SPITTAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31/03/2025
| 2024 £162 £200 £2,279 £34,561 £154 £37,356 (£439) £36,917 £36,917 £18,620 £984 £1,144 £12,500 £725 £2,944 £36,917 |
CURRENT ASSETS Stock of Books Debtors Payments in Advance Cash at Bank - Barclays Gardening Group Kitty CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors NET CURRENT ASSETS NET ASSETS REPRESENTED BY: General Account Gardening Group Fund Heritage Assets Fund Spittal CC - Aidan's Room Refurb Fund Spittal CC - Purchase Fund Spittal CC - General Fund I. Beresford Treasurer 19-Jan-26 |
2025 £153 £2,290 £2,419 £48,578 £80 £53,520 (£616) £52,904 £52,904 £18,690 £1,031 £1,610 £12,500 £825 £18,248 £52,904 |
Change (£9) £2,090 £139 £14,017 (£74) £16,164 (£176) |
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| £15,988 | |||
| £15,988 | |||
| £70 £48 £467 £0 £100 £15,303 £15,988 |
| 2024 £18,620 £1,144 £0 £984 £2,944 £12,500 £725 £36,917 |
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31/03/2025 GENERAL ACCOUNT B/Fwd Excess of Income C/Fwd SPITTAL HERITAGE FUNDS B/Fwd Excess of Expenditure C/Fwd OTHER B/Fwd Excess of Expenditure C/Fwd GARDENING GROUP B/Fwd Excess of Income C/Fwd SPITTAL COMMUNITY CENTRE-GENERAL FUND B/Fwd Excess of Expenditure C/Fwd AIDAN'S ROOM REVAMP FUND (HECKELS) B/Fwd Excess of Income (Donations) Excess of Income (Gift Aid) C/Fwd SPITTAL COMMUNITY CENTRE-PURCHASE RESERVE B/Fwd Excess of Income (Donations) Excess of Income (Gift Aid) C/Fwd |
£18,620 £70 |
2025 £18,690 £1,610 £0 £1,031 £18,248 £12,500 £825 £52,904 |
£70 £0 £48 £15,303 £0 £100 |
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| £1,144 £467 |
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| £0 £0 |
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| £984 £48 |
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| £2,944 £15,303 |
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| £12,500 £0 £0 |
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| £725 £100 £0 |
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| £15,988 |
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31/03/24
GENERAL ACCOUNT
| 2024 £404 £0 £404 £982 £64 £919 £330 £0 £330 £842 £346 £496 £562 £1,698 (£1,136) £1,430 £0 £1,430 £0 £5 £0 £0 £2,443 |
INCOME Christmas Coffee Morning Income Expenditure Spring Coffee Morning Income Expenditure Autumn Coffee Morning Income Expenditure Calendars Income Expenditure Secret Spittal Books/Heritage Expenditure Income Expenditure Tea In The Park (Gardening Group) Income Expenditure Other Income Bank Interest Donations Sundry Income SURPLUS CARRIED FORWARD |
2025 £380 £0 £380 (£23) £0 £0 £0 (£919) £0 £0 £0 (£330) £667 £403 £264 (£233) £709 £242 £467 £1,603 £1,539 £200 £1,339 (£91) £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £2,450 £7 |
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GENERAL ACCOUNT (B/FWD)
| £2,443 £0 £0 £125 £0 £222 £457 (£804) £1,639 2024 £2,091 £2,764 (£673) £287 £21,156 £21,442 £5,000 £0 £3,795 £4,821 £3,561 £17,177 £4,265 |
SURPLUS BROUGHT FORWARD £2,450 £7 INCOME £163 EXPENDITURE Garage Rent £0 Insurance £134 Printing, Postage and Stationery £0 Sundry Expenses £241 The Point Newsletter £362 (£574) £230 EXCESS OF INCOME / (EXPENDITURE) £1,876 £236 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31/03/24 2025 GARDENING GROUP INCOME £1,660 (£431) EXPENDITURE £1,613 EXCESS OF INCOME / (EXPENDITURE) £48 £720 SPITTAL COMMUNITY CENTRE INCOME Donation & Gift Aid £750 Hire Of Hall £30,557 Total £31,308 £9,865 EXPENDITURE Lease £5,000 Other £0 Sundry Expenses £2,778 Utilities - Electric £1,791 Utilities - Gas £3,250 Insurance £3,085 £15,904 (£1,273) EXCESS OF INCOME / (EXPENDITURE) £15,403 £11,138 |
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| 2023-2024 Category £21,156 Room Hire £494 General Donation £0 Clock Donation £842 Calendars £276 Book Sales £170 Other Income £1,430 Tea In The Park £919 Spring Coffee Morning £330 Autumn Coffee Morning £503 Christmas Coffee Morning £26,120 Total Income (£5,000) Lease (£3,686) Insurance (£2,594) Utilities - Electric (£2,227) Utilities - Gas (£1,965) SCC Maintenance £0 SCC Council Tax (£888) SCC Calor Gas £0 SCC Clock Tower to BPT (£771) SCC Consumables (£472) The Point Newsletter (£412) Garage Rental (£571) Tea In The Park Costs (£1,781) Gardening Group Spend (£346) Calendar Printing (£115) Book Printing (£1,583) Heritage Spend (£120) Other Costs (£284) IT Costs (£22,814) Total Expenses £3,306 Surplus/(Deficit) Opening Bank Balance Bank Deposits Bank Payments Closing Bank Balance Bank Balance Movement Book Stock Movement Gardening Float Movement Debtor Movement Creditor Movement Payment in Advance Movement Check Total |
£34,561 £32,903 (£18,885) £48,578 |
2024-2025 £30,662 £50 £700 £667 £709 £285 £1,539 £0 £0 £380 £34,993 (£5,000) (£3,220) (£1,790) (£3,251) (£1,214) (£136) (£160) (£700) (£541) (£362) (£452) (£249) (£912) (£403) (£176) £0 (£171) (£267) (£19,005) £15,988 £14,017 (£9) (£74) £2,090 (£176) £139 £15,988 |
Change £9,507 (£444) £700 (£175) £433 £114 £109 (£919) (£330) (£122) |
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| £8,873 | |||
| £0 £466 £804 (£1,025) £751 (£136) £728 (£700) £229 £110 (£40) £323 £868 (£58) (£61) £1,583 (£51) £17 |
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| £3,808 | |||
| £12,682 | |||
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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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| From | 01 | 04 | 2024 | To | 31 | 03 | 2025 |
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name SPITTAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST Other names charity is known by SIT Registered charity number (if any) 1145398
| Charity's principal address | SPITTAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, MAIN STREET, |
SPITTAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, MAIN STREET, |
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| SPITTAL, BERWICK-UPON-TWEED | ||
| Postcode | TD15 1QY |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| MICHAEL WILLIAM GREENER |
TRUSTEE | |||
| LYNDA YOUNG | TRUSTEE | |||
| IRENE THOMSON | TRUSTEE | APPOINTED APRIL 2025 |
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| DR ROBERT CAMERON SMITH |
TRUSTEE | APPOINTED APRIL 2025 |
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
CONSTITUTION Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) TRUST How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company) ELECTED AT AGM Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
N/A You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
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THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE THE SUPPORT OR PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WHO LIVE OR WORK IN THE AREA OF SPITTAL Summary of the objects of the VILLAGE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND (THE AREA OF charity set out in its BENEFIT). governing document THE TRUST HAS CONTINUED TO MANAGE THE SPITTAL COMMUNITY CENTRE UNDER LEASE FROM UNITED REFORM CHURCH WITH A MAJOR INCREASE IN UTILISATION VERSUS THE PRIOR YEAR WITH ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY GROUPS, CHOIRS, MUSICAL GROUPS, ETC. THE GARDENING GROUP CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC AREAS THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE WITH GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL RESIDENTS. Summary of the main OUR FUNDRAISING EVENTS REMAIN WELL SUPPORTED. activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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THE TRUST DOES NOT MAKE ANY GRANTS OR INVESTMENTS.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
THE UTILISATION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE HAS CONTINUED TO GROW WITH AVERAGE HOURS BOOKINGS PER MONTH BEING AROUND 180 AND CONTINUES TO ATTRACT NEW USERS INCLUDING A NUMBER OF CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES GROUPS.
THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE BERWICK PRESERVATION TRUST AND UNITED REFORMED CHURCH AS WELL AS PUBLIC DONATIONS WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE THE CLOCK TOWER WINDING MECHANISM WITH A NEW AUTOMATED SYSTEM WHICH NEGATES THE NEED FOR REGULAR MANUAL WINDING.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PRODUCE OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER THE POINT AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL FUND RAISING CALENDARS OF OLD AND NEW PHOTOS WHICH CONTINUE TO REMAIN POPULAR.
THE CENTRE WAS OPENED FOR THE ANNUAL HERITAGE OPEN DAYS EVENT IN SEPTEMBER WITH VISITORS ENJOYING THE PHOTO DISPLAYS AND INFORMATION BOARDS.
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Section E Financial review THE CHARITY DOES NOT CURRENTLY MAINTAIN A RESERVES POLICY AS THE EXPENDITURE HAS ONLY RECENTLY INCREASED TO MORE SIGNIFICANT LEVELS. THIS WILL BE REVIEWED IN THE CURRENT YEAR. Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit NONE Further financial review details (Optional information) INCOME IS PRIMARILY FROM THE FEES FOR HIRE OF ROOMS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE WITH ADDITIONAL FUND-RAISING EVENTS SUCH AS TEA IN THE PARKAND COFFEE MORNINGS. THERE ARE ALSO SALES OF CALENDARS EACH YEAR AND CONTINUED INCOME FROM THE HERITAGE BOOKS PRODUCED A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK You may choose to include additional information. where relevant about: the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising): how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name{s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) IAN BERESFORD TREASURER Date TH 9 JANUARY. 2026 TAR March 2012
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of On accounts for the year ended 15 Charity no (if any) Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust.) for the year ended3 1 03 Its Responslbilltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act"). l port in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: iC.I. Name: Relevant professional qualification(s> or body (if any): Address: "Lo3 IER October 2018