## **THE WITCOMBE AND BENTHAM VILLAGE HALL TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** 

**Charity Name** 

**The Witcombe & Bentham** 

**Village Hall** 

**Registered Number** 

**1154722** 

**Financial year commencing on 1st January 2024 Financial year ending on 31st December 2024** 

**Charities principal address The Witcombe & Bentham Village Hall Pillcroft Road Witcombe Gloucester GL3 4TB** 

## **Names of the Trustees** 

|**s of the Trustees**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Name**|**Position**|**Dates acted if not whole year**|**Who**<br>**can**<br>**appoint Trustee**|
|**Jane Wintle**|**Chairman**||**Trustees**|
|**Steven Hawkins**|**Vice-Chairman**||**Trustees**|
|**Robin Danielli**|**Treasurer**||**Trustees**|
|**Caroline Hope**|**Secretary**||**Trustees**|
|**David Hitchcock**|**Trustee**||**Trustees**|
|||||



**Constitution** The  Witcombe  and  Bentham  Village  Hall  was  incorporated  as  a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on September 24, 2013. 

**Objects** A Village Hall for the use of the inhabitants of the area of benefit without distinction  of  political,  religious  or  other  opinions,  including  use  for meetings, lectures and classes and for other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants (the beneficial area mainly comprises the villages of Little Witcombe, Great Witcombe and Bentham, all in the County of Gloucestershire). 

## **Activities and** 

**Achievements in 2024** Both regular users and casual bookings showed an increase over 2023, with hire revenue up by £5.1k. Expenses rose by £3.5k, mainly electricity, repairs & maintenance and a new web site.  On a cash basis,  excluding  depreciation  and  grants,  there  was  a  surplus  of £7.7k, compared to £4.6k in 2021. 

**Accounts** The Accounts for the year to December 2024 are attached. 

**Declaration** The Trustees have approved the Trustees’ Report above. 

## **Signature** 

Robin Danielli 

**Position** Treasurer & Trustee **Date** May 21, 2025 



# **The Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall** 

# **Registered Charity No.1154722** 

## **Financial Statements** 

**For the Year Ended 31 December 2024** 



## **Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall Statement of Financial Activities** Year ended 31 December 2024 

|**Statement of Financial Activities**<br>Year ended 31 December 2024||||
|---|---|---|---|
|||**20242023**||
|**Unrestricted Funds**|**Note**|**£**|**£**|
|**Incoming Resources**||||
|Donations, including Gift Aid||0|44|
|Non-charitable trading – bar income|10|5252|4426|
|Hiring charges||||
|Regular Users||10180|6765|
|-<br>Casual Users||10553|8876|
|Damage deposits withheld||170|130|
|Deposit Interest||933|0|
|||---------|---------|
|**Total Incoming Resources**||**27088**|**20241**|
|||=====|=====|
|**Expenditure**||||
|Bar consumption||1729|1452|
|Bar wages||1088|599|
|Credit Card Commission||50|39|
|Water||400|204|
|Electricity||4026|3080|
|Phone||150|140|
|Repairs & maintenance||2588|2043|
|Servicing Fees||377|618|
|Cleaning||1960|1096|
|Purchase of minor equipment||91|1139|
|Licensing fees||532|354|
|Insurance<br>||1476|1382|
|Custodian’s fee||2400|2400|
|Hall Booking Service||253|227|
|Sundry expenses||736|433|
|Broadband||349|338|
|Mowing||262|52|
|Damage repairs||0|20|
|Website||833|0|
|Shortfall on 2023 Debtors||30|0|
|Depreciation|7|2223|2470|
|||---------|---------|
|**Total Expenditure**||**21553**|**18086**|
|||=====|=====|
|**Net Income/(Outgoing) Resources**||**5535**|**-2225**|
|Realised/unrealised gains/(losses) on investment|assets|0|0|
|Unrealised gains/(losses) on tangible fixed assets||0|0|
|||---------       --------||
|**Net movement in funds**||**5535**|**2155**|
|Fund balances brought forward||353977|351822|
|**Fund balances carried forward**||**359513**|**353977**|



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## **Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall** 

## **Balance Sheet at 31 December 2024** 

|||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Unrestricted Funds**|**Note**|**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed Assets**||||
|Intangible assets||0|0|
|Tangible assets|7|299030|301253|
|Investments||0|0|
|||---------|----------|
|**Total fixed assets**||**299030**|**301253**|
|**Current assets**||||
|Stocks and work in progress|1|605|780|
|Debtors|8|728|1455|
|Prepayments|8|100|0|
|Short term investments and deposits||0|0|
|Cash at bank and in hand||61750|53550|
|||---------|--------|
|**Total Current assets**||**63183**|**55785**|
|Short term creditors|9|2700|3061|
|||---------|---------|
|**Net current assets/(liabilities)**||**60483**|**52724**|
|||---------|---------|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||**359513**|**353977**|
|||**===== **|**=====**|
|Long term creditors||0|0|
|Provisions for liabilities||0|0|
|||---------|---------|
|**Net assets**||**359513**|**353977**|
|||**=====**|**=====**|
|Funds brought forward||353977|351822|
|Net movement in funds in year||5535|2155|
|**Total funds**||**35951**|**353977**|
|||**=====**|**=====**|
|Signed by: …Robin Danielli………………………………||||



On behalf of all the Trustees Dated: 

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**Notes to the Accounts at 31 December 2024** 

## **1) Accounting policies and financial year end** 

**Basis of accounting:** These accounts have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Entities (FRSSE) and the Charities SORP 2005. The financial year end is December 31. 

## **2) Trustees** 

No trustee has received any remuneration during the financial year. There were no transactions undertaken by the charity in which a trustee has a material interest. 

## **3) Independent examiner’s remuneration** 

|**3) Independent examiner’s remuneration**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Examination fee paid<br>|0|0|
|**4) Endowment or other restricted funds**|||
|The charity has no endowment or other restricted funds.|||



## **5) Investment assets** 

The charity has no investment assets. 

## **6) Paid employees** 

|**6) Paid employees**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**20223**|
||**£**<br>|**£**|
|Total emoluments of employees|2400|2400|
|Average number of employees<br>|1                   1||



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## **Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall** 

## **Notes to the Accounts at 31 December 2024** 

## **7) Tangible Fixed Assets** 

|**7) Tangible Fixed Assets**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**F'hold Land**|**Property**|**Furniture**|**Playground**||
||**& Buildings**|**Improv'ts**|**& Equip**|**Equip**|**Total**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||||||51856|
|Asset Cost b/f|26561|390267|73713|28022|3|
|Additons|0|0|0|0|0|
||||||51856|
|As at December 31 2024|26561|390267|73713|28022|3|
|||||127|21731|
|Accumulated Depreciaton b/f|0|137808|66802|00|0|
|Charge for the Year|0|0|691|1532|2223|
||||||21953|
|As at December 31 2024|0|137808|67493|14232|3|
|Depreciaton Rate|0% Str Line|0% Str Line|10% Red Bal|10% Red Bal||
||||||29903|
|Net Book Value at December 31 2024|26561|252459|6220|13790|0|



## Depreciaton Charge 2024 

The Property Improvements section of this Note refers entirely to Village Hall building. Since the building is in a good structural state, and is insured for £1030000, the Trustees have decided that further depreciation is not required after 2022. 



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|**Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall**<br>**Notes to the Accounts at 31 December 2024**<br>**8) Debtors and prepayments**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>Amounts falling due within one year:                                             728<br>Other debtors<br>0<br>Prepayments<br>100<br> **828**<br>**9) Creditors and accruals**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>Amounts falling due within one year:                                             2700<br>Other creditors<br>0<br>**2700**<br>**10)Additional matters**<br>**Non-charitable trading – Bar account**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>Turnover<br>5252<br>Opening stock / Stock transferred in<br>780<br>Add purchases<br> 1554<br>  <br>2334<br>Less stock carried forward                                                              605<br>Consumption<br>  **1729**<br>   <br>**Gross profit (loss)**<br>**3523**<br>Overheads:<br>Wages<br>1088<br>Other overheads – 30% of total<br> 6087<br>  <br>**Net profit/(loss)**<br> **(3652**<br>**)**|**2023**<br>**£**<br>1455<br>0<br>0<br>**1455** <br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>3061<br>0<br>**3061**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>4426<br>539<br>1693<br>2232<br>780<br> **1452**<br>**2974**<br>599<br>4810<br> **(2435)**|
|---|---|
||<br> <br> <br>|



in this case. 



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## **Report to the trustees/members of Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall on accounts for the year ended December 31, 2024 set out on pages 2 to 6** 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** 

## **Independent examiner’s statement** 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 

- 1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements 

   - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and 

   - 

have not been met; or 

- 2)  to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of th 

Signed by: 

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# **The Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall** 

# **Registered Charity No.1154722** 

## **Financial Statements** 

**For the Year Ended 31 December 2024** 



## **Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall Statement of Financial Activities** Year ended 31 December 2024 

|**Statement of Financial Activities**<br>Year ended 31 December 2024||||
|---|---|---|---|
|||**20242023**||
|**Unrestricted Funds**|**Note**|**£**|**£**|
|**Incoming Resources**||||
|Donations, including Gift Aid||0|44|
|Non-charitable trading – bar income|10|5252|4426|
|Hiring charges||||
|Regular Users||10180|6765|
|-<br>Casual Users||10553|8876|
|Damage deposits withheld||170|130|
|Deposit Interest||933|0|
|||---------|---------|
|**Total Incoming Resources**||**27088**|**20241**|
|||=====|=====|
|**Expenditure**||||
|Bar consumption||1729|1452|
|Bar wages||1088|599|
|Credit Card Commission||50|39|
|Water||400|204|
|Electricity||4026|3080|
|Phone||150|140|
|Repairs & maintenance||2588|2043|
|Servicing Fees||377|618|
|Cleaning||1960|1096|
|Purchase of minor equipment||91|1139|
|Licensing fees||532|354|
|Insurance<br>||1476|1382|
|Custodian’s fee||2400|2400|
|Hall Booking Service||253|227|
|Sundry expenses||736|433|
|Broadband||349|338|
|Mowing||262|52|
|Damage repairs||0|20|
|Website||833|0|
|Shortfall on 2023 Debtors||30|0|
|Depreciation|7|2223|2470|
|||---------|---------|
|**Total Expenditure**||**21553**|**18086**|
|||=====|=====|
|**Net Income/(Outgoing) Resources**||**5535**|**-2225**|
|Realised/unrealised gains/(losses) on investment|assets|0|0|
|Unrealised gains/(losses) on tangible fixed assets||0|0|
|||---------       --------||
|**Net movement in funds**||**5535**|**2155**|
|Fund balances brought forward||353977|351822|
|**Fund balances carried forward**||**359513**|**353977**|



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## **Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall** 

## **Balance Sheet at 31 December 2024** 

|||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Unrestricted Funds**|**Note**|**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed Assets**||||
|Intangible assets||0|0|
|Tangible assets|7|299030|301253|
|Investments||0|0|
|||---------|----------|
|**Total fixed assets**||**299030**|**301253**|
|**Current assets**||||
|Stocks and work in progress|1|605|780|
|Debtors|8|728|1455|
|Prepayments|8|100|0|
|Short term investments and deposits||0|0|
|Cash at bank and in hand||61750|53550|
|||---------|--------|
|**Total Current assets**||**63183**|**55785**|
|Short term creditors|9|2700|3061|
|||---------|---------|
|**Net current assets/(liabilities)**||**60483**|**52724**|
|||---------|---------|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||**359513**|**353977**|
|||**===== **|**=====**|
|Long term creditors||0|0|
|Provisions for liabilities||0|0|
|||---------|---------|
|**Net assets**||**359513**|**353977**|
|||**=====**|**=====**|
|Funds brought forward||353977|351822|
|Net movement in funds in year||5535|2155|
|**Total funds**||**35951**|**353977**|
|||**=====**|**=====**|
|Signed by: …Robin Danielli………………………………||||



On behalf of all the Trustees Dated: 

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**Notes to the Accounts at 31 December 2024** 

## **1) Accounting policies and financial year end** 

**Basis of accounting:** These accounts have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Entities (FRSSE) and the Charities SORP 2005. The financial year end is December 31. 

## **2) Trustees** 

No trustee has received any remuneration during the financial year. There were no transactions undertaken by the charity in which a trustee has a material interest. 

## **3) Independent examiner’s remuneration** 

|**3) Independent examiner’s remuneration**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Examination fee paid<br>|0|0|
|**4) Endowment or other restricted funds**|||
|The charity has no endowment or other restricted funds.|||



## **5) Investment assets** 

The charity has no investment assets. 

## **6) Paid employees** 

|**6) Paid employees**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**20223**|
||**£**<br>|**£**|
|Total emoluments of employees|2400|2400|
|Average number of employees<br>|1                   1||



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## **Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall** 

## **Notes to the Accounts at 31 December 2024** 

## **7) Tangible Fixed Assets** 

|**7) Tangible Fixed Assets**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**F'hold Land**|**Property**|**Furniture**|**Playground**||
||**& Buildings**|**Improv'ts**|**& Equip**|**Equip**|**Total**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||||||51856|
|Asset Cost b/f|26561|390267|73713|28022|3|
|Additons|0|0|0|0|0|
||||||51856|
|As at December 31 2024|26561|390267|73713|28022|3|
|||||127|21731|
|Accumulated Depreciaton b/f|0|137808|66802|00|0|
|Charge for the Year|0|0|691|1532|2223|
||||||21953|
|As at December 31 2024|0|137808|67493|14232|3|
|Depreciaton Rate|0% Str Line|0% Str Line|10% Red Bal|10% Red Bal||
||||||29903|
|Net Book Value at December 31 2024|26561|252459|6220|13790|0|



## Depreciaton Charge 2024 

The Property Improvements section of this Note refers entirely to Village Hall building. Since the building is in a good structural state, and is insured for £1030000, the Trustees have decided that further depreciation is not required after 2022. 



## Page 5 

|**Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall**<br>**Notes to the Accounts at 31 December 2024**<br>**8) Debtors and prepayments**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>Amounts falling due within one year:                                             728<br>Other debtors<br>0<br>Prepayments<br>100<br> **828**<br>**9) Creditors and accruals**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>Amounts falling due within one year:                                             2700<br>Other creditors<br>0<br>**2700**<br>**10)Additional matters**<br>**Non-charitable trading – Bar account**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>Turnover<br>5252<br>Opening stock / Stock transferred in<br>780<br>Add purchases<br> 1554<br>  <br>2334<br>Less stock carried forward                                                              605<br>Consumption<br>  **1729**<br>   <br>**Gross profit (loss)**<br>**3523**<br>Overheads:<br>Wages<br>1088<br>Other overheads – 30% of total<br> 6087<br>  <br>**Net profit/(loss)**<br> **(3652**<br>**)**|**2023**<br>**£**<br>1455<br>0<br>0<br>**1455** <br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>3061<br>0<br>**3061**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>4426<br>539<br>1693<br>2232<br>780<br> **1452**<br>**2974**<br>599<br>4810<br> **(2435)**|
|---|---|
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in this case. 



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## **Report to the trustees/members of Witcombe and Bentham Village Hall on accounts for the year ended December 31, 2024 set out on pages 2 to 6** 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** 

## **Independent examiner’s statement** 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 

- 1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements 

   - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and 

   - 

have not been met; or 

- 2)  to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of th 

Signed by: 

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