RFGISTERED COMPANY I¥UMBER: 07817471 (Englalld 8ud W•ie8)
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: I192￿1
Report of the Trustees And
Un¥udlted FIn1nd￿l Ststements
thL Year 31 DrcL'mbLY 21b24
for
Th¢ Me¢ting Pl3ce {Bookh*m}
Bullimores LLP
ClkgrtCTcd AcLountanlS
Old Pi'inl¢rs Yai
156 Soliih Sireel
Dorking
Surrcy
RF14 2HF

The Meetlng Plate (Bookh•m)
Cunt¢nts of th¢ Flnand41 St•i¢m¢nt$
fthr the Year EAd¢d 31 December 21124
Ch•Lrm8n's R¢pwt
I to 4
RepDrt of IheTryJteu
5 to 6
Independenl Ex%rniRpr's RepDrt
St•tefftoDt of FIA*nel*l Aesfvhles
BAlgwc¢ Sh￿1
9 ￿ 10
Notes to the Flnaadgl Stsiemeiits

The Metti#% Plate (Bookhaml
Ch#Irn￿￿'S Report
for the YL'ar Ended 31 Deu'mh¢r 2024
TTUStccs
Onc tliird of Tn]8t¢c$moard illanb￿r8 irtirc by rotation cach ycar #c¢ording to dat¢ of ap￿i￿t1￿Cnt but may k. rL-clet¢ed fLW
fuithcr i)¢riods. Edna Wix)dhouse Hildd WillianL$ are di￿ F()T rclircjncnt or rc-clcLtion ihi5 ycar. Edna is willing lu
re-elecleAI l￿d Hilda will uk¢ this opponunity b) relire due to pressure ot Ot1￿ comniiimenLs. We are very 8raleflll 10 Ihe
bnih foi. their service on the Board.
The oih¢i Board tH¢J]i￿ts ElaiiK Crnt¢hl¢y, Margaret HIbI￿rt. Anne-marie Lewi5 atjd David Ryder.
Kirs[L￿ HughLS-Hallct (who wu5 ts founder Trn5tee of The ML¥ting Pl&c¢l an(1 cla￿ Curran have olYLrLxl to join th¥ Boan].
ChuiurwTr'% RepoTI-. Aciiviiieg gnd Puture Plan
Th¢ Mcelin8 Placc nms a rangc of activitiC5 aiming to Clirich oui coniii)uiiity and proiMotc social inclusion. Duriiig 2024 wc
conliiiucd to dLVLlup dll our arLas Of operaiitsii. 'ThL -frtl%t￿' niLt IfbDuI*TI} Ihruubhuiii thc y￿r ￿￿1 hd(l aii Away flay al
which wc rLyicwcd prowrks WtsTk¢d tli¢ Rud&Frt. I)unng Ihc yedf we Loniini8410n￿l 4 new welx4ttc for a morc
crrcclivc onliThc prcscncL.
We kw¢ grnlefiil 10 all our l(>tal ¢hu(che8 for nvLking premtses and facilities availLgble to lis and for Iheir sUP￿￿n lli a varieiy
ofww.
C.off¢¢ Shvp
The ColTee Shop is # cethral feature of our aetiviiies thnd on SaiwQay momings througlwjut 2024 ai El00￿1￿M Baptisl
Chuirli Holl. olTeriThg hol dn'nks wilh cakes baked by Tlie Grange crnt￿ in Bonkhdm. Our W¢Iron)i￿ volunieers Alway.%
have iimc for a chai, •id a in¢iiiè¢r of the chaplai1￿Y t&gm comLs aloiibT ¢ach scssion t￿). We niakc a foldcr of coThtThiTllIty
intorrnalion availablc to a$bi5t tn 51gnp051ing people to a variety of local scThiccs.
t)urin¥ 2024 an avcragL of ovcr 150 1)coplc attcnikd thc C.'otfcc Shop cach rnonth. Attcndancc varicd cach wcck ￿e()rdIng
lo wcuihcr ¢•nrtitiDns anil wh81 Imlicr IoLal evenL% wcrc on. Many custom￿5 arc r¢8ulars. &nd fLcdback &rmain% v¢ry
Trsitiv¢. wryih parti¢ul#tly fjppre¢ia¢ive Comments r¢¢eived on our being (yen over llie Christnw periixl. JIL%t ￿(ore
Chrislinas we gave indivÉdual Christma5 PLHldings and ¢￿IdS to all Vi5110r
l¢ariJig L05$
Our Hcaring c'hampion￿ sLYvic¥ Lontsnucd to offcr frLX' SWPPOrt on rhc oFKYAtion ond maintLmanLL of NHS h￿rirt¥ aiiL', a%
well infoiMalion &nd.%1gnw￿lng lo oiher service% and equipment. Scs5ions weLE held on Sa¢urday morningb in H priiute
n)om when the Ltsffee open. helping a iotsl of58 ¢lieni$ with 113 hearinbT aids.
Thc ￿￿tIll￿ Plic ¢c orEaniscs aiid subsidiscb Liprcdding cla5SC5 run on by a PToIcssional tcathcr. Thr stnall class $iy.e
uf 4PPTVXITKt(ItLTry 8 TllLiiibLrs pcr tLrn) TThL-dllS that (hL' luror L¥n bL dwdrc ol. iijdividualli diid hLIp LVLryUiIL in a FrIl￿dIY and
SUp￿)rtIvC cnviivnmcnt. A w￿r vari¢ty of ¢opFCS air Wycr￿ tor practic¥, and th¥ ¥roup al%0 m¢ct% up facL-to-facc
(￿aSiOnallY.
Lwuge Hub
Th¢ Lwjkpudge Hub off¢Ys Llasse5 for tIL08< for whoiii Ej￿rI)sh is M>1 th¢it t1￿1 langudg¢ by prvviding la]iguage developme￿1
ski115 praL4iie opp(Trrtunities with volLJnteei TEFL qiialiflth traLk'rs and ￿SIStants.
During 2024 cla%ses were taught in three groups, il¢¥inner5, Llen]enlary and IntertE]￿1￿(c. Intemiediate level c1&8%e% wei
held nn ￿0m. ￿￿ttd BeLkinners and Llemcnlary classes were held factrliFfa¢e ai Ihe Mole Valley ,Skills Hub in Leatherhead.
Bcginncr lcvcl ln panictdar cov¢r¥ a wid¢ range of corllw¢iKy and we Iiavc found thai thc cxtt7 5UPPOrt our tca¢hin
sislaiTr15 ofler *1 I:1 bas"15 ib warti¢ulaTly valudbl¢.
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The Meeti*g Plaee (Bookharnl
ChAirm*D's Report
for th¢ YLwr Lnd¢d 31 De¢Lmb¢r 2024
Numbcr% attcnding ¢lassc5 rcmaincd inuch thc samc in 2024 with an avcragc of 1.5 rcgi8tcycd across Ihc Bcginncts and
F.Icmeiitary group5 aiid 12 in thc Inlcnncdiat¥.
The L8J]giLqg¢ Hub is w¢ll known 10¢811y and is in ¢onth¢l wiui li)¢aJ organisatiwLq .8u¢h Erthmi and Ew¢ll R¢fug¢e
Neiwnik. Siiice the Language Hub sian¢d, It￿ h&$ h4d the prLVLlege ofhelping %ludenls ofover 30 natic￿lI11¢s from all
)und Ihe WQTId.
C.onmiunity Fndg¥
11)¥ CummuDity Fri(Ig¢ IwTn wnlinu¢(I to offer HLlp YouT8elf tablLS on Tuesday. Friéay SalUT￿Y momingts ui
Booki)am t3aptis¢ Lhurch. We als'o help supply ihe in-house Commiinity Fri(18e Jt The (irange Centre.
Supcmiai'kcl LoIILYtioii$ of sknrplu$ food vary in SIZL ￿ld ¢oni•il each wi*k but ￿ avcragc, the sup¢m￿￿et collLYiions arc
in excess ot lo00k￿Weck, p￿VIding 2.500 mcBl$. In this way we aTe ablc io sjvc i coTh%idcrdblc I'olumc of wscoblc food
fr(irn lthiidtill t?￿ LKlditional bcncfjt of making it availablc to local pw)IL. Ovcr Ihc Chri4tma% wiod thcrL' wLYe
additional Lollcctiuns and thc Fiidbtc WdS opcn on a slibihtly diffcrL'nt t11￿Crab]l, to Ln&uTC this ii%cd. We arc also &blL
10 lake dny glui of proth￿1$ fr()m lÉ)¢al bvrd¢n¢r8 dnd dlloii)J¢nl ￿lders. nur i¢gulo1' viliitors avera￿ 200 hO￿￿holdS caLh
week.
Bcforc thc Tuesday ond Friday sc55ions, volunteers frorn El￿￿khaM BatAist Cknllrch have mDdc a Wdnn space oThd
refreshML'i￿S available to t￿e waitiftg for th¢CommurJity Fri￿￿. which las vtty p)pular.
Comrnuryity ChapldiHLy
LIL Tapp sthrted a5 our Anna Chaplain iiJ January 21r24 and IJAS a ieam ol Alu￿ brierKts wid volunleers w'orking alongside
her. Anna Ch8plaincy is a national nLM"ork of commiiiiity chaplains Ttswhing out to oldcr peoplL offering spiritual carc and
Siipport, li¢cn.i¢x1 to Th¢ Mcciing l>lacc through Bible R¢ading Fcllowship (BRFI. Li7 wa$ Commi￿10￿¢d at a %￿1¢¢ ot St
NKola5 Churbh in Novcmbcr.
Visils arc madc ￿ loLal cldcAy pcople in Ihcir as part of ihc bcfricJxlin¥ service by ihL Chaplaincy. Ullcn
Ihose Yjsiied are lonely andlor hO￿￿knUrtd. Praise aT￿ Crall 5e55ini)s con11￿￿ed al Lib¥rhain Lodge Care H(xne and are
popular with 15.20 aiiending each lime. A %cries calkd Hymns we Ltsve 1n1md￿ed to the care hthme in 2024. Thi$ hfis
proved to bc vcry tKyular and is much aPPr￿1￿tcd by t1￿ rc5idcnts who atteThd. M)e Living Wcll in Older Age tslks
LOlJtinuLd in Bookhain Ltbrary. witli lopiLs ranging from TLLhnology Talk io ThLrnPy Dogs. WL att¥YMkd knkha￿ Villagc
Day tu rsise awar¢n¢&s of wljat tli¢ C.h&pliiin¢y aDd TMP Can otf¢r to th¢ oldLst Jxi•iJb¢r.% of our ¢imJnwnity. In August thert
WL￿ Iwo Holiday 41 Hoill¢ dayb vff¥rin¥ d Virtual biui¥e with ihr Ihemi "Ship ￿ Sho*". The$¢ w¢re well 8tteftd￿ la tutal of
39 gue51S Ibe Iwo days) and inuch appr¢ci#t¢d. In December we held a Simple Carol Service rEl¢lling the Lhti%ltuo
slory wsih lavourile Gvols to and refreshments sen'ed beforehand.
Voluntt¢rs
NonL of IhL a¥livilios dl￿rib￿ abov¥ would havc ￿ssIble thL loyafty and ddiLation of (Trur tfaTn uf ov¢r ¥5
volun1cc￿. lo whojii IhL, Tr￿¥[Ce5 very grdicfkd. Wc held a Thankyi)u in January whiLh enjoyed by tnany.
Trnglees also Volllntee￿ al￿ ￿ch brin85 Iheir unique skills, insighis and expEriente which Jre greatly v&lued.
Wc huvc wcleorncd sch￿1 sthdenls fulfilling their Duke of Edinburgh's Award servic¢ rcquircrnctlt at thc Community Fridgc
al￿ thL. Coffee Shop on 8aturday inoniings. We ￿e alway5 Pleas￿ to offer our volu5rtÉ*Ys thL <)PPOrtuiiity lo guiii
qu81ifi¢ations- forexample, Lev¥1 2 FoLKIHan¢Jlin¥ ¢¢rtifi¢at¥, m#nuaJ haNJling orTEFL rrnining.
We value the prayerful and fi￿￿¢1￿1 supp)rt ofibe Frierlds of The M¢eling p￿￿. which L5 9 8real cncourkgement.
Future Plans
Duriiibi 2()25 ￿. plan..
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The Meeting Pliee (Ilookhaml
Ch•lrmaTr's Report
fvrthl. YLYr Lndcd 31 DrrLmhLt 1024
tu %fvcn¥thLYI itnd Cxtc1￿ CNW tL'arn% vf ￿l￿11t￿Tr Tni¥wx's. Jf you arL' eiithii¥i4L¥lic alM)iit IliL aim¥ and activitics ot Thc
Meeling Place and want tu ￿0171¢ inOTC involvcd. plL¥SL in touLII
- lo build on oiirbiW)rt for ol(kr pe￿Ie throiigh our ChaplaiKy atLd Befrietmling aclivitie
continue to improve commuiiication oboui thc acti￿11¢5 we offtr, adapting llnd developing our existing services in
aiwrdaii¢¢ with dmwd r¢8gurces available WMI re5Pi)EMluig lo ally iicw coinmunity wcllking nLGd5 that fvlfil our
chai'ity objLCtiVL
R&%eTheb Policy
Tho Re5crve5 Policy is basLxi on an s$s¢¥sment of thc F¢rrciv¢J ri$k$ to The ￿￿tIng Placc 2&1d is reviewed ani?ually. Now
Ih81 WL Iwv¢ dcsignaicd wmc ot. oiir lunds lo Ihc Aiiii3 Ch8plaincy w¢ can look at rt5crvt5 that wt i)ttd tor the rcsi of lh¢
bu%iiic%s. 'Ih¥' TTusILLTh LthiliidLr li prudciii kn InyinLiin LN]r rL5Lfv￿t al a ICVLI cquivalciit lu & moiith% of tk. cxpcndiluiL
budgLtLxI for OUT noTr Anna C'haplaincy aLi1vili￿. Thi% dmouni 1% bud&rLtcd io bc jv%i un(Icr £16,tK)O which mcan5 Ilittt oiii.
rc%ciwo% hairc io bc a njinimutn of £8.ono. V+,¢ 3rc in thc lonwiai¢ pix%ilion i)I' inhii'iling & li￿thy hank bi?12ncL and we
esiiill#ie Ih•i 01 die year end we will sull have £4001KJ in the which Ine&ib thai w¢ call l.in￿llY ciivey b(Ah the
de5igTfvdled amouni rthd the reserve4 by year end.
Tr￿S￿rerS ComJiie2115
Intro(hiction
Our ioci)nie ot'£28.879 was nearly £2,000 higI￿r lI￿n our iJKonie in 2023 ai £27,OQ5. Pari al'ihiq WAS an inciEase iii inLome
thc Community Fridg¢ and di¢ other p8tl was ihc iiicrLa5cd intCT¢sI iatL' 50 a liiglicr invc51m¢nl inronic. As pr¢viou51y
cxplaincd at 1351 ycaTs AGM a l(pt of this L'xlrd moncy Irom tlie Commuiiily fridgc IIow5 straight ilirough lo thc avnount wc
vivL ts) IIIL BoL)kliain R￿p11%1 c.hurch.
Thi.$ greai iuuli is duc tth ha¥d wnrk ol'our volw)ILxJs and io ihc hclp wc Erccivc fmfft tsur bcncf#LiOI"s lor whibh we 3r¢
txttrmely uraieful.
AlIliou8h it is Jiot sbowii as a separale income ￿reaM w¢ continiie to reclaim Crifr Aid on doithiion5 Whe￿ th¢ donors have
biw7￿ lip tu th¢ girt Aid ￿￿mL.. A claim bN)LS in IWLLL a year iii *ind December and WL TLYeiird just IlDd¢T £1,000 in
total for Ilie year. We all(￿a￿ tlic Jnoney b￿k to th¥.%ourw ot dosjation ttg Atma C.I￿p1alnCy.
We als() tlaimed L2.IWO. Ihe maxitt]um possibl& under the small donation gift Jid schane foi Ihe Communiiy Pridge. Thib
li&% LO be clain*d tsTher ihe ei)d of Ilie ￿ year and cover8 Ihe period ol. the lax Ye￿r. Thu% w.kn Ihe April alcui￿15 Mre
omplcted lll the bcginningw of May w¢ Lan nwk¢ a claim. W¢ would ¢￿￿1 to ¢laim a similar aniount iliis ycar.
Tliib yL41T W¥ %Pwn1 139,614. WlnL LIU,U(Ml nicirL Ihdn l&%t y¢af -fhis wds 4tIvKbbl cntirLly duc Iv thc cxlra inviiLy ¥p¢nl on th¥
Ann# Chaplaincy. Thi4 wa.% fOTL'S￿.n yLtif our r￿W Annd C..hap1￿tn work% 21) hoLirslwcck INivL thi houT5 Trf our
previous inLLfft)bcnil anil we alfo pay inlo a ￿tk￿l￿n.￿chCmc ¢()ntributson loi" het.
As for n5 11)e Coffee Shop is loncern￿, Me an in¢om¢ of £3,052 so 51ighily up on Ibe ptevious year. The expenseè were
p by a similar a￿OUJit so thc contyibu¢ion r¢m8iThed th¢ same.
Lipr¢ading do¢$ nut gvnEra(¢ any InLoiiie and die experbses that we are th¢ Jwn¢y that we pay to Subsidi￿ th¢ ¢ouYs¢
Ill?￿ t 15 run.
LanguAge Huh a $mall income frorn the ￿lthAts taking part M'ho feel al)le ￿ Injke w ￿)n￿l￿￿ti1)Il. Some of Ihe cla￿SeS
arL' held in Luthcrhcsd so mostly rhe ¢x￿n5L'S Incu￿d arc course malcrials. mil¢JuFL and paiking eKpLns¢s for the tuiors
thc IL¥bl)ns.
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Tke Meetlvjg Place (Bookh*m)
Chairman'8 Repfyrt
forth¢Ye•r End¢d 31 D¢¢emb¢r 2024
This year w¢ r¢du¢ed our fiiThJs from £58,255 at thc bcginning 01.2024 10 £47.520 ai ihc end ofthe ycar. Wc made donations
of 11.ow to thrcc local chariti&% wknse ain￿ are similar to ours (Lvath¢ThL￿i Ywth ProieL*. Lcath￿￿fid Comrnunity 14ub.
Mid-surrcy Dcmcnti8 Larc). This number not onty inch￿C5 cash in the bAnk bul the value of our 8focks and &ssets. W
ex￿1 OUT funds io hav¢ redu¢ed 10 3fouTUt £37.(MXI by th¢ of 2025.
Finynckal Review
Thi8 y¢ar will still b¢ ¢h8JI¢j￿]￿g with interest rnt¢8 glarti￿g to thop go ¢•usi]￿ our investmu)t in¢ome ￿ fa]l. Unwtainti¢s
from twional and internatiollai politi¢S may alw prvvL' chail¥ugin
Inve5tmEnt Policy
W¢ maintain enou￿) money in ow curr¢tht •c¢oum to meet our immcdiatc ￿d$. the rcst is held in 8 savings a¢wunt whe
it cams & small amount of intercst. This yc*r we rerrivcd £1.563, up ftom 118t year which Nv8s £1,193. This is mcrely
beL'hU5C of h1￿hCr intercst TatL5 bcing paid ra￿r ihaTL doing anything clcvcr with thc funds. Wc th not Wis11 to takc ally
ri¥ks with th¢ rnoney by inveslin8 in sorr&thin¥ which mi¥hi¥iv¢ # highurettvn bui would inevitably ￿ riski¢T.
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The Mee(Ing Place (Bookham) (Re%istered nuthber. Ill817471)
Rgport of ihe Trustte$
forthe Ye¥r EndL¥l 31 Dc¢ember 2&24
ThL knvsiL*s who arc alw dircctOT5 01. the charity for thc PUTPOSQS of thc CwaniG% Art 21XK). prcscnt Ihcir rcport widi the
fjnanLial 4tstLment8 of thL cliarity for thc ycAr cndcd 31 thxcmkr ?024. Thc havc adoptcd thc provision% of
AL¢OLinung athd Repi)rning by Charities-. SU2￿men1 of Rccommcndcd PrLCtiLc gpplicablc to chariti&% prci?aiing Ihcii acLouTMs
in accord￿lce with the l-'ir&wial Repotting S¢andaNI appli¢abl¢ iii the UK and Republic of Ir¢14th￿ {I.-RS 1021 {ene¢liv¢ I
Janualy 2019).
OWKCI'IVES AND ACTIVITIES
ObJectlie$ 8nd alm$
A siimTDary tsf ourobj¢ctlV¢8 1.%"to r¥duce isolkntion in our c￿￿mUnity.
This is expirssed more fornudly inTbc Meeiinx Plac¢'s %l(ii¢m¢ni i)f pu￿OSe..
To furthei or benefil ihe residettis of &)okham and Dislriel in conju￿¢110￿ with Ihe I￿￿] auiliorilies. voluntary and oiher
organisations in a common cffort and in & wcl¢oming cnvirthimoni to provith helpful service4 ta advance cducalion with Ihc
viFj(*tivL ol impTh)vtng thL conditions of lifc for thc rcsidcnts including rclict. ol. financial hardship throuuTh provision of
guomjs tsr%ervicL%.
The Board is aw"&re of Ibe provi%ionb of the Chnriiies A¢1 2011 toncemiDg public ￿ller11, Ihe ¥uidance published by Ihe
C1￿1n1Y G)mnJis5ion on thi5 subjecl and ol the obli￿tIon lo rqK>rt on ￿y3 in which they believe The M¢eling Place meet5
til¢ publi¢ benefit whi¢h is reflecid by our charitable objcets.
Charitable nbjeets
l. To prcvejit or relieve ne¥•d. by Te4son of yothh. age, disability, fina￿la[ hardship or other disadv8nta8e by providin&.
it￿ns dlid S¥TviC￿ tu It￿lvIdual5 in iiL¥J andlur LbaTities or Ot1￿ vrganisati(In5 WOtK-iiig tv similar prinLiplts and
purpuso8.
2. To promoic so¢ial in¢l￿%1￿n fff lh¢ piibli¢ E￿OrIL by prcvcniing pcoplc froni FK£oming socially cxcludc(I, rclicvin8 Ihc
need% nf ihth%e pe<)ple who .%oci#lly extlude(18Dd &S%i81ing ibem io iniegrate inlo 4)cieLy, in accordanc¢ wilh ChrI￿1&n
priwiple%.
For the piitpos¢ of this ¢lause, 'so¢ially exc]udL￿d, means being excluded fron] s￿lety. or parts of society. as 8 TC5uli of one
or tnore of the fulluwing f¥ctors'. tinai)cial hardship. youth uld age: dl health IphysLLdl or iiienlall. disdbility: or inability lo
S[￿ak or I￿￿erSta1]d F￿￿[15￿.
3. To protcci and prc%crve thc environment for publiL kncfiL in particular but not cxclusivcly by thc proiTWtion of wastc
redii¢tion and the w¢ OF￿1￿)1￿8 food.
val￿¢• Stst¢m¢n¢
The Meeting Plac¢ asyire5 In iTr]pn)ve s(Jci¥l li￿lUS￿o￿ &id ¢OiilFibuie io ihe spiritual, si)cial, physicAI and economic
well-heiiig oliwr eomtiiunily. We h¢lp lo make a dilTerence Ihrougli Christian prin¢iplc% and values Und aim to provide wle.
8￿tain￿bI¢ ond ethic&l ￿tIl,1tics to promotc ¢ommuThity eThrichmcnt.
STRUCI'URE, C.OVEItNANCb AND MANAGEME￿j.
Governlng d￿￿ment
Th¢ chai'iLy Ib Lonlrollcd by tts 8ovcrnsn8 # de￿ ofitusl. a[￿ coo51Lluies 0 limi*d Wwyy limital by 8uaranice.
as defined by Ihe Cnmpanies Act 20fM>.
REWV.RV.NCF. AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAtLS
Regl$tered Compxny Aumber
U7817471 (England and Wales)
Rtxl$t¢r¢d Charlty Th*mb¢r
192001
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The Metthig Pl*telBookh*m) {Re￿tered nuthber: 07817471)
Report of th¢Trustees
for the Year End￿ 31 De￿rnber 2024
RegI￿ered offlee
13 Eastiw¢k Drive
B(M)kham
Leatherlwd
Sutt¢y
KT23 3PY
Trnsteei
Mr8. E Crntdjley Rdired
Mr8 K H Dove T¢a¥h¢rOf Esol {re$l￿ed 16.324)
MYS S H M HibbEfi Fre¢iattc¢ Editor
Dr D N Kyder Retired
Mrs E S wo￿lhouse Retired
M8 H S Williams R¢rircd
A Lewi$ R¢tire4J
Indep¢ndeot Ex¥mlDer
BuIliJoo￿ LLP
ChaTtercd AccountAnts
Old Thinter% Yard
156 South Str¢et
DO￿ing
RH4 2HF
Approva by OTd¢r of ¢h¢ boanl of tryst¢e8 on............
.. and signcd on its IKhalf ty.
MTS S H M Flibbert- Trnstee

Independent Ex*miner's Report to the Tru8tees of
Th¢ Me¢tin¥ Phce (Bookham)
IndepLindLilIt Lx*mlner's rLP¢brt to tht Iru5tse5 (rf'fhe Plare (knkh•m) {'thf COMpa￿y'l
l Tcporl to the chawity tyust¢e5 ott my cxainination of thc accounts of thc Company for ihc ycaT cTyJcd.I l Dcccmbcr 2024.
Rc$pon¥ll)115tlt$ and basSq of report
the charily's tru8iees ()f Ihe Ci)mpany (And al￿0 i18 dtreclnrs for Ihe wses of ¢ompany law) you *te re4ix)IL4ible ftsr lh¢
prcparatron of the accounts iii accordancc witl) the WiiiT¢ments of ihe CAbmpaniLs 2006 ('Ihc 2(K)6 Act).
H￿VilIg sausfjcd my$elt' Uiat t1￿ atLuunts ￿1. the C.onipatLy are not roauircd to bc auditrd under Part 16 of t]￿ 2006 Act and
are eligible for iDdgp¢ndent ¢xamina¢ion. l irwrt ih rLspLct of my cxainination of your charit¢s acci)unts &% eArri¢d out
under qeciion 145 ofthe ChaTLlies Act 2011 I'ih¢ 2011 A¢VI. lrt carying out my ex8min8tion I have follow'ed the DirectiODS
given by the Chftrity CoMi￿]s810￿ ULulei' 8ectioJi 14515) (b) ofthe 2011 A¢L
Jnd¢p¢ndLYIt ¢um&nLr's stste￿¥￿t
I hav¢ coii)pleied iny exaininaiiThn. I l￿nfIni1 dial no jllaitr￿ Iwve Loiiie ￿ my OLieiiLion in comjecliot) widj the exwi)inalion
IVILI¥ ITle Lause tv beli¢vc".
Jr¢oiiniinbp r¢cord$ WLfL' liot kLVt iii rL￿PL¢t of th¥" C.0Mpa￿Y as r¢quired by S¥'Ut()11 386 tsl'tii¢ 2006 ALI- QT
thc aCCOilnl% do not aLL¢)rd tho%L' rcLord.¥: ur
Ihc ￿1ccOU￿LS Ilo rwl cornply wilh thL a¢¢ountin8 iwuircmcnls of Sedion 396 of the 2(106 Ait 011￿r Ihall any
requirement Ikai the accounts giie a ¢ru¢ 8t￿ fair view whith i% nr)l a mthiiw. Cf)n%ideied as pthtl of independent
examinaiion- or
Ihc accounts havc not been prepar¢d in accordancc with thc mcih(th alld principles of thc St&tem¢ni of
RcLommended Practicc for aciounting ¥tLd r4￿rting by ¢haritics laA)licable to chariiies prcpaTill8 thcir aLcoLiiits in
a¢Ll)nIa￿L¢ with the Fii)dncial Rcpor(ing Stsnd#￿ appliLabl¢ in thL UK andR¢yubli¢ uf Ireland (FRS 102)).
I havc nu cotjcerns lind h*v¢ cirtnc across no other maltei% in co[￿(10n with the cxamitjaiion lo wkn'cb aitenuon shauld b
drawn in ihis repori ordeL' io enthle a properiiiideJ%'tonding thl'the accoui)Is lo be reached.
Nichol&q
(IcTrt FCA
Bullirnor&s LLP
L'hdrtered AecounLqnl
ald Prirtiers Yard
156 south Street
Dot*ing
SurrL'y
R114211F
D￿e".
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The Mffling Platt (Bookham)
St¥tement of Fln4ne541 Adlvhle5
forthe Y￿r Ettded 31 December 2024
31.12.24
Totsl
31.12.23
Tolal
fithds
Unrcsthrtcd RL*TiL*d
Notes
INCOME AND ENDOIITrIENTS FROM
Donatims 4nd le8a¢i¢s
18.495
5.179
23,674
22.530
Other trading aciivities
InVest￿l income
3.642
1,563
3.642
1.563
3,282
1,193
Tfjtsl
23,7(K)
5.179
28.879
27.005
ExPw.ND￿UR￿ ON
Ch8rbtable Xuvilies
19219
19.006
38.225
27,671
427
962
1,389
lJ91
Totsl
19,646
19,968
39.614
29,062
NET INCOAMEI(EXPENDITURE)
TrAnsfers betwten
4.054
(TO,3601
(14,7891
10,3
{10.735)
(2,057)
14
Trlet mOVeTneni Iwj funds
(6.306)
(4.429)
{10.735)
(2.057)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Totsl fimils broughi f4mvard
52,403
5,852
58255
fA),312
TOTAL TrIJNDS CARIUED FORWARD
46,097
.423
47,520
58.255
The not￿ forn) p4rtof thoq¢ financial ststLy)K￿ts
Poge 8

The Meetln¥ PIRet (Bookhathi IReRirtered nllmber: 078174711
Balanee Sheet
31 December 2024
31.12.24
Total
31.12.23
Totsl
funds
Unrn5trictcd
fund
R￿trIcted
fi]nds
Notes
FIXED L8SETS
Tangiblb awts
io
854
992
3,235
CURRENf ASSETS
SttK'k5'
tkbtors
C￿h ai brft￿ and in hand
264
70
46250
264
70
47.182
243
70
56.306
12
932
46.584
932
47,516
56,619
CRbDII"ORS
Amount8 lalling due wiihiii one year
13
{1.3411
15Ql )
11.IH2)
(1,599)
r4ET CiJRRENT A&SETS
45,243
431
45.674
55,020
TOI'AL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIF
4fj097
1.423
47,520
58255
IYF.T ASSKTS
46,W7
1.423
47520
58255
FVNiXS
UtErcstrictcd fimdy
R¢$trirted fwmls
T4
46,097
1,423
52.403
5,852
TOTAL FUYDS
47,520
58.255
The Lharitsblc c4)mpany is efttitled to cxcrnptton frorn audit under Scction 477 of the Companie5 Act (or the year end
31 De¢ember2024.
The rneMbe￿ havc not requircd thc company to obtain an audit of it5 fi￿ncial statements for the ytar ended
31 2024 In a¢COrdan￿ witl) &.¢tion 476 ot'th¢ Cumpani¢s Aa 2￿.
The Inl51c￿ ackn(FWl￿8C ihcir r£sw>nsilFilili&s for
(al
ensuring ihal the ch&r(table compony keeps ￿0vnI1￿8 rttords Ihal comply with Sections 386 387 of the
Companies A¢1 20￿ and
pteparing fj114Lncial statemcnts whieh give & true fair view of tb¢ of affair8 of the ch4titable company as at
the elld of edLh fInao¥ial yvar and of its swplus or defiLii for eaLh finallcial year in accordallce with tbe requiren*nts
of Se¥iioJL% 394 attd 395 atxd which oth¢nvis* wnply with the requirements of th¢ CUMp￿ Act 2006 relatiD8 to
financial state￿￿r￿N so fai. as arvlicabl¢ to the charitabl¢ comparty.
(b)
The notes form part of thcsc financial stst¢Tllrt

Tht Mttting Hate (Bookhm) (Reg￿tered TrDmber. 07817471)
BgbD¢e Sheet- ¢onttnu¢d
31 Dce¢mb¢r 21124
Thcsc fill8ncial 51atcmL￿ts have 1￿c￿ prcparcd in accordancc with thc provisions applicablc to Ch￿ritabl¢ companics sthbj(*t
io th¥ 8mJll Compgni￿ rL'grjm¢.
The th]ancial 5tatcnKnl4 were apptvved by the Boottl ofTDJsieEs and uuthori5ryJ for issu¢ on ....
alld were signed OD ils iEhalf by..
D N Kyder- Trys*e
The forn) p￿Of these financial 5tatkninenr8
PaBe 10

The Meetlog Plaee IBoolLh•m)
tts th¢ FiTr*n¢l￿I Stsiem¢nts
forthi, Ye*r Ended JI D¢¢emlJ¢4r 2024
ACCOUNTIliG POLICIL
B81is •f prep*rin% the fin#Nei*l 8tatemenlJ
The fi￿nCIal staL"IncnL% of t1￿ chantablL company, which 1$ a pthli¢ b¢n¢fii ¢ntity wider FRS 102, have b￿￿
prepared in #¢¢orthn¥e iviih ihr Charjlies .SORP {trRS 102) 'ALxi)iitlling èubl KepDriin¥ by Churklie5'. Stal¢menl o(
[l¢conimelld￿ Praclice applicthle lo chaiili¢s ptEpaTing their accounts in accordance wilh Financial Re￿rtl￿g
Slaiidard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 102) leff¢ciive l Janiiary 20191,, Finan¢ial Reporting
Stai)dard 102 'The FiDan¢ial RewrtiDg Standard applicable in thc UK and R¢publi¢ of Irciand, thc Corn￿￿1¢5
Act ?006. Thc fi￿an01a1 statcma]t% hav¢ ￿eY7 pl¢pOn￿ unikr the historical ci)nvLntion.
In¢orne
AII LIILOML IS TlLL1￿y￿IsL￿ in thb SiatL'nKYit ol. FinaTiillAI ActiviliLS UT]LL ili¥ Lh¥riiy bds Lntit1#n￿￿t ts) fiJndK it i
pIM)b¥bk. thdt thL inLoinc will bc rLXLIVLd aNJ IhL' anK)unÉ bL lnLas￿rLd rLlidbly.
ExpeThditiire
Liabililic% are retogni$cd ex1K￿lIa￿le as %ooii &% tlierc t¥ a Icgal or Con%In￿tivc obliwion wmn)Ittiii¥ th¢ charity
to Ihiil ¢xpinditii*¢". ir is pwbabl¥ ihai o trdn%fbr vf ￿¢)￿Um1¢ bL'llL'fits bL rLNuircd in .%cttlLYncnt IiDd IIK. a￿OUnt
ol the obligalii?n Eye Ineasured tEliohly. Expenditure is accounted for acctuajs basis and beell c1¥5sified
under headiijgs lh￿ agwEgale all cosl relaled io the calegory. WheiE cosls ￿lIll01 be diilcily allribuied 10 pariicular
eadings they hav¢ Ixell alloc￿ed to ￿tiVItIeS on a basis consistent with Ihe use of Yesour¢c&.
Tangible flled assets
Dep￿18110￿ is provided al the following annual raies in order lo write off e4¢h ft&ser over ils esiiinated usefiQ life.
Plant and maLhiiKry
20/0 On Lost
Stocks
Stocks QTC valued at thc lower of c05t and ttct r¢ali5ablc value. aftcr making duc allowance foT obsolctc aTMI slow
nJovinu itan%.
Tax4¢ion
The Lhdrity is exempt from LM>rporation trdx on btS' LharitablL aLtiYilies.
Fund aLYouDling
Unrestricted tiinds can bE usd in accottlance with the ¢hariLgble obJectiv¢s at ihc discretion ofthc t￿slee$.
R¢bttiLiL"Il fundy can only b¥ ￿￿ed for partlLLilar r6%tTiLXcJ Within the of the Lharity. Rebtriutiuns
arise when bpecifjed by Ihc donoror when funds are ￿se(l flir paniLular rcslriLLed purposes.
Furfher explJnalion of Ihe T￿lUre and ￿1)Yo￿e of ellch fund 15 I￿l￿d￿j ITr the i￿1¢5 10 Ihe financial 51alernents.
P¢n&lnn ￿b*¢% and othLr po%t-rL*I￿mtnt hL'nLkfit8
The chaTtlable compa]iy opetales x defitted conlribution ￿nsi(>A .scheme. Contiibulions payable to eharitsble
eonipaiiy's Pensi(￿ scherno ar¢ chargtrcd to the Stoleiiicni of FiThancial Aeliviries in the pcriixi to which thiy r¢iate.
Pa8ell
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TrMetllAg Pl*¢¢ (B￿￿￿•m}
Noteg to tbe Fkn*nelAI Sthteme￿ts-eOUl1Thu¢d
for the Ye*r Ended 31 December 2024
OTHER TRADINC AcnviTIES
31.12.24
31.12.23
Cofft¢ Shop iDcome
Lan8Ua8r Hub
3.052
2.972
310
3.642
3.282
INVESTMFNTTNCOME
31.12.24
31.1223
Deposil ￿CoUn1 iniere51
lJ63
1,193
CHARITABLE AcrivfrIES
dou*tlons kgaclej
31.1224
31.12.23
Restricted
Atll￿ Chaplai]y. Trdillillg and stsff expen5CS
L'omrnunity fridge expendits]re
2,3?6
1.661
5.725
Ut)reslricied
Community SUPPOrt costs
Support costs
Community frid8¢ expenditur¢
5J25
5.780
6280
7.14(J
3.497
19,761
(Xber tradlng aelhllfies
31.12.23
31.12.22
AT￿￿chap7a1nly- wag
Ann¥4 LhaplaiiiLy- p￿￿10￿
UnrestriLied
LolTee Shcy costs
15.600
1,030
7.8(Kl
lJ45
1,154
17,975
8.954
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TheMt*ting HAtt (Boolh#m)
Notes tDih¢ Flnand*l St*tem¢Nt6- conflnued
for the Year bnded 31 DecLYnlRr 21124
CHARITABLE ACr￿lTIES- ¢(>nllMued
Invutment m&n*gement o)sts
31.12.24
31.12.23
Administrauon costs
694
Aggre8atc amounts
3¥.225
NET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE)
Nct in¢OmcJ(¢x￿ThjItul￿) is staial aflcr ¢h#rgih@(ucditift¥l:
31.12.24
31.12.23
Deprxiation- owned a￿ts
lJ89
1,391
TRUSTEES, REMUNERATIOI¥ AND BENEFITS
There were ￿ tTUStteg TemurEration other b￿tfits for th¢ ycaT tndcd 31 DecemEer 2024 nor for thc year £T￿ed
31 DeceJnber2013.
Trnstets, expemxs
31.12.24
31.12.23
489
694
During the y¢at, 4 trus1￿￿ inrurtd costs in thlfillill￿ thEir &Jties for whiikn they wv¢ r¢imbvTqa by th¢ ¢hority or
had such cost5 m¢t by the Lharity dircctly. This cOmpri￿d t¢l4yhonL CXFUISC. Stahoncry, Mil￿8¢ and Toom liccns¢
STAFF COSTS
11)e averng¢ moJ)thly nwnber ofemploy¢ex during the year w&8 as follows:
31.12.24
31.12.23
Anna Chaplaincy
No empluye¢5 rcceivul emolLttneThts exc￿5 ol£rfJ.IXX).
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The Meerf•g Place (Bookham)
Notes to Ihe FinanLYal SthtemeDts- continu
r the Year Ended 31 De￿Mber 21b24
COMPARATIVFSFOR THE STATEMENTOF FINI ANCIALAcnviTIL$
Unre&tricle(J
fuhd
Rf6trickd
Totsl
fi￿d%
YCOME ALYD ENDOWMLNTS DROM
Donations and legaci¢s
14.307
&223
22,530
Othertraoing a¢uviti¢s
Investmfflit income
3282
1,193
3.282
1,193
Totsl
18.782
8,223
27.005
EXPENDITURE ON
Chdii¢#bl¢ MEtiviIi¢Y
12.485
15.186
27,671
(Xher
427
964
1,391
Tot•1
12.912
16.150
29.062
NET INCOMFJ(EXPP.NDITURE)
5.870
(7927)
(2,057)
RiCONCtLIATJON OFFVL¥DS
T¢it#l fijnds brwght fonvard
46J33
13.779
60J12
TOTAL FUIYDS CARRIED FORWARD
52.403
5,852
58.255
GRANTS PAYABLE
GrnDts wett made by the Lharity the ycar to a nwnlxx. of chvili&s. Thcsc are included within con￿ll￿￿ty SUPP(xt
¢05ts.
In6thillon
Pwrptse
31.12.24
31.12.23
Mid SuTrey DcTn¢ntiaCweTrust
SLWrt tho%¢ with nxmory diifi¢ultia¥ or
in thc wly stagc5 of detncnti8
SwJpurttnB lo¢als to reduce social
isolalion %treii*hen support netwoJkJ
Supwt for ￿￿1￿11Y aThJ ¢¢￿0m%¢81]Y
IbsadvatLtaBed young ￿pIC
Supporiin8 yoiing carers.
Supp)rting p¢opl¢ with dementia and
theircorets.
Agsisling thos¢ with leaming disabiliiies
to obtsin trdining owtunitiey. prdctical
eXperIe￿e aud paid employment.
Supw>rting Ihose wilh aphwsia.
Supporting I￿1 and children
Wlder fivc.
Lcathcrbc￿ Cornmwlity H￿b
LeutheThead Youth ProjeL
Sulley Young Carws {Actson for carers)
CoMe¢t
The Grnng& Outsloor Ixarning and
Community C¢ntr¥'
i.(K)O
Dyscov
Home Stafi- Lpsom, L,well And Ban3tead
I,0￿)
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TheMeetI￿8 Pl8ee (Bookhlm)
Notes io tlh¢ Flnand#l Statements- ¢*)Dtlnued
for Ihe Year Lnded 31 Deumber 2024
CRANT.S PAYABLE- contlnucd
5,OiMJ
io.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant ftnd
machinery
cost
At l J¥nuary 2024 wid.11 Deccmb¢r 2024
6,952
DEPRECIATION
At l JaJ)uary 2024
Charge furye8r
3,717
1,389
At 31 DEcemixr2024
5.106
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 De¢emi*r 2024
1,846
At 31 Decemlxr 2023
3235
STOCKS
31.12.24
31.12.23
Stock
264
243
12.
DEFfoRS: Amouiyfs FALiJNG DUE wrrHIN ONE YEAR
3L.12.24
31.12.23
Prepayments alld accrued itwme
70
70
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The MeetiM¥ Plaee {Bookh&m)
to the Fkn*ncl81 Stst¢ments-
for the Yw End¢d 31 De¢¢mber 2024
13.
CREDITORS: AMOiYNTS FAlL￿G DUE WITHIY ONE YFAR
31.12.24
31.12.23
1,842
1,599
14.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net
m0vell]￿l
in funds
TrnnsfeT5
Ail.1.24
fi]nds
31.12.24
nrestrlcted funds
Gen¢xal ￿nd
52,403
4.U54
(IOJ60)
46,097
RestriL*ed fundi
Anna Chapl&tncy
Cthninuniiy Fridg¢
3.617
2.235
(13.977)
(812)
IOJ60
1,423
5,852
(14,789)
IOJ60
1,423
TiyfAL FUNDS
58.255
110.735)
47,520
Net movement in fund4. included in the aiK)ve arE ￿ follow5:
Incoming
twI)u￿e5
Rc8ources
¢xtMded
Mov¢mcnt
Tn fvnds
UDre•trlct¢d fund•
23.7
119.646)
4,054
Restrirted
Anna Ch8plainLry
Coinmuniry Fridgg
5.179
(19.156)
1812)
(13.977)
{8121
5,179
(19,96B)
(14,789)
T(yfAL FUNDS
28379
(39.614)
(ID,735)
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Contin￿d...

Themtttlng Pl•¢¢ (Bookh•m)
Nrt¢s toihe FlnAnclal Statemthts-eomtlrtued
for ¢ho Y￿r Lnded 31 December 2024
14.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS • coailnued
Comp8f¥tivts for movement In fibnds
Net
movemenL
in ftind$
At l.l.23
31.12.23
Unie5trlet£d fvndj
General fvthd
46,531
5,870
52.403
Restrlited futsds
Anna Chaplaincy
CoTh]muthity Frid8e
8,108
5.671
{4,491)
{3.436)
3,617
2.235
13,779
{7,927)
5.¥32
TOTAL FUNtAS
60.312
(2,057)
58255
Comparativc llct Inovemcnt in fuftd5. includcd in thc abovc alr as follows:
Jncomuig
iieBources Movemenl
expended
in
UnMtricted
General fund
18.782
(12,912)
5,870
Restricted thnds
Anna Chaplaincy
Community Fridg¢
5,120
3,103
{9,611)
{6.539)
{4,491)
{3,436)
8223
{16,130)
17,W271
TOTAL FUP4DS
27.005
(29.062)
(2,0571
15.
RELATED DESCLOSURES
There WL¥C no relatd ￿ty traD5aGIion5 forthe ycar 31 l)ecemb¢r2U24.
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