HOWDEN CLOUGH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Charity 1162508
Annual Report 2024
Howden Clough Community Association is a CIO with votlng members. The existing Trustees, four
of whom are elected, and one Èx offlclo, continued In position at the start of the year. However,
the ex offlclo Trustee had to resign during the year, a5 she retired. It has not yet been clariyied
with her successor if the changed designation of the post 15 as defined in the Constltution. and
whether she is prepared to accept the role. A further new TrusteÈ was ctropted unanimously by
the existing Trustees. We have not yet sutteeded in recruiting a Secretary, or tdentTfying further
potential new Trustees to make up the current skills deficit.
Decisions requiring Trustee consideration and approval were made followlng consultatlons on the
telephone or trmall messaglng between all Trustees.
All twelve existing group5 have continued to meet, induding the two new activities that started
last year. Another started at the end of the year and seems to be thrNing. Phoenix theatre ADG
again used the Centre for performances. ffe8ular coffee momings continued, and the Bread and
Butter Organisation provlded a warm space tea and social session in winter 2023-24, alon8 with
their food service. Services and activities ranged from ci>operating with Locala in baby health
Sessions, through several different physical and developmental activities for preschool children,
academic tuition classes for thildren preparing for secondary school, 2 foDd poverty services,
martial art5 and puppy training for all ages, to relaxation and exercise classes and the longstanding
games afternoon for older people
The Development Manager continued to act on behalf of the Trustees in Ilalson wlth partners
in¢ludinE the Local Authority to implement the Government Holiday, Artivity and F¢)od
programme, for children in the area of families on low tncomes, the National Children's Centre
Fresh Futures programme as a local Anchor to provide training to community groups, and the
Asda charitable funds to provide a winter warm space and other assistance to those in need in
Winter 2024-25, and develop the Community Centre as a venue and hub for the provision of
servlces and actlvltles for the benefit of residents of the Howden Clough area and Ilalslng wlth
these and other bodies ￿th slmllar aims to achieve thi5.
Fresh contracts were made for the provlsion of gas enew and broadband services. The swing
doors between the ha51 and the entrance lobby were re hun8 to ensure their safety as a fire exit.
Racking was donated by TESCO for storage of Ilght items in the garage. The lawn was maintained
and weed kllling along the new fente erected by the contractors was carried out by Mr Dobson,
who had previously worked with Mr West at this. BT ha5 removed the telegraph pole servlng the
neighbour5 and us onto our land at the request of the developer5, Minimal electrical malntenance
Including PAT testing of portable equipment. and other work was carried out by volunteer5
including the floors being deep ¢leaned by a colleague from Batley Community Centre and our
own volunteers. Fire safety equipment was again replaced arising from the annual inspection.

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|Income||||||||||
|Hire of Hall - regular users||||£14,895.00|£14,895.00|||_£11,289.75_|_£11,289.75_|
|Hire of Hall - occasional users||||£3,553.00|£3,553.00|||_£2,546.50_|_£2,546.50_|
|KMC FUNDS||||£7,700.00|£7,700.00|||£1,914.00|£1,914.00|
|ANCHOR FUNDS||||£2,000.00|£2,000.00|||£1,608.00|£1,608.00|
|OTHER FUNDS||||£1,600.00|£1,600.00|||||
|Refunds||||-£570.00|-£570.00|||||
|Total Income for year||||£29,178.00|£29,178.00|||£17,003.25|£17,003.25|
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|Brought forward as 1st January|||£5,220.54|£32,961.05|£38,181.59||£5,220.54|£44,260.60|£49,481.14|
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|Total|||£5,220.54|£62,139.05|£67,359.59||£5,220.54|£61,263.85|£66,484.39|
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|Expenditure||||||||||
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|Salary & Employment cost Manager||||£16,361.62|£16,361.62|||£15,830.77|£15,830.77|
|Wages Cleaner & cover||||£4,396.47|£4,396.47|||£4,030.60|£4,030.60|
|Services Electricity||||£929.89|£929.89|||£811.98|£811.98|
|Gas||||£1,905.18|£1,905.18|||£1,654.35|£1,654.35|
|Water||||£609.75|£609.75|||£143.50|£143.50|
|Waste disposal||||274.04|£274.04|||£351.40|£351.40|
|Sanitary||||£468.00|£468.00|||£429.00|£429.00|
|Broadband||||647.58|£647.58|||£525.71|£525.71|
|PRS||||294|£294.00|||£187.20|£187.20|
|Insurance||||968.39|£968.39|||£921.66|£921.66|
|Film licence|||||£0.00|||£141.25|£141.25|
|Fees (Legal and acounting)||||1800|£1,800.00|||£974.00|£974.00|
|Admin (paper, postage, printing, mobile, etc)||||£109.88|£109.88|||189.88|£189.88|
|Sundries||||19.62|£19.62|||£48.94|£48.94|
|cleaning costs||||£76.50|£76.50|||£115.92|£115.92|
|equipment R&R||||485.39|£485.39|||£1,946.64|£1,946.64|
|ANCHOR COSTS||||370|£370.00|||||
|HAF COSTS||||2219.34|£2,219.34|||||
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|Total Expenditure for year|||£0.00|£31,935.65|£31,935.65|||£28,302.80|£28,302.80|
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|Balance Carried Forward at 31st December|||£5,220.54|£30,203.40|£35,423.94||£5,220.54|£32,961.05|£38,181.59|
||(Cash)|Held by chair|||-£8.39||||-£30.00|
|(Cash)|(Cash)|Held by Manager|||£446.46||||£303.30|
|Total Cash|||||£438.07||||£273.30|
|Bank closing balance 31st Dec|||||£34,985.67||||£37,908.29|
|total bank closing +total cash|||||£35,423.74||||£38,181.59|
|||||_imbalance_🤔|_£0.20_|||||





CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustso$
Howden Clough Community Association
On accounts for the year
ended
31 December 2024
Charity no
{If any)
1162508
Set out on pages
1&2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
harity {'the Trust'> for the year ended 31112124.
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
aGGounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
("the Art.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Garried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable DireGtions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5}Ib) of the Act.
Independent
examiner's ststement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination {o¢hok￿.
which gives me Cause to believe that in. any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or
the accounts did not Comply with the applicable requirements
Con￿rning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirernent
that the accounts give a Irue and fair. view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should te drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding ofthe accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackels if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
2311012025
Name:
Stephen R Tucker
Relevant professlonal
qualificationlsl or body
{If any):
FCA I FCCA
Address:
1 & 2 Victoria Court, Bank Square
IER
Oct 2018

Modey, Leeds
LS27 9SE
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts- directions and
guidan￿ for examiners).
Glve here brlef details of
any items that the
examiner wlshes to
disclose.
No items need to be disdosed.
The financial summary is a true represenlation of the year then ended.
Income and expenditure has been sampled thoroughly and agreed.
Closing balances have been agreed.
IER
Oct 2018