The main activities undertaken by the charity between 1[st] July 2023 and 30[th] June 2024 were:
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Managing all financial and operational aspects of the Community Centre.
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Maintaining the high quality of the building and its facilities through regular inspections.
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Maintaining links with local community organisations (parish council, school, church etc).
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Fostering local community cohesion and to bring ‘outreach’ services for the local community to the Centre.
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Maintaining a ‘duty of care’ to our close neighbours, ensuring that noise mitigations are in place to minimise disturbance.
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Delivering easy to use Centre booking systems and combining this with good customer services for every booking.
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Managing a team of volunteers who ‘meet, greet and brief’ customers.
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Promoting the Centre and regularly communicating the classes, regular activities and community events at the Centre via a wide range of media (web site, local Facebook site, direct e-mail, village notice boards, parish magazine, update reports to the parish council and so on).
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Continuing to foster further user/volunteer engagement and two-way communications – within the village and with wider stakeholders.
The trustees have had due regard to the guidance on public benefit in the running of the charity and in its planning and decision-making processes for the achievement of the charity’s objectives
In summary, the main achievements of the Charity between 1[st] July 2023 and 30[th] June 2024 were:
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The Centre continued to be a thriving and highly popular community hub for Hurstbourne Tarrant and surrounding villages.
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The centre continues to fulfil an important ‘hub’ for the local community with social and information sharing events throughout the year.
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Community events have included a monthly Swifts group meeting – a social coffee and cake get together to which everyone in the local villages are welcome to attend. Swifts regularly attracts in the order of forty attendees. In addition we hold and annual Ploughman’s Lunch and Harvest Festival meal in association with St Peter’s Church.
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The centre plays an important role in our annual village show, HbT5 cross country run event, markets and school activities.
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Other community events have included a weekly table tennis evening, monthly astronomy group and use by local businesses and organisations for meetings.
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In addition to weddings, christenings, wakes, private parties we have a busy programme of health and fitness sessions, including yoga and pilates, with the recent addition of a weekly Zumba class.
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User feedback is that the quality of the building and the facilities at the Centre, the ease of booking, and our associated customer services are rated as excellent. The location of the Centre, alongside the village playing field, is particularly valued by users.
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The planned maintenance schedule continued throughout the year to ensure that the high quality of the building and its facilities were maintained.
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Much of the maintenance work is conducted by volunteers, helping to keep running costs to a minimum.
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Use of the Hallmaster online booking system continued to provide an affective ‘selfservice’ facility for customers making enquiries and bookings and helps maintain management oversight.
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A self-employed part-time ‘Bookings Manager’ continues to ensure a high quality service to customers.
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We maintain a cohort of loyal community centre volunteers who assist with bookings and maintenance.
| CC16a 1156307 Hurstbourne Tarrant Community Centre 01/07/2023 30/06/2024 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from = ~~na~~ |
CC16a 1156307 Hurstbourne Tarrant Community Centre 01/07/2023 30/06/2024 No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from = ~~na~~ |
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| Donations,legacies &grants 500 - - 500 557 Fundraisingevents 1,197 - - 1,197 849 Interest 3,028 - - 3,028 703 Hire of hall & equipment 14,819 - - 14,819 15,000 SecurityBond(hall hire) 4,225 - - 4,225 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~Sub total~~~~(Gross income for AR)~~23,769 - - 23,769 17,110 ~~=——===>=~~ |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - ~~Sub total~~- - - - - Total receipts 23,769 - - 23,769 17,110 ~~S55=~~ |
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| Cost of fundraisingevents 418 - - 418 449 Repairs, Renewals & Maintenance 5,135 - - 5,135 4,376 Water, Light and Heat 3,618 - - 3,618 3,762 Insurance 1,197 - - 1,197 1,070 Telephone & internet 407 - - 407 276 Admin costs 5,187 - - 5,187 4,724 Securitybond(refund) 3,395 - - 3,395 Bank & loan interest & charges - - - - - - - - - - Sub total 19,357 - - 19,357 14,658 ~~=——=====~~ |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Purchase of fixed assets - - - - - Loan repaid to external funder - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 19,357 - - 19,357 14,658 ~~——————~~ |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) 4,412 - - 4,412 2,452 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - 812 A6 Cash funds last year end 141,355 - - 141,355 138,091 Cash funds this year end 145,766 - - 145,766 141,355 ~~=~~ |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets CCXX R2 accounts (SS) |
Deposit a/c Current a/c Cash in hand Instant access a/c Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details Furniture, Fixtures & Fittings Details Community Hall |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 132,733 7,756 5,278 - 145,767 Agreement Error Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) 593,091 16,358 - - - - - - - Amount due (optional) |
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Date of approval Print Name 01/04/2025 |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)