Trustees. Annual Report for the period
' Period start date
.January ,2025
i Period end date
31 December
2025
From
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charity name
Moulton Community Association CIO
Other names charlty Is known by
MCA
Registered charlty number (if any)
1154390
Charlty's pn'ncipal address
Moulton Community Association
315 Broad Lane, Moulton, Spalding,
Lincs
Postcode
PE12 6PN
Names of tho charlty trustees who manago the charlty
Dates acted If not for whole
ear
Tru8tee name
Offlc& Ilf any)
Chair - until 91h
December 2025
Chair-from 9th
December 2025
Treasurer
Vice-chair
Name of person {or body) ontltlad
toa
olnt tru8tee
ifan
The Trustees
Lesley Fisher
Resigned 31st December
2025
Appointed 11th
November 2025
Andrew Woolf
The Tru8tee8
James Arnott
Christopher Tibbs
Pamela Stanley
Ralph Fisher
The Trustees
The Trustees
The Trustees
The Trustees
Premises Officer
Resigned 16th October
2025
Resigned 201h October
2025
Claire Goy
The Trustees
Kenton Hawkins
Website and
Publicity Officer
The Trustees
Robert Bedwell
Mandy Baker
Wendy Woolf
Gill Gooding
The Trustees
The Trustees
Bookings Officer
Secretary
Maintenance
Coordinator- from
9th December 2025
The Trustees
Appointed 14th January
2025
The Trustees
Names of the charity, if any, (for example. any custodian trustees)
Name
None
Dates acted rf not for whole
ear
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Names and addresses of advisers {Optional infomiation)
of adviser
Name
Address
None
Name of chief executive or names of senior stsff members (Optional Infomlation)
None
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ement
Descrlptlon of the charlty's trusts
Constitution - CIO registered 29 October 2013, as amended on 15
September 2021, as amended on 11De￿rnber 2024
Type of governing document
How the charity is constituted
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Trustee selection methods
Appointed by existing Trustees
UpAC.Fi IIFU 0￿.. eitr*wieo r.;.
Addltlonal governanca18sues (Optional information)
You may choose to include
Policies and processes adopted by the Charity include (year of most
additional infomiation, wher8
recent update or of introduction of policy in brackets):
relevant, about:
Health and Safety Policy (2024)
Environmental Policy (2024)
Safeguarding Policy (2023)
Disciplinary Process (2021)
Employee Grievance Process (2021)
Trustee Grievance Process (2025)
Data Protection Policy (2024)
Equal Opportunities Policy (2025)
Serious incident r6porting policy and procedures (2025)
Paying Staff (2025)
Trustee expenses policy and procedures (including Truste&
donations) (2025)
Financial reserves policy and procedures (2025)
Internal charity financia5 controls policy and procedures AND
Investing charity funds policy and prO￿dureS (2025)
Internal risk management policy and procedures AND Risk
management (2025)
Conflicting Interests AND Trustee conflicts of interest policy and
procedures (2025)
Complaints Handling (2025)
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries (2025)
pollcles and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees.
the charity'8 organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works;
r8lationship with any related
parties;
trustees, consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.
The Trustees aim to review, update and improve all MCA policies and
pro￿SseS at appropriate intervals. Substantial work was done on this
aspect during 2025.
Where appropriate we aim to work with and support other voluntary
organisations within Moulton village and All Saints Church, Moulton. As in
previous years we worked wtth the Church in organising Carols on the
Green in December 2025.
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We continue to have contact with various bodies, including a Lincolnshire-
wide organisation which promotes issues of use and concern to those
running village halls etc, such as sources of grant funding, premises safety
etc. When possible, various of our Trustees attend meetings held by such
bodies providing information and discussion; unfortunately a meeting in
2025 was cancelled by the organiser and has yet to be rescheduled.
Existing Trustees are reminded to refer to, and new Trustees directed to,
the guidance provided by the Charity Commission.
The Charity is permÉtted to have Members who are not Trustees, however
there are no Members presently in that category i.e. the only Members are
th8 Trustees.
As reported for 2024, on 10th December 2024 the then ten Trustees (the
Members) unanimously passed a Resolution effective 11th December
2024, which changed the quorum for general meetings of the Charity from
'six or one third of the total members of the committee whichever is the
greaterf to three members (trustees) of the committee" This amendmenl
was duly approved by and registered by the Charity Commission.
There were no amendments to the Charity's Constitution in 2025.
Section C
Ob"ectives and activities
The provision and maintenance of a Village Hall and a Community
Centre for the use of the inhabitants of the Parish of Moulton in the
County of Lincolnshire ('the area of benefit.) without distinction of
political, religious or other opinions including:
a) Meetings, lectures and classes;
b) Other fomis of recreation and leisure time occupation with the
object of improving the life of the said inhabitants.
Summary ofthe objects ofthe
Gharlty set out in Its
governlng document
By providing and maintaining the two adjacent premises the Charity is
then able to let them for a variety of uses which inhabitants of all ages
are able to attend according to preference. We are fortunate In having
two buildings which allows greater choice and flexibility of use for hirers
and the Charity.
Summary of the maln
activlties undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit)
Regular users, most typically weekly or monthly, during 2025 included
the following:
Brownies and Rainbows",
Scouts, Cubs and Beavers;
Tots and Carers
Lace making:
Flower arranging.
U3A Needlework"
Moulton Ladies Group.
Yoga - various levels;
Pilates;
Knit Crochet and Craft;
Choir Practi￿.
Card Making-,
Wellbeing Groups;
Exercise Grou
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Line Dancing group.
Café meeting group.,
Miscellaneous meetings (including Parish Council, Medical Centre
groups. Young Famers)
During the year the buildings have also been used for events including:
Childrens parties;
Family gatherings and celebrations
The buildings have also been used for our own fundraising events, listed
later in this report.
The Community Centre is made available as a Polling Station for public
elections as and when they occur.
The Community Centre was made available free of charge for public
meeting5 concerning Moulton Park (a charity) which was opened for
public use during 2025.
There are no re8trictions on who may hire the buildings for public or
private events although events which the Trustees consider have the
potential for causing a nuisance or controversy are considered on their
merits. Regard must also be had to any necessary licences.
Hire charges - These are fixed in advanc8 having regard to our funding
needs and by comparison with the hire charges for other halls in the
area.
All regular and single-event hi￿r$ are subject to the same charges.
Single-event hirers are required to pay a deposit, returnable post-event
except in rare occasions where damage or other problems occur. Hirers
who are charities may be granted a discount at our discretion.
Following several years with no increases made to our hire charges, a
small increase was applied in June 2024. There was no increase during
2025, however mainly due to rising costs the Trustees decided on
applying a small increase to our charges to be effective from June 2028.
Declaration - It is declared that the Trustees have had regard to the
Charit Commission's Guidance on
ubliG benefit.
Addltlonal details of objectlves and activltles (Optlonal information)
You may choose to include
further statements, where
relevant, about:
policy on grantmaking",
policy programme related
investment"
In addition to the trustees, the Charity relies on help from friends and
volunteers (FAVS), particularly when arranging and holding fundraising
activities.
The Charity does not make grants to individuals or bodies. However it
has. usually on an approximately annual basis, sponsored the free Parish
magazine for Moulton and nearby villages, in which the Charity
advertises events and functions and information about some of our
regular hirers; £95 was paid in 2025.
contribution made by
volunteers.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity
durlng the year
As well as income from lettings. and such grants and donations as may
become available, we also rely on profits from our own events. The
overall results are shown in the accompanying Income & Expenditure
Account.
In 2025 the buildings have also been used for our own fundraising events
including:
Bingo Evenings (monthly, except December)
Valentines dance earfy February 2025
Garden Crawl and Scarecrow Festival late June 2025
Refreshments provided September 2025 (in support of Harvest
Working Weekend organised by Moulton Celebration Committee)
Last Night of the Proms concert October 2025
Family Bingo Afternoon early December 2025
Carols on the Green mid-December 2025 (in conjunction with All
Saints Church)
We continued to hold our Bingo events on the last Wednesday evening of
each month (not December) which remain popular and well-attended and
provide an important contribution to our funds. December's Family Bingo
was also a successful event.
In June 2025 we revived our Garden Crawl event (rested in 2024). A
local resident organised Yard Sales around the village, charging entry
fees, all of which, as disclosed in advance, were kindly donated to MCA.
Another local group, Moulton Celebration Committee, again held its
Harvest Working weekend in September and MCA joined in with stalls
and refreshments on the Saturday.
The popular Carols on the G￿en event was held again in December
2025, organised in conjunction with All Saints Church, held on the village
green and afterwards in the Community Centre.
As much as these events raise much-needed funds to help maintain the
buildings and contribute to our running costs, they are also important
community events.
other possible events were considered this year but were either not
pro￿eded with or were at least postponed, having regard to the
limitations on the time Trustees and other volunteers can give and also
seeking to avoid unhelpful clashes in the calendar with the events of
other groups in the village and further afield.
MaintenancE and improvement work continued throughout the year.
Works undertaken included extemal repairs to a Communty Centre wall
and alterations to the drainage to the rear path at the Village Hall,
hopefully solving a problem with damp in a section of wall.
In the Ward Hall Annex (Community Centre) the flooring was worn out
and was repla￿d along with better storage cupboards (see below)" in
connection with this work, a number of Trustees undertook the repainting
of the walls. This has made the Annex a more attractive and useful
ace.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
Various delays were eXperIen￿d in obtaining Planning Permission but
the installation of two pairs of new entrance doors for the Community
cent￿ was finally completed in October 2025 (see below).
The previous underfloor heating arrangements in the Village Hall toilets
were found to have failed and incapable of repair. The gas central
heating was extended to new additional radiators to solve this (see
below).
The garden area in front of the Community Centre continued to be
maintained by volunteers across the year, including appropriate displays,
attracting positive feedback.
The parking space lines in the car park were repainted, by Trustees.
The Charity owns its buildings and car park. Unauthorised use of the car
park by non-hirers causes problems at time8. The Trustees continue to
consider what Possible measures could be introduced to seek to solve
this issue without affecting access to neighbouring properties.
Section E
Financial review
Brief statement of the
charity's policy on rès8rve8
The Charity has updated its policy during 2025, now to seek to keep a
reserve of not less than £20,000 in the event of unexpected repairs or
demand on funds. This is considered to be prudent, particularly with
uncertainties in respect of future energy costs, building repairs etc.
At the end of 2025 the Charity's total funds at bank and in cash totalled
£24,219. This is a reduction from the position at the start of the year,
largely due to greater capital expenditure in 2025 which totalled £13.939
(Community Centre new Annex flooring and storage £6,025, Community
Centre new entrance doors £5,153, and Village Hall new heating in toilets
£2,761).
We have identified works of repair, maintenance and improvement which
we hope can be dealt with in the next year or soon thereafter. Some of
the identified works could be done within our existing funds, and we hope
grant funding may be obtained. but overall a cautious approach must
continue to be maintained.
Details of any funds matsrfally
in deficit
Not applicable
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Further financial review details (Optional infonnation)
During 2025 the Charity's principal sources of revenue l income were:
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.
Rental income from lettings Community Centre and Village Hall, a total of
£18,243.
Fundraising events, as described above, generated an overall profit of
£12,975.
Donations totalled £2,075. Of that total £500 was given by Moulton
Parish Council towards the costs of repairing some damp in the Village
Hall and £375 given by our South Holland District Council Ward
Councillors towards the purchase of new mugs and teapots.
Grant income in 2025 totalled £3,013, all from Lincolnshlre UKSPF,
which covered half of the cost of new flooring and cupboards in the Ward
Hall Annex in the Community Centre, the remainder of the cost paid from
our general funds. This work was completed in March 2025.
A 2024 grant of £4,900, from a local charitable trust, was brought forward
into 2025. This was spent in 2025 meeting almost all of the costs of our
project to replace the two sets of entrance doors to the Community
Centre, which was completed in October 2025. £252 was paid from our
general funds.
Our expenditure generally is as set out in the accompanying Income and
Expenditure Account. Of particular note, our net electricity and gas costs
paid during 2025 totalled £4,690. However, this was following a revision
to certain invoices from our single energy supplier and a refund from
them, so a clear comparison with the figure paid in 2024 £6,351 is
difficult.
Overall, energy costs are and will remain a substantial overhead for the
Charity. We continue to take assistance from Energy Advisors in
obtaining what we hope are the most beneficial energy contracts
available.
Employees, wages increa8ed in line with the Government's National
Living Wage (minimum wage) with effect from April 2025 and a further
increase will apply from April 2026.
In April 2025 changes in certain taxlNational Insurance thresholds made
it necessary for the Charity to register with HMRC as an employer and
operate a Payroll (PAYE) scheme (not previously required for our
particular circumstances). We engaged local accountants to run the
scheme for us, at a modest but still additional cost, although we remain
responsible for processing the actual wages payments to the employees.
Our insurances were renewed in January 2025. Insurance costs in 2025
were £3,382, comprising premiums of £2,668 and valuers charges of
£714. The latter ￿lated to a review of rebuilding costs for insurance
purposes, the first conducted for a number of years, undertaken at the
suggestion of our insurers.
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Lettings income, fundraising, donations and grant income enables us to
maintain the buildings in a suitable state for letting.
Income from lettings alone are insufficient to maintain the buildings which
are old and within Moulton's conservation area. Although the buildings
are not listed, the District Council regards them to be of historic
importance to the Village. Accordingly consultation with the Council is
necessary for certain works as and when proposed.
Section F
Other optional information
To assist with the day-to-day maintenance of the premises the Charity has two part-tim8 employees, a
cleaner and a person who deals with the setting up and taking down of tables and chairs for use by certain
hirers.
Several Trustees18ft the Charity during 2025 but new ones joined, as shown in Section A above. We
continue to make such efforts as we can to recruit additional Trustees or those who may prefer to be
Friend & Volunt68r.
Durtng the year we have sought to make increased use of social media, including Facebook, to promote the
Charity's facilities and events. The website has been further developed.
Slnce January 2025 we have been operating a new online booking system for those hirers or potentlal hirers
who wish to use it. It has proved 8uccessful, making arrangements for booking more attractive, transparent
and efficient and also assisting us with production of invoices to hirers. However, bookings may still be
made by other means if preferred.
Section G
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustee8' r8POrt above.
Signed on behalf of the charlty's trustees
Slgnature{s)
Full nam8{s)
Posltlon (eg Secretary, Chair,
etc)
Andrew Woolf
James Amott
Chair
Treasurer
Date
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
MOULTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO
1154390
Recei
tsand
ments accounts
CC16a
For the period
from
1st JAN 2025
31st DEC 2025
To
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
tothft nearest £ ts the nfj4rgst£
Endowment
funds
totho ngat95t£
Total funds
Last year 2024
to the nearost£
to tho n8arest£
A1 ReGelpts
Ill HI
Grnnts
FundThlslni
3.013
3.013
12.975
2.07S
5.400
8.790
12,975
1.200
875
BJnk1nterEsrAer4T*d
IEofFqulpm•rt
P•rtryr•¢overyfrcffiknKK*nr dobtor
123
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)
31880
3,888
36.768
34.917
sse
an
see tsblg .
nv
en
36,768
A3 Paym8nt8
W41
Et4¢trlÈlty &Qi¥
W•i•r
ITh￿rnIKI
pltil Exp•nthure
FUThdrnl￿ni Expw
DoMth)r48 m?dearASp)rthr¥hlp
R•palrs & Milnt•Nnoe
fjirdèn1Tr
Equ1pmtnt PuFthi
a•4n1nl5tr￿Èl14￿ds￿pplI
BrNd&nd& Mobl1• Phgn•
W•knlt• & OnlihE
5tadvnory &A&￿rt￿l
PPL4ftS Mu*f¢Liroh¢•
E¥•mln•ion QIAnn￿l￿￿O￿Trts
8ankChHrges
cther Pi
rn¢nr¥
6,808
4.691
1.139
3.382
0.151
8.010
8,806
4,691
1,139
3.382
13.939
5.010
9S
7,508
73
6.727
6,3$2
407
2.229
7.491
3.528
50
2,601
8,788
7,508
73
1.111
331
604
476
319
22Z
2YO
981
404
590
226
249
209
270
60
331
604
476
319
Sub totsl
37.363
46.151
31344
A4 Asset and Investm8nt
Sub total
37.363
8.788
46.1S1
32.344
Net of recelpts/(payments)
A6 Transfer8 between fund8
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
4A83
4,900
9,383
2,673
4.90
3.602
24.219
31,029
33.602
24.219
CCKX R1 accounts {SS)
0810412026

Section 8 Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted
funds
to near•st £
Restricted
funds
to ngar•$t £
Endowment
funds
to n•arn8t£
Categories
Details
81 Cash funds
Funds at Bank
23.598
Cash Floats held
621
Total cash funds
24.219
(4gre• bpl•vswllh ree4lpts*M1 payment$
c￿￿6)1 OK
Unrn8trl¢ted
funds
to nearest £
OK
Re8trlcted
fvnds
to nearést £
Endowmont
funds
to n•arost£
Detalls
B2 Other monetary a888ts
Fund to whl¢h
belon
Current value
lonjl
Deta118
Co•t loptlonall
Fund to T*hlch
a8s•t belon
Dètails
Land a 8ull¢fings {2015 vatu8 sha￿)
Other Fixiure8 and Fittin95
Equlpment {eslir￿1ed approx cost)
Co•t{optlonall
Cuffent valua
lonal
798,000
B4 Assets rntalned for the
charity's own use
Unro5trict8d
3,500
Unr•strfGtvJ
3,000
Fundtowhlch
rpl
Amount dug
Vlh•n d4Fe
on
Detalls
Webslte cfta
B5 Liabiliti•s
34
Electricity & 98$ (Dec 2025 th?¢w)
Other¢JwJth8 at 31.1225
784
Unrostrlthj
244
Signed by one or tsyo trustaes on
behalf of all tha Iru$lee6
Slgnature
Prtnt Name
Date of
roval
AndreWw￿l1-￿•tr
CCXX R2 arLounts (SSI
0810412028

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALE5
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
+•+
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
MOULTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO
On accounts for the year
ended
318t DECEMBER 2025
Charity no
(If any)
1154390
Set out on pages
1and2
r.f'r.*r.z.
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts ol the above
charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 3111212025.
Responsibilitles and A8 the charity trustees of the Trus( you are responsible for the preparation
basls of report of th8 accounts in acc￿dance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 (°the ACV).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under 8ection 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the appllcable Directions given by the Charfty Commisslon
under section 145(5)(b) of the ACL
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention (
in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examlner's ststsment
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to whlch attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
. plea￿ delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply.
Slgned:
Date:
z8/z /zoL6
Name:
)Ar4,.
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address:
frtsL
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of GOn￿M (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidan￿ for
examiners)-
Give here brlef detalls of
any Items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018