BLYTH BATTERY VOLUNTEERS LIMITED
Co. number 08075351
TRUSTEES REPORTYEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024
Aim and Pur
oses
The company is a registered charity which manages a World War I museum supported by Grant
funding from the local county and town councils. The museum opens to the public for about seven
months of the year and runs an annual event during May.
Financial Review
The total turnover for the financial year was £29,578 and the company declared a surplus after
taxation of £2,444. The charity meets the Companies Act 2006 definition of a small company and
does not exceed the Companies Act 2006 audit threshold.
Reserves Polic
At the end of the financial year the company had Reserves of £38,442. The funds are held to
support the future of the provision of the museum.
Administrative Information
The museum is situated at Fort House, The Links, Blyth, Northumberland. The volunteers who
manage the company affairs are the three Directors named in the accounts supported by
approximately 34 other volunteers.
Approved by the Trustees on 8, Aprij 2025 and signed on their behalf by:_
Lindsay Sheila Durward
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Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 October 2024
for
Bl
Batte
Volunteers Limited

Bl h Batte
Volunteers Limited
Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 October 2024
Page
Income Statement
Balance Sheet
Report of the Accountants
Detailed Income and Expenditure Account
Detailed Balance Sheet

Bl
'h Batte
Volunteers Limited
Income Statement
for the Year Ended 31 October 2024
31.10.24
31.10.23
TURNOVER
19,076
13,376
Other income
10,502
7,885
Cost of raw materials and consumables
(4,443)
(3,574)
Other charges
(20,487)
(18,496)
Taxation
(2,204)
(1,350)
SURPLUS/(DEFICIT)
2,444
(2,159)
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Bl
Batte
Volunteers Limited
istered number: 08075351
Balance Sheet
31 October 2024
31.10.24
31.10.23
CURRENT ASSETS
41,515
38,128
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
(3,073)
(2,130)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
38,442
35,998
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITtES
38,442
35,998
RESERVES
38,442
35,998
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
STATUTORY INFORIVIATION
Blyth Battery Volunteers Limited is a private company, limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. The
company's registered number and registered office address are as below:
Registered number:
08075351
Registered office:
Fort House
The Links
Blyth
Northumberland
NE24 3PQ
AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
The average number of employees during the year was NIL (2023 - NIL).
11
The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended
31 October 2024.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended
31 October 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:
(a) ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Compallies Act
2006 and
(b) preparing fmancial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of
each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each fmancial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections
394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial
statements, so far as applicable to the company.
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Bl
h Batte
Volunteers Limited
Re
istered number: 08075351
Balance Sheet - continued
31 October 2024
The fmancial statements have be¢n prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 8 April 2025 and were signed
on its behalf by:
Mrs L S Dunvard - Director
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Bl
h Batte
Volunteers Limited
ort of the Accountants to the Directors of
Bl h Batte
Volunteers Limited
As described on the Balance Sheet you are responsible for the preparation of the fmancial statements for the year ended
31 October 2024 set out on pages one to three and you consider that the company is exempt from an audit.
In accordance with your instructions, we have compiled these unaudited fmancial statements in order to assist you to fulfil
your statutory responsibilities, from tile accounting records and inforniation and explanations supplied to us.
Paul Connon, FFA, FFTA
Suite 24 Arnis Evertyne House
Quay Road
Blyth
Northumberland
NE24 2AS
8 April 2025
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Volunteers Limited
Detailed Income and Ex
enditure Account
for the Year Ended 31 October 2024
31.10.24
31.10.23
Sales
19,076
13,376
Cost of sales
Purchases
4,443
3,574
GROSS SURPLUS
14,633
9,802
Other income
Other income
10,502
7,885
25,135
17,687
Expenditure
Funded or Fundraising Costs
Insurance
Telephone
Post and stationery
Advertising
Sundry expenses
Accountancy
Legal fees
15,172
1,040
280
272
2,017
742
834
34
13,763
2,044
372
377
464
599
780
20,391
18,399
4,744
(712)
Finance costs
Bank charges
96
97
NET SURPLUS/(DEFICIT)
4,648
(809)
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Bl
Batte
Volunteers Limited
Detailed Balance Sheet
for the Year Ended 31 October 2024
31.10.24
31.10.23
CURRENT ASSETS
HSBC Current Account
Cash in hand
34,641
6,874
35,546
2,582
41,515
38,128
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
Tax
Accrued expenses
(2,204)
(869)
(1,350)
(780)
(3,073)
(2,130)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
38,442
35,998
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
38,442
35,998
NET ASSETS
38,442
35,998
RESERVES
Income and expenditure account
38,442
35,998
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AN
WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Char£ty
BLYTH BArrERY VOLUNTEERS LIMITED
On accounts for the year
ended
31 OCTOBER 2024
Charity no
(if any)
1151478
Set out on pages
(reiTeniber to inclucl th
pa9e IlLim
ers of addi
ional $heetsl
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3111012024
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
("the Act").
Responsibilities and
basis of report
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date:
8" April 2025
Name:
PAUL CONNON
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
FFA
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FINANCAIL ACCOUNTANTS
Address:
SUITE 24, ARMS EVERTYNE HOUSE
QUAY ROAD, BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND
IER
Oct 2018

NE24 2AS
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of con￿rn
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018