2020-12-31-accounts - Ringlestone Community Centre Development Group

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 January 2020 To 31 December 2020

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Ringlestone Community Centre Development Group

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1154020

RCCDG

Charity's principal address 16 Sheridan Close

Maidstone Kent

Postcode ME14 2QP

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
Canon Arthur
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Houston
2 Liz Druker Secretary
Rose Henn- Chair and Treasurer until
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Macrae Treasurer October 20
Coral Stimpson Ringlestone Community
4
Association
5 Sir John Young
6 Ruth Pannell
7 Heather Taylor
8 Rob Illingworth
9 Fran Butler
10 Keith Settle Trustee Appointed 9/7/20
11 Treasurer From October 20
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13
14
15
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20
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Architect Richard Hawkes The Bull Pen. Saynden Farm, Five Oaks Lane, Staplehurst, Kent TN12 0HX Building Consultant Trevor Barnes Harry Barnes Homes South Ltd, 36, Albion Place, Maidstone Kent ME14 5DZ

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)

CIO, Foundation Model How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Foundation trustees; further trustees appointed by existing Trustee selection methods trustees

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

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 Ringlestone Residents Association has the right to have one trustee appointed to the charity. The two are working closely together to raise the funds to build a Church and Community Centre.

The Vicar, who is an automatic trustee of the Charity, came in March 2015

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.

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Section C Objectives and activities

The objects of the CIO are:

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

(1) To benefit the residents of Ringlestone, Springfield and the surrounding neighbourhood, in particular but not exclusively, children, young people, families, vulnerable adults and the elderly by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, St. Faith’s Church, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education, and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare and for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents, for the benefit of the public.
(2) To establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objects.
(3) To advance the Christian religion for the benefit of the public.
(4) Any other object that is exclusively charitable under the laws of England and Wales.

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Some of the activities undertaken during the past year have been somewhat curtailed because of the Covid Pandemic lockdown from March 2020 and most of the social groups and various organisations were unable to use the hall.

However progress was made as far as the building of the new Centre is concerned.

Planning application submitted to Maidstone Borough Council by our architect
The Charity worked closely with a building consultant to work on cost planning for the new Centre
The trustees agreed the name of the new Centre should be “St Faith’s Centre”
A designer was commissioned to produce a logo, branding and the design of a coloured brochure, giving details of the planned Centre.
Summary of the main  The brochure was delivered to all residents of Ringlestone activities undertaken for and Springfield in September, inviting contributions in the public benefit in money and skills. Offers of practical and financial help relation to these objects were received. (include within this  St Faith’s Church held a major gift day in October, section the statutory sending out the brochure widely, the proceeds to go declaration that trustees towards the cost of building the new Centre have had regard to the  Grant applications were made towards the cost of guidance issued by the building the Centre Charity Commission on  Preliminary soil tests were carried out on site in public benefit) preparation for the build.

The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and have sought to follow it in their activities.

Some of the activities undertaken during the past year, until suspended due to the pandemic have been :  ‘Messy Church’ activities for local families  A weekly parent and toddler group run by volunteers from the church and local community.  Other regular community group bookings up until March

Throughout the year most activities had to be conducted via Zoom, including trustee meetings, and the year ended with a virtual Christmas Service on Zoom where candles had been distributed throughout the community and people were invited to attend the service and light their candles.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Volunteers from both the church and local community have continued to fundraise for the charity with a particular focus on the Gift Day in October.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Searches were made to identify a range of grant-making trusts who could be approached. A meeting was held online with one Trust to further the application and other submissions were made.

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

The charity has continued to work closely with St Faith’s Church and the Ringlestone Residents Association throughout the year for the benefit of the residents of Ringlestone, Springfield and the surrounding neighbourhood in order to make the new centre a reality.

Continuing support from the local County Councillor has been significant and much appreciated in addition to a grant towards the cost of the soil tests.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Planning permission for the new Centre was granted, with no objections, by Maidstone Borough Council in May.
The Business Plan was updated and extended
The cost plan to build the Centre was agreed
Grant applications were submitted to a variety of grantmaking trusts
A successful bid for Developer Contribution was made to Maidstone Borough Council, and the first tranche of the grant received in December

Although most of the activities during the year were severely hampered by the pandemic, work on the project to build the new Centre continued to take place.

Section E Financial review

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We invest in a notice deposit account for accrued funds.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

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.
A Gift Day was held in October which raised over £100,000.
Maidstone Borough Council has supported the project with a Community Facilities Grant from developer contributions
Grant applications were made to a variety of trusts; we are awaiting the outcome of these.
We continue to explore further sources of major funding grants.
St Faith’s Church has committed significant funds from the sale of a church house, and the Church Commissioners have agreed to the proceeds from the sale of St Faith’s Church itself to go towards the building of St Faith’s Centre, when the sale goes through.

Section F Other optional information

Real progress has been made towards the building of St Faith’s Centre which we have been striving towards for many years and it is hoped construction will begin in 2021.

Section G Declaration

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
	Rosemary Henn-Macrae
	Chair of the Trustees
	31.10.21

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Ringlestone Community Centre Development Group Management Accounts - Summary For the year 1 Jan- 31 Dec 2020 Opening balan Natwest Bank at 1 Jan Balan in Cambridge and Counties Bank 5.745.76 19.128.17 Income Events Anonymous donations Direct gNirHJ to RCCDG Grants dentif Giving Standing Orders Collecting boxes Transfer from C&C Bank Transfer from St Farth's PCC - Gift Day Interest from C&C Bank 105.48 9381.74 58942.12 2550.00 415.00 195.19 19000.00 42500.00 187.75 Totsl Income for the Year 133.277.28 ExpanditUTe Architect Fees Planning Fees (reimbursement to St Faith's) Business Plan Soil tests Design, branding. printing ACRE Subscription 3600.00 4158.00 580.50 1966.80 1748.00 52.00 Total Expenditure for the year 12.10&30 Balan in Natwest bank at Dec 31 Balan in C&C Bank at Dec 31 126,729.99 315.92 Total Available Funds at Dec 31 127.045.91 I confiTTn that the infoTmafion set out above is coeCt to Ihe best of OUT knowledge and belief. Signed.. Treasurer- Rosema Henn-macrae Date 6.05.2021 IndeperKlent Examiner- Christopher Clemence .1.316.g.j: