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Leen Valley Community Association CIO (Registered charity, number 1161051) Financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024

Page	Contents
2 - 3	Trustees’ annual report
4	Independent examiner’s report
5	Receipts & payments account
6	Statement of assets & liabilities
7	Notes to the accounts

Leen Valley Community Association CIO Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 March 2024

Full name Leen Valley Community Association CIO

Organisation type Charitable incorporated organisation

Registered charity number 1161051

Principal address

Leen Valley Community Centre, 234 Arnold Road, Nottingham, NG5 5HB

Trustees

Melvin Nawrocki Jamie Stevens Jodie Cooper Katie Orchard

Independent examiner

John O’Brien, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL

Governance and management

The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted 25 March 2015.

Objectives and activities

Promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Leen Valley and the surrounding area. Without distinction of sex, sexuality orientation, nationality age disability, race or of political religious or other opinions by associating together the said inhabitants and the statutory authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants;
To establish, or secure the establishment of, a community centre and to maintain and manage the same (whether alone or in co-operation with any statutory authority or other person or body) in furtherance of the objects;
To promote such other charitable purposes as may from time to time be determined.

Public benefit statement

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.

Leen Valley Community Association CIO

Summary of the main achievements during the period

The room hire fees have increased. The centre has also hosted seasonal activities for the local community.

The charity’s policy on reserves

The charity has no specific policy with regard to the level of reserves.

Risks

If the proposed market rent imposed by the Nottingham City Council along with the additional bills the centre will become responsible for are too high the centre may not be sustainable.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:

Signed ______ Date _ 23/6/2024 Melvin Nawrocki, Trustee

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Leen Valley Community Association CIO for the year ended 31 March 2024

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Leen Valley Community Association CIO (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out 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.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other 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.

Signed ____ Date _______ ZB 23/6/2024 John O’Brien MSc, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus

Leen Valley Community Association CIO Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 March 2024

2023 Total Unrestricted Funds Funds £ Note £ Receipts 5570 Room hire 5320 1340 Grants & donations 2 - 6910 Total receipts 5320 Payments 90 Cleaning 228 15 Equipment 239 98 Fundraising - 4 Hospitality - 96 Insurance 96 10 Phone top-up 20 32 Stationery 241 481 Travel 9 3349 Utilities 1690 - Rent 10 - Independent examination 210 91 Materials - 4266 Total payments 2743 2644 Net receipts/(payments) 2577 6483 Cash funds at start of this period 9127 9127 Cash funds at end of this period 11704	Restricted Funds £ - 1340 1340 - - - - - - - - 1340 - - - 1340 - - -	*2024* Total Funds £ 5320 1340
		6660
		228 239 - - 96 20 241 9 3030 10 210 -
		4083
		2577 9127
		11704

Leen Valley Community Association CIO Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 March 2024

	*2024*
Cash assets	£
Bank accounts	11704 11704
Assets retained for the charity’s own use
General equipment.
Liabilities
Creditors - Independent examination fee	234
	234

These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by: Signed _____ Dated _____ 23/6/2ZOLZ4 Melvin Nawrocki, Trustee

Leen Valley Community Association CIO Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024

1. Receipts & payments accounts

Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.

2. Grants & donations

Nottingham City Council	Unrestricted £ - -	Restricted £ 1340 1340	Total £ 1340
			1340

3. Funds analysis

Restricted funds Block fund Unrestricted funds General	Opening balance £ - - 9127 9127	Receipts (Payments) £ £ 1340 (1340) 1340 (1340) 5320 (2743) 5320 (2743)	Closing balance £ -
			-
			11704
			11704

4. Premises

The premises are provided by the local authority at a peppercorn rent of £10.

5. Trustees’ remuneration

Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period.

6. Glossary of terms

Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.

Restricted funds: These are funds given to the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor, but still within the general objects of the charity.

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