LAVENHAM COMMUNrrf COUNCIL
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
J R Bradburne
J C Corney
B A Goddard
P V Smitt)
P A Marigliani
JJSmyth
appointed 7 Oct 2024
appointed 23 Jan 2025
Secretsry
J R Bradbume
Irillage Hall Managers
H De￿e$
r Gosling
Company Number
5269736
Charity Numb
11{￿956
RegiSte￿d Office
TIE Vllage Hall
Church Street, Lavenham
Sudbury C010 9QT
Bankers
Cooperative Bank
PO Box101
1 Balloon Street
Manchester M60 4EP
Santander UK plc
Bridle Road
Independent Examiner
Nick Farr FCA

LAVENHAM COMMUNITY COUNCIL
ONTENTS OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO 31 MARCH 2025
Page 1
Independent Exam1r￿S Repc*t
Page 2
Statement of Financial Acbvilks
Page 3
Balance Sheet
Page 4
Notss lo the Financial Statements
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and registe￿d as a chaiity ￿ 24 November 2LKJ4.
Organlsalonal Struclure. Eath oflhe diredors is a rn￿nber of the company. Tr Charity is organised so that tslrustee8
The charity carde8 Out obie(Is by maints￿l￿ aNJ operatk¥J Lavenham Hall. Pa¥kn￿ and playing fidds ￿ttl¢*
re8id8nts and a180 encourdges visitors from wlage.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFOIIAW4CE
and other c4lebration8 is affec*ng trgaiwWion'$ frnrKaal sta￿.
LooknrKa forward the 8ummw of 2025 armj 2026 m¢ye boc*¥y lor *ddiry aTrJ part*8
Societies, fannern. markel¥, fdm r*Jhts, cJ8ft tsirs. spthts Tmghts. s￿#al 98lh8TirwJs aNI a Verth fc* wrlate fLWKthrn.
and by Lgvonham Primary SdKK4.
The Village Hall premi8es also house IIKI La¥enham Lknary arrfj La¥ertham Pre8thx4.
DurrThJ ts V4inter of2024 ¥￿ appl*d for ts B8bergh Gfanl for Ll¥ry in wlnterwtib* on from wa￿ Spaex and
FINANGIAL REVIEW
Tot81 urtrestrith(I hKome diYiThJ ts ￿ar way £81.999 (£81.079 2024 ex(*Aw¥J COVKI 9rants)an knKxease of£920
Vlllage Hall dropped from £68.$48 to £66,763 LiY8ry Pffesd￿ Torts
Total unre8tr1cted gxpenditure exd￿1WQ deprntiation w88 £83,478 (£88.29120241, a feduclion of £4,813.
WayB aTrl Salanes co8t8 r(w from £35292 to £38,218
Total fund$ have deueased by £47.447 from £960,564 to £913.117 afteri*aw dekyeoakn of£45.599
RESERVES POUCY
In the ￿Tren1 situation the board has Iwd lo revlse its F*ltrot re8eTrw st#xAd be hekl at an a4erngo mlThmum
level Of£45,0￿ is gquv8lent to m(N)tt* FurmJ u)sts. is beojmry MO￿ dIff￿th with ￿ cost of ovevtsad8
ey4￿￿111lbre. 11 would obviously need to cff*ider hth¥ Ihe crthl be wlac£d or rftt* a(thit*s ￿ed to be altered.
SMALL COMPANIES PROVISIOIIS
Pvsmlth
nLStee & Chaimian

LAIENHAM COMMUNITY COUNCIL {Registered Charity No 11￿956}
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
LAVENHAM COMMUNITY COUNCIL
for the ￿ar ended 31 March 2025 ¥%thlch are set (Krt on pages 3 10 9
RESPONSIBIUTES AND BASIS OF REPORT
As th8 d￿nI￿S truslees (vtho are also the directors for the purpo￿ of ¢>)mpany Iv••) Y(￿ are responsible
for the preparnlon of the finan¢lal statements in a(xx)rdan¢e with the requirementsof the Companies
Act 20Cfj. (the 20(￿ AL#)
Part 16 of th8 21Th Ad and are e1￿ible for ind8P8ndent examlnation. I rew1 in respect of my examination
of your charitV$ accounts as carried out under secknn 145 of the Charities Ad 2011 {the 2011 Acl). In
8edlon 145{5)(b) of tho 2011 Ad.
INOEPENOENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT
1 a￿oUntIng rec￿d$ not kept Wi of the Cowary a8 feqq*ed ty 8edlM 386 of the
2LK6 ACL" or
3 the financial statements do not G(xnpty the aLxounting requtrements of 88thn 396 of the
2(K16 Act other than any requlrement that the accounts give a Irue and fwr whlch18 not a
4 thefinancbal 8tat8ments have not been yepared kn accordwts with the method8 8nd
of the Statement of Recommended PradKe for accounting and reporting by charikn {applicable
applkabb In the UK and RepUbr￿ of Ireland (FRS 102)>.
attention 8houkl be drawn in thls re[￿ in order to enable a proper Unde￿ndIng of Ihe aco)unts to be
reached.
Nlck Farr FCA
Moore Green
22 Frairs Street
Sudbury. Sifftolk C010 2A4
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LAVENHAM COMkWNfTY COUNCIL
(Regi￿ered Charity 111
STATEMENT OF Fll+lANCIAL ACTivmES FOR THE YEAR ENDED AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
ToLqt
Totsl
2024
Notes Funds
Funds
INCOME FROM:
Donations grants and similar Ir￿
Investrnent Income
2c
5.210
7,494
651
Village Hall
Motor Show
Hidden Gardens
100 Clubs
Pavilion and playing fields
64.746
3217
84.748 68.548
3.217
1.500
2.030
7,579
8.(￿1
8.(￿1
81,999
5210
87209
87.802
TOTAL INCOME
81.999
5.210
87.209
87,8￿2
EXPENDrruRE ON:
Charhabh Actlvlll•8
Illage Hall
Motor Show
100 Clubs
Independent Exan￿natiOn
Sundry Expen8es
Grants Made
Pavilion Expen8es
Depreciation
Restricted Expenditure
86.763
86.783
72.287
750
750
720
210
572
13.062
44599
6.527
13230
3,372
13,230
45.599
5.579
42.227
5.579
86,850 47.8(18 134,656 140.417
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
88.850 478[￿ 134.656 140.477
NEf INCOME (EXPENDrruRE)
4,851 42.598 47.447
-52.815
TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD
AT 1ST APRIL 2024
88.703 871,861
980.564 1,013. 179
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD AT
31ST MARCH 2025
83.852 829.265 913.117 960.564
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LAVENHAM COMMUNITY COUNCIL
(Registered Charity No. 1106956)
E SHEEf AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
2025
2024
Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible
864.784
905,253
864.784
905,253
cuRRE￿r ASSErs
Debtors and prepayments
Cash at bank and in hand
Stock at cost
1.291
60.222
381
61,894
4,451
63.686
328
68,465
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Creditors - amounts falling due within one year
13,561
13, 154
NEf CURRENT A&SETS I (LIABILMES)
5&311
TOTAL NET ASSETS
913.117
960,564
FUNDS
Unrestricted
Restricted
83,852
829,265
88, 703
871,861
10
913,117
The charitsble company 18 enlitled to exenykn from audit urKler Section 4T1 of the C￿nIeS Act 2006
for the year ended 318t March 2025.
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of ts financial statements for
the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Crynies Acl 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
(a)
ensuring that the charitable company keep8 accounts'ng records that comply with sections 386
and 387 of the Companie8 Act 20(￿ and
preparing financial ststements which give a true arml fair view of the state of affairs of the
charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each
financial year In accordance wilh the requirements of ￿lOn$ 354 and 395, and which
otherwise compty wth the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating lo financial
statements, so far as applicable to the charitable ccxnpany.
These financial statements have been prepared in acC￿tsnce the speual provisions relab'ng lo small
charitable companies and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102. The Financial ReportinE
Standard applicable to the UK and the Republic of Ireland
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on..
signed on its behalf by:
{b)
and w&re
Philip Smith - Trustee
Justine Comey- Trustee
The notes on pages 5 to 9 fomi part of these a￿nts
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(Registered Charity No11fts￿)
NOTE
THE FINANC
TATEMENTS
1 ACCOUNTING POUCIES
rended 31
2025
in accordance with the Finanlial Re[￿1r￿ ¥tandard applicth to ts UK and Republ￿ of
IfelaTrJ (FRS102) (effective 1 January 20151- (Cttatities SORP (FRS102}. the Financial Re￿ti
Standayd aFPlIcab￿ in the UK arwj Repth rf lTrlaThl (FRS102) aThl the Ccmpani8s A(X 2(NA.
al cost or transadiw value unless oltv*ise ststed In the relevant notes to these acrounts.
The financial statements are prepaT&J in sterling. whth is the functA)nal ￿lre￿ of ts entity.
FUNDS
R88tricted Fund5 can onty be u8ed for spear￿d pu￿ *ithin th& of th8 charty.
Rostridrons arise when SFeof*d by Ihe donor or ¥&1￿) fuThts are Taised for a parlicular r8strKtsJ
purp058.
material unc8rtaw)ties extsL Th8 Tru8t60s ha￿ cons*lered th8 lev61 offvnds and th8
expected ino)m• and exponditure for the n8Xt 12 months from aulhorffjing these fmnclal statements.
to continue as a goirKJ ¢oncem.
INCOME
entitkd to ts Income and tho arnounl can L* quanlif*d *ith teasonablo ac￿r8¢Y.
Al inc4)me * ac£ountsd for gro88.
EXPENDITURE
Expendilure 18 ac¢ounted for ￿ an 8ccrnal6 basm 88 8 liabrfity Oc￿rr•I.
C08ts of generalirKJ furKts tt)e costs a580(aatsd attracliw voluntary a￿1 the
costs oftradiNJ for fvndrai5ing purposes.
TP* charty 50 exBmptfrom cworthn lax on It• <*wllabkn actlvlues.
STOCKS
aTrJ obsotets11om8.
FIXED ASSETS
Freehokl Pror*ty. over 40 yearn . the expethd lrfe of pmpety
Equipmenc fthres and fith'ng5- at an average of 10% Ilat ra
Indr¥Klual iloms ofequIM￿ a purthaw (rf£1.IXKJ or1888 arn YitlBn off Ih? aJ8ot18
ac4uiTed.
LEASES
To facilitsts thè buVAllng of Labwham Image Hall on a speoTrd ofthe G*bo. tArjIga￿
ptiate(l *ith the DK)cesan Board of Finance {DBF) in 1* 2(X131eaty 2Crf)4
1 A full repawing and maintaining tease bet*een ts DBF and the Parrthial Church CounL¥l
(PCC} for the G* for a te￿n of 40 years *ith dlect 1 June at a rnnt of £150 pw
2 A fvll repairing and maintaining UThJerkne bèts￿ the La%?n￿ CmiNty Council (thr
their hokling Tn￿), PCC and the DBF for a defined W on the Glth land consent to
bU￿d the Lavenham Hall) for a temi of 40 years less 2 days. at a rent of £200 per annum
A lease for the temi of28 years frcrfn 12 Febnw 1968 frc•)) Lavenham Parth Councl for the playing f*kJs
whth was extended for a further 99 Yea￿ on 6 February 1995 at a pepermm rent of £1 per annum.
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(Registered Charity No. 111￿956}
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for
ear erKled 31
2025
INCOME
Tolal
2025
Total
2024
Funds
Vrflage Hall Income
Rents and actsvili
Library Rent
50.815
8.531
50,815
8,531
55.012
8,136
64,746
64.746
68,548
Bank Interest
836
651
651
Donation Grants and similar Inco
LCC balance of o)st Generator
Babergh DC -Generalor GranUFire alami
Babergh DC -Wann Spacesl Living well
4.104
1.1LN8
4.104
1.106
1673
16TJ
2.673
5.210
7,883
7,494
2d
Paw7ion & playing fi8kY Incom8
Sports Club rents
Private Hi
5,328
2,733
5,328
2.733
5.592
1,987
8,(￿1
8.061
7.579
EXPENDITURE
Vlllage H811 Expenses
Light and heat
Insurance
Rent and Rates
Repalr8 and Cleanlng
Grass Cutting
8ar Purchases
9,274
3.837
1,980
6.491
2.700
299
1.456
824
38.218
1.914
3.837
1,980
6.491
2.700
299
1.456
824
38,218
1.914
1,561
14,246
2,900
2.746
1,036
332
35,292
Event Costs
Wages
86.763
66.763
Lavenham Primary Sthool
LCC Balance of cost of Generator
72
72
Other ReSou￿8S EXWK
Depreciation
3.3T2
42227
45.599
45,599
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL
TATEMENTS fortr
JKled 31 Marth 2025
UnrestrHXed ReslTided Total
Funds
2025
Total
2024
3d Pavilion E¥p8nses
Rates and Water
ElectrirAty
Repairs
Grounds Maintenan
727
2.061
309
10.133
727
2.061
309
10.133
604
2.535
354
9.569
13.230
13.230
13.062
Resthcted Expenses
Gen8ratorlFire Alam
Wann SpaceslLiving *EII
4,104
1.475
4.104
1.475
2,527
5.579
5.579
8.527
EMPLOYEE AND STAFF COSTS
The average number offull & part time empbyees during the year vas
In addttion the Village Hall employed a number of part time staff
The cost of employing staff both full arKI part time was
Salaries and Wage8
National Insurance
Pension Contributitx
37.128
34,309
398
692
38,218
359
625
The remunerati¢￿ of Man￿ pr$on￿. induthJ senior staff. wa8 £26.397 (2024 £24,768)
No employee received benefits of rrKJre than £60,000 during the y•ar (2024 Nil)
TRUSTEES REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees, remuneration or other beneffts the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for
the year ended 31 March 2024.
There vKre no trustees. expenses paid for the year ende(131 Mard12025 nor for thè year
ended 31 March 2024.
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NOTES T
THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the
31 MARCH 2025
Tangible fwl assets
fixiures Property
2025
As at 01.04.24
Additions during the year at LX>St
57.803 1.496.080 1,553.883
5.130
5.130
As at 31.03.25
62,933 1.496.080 1.559.013
As at 01.04.24
Charge for the year
35285
3,018
613.345
42.583
648.630
45,599
As at 31.03.25
38.301
655,928
694.229
24.632 840.152 864.784
Net book value at 31.03.24
22.518
882.735
905.253
DEBTORS
T¢)tal
Total
4.361
1.291
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LAVENHAM COMMUNtrY COUNCIL
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL
TATEMENTS for th
r ended 31 March 202
LIABILITIES: Amoub￿s FALUNG DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Total
2025
Total
2024
13.561
13. 154
13,581
13.154
ANALYSIS OF NET ASSEfs BY FUND
Total
Fund
Fund
Tangible ilxed a88818
Current assets
Cash
37.886
1.672
57,486
-13.561
.898 884.784 905.253
1.672
4, 779
63,686
-11164
2.736
-13.561
829,634
913.117
10
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
31103r2024 Incor
Expendknre 31103r2025
81.999
86.850 83.852
Village Hall & Pavilk
Building Extension
Pre School Funds
Wann Spaces
LI￿ng Well
Fire Alami
556.077
314,465
631
26.507
15,720
529,570
298.745
631
1.106
4.104
787
4.104
319
871.861
5210
47,806
829,285
Total Funds
87.209
134.656
913.117
Purpose of Restrithd Funds
The Village Hall & Pavilion arKI BUVI Ing Extension Funds relate lo funding received
and expended on these capital projects. The fund balances represent the net book value of the asset
The prescho￿ and Warm Spaces funds represent the balance of monies raised as yet unspent
on the proi*Xs
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