BOXM( and Warners End Neighlx)urhol Association Accounis and InleeS report for the year etthd 31 March 2025 Charity number 1165570
Report ofthe Trnslees for the Year Ended 31 M*r¢h 2025 INTRODucfioN The Trustees present their reFKYrt with the financial staiements of the charity for year ended 31 March 2025. The ttwstees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Sial¢m¢nt of RQmmended Practice applicable to ¢haTities preparing iheir accounts in accordance with the receipts and paym¢nls basis. ThtS is the nineth re)rt for this charity whtch was registered in the forni of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on the 15 February 2016 10 take over the assets. liabilities and acliviiies of ihe Warners End N¢ighbouth(4)d A550cialion (WENA) which was an tsnincorporated registered charity, registrdtion number 302384. WENA transf¢rr¢d all its asse15. liabilities and aclivilies lo this chariiy and WENA was closed and its registration with the Charity Commission removed. OBJECTIVES AND ACTlVtTIES Objects - The objecls olthe CIO are.. (al to promote the nefit orth¢ inhabitants of the afftq of bencfil without distinction of sex. sexual orientation, age, disabilily. nationality. race or of political, religious or other opinions, by aswiatin8 together ihe said inhabitants and the staiulory authoriiies, voluntary and other organisalions in a common effon io advance education and io provide facililies in the interests of social welfare for recTeali(H) and leisure-time occupation with the object of imwoving the condilions of life for the said inhabitant (b) lo establish. or secure the establishment of. a Community Centre and lo mainiain and manage the same (wheiher alone or in co-opcraiion with any statury authority or other person or body) in furtherdnce of the Objects. {c} to promote such other charitable purpose5 as Tnay from time to time be determiThed. The Charity shall be non-party in politic5 and non-seclarian in religion. The area of benefit I'area of benefit") shall be the Dacorum Borough EltOr31 WaTd5 of BoAm(M)r and that part of Chaulden and Warners End as constityted on 3 May 2(M)7 10 the east and north of Shrnbhill Common. The main activities undertaken lo furthcr thc purpN)ses of the charity have been to improve the ambience and facilities of ihe Communiiy Centre io make li an ideal choice for u5er5 who meet the needs ofour area ofbenefil. As part of the Chariiy we a150 run Little Acorns Pre-school which is OFSTED registered and delivers the Early Years Foundation Stagc (EYFS) for 2- to 4-year-olds (inclusive). At its last OFSTED Inspection Little Acorns was rated Go¢JJ. The Truslees in (klivering its services have tegard to ihe Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. As well as providing facilities io hire (three meeiing rrnS and the main hall) to which the majority of Ihe Association general ndS devote ihe As$1¢10n runs twice weekly Bingo sessions and a weekly Internet Cafe session. Whilst these activities are open io all, thc majority of the users are scnior cilizcns. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE The Association continues lo keep the Communily cere in good order and has a rolling progrdmme of Tedccoraiion and is planning lo conlinuc to itnpTOVC thc facililiL% of thc Cenlrc. The aim of the impyovemenls is lo allra¢t a higher volume of both re8ular and one.off hirer5. In respect of regular hirers, the Asswiation aims to attract hirers who deliver services in linc with the objects of the Association. Through ils regular hirers there are nomlally many sessions run each week which contribute to a healihier living and lifestyles of the residenls of OUT area of bcnefil.
In directly providing services itself. the Association seeks to provide s¢rvi¢es not otherwise provided by ils regular hirers. In that respect, the weekly bingo sessions on Monday and Friday evenings are run. We also ran a weckly Iniernet Café. which following a drop in d¢mand now only nms as a drop in session once a month on the second Wednesday. wilh by appoiniment sessions run ihe oiher Wednesday afternoons. This continue5 to enable residents without internet access to gain ceSS io many services that are only easily availablc online. We also allow users to bring in their own Laptops and Mobile Devices. Our volunteers are on hand at these sessions to as5isI our users with any problems ihey have. Where we identify a user in need of training. we gignp051 them to Community Action Dacotum (CAD) who nm thc courses previously by Dacorum Communities for Learning. FINANCIAL REVIEW The Association continues to be irnpacted by the rise in 8eTheral inflation and in particular the greater inflation rates for utility supplies. Our Centre Manager and his Assiartt have worked very hard lo increase ow hall hires from the low base caused by the paJ)demi¢. As a resuli ol those efforts, it has resulted in a surplus of £18.4k in ihe General Funds which compared to135t year's sU]S of £23.6k. In respeci of ils restricted funds (for the provision of the Little Acorns Pre-school) there was a small surylus of £1 k over the year compared io last year's deficit £10. Ik. which resulted in an overall 45UTplus of £19.4k compared to the overnll sulUS of £13.5k the previous financial year. The Trustees continue to monitor the Little Acorns situation endvdvour to mitigate the past losses and lo retain this year's positive SuIt. It is still clcar from the above results that in common with many organisatiotts running Pre-Schoo15 deliverin8 the EYFS the Associotion are strnggling to deliver the service within th¢ in¢om¢ provided by the education gfdnt. Whilst not all the income for Littl¢ Acorns c(bmes in the forni ofeducation grant5 which mean5 such income should be designated as restricted fimding, Ihe Tntsiees have agreed io treat all their income as if it w&s restricted income. The As)cIall0n treats all remaining income and expenditure as unrestri¢led fvnds. 4.4 The Trustees continue lo monitor risk5 for the Association and have a Risk Register that is reviewed annually. The Risk Register is used io inform its decision re8ardin8 reserves. 4.4.1 The A550ciatlOn's Reserve Policy is to have a Generdl Reserve Fund, plus designated reserve funds known as its Closure Fund (whieh now iludeS Little A¢oms Pre-school) and its Major Repair5 Fund. In respect of lis Closure Fund ihe trtCeS have sd it at 3 month5 nonnal trading plus the cost ofmaking staff redundant. In detennining the l¢vel of the Major Repairs Fund the Trnstees, irL March 2018 agreed that it would comprise two elemenls. the first a contingency sum to cover the cost of unforeseen rnajor repair5 (under its lease the Asslxiation is reswnsible io for llon-structural int¢mal repairs which includes iiems such as the heating System) plus the cost of any planned impmvements to be carried ou( during thc following financial year. 4.4.2 The Associaiion no longer has a Reserve Policy in resp1 of Littlc Acorns Pre-school except that it would like io see them break-even over a period of years. 4.4.3 The levels of these reseTve5 are detailed in Section B l of the accounts o)ntsined wiihin this report. Ai the daic of the approval of ihis rep)rt there are no uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going conceTn. sTRUuRE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document The charity is controlled by its governing dUMeNt (its Constitution, which is based on ihc Colnmunily Matter5 lemplaie for CEO'S) and con5lltul a Charitable Incorporated Organisalion.
The charity is governed by a Management Committee which comprises of In1¢¢5 ¢lted al th¢ Annual GeneTal Meeting frorn arnoThgst its members. In addition. Dacorum Borough Council is entitled lo appoint two tru51ees lo the Management Commiltee. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DAll3 The charity is registered as Boxmoor al Warners End Neighboutho(Ml Association. In addition lo managing the Warners End Community Centre to serve the needs of its aTea of benefit the Association a150 ru5 an OFSTED registered Ple-school known a5 Little Acorns Pre-school. Registered Charity number is 1165570 with the Charity Commi&$1( for England and Wales. Principal addre&s Wamers End Community Centre SiorLeycroft Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HPI 3QG TrustCC5 6.4.1 The following served &s tnLStees for whole the rqIng period and were trustees of the Association the date of approval of this report (except where otherwise indi¢at¢d): Angela Antrobus. Margaret Coxag¢ {Chair). Ron Coxage (Secretsry aThl Treasurer), Alan Dickson, Nigel Durrdnt (DBC nominee), Grdham Elliot (Vi¢¢ Chair and DBC nominee). Sharon Elliot, Fiona Guest. Sheila Norton, Karen Lloyd (resignation accq)ted 17 July 2025) and Yvonne Poiiinger. Independent examiner Hicks and Company Chartered Accountants Vaughan Chamb¢r5 Vaughan Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4EE EXEMFfioNS FROM DISCLOSURE The charity does not have any exemptions from disclosure. FUNDS HELD AS CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF OTHERS This charity d0¢5 hold any funds on behalf of other& Approved by order of the b)ard of Inle¢S on I November 2025 and signed on its behalf by.. Chair and Trustec
Boxmoor and Warmers End Neighbourhood ASStIoN Independent ExamiDers Report to The TThst¢es of Boxmoor nd Wrners End Ntlghbourbood Assoeition I report on the accounts of Boxmoor and Warners End Neighbouhood Asso¢iatK>n for the peri1 ended 31 March 2025 wkLich comprise the income and expenditure account. balance SI¢1 and teled notes. Thi5 report is made solely to th¢ trustees in a¢cordan¢e with Se¢iions 145 of the Charilies Acl. My work has Een undertaken so ihat I might stale to the charity's ITUStee5 those matters l am required to stale to Ihem in an Independeni Examiner's report and for no other purpose. To th¢ fiill¢sl extent pemiilled by law. I do not accept assume rewnsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's tTUSt¢es for my examination work. Re5pertive responsibilliles of ¢ru$¢ees and examlner The charity's trustees ar¢ r¢sw)nsibl¢ for the preparation of the accounts. The charily's 1rn5tees consider thai an audii is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility lo= exatnine the accounis under seciion 145 of the Art; to follow the PTocedures laid down in the General DItionS given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5Mb) of the ¢horities Acl. and to state whether particular mailers have come to my atienlion. sts of Independent exAminers report My examination was carTied out in ¢1)n1ae with the General "reCtionS given by the Charity Commi55ioner. An examination Ilu[S a review of the a¢¢ounling TecoTds kept by the charity arLd a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. li also include5 considerdlion of any unusual iiems or disclosures in the accounts, and the seeking of explanations from you as t$1¢¢$ concerning any such matter5. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence ihai would be required in an audit and. consequently no opinion is give a5 ¢0 whether the accounts present a 'tNe and fair view, and the TepK)rt is limited to this matters set out in the statemeni below. Independent examlner's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come my aiieniion: which gives me reasonable cause to IlIeve that. in any material respect, the requirements.. (a) to keep acwunting T¢cords in aCCorce with 5ectioll 130 of the charities Act,. (bl to prepare a¢¢ounis which accord with ihe accounting TecoTds and to comply with the accounting requirements of the charities Act have not been meL or to which. in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reache Nick Alkmaft Hick5 Chartered Accounta 83 High Street Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HPI 3AH Date 12 November 2025
CHATy COMMISSION FOR ENGL ANO WALES Re¢ei tsandpa enls accounts CC16a 31lliJrJJ25 Sectioii A Receipts and paytr,ents Endty*rnent tyNr luv ¢Wtv AIR• 415 44Y•¥(&ty 347 ryo C4rfE4n i)J• Elfy ¥J J•J 22$ 22 17J52 J.17• J.llQ IP.7 115J•l 107A•S 1•7.71• 1117ZI A3P 115,995 ijij 120 125 219 •2$ 4JT4 4A78 4755 Rthcéwif¥•f• JIT 174 11.lxr 50¥
S tot 81•5 194•t 115.52• 144•9 19J85 13,1 Afj Cxh lund5 lastswrend 13,183 Section B Str1temer)t of assets and liabilities at the end ol the period BWENA Lth Endo¥wn•nt è5 Bl C8¥h 1553J B2 Oth•r mon•iyau•ts BJ knv•slMeM aM•ts B4 A•¥gts rrf•Sn•d for the tlbarlV* u Margaret Coxage 1011112025