## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] January 2024 Period start date To 31[st] December 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Farndon Community Trust**
## **Charity registration number:1163372**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To maintain and manage Farndon**
**Community Club for the benefit of the**
**residents of Farndon and surrounding**
**communities and in the interest of**
**social welfare to provide for those**
**residents facilities to advance**
**educational recreational and leisure**
**activities.**|
|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|**Please see the paragraph on main**
**achievements of the Club below.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Public benefit is discussed every year at**
**a Trustees meeting and all the Trustees**
**are aware of the principle of public**
**benefit, understand its importance and**
**consider it when making decisions.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Club would not be able to function**
**without its volunteers who are**
**instrumental to the ongoing success of**
**the Club. The contributions that they**|
**make are varied and individual, but together provide the support that the Trustees need, and both groups work together well. All the Trustees volunteer at events too.** 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|**The Community Club and its**
**surroundings provided a sporting venue**
**for many organisations in the village**
**over the year. These include netball,**
**tennis, football – at times there are up to**
**4 teams who play or train on the football**
**pitch, outdoor bowls, pilates, karate, Tai**
**Chi, yoga, boot camp, children’s dance**
**and gymnastics. Cycling Clubs use our**
**facilities, many organise events which**
**take place over the course of the year.**
**All these sports show how vital our club**
**is in supporting both the physical and**
**mental health of the community,**
**assisting in maintaining wellbeing and**
**good health.**
**At the start of the year we had only 2**
**rooms open that could be hired out**
**either independently or at the same**
**time, these were the studio and the**
**community room. Our main hall had had**
**to be closed in the previous year**
**because the roof above it was found to**
**be unsafe. More details on this can be**
**found later in the report. The two rooms**
**were hired out for children’s birthday**
**parties, adult’s birthday parties,**
**christenings, children’s summer play**
**camps, a children’s chapel activity**
**group, art classes which are now very**
**popular and expanding, theatre**
**productions, Trustee meetings, Events**
**committee meetings, and band practice.**
**A local dog trainer holds classes 3**
**mornings a week from the premises. It**
**can be seen that the Club plays an**
**important part in village life supporting**
**a very wide variety of uses.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set
||||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**In addition to hire income the Trust also**
**holds events in the Club to raise money**
**towards its upkeep. The year was also**
**dominated by trying to raise funds with**
**which to replace the main hall roof. The**
**events are very popular with the**
**community and are also aimed at being**
**affordable. A bonfire night fireworks**
**display and bonfire was well attended,**
**three car boot sales took place on the**
**field, an annual quiz took place and a**
**music quiz was well supported. Our**
**Farndon Rocks beer and band festival**
**was a great success and raised a**
**significant sum towards the expenses**
**that were needed. At nearly all these**
**events the bar is opened to enhance the**
**funds that are raised for our charity.**
**These large social events are a great**
**opportunity for the village to come**
**together and enjoy the Club and what it**
**offers. They are well supported and**
**enjoyed by the village.**|
|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|**When comparing the figures between**
**2023 and 2024 it can be seen that in**
**2024 far more was spent on fees to**
**consultants. These fees covered the**
**design fees and the structural engineers**
**fees to enable the preparation of the**
**tender documentation for the new roof.**
**It can also be seen that the figure for**
**grant income had also greatly**
**increased. The Trust were very fortunate**
**to be awarded several grants in the**
**autumn of the year, which meant that in**
**December the successful contractor**
**could make a start on site on the roof**
**replacement as sufficient monies had**
**been raised to meet the costs of the**
**contract.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**£10,000 is held as an emergency fund to**
**enable the Club to continue to meet**
**financial obligations for a period if the**
**Club became unable to operate and**
**obtain income. A sinking fund for the**
**MUGA is being accrued to cover the**
**cost of replacing the playing surfaces**
**and infrastructure in the future.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**See above**|
|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:
|
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|**Trust (Charitable Incorporated**
**Organisation)**|
|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|**Election by members or appointment**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Farndon Community Trust|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1163372|
|Charity’s principal address|Farndon Community Club,
Sibbersfield Lane
Farndon
Chester CH3 6NX|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Deborah Molony|Secretary|||
||John Hillyer|Vice Chair|||
||Gillian Nove|Chair|||
||Alison Gresty||||
||Dan Spry||||
||Rob Caddy||||
||Rob Gresty||||
||HilaryWilliams||||
||Linda Twydell|Treasurer|||
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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 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)** D M Molony **Full name(s)** Deborah M Molony
**Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary and Trustee **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
18.10.2025
## **Unaudited Financial Statements**
Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024
Prepared by Roscoe Accountants Ltd
## **Contents**
- **3** Business Information
- **4** Client Approval Statement
- **5** Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees
- **6** Balance Sheet
- **7** Detailed Profit and Loss
- **9** Notes to the Accounts
- **10** Details of Restricted Funds
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## **Business Information**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
## **Address**
Linda Twydell, Farndon Community Club, Sibbersfield Lane, Farndon, Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom, CH3 6NX
## **Accountants**
Roscoe Accountants Ltd, Pioneer House, Pioneer Business Park, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, United Kingdom, CH65 1AD
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## **Client Approval Statement**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
I approve the financial statements which comprises the Profit and Loss Account and the Balance Sheet. I acknowledge my responsibility for the financial information, and for providing Roscoe Accountants Ltd with all information and explanations necessary for their compilation.
..................................................
Linda Twydell
28 March 2025
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
Charity Name: **Farndon Community Trust**
Date of Examination: **24 February 2025**
Independent Examiner’s Name: **Claire Roscoe on behalf of Roscoe Accountants Ltd**
Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
The trustees are responsible for maintaining proper financial records and preparing accounts in accordance with applicable law and regulations. My responsibility is to examine the accounts and report whether specific matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report
I conducted my examination following the Charity Commission guidance, ensuring:
- Proper accounting records have been maintained.
- The accounts comply with the charity’s governing document.
- No evidence suggests the need for a full audit.
Independent Examiner’s Statement
In the course of my examination, no material matters have come to my attention.
No concerns identified.
Signed:
Date: 28 March 2025
Professional Qualification: AAT Licensed Accountant
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## **Balance Sheet**
## **Farndon Community Trust As at 31 December 2024**
|**Balance Sheet**
**Farndon Community Trust**
**As at 31 December 2024**|||
|---|---|---|
||**NOTES**|**31 DEC 2024**|
|**Fixed Assets**|||
|Tangible assets||1,500|
|**Total Fixed Assets**||**1,500**|
|**Current assets**|||
|Stocks||1,232|
|Cash at bank and in hand||155,604|
|Cash Floats||720|
|**Total Current assets**||**157,556**|
|**Net current assets (liabilities)**||**157,556**|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||**159,056**|
|**Net Assets**||**159,056**|
|**Capital and reserves**|||
|Profit and loss account||159,056|
|**Total Capital and reserves**||**159,056**|
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## **Detailed Profit and Loss**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
|**Detailed Profit and Loss**
**Farndon Community Trust**
**For the year ended 31 December 2024**|**Detailed Profit and Loss**
**Farndon Community Trust**
**For the year ended 31 December 2024**|
|---|---|
|**NOTES**
**2024**||
|**Sales**||
|Art Classes
3,484||
|Band Practice
30||
|Bar Takings
13,683||
|Beer Fest
11,113||
|Boot Fairs
3,222||
|Bowlers
729||
|Cheshire Wirral child activity hire
90||
|Crewe by Farndon
167||
|Cyclists hire
1,178||
|Dog Training
3,398||
|Events
1,899||
|Footballers pitch hire
1,080||
|Gift Aid claim
1,242||
|Grants and Donations
120,377||
|Match funding football grant
2,191||
|Meditation
60||
|Muga Hire Income
10,197||
|Netball hire meetings
60||
|Party Hire
473||
|Pilates
1,440||
|R Kirk Karate
893||
|Room hire misc
39||
|Spacehive Youth Club
828||
|Streetdance
936||
|Streetvibez
852||
|Yoga
270||
|**Total Sales**
**179,928**||
|**Gross Profit**
**179,928**
**Other Income**||
|Bank Interest
691||
|**Total Other Income**
**691**
**Expenses**||
||**Establishment Expenses**|
||Rates
324|
||Rent
4,296|
||Repairs & Maintenance
150|
||**Total Establishment Expenses**
**4,770**|
## **Staff Costs**
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Detailed Profit and Loss
||**NOTES**
**2024**|
|---|---|
||Direct Wages
339|
||**Total Staff Costs**
**339**
**Legal and Professional Fees**|
||Audit & Accountancy fees
240|
||**Total Legal and Professional Fees**
**240**
**General Administration**|
||Architects fees
12,645|
||Bar Supplies
8,908|
||Bowlers Expenses
195|
||Building Control for Roof
1,500|
||Chairs and chair stackers
1,296|
||Charitable and Political Donations
100|
||Cleaning
1,454|
||Container
6,270|
||Drains
1,184|
||EICR and elecrical repairs
59|
||F A Football grant expenditure
1,542|
||Fire Alarm
6,846|
||Footballers Expenses
1,006|
||GDE Construction Roof
14,626|
||Insurance
3,062|
||IT Software and Consumables
748|
||Licences
672|
||Light, Power, Heating
5,500|
||Muga Expenses
906|
||Postage, Freight & Courier
8|
||Printing & Stationery
12|
||Sundries
1,543|
||Survey Fee
8,940|
||Telephone & Internet
1,656|
||Waste and Skip
1,339|
||Waste System Pump
1,478|
||Water Rates
1,406|
||**Total General Administration**
**84,902**|
||**Total Expenses**
**90,251**|
|**Operating Profit (Loss)**
**90,368**||
|**Profit (Loss) on Ordinary Activities before Taxation**
**90,368**||
|**Net Profit (Loss) for the Period**
**90,368**||
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
|**Notes to the Accounts**
**Farndon Community Trust**
**For the year ended 31 December 2024**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**2023**|
|**1. Cash at bankand in hand**|||
|Cash Floats|720|720|
|FCT Muga Sinkfund Account|20,633|13,575|
|FCT Reserves Account|10,159|10,008|
|Raise the Roof Fund|100,828|23,665|
|Your Community Account|23,984|19,483|
|**Total cash at bank and in hand**|**156,324**|**67,451**|
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## **Details of Restricted Funds**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
## **1. Restricted Funds**
Fireworks 2025 raised at the 2024 bucket collection for the following years fireworks £1,800
Bowlers fund this belongs to the bowling club £1,042
Muga balance this is transferred to Muga sinkfund account the following month £405
Remaining balance from WIFI Grant £231 for our monthly cost for broadband from grant
Pitch hire £363 difference between income and expenditure for FC Farndon
Matchfunding football Foundation grant £3,075 this is raised at annual quiz and to go towards the cost of the FA grant in later years when the grant is reduced and we have to raise the difference
Football foundation grant £1,658 remaining balance from Year 1 of the grant
Community Grant £1,875 from Farndon Parish Council towards the cost of fire proofing the office
Spacehive Youth Club £828 this was a grant that we manage the account
Raise the Roof Bank Account - this is money raised specifically for the project to replace the roof over the Main Hall. The project will be complete by the end of March 2025, so this restriction will end then
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## **Unaudited Financial Statements**
Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024
Prepared by Roscoe Accountants Ltd
## **Contents**
- **3** Business Information
- **4** Client Approval Statement
- **5** Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees
- **6** Balance Sheet
- **7** Detailed Profit and Loss
- **9** Notes to the Accounts
- **10** Details of Restricted Funds
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## **Business Information**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
## **Address**
Linda Twydell, Farndon Community Club, Sibbersfield Lane, Farndon, Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom, CH3 6NX
## **Accountants**
Roscoe Accountants Ltd, Pioneer House, Pioneer Business Park, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, United Kingdom, CH65 1AD
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## **Client Approval Statement**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
I approve the financial statements which comprises the Profit and Loss Account and the Balance Sheet. I acknowledge my responsibility for the financial information, and for providing Roscoe Accountants Ltd with all information and explanations necessary for their compilation.
..................................................
Linda Twydell
28 March 2025
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
Charity Name: **Farndon Community Trust**
Date of Examination: **24 February 2025**
Independent Examiner’s Name: **Claire Roscoe on behalf of Roscoe Accountants Ltd**
Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner
The trustees are responsible for maintaining proper financial records and preparing accounts in accordance with applicable law and regulations. My responsibility is to examine the accounts and report whether specific matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report
I conducted my examination following the Charity Commission guidance, ensuring:
- Proper accounting records have been maintained.
- The accounts comply with the charity’s governing document.
- No evidence suggests the need for a full audit.
Independent Examiner’s Statement
In the course of my examination, no material matters have come to my attention.
No concerns identified.
Signed:
Date: 28 March 2025
Professional Qualification: AAT Licensed Accountant
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## **Balance Sheet**
## **Farndon Community Trust As at 31 December 2024**
|**Balance Sheet**
**Farndon Community Trust**
**As at 31 December 2024**|||
|---|---|---|
||**NOTES**|**31 DEC 2024**|
|**Fixed Assets**|||
|Tangible assets||1,500|
|**Total Fixed Assets**||**1,500**|
|**Current assets**|||
|Stocks||1,232|
|Cash at bank and in hand||155,604|
|Cash Floats||720|
|**Total Current assets**||**157,556**|
|**Net current assets (liabilities)**||**157,556**|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||**159,056**|
|**Net Assets**||**159,056**|
|**Capital and reserves**|||
|Profit and loss account||159,056|
|**Total Capital and reserves**||**159,056**|
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## **Detailed Profit and Loss**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
|**Detailed Profit and Loss**
**Farndon Community Trust**
**For the year ended 31 December 2024**|**Detailed Profit and Loss**
**Farndon Community Trust**
**For the year ended 31 December 2024**|
|---|---|
|**NOTES**
**2024**||
|**Sales**||
|Art Classes
3,484||
|Band Practice
30||
|Bar Takings
13,683||
|Beer Fest
11,113||
|Boot Fairs
3,222||
|Bowlers
729||
|Cheshire Wirral child activity hire
90||
|Crewe by Farndon
167||
|Cyclists hire
1,178||
|Dog Training
3,398||
|Events
1,899||
|Footballers pitch hire
1,080||
|Gift Aid claim
1,242||
|Grants and Donations
120,377||
|Match funding football grant
2,191||
|Meditation
60||
|Muga Hire Income
10,197||
|Netball hire meetings
60||
|Party Hire
473||
|Pilates
1,440||
|R Kirk Karate
893||
|Room hire misc
39||
|Spacehive Youth Club
828||
|Streetdance
936||
|Streetvibez
852||
|Yoga
270||
|**Total Sales**
**179,928**||
|**Gross Profit**
**179,928**
**Other Income**||
|Bank Interest
691||
|**Total Other Income**
**691**
**Expenses**||
||**Establishment Expenses**|
||Rates
324|
||Rent
4,296|
||Repairs & Maintenance
150|
||**Total Establishment Expenses**
**4,770**|
## **Staff Costs**
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||**NOTES**
**2024**|
|---|---|
||Direct Wages
339|
||**Total Staff Costs**
**339**
**Legal and Professional Fees**|
||Audit & Accountancy fees
240|
||**Total Legal and Professional Fees**
**240**
**General Administration**|
||Architects fees
12,645|
||Bar Supplies
8,908|
||Bowlers Expenses
195|
||Building Control for Roof
1,500|
||Chairs and chair stackers
1,296|
||Charitable and Political Donations
100|
||Cleaning
1,454|
||Container
6,270|
||Drains
1,184|
||EICR and elecrical repairs
59|
||F A Football grant expenditure
1,542|
||Fire Alarm
6,846|
||Footballers Expenses
1,006|
||GDE Construction Roof
14,626|
||Insurance
3,062|
||IT Software and Consumables
748|
||Licences
672|
||Light, Power, Heating
5,500|
||Muga Expenses
906|
||Postage, Freight & Courier
8|
||Printing & Stationery
12|
||Sundries
1,543|
||Survey Fee
8,940|
||Telephone & Internet
1,656|
||Waste and Skip
1,339|
||Waste System Pump
1,478|
||Water Rates
1,406|
||**Total General Administration**
**84,902**|
||**Total Expenses**
**90,251**|
|**Operating Profit (Loss)**
**90,368**||
|**Profit (Loss) on Ordinary Activities before Taxation**
**90,368**||
|**Net Profit (Loss) for the Period**
**90,368**||
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
|**Notes to the Accounts**
**Farndon Community Trust**
**For the year ended 31 December 2024**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**2023**|
|**1. Cash at bankand in hand**|||
|Cash Floats|720|720|
|FCT Muga Sinkfund Account|20,633|13,575|
|FCT Reserves Account|10,159|10,008|
|Raise the Roof Fund|100,828|23,665|
|Your Community Account|23,984|19,483|
|**Total cash at bank and in hand**|**156,324**|**67,451**|
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## **Details of Restricted Funds**
## **Farndon Community Trust For the year ended 31 December 2024**
## **1. Restricted Funds**
Fireworks 2025 raised at the 2024 bucket collection for the following years fireworks £1,800
Bowlers fund this belongs to the bowling club £1,042
Muga balance this is transferred to Muga sinkfund account the following month £405
Remaining balance from WIFI Grant £231 for our monthly cost for broadband from grant
Pitch hire £363 difference between income and expenditure for FC Farndon
Matchfunding football Foundation grant £3,075 this is raised at annual quiz and to go towards the cost of the FA grant in later years when the grant is reduced and we have to raise the difference
Football foundation grant £1,658 remaining balance from Year 1 of the grant
Community Grant £1,875 from Farndon Parish Council towards the cost of fire proofing the office
Spacehive Youth Club £828 this was a grant that we manage the account
Raise the Roof Bank Account - this is money raised specifically for the project to replace the roof over the Main Hall. The project will be complete by the end of March 2025, so this restriction will end then
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