DEAL AND WALMER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Company No. 05170251
Charity No.1105711
Registered office: The Landmark Centre, 129 High Street, Deal CT14 6BB
## RERORT OF THE TRUSTEES & UNAUDITED FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] OCTOBER 2025
The trustees who are also directors of the charitable company for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31[st] October 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK (FRS102) effective from 1/1/2019.
## **Objectives and aims**
To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Deal and Walmer in the county of Kent and the neighbourhood without distinction of sex or political, religious or other opinions by associations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for said inhabitants. To establish or to secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain and manage or to co-operate with any local statutory authority in the maintenance of such a centre for activities promoted by the charitable company.
## **Charitable activities**
The hiring out of the Richardson Hall has been particularly popular for dance and exercise classes. The Cleary Hall has attracted those interested in more sedate activities of a wider variety. The Hollingworth Hall has been less frequented but favoured by theatrical and musical groups while recent effort to promote bookings for more evening events have begun to show promise. Craft and similar fairs using more than one hall have generated significant footfall. Use of Hallmaster for bookings has improved record keeping and invoicing.
The cafe continues to provide space for informal socialising and hot drinks and food, their users being mainly at the older end of the age range and regulars coming from shorter distances. Takings should provide an income stream towards the upkeep of the overall building.
## **Finance**
At the start of the period the charity was cash flow insolvent but given the capital asset of the building would cover outstanding debts the trustees considered it was in the best interests of all stakeholders to keep The Landmark Centre open while they explored ways to balance income and expenditure. At all times there was sufficient prospect of achieving that, even though it took longer than anticipated to conclude arrangements. Onerous gas & electricity bills were renegotiated and repayment plans agreed with utility companies, HMRC and other creditors. Additional loan finance was arranged with the mortgagee, district council and a private benefactor, grants successfully requested from local councils and fundraising events and appeals raised additional funds to meet those repayments and begin the process of bringing the condition of the building back to meeting health and safety standards and appealing to additional users to provide the regular income needed to cover running costs. Towards the end of the period a Centre Manager was employed to ensure that the café and bar function in a manner to cover the additional costs imposed by government changes to National Insurance and living wage increases and generate surpluses sufficient for The Landmark Centre to pay its way.
The charity’s subsidiary company Spires Hospitality (Deal) Ltd was abandoned at the beginning of the year with the existing directors placing it into insolvent dissolution. During the year the bar has been operated through a new subsidiary Twin Spires Deal Limited. It wasn’t until the latter part of the period, following a change of manager and a refurbishment by volunteers that trading margins were achieved to contribute to the running costs of the whole building. The bar remained busy as another space for informal socialising while it’s downmarket reputation that had had an adverse impact of potential users of other spaces began a transformation and attracted a large and more diverse user base during weekend live music events.
Although repayable on demand, private lenders have acknowledged repayments cannot begin until utility bills and HMRC are up to date. The only reserve the charity has is in the capital value of the freehold building.
## **Governance**
At the start of the period four new trustees answered a call for volunteers and the previous trustees stood down. The scale of the financial challenges facing the charity has taken all available time, leaving no resource to return to the membership model described in the governing document.
Trustees were
Dr S B Williams (resigned 15/11/24)
M V Carnall (resigned 30/11/24)
G J Kemp P D Jull (from 8/11/24) M Turner (from 20/11/24) K C Underwood (from 20/11/24)
## DEAL AND WALMER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
## STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTIVITIES
## 1st NOVEMBER 2024 to 31st OCTOBER 2025
|Donatons & legacies
Charitable actvites
The Landmark Centre
Cafe income
Donatons/
Fundraising
Grants
Other rent
Other Income
Interest received
Expenditure
The Landmark Centre
Cafe
Other
Net Expenditure
Funds brought forward
Prior year adjustment
Funds carried forward|Unrestricted
Funds
54977
69532
8787
7500
5007
873
56
146732
96480
72174
28768
197422
-50690
-126469
-177159|Restricted
Funds
0
0
0
0|Endowment
Funds
0
0
0
385758
385758|2025
Total
Funds
54977
69532
8787
7500
5007
873
56
146732
96480
72174
28768
197422
-50690
259289
208599|2024
Total
Funds
52708
57616
51450
2|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||161776
85877
59714
40445|
||||||186036|
||||||-24260
283657
-108|
||||||259289|
## DEAL AND WALMER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
BALANCE SHEET 31st OCTOBER 2025
|Fixed Assets
Land & Buildings
Furniture & Equipment
Investment in Susidiary
Current Assets
Stock
Debtors
Cash at bank & in hand
Creditors
Banks
Amounts due within one
year
Net Current Liabilites
Loans due afer one year|Unrestricted
Funds
3355
6000
9355
350
25670
23436
49456
0
158746
158746
-109290
77224
-177159|Restricted
Funds
0
0
0
0
0|Endowment
Funds
385758
385758
0
0
0
385758|2025
Total
Funds
385758
3355
6000
395113
350
25670
23436
49456
0
158746
158746
-109290
77224
208599|2024
Total
Funds
385758
10|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||385768
350
104707
2591|
||||||107648
4775
150891|
||||||155666|
||||||-48018
54093|
||||||283657|
For the year ending 31 October 2025 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.
The average number of employees during the financial year was 6.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 27/11/2025 and were signed on its behalf by _**PD Jull**_
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
## **Report to the trustees**
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Charity Name
Deal and Walmer Community Association
On accounts for the year ended
31/10/2025
Charity no (if any)
105711
Set out on pages
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
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## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 /10 / 2025** .
As the charity's trustees, 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 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 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.
- _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:** Amanda Tancock **Date:** 17/11/2025 **Name:** Amanda Tancock **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 74 Hyton Drive, Deal, Kent CT14 9WG
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).