THE SHEPPEY HALL TRUST
CHARITY REGISTRATION NO: 1147390
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 1 APRIL 2024
CONTENTS
PAGE
Trustees. Report
Independent Examinerfs Report
Re￿Ipts and Payment Account
Statefflent of Assets and Liabilities

THE SHEPPEY HALL TRUST
TRUSTEES, REPORT
The trustees are pleased to present their annual ￿pC￿t tts3ether wrth the retsipts and payments aw)unt of
the chanty for the year ended 1 April 2(r24.
ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Charity registration number
1147390
Principal address
Kendor Lodge
Chequers Road
Minstgr on Sea
Sheemess
Kent ME12 3QL
Trustees
P J M￿onald
C D Fouids
N C MOl￿tr
M D Hawkin$
Independent Examiner
Paul Billing FMAAT
Billing & Co Limited
Tudor Lojge
A￿uStine Road
Minster on Sea
Sheemess ME12 2LZ
Bankers
HSBC

GOVERNANCE
Gove
in
Docurrent
The charity is an un￿￿)rpOrated assfxiatKM govemed by a trust deed dated 25 April 2012.
intment of Trust￿$
The charity is adrn1n￿te￿ ty its trustees whose number shall be at least three parsons. all of whom are
appointed for a tem of years by a resolLrtion o the trustees passed at a special meeting. A special
meeting be called at any time by the chair of the trustees or hyo other Irustees and ty giviro 21 days
notice.
In selecting individuals for apwintmerrt as trustees, the trustees must have regarf to the skills, knowledge
and experience needed for the effective administration of the charFty.
anlsation and Decision
The trustees must hold at least meetings in e*h year. At the firs1 meeting in each year they shall elect
one of their number trj chair the nEetings unts'l the first such meeting in the following year.
Risk Man
emen
The major risk$ to which the thanty is exFX)sed, as identif￿d by the trustees, have teen reviewed and
systems or pro￿ureS have been established to manage those risks.
BJECTI
S AND ACTivinES
b'ecbves
The objecls of the chanty are the provisvJn and maintenance of a community centre for the use of the
inhabilanls of Kent, path'cularty those of the Borough of Swa￿. The communrty centre is for meetings and
other forrr6 of recreation wrth the object of improwng the condrtions of life for the inhabitsnts.
ms and ACtiv￿.eS
The charity has a long lea$e at a p8ppercom rent on the property kn¢xvn as The Sheppey Hall in Borough
Road, Queenborough, Kent. The charty aims to maintain the propety to a surtable standard to Cornp￿ wrth
safety and disabled accEss regulatt'ons so th* rt can be used by local groups that meet the objectives of the
charity.

Public Benefit
In accordance with sethon 17{51 of the Charities A(* 2011, the trustees have had due regard to the guidance
published by the Charity Commission on the requirement that the objethes and work undertaken by the
charity are in line with charitsble objects and do provide Lwefft fr)r the wbti¢.
The charity offers a hall suitatrAe for local gr￿p5 who wish to meet and cary on surfable recreational
activites.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
The hall refurbishment phase one of the offwx completed, but phase two is still to come and the ground
ftoor is still in a very Fwr conditi.on wrth rrfft sts"Il to do.
Works were managed enabling the hall to be hired out for communty use.
Grants were recewed by way of a Nat￿n81 lottery award of£9,009 towards the refrJTbtshmenL
Queen￿roUgh Fishery Trust £4.420 and Kent Community foundatson £1,3CKJ.
Income from the use ofthe hall including office rentals to £21,281 which exceeded pr&pandemtc levels
and shows ￿)W rnL￿ the ￿￿[bIshed facility vras needed.
FINA
IAL REVIEW
Revtew of the Financial Posi
Duftng the year the charrty recewed £21,281 from hall hire and office rental and £14,729 from grants and
other sour￿. Expendrture tolalled £35.639 including £1.468 of fvnds restncted for the hall refurbishment.
That left a surplus of £371 for the year and funds being car￿d forward of £6,724.
Restricted funds brought forward fDr the hall refurb1Shrr￿ were wative as grants received in this year
were intended lo defray the total rA)sts incurred to date and wrth further grants of £14,729 with only final
finishing costs of£1.468 the year end negats.ve restricted fuThJs balan￿ was gready reduced lo £2,394
negatsve. Following the ￿ftjrbIShff￿nI the rental income has greavy increased leaving after expenses a
positive unrestricted fund balance of £9.118. This leaves iotsl funding at £6,724.

ReseNes Poli
The trustees have examined the need for reserves and require working capital to maintain the building,
particularly for unforeseen repair¥ and should income from the hall reduo. As a result of the refvrtjishment
woiks, It is hoFed that the need for repairs to the f%"rlrties is minimised for a years. Afxordingly the need
for #ignfficant raseNes is not ￿Ul￿d.
Trustees, Res
nsibilities
Law applicable to charities in England ad Wales requires the trustees to P￿pare financial statements for
each financial year which grve a true and fair view of the Ch￿Ity'S financial activIt￿S during the year and of it8
financial posits.on at the end of the year. In preparing financial statements gwing a true and fair view, the
trustees shouid follow best pracb.ce and..
SBlect yjitable ac£ounting polws arKI then appty them consistentty
Make judgements and estimates that are reasonab￿ and Prudent
State wheth&r applicable Accounb"ng Standards and Statements of Recommended Practice have
been followed, subject to any depathres disclosed and explained in the financial Statements", and
Prepare the financk31 statenEnts on the going tr)nc£m basis unless rt ts inappropriate to assume
that the chanty will continue in I￿￿lnesS
The Irustees are responsiNe for keeping Proper accthinting records disclose. with reasonable
accuracy, the financial position of the Gharity, an¢J whrch enable them to both a￿rtain the financial positHJn
ofthe tharity and ensure that the financial staterrents cornp￿ with applicable law. They are also responsible
for safeguarding the assets ofthe charity and hence for taknng reasonable steps for the prevent.on and
detection of fraud other irreguiarrties.
Approved by the trustees on 24 March 2025 and signed on Iheir behalf
P J MacDonald

INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES ON THE UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS OF
THE SHEPPEY HALL TRUST
I report to the trustees on my examinab'on of the axounts ofthe Sheppey Hall Trust
(the Trusll for the year ended 1 Aw'l 2024. are set c￿rt on pages 6 and 7.
RospcxMibllltie8 and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Twst you are resF￿1bIe for the preparabon ofthe accounts in accordance
with the requirements of the Charibes Act 2011 (Ihe A£f).
I rewrt in respect of my examinatNJn of the Trustee's ac(wnts camed out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act
and in carrying out my examination I have foll¢)wed all the appluble Diract￿ given by the Charity
Commission under section 145(5){bl of the 2011 A
Indepgndent examine￿$ 8tal•ment
I have completed my examinabon. I confirni that VKI material matter5 have come to my attent￿n in
¢onnection wrth the examination giving m8 cause to believe that in any materk?I respect
Accounting records were not kept Wi respect of the Twst as required by section 130 ofthe Art or
The accounts do not accord with those records
I have no concerns and have conE across no other matters in o)nnecb"on with the examination to which
attention should èe drawn in this report in ￿der to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be
reached.
Paul Billing FMAAT
Billing & Co Ltd

Un
Un-restrlcted
and totsl
RECEIPTS
Incornefrorn office rentab
Incomefrom use olhau
Other Incorne
Loan fromtrustee
£￿.793
£￿.7￿$
£8A88 £8.488
È12.902
£1.400
£4.100
Grant5
Queenborough FisheryTru5t
Nationallottery
Kentcommuntyfound*ion
Biffa awar¢J
Swale tK>rough council
- b¢ji￿1r*i[npr0Vements
£4420
£2.912
£9,009
£1,300
£1.3￿)
£15,IXIO
£3.175
TOTALRECEIPTS
£2V81 ￿6.￿0
£39A89
PAYMENTS
Chariiabie acmies
Refurb.of hail
PurGhase otcciv
Legal & *anningfees
Repair5 & Maint. of h*1
Healing& power
Insurance
Telephone
Managernenifees
Administrationfees
Bankcharges
DepoS[ts￿-1Mb￿rse
Other costs
£1,468
£1.468
f23.375
£4.662
Éo
£S79
£2,918
£1.251
£532
£1,070
£4530
£70
£5.265
£753
E746
£15,866
£9.412
£60
£300
É7S3
È746
É15.866
£9.412
£11
Govemance
IndePendent￿cour￿ntsfjee
£1229
£1.229
e750
TOTAL PAYMENTS
in £4639
39,748
NET INCOMEIIPAYMENTSI
£13261
E371
1£2591
Ca5hfunds atthe bewnn1ngollhe￿ar
lll5.6551 Éa(*)8
£6.612
CASH FUNDSATTHE END OFTrIEYEAR
25.1
£6J53

¢￿H FUNOS
Cash at bankand in ha
. fesrricte¢J
1£2.3941
£9.118
1£15,6551
£22,008
Totrl
ASSETS pEr￿NED FOR THECHARrrrs OWN IISE
Long lease otsheppey HatL B(Kough Ro•J. Queenboi
3x4Olwtcontainers. used ftwstora8e
UABILITIES
indepen(leTrtexamI￿rs fee
Loan iepayable to trustee
The accounts have been wepared onthe receiptsarKF pawnents bastsuThJerthe hlst0rThlcostco￿n1.0n
and in accordance wtfthe ChaittiesAct2011.
Restricted funds have tew ￿¢￿EdIO￿nI￿atett* haL ¢)therlunds a￿ UnresbiC￿ in thdruse.
The¢har￿trL￿ees*We Wpaklo¥reirtiur5edeYperwduflngihepaTan(J no ¢harftytnJstee¥eceNed
anyemolumentor paymemft)rwo1è$3ionalorotherser¥ice5.
The charltyis a regostered c￿lty3nd Wa￿$50n i5consKJered necessaryfortsyatton.
Apwoved tylhètwsteoson 24 March2025aF)d oTrthelrt*ha
PJ MacDonaid