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Registered Charity No 1154450
Framwellgate Moor Youth & Community Association
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 and confirm that they have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting for Charities.
Reference and Administrative Information
| Charity name | Framwellgate Moor Youth & Community Association (FMYCA) | Framwellgate Moor Youth & Community Association (FMYCA) | Framwellgate Moor Youth & Community Association (FMYCA) | |
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| Charity Registration Number | 1154450 | |||
| Community Centre, Front Street, Framwellgate Moor, | ||||
| Principal Office | Durham DH1 5BL | |||
| The trustees during 2024 were as follows: | The trustees during 2024 were as follows: | |||
| Chair | Ken Gates | |||
| Vice Chair | Malcolm Blackwood | |||
| Secretary | Peter Sykes | |||
| Treasurer | Ian Rudd | |||
| Trustees | ||||
| James Hubbard | ||||
| Rachael Perry | ||||
| Aurelia Smith | ||||
| David Thompson | ||||
| Kath Thomson | ||||
| Deniece Wanley | ||||
| Tel: 0191 386 3356 | ||||
| Email: framyca@gmail.com | ||||
| Contact details | Website: www.fmyca.org.uk | |||
| Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FramwellgateMoorCC | ||||
| Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fmyca.communitycentre/ | ||||
| Bankers | United Trust Bank of 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9AW | |||
| The Co-operative Bank, 1 Balloon Street, ManchesterM60 4EP | ||||
| Solicitors | Cooper Stott, Aykley Chambers, Durham Moor Crescent, Durham DH1 5NE | Cooper Stott, Aykley Chambers, Durham Moor Crescent, Durham DH1 5NE | ||
| Business Consultants | Milbank Architects – Construction Advice | |||
| believe housing | ||||
| County Durham Community Foundation -Community Buildings Energy Efficiency Grant | ||||
| County Durham Community Foundation – Community grants programme | ||||
| Durham County Council Community Business Rate Grant | ||||
| Grant providers | Durham Area Action Partnership: Neighbourhood budget funding (Local Councillors) | Durham Area Action Partnership: Neighbourhood budget funding (Local Councillors) | ||
| National Lottery - Awards For All | ||||
| The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust | ||||
| County Durham Community Resilience Funding | ||||
| Independent Examiner | Mr NI Coulthard |
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Framwellgate Moor Youth & Community Association
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024
Structure, governance and management
Governing document
FMYCA is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), which was registered on 4 November 2013 with the Charities Commission (No.1154450). The Constitution of FMYCA covers the Objects of the CIO, Powers, Membership, Voting, Appointments, Trustees, Meetings, Procedures, Accounts and Reporting. Following the establishment of the CIO, the Community Association is now recognised as a legal entity with the right to enter into contracts and agreements and to give its trustees the same protection as directors of a limited liability company.
Organisational structure
The Association's trustees are responsible for the general leadership and management of the Association. The trustees give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits. The trustees meet on a bi-monthly basis and they are responsible for all decisions taken in relation to organising the affairs and activities of the Community Centre for the benefit of users. The bi-monthly meetings are used to set policies and monitor the activities of FMYCA, establish procedures, provide feedback from groups and to take decisions arising from Manager reports. All members of the community are welcome to attend the proceedings.
To assist in the smooth running of the Association the trustees have set up three sub-committees that help them oversee certain aspects of the Association's work. These are the Executive Management Committee, the Health & Safety Committee and the Policy Committee. The day-to-day management of the Community Centre facilities is delegated to staff.
Trustee appointment
Trustees are drawn from the local community and the Community Centre’s user groups. User groups may if they wish appoint a trustee. One trustee may be appointed by Framwellgate Moor Parish Council. During the year Kath Thomson and Rachael Perry were appointed and James Hubbard and Aurelia Smith resigned.
Up to 14 trustees of FMYCA can be elected at an Annual General Meeting at which residents over 18 are entitled to attend and vote. The trustees may appoint additional trustees if their number falls below 14. Such a trustee so appointed shall hold office only until the next Annual General Meeting.
Risk management
According to the Charities Commission, the trustees have and must accept the ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of the Association and ensuring that it is solvent, well run and delivers the charitable outcomes for the benefit of the public for which it has been set up. The trustees' Executive Committee (Chair, Treasurer and Secretary) have established a General Risks document and carry out regular risk reviews with regards the operation and financial position of FMYCA to ensure that the charitable aims and objectives are protected. Following the review of risks, the trustees also ensure that adequate policies of insurance are in place to safeguard the Community Centre buildings, trustees, volunteers, staff activities and visitors.
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Staff
Mr Jim Pendrey, Centre Manager, continues to be responsible for ensuring that the Centre and FMYCA's day-to-day affairs are run in a smooth and efficient manner. Carol Callum is the Assistant Manager and in addition manages the Wellbeing Programme at the Centre.
Mr Raymond Botone, and Mr Derek Brown as part time caretakers, undertake duties as directed by the Centre Managers which include opening and closing the building and setting out the halls as required by the user groups.
Many individuals continue to contribute freely of their time and energy to FMYCA on a voluntary basis. Mr Mike Rayner continues to support the Centre on a voluntary basis, Anna Linfoot assists with the centre’s social media publicity and Hayley Fung assists with recording energy data and converting into graphical format on Friday each week. Aurelia Smith volunteers on an ad hoc basis to support events that the Centre organises such as the Christmas Fayre.
Objectives and activities
Our aims and Objectives
The objects of the Association are set out in the Association’s constitution document and are summarised as follows:
To run the Community Centre for the benefit of the residents of Framwellgate Moor and its neighbourhood. This includes the provision of facilities to promote social welfare and generally improve conditions of life.
To provide the above facilities without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, race or political, religious or other opinions.
To make the facilities available for local inhabitants whether their need is by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances, as well as for the public at large.
Activities
FMYCA operates and is responsible for the Community Centre building and facilities at Front Street, Framwellgate Moor, Durham. It ensures the halls, rooms and facilities available for hire to members of the community, in a way consistent with our objectives.
The building, opened in 1877, served as the primary and secondary school for the local area until it closed in 1968. It reopened in 1969 as the local Community Centre. The building is owned by Durham County Council but from 2013 it is operated and maintained by FMYCA under a 30-year lease.
The building complex consists of three separate halls namely the Main or Adult Hall, the Youth Hall and the Dance Studio providing a range of facilities for potential users. These halls are supplemented by rooms for storage of equipment, as well as kitchen, café and toilet facilities. In addition, the former Headmaster’s House and School library have been converted to office accommodation,teaching and meeting rooms.
Details of regular users of the facilities are given in later sections.
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Activities (continued)
Wellbeing Programme: The Wellbeing Programme which commenced in March 2022 continues to be supported during 2024. The purpose of the programme is to assist members of the local community to re-establish some community activities lost due to Covid and hence to reduce loneliness and isolation amongst the local population. This has been partially financed through grants from various sources. Each Tuesday from 10 am and 2 pm a variety of activities, such as crafting activities and chair exercises take place and simple refreshments are provided. The Wellbeing Programme offers an opportunity for informal meeting and socialising as well as taking part in the organised activities. Funding has been received to continue the activity up to mid 2025, and further funding will be sought to continue the programme after that date.
The Community Centre is also registered under the ‘Places of Welcome’ scheme for these hours.
Welcome Space: The Community Centre was registered as a Welcome Space (which replaced the Warm Space designation of 2023), and we received grant funding from County Durham Community Foundation to assist with this. This activity started early in 2023, and continued up to March 2024.
Other Community Activities: Another successful Christmas Fayre was held in 2024. This was part of the Trustees vision to make the FMYCA building once again a focal point for community activities. Various local groups were involved, including the Framwellgate Moor Scouts and two Primary schools (St Godric’s RC Primary School and Framwellgate Moor Primary School). The event was visited by MP Mary Foy. This year the Centre was delighted to once again host a post Remembrance Day get together where the Framwellgate Moor Scout Group put on refreshments in the main Kitchen for attendees.
Fulfilment of Charitable Objectives: The trustees have regard to the Charities Commission's public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant to the operation of the Community Centre and the facilities therein. As explained in the following sections the Community Centre is used by a wide variety of user groups covering all age groups and many different interests. The activities and facilities offered are supported by a number of different ethnic groups living in the area and also by a number of groups whose members have a disability. The trustees consider that the activities on offer, supplemented by the additional events arranged by the Centre, meet the charitable objectives stated in the constitution.
Utilisation of the Centre facilities
The Adult Hall is used by the following regular activities: Arabic class, Blind Life in Durham, Buddha Group, Durham City Youth Clubs, Durham Coronary Support Group, Durham Dance, English Folk Dance, French Classes, Indian Music, ME North East, Spanish Class, Tiny Tweeties, Tai Chi, Wellbeing Programme Yoga and Youth Club.
In the Youth Hall there are various groups including Art Class, Dance Classes, Diabetes UK, Durham Bridge Club, Hartbeeps, Little Movers, Martial Arts group, Memory Café, and Welcome Spaces. In addition, there were a number of casual users, including birthday parties, for both halls.
The Dance Studio is maintained for performing arts and is exclusively used by TIN Arts students.
TIN Arts is a ‘not for profit’ charitable teaching and training organisation for performing arts students. The organisation provides classes in dance for students from the age of 2 upwards including young people with learning difficulties. They make extensive use of our specialist Dance Studio, as well as renting office accommodation in the old School House.
The Community Café area is now used on Tuesdays to provide refreshments for the Wellbeing attendees. Unfortunately, we have not been able to open the café on other days.
The following chart shows the actual utilisation of the halls for each year as a proportion of their nominal availability (based on 10 hours per day for each hall), and demonstrates that 2024 was one of its busiest years ever at the Centre.
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Utilisation of facilities (Continued)
FMYCA Overall Hall Utilisation including Dance Studio
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Utilisation by year
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Utilisation data above includes activities of a community nature for which no charges are made, such as the Youth Club, Wellbeing Programme and Community Events, as well as the chargeable hire time. This has been done to give a better idea of the intensity of the activities at the Centre.
Our Green credentials
For the trustees, being ‘green’ means reducing the environmental impact on the energy that the centre uses and reducing any waste of resources. There are several aspects of the building’s efficiency that affect its carbon footprint. Heating, lighting, use of water, insulation, automating processes, and taking advantage of sunlight are all part of making the Community Centre greener. The move to more efficient use of fuel has been brought sharply into focus by the increases in energy prices.
Gas
The main source of heat for the Centre for many years was two gas boilers. It was apparent to the Trustees that it was essential to upgrade the heating system to make it more efficient. To this end, after much discussion, it was decided to replace the existing gas boiler with modern high efficiency equivalents and to supplement these with an Air Source Heat Pump, with emersion heaters able to utilise surplus solar energy generated from the solar panel arrays. The resulting system was commissioned in October 2024 but it is taking time to ‘fine tune’ the arrangement, so the full extent of the efficiency improvement in the space heating is not yet clear.
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Our Green credentials (Continued)
We were fortunate to receive grants of £85,000 in total to help fund the new boiler works from The National Lottery, Durham County Council Community Resilience Funding and Durham Area Action Partnership (AAP) Area Budget.
The following chart shows the annual consumption of gas (in terms of kWh) in the Centre since 2014. Great progress has been made in reducing gas consumption over the last few years. This has been achieved by a combination of increased insulation, lowering ceilings and improvements to heating controls. It is hoped that the recent changes to the heating system will give rise to a further marked reduction in energy use in years to come
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FMYCA Centre Gas Consumption in kWh
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Electricity
Electricity consumption has shown a general downward trend in the last 10 years due to the installation of energy saving measures such as LED lights, solar panels and more efficient water heating . The solar arrays, with the most recent additions supplemented by battery storage, have made a large contribution to the reduction in electricity consumption. It is not yet clear what effect the recently installed Air Sourced Heat Pumps will have on the electricity consumption.
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Developments and Achievements
The Wellbeing Programme continues to support members of the local community under the supervision of Carol Callum, Assistant Centre Manager, who co-ordinates the activities. A number of regular activities take place including chair exercises and crafting, which are supplemented from time to time by ad hoc activities such as glassmaking. The Centre is open between 10am and 2 pm each Tuesday for the Wellbeing participants and light refreshments are available together with an opportunity for informal meeting and socialising as well as taking part in the organised activities.
The Welcome Spaces initiative organised by Durham County Council, with facilities being available for residents to drop in and receive warm drinks, refreshments, activities and a safe place to meet and keep warm took place up to March 2024.
Financial Review
Reserves Policy
The policy of the trustees is to maintain sufficient general reserves to ensure that, in the event of unexpected setbacks, future liabilities for operating expenses can be covered. The target set by the Trustees is to maintain at all times a cash balance of around 6 months' of running costs ( expected to be about £35,000) within general funds. As at the year end, the unallocated cash balance amounted to £38,986, while the general accounting reserves stood at £80,601. The trustees will have to keep the amount of the free cash reserves under review over the next 12 months in view of the ongoing uncertainty about inflation and the local economy.
The Trustees have set aside, from general funds, a ‘Repairs Reserve’ to cover essential building repairs to comply with the property lease from Durham County Council, and other known works. At the year end the balance on the repairs reserve was £85,000. The bulk of this balance has been allocated to assist funding improvements to the former Headmaster's House offices and other amounts to cover the anticipated cost of painting and maintenance required under our lease.
Cash resources from grant donors, who have specified restricted uses of the grant monies, are shown as the ‘Restricted Reserve’, and separated from the general funds. At the year end, the remaining balance on restricted use grants amounted to £11,371. This relates to grants which have been received to help fund the Wellbeing Programme.
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Financial Overview
Principal sources of income
The main regular income continues to be through hiring the three main halls in the Centre; however, there is a good base income arising from renting out offices, teaching and meeting rooms in the Headmaster’s House attached to the Centre.
Hall hire in cash terms increased by around 18.8 % over last year, while the income from office rental increased by 6.8%. The overall utilisation of the halls was on average 54.9% in 2024, up from 50.1% last year.
Income from grants again formed a large part of our income this year.
The Wellbeing Programme has been supported by grants from a number of sources including The National Lottery Community Fund £19,885, Cooperative Society Local Grants £1,135 and £1,743, The County Durham Community Foundation supported the Welcome Space initiative with grants of £2989 and £2,973. The Boiler project has been supported by grants from The National Lottery, £40,000, Durham County Council Resilience Grants Programme £40,000 and Durham City AAP Area Budget £5,000.
In 2024 we received an insurance recovery of £4,698 to cover the costs of a break-in to the offices in 2023.
A summary of the main sources of income are shown in the chart below.
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FMYCA Sources of income FMYCA Sources of income 2023
2024 Total £209,016 Total £99,272
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Hire of Community Centre facilities e ¢ Hire of Community Centre facilities
Office rentals received Office rentals received
Grant income Grant income
Community Events Community Events
Reimbursements Reimbursements
Solar Feed In Tariff Solar Feed In Tariff
Insurance Recovery
Insurance Recovery Interest received
Interest received
Donations received
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Main items of expenditure
The main recurring items of expenditure are wages, buildings maintenance, general maintenance and utilities. A major part of the building maintenance works this year was the installation of a new boiler heating system. The Wellbeing Programme together with the costs the Welcome Space initiative and the Christmas Fayre are shown as ‘Community events’ in the following chart.
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Main items of expenditure (Continued)
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FMYCA Expenditure by
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FMYCA Expenditure by
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Wages and salaries Building maintenance
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Overall summary
The trustees are pleased to report that the financial position of FMYCA remained robust at the year end. General hire income has increased due to maintenance of good utilisation rates of the facilities, together with the increase in hire charges from 1 April 2024. Many elements of our running costs have increased substantially in the year, and it seems likely that price inflation will continue to be a problem in 2025, with further energy cost inflation, as well as increases in pay rates, being a particular issue. The charging rates for hire from 1 April 2025 will be set to recover, as far as possible, the increases in our cost base. However, when setting the level of the increase, the trustees will take into account the affordability of any increase to our users.
Free cash reserves are maintained at a level to cover unexpected operating setbacks. The ‘Repairs Reserve’ will help to provide funds for the anticipated costs associated with the maintenance requirements of the building lease from Durham County Council, and other expected liabilities, in particular the cost of the proposed upgrade to the rooms and facilities in the former Headmaster's House offices.
Plans for the future
The Trustees are hoping to continue the Wellbeing Programme and the regular community events. We are always looking for ways of developing further socially inclusive activities to support our local community.
During the course of 2025, it is planned to make improvements to the heating systems and accommodation in the former Headmaster's House, with a view to keeping the area warm and attractive to potential hirers.
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Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities
The charity trustees are responsible for preparing an annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which show the state of affairs of the charity and the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently and observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Acts, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provisions of the formation document.
They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity.
The trustees, for the purposes of charity law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report, are set out on page 2.
Approved by the trustees and signed on its behalf by:
Peter Sykes
Secretary to the Trustees
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Report to the trustees and members of Framwellgate Moor Youth & Community Association on the Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024 set out on pages 13 to 18 of this document
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Charities Act’) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
• to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act
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the accounts did not accord with the 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.
• 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 come across no 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.
NI Coulthard 28 March 2025
Independent Examiner
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Income & Expenditure Statement
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended
31 December 2024
| 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | |||||||||||
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| General Reserves | Repairs Reserve |
Restricted Fund |
Total | Total | ||||||||||
| INCOMING RESOURCES | Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||||||
| Hire of Community Centre facilities | 61,826 | 0 | 0 | 61,826 | 52,040 | |||||||||
| Office rentals received | 15,734 | 0 | 0 | 15,734 | 14,736 | |||||||||
| Grant income | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113,725 | 113,725 | 26,502 | ||||||||
| Community Events | 2,817 | 0 | 0 | 2,817 | 2,592 | |||||||||
| Reimbursements | 0 | 0 | 4,260 | 4,260 | 154 | |||||||||
| Solar Feed In Tariff | 940 | 0 | 0 | 940 | 922 | |||||||||
| Insurance Recovery | 4,698 | 0 | 0 | 4,698 | 0 | |||||||||
| Interest received | 5,016 | 0 | 0 | 5,016 | 2,099 | |||||||||
| Donations received | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227 | |||||||||
| TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES | 91,031 | 0 | 117,985 | 209,016 | 99,272 | |||||||||
| RESOURCES EXPENDED | ||||||||||||||
| Wages and salaries | 4 | 23,304 | 0 | 7,721 | 31,025 | 29,478 | ||||||||
| Building maintenance | 8,788 | 5,078 | 85,000 | 98,866 | 17,615 | |||||||||
| Maintenance general | 4,843 | 0 | 1,007 | 5,850 | 12,639 | |||||||||
| Utilities - Centre | 7,752 | 0 | 416 | 8,168 | 5,868 | |||||||||
| Centre waste disposal | 70 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 68 | |||||||||
| Utilities - Offices | 2,709 | 0 | 0 | 2,709 | 2,678 | |||||||||
| Communications | 1,668 | 0 | 0 | 1,668 | 1,581 | |||||||||
| Administration | 928 | 0 | 1,000 | 1,928 | 1,799 | |||||||||
| PRS music licence | 475 | 0 | 0 | 475 | 590 | |||||||||
| Buildings Compliance | 2,345 | 2,274 | 0 | 4,619 | 1,917 | |||||||||
| Bank Charges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191 | |||||||||
| Insurance | 2,240 | 0 | 0 | 2,240 | 2,204 | |||||||||
| Community Events | 640 | 0 | 9,117 | 9,757 | 6,199 | |||||||||
| Sundry items | (2) | 0 | 0 | (2) | 246 | |||||||||
| Depreciation | 7,545 | 0 | 0 | 7,545 0 |
6,854 0 |
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| TOTAL RESOURCES USED | 63,305 | 7,352 | 104,261 | 174,918 | 89,927 | |||||||||
| NET RESOURCES BEFORE TRANSFERS | 27,726 | (7,352) | 13,724 | 34,098 | 9,345 | |||||||||
| Transfer between funds | (128) | 7,352 | (7,224) | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS | 27,598 | 0 | 6,500 | 34,098 | 9,345 | |||||||||
| Balance brought forward | 53,003 | 85,000 | 4,871 | 142,874 | 133,529 | |||||||||
| Balance carried forward | 80,601 | 85,000 | 11,371 | 176,972 | 142,874 |
The notes on pages 15 to 18 form part of these accounts
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Balance Sheet as at
31 December 2024
| a | a | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
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| Notes | a | General Reserves a |
Repairs Reserve |
Restricted Fund |
Total | Total | ||||||
| Fixed Assets | 5 | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||||
| Centre fixture and fittings | 34,297 | 0 | 0 | 34,297 | 14,809 | |||||||
| Office fixture and fittings | 8,732 | 0 | 0 | 8,732 | 10,419 | |||||||
| Centre equipment | 768 | 0 | 0 | 768 | 1,483 | |||||||
| Office equipment | 41 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 16 | |||||||
| Total fixed assets for charity use | 43,838 | 0 | 0 | 43,838 | 26,727 | |||||||
| Current Assets | ||||||||||||
| Petty Cash | 486 | 0 | 0 | 486 | 151 | |||||||
| Balance at bank | 6 | |||||||||||
| Cooperative Bank | 21,878 | 0 | 11,371 | 33,249 | 31,216 | |||||||
| United Trust | 16,622 | 85,000 | 0 | 101,622 | 86,468 | |||||||
| Total cash and bank balances Debtors and prepayments Hire charges and rents not yet paid Other debtors and prepayments Total debtors and prepayments |
7 | 38,986 85,000 4,435 0 981 0 5,416 0 |
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11,371 0 0 0 ft |
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| Total current assets | 44,402 | 85,000 | 11,371 | 140,773 | 123,508 | |||||||
| Creditors due within one year Net current assets Total assets |
8 | (7,639) 36,763 80,601 es ee |
0 85,000 85,000 es |
0 11,371 11,371 es |
(7,639) 133,134 176,972 ee |
(7,361) 116,147 142,874 |
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| Represented by | ||||||||||||
| Unrestricted Funds | ||||||||||||
| General reserves | 80,601 | 0 | 0 | 80,601 | 53,003 | |||||||
| Repairs reserve | 9 | 0 | 85,000 | 0 | 85,000 | 85,000 | ||||||
| Restricted Funds | ||||||||||||
| Grants Accumulated surplus |
10 | 0 80,601 es |
0 85,000 es |
11,371 11,371 |
11,371 176,972 - |
4,871 142,874 |
Ken Gates
27 March 2025
Ian Rudd
27 March 2025
Chair
Treasurer
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended
31 December 2024
1 Accounting policies
1.1 Basis of accounts preparation
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Charities Act 2011 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities. The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The accounts are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity and monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £ .
At the time of approving the accounts, the trustees have reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
1.2 Fixed assets
In April 2014, the Charity signed a tenant's repairing lease for a period of 30 years on the premises at Front Street, Framwellgate Moor from the owners, Durham County Council, at a peppercorn rent. No value is placed on this leasehold right to occupy the building. The cost of improvements to the structure of the building or landlords fixtures incurred by the Charity before and after the signing of the lease will be written off over the remaining life of the lease or the life of the asset whichever is shorter. The cost of essential repairs paid for by the charity, identified as required at the time of asset transfer, has been expensed even if entailing an element of improvement.
The cost of assets, which do not constitute landlord's fixtures, are depreciated over their estimated useful lives as follows:
| Furniture and equipment | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Portable electrical equipment | 5 years |
| IT and Computer equipment, including software | 3 years |
A review for indicators of impairment of assets is carried out at each reporting date with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly.
1.3 Recognition of income
Rents and hire charges are accounted for on an accruals basis.
Grants receivable, including those for the purchase of fixed assets, are recognised in the year in which they are deemed receivable.
1.4 Recognition of expenditure
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis.
1.5 Taxation
.
- The Charity is exempt from taxation on its charitable activities.
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31 December 2024 (Continued)
1.6 Accumulated funds
Restricted funds are those funds which are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and allowed usage of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to these accounts.
Reserves are set aside to pay for the 5 yearly redecoration of the premises as required under the lease from Durham County Council, as well as other essential repairs.
2 Trustees
None of the Trustees (or any person connected with them) received any remuneration during the year for their duties as a trustee. However, certain trustees incurred expenditure on behalf of the Charity and were reimbursed. The amounts paid in total were as follows:
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | ||
| Mr Ken Gates | 3,754 | 3,435 | |
| Mr Ian Rudd | 66 | 204 | |
| Mr Peter Sykes | 13 | 23 | |
| Ms Deniece Wanley | 126 | 75 |
3 Grant Income
| Grant Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| The following grants were receivable in the year under review: | £ | £ |
| Total | Total | |
| Restricted use grants | ||
| believe housing (Wellbeing Programme) | - | 500 |
| believe housing (Social Event Programme - Christmas Fayre) | - | 500 |
| Catherine Cookson Trust (IT Efficiency) | - | 1,000 |
| Cooperative Society Local Community Fund (Wellbeing support) | 2,878 | - |
| County Durham Community Foundation (Welcome Spaces Fund) No1 | 2,989 | - |
| County Durham Community Foundation (Welcome Spaces Fund) No2 | 2,973 | - |
| County Durham Community Foundation IT and Green Grant | - | 2,710 |
| Durham AAP Neighbourhood Budget (Local Councillors) | - | 300 |
| County Durham Community Buildings: Energy Efficiency Grant | - | 3,000 |
| County Durham Community Grants Funding Programme (Wellbeing) | - | 4,992 |
| Durham AAP Area Budget (Wellbeing Programme) | - | 5,500 |
| Durham AAP Area Budget - Energy efficiency | 5,000 | 8,000 |
| Durham Community Action & National Lottery (Energy efficiency) | 40,000 | - |
| Durham County Council Community Resilience Funding | 40,000 | - |
| National Lottery Awards for All Fund (Wellbeing support) | 19,885 | - |
| 113,725 | 26,502 |
The grant of £40,000 from Durham County Resilience Fund, £40,000 from Durham Community Action & National Lottery (Energy efficiency) and £5,000 from Durham Area Action Partnership, were used to finance energy efficiency improvements. County Durham Community Foundation provided grants of £2,989 and £2,973 to support the Welcome Spaces initiative. Grants of £19,885 from the National Lottery Awards for All Fund and £2,878 from the Coop Local Community Fund were received to support Wellbeing activities at the Centre.
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4 Employees
There were 4 (2023- 4) part time employees during the year.
5 Fixed assets
| Fixed assets | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre fixture | Offices fixture | Centre | Office | Total | |
| and fittings | and fittings | equipment | Equipment | ||
| Cost | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Balance brought forward | 27,359 | 28,860 | 21,114 | 2,282 | 79,615 |
| Additions in year | 24,411 | 125 | 50 | 24,586 | |
| Adjustments | 1 | - | (3) | (105) | (107) |
| Balance carried forward | 51,771 | 28,860 | 21,236 | 2,227 | 104,094 |
| Depreciation | |||||
| Balance brought forward | (12,550) | (18,441) | (19,631) | (2,266) | (52,888) |
| Charge in year | (4,924) | (1,687) | (830) | (104) | (7,545) |
| Adjustments | (7) | 184 | 177 | ||
| Balance carried forward | (17,474) | (20,128) | (20,468) | (2,186) | (60,256) |
| Net book value 31 December 2024 | 34,297 | 8,732 | 768 | 41 | 43,838 |
| Net book value 31 December 2023 | 14,809 | 10,419 | 1,483 | 16 | 26,727 |
6 Cash at bank
Balances held at Cooperative Bank are on no-notice accounts.
Balances at United Trust Bank are held on notice accounts not exceeding 12 months
7 Debtors
| Debtors | |
|---|---|
| Hire charges and rent less provisions Hire fees outstanding Office rents due less provisions for doubtful debts |
2024 2023 £ £ 2,871 3,144 1,564 1,530 |
| 4,435 4,674 |
|
| Other debtors and prepayments Insurance prepayment Accrued interest Feed in Tariff |
421 449 500 490 60 60 |
| 981 999 |
|
| Creditors due within one year Wages and Salaries including PAYE Utilities Telephone and Wi-Fi Insurance Maintenance Sundry |
2024 2023 £ £ 1,224 1,104 2,295 1,237 20 285 4,100 2,900 - 1,676 - 160 |
| 7,639 7,361 |
8 Creditors due within one year
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| Notes to the Accounts for the year ended | 31 December 2024 | (Continued) | |||
| 9 | Reserve for redecoration and essential repairs | ||||
| Balance | Provided | Expended | Balance | ||
| brought fwd. | in period | in period | carried fwd. | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Decorating and Paintwork | 5,400 | (400) | - | 5,000 | |
| Heating systems | 55,000 | (12,589) | (24,411) | 18,000 | |
| Roof repairs | 17,600 | (2,600) | - | 15,000 | |
| Electrical works | 5,000 | 7,352 | (7,352) | 5,000 | |
| Upgrade School House | - | 40,000 | - | 40,000 | |
| General repairs | 2,000 | - | - | 2,000 | |
| 85,000 | 31,763 | (31,763) | 85,000 |
Provision has been made for the potential liability for the cost of redecoration under the terms of the lease of the Community Centre from Durham Country Council, as well as essential repairs/ improvements to the buildings and facilities.
10 Restricted funds
The income of the Charity from restricted funds and grants held on trust for specific purposes, together with the unexpended balances at the year end, are as follows:
| believe housing (Wellbeing Programme) believe housing (Social Event Programme - Christmas Fayre) Catherine Cookson Trust (IT Efficiency) County Durham Community Foundation (Welcome Spaces) County Durham Community Foundation (Welcome Spaces) Cooperative Society Local Community Fund (Wellbeing) Durham County Council Community Resilience Funding Durham Community Action & National Lottery (Energy efficiency) Durham AAP Area Budget (Energy efficiency) National Lottery Awards for All Fund |
Unexpended Incoming Resource Unexpended balance at resources expended balance at brought fwd. carried fwd. £ £ £ £ - - - - - - - - 1,000 - (1,000) - - 2,973 (2,973) - 3,871 2,989 (6,860) - - 2,878 (1,135) 1,743 - 40,000 (40,000) - - 40,000 (40,000) - - 5,000 (5,000) - 19,885 (10,257) 9,628 |
|---|---|
| Total | 4,871 113,725 (107,225) 11,371 |
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