## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **Period start date:** 01/02/2024 **Period end date:** 31/01/2025 **Charity name:** Solomon Browne Memorial Hall Association (SBMHA) **Charity registration number:** 1099312 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The four core objectives of the SBMHA are:
1) To reduce feelings of isolation within our community.
2) To promote the physical, mental & emotional wellbeing of our community.
3) Increase the knowledge of Mousehole’s history.
4) Increase skill levels & employability of volunteers and beneficiaries.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We are running groups, classes and projects which aim to reduce isolation and improve feelings of
cohesion and wellbeing in our community. These include markets, exercise classes, workshops, free
IT sessions, and our community garden project. This year we have also gained Shared Prosperity| |benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.||funding which has enabled us to create the new Mousehole Heritage and Archive Centre in the
downstairs area of the Hall. We have developed the Archive Centre in conjunction with the
Mousehole Archive group. We are also offering volunteering opportunities, which include learning
new skills throughout our programme of activities and projects.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The SBMHA can confirm that its Trustees know the core objectives and therefore the purpose of our
Charity. The Trustees can confirm that these objectives seek to improve the wellbeing of its members
and assist them in maximising their potential. The Trustees thereby make decisions based on real
benefit to the public.
As far as is reasonably possible we base all of our decision making solely on how we can enhance
the lives of local residents and holiday makers who visit the village of Mousehole.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment |including program related
investment||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|||| |Other||||| |**Achievements and Performance**|||Charity Commission Report
Feb 24 – Jan 25
**Reducing Social Isolation**|| ||SORP
reference|||| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to|||Charity Commission Report
Feb 24 – Jan 25
**Reducing Social Isolation**|| ||||**Reducing Social Isolation**|| |the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20||This year we have continued to ofer regular free IT support sessions delivered to those who
need it. These have helped people in a variety of ways from being able to access vital
information, to being able to connect with families. The IT sessions have been run in the hall,
but we have also visited people in their homes, when they needed support but couldn’t attend
the hall due to mobility problems. We also host regular monthly cofee mornings. These are an
opportunity for people to socialise and to volunteer, they have also raised money for many
other local charities. We have also continued to act as a drop of point for the Penzance Street
Food Project, and regularly delivered a large amount of essential food supplies. We once again
ran our popular community festive meal for our local elderly residents and those who are alone
at Christmas. This is always a fantastic social event for the most elderly and isolated in our
community. Our weekly playgroup is very afordable and welcoming so that we can be available
to parents of young children who are feeling isolated and need to socialise. All of these events
have been successful in creating and supporting social connections and reducing isolation.
**Improving Health and Wellbeing**
Our weekly pre-school playgroup ‘Pipsqueaks’ continues to be a vital opportunity for parents of
young children in the village to socialize and support one another. We ofer free healthy snacks
for the children and a fun educational activity. These weekly sessions are providing a positive
and healthy space for young children and a vital support group for the parents.
We have regular yoga and dance classes here at the hall. We ofer a discounted rate to
qualifed practitioners who provide classes that improve health and wellbeing. This means that
the classes can then be kept at an afordable rate, and we have many people from a range of
backgrounds and abilities attending these classes and getting huge physical and social benefts
from these classes.
We continue to develop our community garden and have a regular group of volunteers who
help to maintain the garden and grow a selection of herbs, veg, fruit and berries. We run
regular community garden volunteering sessions, aswell as the usual garden maintenance the
volunteers are learning new skills such as include tree planting, seed sowing, making compost,
drying and harvesting seeds and harvesting veg, fruit and herbs. The volunteers and local
children have been tasting produce, enjoying working together and cooking on an open fre. We
have found that the inter-generational as well as the outdoor nature of this project has huge
social and emotional benefts to our volunteers of all ages.
**Improving Social Cohesion and Knowledge of Mousehole**
We have a varied programme of events throughout the year that have helped people to learn
new skills, improve their wellbeing, inspire creativity, generate community spirit and learn more
about their community. These events include: A monthly flm club, pop-up food nights, a music
quiz night, a communityflmscreening, classical music performances and a 3 day jazz festival.|| |---|---|---|---|---| We have hosted a local photographers exhibition, local art exhibitions, several theatre shows and many fundraising events to support other local charities (including RNLI, Cornwall Wildlife Trust, Penhaligons friends, WC Women’s aid to name a few). We also host weekly farmers and craft markets, and run popular creative workshops in every school holiday. We have also run a family heritage treasure hunt in the village, engaging more children with their local history. We gained Shared Prosperity funding and worked with the Mousehole Archive and Heritage Group to create a new Mousehole Archive and Heritage Centre in the downstairs of the hall. This new facility enables people to get a sense of the history and increase their understanding of the area. For older inhabitants of Mousehole this centre is an opportunity to volunteer, reminisce, reconnect and an opportunity to tell their stories. It also enables newer residents in the village, and visitors to learn more about the village and its history. We have hosted several village meetings this year - all working to improve communication and resilience in our community, and providing opportunities for local people to interact directly with local councillors and government agencies. **Improving Skills and Employability of Volunteers and Beneficiaries** We have many opportunities for people to volunteer throughout the year. As well as the social and emotional benefits of volunteering, the volunteers also benefit from training to work in the café, and have the opportunity to gain new skills and qualifications, such as first aid and food hygiene. Several of our staff, trustees and volunteers have successfully completed a Paediatric First Aid at Work course this year. Volunteers at our playgroup also gain experience in childcare and playgroup management. Our weekly craft and farmers markets gives opportunities for local people to sell their work and grow small businesses which benefits the wider community. We have also hosted many talks and creative learning workshops that aim to improve knowledge and skills, examples of these include our Christmas wreath making workshop, Shakespeare reading workshops, learning Spanish and talks on a wide range of subjects. We have also provided a space for local theatre groups and comedians to rehearse. All of these strands of work combine to improving the health, knowledge and resilience of our community. |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Charity requires grants to supplement the income generated from Hall Hire, Hall Event, Café Income
and Donations. In this financial year we have successfully applied for grants that have covered our
community work and the creation of the new Heritage Centre. Despite many of our overhead costs
increasing this year we have finished the year with a surplus of £7,279.85.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We hold funds in a separate account, as our main account does not earn interest. This is held to provide
the Charity with operating costs if our main account and activities needed financial assistance to ensure
the Charity could continue to operate for a period of time until fund-raising/grant/income could be
generated.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£95,908.00| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The SBMHA has reduced the staff numbers following the end of the National Lottery 5 year
grant. The staffing costs are now able to be covered by the reduced expected income and we
feel confident about the charity continuing in a positive financial position.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution adopted on 28/11/2002,
amended 02/05/2014 as amended
10/02/2022| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Should a trustee resign or retire then, should
a particular skill set be required, relevant
persons from within the community can be
proposed at a Trustees meeting and a
democratic vote made with regard that
appointment.
Ordinarily however Trustees are appointed
and reappointed at the Annual General
Meeting.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Trustees meet once a month and new Trustees are sent as part of their welcome an Induction and Welcome pack with details of all trustees and/staff, contact details and |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|information on the Hall’s operations,
Constitution and out latest Accounts. The
previous 3 months of Minutes are also sent
out so they can get up to speed with any
pending issues that need resolving.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|We work with the Mousehole Archive Group
who provide content the Hall’s Heritage
Centre.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Solomon Browne Hall Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1099312| |Charity’s principal address|Solomon Browne Hall
Duck Street
Mousehole
Cornwall TR19 6QW| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of**
**person (or**
**body)**
**entitled to**
**appoint**
**trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Diana Hilton|Secretary|14/09/23 topresent|| ||Tom Hender|Chair|01/05/21 topresent|| |3
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20|Tim McIerney||17/06/25 topresent|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Amanda Owen||01/05/21 topresent|| ||Thalia Hughes||07/08/22 topresent|| ||Katherine Baxter||06/12/24 topresent|| ||Nicola Messham||19/11/24 topresent|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|n/a| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian|| charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ||**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---|---| ||**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| ||||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
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Full name(s) Tom Hender
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Position (eg Chair
Secretary, Chair, etc)
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01/11/2025
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Income 2025 2024 Grants CLUP Grant Ire Heritage Centrel Donations & Sponsorship Hall Hire & Tickets Hall Events Calé & ￿freshments Tenant Income Merchandise Community Garden Project Bank llltere5t 42843.50 48864.04 36648 13837 4422 20739 7996 5643 6122.95 18604.03 12497.76 11222.06 0.00 765 252.41 0.00 2233.61 1676 TOTALINCOME 142640.36 92075 Expendlture Hall Events lincludes 50150 splltl Hall Hire 5440.97 213.50 312 585 Commuity Garden Prolect Heritage Centre ICLUP funded) Other Community Prolectsl Inlifatives Salaries. Pensions & Costs Licences Equipment Café Costs & Relre5hments Wastel Recycling Cleaning 0.00 39260.12 5796 11835 2919 142.88 68980.13 61528 623 706.99 230.55 4873.27 1323.38 2104 2407 491.57 270 F I I Insurance 2089.88 1615 373 Rent &Water Rates Electricity Printing, Postage & Stationery Telephones1 Inlernet Websiie and IT Professional Fees Sundries Repairs & Maintenance Security & Fire Bank Charges 674.88 3969.25 1204 629 584.69 798.47 1467 879 851.52 128.80 loo.00 1603.79 162 153 2810.87 85.00 977 TOTAL EXPENDITURE I35￿0.51 98366 SURPLUS (Deflclll fortheyear 7279.85 .6291 THE SOLOMON BROWNE MEMORIAL HALL ASSOCIATION INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 Alverton Accountants Chartered Certified Accountsnts Office Suite 5 Camelot Court Alverton Street Penzance Cornwall TR18 2QN Tel:101736) 360664 Email: kristin@alvertonaccountsnts.co.uk THE SOLOMON BROWNE MEMORIAL HALL ASSOCIATION Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Solomon Browne Memorial Hall Association. I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 January 2025, which is set out in Appendix A. Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examlner 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{2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my 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 commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act to state whether particular matters have come to my attention Basis of Independent Examiner's Report My 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 you as trustees concerning any such matters. The Pro￿dureS 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 fair view. and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement. Page1 of2- THE SOLOMON BROWNE MEMORIAL HALL ASSOCIATION Independent Examinerfs Statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention.. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met or to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Name: Relevant professional qualification or body: KRISTIN CAROL SIMMONS ACCA 1299292 Signature: .. Dats: -Page2of2-