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||Trustees’ AnnualReport and Comments|Trustees’ AnnualReport and Comments|
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|||WardroomMess HMS Seahawk|
|Charity RegisteredNo:||1128507|
|Covering the Accounting|Year:|1 May 2024 to 30April 2025|
|Address:||RNAS Cuidrose|
|||Heiston|
|||Cornwall|
|||TR12 7RH|
|Governing Document:||Constitution (Mess Rules)|
|Object:||PromotionoftheMilitaryEfficiency and Operational|
|||Effectiveness oftheArmed Forces by theprovision of|
|||mess facilities to Commissioned Officers serving in|
|||His Majesty’s Ship Seahawk.|
|Trustee:||Captain S Irwin Royal Navy. (Until 8 Dec 2024).|
|||Captain J Hall RoyalNavy (From 9 Dec 2024).|
|Trustee selectionmethod:||Appointed as such by theNaval Secretary.|
|Bankers:||Lloyds TSB|
|||Market Place|
|||Helston|
|||Cornwall|
|Independent Examiner:||M L Butcher FMAAT|
|||5 Nursery Road|
|||Havant|
|||HantsP09 3BG|
|Activities andAchievements:||To have resources available for expenditure onimprovementsto|
|||the quality oflife, andthe engendermentofespirit de corps. The|
|||mess put on afull socialprogrammeforits members supported by|
|||generous subsidies have beenprovidedto functions7|
|Financial Review:||The fund had increasedby £5.7K and was worth£234.1K|
|||including property and stockstotalling £124.8K. Themainreasons|
|||were:|
|||•
Military subscriptions exceeded running costs by £26.5K.|
|||•
Interestreceived andminor incomestotalling £4.1K.|
|||Offsetby:|
|||•
Function subsidies thatwerenot coveredbytradingprofits -|
|||£21.3K.|
|||•
AdditionalVATbill - £3.5K.|
|||Bankand deposit assets of£118.8K more than coveredthe £18.1K|
|||inliabilities.|
|Signature||
|---|---|
|Name|Captain J Hall RoyalNavy.|
|Appointment|Commanding Officer and Sole Managing Trustee|
|Date|20 June 2025|
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|ASSETS||||||||
|||||||30-.4pi~24||
|Fixed Assets
Mess Property|7|||£115,800.34||£|117,394.62|
|Current Assets||||||||
|Stocks at Cost:|7A|£|8,607.99||£|6,821.53||
|Mess Bills & Function Payments
Misc Debts & Prepayments
Charity DepositAccount
Bank Accounts|8
Due|£
£
£
£|7,185.83
1,785.57
68,127.67
50,701.52||£
£
£
£|12,466.64
1,489.00
65,077.87
41,841.17||
|Total CurrentAssets||£|136,408.58||£|127,696.21||
|LIABILITIES||||||||
|Creditors|9|£|6,766.08||£|7,176.70||
|Squadron & Other Funds
Charity Chest
VAT|10|£
£
£|10,936.71
145.80
271.93||£
£
£|8,602.00
331.50
627.99||
|Current Liabilities||£|18,120.52||£|16,738.19||
|Net Current Assets||||£118,288.06||£|110,958.02|
|NetAssets||||£234,088A0||£|228,352.64|
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||Note|||Previous Year|Previous Year|
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|Income||||||
|Charitable Actvities||£|177,319.41|£|180,883.21|
|Investment Income||£|3,012.04|£|3,043.25|
|Total Income|3|£|180,331.45|£|183,926.46|
|Expenditure||||||
|Charitable Activities||£|174,595.69|£|185,736.71|
|Total Expenditure|4|£|174,595.69|£|185,736.71|
|Net Expenditure||£|5,735.76|£|(1,810.25)|
|Total Funds Brought Forward||£228,352.64||£|230,162.89|
|Total Funds Carried Forward||£|234,088.40|£|228,352.64|
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|Note 3 - Income|||||||||
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|||||||Prevoius|Year||
|CharitableActivities|||||||||
|Mess Subscriptions|£|61,271.75|||£|52,993.06|||
|Associate Subscriptions|£|4,963.14|||£|4,592.61|||
|Function Income|£|72,632.27|||£|77,550.22|||
|Bar Sales|£|36,473.67|||£|42,851.98,|||
|Enterprise Sales|£|896.99|||£|2,450.34|||
|Admin Charges|£|265.00|||£|130.00|||
|Bank Compensation|£|74.63|||£|-|||
|Dog Deposits & Waste|£|741.96|||£|315.00|||
||||£|177,319.41|||£|180,883.21|
|InvestmentIncome|||||||||
|Bank Interest|||£|3,012.04|||£|3,043.25|
|Total Income|||£|180,331.45|||£|183,926.46|
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|dote 4 - Expenditure||||||||
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||||||Previous|Year||
|CharitableActivities||||||||
|Operating Costs||||||||
|Function Expenses from Tickets|£|72,63227||£|77,550.22|||
|Functions Expenses from Subsidy|£|37,923.72||£|42,746.21|||
|Bar Expenses|£|24,937.17||£|30,655.01|||
|Enterprise Purchases|£|825.55||£|2,450.34|||
|Additional VAT on Subsidy|£|3,546.44||£|4,326.11|||
|Running Costs||||||||
|Coffee|£|4,138.01||£|4,919.44|||
|Biscuits|£|1,891.76||£|1,030.99|||
|Milk|£|655.49||£|738.58|||
|TV and Video|£|7,283.98||£|7,234.12|||
|Dining Hall Extras|£|1,178.18||£|742.00|||
|Insurances|£|1,027.76||£|961.20|||
|Trophy Hire|£|176.79||£|253.61|||
|Mess Guests|£|1,752.59||£|84.21|||
|Entertainment by Mess|£|3,784.14||£|-|||
|Grants/Donations|£|550.00||£|1,500.00|||
|Performing Rights Society/PPL|£|1,187.92||£|1,062.21|||
|Repairs & Renewals|£|3,894.04||£|1,812.40|||
|Dog Bin Expenditure|£|-||£|614.00|||
|Bouncy Castle/Popcorn/Candy Floss|£|190.16||£|349.01|||
|Newspapers & Periodicals|£|90.98||£|54.99|||
|Postage/Telephone|£|144.00||£|102.80|||
|Leaving Gifts/Flowers|£|480.00||£|40.00|||
|RCYC Membership|£|450.00||£|410.00|||
|Travel|£|31.20||£|24.99|||
|Misc Expenses|£|-||£|45.47|||
|Governance Costs||||||||
|Examination of Accounts|£|1,275.00||£|1,320.00|||
|Support Costs||||||||
|Office Costs|£|336.44||£|137.94|||
|BACS/Bank/SumUp Charges|£|2,208.83||£|2,099.43|||
|Property Depreciation|£|2,003.27||£|2,471.43|||
||||£174,595.69|||£|185,736.71|
|Total Expenditure|||£ 174,595.69|||£|185,736.71|
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|Note 7A -Stocks|||
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|Shop Stock - Enterprise|£|835.06|
|Postage Stamps|£|79.20|
|Bar/Cellar|£|7,693.73|
||£|8,607.99|
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|Note 8 - Prepayments, Misc Debtors|||
|---|---|---|
|PAYD|£|125.33|
|CCLA Interest|£|242.24|
|Summer BBQ Prepaid|£|450.00|
|Insurance Prepaid|£|216.00|
|TV Licence Prepaid|£|127.00|
|Trophy Hire Prepaid|£|18.00|
|PRS/PPL Prepaid|£|607.00|
||£|1,785.57|
|Note 9 - Creditors|||
|ESS|£|475.48|
|LWC|£|1,583.70|
|BOC|£|105.06|
|Sky|£|410.40|
|HMRC - Additional VAT on Function Subsidies|£|3,546.44|
|PNIE|£|645.00|
||£|6,766.08|
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|Note 10 - Held for Other Funds|||
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|Civilian Accom|£|524.17|
|Exchange Service/Entitled Overseas Accom|£|16.10|
|750 NAS|£|444.75|
|814 NAS|£|570.00|
|820M NAS|£|440.00|
|824 Fund|£|692.50|
|NET Accom|£|565.71|
|ATC Social Fund|£|120.00|
|Plumbers Union|£|155.00|
|HoDs Fund|£|3,518.39|
|Christmas Draw|£|3,890.09|
||£|10,936.71|
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|Sales|||£|33,909.32||||£|38,043.25|
|Sales at Cost|||£|2,564.35||||£|4,808.73|
||||£|36,473.67|||||42,851.98|
|Opening Stock|£|6,001.48||||£|5,788.75|||
|Purchases|£|24,885.20||||£|29,059.85|||
||£|30,886.68||||£|34,848.60|||
|Less Closing Stock|£|(7,693.73)||||£|(6,001.48)|||
|Cost ofSales||||£23,192.95|||||£28,847.12|
|Gross Profit|||£|13,280.72|36%||||14,004.86 33%|
|Less||||||||||
|Bar Equipment|£|1,159.65||||£|1,271.31|||
|Spillage & Ullage|£|459.46||||£|536.58|||
||||£|1,619.11||||£|1,807.89|
|Net Profit|||£|11,661.61|34%|||£|12,196.97 32%|
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