WEST MOOR RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
CHARITY NO 1163694
West Moor Community Centre, Benton Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 7NP
Tel: 0191 2161005 Email westmoorcc@outlook.com Web: www.westmoor.org.uk
- - Chairpersons Report July 2020 December 2021
The Community Centre opened the doors on the 1[st] September 2020, but unfortunately due to the high risk of infection in the area, the Centre was re-closed.
We re-opened on Monday 12[th] April 2021 with the required staff to work the shifts needed and others were left on furlough.
We have been very fortunate to receive generous Government Grants and grants from North Tyneside Council which certainly helped our finances during the lockdown.
Due to the Covid Variants that seemed to be appearing in the country, our community events were put on hold until the end of 2021.
The Monday luncheon club resumed on the 17[th] May, reservations were necessary due to the distancing required.
The Centre started to serve coffee alfresco between 10am and 12 noon on a Thursday morning. This has proved to be very popular with our residents and since the government lifted the restrictions, this event has now moved indoors.
1[st] week in July 2021 saw all our community classes back up and running with the non-community classes returning week commencing 19[th] July and by August everyone had returned to resume their various activities. The Scouts have also joined us once a week, as the venue they used has now closed.
Our Centre Manager, Mrs Jayne Maxwell, worked on costing and fundraising for a defibrillator for the village. The cost would be approx. £1,600. A raffle was held and several donations were given by local businesses, The raffle proved to be an outstanding success with every resident and non-resident purchasing tickets. This will enable us to provide at least two readily accessible defibrillators which will be sited around the West Moor area. The F.A provided one free which had to be sited within a 200yard round trip of the football pitch. This is positioned on the front outside wall of the Community Centre and has already proved to be very useful as it has been used several times by members of the community.
Unfortunately, last year 2020, we couldn’t hold our usual Christmas events due to the lockdown, but since re-opening fully, we have celebrated all our events with vigour and excitement. Christmas Fair, Wreath Making, Brunch with Santa, dashing around the village looking for Santa, Residents Christmas Lunch, Christmas Carols around the Tree and lots of other events for the children took place this year. It has certainly been an amazing end to a long year and was very much enjoyed by everyone.
A big thank you goes out to the volunteers, myself included who give up their free time to help with these events.
We are all very aware of the new Omicron variation of Covid and take all the necessary precautions to keep all our members who attend the Centre as safe as possible.
The Centre is looking at updating child and vulnerable adults’ policy. VODA are emailing suggested draft policies. Once this is done, the trustees and staff will sit through a safeguarding meeting.
The Centre’s gardening group have been very active throughout the year, making sure all the hanging baskets and barrier baskets are filled with fresh plants and placed around the village and the Centre itself.
Our football pitches are also kept to a very high standard by our two groundsmen. They work tirelessly cutting the grass and marking out the pitches.
My thanks must go to Jayne our Centre Manager who keeps the Centre running smoothly. Her organisation, people skills and dedication to the Centre and the Community is second to none.
As we didn’t have our usual Residents AGM again this year, the officers and trustees presently on the committee voted to stand again for another year.
Finally, a big thank you to all our residents and outlying members who use and support our Community Centre and for valuing its place in our amazing community.
Margaret Hind – Chairperson WMRA – December 2021
Managers Report April 2020 to March 2021
This was a year of three parts. We started the year going into lockdown with our doors firmly shut. We didn’t know if we were going to be closed for 3 weeks or 3 months and wondering if we were ever going to get back to anything resembling normal. It turned out that our doors remained closed until September and were only open for 2 months until we had to until we re-opened in April 2021.
The Community Centre may have been closed, the work of the Residents Association carried on. Christmas gift bags were delivered to those isolating, cakes were made and delivered to key workers. Competitions were held for the children and Easter and Festive Trails were organised.
Government Grants and furlough, allowed the building to reopen in April 2021 but it is the spirit of the Association that got us through.
Financial report for April 2020 to March 2021
I am happy to report that, in spite of increasing premises costs for the building, which is now 14 years old ,our income last year exceeded our expenditure by approximately £23,269
These figures are based on transactions carried out in the financial year.
The total income for the year was £ 99,203 and we have left the budget for this coming year as last year due to the uncertainty of the situation
Our assets on 1[st] April 2021 were made up of a 95 day notice business savings account with Cambridge and Counties with £79,816.61 in ( 1.00% interest) , a Santander instant access current account with £30,772.97 ( paying 0.05% and a current account with Barclays with £ 9,511.38 in ( 0% interest), copies of which are available to those who are interested.
All accounts are FSCS protected and the “ working accounts “ ( Barclays and Santander Instant Access ) are monitored and checked daily.
Our reserves policy is geared to keep sufficient funds to cater for :-
a) on-going maintenance and / or replacement of the All Weather Muga ( Multi User Games Area) estimated at £30,000.
b) possible future redundancy payments in the event of the Association's demise , estimated at £6,000.
c) possible building and roof repairs estimated at £35,000.
This reserve policy fund of £75,000 is mainly held in the Cambridge and Counties 95 day account.
In 2013 we invested £16,532.48 in Solar panels and to date we have received a feed income of £12,384.71 which is 74.91% of our outlay. We had predicted recovery of the cost within 10 years so we are roughly on target .
Charity No. 1163694
Receipts and payments accounts
West Moor Residents Association
For the period 01 April 2020 To 31 March 2021 from
CC16a
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 350 84,351 159 130 117 1,385 1,310 3,313 933 2,255 1,700 1,422 1,779 99,203 99,203 48,069 808 474 1,663 646 8,829 - 74 1,172 469 1,287 1,080 1,684 168 3,381 2,524 40 - - 4 3,139 397 28 75,934 - 0 75,934 23,269 - 92,932 116,202 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 350 84,351 159 130 117 1,385 1,310 3,313 933 2,255 1,700 1,422 1,779 99,203 99,203 48,069 808 474 1,663 646 8,829 - 74 1,172 469 1,287 1,080 1,684 168 3,381 2,524 40 - - 4 3,139 397 28 75,934 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 350 84,351 159 130 117 1,385 1,310 3,313 933 2,255 1,700 1,422 1,779 99,203 99,203 48,069 808 474 1,663 646 8,829 - 74 1,172 469 1,287 1,080 1,684 168 3,381 2,524 40 - - 4 3,139 397 28 75,934 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 350 | 605 | ||||
| Grants | 84,351 | 9,948 | ||||
| Gift aid | 159 | 130 | ||||
| Fundraising | 130 | 887 | ||||
| Deposits taken | 117 | -1,668 | ||||
| Subscriptions | 1,385 | 1,870 | ||||
| Communityactivities | 1,310 | 27,947 | ||||
| Longterm room hire | 3,313 | 32,643 | ||||
| Short term room hire | 933 | 14,900 | ||||
| All weatherpitch hire(MUGA) | 2,255 | 6,125 | ||||
| Grasspitch hire | 1,700 | 6,106 | ||||
| Interest income | 1,422 | 1,288 | ||||
| Solarpanels income | 1,779 | 1,839 | ||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
99,203 | 102,619 | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 102,619 | ||||||
| Wages and salaries | 48,069 | 48,220 | ||||
| Communityactivities | 808 | 11,064 | ||||
| Grants expensed | 474 | 8,373 | ||||
| Pension contributions | 1,663 | 1,625 | ||||
| Water rates | 646 | 1,015 | ||||
| Light and heat | 8,829 | 9,000 | ||||
| Licences | - | 1,289 | ||||
| Printing,postage and stationery | 74 | 72 | ||||
| Telephone | 1,172 | 1,204 | ||||
| Computer expenses | 469 | 63 | ||||
| Bookkeepingfees | 1,287 | 1,185 | ||||
| Equipment hire | 1,080 | 1,080 | ||||
| Equipment maintenance | 1,684 | - | ||||
| Cleaning | 168 | 2,017 | ||||
| Premises expenses | 3,381 | 7,782 | ||||
| Pitch maintenance | 2,524 | 3,931 | ||||
| Donations | 40 | 40 | ||||
| Gifts | - | 120 | ||||
| Clothingcosts | - | 232 | ||||
| Bank charges | 4 | 178 | ||||
| Insurance | 3,139 | 1,834 | ||||
| Covid expenses | 397 | - | ||||
| Sundryexpenses | 28 | 265 | ||||
| Sub total | 75,934 | 100,588 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Office equipment | - | 0 | 1,006 | |||
| Sub total | 0 | 0 | 1,006 | |||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 101,594 | ||||||
| 23,269 | - | - | 23,269 | 1,024 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 92,932 | - | - | 92,932 | 91,908 | ||
| 116,202 | - | - | 116,202 | 92,932 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
22/12/2021
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
B1 Cash funds
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
| Grant funds Signature Details Office equipment Furniture and fixtures Gardeners store Cash at bank and in hand Fundraising Monies Deposits Held Details Total cash funds |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 116,298 - - - - - - - 116,298 - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Unrestricted 10,288 Unrestricted 31,491 Unrestricted 15,387 - - - - - - Print Name |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | ||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | ||
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| Date of approval |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
22/12/2021
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Financial Report For April 2020 To March 2021
I am happy to report that, in spite of increasing premises costs for the building, which is now 14 years old ,our income last year exceeded our expenditure by approximately £23,269
These figures are based on transactions carried out in the financial year.
The total income for the year was £ 99,203 and we have left the budget for this coming year as last year due to the uncertainty of the situation
Our assets on 1[st] April 2021 were made up of a 95 day notice business savings account with Cambridge and Counties with £79,816.61 in ( 1.00% interest) , a Santander instant access current account with £30,772.97 ( paying 0.05% and a current account with Barclays with £ 9,511.38 in ( 0% interest), copies of which are available to those who are interested.
All accounts are FSCS protected and the “ working accounts “ ( Barclays and Santander Instant Access ) are monitored and checked daily.
Our reserves policy is geared to keep sufficient funds to cater for :- a) on-going maintenance and / or replacement of the All Weather Muga ( Multi User Games Area) estimated at £30,000.
b) possible future redundancy payments in the event of the Association's demise , estimated at £6,000.
c) possible building and roof repairs estimated at £35,000.
This reserve policy fund of £75,000 is mainly held in the Cambridge and Counties 95 day account.
In 2013 we invested £16,532.48 in Solar panels and to date we have received a feed income of £12,384.71 which is 74.91% of our outlay. We had predicted recovery of the cost within 10 years so we are roughly on target .