## Thorpe Community Centre CIO 

Charity number 1162726 

Annual Report and Financial Statements 

for the year ended 31 March 2025 




## Thorpe Community Centre CIO 

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 

|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Receipts and payments account|4|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6 to 7|



## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** 

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## Thorpe Community Centre CIO 

## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2025 

## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors** 

The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates** 

Mr Raymond Laing Chair Mrs Margaret Foster Secretary Mrs Brenda Tunstall Treasurer **Charity number** 1162726 Registered in England and Wales 

## **Charity number** 

## **Registered and principal address** 

## **Bankers** 

20 Stanhope Gardens Virgin Money Thorpe 1 The Penny Hill Centre Wakefield Church Street WF3 3DP Hunslet Leeds LS10 2AP 

## **Accountants West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** 

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW 

## **Structure, governance and management** 

The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) association formed on 17 July 2015. 

## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees** 

The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM. 

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## Thorpe Community Centre CIO 

## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025 

## **Objectives and activities** 

## **The charity's objects** 

The objects of the CIO are to further or benefit the residents of Thorpe metropolitan district of Leeds and the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents. 

In furtherance of these objects but not otherwise, the trustees shall have the power: to establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objects. 

## **The charity's main activities** 

Running a Community Centre. 

## **Public benefit statement** 

In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular to provide facilities in interest of social welfare with a view to improving condition of life for residents. 

## **Achievements and performance** 

We had seven days out for Pensioners including to Llandudno and Skegness. Also a Christmas Party and Christmas Fayre. A coffee morning is held every Monday morning apart from Bank Holidays. 

## **Financial review** 

The net payments for the year were £350, including net receipts of £4,801 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £5,151 on restricted funds, after transfers. 

## **Reserves policy** 

The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £6,602. 

The charity does not have a reserves policy. 

Approved by the board of trustees on 17/11/2025 

Raymond Laing     (Trustee) 

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## Thorpe Community Centre CIO Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025 

|Notes<br>2025<br>Unrestricted<br>funds<br>£<br>**Receipts**<br>Grants and donations<br>(2)<br>150<br>Coffee morning income<br>-<br>Room Hire<br>300<br>Event income<br>177<br>**Total receipts**<br>627<br>**Payments**<br>Gardening<br>-<br>Insurance<br>151<br>Licences<br>180<br>Events and activities<br>304<br>Trips<br>-<br>Refreshments and cleaning<br>-<br>Equipment<br>-<br>Donations out<br>7<br>**Total payments**<br>642<br>**Net receipts / (payments)**<br>(15)<br>**Transfers between funds**<br>4,816<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>4,801<br>**Fund balances brought forward**<br>1,801<br>**Fund balances carried forward**<br>(3)<br>6,602|2025<br>Restricted<br>funds<br>£<br>-<br>1,273<br>-<br>-<br>1,273<br>193<br>-<br>-<br>157<br>536<br>304<br>418<br>-<br>1,608<br>(335)<br>(4,816)<br>(5,151)<br>5,613<br>462|2025<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>150<br>1,273<br>300<br>177<br>1,900<br>193<br>151<br>180<br>461<br>536<br>304<br>418<br>7<br>2,250<br>(350)<br>-<br>(350)<br>7,414<br>7,064|2024<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>1,376<br>1,459<br>150<br>400<br>3,385<br>168<br>151<br>158<br>512<br>624<br>204<br>398<br>-<br>2,215<br>1,170<br>-<br>1,170<br>6,244<br>7,414|
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## Thorpe Community Centre CIO Statement of assets and liabilities 

|as at 31 March 2025<br>2025<br>Unrestricted<br>£<br>**Cash funds**<br>Virgin Money - Thorpe in Bloom<br>-<br>Virgin Money - Coffee Morning<br>4,096<br>Virgin Money - Community Centre<br>2,506<br>**Total cash funds**<br>6,602<br>**Debtors and prepayments**<br>Prepayments|2025<br>Restricted<br>£<br>352<br>-<br>110<br>462|2025<br>Total<br>£<br>352<br>4,096<br>2,616<br>7,064<br>2025<br>£<br>76<br>76|2024<br>Total<br>£<br>545<br>3,820<br>3,049<br>7,414|
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 17/11/2025 

Raymond Laing      (Trustee) 

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## Thorpe Community Centre CIO 

## Notes to the accounts 

for the year ended 31 March 2025 

## **1 Accounting policies** 

## **Basis of accounting** 

The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis. 

There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year. 

No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years. 

## **Taxation** 

As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates. 

## **Fund accounting** 

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. 

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes. 

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal. 

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts. 

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## Thorpe Community Centre CIO 

## Notes to the accounts continued 

## for the year ended 31 March 2025 

|**2 Grants and donations**<br>Leeds City Council (LCC running costs)<br>LCC Christmas Fayre<br>LCC Equipment<br>Other donations<br>**3 Restricted funds**<br>Balance b/f<br>£<br>LCC MICE Plants<br>545<br>Social Investment Development<br>720<br>LCC Equipment<br>528<br>Coffee Morning<br>3,820<br>5,613|2025<br>Unrestricted<br>funds<br>£<br>100<br>-<br>-<br>50<br>150<br>Incoming<br>£<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>1,273<br>1,273|2025<br>Restricted<br>funds<br>£<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>Outgoing<br>£<br>193<br>-<br>418<br>997<br>1,608|2025<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>100<br>-<br>-<br>50<br>150<br>Transfers<br>£<br>-<br>(720)<br>-<br>(4,096)<br>(4,816)|2024<br>Total<br>funds<br>£<br>100<br>300<br>926<br>50<br>1,376<br>Balance c/f<br>£<br>352<br>-<br>110<br>-<br>462|
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**Fund name Purpose of restriction** LCC MICE Plants Towards the cost of running in bloom activities. Social Investment Development To cover legal, training and professional fees for setting up. Permission has been granted from the funder to move unspent funds to unrestricted. LCC Equipment Towards the cost of kitchen equipment. Coffee Morning For coffee morning activities including trips and events. The transfer is for unspent monies, that the trustees now believe should be correctly treated as designated funds. 

|**4 Designated funds**<br>Coffee Morning<br>**Fund name**<br>Coffee Morning|Balance b/f<br>Incoming<br>Outgoing<br>Transfers<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>4,096<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>4,096<br>**Reason for designation**<br>For coffee morning activities including trips and events.|Balance c/f<br>£<br>4,096<br>4,096|
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## **Trustee expenses** 

No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year. 

## **Trustee remuneration and benefits** 

No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year. 

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