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ANNUAL REPORT
2024- 2025
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16 & 17 Station Street Charity registration no: 1150904 www.ebcc.org.uk Bedlington NE22 7JN 01670 828808 ## **Message from the Chair** Throughout the financial challenges of 2024 / 2025 the Centre has continued to retain key community providers and organise a range of activities for young and older people living in and around East Bedlington. The Trustees are faced with renewed fiscal challenges in 2025-26 with increases in salary costs, utilities and insurances. We have provided accommodation for Northumberland County Council Alternative Curriculum pupils and drama facilities for Cleaswell Hill Special School. Youth club provision has been well received and the school holiday provision has proved very popular with all sessions fully booked. We note thanks to Cath Cuthbertson who stood down in February as a Trustee due to ill health. Cath had made a huge contribution to the success of the Welcome Hub and we wish her well for the future. Liz Leightly also stood down as a Trustee but remains part of the team volunteering on a weekly basis. Developing the social inclusion offer from the Centre has been important to the Board and we offer thanks to Jacqui Wilson who has developed a successful ’Bingo and Butty’ session for our local community. We have also continued to host Bedlington Station Library Service ensuring that local people can still have access to reading materials at all ages. The Board must also note thanks to East Bedlington Parish Council for their unwavering support, which has allowed the Centre to remains stable through what has proved to be a challenging year and sow the seeds for growth and development. Keith Scantlebury Chair ## **Objectives of the Charity** - To secure the best possible outcome for the centre whilst working within the boundaries of local, regional and national policy. ## **Values** - To achieve these aims by promoting the principles of personal development, healthy lifestyle, well-being, community engagement, empowerment and social inclusion. The provision of a community centre for the use of the inhabitants of the Parish of East Bedlington and the surrounding area without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, race, or political, religious, or other opinions. - To provide excellent community facilities and access to advice, training and support, - To encourage the community to play an active part in local decision making, - To encourage individuals and groups to have positive relationships with each other, The use of the property for meetings, lectures, and classes or other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation in the interest of social welfare and with the objects of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. - To support young people into adulthood, - To provide healthy lifestyle choices, a - To provide any other charitable activity for the benefit of the community of East Bedlington and the surrounding area. ## **Governance** The governance framework of the Charity consists of: - The Centre’s Trust Deed, which outlines the aims and objectives of the Charity, dictates the appointment of trustees and the legal framework in which it must operate. - A legal structure to ensure compliance with Charity Law - A management hierarchy and reporting structure - Financial procedures and controls - Risk management - Policies & Procedures ( of which a comprehensive review was undertaken in February 2024). Collectively these policies, procedures, key documents and management arrangements ensure that the Charity is run in an efficient and effective manner in compliance with legislation and in accordance with its aims and objectives. ## **Trustees** The Centre’s trust deed governs the appointment of it’s trustees and the management of the Charity. All trustees retire at the AGM and are either re-elected, re-appointed (in the case of Parish Council trustees) or replaced. The trustees form the Management Committee and have the power to co-opt a further 2 trustees from user groups. The trust deed permits the appointment of up to 4 appointed Parish Council trustees and up to 7 community trustees. **Trustees Keith Scantlebury Chair - Appointed Trustee Ron Thornton Treasurer - Community Trustee Len Smith User Group Trustee Keith Grimes Appointed Trustee Jenny Tindale Secretary - Appointed Trustee Ron Straughan Community Trustee Jacqueline Wilson Community Trustee Liz Lightly ( resigned Feb 25 Community Trustee Cath Cuthbertson (resigned Feb 25) Community Trustee Dawn Crosby Appointed Trustee** ## **Insurance** East Bedlington Parish Council are responsible for insuring the refurbished building and under the terms of the sub-lease East Bedlington Community Centre must reimburse the premium incurred by the Council. The contents of the building are insured directly by the Centre and the policy is underwritten by Hiscox. The Centre holds public liability and employers liability insurance cover of £10,000,000 ## **STAFF** Stacey Price James Hunter Natalie Cummings Gemma Simm Centre Manager Caretaker Cleaner Facilities Assistant ## **Funding** The centre continues to receive an unrestricted grant of £5,960 from East Bedlington Parish Council. A further £1,000 was granted from Communities Together Hardship Fund to support the Welcome Hub and a grant of £ 6385 was received from County Councillor Alex Wallace Members Local Improvement Schemes to support the replacement of lighting in the main hall. East Bedlington Community Centre Report and Accounts 31 March 2025 East Bedlington Community Centre Chartered Accountants. roport lo the board of directors on thg preparatlon of the unaudited Statutory accounts of East Bedllngton Community Cgntro fortho Y￿ ended 31 March 2025 In order lo assist lo fulfil yY>ur duties under the Companies 2Crf)6. we have prepared for your approval the accounts of East Bedlinglon Community Centre for fv year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise of the Profil and Loss AcC￿nI. the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Changes in Equity an the related notes from the CoMpan￿S ￿COuntIng records and from infomatKTrn and explanations you have given us. As a praclising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, we are subjecl lo its ethical and other professional requirements which are delailed al www.icaew.comlenlmemberslregulaliorts-starKIards-and-gui(Jar￿e Our work has been undertaken in accordance ICAEW TechnKal Release 07116 AAF. 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Co5È 6¢,Il&tStr¢4iL ¢0 fi4.s L Lxy */ IiL AwtrH ffrl East Bedlington Community Centre Profit and Loss Account for tho yoar endod 31 March 2025 2025 2024 Incoming ReSOu￿0S 72,060 . 56,291 Operating Costs Other Expenditure {131,7831- (2.2721. 1130,9021 19651 Net Incoming ReSoUr￿S for Perlod 161.9951 175.5761 Tax on profil on ordinary activities Ngt Incoming Resources for Pwiod 61.995 75.576 East Bedlington Community Contre Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025 Notes 2025 2024 Fixed assets Tangible assels 839.810 880,187 Current assets Debtors Cash al bank and in hand 17.298 • 41.327 / 58.625. 8.407 66,682 75,089 Creditors: amounts falllng due within ono year {17,319)1 112.1651 Net current assets 41,3(*s* 62,924 Net assets 881,116/ 943,111 Capital and rosorves Profil and loss account 881.116/ 943,111 Shareholders. funds 881,116 1 943.111 East Bedlington Community Centro Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended 31 March 2025 Fund Totsl At 1 April 2023 1.018.687 1.018.687 Nel Incoming Resources {75.576} 175.5761 At 31 March 2024 943.111 943,111 At 1 April 2024 943.111 943.111 Nel Incoming Resour (61.995) {61.9951 At 31 March 2025 881.116 881.116 East Bedllngton Communlty Centro Notès to the Accounts for the year •ndgd 31 March 2025 1 Tangl￿8 Fixed Ass•ts TarKJibk fixed assets are measured at (x)st actumuLative (lepr￿￿3ti￿ arxl arry %cumulative impairrnent losses. DerKeCralI￿ is tNovKl8d on all laThJi￿e fix￿1 asWS, other than fr8ehold land, al rates ¢8kulatèd to ￿lie off ￿ cosl. ￿$5 eSt¥nat￿ iesidual valve. of assel evenly over its expected useful lif8, as fokns.. Land and BuIldi￿J$ Fixtures 8fKI Fittir¥Js Land and bulldlngs Ffjxtyr￿ & Fittlngs Total ost Al 1 April 2024 Additions 1.194.676 114,945 1.309.621 At 31 March 2025 1.194,676 114.945 1,309,621 Depreciation At 1 Awl 2024 Charge lor the year At 31 March 2025 316.709 39.822 356.531 112.725 555 429,434 40,377 469,811 113.2KJ N•t book value At 31 March 2025 838.145. 839,810 At 31 Marth 2024 877.￿7 880,187 3 Debtors 2025 2024 Other debtors 17,298. 8.407 4 Cr•dRor$: amounts falllng within ￿•r 2025 2024 other creditors 17.319 12.165 East Bedlington Community Centre Detailed profit and loss account for the year ended 31 March 2025 202S 2024 Incoming Resources 72,060/ 56.291/ Operating Costs Other Expenditure 1131.7831/ 12,2721" 1130.9)2Y {965V Net Incorning Rwsources 161.9951 {75,5761 Net Incomlng Resources East Bedllngton Community Centre D•tsi18d profit and loss account for the year ended 31 March 2025 This schedul8 d08s form pwt ¢Yth8 s18tuluy 8CC(xNJts 202$ 2024 Incoming Resources Grants & DonatDns Room Hire Rent Other 13.3EI>- 11,062 37.669 8.050 7.&20/ 72.(*0,. . Operatlng Costs Salari8S- Other Salaries PertsKins Staff training a￿j weW&e w 60.20 1,943/ I,￿)7¥ 64.(64/ 54,886/ 54.981,/ UtINtles.' Gas E18dric Water Tel￿￿K)ne 2.734/ 8.rn/ 1.1394 1,833 14.414 /. 2,8200 6,040. 8891 1,562 1 11,311/ General admlnlstratlve expenses: Inswance." Put￿￿EMploYer Lia￿llY Sofiwar8 Repairs and maintenan¢ Depreciation Bad debts 3.7870 7.wj / 3.5810 . 40.377 / 1487/ 14,9&8/ 40.377 1471 49.104 /. Running Costs.. TrainirvJ 238. 1.240, 1,067 1.5W2 288/ - 1,652/ Licences Printing & Slats'onery Auditor Subs¢rIpl￿nS Badges and Unrfom 777v 3130 4.211 rf. Total O Costs 131,7833 1&).9)2/ Other Ex Mis Tea Dance5 Fo(Kl B8nk nditure . 1.cm/ 1.272 1 2.2T2 /. East Bedlington Community Centre Chartered Accountants. report to thè board of dir•ctors on the preparatlon of the unaudited statutory ac¢ounts of East Bedlington Community Centre lor the ygar ended 31 March 2025 In order lo assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Ad 2￿￿. we have prepared for your approval the accounts of East Bedlington Community Centre for year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise of the Proftt and Loss Account. the Balance Sheet. the Statemenl of Changes In Equity and the related notes from Ihe company's a￿o￿nting records and from information and explanations you have gwen us. As a praclising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accounlanls ￿ England and Wales, we are subject lo ils ethical and other professional requirements whKh are detailed at www.icaew.comlenlmemberslregulalN)ns-slarKlards-and-guKJance Our work has been undertaken in aCCordar￿e vmth ICAEW TechnThl Release 07116 AAF. Walsh & Co Chartered Accounlanls 103 Ststion Road Ashinglon Northumberland NE63 8RS 11 September 2025 E¢to ¥cekg QWK￿ ,Tr Cosè 64dii(Strr*SL le￿￿{e. Ii