## **Trustee’s Annual Report         2025** 

St Martins Hall Charitable Trust 

1 Broomwood Way 

Lower Bourne 

Farnham  GU10 3LP 

Registration Number 1130666 

Trustees are: 

Carole Cockburn 

Valerie Nye 

Christopher Hodge 

The Charity is managed by the Trustees on a day to day basis with the help of a booking Secretary and a Caretaker. 

The hall is for the use of the community of Lower Bourne. 

The hirers currently are 

Nursery School       Monday to Friday                                                69% of our income 

Girl Guides & Exercise Classes     Monday to Thursday evenings    19% of our income 

Parties for young children and Quiz Nights   Saturday and Sunday   12% of our income 

The latest accounts show that we had an income of £26,438.  Our expenses were £29,412. Our bank balance was £3.766.  The maintenance of the building is important so we will usually schedule one large expenditure item each year, eg new boiler, outside path and new floor. 

The hall and land is valued at £122,000 in the Balance Sheet. The Trustees agreed not to depreciate it in the accounts. 

|**St Martins Hall**|||
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|**Income and Expenditure**|**y/e 30 June 2025**|**y/e 30 June 2024**|
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|**Income**|||
|Bookings-regular Woodlands|18,348.75|17,465.00|
|Bookings-regular Other|5,061.25|5,055.46|
|Bookings-ad hoc|3,027.50|3,237.50|
||**26,437.50**|**25,757.96**|
|**Expenditure**|||
|Repairs & Maintenance|3,798.07|3,384.11|
|New Path|-|3,780.00|
|New Boiler|3,850.00|-|
|Utilities|3,945.40|2,610.82|
|Insurance|3,290.79|3,283.96|
|Cleaning|10,048.25|9,997.76|
|Bookingservices|2,174.24|2,002.34|
|Caretaker|2,205.00|1,455.00|
|Other expenses|100.00|100.00|
||**29,411.75**|**26,613.99**|
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|Excess of expenses over income|**2,974.25**<br>**-**|**856.03**<br>**-**|
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|**Balance Sheet  at 30 June 2025**|||
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|**Fixed Assets**|||
|Purchase Price of Hall|80,000.00|80,000.00|
|Improvements-New Doors 2011|1,090.00|1,090.00|
|Porch  2013|756.03|756.03|
|Extension 2015|40,130.13|40,130.13|
||**121,976.16**|**121,976.16**|
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|**Current Assets**|||
|Bank Account|3,766.35|6,482.46|
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||**3,766.35**|**6,482.46**|
|**Current Liabilities**|||
|Bookings received in advance|2,143.75|1,885.61|
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||**2,143.75**|**1,885.61**|
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|Total Reserves|**123,598.76**|**126,573.01**|
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|---|---|---|
|Reserves to June  2024|126,573.01|127,429.04|
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|Deficity/e June 2025|2,974.25<br>-|856.03<br>-|
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||**123,598.76**|**126,573.01**|
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of St Martins Hall Community Trust Farnham** 

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30[th] June 2025 and the Balance Sheet prepared on that date. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (a) to (c) of the 2006 Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether any particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement** 

My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. 

## **Independent examiner’s statement** 

In the course of my independent examination, no matter has come to my attention 

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: 

- to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations 

- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 8 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations 

have not been met. 

2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

## Signed: **John Gardiner** 

Name:   John G Gardiner    Aspire Accounting Ltd Professional qualification/professional body:      FFA Address: 58 Rushden Way, Upper Hale, Farnham, Surrey   GU9 0QG Date:      9th December 2025