## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 March 2020 Period start date To Period end date 28 February 2021**
**Charity name: The Bronte Spirit**
**Charity registration number: 1159930**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 To preserve for the benefit of local
of the charity as set out communities and of the nation at
in its governing large the Old School Room Haworth
document
and its contents.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The Old School Room Haworth is
1.19
activities in relation to available to hire to any one or
those purposes for the organisation wishing to host an
public benefit, in
event which is legal and unlikely to
particular, the activities, cause offence.
projects or services
identified in the
accounts.
The Old School Room has been
closed during the Covide-19
pandemic, therefore we had no
income from renting out the
building.
We received grants from the
Community Lottery and the
Governments Discretionary Grant
scheme which has helped us to pay
our insurance and utilities.
The management of the building is
run by the trustees who have also
worked on improvements such as
painting..
We continue have the Bronte
Society as a tenant in the top rooms
with their own access.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The trustees have regard to the
whether the trustees guidance issued by the Charity
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Commission on public benefit.
have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
We are now seeking grant funding
for the repair of the main 1832 roof
which needs to be restored, this is
Summary of the main
Para 1.20 the oldest section of the building.
achievements of the
We have applied for a grant within
charity, identifying the
the Keighley Towns Fund we are
difference the charity’s
work has made to the hopeful but realize it will be a slow
circumstances of its process.
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society
as a whole.
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Para 1.41
Achievements against
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 Satisfactory
financial position at the
end of the period
Statement explaining the Para 1.22
policy for holding
reserves stating why they
are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 0
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 Not possible at this time
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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The charity’s principal sources of funds Para 1.47 (including any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the Para 1.46 principal risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 APPOINTMENT BY EXISTING TRUSTEES
methods including details
of any constitutional
provisions e.g. election to
post or name of any
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name The Bronte Spirit
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1159930
number
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Charity’s principal The Old School Room
address Church Street
Haworth
Keighley
BD22 8DR
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## **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)
1 AVERIL KENYON CHAIRMAN THE BRONTE SPIRIT
2 JOHN SARGENT TRUSTEE THE BRONTE SPIRIT
JOHN TRUSTEE THE BRONTE SPIRIT
3
COLLINSON
4 DAVID MAHON TRUSTEE THE BRONTE SPIRIT
ANGELA TRUSTEE THE BRONTE SPIRIT
5
REDMOND
6 PETER WILSON TRUSTEE THE BRONTE SPIRIT
7 KEITH BROWN TRUSTEE THE BRONTE SPIRIT
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10
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12
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** A Kenyon **Full name(s)** AVERIL KENYON
**Position (eg** CHAIR **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 6 JULY 2021
## **BRONTE SPIRIT. THE OLD SCHOOL ROOM. HAWORTH**
|**Receipts and Payments for the year ended 28 February**|**2021**|
|---|---|
|**Receipts**||
|Rent|345.00|
|Donations|13.91|
|Gift Aid|0.00|
|Small Grants|375.00|
|Covide Grants|6,470.00|
|Miscellaneous|0.00|
|The Bronte Society Gas / electric|443.60|
## **Total Receipts**
## **Payments**
|Utilities|1,634.40|
|---|---|
|Caretaking|737.08|
|Insurance|1,859.07|
|Repairs & 5 year electric test & fre risk assessment||
|Roof repairs and gutter cleaning|100.00|
|New crockery & cutlery|307.00|
|Outside Lights & stage lights|450.16|
|Loan repayment|1,500.00|
|Miscellaneous|50.00|
**Total Payments**
Ecess receipts less payments Balance at beginning of period
## **Balance at 28 FEBRUARY 2021(Current Account)**
Deposit with Virgin Deposit Account
## **Notes.**
£1,500 paid off the loan from a trustee Outstanding unsecured loan now stands at £8,500
## **2020**
9,860.00 618.00 203.50 0.00 20.00 501.86 470.00
## **7,647.51**
## **11,673.36**
||2,707.83||
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||2,249.79||
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||2,204.72||
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||0.00||
||0.00||
||1,500.00||
||182.06||
|**-6,637.71**||**-10,696.88**|
|**1,009.80**||**976.48**|
|4,421.88||3,445.40|
|**5,431.68**||**4,421.88**|
|10.00||10.00|
|**5,441.68**||**4,431.88**|