**Charity registration number 1123878 (England and Wales) Company registration number 06558879**
## **THE KENCH HILL CHARITY**
# **Annual Report And Unaudited Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Legal And Administrative Information**
|**Trustees**|N Corker||
|---|---|---|
||E Cooke Szewczyk||
||C Harris||
||P Houston|(Appointed 30 January 2025)|
||Y Gleason||
||L Goodison||
||A Jung||
|**Charity number (England and Wales)**|1123878||
|**Company number**|06558879||
|**Registered office**|Kench Hill Centre||
||Appledore Road||
||Tenterden||
||Kent||
||England||
||TN30 7DG||
|**Independent examiner**|Chavereys Limited||
||The Goods Shed||
||Jubilee Way||
||Faversham||
||Kent||
||England||
||ME13 8GD||
## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|1 - 5|
|Independent examiner's report|6|
|Statement of financial activities|7|
|Balance sheet|8|
|Notes to the financial statements|9 - 18|
## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Trustees' Report (Including Directors' Report) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's memorandum of association, the Companies Act 2006 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019).
## **Objectives and activities**
The Kench Hill Charity seeks to deliver life-changing experiences for young people and adults by providing educational and recreational activities that inspire personal development, self-confidence, independent life skills and that promote healthy lifestyles in a safe, supportive environment with good quality affordable accommodation for groups which do not have access to other facilities.
The key objectives for the financial period under review were:
- Head of Centre to review staffing structure grounds/house teams.
- Centre work schedule to commence with installation of a new boiler.
- Education manager to oversee LOTC accreditation and Centre curriculum.
- Review school pricing structure.
- Fundraise for Kench Hill activity enrichment.
- Continued Centre renovations.
- Garden and grounds operation plan.
## _Public benefit_
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
## **Achievements and performance**
## _Significant activities and achievements against objectives_
The staff team have attended a staff training day in January and also all completed online health and safety at work and manual handling training.
A busy school year for the Kench Hill Charity with schools stays booking into mid December 2024 and returning again from the last week in January 2025 for a full academic year.
- 42 Residential schools (41 2023/4), 6 school day visits, 2 Hackney short breaks and 31 self-catered group stays.
- Centre Diary fully booked for 2025 school term and 2026 filling.
The Centre has passed its LOTC accreditation with outstanding feedback from the assessor, with a focus on the Charites nurturing environment for visiting school children.
An Open Day/dog show was held on the 9[th] August, 281 visitors, raising £1,800 pounds and local awareness and support for the charity, including 2 additional weekend bookings.
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Trustees' Report (Including Directors' Report) (Continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **House/grounds:**
Following the Centre building audit and report a bid and grant from Hackney Council has supported the removal of the old Centre boilers and replacement with 2 new boiler units, saving money and energy use for the charity.
The small teachers’ lounge has been renovated and updated to a teachers/adult snug for weekend groups and adult down time.
Kent Community Foundation grant has been used to create a new wildlife garden with a new pond dipping area, bird hide and restored model windmill.
## **Kitchen:**
The new Head Chef Tracy Newman has introduced a new Centre menu where schools can now pick their meals and produce is fresh from the local market.
## **Additional achievements:**
A new fireboard for the main house has been fitted, ensuring a safer and more up to date user friendly system
Recruitment of a part time social media admin and fundraiser support staff member (1-day month and freelance hours).
Partnerships supporting 4 new charities to access outdoor spaces and use Kench Hill as a base for their charitable work with SEND children and adults.
The small dining room in the house has been repainted and decorated with new furnishings.
## **Public benefit delivered by the charity (statistics)**
Residential School Trips April 2024 - March 2025:
- 43 school residential trips (23 of which were Hackney schools) (21 in 2023-24).
- 1166 children (1221 2023/4)
- Average class size of 26 (28 2023/4)
- 154 additional staff
School Day Visits April 2024 - March 2025: 144
Total number of school children visiting: 1,284
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Trustees' Report (Including Directors' Report) (Continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **Self catered residential Community/Charity groups using Kench Hill include:**
Faith/Spiritual groups
- Ignite church
- Diversity Choir
- Hackney Sea Shanty Choir
- Hackney Small Festival
- Bidwell Woman’s swimmers
- Underwood Choir
- Hackney Small Festival
Other charitable/cultural groups
- Edward Carpenter Community
- North London Conservatoire
- Evoke Choir
- Plum village UK mindfulness group
- Mentorwise charity
- Kith & Kids charity
- Brighton Pebbles Charity
- Hoxton Drama
- Shanty Collective
- St John Ambulance training weekend
- Morris Choir
- Our Second Home Charity
- 21 Together Charity
Total number of group accommodation visitors for the year: 1012 (2023-24:
1,056).
Total occupancy rate:
Overall summary (April 1st, 2024 - March 31st, 2025): Total visitors: 2,332 Number of days occupied by users: 280/365, 77% (78% 2023-24)
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Trustees' Report (Including Directors' Report) (Continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **Financial review**
This year has seen a busy year for school and weekend/holiday self-catered bookings. It has been challenging year with additional staffing cost due to long term sickness and long periods of absence that have needed to be covered at an additional cost to the charity.
The 3-year pricing structure and new terms and conditions on deposits the Centre has not hindered bookings and has led to an increased surplus for the year compared to 2024.
Surplus on unrestricted funds for the year was £16,445 (2024: £9,120) , with a total unrestricted income of £352,423 (unrestricted 2024: £329,611).
## _Reserves policy_
The free reserves of the charity (excluding fixed assets and long term creditors) are £86,032 (2024: £78,351) which the trustees consider is adequate.
## **Plans for future periods**
- to continue the 3 year phased fee increase for S/C weekend and holiday groups and local schools
- to fill the vacant Assistant Head of Centre position
- To implement a new school visit pricing structure and minimum 3-night booking.
- Continue to link with more Hackney schools through teacher training.
- Review kitchen and domestic team operating procedures and service/food contracts after AB retirement in Feb 26
- Recruit a part time gardener and freelance handyman for the Centre
- Fundraise bid for new Centre minibus.
- To refurb teachers bedrooms on 1[st] and second floor
- Exterior decoration to main building focusing on window renovation.
- External maintenance of Straw Hall and Barn Classroom.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The company was incorporated on 8 April 2008 and registered as a charity on 24 April 2008.
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
N Corker E Cooke Szewczyk C Harris P Houston (Appointed 30 January 2025) Y Gleason L Goodison A Jung N Wilson (Resigned 1 December 2024)
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Trustees' Report (Including Directors' Report) (Continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## _Recruitment and appointment of trustees_
The management of the company is the responsibility of the trustees who are elected under the terms of the Memorandum of Association.
New trustees are invited to meet the other trustees and key employees at the Centre, they are briefed on the organisation, current plans and the financial status of the charity. New trustees are advised of their legal obligations under charity law and are encouraged to attend appropriate external training events where these will facilitate the undertaking of their role.
## _Organisational structure_
The Kench Hill Charity is governed by the board of trustees, which meets termly (3 times a year). It is responsible for the management of the Kench Hill Centre and strategic direction and management of the "activities" of The Kench Hill Charity.
Management of the centre is delegated to the Head of Centre, Barney Clarke. Most staff are employed by The Hackney Learning Trust and the educational services they provide are charged to The Kench Hill Charity. The Head of Centre is responsible for managing the budget agreed by the board of trustees, for implementing curriculum development and management of the premises in accordance with health and safety legislation and guidelines.
## _Other matters_
## **Risk management**
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the charity, and are satisfied that systems and procedures are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.
The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
N Corker
## **Trustee**
10 July 2025
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Independent Examiner's Report**
## **To The Trustees Of The Kench Hill Charity**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of The Kench Hill Charity (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000, the independent examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the Companies Act 2006.
- 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
- 4 the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
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 financial statements to be reached.
## I Morris FCA
## **Chavereys Limited**
The Goods Shed Jubilee Way Faversham Kent ME13 8GD England 10 July 2025
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Statement Of Financial Activities Including Income And Expenditure Account**
## **For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2025**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
**2**
**21,899**
**55,000**
Charitable activities
**3**
**312,265**
**-**
Other trading activities
**4**
**16,300**
**-**
Investments
**5**
**1,959**
**-**
**Total income**
**352,423**
**55,000**
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
**6**
**335,978**
**10,821**
**Total expenditure**
**335,978**
**10,821**
**Net income and movement in**
**funds**
**16,445**
**44,179**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Fund balances at 1 April 2024
**144,791**
**71,028**
**Fund balances at 31 March**
**2025**
**161,236**
**115,207**|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**76,899**
_6,305_
_5,184_
**312,265**
_285,606_
_-_
**16,300**
_36,052_
_-_
**1,959**
_1,648_
_-_
**407,423**
_329,611_
_5,184_
**346,799**
_320,491_
_3,871_
**346,799**
_320,491_
_3,871_
**60,624**
_9,120_
_1,313_
**215,819**
_135,671_
_69,715_
**276,443**
_144,791_
_71,028_|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
_11,489_
_285,606_
_36,052_
_1,648_|
|---|---|---|
|||_334,795_
_324,362_|
|||_324,362_|
|||_10,433_
_205,386_|
|||_215,819_|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Balance Sheet**
## **As At 31 March 2025**
||||**2025**||**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Notes**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed assets**||||||
|Tangible assets|**12**||**244,411**||_200,468_|
|**Current assets**||||||
|Debtors|**13**|**32,020**||_18,893_||
|Cash at bank and in hand||**121,793**||_134,861_||
|||**153,813**||_153,754_||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one**|**15**|||||
|**year**||**(67,781)**||_(75,403)_||
|**Net current assets**|||**86,032**||_78,351_|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||**330,443**||_278,819_|
|**Creditors: amounts falling due after more**||||||
|**than one year**|**16**||**(54,000)**||_(63,000)_|
|**Net assets**|||**276,443**||_215,819_|
|**The funds of the charity**||||||
|Restricted income funds|**18**||**115,207**||_71,028_|
|Unrestricted funds|**19**||**161,236**||_144,791_|
||||**276,443**||_215,819_|
The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 10 July 2025
N Corker
## **Trustee**
Company registration number 06558879 (England and Wales)
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Notes To The Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Charity information**
The Kench Hill Charity is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Kench Hill Centre, Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7DG, England.
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)". The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a statement of cash flows.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
## **1.2 Going concern**
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
## **1.3 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.
## **1.4 Income**
Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.
Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.
## **1.5 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and support costs. The charity is not registered for VAT and consequently all expenditure is state gross of irrecoverable VAT incurred.
## **1.6 Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Notes To The Financial Statements (Continued)**
## **For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **(Continued)**
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Tenant's improvements to property 2% - 4% straight line. Fixtures, fittings and equipment 20% straight line
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## **1.7 Financial instruments**
The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
## **1.8 Retirement benefits**
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
## **2 Income from donations and legacies**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
Donations and gifts
**21,899**
**-**
Grants
**-**
**55,000**
**21,899**
**55,000**|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**21,899**
_4,789_
_-_
**55,000**
_1,516_
_5,184_
**76,899**
_6,305_
_5,184_|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
_4,789_
_6,700_|
|---|---|---|
|||_11,489_|
## **3 Income from charitable activities**
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|School journeys and educational breaks|**312,265**|_285,606_|
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Notes To The Financial Statements (Continued)**
## **For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **4 Income from other trading activities**
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Centre hire and team building events|**16,300**|_35,527_|
|Solar energy|**-**|_525_|
|Other trading activities|**16,300**|_36,052_|
|**Income from investments**|||
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Interest receivable|**1,959**|_1,648_|
**5 Income from investments**
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Notes To The Financial Statements (Continued)**
## **For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **6 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|**Direct costs**
Staff costs
Depreciation
Educational services charged by LBH
Catering
Premises maintenance
Equipment maintenance
Laundry and cleaning
School journey disbursements
Motor expenses
Heat and light
Rates and water
Advertising and marketing
Insurance
Bad debts
**Share of support and governance costs (see note 7)**
Support
**Analysis by fund**
Unrestricted funds - general
Restricted funds
**7**
**Support costs allocated to activities**
It, telephone and postage
Stationery and office costs
Independant examiner's fee
Legal fees
**Analysed between:**
Unrestricted funds|**2025**
**£**
**100,432**
**10,157**
**130,267**
**13,321**
**22,930**
**3,906**
**10,901**
**14,004**
**3,296**
**20,254**
**2,303**
**1,108**
**1,680**
**-**
**334,559**
**12,240**
**346,799**
**335,978**
**10,821**
**346,799**
**2025**
**£**
**2,571**
**7,298**
**2,358**
**13**
**12,240**
**12,240**|**2024**
**£**
_75,061_
_8,771_
_126,317_
_13,269_
_11,747_
_4,210_
_11,122_
_28,623_
_2,340_
_18,499_
_11,965_
_1,013_
_2,899_
_433_|
|---|---|---|
|||_316,269_
_8,093_|
|||_324,362_|
|||_320,491_
_3,871_|
|||_324,362_|
|||**2024**
**£**
_2,818_
_2,904_
_2,358_
_13_|
|||_8,093_|
|||_8,093_|
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Notes To The Financial Statements (Continued)**
## **For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**8**|**Net movement in funds**|**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|**£**|
||The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting):|||
||Fees payable for the independent examination of the charity's financial statements|**2,358**|_2,358_|
||Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets|**10,157**|_8,771_|
## **9 Trustees**
None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year.
## **10 Employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
||**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|
||**Number**|**Number**|
||**12**|_9_|
|**Employment costs**|**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Wages and salaries|**99,257**|_74,333_|
|Other pension costs|**1,175**|_728_|
||**100,432**|_75,061_|
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.
## **11 Taxation**
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Notes To The Financial Statements (Continued)**
## **For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**12**
**Tangible fixed assets**
**Tenant's**
**improvements**
**to property**
**£**
**Cost**
At 1 April 2024
**258,101**
Additions
**54,000**
At 31 March 2025
**312,101**
**Depreciation and impairment**
At 1 April 2024
**66,457**
Depreciation charged in the year
**7,858**
At 31 March 2025
**74,315**
**Carrying amount**
At 31 March 2025
**237,786**
At 31 March 2024
_191,644_
**13**
**Debtors**
**Amounts falling due within one year:**
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
**14**
**Loans and overdrafts**
Loan
Payable within one year
Payable after one year
Amounts included above which fall due after five years:
Payable by instalments|**Fixtures,**
**fittings and**
**equipment**
**£**
**31,525**
**100**
**31,625**
**22,701**
**2,299**
**25,000**
**6,625**
_8,824_
**2025**
**£**
**23,054**
**8,966**
**32,020**
**2025**
**£**
**63,000**
**9,000**
**54,000**
**18,000**|**Total**
**£**
**289,626**
**54,100**|
|---|---|---|
|||**343,726**|
|||**89,158**
**10,157**|
|||**99,315**|
|||**244,411**|
|||_200,468_|
|||**2024**
**£**
_15,094_
_3,799_|
|||_18,893_|
|||**2024**
**£**
_72,000_|
|||_9,000_
_63,000_|
|||_27,000_|
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Notes To The Financial Statements (Continued)**
## **For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **14 Loans and overdrafts**
**(Continued)**
The charity has received an interest free loan of £90,000 from London Borough of Hackney replyable in instalments of £9,000 per annum.
## **15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
|**Notes**
Loan
**14**
Other taxation and social security
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
**16**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year**
**Notes**
Loan
**14**
**17**
**Retirement benefit schemes**
**Defined contribution schemes**
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes|**2025**
**£**
**9,000**
**4,004**
**8,858**
**316**
**45,603**
**67,781**
**2025**
**£**
**54,000**
**2025**
**£**
**1,175**|**2024**
**£**
_9,000_
_1,720_
_12,192_
_67_
_52,424_|
|---|---|---|
|||**75,403**|
|||**2024**
**£**
_63,000_|
|||**2024**
**£**
_728_|
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund.
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Notes To The Financial Statements (Continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **18 Restricted funds**
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
||**At 1 April**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 31 March**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**resources**|**expended**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|LBH - straw bale classroom|**42,640**|**-**|**(1,040)**|**41,600**|
|Hackney Ark - short breaks|**3,101**|**-**|**(74)**|**3,027**|
|Wates - solar panels|**17,668**|**-**|**(1,123)**|**16,545**|
|T&DH Soc - mower|**400**|**-**|**(100)**|**300**|
|T&DH Soc - garden works|**1,568**|**-**|**(1,568)**|**-**|
|KCF - climbing wall|**2,535**|**-**|**(640)**|**1,895**|
|KCF - garden works|**3,116**|**-**|**(3,116)**|**-**|
|LBH - boiler|**-**|**54,000**|**(2,160)**|**51,840**|
|Tesco bag for life - garden works|**-**|**1,000**|**(1,000)**|**-**|
||**71,028**|**55,000**|**(10,821)**|**115,207**|
|**Previous year:**|**At 1 April**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 31 March**|
||**2023**|**resources**|**expended**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|LBH - straw bale classroom|_43,680_|_-_|_(1,040)_|_42,640_|
|Hackney Ark - short breaks|_3,175_|_-_|_(74)_|_3,101_|
|Wates - solar panels|_18,791_|_-_|_(1,123)_|_17,668_|
|LBH - short breaks capital grant|_894_|_-_|_(894)_|_-_|
|T&DH Soc - mower|_-_|_500_|_(100)_|_400_|
|T&DH Soc - garden works|_-_|_1,568_|_-_|_1,568_|
|KCF - climbing wall|_3,175_|_-_|_(640)_|_2,535_|
|KCF - garden works|_-_|_3,116_|_-_|_3,116_|
||_69,715_|_5,184_|_(3,871)_|_71,028_|
## **19 Unrestricted funds**
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
||**At 1 April**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 31 March**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**resources**|**expended**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General funds|**144,791**|**352,423**|**(335,978)**|**161,236**|
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Notes To The Financial Statements (Continued)**
## **For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**19**|**Unrestricted funds**||||**(Continued)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Previous year:**|**At 1 April**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 31 March**|
|||**2023**|**resources**|**expended**|**2024**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||General funds|_135,671_|_329,611_|_(320,491)_|_144,791_|
|**20**|**Analysis of net assets between funds**|||||
||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
||||**funds**|**funds**||
||||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|
||**At 31 March 2025:**|||||
||Tangible assets||**129,204**|**115,207**|**244,411**|
||Current assets/(liabilities)||**86,032**|**-**|**86,032**|
||Long term liabilities||**(54,000)**|**-**|**(54,000)**|
||||**161,236**|**115,207**|**276,443**|
||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
||||**funds**|**funds**||
||||**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|
||**At 31 March 2024:**|||||
||Tangible assets||_134,123_|_66,345_|_200,468_|
||Current assets/(liabilities)||_73,668_|_4,683_|_78,351_|
||Long term liabilities||_(63,000)_|_-_|_(63,000)_|
||||_144,791_|_71,028_|_215,819_|
## **21 Related party transactions**
## **Transactions with related parties**
During the year the charity entered into the following transactions with related parties:
|Educational services|**2025**
**£**
**130,267**
**130,267**|**2024**
**£**
_127,519_|
|---|---|---|
|||_127,519_|
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## **The Kench Hill Charity**
## **Notes To The Financial Statements (Continued)**
## **For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **21 Related party transactions**
**(Continued)**
The Kench Hill Centre is owned by the London Borough of Hackney. The charity has a licence to occupy the premises. Staffing of the centre is provided by employees of Hackney Education which makes a charge for educational services provided to the charity. Hackney Education is a department within Hackney Council's Children & Young People's Service.
The charity has received an interest free loan of £63,000 (2024: £72,000) from London Borough of Hackney repayable in instalments of £9,000 per annum.
The total value of educational services charged for the period from London Borough of Hackney is disclosed above.
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