## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 1 April 2023 31 March 2025 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** STRADBROKE COURTHOUSE AND LIBRARY TRUST SCALT **Other names charity is known by** SCALT **Registered charity number (if any)** 1152629 **Charity's principal address** THE COURT HOUSE QUEEN STREET STRADBROKE EYE, SUFFOLK **Postcode IP21 5HG** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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0|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any) **| |---|---|---|---|---| ||MAUREEN JOHN|CHAIRMAN||| ||JAMES
HARGRAVE|VICE-CHAIRMAN
SECRETARY||| ||ALLAN HAMPSON|TREASURER||| ||TONI WISBEY|||| ||LAURA EAVES
CARR|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 6 7 8 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 20 March **2012** **TAR** 1 **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ~~===>~~ **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** CONSTITUTION Type of governing document - (eg. trust deed, constitution) CHARITABLE INCOPRORATED ORGANISATION How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) 1 APPOINTED BY SUFFOLK LIBRARIES, 1 APPOINTED BY Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) STRADBROKE PARISH COUNCIL, UP TO 6 APPOINTED BY TRUSTEES ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. March **2012** **TAR** 2 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** 1.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN STRADBROKE, SUFFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A **Summary of the objects of the** LENDING LIBRARY; **charity set out in its** 2.TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF STRADBROKE, **governing document** SUFFOLK AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF **Summary of the main activities** SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS **undertaken for the public** OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID **benefit in relation to these objects (include within this** RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND **section the statutory** OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE **declaration that trustees have** EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF **had regard to the guidance** SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION **issued by the Charity** WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE **Commission on public benefit)** FOR THE RESIDENTS. The Trustees have had regard of the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. By supporting the Library and running the Courthouse as a community asset the Trustees are ensuring the resources of the Charity are applied **Additional details of objectives** for public benefit. **and activities (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The Trustees continued the operation of the Courthouse building for public benefit under the terms of 25 year repairing lease on the Courthouse building (with the exception of the library space) from Suffolk County Council. The lease is on a peppercorn rent. The Trustees usually use the Courthouse room in a number of ways: - Community Café open regularly for two days a week - Parish Council meetings monthly and ad-hoc council meetings - Bookings for meetings and other activities - Showing films, musicals and plays - Book groups These activities usually generate enough income to pay to maintain and operate the building and a surplus towards further development of the building including the Library, ## **Section E Financial review** March **2012** **TAR** 5 The Trustees apply all reserves to ensure the maintenance of the **Brief statement of the charity’s** Courthouse building and good operation of the library for the benefit of **policy on reserves** the public . **Details of any funds materially in deficit** NONE ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: SCALT undertakes fundraising and receives grant funding and donations to support the development of the Courthouse building in Stradbroke as a Community hub and the running of the Library. - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## NONE ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** JAMES **Full name(s)** MAUREEN JOHN HARGRAVE **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** CHAIRMAN VICE-CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY **etc) Date** 10/1/2026 March **2012** **TAR** 6 Stradbroke Courthouse & Libra Trust Financial Statement for ear endin 31 st March 2025 ments Ex enses YIE 3110312025 Utilities Rates Electric Water £72.77 £3,585.33 £261.60 £3 919.70 Insurance Hiscox £1,564.83 £1564.83 SCALT Ex ense Sundry Purchases £1,529.61 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1529.61 Café Ex enses £1,190.71 £1190.71 Pro Maintenance Vax Cleaning Fluid Replacement Water Heater Fitting Water Heater £32,99 £977.90 £456.00 £1466.89 Total Expenses £9,671.74 Recei ts Income YIE 3110312025 Fund Raisin Christmas Hamper Easter Hamper Photo Exibition Sale of Books Metal Daisey £183.00 £200.00 £540.00 £169.00 £150.00 £1242.00 Room Rental Parish Council £300.00 £300.00 Grants Mid Suffolk £835.01 £835.01 Donations Friday Friends Club Mita Higton 10 Anniversary £540.00 £276.00 £36.00 £852.00 Café Bankin Café Takings £11,086.30 £11086.30 Total Receipts £14,315.31 £14 315.31 Total Receipts £14 315.31 Opening Balance £45,192.51 Less Total Expenses £9 671.74 Closing Balance £49,836.08 SurpluslDefecit £4 643.57 4 643.57