## 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)|
|---|---|---|---|
||||£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|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||£1,144
£467|||
|||£0
£0|||
|||£984
£48|||
|||£2,944
£15,303|||
|||£12,500
£0
£0|||
|||£725
£100
£0|||
||||||
|||||£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|
|---|---|---|
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|
|---|---|
|**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)|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**£8,873**|
||||£0
£466
£804
(£1,025)
£751
(£136)
£728
(£700)
£229
£110
(£40)
£323
£868
(£58)
(£61)
£1,583
(£51)
£17|
||||**£3,808**|
|||||
||||**£12,682**|
|||||
**01**
## **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||
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||**Postcode**|**TD15 1QY**|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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20|**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||
||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**
March **2012**
**TAR**
1
## **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:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
March **2012**
**TAR**
2
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)**
March **2012**
**TAR**
3
THE TRUST DOES NOT MAKE ANY GRANTS OR INVESTMENTS.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
March **2012**
**TAR**
4
## 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.
March **2012**
**TAR**
5
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