## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1st March 2023 Period start date To 28[th] February 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: THE BRONTE SPIRIT**
## **Charity registration number: 1159930**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To preserve for the benefit of local
communities and of the nation at large the
Old School Room Haworth and its contents.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Old School Room Haworth is available
to hire to any one or organisation wishing
to host an event which is legal and unlikely
to cause offence.
The Old School Room has been well used at
the weekends and a growing number
during the week. Many people are booking
for the following year. We now have a
policy of only taking bookings two years in
advance.
2023 was a most significant year for us, we
finally managed to have the main roof of
the 1832 Old School Room
restored/repaired, we have been working
towards this since 2012.The local
conservation officer is pleased with the
result saying it is a fine example of stone
slate roofing, very tidy coursing and
consistent thickness. The interior is
improved by the insulation and the
revealing of the beams. Our thanks go to
the Keighley Towns Fund, the Pilgrim Trust
and the Burnard Sunley Foundation for
their grants.
The Trustees have worked hard to see this
through showing amazing patience through
the many disappointments in grant finding.|
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 guidance whether the trustees have issued by the Charity Commission on public had regard to the guidance benefit. issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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**
SORP reference
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Now we have the main roof
restored/repaired this Grade II heritage
building is available to groups and
individuals for hire for many decades to
come.
This assists people and particularly groups
to plan their future use of the space not
worrying when it will be closed for repair.|
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Satisfactory|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserve held for unexpected repairs.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5,000|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection 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|Para 1.25|Appointment by existing Trustees|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|THE BRONTE SPIRIT|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1159930|
|Charity’s principal address|THE OLD SCHOOL ROOM
CHURCH STREET
HAWORTH
KEIGHLEY
BD22 8DR|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||AVERIL KENYON|CHAIRMAN||THE BRONTE SPIRIT|
||JOHN SARGENT|TRUSTEE||THE BRONTE SPIRIT|
||JOHN
COLLINSON|TRUSTEE||THE BRONTE SPIRIT|
||DAVID MAHON|TRUSTEE||THE BRONTE SPIRIT|
||ANGELA
REDMOND|TRUSTEE||THE BRONTE SPIRIT|
||PETER WILSON|TRUSTEE||THE BRONTE SPIRIT|
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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
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **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
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|A Kenyon||
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||Averil Kenyon||
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Chair||
||08.08.2024||
||08.08.2024||
## **BRONTE SPIRIT. THE OLD SCHOOL ROOM. HAWORTH**
|**Receipts and Payments for the year ended 28 February**|**2024**||**2023**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts**|||||
|Rent from separated section|5,000.00||5,000.00||
|Rent|7,555.00||16,555.00||
|Donations|20.21||250.93||
|Gift Aid|0.00||0.00||
|Small Grants|0.00||569.00||
|Grants for roof project|133,800.00||16,500.00||
|Miscellaneous|139.50||76.73||
|The Bronte Society Gas / electric|1,092.78||1,230.43||
|**Total Receipts**||**147,607.49**||**40,182.09**|
|**Payments**|||||
|Utilities|3,689.40||4,939.01||
|Caretaking|3,026.57||2,794.64||
|Insurance|2,233.39||2,039.18||
|Electric work. Re cooker,water heater, lights|||1,202.49||
|Repairs and improvements|1,523.92||709.87||
|back porch pointing & guttering|||1,272.04||
|New dishwasher|||1,150.80||
|Roof Project|142,282.06||7,100.08||
|Loan repayment|2,000.00||1,500.00||
|transfer to Skipton Building Society deposit fund|10,000.00||||
|Deposit and bond refunds|730.00||||
|Miscellaneous|1,257.66||76.73||
|**Total Payments**||**166,743.00**||**22,784.84**|
|Ecess receipts less payments||-19,135.51||**17,397.25**|
|Balance at beginning of period||27,628.84||10,231.59|
|**Balance at 28 FEBRUARY (Current Account)**||**8,493.33**||**27,628.84**|
|Deposit with Virgin Deposit Account||10.00||10.00|
|Deposit account with Skipton Building Society||10,000.00|||
|||**18,503.33**||**27,638.84**|
## **Notes.**
£2,000 paid off the loan from a trustee Outstanding unsecured loan now stands at £3500
COST of roof repair REMAINING £512.55(Calls) £2862.47 + vat £572.49(Pinnacle) TOTAL 3947.51 (2.5% retention ) To be paid July 2024
The rent from the Bronte Society of £5,000 was paid in early March 2024.
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Report to the trustees
THE BRONTE SPIRIT
On aGGounts for the vear
ended
Charitv no
(if any)
1159930
28 FEBRUARY 2024
Set out on pages
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charity {"the Trust") for the year ended
Responslbllitles and
basls of report
As the charitvs trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
("the Act").
I report In respeci oi my examinaiion OT Ine I rusi s accounis carriea oui
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145{5)(b) of the Act.
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examinerfs statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of jinsert name of
applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
aisciosea Deiow ") wnicn gives me cause 10 Deiieve Inai In, any rnaieriai
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or
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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 nn c.oncprn.8 and have c.ome ac.ro.8.8 nn ather matters in cnnnpction
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.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Sioned:
Date:
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Name:
Raymond Peter Edwards
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
IER
Oct 2018
(If any):
Address:
Crosslands, Main Street, Stanbury, Keighley. BD22 OHB
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