## **Blackhall Mill Community Association Limited** **Company No. 05159304 Registered Charity No. 1106062** ## **Annual Report and Accounts** **1[st] December 2019 – 30[th] November 2020** **Community Accounting North East The Pine Tree Centre Durham Road Birtley County Durham DH3 2TD** ## _**Community Accounting North East CIC**_ Pinetree Centre, Durham Road, Birtley, Co.Durham,DH3 2TD Tel. No. 0191 4928232 Blackhall Mill Community Association Ltd. Blackhall Mill Community Centre River View Blackhall Mill Newcastle upon Tyne NE17 7TQ ## ~~**Independent Examiner**~~ **’** ~~**s Rep**~~ **ort** I report on the accounts of Blackhall Mill Community Association Ltd. for the period ended 30th November 2020. ## ~~**Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Exam**~~ **iner** The trustees of the charity are responsible for the preparation of accounts; they consider that the audit requirement under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 does not apply. I have been appointed under the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the regulations made under section 145 of that Act. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts and statement, without performing an audit, and to report to the trustees. ## ~~**Basis of Examiner**~~ **’** ~~**s Statem**~~ **ent** This report is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the directions given by the Charity Commissioners under the Act). An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity trustees and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes a review of the accounts and making such enquiries as are necessary for the purpose of this report. The procedures undertaken do not constitute an audit. ## ~~**Examiner**~~ **’** ~~**s Stateme**~~ **nt** Based on my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe, that in any material respect, accounting records have not been kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act 2011. or that the accounts presented do not accord with those records or comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act 2011. No matter has come to my attention in connection with my examination to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts. . In my opinion, the accounts are in agreement with the accounting records kept by the company under Section 221, and have regard only to, and on the basis of, the information contained in those [Type text] 6 [Type text] ## _**Community Accounting North East CIC**_ Pinetree Centre, Durham Road, Birtley, Co.Durham,DH3 2TD Tel. No. 0191 4928232 accounting records, those accounts have been drawn up in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Act specified in subsection (6), so far as is applicable to the company. In my opinion, having regard to and on the basis of, the information contained in the accounting records kept by the company under section 221, the company as a charity satisfied the requirements of section 249A(5) for the financial year and did not fall within section 249B(1) (a) to (f) at any time within the financial year. Terry Atkinson Independent Examiner 19[th] March 2021 ## _**Blackhall Mill Community Association Limited**_ ## [Type text] **Registered Office:** 6 [Type text] 26 River View Blackhall Mill Newcastle upon Tyne NE17 7TQ ## **Company No:** 05159304 **Charity Registration No:** 1106062 ## **Directors:** Michael Robert Bennett Christopher Sidney Cox Geraldine Anne Ling Heather Ann Turner Julie Anne Nicholson Katherine Zeserson **Company Secretary:** Michael Robert Bennett ## **Accountants:** Community Accounting North East CIC Pinetree Centre Durham Road Birtley DH3 2TD ## **Report of the Trustees/Directors for the Period Ended 30th November 2020** The Trustees/Directors present their report and the financial statements for the period 1st December 2019 to 30th November 2020. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles, Companies Act 1985, the Charities Act 1993 and the Charities SORP 2000. ## **Governing Documents/Organisation Structure** The charity's governing documents are the Memorandum and Articles of Association (as revised September 2004).The policy and general management of the affairs of the Association, are directed by a Management Committee which must meet at least four times a year. Full details of its composition can be found in the "Articles". Trustees are elected at the AGM. They must retire annually but will be eligible to be appointed again, and are ex-officio members of the Management Committee and all other committees. ## **Principal activities** The charity's principal activity during the year is to advance education and promote recreation and leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life of the inhabitants of Blackhall Mill and its neighbourhood. ## **Report on the year** This reporting period includes just under four months of activity prior to the first COVID-19 lockdown (March 23[rd] , 2021). ## **November 2019 – March 2021** Up until COVID-19 closure, the Centre continued to be booked for regular activities and classes including yoga, fitness, parent and toddler group, aikido, Derwent Voices singing group and a Sunday Community Cafe. The Lunch Club, for older residents, continued with the support of Age UK, providing vital social contacts, and the Post Office was open two days per week. The Centre was also used for a variety of private events from children's parties to weddings and funeral receptions. We held our annual Burns Night fundraiser in January 2020. ## **COVID-19** At the point of lockdown, we closed the community centre and furloughed our part-time cleaner. We circulated (through letterboxes) phone numbers of committee members willing to support vulnerable community members, and made sure we were linked up with colleagues at Chopwell Community Association to be aware of local needs. We formed a COVID-19 risk assessment group, consisting of five management committee members (including two trustees), and appointed a COVID-19 Officer (Heather Turner). This group took decisions on closure throughout the year, riskassessed and put safety protocols in place during periods of partial opening in the autumn. We very much appreciated Gateshead Council’s frequent and clear communication during this difficult period. We are also grateful to Gateshead Council for COVID-19 support payments totalling £11903.92 which were used to offset lost rental income and to furlough our part-time cleaner. ## **Communications** We produced a newsletter, News@theMill as and when needed, distributed to all residents. A social media presence was also maintained on Facebook (The Mill, Blackhall Mill Community Centre). ## **Derwent Valley Car Club** During this reporting period DVCC became part of the 2-year ERDF funded SOSCI project led by Innovate UK . This has supported the expansion of the DVCC, which is now running a fleet of 3 vehicles, 2 of which are leased from Weardale Community Transport. Due to issues caused by COVID-19 restrictions the two new charging points, in Rowlands Gill and Shotley Bridge, have not been installed and all the cars have been kept in Blackhall Mill meaning that they have not been used as much as was forecast. ## **Blackhall Mill Community Association Limited** **Company No. 05159304 Registered Charity No. 1106062** ## _**Financial Statements**_ _**Year ended 30 November 2020**_ Blackhall Mlll Communlty Assoclallon Llmlted To Toi*l JS,B49 13.53 45,3UI 4.655 10,820 195 476 27.742 1931 610 Nrtln¢omlw 15.271 Fwd• I•iDq(•mbllr21Mg 130. 572 1&1.537 1&9,8L 11,421) 1421 118917 152 193 Bla¢khall Mlll Communlty Assoclatlon Llmlted 11&917 11C917 129. 13739 31.887 13.739 31.8B7 412 24.310 10,350 10.350 110917 11qV17 110.917 20.27e 15.[￿• 1?0.995 15.ci Td¥l Fw 116917 Blackhall Mlll Communlty Assoclation Llmited Toi*l T•t•l GMBC. 19 yMknUK 13. 30.M2 30.Y2 2.901 IW7 13.$38 S,97• Rurt 2.732 2.732 6.163 122 4.655 4.666 9,841 Totsl Blackhall Mill Community Associatlon Limited Totsl Totsl 129 1,922 30,942 2.049 158 1.402 970 165 1.333 407 152 274 12.652 Car Ckjb costs. Innovate Car Club oJsts-Oth*r Rate5 aThJ Water ght ar¥J Heat 30.942 1,593 282 1,641 158 c￿aning IDsLJrance 157 1.442 824 242 274 13.612 Equiwent 274 11,692 Colt of ol T¢rt•l Trfal 2019 E¥￿ts YtyJth Pr(¥ed Totsl T<)lal 2019 Acwuntancy 350 119 350 119 610 Blackhall Mlll Communlty A8soclatlon Llmlted A••1 i•tO•xthr2018 19. 180.Ja4 11852 11.692 1753ID 12B 111.892) laO.N2) It6.917 211 1112) (1 {1.793) 130. (48.476) 11A211 I10.￿? 21.612 1&193 {5, 18.193 IA21 Blackhall Mill Community Association Limited 81 R•l•t•d Party Trnrwcllon• The Company has entered into any related party transaclions 9)Tr￿ta? 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