Membury Membury Parish Hall Annual Report January 2026 Charity Number 1166182 11 Aims and Purposes The purpose of our Charity known as Membury Parish Hall is- "To establish and run a Village Hall and to promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of Membury without distinction of sex. sexual orientation. age, disability, nationalityi race or political, religiou5 or other opinions the provision of facilitie5 for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and ecorbomic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants" 21 Artlvltles The Hall continues to be increasingly well used. with ten local groups and organisations now hiring the Hall regularly. In addition, we welcomed a wide number of one-off event5 and meetings held by local groups as well as private family celebrations. The annual Pantomime in February and the Village Flower and Produce Show in July are much anticipated punctuation mark5 in a very busy calendar. 31 Flnance and the Hennlker Lerdcv The hire fees generated constitute the Hall's principal source of income which is supplemented by o legacy left to the Hall in 2(KJ2. 1 am pleased to report that we have been able to meet our operating costs from hire fees, and our Budget for 202516 suggests that we should achieve the same outcome in the comin8 year. We continue to monitor our financial performance against thi5 bud8et. In late 2024 we instructed the Legacy fund manager to increase the proportion of equities in the fund. We made this decision because we believe the legacy should be in place for manv vears to come, and over the long term the best way to achieve this aim is through investment in equities rather than cash or bonds. This decision, combined with a marked improvement in stock market values, has seen the value of the funds increase to £175,￿￿), or some £30,000 above our djusted inflation target. 41 Improvements This performance has enabled the Trustees to commit to a series of improvements over the last 12 months. With financiol support from village groups and through local grants we have upgraded our external safety lighting, installed a new cooker and dishwasher, re-decorated the hall and meeting room and committed to improving the loft insulation. Options to improve the ocoustics of the Hall are also under consideration, and we plan to implement these early in 2026. The hall continues to be an artive member of"Devon Communities Togetherf an initiative launched by East Devon District Council to promote Village Halls. Charity Number 1166182 51 Strurture, Governance and management We have nine Trustees who contribute regularly to bimonthly meetings and to the running of the Hall. The Chair, Treasurer and Secretary manage day-to-day affairs and consult regularly with Trustees on matters of policy. process and expenditure. I would like to place on record my thanks to all the Trustees for their time and commitment to the Hall and for so generously giving their time and experknse to running and maintaining the Hall. My thanks are due especially to Bobbie Clarke and Paul Nicholson and to Jon Wells for his efficient management of all our bookings and invoicing. The Trustees are: David Neill- Chair Paul Nicholson- Vice Chair Roberta Clarke- Treasurer Duncan Mackinder Paul Finnigan Cherry Wells Susan Nicholson Simon Foster Daniel Lazar Financial controls are in place for the management of day-to-day transartions as well as our deposit account. The legacy is managed by a professional fund manager according to criteria set by Trustees. These criteria are documented in our investment policy. We provide our hirers With clear hire conditions, including our requirements for safe8uardin8. Policies are updated regularly and, where relevant. monitored against Charity Commission guidelines. David Neill Chair January 2026 Charity Number 1166182 |||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Membury Parish Hall**||||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|10/1/2024
Period start date|9/30/2025
Period end date
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Hire of Hall & Equipment 8,646 - - 8,646 7,658
Investment Income - - 3,235 3,235 2,997
PV Panel FIT Income 1,115 - - 1,115 372
Dontions 3,779 - - 3,779 4,297
Grants 1,600 - - 1,600 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
- 3,235 18,375 15,324
AR) [ 15,140 ]
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - 26,808 26,808 45,009
- - - - -
Sub total - - 26,808 26,808 45,009
Total receipts 15,140 - 30,043 45,183 60,333
A3 Payments
Repairs/Maintenance 3,267 - - 3,267 1,859
Utilities 4,165 - - 4,165 3,182
Investment Management Fee - - - 2,651
Professional Fees - - - - 895
Capital Improvements 7,057 - - 7,057 -
Insurance/Licenses 1,170 - - 1,170 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 15,659 ] - - 15,659 8,587
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - 29,132 29,132 42,147
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - 29,132 29,132 42,147
Total payments [ 15,659 ] - 29,132 44,791 50,734
Net of receipts/(payments) - 519 - 911 392 9,599
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - 12,083
Cash funds this year end - 519 - 911 392 21,682
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|**Details**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Lloyds Bank||**3,728**||**-**||**-**| ||Brewin Dolphin
~~1~~||**-**||**-**||**5,039**
~~1/27/2026~~| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Virgin Money|Virgin Money|**10,360**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**14,088**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**5,039**
Agreement Error| ||||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||Investment fund managed by Brewin
~~Dolphin~~||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||Hall Building||||**-**||**-**| ||Equipment & Furnishings||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||||||**-**||| ||Signature||Print Name||||| ||||||||Date of
approval| ||||||||| ||||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 1/27/2026 2