## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 April 2024 Period start date To 31 March 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Horden Centennial Centre (HCC)** ## **Charity registration number: 1149171** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To further or benefit the residents of Horden and the
surrounding area without distinction of sex, sexual
orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions
by associating together the said residents and the local
authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common
effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the
interests of social welfare for recreation, leisure time
occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of
life for residents.
Such charitable purposes for the public benefit as are
exclusively charitable according to the laws of England
and Wales as the Trustees may from time to time
determine.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|Our National Lottery Community Fund grant enabled
Horden Community Centre (HCC) to continue growing
as a vibrant community hub — a place where residents
can meet, eat, socialise, learn and access key services.
Our National Lottery project grant enabled us to secure
an additional £50,981 in match grant funding which
included grants from Sport England, Co-op Community
Fund, Hedley Foundation, East Durham Local Area
Network, Morrisons Foundation, Hospital of God, John
Inman, DWF, Arnold Clark, CRT, GC Gibson Charitable
Trust, Point North, Miller Homes, Wesleyan
Foundation, Emerton Christie and ASDA.
Venue hire increased from £14,647 on the previous year
to £17,386
Over the last 12 months we have been able to welcome
and support 1,696 people:
1,044 adults| 652 children and young people. In particular isolated older residents, adult residents on low incomes and those struggling with physical and mental health problems including addiction, struggling families, residents who have joined groups and clubs, people accessing affordable food, training, learning and community celebrations particularly involving our local schools. Over the past year, HCC has expanded its activities, strengthened partnerships, and improved our facilities to better serve the needs of local residents. The Centre has become a welcoming, inclusive space where people of all ages and backgrounds come together, feel valued for their individuality and build meaningful connections as a community.  **Improving Confidence, Wellbeing, and Connectedness** HCC is making a significant difference for local residents — particularly those on low incomes, with poor health, long-term worklessness, or social isolation. Through regular groups over the last 12 months which included Little Treasures autism charity and Step Into Recovery’s Breakfast Club, people have found safe, supportive spaces to build confidence and social connections.  **Strengthening HCC as a Sustainable Community Hub** Year 2 has seen major progress in strengthening HCC’s organisational capacity and infrastructure, including redecoration, a safer and more secure building including upgraded CCTV, remote camera and alarm system access for trustees and the commencement of cellar works which will create a community gym in 2026.  **Expanding Partnerships and Community Impact** The project has strengthened relationships with key partners including the NHS, Drug and Alcohol Recovery Centre, Step Into Recovery, Horden Hub House working closely with the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, Horden Together co-ordinated by Durham County Council as it brings together residents / community partners and St Mary’s Church. Activities over the year included: - **Little Treasures: Following a successful taster session, this group now meets monthly at the Centre, providing essential peer support for parents and carers of children affected by autism.** - **Pie & Peas Lunch: In partnership with St Mary’s Church continues monthly with the addition of a popular raffle, strengthening social connections among older residents.** - **NHS Training: Hosted local healthcare professionals for updates and training sessions.** - **IAG Partnership Meeting: Ongoing collaboration with local organisations to address shared community priorities.** - **Weekly Café was well attended. Delivered by Centre staff and offering a warm and friendly space, affordable food and access to help and support. Our dog-friendly policy has encouraged more casual drop-ins, enhancing the Centre’s welcoming atmosphere. Café sales are also helping to broaden the centre’s income streams alongside increasing venue hire, our Lottery funding and more match grant funding secured over the last twelve months.**  **Jamie Oliver Cooking Course: A six-week course organised with the Drug and Alcohol Recovery Centre proved very popular and well attended.**  **Community Funeral Reception: The Centre hosted a local funeral reception, demonstrating continued close ties with St Mary’s Church and the wider community.**  **Security Improvements: Installation of new CCTV, alarm system, and Ring doorbell with café monitor, increasing users’ sense of safety and reassurance.**  **Training Sessions: Delivered Basic Life Support and Mental Health Awareness training for staff and volunteers.**  **Sport England Grant (£15,000): Successful application to fund conversion of the Centre’s cellar into a community gym – a long-awaited goal since the original 2014 renovation is now set to happen from 2026.**  **AAP Budget Funding: Additional funding secured to complete cellar works.**  **Monthly IAG Meeting: Continued collaborative engagement with partner agencies.** ||**Refugee & Community Seminar: Co-hosted**| |---|---| ||**with the North East Humanists and CRT**| ||**Horden-Hub House, bringing together**| ||**organisations, speakers, and discussion**| ||**groups to support integration and better**| ||**understanding for County Durham and**| ||**Horden’s growing refugee and asylum seeker**| ||**population.**| ||**Centre Refurbishment:**| ||**`o`**
**New boiler installed with funding from**| ||**the Morrisons Foundation.**| ||**`o`**
**Full redecoration completed, replacing**| ||**the original colour scheme with a**| ||**warmer, more welcoming palette.**| ||**`o`**
**New blinds and curtains ftted; plans in**| ||**place to update lighting.**| ||**Little Treasures – Fun & Food Event: Hosted**| ||**Crazy Creatures North East to entertain**| ||**children and families.**| ||**We Buy Vintage Valuation Event: provided a**| ||**unique opportunity for local engagement and**| ||**social interaction.**| ||**Weekly Classes: Ju-Jitsu and East Durham**| ||**Running Club paused for school holidays;**| ||**Peterlee Martial Arts used the Centre**| ||**temporarily while their own venue was**| ||**closed.**| ||**Little Treasures – Big Science Event: An**| ||**interactive Fun & Food session for children**| ||**and families, combining education and**| ||**enjoyment.**| ||**Step Into Recovery – Breakfast Club:**| ||**Relocated to the Centre, now serving around**| ||**40 vulnerable members weekly with cooked**| ||**breakfasts and guidance toward further**| ||**support.**| ||**Summer Packed Lunches: 60 local children**| ||**provided with lunches during a football club**| ||**programme at the park with HCC working with**| ||**partners to tackle holiday hunger.**| ||**Krav Maga Self-Defence Course: Launched to**| ||**promote confdence and personal safety.**| ||**Community Pantry: Hub House relocated its**| ||**pantry to the Centre, operating weekly to**| ||**support families in crisis with food donations**| ||**from FareShare and local supermarket food**| ||**surplus. Working in partnership, our aim is to**| ||**make this project a key part of the centre’s**| ||**ofer for struggling families and residents and**| ||**to encourage volunteering.**| ||**Return to Regular Timetable: Full programme**| ||**resumedpost-summer.**| |||
**Breakfast Club Expansion: Extended hours to**
**now include a discussion lunch group,**
**increasing engagement and peer support.**

**Community Pantry Growth: High demand**
**prompted an application for funding to add an**
**extra FareShare delivery and open an**
**additional day each week.**

**Celebration Events: Both the Church**
**Anniversary Party and Walsingham Festival**
**attracted large numbers of residents from the**
**wider community into the building.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Horden Centennial Centre trustees had due regard to the
guidance on public benefit in planning our charities
activities.| ## **Achievements and Performance** |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|SORP reference
Para 1.20|**Achievements and Impact**
• Noticeable increase in participation
and event frequency.
• Strengthened community confdence
and wellbeing.
• Volunteer base opportunities with the
opening of the pantry
• Improved facilities creating a safer and
more welcoming environment.
• Increased collaboration with local
agencies delivering health and wellbeing
programmes.
• Growing recognition of HCC as a
trusted and essential community hub.|| |---|---|---|---| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Horden Centennial was again in a healthy
financial position at the end of the year with
continued investment made in the building
including decoration and upgrading CCTV.
Our staff team continued to secure
additional grant funding for new activities
and core costs while revenue from
increased centre venue hire grew.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|It is the policy of Horden Centennial Centre
to hold reserves of unrestricted funds in
order to meet unforeseen expenditure
enough to be able to sustain the venue and| our charity for 12 months. Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 **£40,891** ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**What the charity does:**

General Charitable Purposes

Education/Training

The Prevention or Relief of Poverty

Economic/Community
Development/Employment

Recreation
**Who the charity helps:**

Children/Young People

Elderly/Old People

The General Public/Humankind
**How the charity helps:**

Provides Buildings/Facilities/Open
Space

Provides Services

Provides Advocacy/Advice/Information

Acts as an Umbrella or Resource Body| |---|---|---| |Type of governing
document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution adopted 7 September 2012| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed or reappointed at the
annual meeting of trustees which includes an
annual election to the positions of Chair,
Secretary and Treasurer.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Horden Centennial Centre (HCC)| |---|---| |Registered charity number|1149171| |Charity’s principal address|Horden Centennial Centre
Seventh Street
Horden
SR8 4LX| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**||**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Fr Kyle McNeil|Chair|||| ||Eric Smith|Secretary|||| ||Michael James
Fishwick|Treasurer|||| ||AudreyHogarth||||| ||Christopher
Anderson||||| ||Dr Edward John
Yeates||||| ||**Declarations**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||Michael James Fishwick
Treasurer
31.3.25||| ||||||| ||||Michael James Fishwick||| ||||Treasurer||| ||||31.3.25||| Horden Centennial Centre Accounts Cover Letter 2410712025 Henniker & Co Accountants is satisfied and happy to confirm the 2024125 year*nd accounts preparation 15 fully complete and ready for submission to the Charity Commission. The accounts consist of invoices, paymerbts and receipts via different method including bank. cash and petty cash transactions. l am happy to confirm the bank account and cash book has been reconciled fully confirming that all trans3Ctions have been fully accounted for according to the Accounting framework with the IASB Ilnternational Actounting Stan(lards Board). All paperwork provided by Horden Centennial Centre has been checked by myself and l am fully satisfied with the integrity of the paperwork and the documents have been captured and recorded correctly to make up the year-end financial statement5. Along with this cover letter the income and expense and balance sheet will be attached No recommendations need to be given to Horden Centennial Centre with regards to their financial accounting methods. Invoices are available and every banklcash transaction has evidence as back Kind regards Tom Henniker-major FCCA Henniker and co Ltd Horden Centennial Centre Charity No 1149171 Year End 2024/25 Financial Statements Ending 31/03/2025 Prepared by Henniker and Co Ltd Henniker & Co Ltd Independerbt Examiners Report on behalf of Horden Centennial Centre Inde endent Examiners Re ort Tom Henniker-major from Henniker & Co Itd reports the year end financial accounts for Horden Centennial Centre for the period of I" April 2024- 31" March 2025. Res ective Res onsibilitles of Trustees and Examiner The Trustees of Horden Centennial Centre Iregistered Charity) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts,. the consider thot the audit requirement under settion 144 of the Charities Act 2011 does not apply. I have been appointe(l under the Charities Act 211 and report in accordance with the regulations made under section 145. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts and statement, with no audit required, and to report information and findings to the Trustees. Basis of Examiners Statement This report is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the directions given by the Charity Commissioners under the Act. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity Trustees and a comparison of the accourbts presented with those records. It also includes a review of the accounts and making such enquires as are necessary for the purpose of this report. The procedure5 undertake do not constitute an Audit Examiner's Statement 8ased on my examination. at no point has any matter come to my attention which Elves reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect. accounting records have not been in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act 2011. 1 am satisfied that the accounts presented are in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Act and comply with the accountin8 requirements of the Charities Act 2011. No material hès Eiven me doubt of incompliance with the required accounting procedural requirements. Tom Henniker-maior FCCA Henniker & Co Itd Horden Centennial Centre Le al and Admlnistralion Information Horden Centennlal Centre Seventh Street Horden Peterlee County Durham SR8 4LX Charit Number 1149171 Trustees Audrey Hogarth, Fr Kyle McNeil. Edward Yeates, Eric Smith. Michael Fishwick, Christopher Anderson Inde endent Examiners Henniker and co Ltd 45-47 Cheapside Spennymoor Co Durham DL16 6QF Bankers TSB PLC coop Signed By Date Signed 2025-09-24 13:01:55 Email michael.fishwick@yahoo.co.uk Printed Name Michael Fishwick IP Address 45.92.45.229 Browser User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/139.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/139.0.0.0 Name of signatory Michael Fishwick Horden Centennial Centre Accounts Cover Letter 2410712025 Henniker & Co Accountants is satisfied and happy to confirm the 2024125 year*nd accounts preparation 15 fully complete and ready for submission to the Charity Commission. The accounts consist of invoices, paymerbts and receipts via different method including bank. cash and petty cash transactions. l am happy to confirm the bank account and cash book has been reconciled fully confirming that all trans3Ctions have been fully accounted for according to the Accounting framework with the IASB Ilnternational Actounting Stan(lards Board). All paperwork provided by Horden Centennial Centre has been checked by myself and l am fully satisfied with the integrity of the paperwork and the documents have been captured and recorded correctly to make up the year-end financial statement5. Along with this cover letter the income and expense and balance sheet will be attached No recommendations need to be given to Horden Centennial Centre with regards to their financial accounting methods. Invoices are available and every banklcash transaction has evidence as back Kind regards Tom Henniker-major FCCA Henniker and co Ltd Horden Centennial Centre Charity No 1149171 Year End 2024/25 Financial Statements Ending 31/03/2025 Prepared by Henniker and Co Ltd Henniker & Co Ltd Independerbt Examiners Report on behalf of Horden Centennial Centre Inde endent Examiners Re ort Tom Henniker-major from Henniker & Co Itd reports the year end financial accounts for Horden Centennial Centre for the period of I" April 2024- 31" March 2025. Res ective Res onsibilitles of Trustees and Examiner The Trustees of Horden Centennial Centre Iregistered Charity) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts,. the consider thot the audit requirement under settion 144 of the Charities Act 2011 does not apply. I have been appointe(l under the Charities Act 211 and report in accordance with the regulations made under section 145. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts and statement, with no audit required, and to report information and findings to the Trustees. Basis of Examiners Statement This report is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the directions given by the Charity Commissioners under the Act. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity Trustees and a comparison of the accourbts presented with those records. It also includes a review of the accounts and making such enquires as are necessary for the purpose of this report. The procedure5 undertake do not constitute an Audit Examiner's Statement 8ased on my examination. at no point has any matter come to my attention which Elves reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect. accounting records have not been in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act 2011. 1 am satisfied that the accounts presented are in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Act and comply with the accountin8 requirements of the Charities Act 2011. No material hès Eiven me doubt of incompliance with the required accounting procedural requirements. Tom Henniker-maior FCCA Henniker & Co Itd Horden Centennial Centre Le al and Admlnistralion Information Horden Centennlal Centre Seventh Street Horden Peterlee County Durham SR8 4LX Charit Number 1149171 Trustees Audrey Hogarth, Fr Kyle McNeil. Edward Yeates, Eric Smith. Michael Fishwick, Christopher Anderson Inde endent Examiners Henniker and co Ltd 45-47 Cheapside Spennymoor Co Durham DL16 6QF Bankers TSB PLC coop Signed By Date Signed 2025-09-24 13:01:55 Email michael.fishwick@yahoo.co.uk Printed Name Michael Fishwick IP Address 45.92.45.229 Browser User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/139.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/139.0.0.0 Name of signatory Michael Fishwick