGM.
The Chair is responsible for the induction of new trustee, which includes awareness of the Association’s responsibilities, the rules of the charity, financial statements, and an understanding of the responsibilities of a charity trustee. The Executive Committee held 4 meetings in the year including the AGM. The Executive Committee regularly reviews the risks faced by the charity. These include the ongoing need to maintain sufficient resources (£10,000) to fully cover all regular maintenance of the Hall inside, outside and the surrounding area.
The rotten wood on the back of the TCC high up where the felt meets the back wall was completely replaced at a cost of £1,625. We received 3 quotes for replacing the main hall floor but decided the best option was for Phil Hounslow of Purdie Flooring to effect repair and cleaning during the summer holidays at a cost of £1,785 and this should last for quite some years. Phil last did this 7 years ago! We also instructed our painter Alan to repaint the main hall to the height of the side lights, repaint the stage area and also repaint the kitchen all at a cost of £917.
The Hallmaste r Booking System, installed last year, has proven to be very effective with the system also linking to the Xero accounting system for invoice management, and the heating system Inspire to control the hall temperature according to whoever is using the hall. This allows all bookings and heating etc to be controlled remotely! The integrated process works very well, thanks to really great support from John Thomson.
We have struggled to find permanent resources to take over this responsibility from John, but we have secured a significant new additional resource to help with our accounts, Trixie, and she will start in April 2026. We had also thought we had found a new Treasurer but sadly she has already left us in June. This really means finding a new Treasurer asap.
The Reynolds motorized blind system, for operating our 5 large blinds in our main hall, is a great success, especially now we can easily recharge them! We continue to make every effort to ensure that the TCC is a great place to come to, that it is clean, tidy and in a great state of repair inside and out and with regular inspections. We continue to be absolutely delighted with all that Janice does, keeping the TCC so very clean and attending almost daily! Howard continues to ensure that the outside area and garden are extremely well maintained. Beta Fire are due to do their annual check on our fire extinguishers, fire alarm and fire sensors starting late March and continuing into April/May 2026. The TCC, as a charity, has no employees and so the TCC is not manned. Users get access from a key in a key safe close to the front doors.
Our users are very varied and provide a vast range of activities for all ages details can be found on our website and range from pre-school indoor Football for ages 18months to 5years. Preschool indoor Tennis . The extremely popular Zest Dance for Tots, pre-school and after school offering dance, ballet, musical theatre and later, for adults, ballet and dance fitness classes. Wednesdays we have Baby Sensory classes, and Move It Shake It Fitness Class . Thursdays see One Fit Mama followed by a Mens Fitness class and in the afternoon our Stratford AsYouLikeClub for the Blind and Partially Sighted. Fridays sees Rachel and her Rhythm Classes for Toddlers, pre-school and Babies plus parents! Then it’s Zumba Gold with Miranda and of course our TCC Monthly Film Night . At the weekend we have Karate, Taekwon-Do plus Computer classes for school age students . Other regular users include Stratford Musicals, Welcome Care for training staff and our very successful Annual Pantomime in February Half-term by Tiddington Players and of course St James’ Church. Income from our wellattended monthly TCC Members Film Nights was £1,344. Film Nights are cashless and we also provide this cashless service to the Blind Charity Stratford “AsYouLikeIt Club”.
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TIDDINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
for the year ending 31 March 2026 – continued
Review of activities
It is 21 years since the TCC was damaged by fire on one of our flat roofs ( June 2005 ) and I took over as Chair of the TCC. Our spending this year on Property Maintenance was down to £4,292 ( 2024/5 £5,313 ) . Caretaking, cleaning and consumables amounted to £1,709 ( 2024/25 £1,674 ) and Utilities are down, due to a milder winter (and new windows) at £5,963 (2024/25 £7,214 ). Our Insurance costs were £1,654 (2024/25 £1,633).
The TCC has maintained very healthy usage with income from Hall hire including our annual Pantomime at a significant £31,260 (2024/25 £34,322) although this is less than last year due to TCC being closed for two weeks due to maintenance and one long term user retiring. Despite all the cost of living increases we have still maintained our TCC £18 hourly charges for all new users.
With the number of regular weekday users mostly constant we are almost fully booked daily from 8.30am until 8pm and later, with gaps only around lunchtime/early afternoon. Pantomime rehearsals are mostly at the weekends. Also, we now have a growing number of regular weekend bookings.
We continue to keep the TCC very well maintained inside and outside. We have maintained our three toilets as single use with Engaged/Free signs and have continued with no waste bins, users taking away all their own rubbish. The TCC is cleaned every day of use, and the time logged in a control book kept by our cleaner.
Fortunately, the TCC has significant reserves, and our financial position remains very sound and again this year our income exceeded our costs. Total Receipts were £31,260 (2024/25 £34,322 ) down £3,026. Total expenditure was £19,634 ( 2024/25 £18,143) and includes the cost of £3,066 for a new defibrillator and cabinet. Thus, we increased our reserves by £11,626 ( 2024/25 by £16,179 ).
The TCC General Funds now stand at a magnificent £114,555 ( 2024/25 £102,929) an 11% increase.
Premises Licence
The TCC holds a full Premises Licence which in summary, during agreed opening times, allows us to provide: The Retail sale of Alcohol for consumption on and off the premises.
The Provision of Regulated Entertainment namely:
a) Plays and Films d) Performance of Dance
- b) Indoor Sporting Events e) Facilities for Making Music c) Live Music and Recorded Music f) Provision of facilities for Dancing
Our Designated Premises Supervisor and Personal Licence holder is Rob Cobley.
A Silver Ribbon was awarded by SDC in their “Scores-on-the-doors” Food Hygiene scheme. And we have successfully completed a formal SDC Food Safety Act 1990 Food Hygiene Self-Assessment.
Investment policy and reserves
The policy of the Executive Committee is to maintain sufficient reserves for the long-term maintenance and repair of the TCC – this was recently increased to £10,000 and currently is seen as being sufficient to maintain the TCC for a year in the event of an emergency. This amount is reviewed annually at our AGM.
Executive Trustee expenses
No member of the Executive Trustee Committee received any remuneration or expenses during the year ( 2023/24 £0 ). One Trustee received payment for cleaning services amounting to £1,533 ( 2024/25 £1,566 ). All other expenditure related to TCC costs incurred by Executive Trustees and later reimbursed to them by the charity are recorded in the accounts as general expenditure and supported by invoices or receipts. Community First Response
Our review of our aging Defibrillator resulted in its replacement, including the cabinet, at a cost of £3,066 inc vat.
Future
The Executive Committee continues to run the TCC for the benefit of the village residents and the wider local community. We aim to make a surplus on lettings, so reserves can be built up to cover the costs of future maintenance, and improvements. We will continue to maintain the TCC in great order and to ensure that we meet all our obligations as a small Charity with no employees.
On behalf of the Managing Trustees
Rob Cobley, Chair
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TIDDINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the Tiddington Community Centre
Charity No: 1093526
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Tiddington Community Centre for the year ended 31 March 2026, which are set out on pages 7 and 8 of this document.
Responsibilities and basis of report:
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). You are satisfied that the accounts are not required by charity law to be audited and have chosen instead to have an independent examination.
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 my examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
(1) accounting records were not kept in accordance with the requirements of section 130 of the Charities 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 to this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: Name: Justine Day
Address: Frensham Blakes Hill North Littleton Worcestershire WR11 8QN
Date: 6[th] July 2026
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Receipts and payments accounts
For the period 1st April 2025 31st March 2026 To from
Section A Receipts and payments
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Total funds | Last year | ||||||
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| to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||
| Donations,legacies and grants | 200 | 200 | 500 | ||||||
| Interestondepositaccount | 2,355 | 2,355 | 2,470 | ||||||
| Hire of Hall and equipment | 26,670 | 26,670 | 29,696 | ||||||
| Film night | 1,603 | 1,603 | 1,656 | ||||||
| Other Income | 432 | 432 | - | ||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
31,260 | - | 31,260 | 34,322 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | |||||
| **Total receipts ** | 31,260 | - | 31,260 | 34,322 | |||||
| A3 Payments | |||||||||
| Event costs | 563 | 563 | 70 | ||||||
| Film night costs | 411 | 411 | 362 | ||||||
| Consumables | 176 | 176 | 108 | ||||||
| Mayor works and improvements | - | - | |||||||
| Propertymaintenance | 4,292 | 4,292 | 5,313 | ||||||
| Utilitycosts | 5,963 | 5,963 | 7,214 | ||||||
| Caretaker and cleaning | 1,533 | 1,533 | 1,566 | ||||||
| CommunityFirst Response | 2,580 | 486 | 3,066 | ||||||
| Other expenses | 75 | 75 | 75 | ||||||
| Bank Fees & charges | 49 | 49 | 89 | ||||||
| Insurance | 1,654 | 1,654 | 1,633 | ||||||
| IT Software and consumables | 872 | 872 | 810 | ||||||
| Telephone, Printing& Stationery | 960 | 960 | 903 | ||||||
| Rent | 20 | 20 | |||||||
| **Sub total ** | 19,148 | 486 | 19,634 | 18,143 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | |||||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | |||||
| **Totalpayments ** | 19,148 | 486 | 19,634 | 18,143 | |||||
| Net of receipts/(payments) | 12,112 | - 486 | 11,626 | 16,179 | |||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - | - | - | - | |||||
| A6 Cash funds lastyear end | 102,305 | 624 | 102,929 | 86,750 | |||||
| Cash funds thisyear end | 114,417 | 138 | 114,555 | 102,929 | |||||
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted Restricted Categories Details funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Cash held in Current Account 22,548 138 Hinckley & Rugby Building Society - 90-day Deposit account 91,869 Note Total cash funds 114,417 138 1 Unrestricted Restricted funds funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary Debtors assets - - - - - - Current value Cost (optional) Details (optional) B3 Investment assets - - - - - - Current value Cost (optional) Details (optional) B4 Assets retained for the charity’s - - own use - - - - Amount due When due Details (optional) (optional) B5 Liabilities Trade Creditors 179 Signed by one or two Date of trustees on behalf of all Signature Print Name the trustees approval
Notes to the Accounts
1. Restricted Funds owned by TCC-based Youth Group and TCC - based Community First Response balances as at the year-end were £138 and £nil respectively. The £486 remaining balance of the Community Response Fund was used this year to help with the purchase of a replacement Defibrillator positioned outside the TCC. There was no movement of the Youth Group Funds during the year.
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