## **THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE COMMUNITY PROJECT** 

## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

The trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2025. 

## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objectives and aims** 

The objectives of the charity are: 

**a)** to advance education and provide a facility for social welfare, recreation and other leisure-time occupations to improve the living conditions for the residents of St Gabriel's ward and surrounding districts, without distinction by sex, sexual orientation, race, political, religious or other opinions. 

b) to secure the establishment of a community centre, whether alone or in co-operation with the local authority or other body in furtherance of these objects. 

The charity shall not be partisan or sectarian. 

## **Objectives, strategies and activities** 

The charity provides high quality meeting space for voluntary organisations and community groups. It supports business start-ups with low, or no cost, use of its facilities. 

## **Public benefit** 

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. 

## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document** 

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. 

## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number** 

04573384 (England and Wales) 

## **Registered Charity number** 

1097390 

## **Registered office** 

The Old Schoolhouse Saint Johns Road Huyton Merseyside L360UX 

## **Trustees** 

Ms Honora Ambrose Mr Bryan Blois Mr Stephen Anthony Carroll Sister Mary Kelly Mr Mark Sweeney 

## **Company Secretary** 

Mr Karl James Hart 

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||**StatementofFinancial Activities**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**fortheYear Ended31March2025**|||
|||31.3.25|31.3.24|
|||Unrestricted|Total|
|||fund|funds|
||Notes|£|£|
|**INCOMEANDENDOWMENTS FROM**||||
|Donations and legacies||156,525|151,667|
|**Charitable activities**||||
|Other||75,735|101,926|
|Other trading activities|2|21,495|20,491|
|Investment income|3|3,054|1,798|
|**Total**||256,809|275,882|
|**EXPENDITUREON**||||
|**Charitable activities**||||
|Other||239,625|215,312|
|**NET INCOME**||17,184|60,570|
|**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||||
|Total funds brought forward||342,224|281,654|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||359,408|342,224|





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||**BalanceSheet**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**31March 2025**|||
|||31.3.25|31.3.24|
|||Unrestricted|Total|
|||fund|funds|
||Notes|£|£|
|**FIXEDASSETS**||||
|Tangible assets|8|30,905|16,967|
|**CURRENTASSETS**||||
|Debtors|9|2,846|7,479|
|Cashatbank andinhand||335,318|356,231|
|||338,164|363,710|
|**CREDITORS**||||
|Amounts falling duewithinone year|10|(9,661)|(38,453)|
|**NETCURRENTASSETS**||328,503|325,257|
|**TOTALASSETSLESSCURRENTLIABILITIES**||359,408|342,224|
|**NETASSETS**||359,408|342,224|
|**FUNDS**|11|||
|Unrestricted funds||359,408|342,224|
|**TOTALFUNDS**||359,408|342,224|





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|**NotestotheFinancialStatements**-**continued**|||
|---|---|---|
|**fortheYearEnded31March2025**|||
|**OTHERTRADINGACTIVITIES**|||
||31.3.25|31.3.24|
||£|£|
|Catering|21,495|20,491|
|**INVESTMENTINCOME**|||
||31.3.25|31.3.24|
||£|£|
|Interestoncashdeposits|3,054|1,798|
|**NETINCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**|||
|Net income/(expenditure)isstated after charging/(crediting):|||
||31.3.25|31.3.24|
||£|£|
|Depreciation - ownedassets|3,562|1,805|



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|**STAFFCOSTS**|||
|---|---|---|
||31.3.25|31.3.24|
||£|£|
|Wagesandsalaries|135,512|117,589|
|Socialsecuritycosts|6,906|5,376|
|Otherpensioncosts|2,686|2,411|
||145,104|125,376|
|Theaveragemonthly numberofemployeesduring the yearwasasfollows:|||
||31.3.25|**31.3.24**|
|Numberofemployees|6|5|





||THEOLDSCHOOLHOUSECOMMUNITYPROJECT||
|---|---|---|
||NotestotheFinancialStatements- continued||
||for theYearEnded31March2025||
|7.|COMPARATIVESFORTHESTATEMENTOFFINANCIALACTIVITIES|Unrestricted|
|||fund|
|||£|
||INCOMEANDENDOWMENTSFROM<br>Donationsandlegacies|151,667|
||Charitableactivities|101,926|
||Other||
|||20,491|
||Othertradingactivities|1,798|
||Investmentincome||
|||275,882|
||Total||
||**EXPENDITUREON**||
||Charitableactivities|215,312|
||Other||
|||60,570|
||**NETINCOME**||
||RECONCILIATIONOFFUNDS|281,654|
||Totalfundsbrought forward||
||TOTALFUNDSCARRIEDFORWARD|342,224|





|||**NotestotheFinancialStatements**-**continued**|**NotestotheFinancialStatements**-**continued**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**fortheYearEnded31March**|**2025**|||
|**8.**|**TANGIBLEFIXEDASSETS**|||||
|||Improvements|Fixtures|||
|||to|and|Motor||
|||property<br>£|fittings<br>£|vehicles<br>£|Totals<br>£|
||**COST**<br>At1 April 2024<br>Additions|45,114|2,192|15,308|45,114<br>17,500|
||At 31 March 2025|45,114|2,192|15,308|62,614|
||**DEPRECIATION**<br>At1 April 2024<br>Chargeforyear|28,147<br>1,804|143|1,615|28,147<br>3,562|
||At31 March 2025|29,951|143|1,615|31,709|
||**NETBOOKVALUE**<br>At 31 March 2025|15,163|2,049|13,693|30,905|
||At 31 March 2024|16,967|||16,967|
|**9.**|**DEBTORS:AMOUNTSFALLINGDUEWITHINONEYEAR**|||31.3.25|31.3.24|
|||||£|£|
||Trade debtors|||2,846|7,479|
|**10.**|**CREDITORS:AMOUNTSFALLINGDUEWITHINONEYEAR**|||||
|||||31.3.25|31.3.24|
|||||£|£|
||Trade creditors|||2,325|2,696|
||Socialsecurity and other taxes|||3,724|3,074|
||Accruals and deferred income|||3,612|32,683|
|||||9,661|38,453|





|||THEOLDSCHOOLHOUSECOMMUNITYPROJECT|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||NotestotheFinancial Statements - continued|||
|||fortheYear Ended31March202S|||
|11.|**MOVEMENTINFUNDS**||Net||
||||movement|At|
|||At1.4.24|in funds|31.3.25|
|||£|£|£|
||**Unrestrictedfunds**<br>General fund|342,224|17,184|359,408|
||**TOTALFUNDS**|342,224|17,184|359,408|
||Net movement in funds, included intheabove areasfollows:||||
|||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|||resources|expended|infunds|
|||£|£|£|
||**Unrestrictedfunds**<br>General fund|256,809|(239,625)|17,184|
||TOTAL**FUNDS**|256,809|(239,625)|17,184|
||Comparativesformovement in funds||||
||||Net||
||||movement|At|
|||At1.4.23|in funds|31.3.24|
|||£|£|£|
||**Unrestrictedfunds**||||
||General fund|281,654|60,570|342,224|
||**TOTALFUNDS**|281,654|60,570|342,224|
||Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above areasfollows:||||
|||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|||resources|expended|infunds|
|||£|£|£|
||**Unrestrictedfunds**||||
||General fund|275,882|(215,312)|60,570|
||**TOTALFUNDS**|275,882|(215,312}|60,570|





|**MOVEMENTINFUNDS**-**continued**|**MOVEMENTINFUNDS**-**continued**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|A current year12months andprioryear 12 months combined position_is_asfollows:||||
|||Net||
|||movement|At|
||At1.4.23|in funds|31.3.25|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestrictedfunds**<br>General fund|281,654|77,754|359,408|



|**TOTALFUNDS**<br>,|**TOTALFUNDS**<br>,|||
|---|---|---|---|
|A current year 12 months andprioryear 12 months combined net movement<br>asfollows:||in funds,_included_intheabove are<br>_I_||
||Incoming<br>resources<br>£|<br>Resources<br> <br>expended<br>£|Movement<br>in funds<br>£|
|**Unrestrictedfunds**|532,691|(454,937)|77,754|
|General fund||||





||THEOLDSCHOOLHOUSECOMMUNITY**PROJECT**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||DetailedStatementofFinancial Activities|||
||fortheYear Ended 31 March 2025|||
|||31.3.25|31.3.24|
|||£|£|
|**INCOMEANDENDOWMENTS**||||
|**Donationsandlegacies**||156,525|151,667|
|Trusts and foundations||||
|**Other tradingactivities**||21,495|20,491|
|Catering||||
|**Investmentincome**||3,054|1,798|
|Interestoncash deposits||||
|**Charitable activities**||49,046|70,392|
|Tenants||26,689|31,534|
|Roomhire||||
|||75,735|101,926|
|||256,809|275,882|
|**Totalincomingresources**||||
|**EXPENDITURE**||||
|**Charitableactivities**||135,512|117,589|
|**Wages**<br>Social security<br>Pensions||6,906<br>2,686<br>6,730|5,376<br>2,411<br>6,668|
|Rent, rates andwater||2,415|6,165|
|Insurance||27,954|25,296|
|Light and heat||14,562|**12,248**|
|catering||5,394|5,134|
|Accountancy||26,595|25,550|
|Repairs and maintenance||7,157|7,065|
|Office expenses||1,805|1,805|
|Improvementstoproperty||143||
|Fixtures and fittings||1,615||
|Motorvehicles||151|5|
|Bankcharges||||
|||239,625|215,312|
|Total resources expended||239,625|215,312|
|Netincome||17,184|60,570|