## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/1/2021 To 31/12/2021** ## **Charity name: Citizens House** ## **Charity registration number: 1153267** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of
**Consett and surrounding district**without
distinction of sex or of political, religious or
other opinions by associating with the local
authorities, voluntary organisations and the
inhabitants in a common effort to advance
education and to provide facilities in the
interests of social welfare for recreation and
leisure time occupation with the object of
improving the conditions of life for the said
inhabitants.
To establish or secure the establishment of a
Community Centre and to maintain and
manage the same (whether alone or in co-
operation with any local authority or other
person or body) in furtherance of these
objects.
To promote such other charitable purposes as
mayfrom time to time be determined.| |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|Citizens House provides a building and facilities
for people from the local community to use as
well as acting as an umbrella or resource body
for small charitable groups.
We host activities for children and young
people, elderly people, those with disabilities
and mental health issues, those with alcohol
addiction and their families as well as social
groups and information events for members of
the general public. We also work with other
charities and voluntary bodies to help them
deliver their services to their clients.
We host exercise classes to promote health for
olderpeople(gentle exercise classes andyoga)| |||as well as for young people, children and
toddlers.
We advance the arts by providing a home for
regular rehearsals by theatre groups, children’s
dance classes and photographic society.
We help those who are disadvantaged by
reason of age, ill-health or disability by
providing groups which can support them, i.e.
support groups for those with alcohol
problems and their families, support group for
those with dementia and their carers.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The charity trustees have complied with their
duty to have regard to the guidance on public
benefit published by the Commission in
exercising their powers or duties in Section
17(5) of the Charities Act and the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. The
trustees have reviewed the guidance at their
trustee meetings when planning the activities
for the year and in considering the various
groups who wish to use our facilities.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |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.|Para 1.20|2021 has seen the Charity recover successfully
from the Covid pandemic, with many of our
traditional groups and activities re-started and
additional new users welcomed.
The Community Centre is once again thriving
as we move into the new year and we
anticipate a “Relaunch” to bring additional
activities and Business users to support our
finances.
Citizens House has weathered the worst of the
financial impact and we look forward to
investing further going forward.| |---|---|---| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Charity has remained on a secure financial
footing throughout the year, despite the
impact of Covid. The fit out completion is in
hand with further IT investment expected.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity maintains health reserves for its
size and scale of activities. The majority of
funds are reserved for building, fit out and
maintenance.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|The Charity has a total balance of £101,530 at
theyear end| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Funding for the build, fit out and salary for
the Development Officer was provided by
Citizens House, The Big Lottery Fund and
The Local Authority, who own the site.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution adopted 9thMay 2013| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |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/reappointed annually
at the Annual General Meeting held in
accordance with the constitution.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Citizens House| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charitynumber|1153267| |Charity’s principal address|Citizens House,
Station Road,
Consett,
DH8 5RL| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||George Gibbon|Chair||| ||Richard Lewins|||| ||Brian Clarke|||| ||Lisa Edwards|Vice Chair||| ||Terence Murray|||| ||Laura Walley|||| ||David Nattrass|Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |Accountants|Laverick Walton & Co|B3 Kingfisher House, TVTE, NE11 0JQ| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||George Henry Gibbon|| ||
Chair|| ||20/09/2022|| ||20/09/2022|| CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's report on the | FOR ENGL4ND AND WALES accounts Sectlon A Indgpendent Examiner's Report Report to tha trustee81 m•mbers of CITIZENS HOUSE On ac￿￿nts for th& year ' 31 DECEMBER 2021 endod ', Charity no (if any) | 1153267 Set out on pages 34 I report to the trustees on my examinadon of th8 acc¥)unts ol the abovè charity (Yhe Trust") for th8 year ended 3111212020. Rasponslbilltles and basi3 of raport As the charitys trustees. you are responsible for the preparatson of the account8 in accordance with the requirernents of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's a￿)Unts carried out under se¢lion 145 of the 2011 Act and in ¢anying out my examination, I have ft)Ilowed all the appllcable Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission under se¢tion 14515)(b) of the Ad. Independent oxamI￿￿5 statement I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters havo come to my attention in cA)nneGtion with the examinalion (other than Ihat disclosed balow.) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect. the accounbng rewrds were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act.. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records. or the acGounts did not comply with the applicabte requirements conceming the fom and content of accounts sat oui in th8 Charitias (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter nsIde￿￿ as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have Come across no other matters in (winethon with the examination to which attention stM)uld be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understandirKJ of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the bra¢kels rfthey do not apply. Signed: Name: l JONATHAN MILLS Relevant professional qualificatSon(s) or body {If any): FCCA IER 2018 Addre88: | B3 KINGFISHER HOUSE. TEAM VALLEY, GATESHEAD, TYNE & WEAR. NE11 OJQ Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material mattets of concern (see CC32. IndeperKlent examination of charity accounts.. diradions and guidan￿ for examiners>. Gfve hern brlef dotalls of any Items that the examiner wlshes to dl8¢105g. NOTHING TO REPORT IER Oct 2018 311121￿ £Lfi59.(S £oA>o £8219.Q6 94130 Cth at Bank C•th at Bank Caththma OJrrentAccount 80,9U61 £o.o) £10¥￿9.25 £89,160ts6 £621.70 EW78332 E88SX86 Punded Dccwantforcofttlw F0uThts￿0n Grnnt. FowM• Nots Ndthbourhood F￿d LottayGrant Ca￿blI￿leS Fun Oulk&n4 ar￿ Malntenano FUNI Lkny Grnnt Maln Fun Llrttwy fjrant Ftstwes & Attln85 £38,0ffj.79 eo( Éo.oo £0.00 £14.259.14 £38M79 £OAI £ox £￿313.82 EIXQ) EO.Tr) £oATr) £0. £SOA77A9 Q5.17&25 £101783.82 £o.(J) £000 £38.046.79 £0. £IS.313A2 Lot*ryGraftt Capabllyes Futhl and Malntènwu Fund LottqyGrwrt F￿1¥re$ & FIttknAS É38W.79 £o.o) £LOX68 £14259.14 £o.I eoL LotteryGr4nt PA￿￿1￿Con$tr￿C[l0n £0.00 £0.00 Lottffjfjrnnt M* FuThl £35.17&25 £34.S4020 £19.240S6 UO.477.89 853&86 £34yQ20 £20395.24 £101783A2 Pap3 IillK, 11 I 11 i Ill aa 115111 ¥88 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to tho trusteesl members of h8rir CITIZENS HOUSE On accounts for tho year ondod 31 DECEMBER 2021 Charity no (rf any) 1153267 Set out on pages 34 to irrtluae "" I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Yhe Trust.) for the year ended 3111212020. Responsibilities and basis of roport As the charity's trust88s, you are responsible for the preparation of th8 accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'Ihe Act"). I report in respect of my examination of th6 Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I havè followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in conne￿10n with the examination (other than that disdosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respecL th8 arKounling records were not kept in accordanr* with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the acwunts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicab16 requirements Con￿mIng the fomi and content ofaccounts set out in the Charities {Accounls and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue 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 ordér to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Pleasa delete the words irp the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: Namg: JONATHAN MILLS Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): FCCA IER Oct 2018 Address: B3 KINGFISHER HOUSE, TEAM VALLEY, GATESHEAD, TYNE & WEAR, NE11 OJQ Section B Disclosure Only complele if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: dir8ciions and guid8n¢e for examiners)- Glve h8re brlef details of any Items that tho examinerwlshos to dlsclose. NOTHING TO REPORT IER Oct 2018