Boxmoor a￿1 Warners End NeIghI￿rhocd As￿latI
A¢¢iYmts and trustees report for the year ended 31 March 2024
Chariiy number 1165570

Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
INTRODUCTION
The Trustces prcscnt their report with the fjnancial statements of the chariiy for the year ended 31
Ma￿h 2024. The truslecs havc adopted thc provisions of Accouniing and Reporting by Charities:
Statement of Recommended Prdclice applicablc lo charities preparing their accounts in accordance
with the r￿cIpl5 and payrncnts basis.
This is the eighth reP(￿l for this charily which was ￿gistered in thc fonn of a Charitable Ineorporated
Organisation {CIO) on the 15 Febrnary 2016 to ￿k¢ ovcr ihe asseis. liabiliiics and activities of the
Warners End Ncighbourhocd Associalion IWENA) which was an unincorporated registered charity.
regisiration numbcr 302384. WENA transferrcd its asKls. liabililics and activities lo ihis charity and
WENA was closed and its registralion with the Charity Commission removed.
OWECTIVES AND A￿1VITIEs
Obj¢¢ts - The obj¢ct5 olthe CIO are=
(a)
to promote the bcncfil of the inhabitants of ihe area of benefit without di51inction of
sex, sexual oricniwion, age. disabilily. nationalily. race OT of political. religious OT Other
opinions, by a$s￿latIng tO8¢iher the ￿ld inhabitanis and ihe siaiutory authorities, voluntary
and other organisaiions in a common cffort to advancc education and to providc facilities in
the intcrcsis of social welfare for recreation and Icisure-limc occupation wilh th¢ objccl of
improving the conditions of life lor thc said inhabilanl5'
Ibl
to establish. or securc Ihc cslablishmcnt ol. a Community Centre and to rnaintain and
Tnanagc ihc 5amc (whcthcr alonc or in co-OPCTa(ion with any 51atutory authority or other
rson or body) in fwthcrance of the Objccts;
(cl
io promotc such other charitablc PUTrM)scs a5 may frorn time to timc be dcterniincd.
Thc Charily shall b¢ non-party in poliiics and non-secthrian in rcligion. The arca of ben¢fit {"ar¢a of
bcncfil") shall bc thc DacoNm Borough Elcctoral Ward5 of Boxmoor and that part of Chaulden and
Warners End a5 conslilutcd on 3 May 2￿7 to the easi and north ofshrubhill Common.
Thc main aciiviiics undcrtakcn to furthcr the Ntrposes of thc charity have bccn to improvc Ihc
ambicncc and faciliiics of ihc Community Ccntrc to make it an idcal choicc for u5crs who mcel thc
nccds of our area of iKrncfii. We also run Little Acorn5 Pre-school which is OFSTED rc8iStered and
deliveTS the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) for 2- to 4-Year￿IdS {inclusive). At lis lasi
OFSTED Inspcclion Little Acorns was rated Good.
Th¢ Trusiecs in dclivcring its scrvices hayc rcgard to ihc Charity Comrnission's guidance on public
bcnefif.
As wcll as providing facililic5 to hirc (threc mLfting rooms and the main hall) to which ihc majority of
Ihe Association gcnerdl funds are devoted. the Association runs iwicc wcckly Bingo scssions and a
weekly Inlcrnet Cafc session. Whilst ihese aetivilies are 01￿ to all, thc majority of the uscrs are
senior citizcns.
ACHIEVEMENTS AliD PERFORMANCE
The impact of Covid-19 has finally dISap￿￿Ted and the Asswiation has now becn able lo provide a
nornial service durin8 this financial year. Thc Association conlinucs to keep ihe Community Centre
in good order and has a rolling progrdmrnc of redccordiion and is planning lo continue to improve Ihe
faciliiics of ihc Ccntre. Thc aim of ihc improvcmcnts is to altract a highcr volum¢ of both Tegular and
one-off hirers. In rcspeci olregular hirer5. Ihe A5%)ciation aims to attract hirers who deliver services
in line with the objects of the A5￿)ciatIon.
Through ils regular hirers iherc are nomially many sessi4)￿$ run each week which contribute to a

hcalihier living and life￿y1C5 of th¢ T¢Sid¢nls of our a￿3 of I￿nefIt.
In direcily providing serviccs itself. the As￿)cIall0n secks io provide scrvices not otherwisc provided
by lis regular hirets. In thai rcspecl, Ihe weekly bingo S￿l0nS on Monday and Friday evenings arc
run.
Wc also ran a weekly Internei Café. which following a drop in demand now only runs as a drop in
session once a month on the second Wednesday, with by appoinimcni scssions run thc othcr
Wednesday afternoons. Thi5 continues lo enable residents withoui inicrnci access to gain a¢¢css to
many scrvicc5 that arc only easily availablc online. We also allow usets lo bring in their own Laptops
nd Mobile Deviccs. Our voluntecrs are on hand at these sessions io assist our users with any
problems they havc. Where w¢ identify a uscr in nccd of Iraining, we 5ignrM)sl them to Community
Action Dacorum (CAD) who now run the courses that used to bc run by Daeorum Communitics for
Learning.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The A550ciation Continues to be inwaclcd by Ihc risc in gcncral inflaiion and in particular the greater
inflation ratcs for utility supplies. Our Centre Mana8cr and his Assisiani havc worked vcry hard lo
incrcase our hall hircs from the low caused by the pandcmic. As 8 result of th0￿ cffoTls, li ha5
rcsulted in a surplus of £23.6k in the General Funds which compared to last yC3r'5 surplus of £19.1k.
In respect of its rcstricted fun(ts Ifor the provision of the Little Acorns Pre-school) Ihere was 8 deficit
of £ l O. Ik ovcr the yeaT compared to last ycar's defici¢ £23.9k. which resulted in an overall surplus of
£13.5k compared to th¢ overall deficit of£4.8k thc PTeviou5 financial year. Th¢ TNslecs continue lo
monitor the Little Acorns silu&iion to cndcavour 10 rnitigale th¢ current losscs.
It is clcar from ihe alxbvc resulis thai in common with many organisalions running Pre-schools
delivcring thc EYFS Ihc Association arc struggling lo dclivcr th¢ ￿l¢C within thc incomc providcd
by the cducalion gr*nl.
WhilsE not all ihe income for Little Acor￿8 comcs in Ihe fom) of education grants which rn￿ans such
income should bc dcsignatcd as rcsiricted funding. the T￿$t¢¢5 havc agrccd lo treat all thcir income
as if li was resiricicd incon￿. Thc As￿)ciation t￿￿ts all rcmainin8 incoTne and eXEKnditure as
unrcslrictcd funds.
4.4
The Trustccs continue to monitor risks for ihc Association and have a Risk Rcgislcr that is rcvicwcd
annually. The Risk Re8iSter is used io infomi lis decision regarding rwrvcs.
4.4.1 The As￿clatiOn's Re5crye Policy is lo have a Gcncral Rcserye Fund. plus designatcd rcscrvc ￿ndS
known as its Closurc Fund (which now includcs Litile Acorns Pre-school) and its Major Rcpairs
Fund. In respect of ils Closure FuThJ ihc Iruslce5 have scl it at 3 months nornial trading plus the cost
of making stafTredundanl. In detem)ining the levcl of the Major RepaiTS Fund Ihe Trnslecs. in March
2018 a￿Ced that it would comprisc iwo elcmcnis. the fiTSt a contingency sum lo covcr the cosl of
unforeseen major repairs (under its lease ihc Association 15 Tes￿nSIble to for non-slrnctural inicrnal
repairs which includcs ilcms such as Ihc hcaling systcm) plus the cost of any planncd improvements lo
be ca￿1¢d out during thc following financial year.
4.4.2 Th¢ Associalion no longer has a Rc5crvc Policy in res￿1 of Littlc Acorns Prc-school cxccpt that it
would like to sec them break-even ovcr a wiod of ycars.
4.4.3 The levels of thesc rcscrves arc dctsilcd in Section Bl of th¢ accounts conlained within this report.
At thc datc ofihc approval of this TqK)rt ihcrc arc no uncertaintics about ihc chariiy's ability to
continu¢ as a going cO￿¢m.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MAliAGEMENT
Govcrning d￿UMcn1
The charity is controlled by its govuning documeni {its Constitution. which is based on the
Communiiy Matters template for CIO'S) and constilules a Charitablc Incorporated Or8anisatio

The charity is governcd by a Management CoTnTnitt(Y which comprise5 of tn15te¢s ¢lc¢lcd ai ihe
Annual Gcncrnl Meciing from amongst its member5. In addition, Dacorum Borough Council is
cnlitled io appoint two truslecs to thc Managemcnt CommiltLf.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
The charily is registcrcd as Boxmcrt)r and Warners End Neighbourho(MJ AsMKialion. In addition to
managing the WaTner5 End Community Ccntrc lo servc the necd5 of its area of benefit the A5s0cialion
also runs an OFSTED registered hr-school known as Little Acorns Pre-school.
Regisiered Chariiy num￿￿ is 1165570 wilh ihc Charity Commission for England and Wale5.
Principal address
Warner5 End Community Centrc
Sioneycroft
Hemel Hempstcad
Hcnfordshirc
HPI 3QG
Truslee5
6.4.1 Thc following served as trustces for whole ihc rep)rting period and weTe trustee5 of the Association at
Ihe datc of approval of this report=
Angela Antrobus. Margaret Coxage (Chair). Ron Coxagc (s￿￿tary and Tr¢a5UTer), Alan Dickson,
Nigel Durrant {DBC nomince). Grdham Elliot (Vice Chair and DBC nominee), Sharon Elliot, Fiona
GucsL Shcila Norton. KaTEn Lloyd and Yvolu￿ Pollingcr.
Indcpendcffl examiner
Hicks and Company
Chartcred Accountant5
Vaughan Chambcrs
Vaughan Road
Harpcnden
Hcrtfordshire
AL5 4EE
EXEMPTIONS FROM DISCLOSURE
Th¢ charity doe5 not havc any excmptions r￿M disclosure.
FUNDS HELD AS CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF OTHERS
This charily d(￿S noi hold any on behalf of othLYs.
Approv￿ by order of thc board of tTU5tccs on 25 Au8usI 2024 and si8￿d 4)n its iKhalf by..
Chair and Trust

BoxmoDr and Wxrners End h'eighbourhood Assoclation
Independent Examiners Report to The Tn￿te¢S of Boxmoor Warners Ethd liel£hl)ourhood
Assoclatlon
l Teport on the accounts of Boxmoor and Warners End Neighbouhood As%)ciation for th¢ penod ended 31
March 2024 which cotnpri5e ihe income and expeThdilure account. balance sheel and related noles.
This report is made solely lo the trustee5 in accordance with Sections 145 of the Chaniies Act. My work
has been undertaken so that I might state ¢0 the charity's trustees those matters I am required io stale to
them in an Independent Examiner's report and for no ￿her purpose. To the fullest exlenl p￿rnIt[¢d by
law. I do nol accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the chaTity's trust¢¢s for
my examinalion work.
Respeetlve responsibililies of trumees and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for ihe preparation of the The charily's trustees consider
that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of ihe Chanties A¢1 2011 (the 2011 Aci)
and thai an independent exomination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
examine th¢ a￿oUnts und¢r sertion 145 of ihe A¢1"
lo follow the procedure5 laid (k>wn in the Generdl Directions given by ihe Charity Commission
under seciion 145(5)Ib) of the charities Act. and
io siaie whether particular matters have com¢ to my *ienlion.
B*sis of independent examiners report
My examination wa5 carried out in &￿Idance with the General Directions given by the Charity
Commissioner. An examination include5 a review of the accounting records kepi by ihe charity and a
comparison of the accounts PTesented with those records. It also i￿ludeS considerdlion of any unusual
items or disclosures in the accounts. and ihe seeking of explanation5 from you as tTUSt¢¢s concerning any
such maiieT5. The prwedures undertaken do not provide all ihe evidence thai would be required in an
audil and. consequently no opinion is give as to whether the accounts pre5enl a 'lrue and fair view, and
the report is limited lo Ihis matters sei out in ihe statement below.
Independent examiner's st8temen¢
In conneciion with my examination, no matter ha5 come to my atteniion..
which gives me reasonable cause lo believe that. in any material ￿SpeCt, the requiremenls..
lal
to keep accounting records in accordance with se¢lion 130 of the charities Act:
(b)
IO PTepare account5 which accord wilh the accounling records and io comply with
the accounting requirements of ihe charities Act have not been met", or
lo which. in my opinion.
ention sh
drawn in order io enable a proper understanding of
the accounts to reache
Nkk Ail(man
Hicks Chartered A¢countaDts
83 High Street
Hemel Hen)p$tead
Hertfordshire
HPI 3AH
Date I I September 2024

CHARIIY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Receipts and pa
ents accounts
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fijnds
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120
112
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547
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13.413
{4,712)
23,Ul
13,463
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B1 Cash funds
P1n61
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136.72•
(31.726
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