## **Knighton and District Community Centre**
Bowling Green Lane, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1DR
## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2025**
The Trustees present their Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Reference and Administrative Information**
**Charity name:** Knighton and District Community Centre **Other name:** Knighton Comm **Charity number:** 1167969
## **Principal address:**
Knighton Community Centre Bowling Green Lane Knighton, Powys, LD7 1DR
## **Management Committee (as at January 2026)**
- Thomas Clough – Chair; Flix Co-ordinator; Trustee
- Michael Harding – Vice-Chair; Bar Manager; Trustee
- Bob Andrews – Treasurer; Trustee
- Nicola Colston – Minutes Secretary
- Fiona Roper – Publicity Officer; Festival Lead; Trustee
- Simon Gill – Events Co-ordinator; Community Garden Lead; Trustee
- Caroline Eayrs – Human Resources Lead; Trustee
- Dawn Ashley-Dixon – Committee Member
- Bettina Hayles – Committee Member
**Safeguarding Officer:** Thomas Clough (temporary)
## **Accountants**
Housego Accountancy and Taxation, Broadaxe Business Park, Presteigne, Powys, LD8 2UH
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Knighton and District Community Centre (KDCC) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by its Constitution and managed by a voluntary Management Committee.
In November 2024, with the agreement of the Charity Commission, KDCC transitioned from an Association CIO to a Foundation CIO. As a result, all voting members of the Management Committee are Trustees.
Trustees are selected with regard to the skills and experience required for effective governance. Induction and training procedures are in place, including due diligence, safeguarding training and DBS checks. Trustees are appointed for three-year terms and may serve a maximum of three consecutive terms. Co-opted trustees must stand for election at the next formal meeting.
The Management Committee meets at least twelve times per year to oversee strategy, finances, policy and compliance. The Committee actively monitors risk, including financial sustainability, safeguarding, health and safety, and regulatory compliance, and plans to extend formal risk assessments during the coming year.
The charity experienced several trustee resignations during the year and continues to recruit new trustees.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Charitable Objectives**
The charity’s objectives are:
- To benefit residents of Knighton and surrounding areas without distinction of background or belief;
- To work with residents, statutory bodies and voluntary organisations to advance education, wellbeing and mental health, and to provide facilities for social welfare, recreation and leisure;
- To manage KDCC and its assets in furtherance of these objectives.
The Trustees are non-party political and non-sectarian.
In setting these objectives and planning activities, the Trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and are satisfied that the activities carried out during the year have delivered clear public benefit to the community.
## **Activities**
In delivering public benefit, KDCC:
- Provides and manages accessible community facilities and warm spaces;
- Hosts and delivers services, events and activities for all ages;
- Provides information, advice and advocacy;
- Acts as a hub for volunteering and community engagement;
- Works in partnership with statutory and voluntary organisations.
## **Chair’s Report**
This is my first and final report as Chair of KDCC. Having served as a Trustee since 2019, including three years as Vice-Chair, I took on the Chair role during a particularly challenging period.
My priority during the year was to strengthen financial oversight through the introduction of budgeting, monthly monitoring and event costing procedures. Sub-committees were established covering Finance, Events, Human Resources and Income Generation, and these continue to develop positively.
The Committee faced difficult decisions, including the closure of Children and Family Services, the Youth Project and the Informal Volunteering Project following the end of core funding. Rising utility costs, staffing costs and inconsistent income continue to present significant challenges, particularly as KDCC receives no core funding and average daily operating costs exceed £250.
I am deeply grateful to our volunteers, staff, fellow trustees, hirers and funders for their commitment and support. I am stepping down as Chair but will continue to serve as a Trustee.
_Thomas Clough_
## **Summary of Services and Activities**
## **Digital Hub**
The Digital Hub provides free support to residents with digital devices and online access. During 2025, 375 appointments were delivered through drop-in and one-to-one sessions. Services include device support, printing and scanning, private work-from-home facilities and collaboration with the local library. Demand remains strong and further uptake is encouraged.
## **Children and Family Services (ended July 2025)**
Family Centre and Stay and Play services operated weekly, offering activities, hot meals and access to visiting agencies. Despite strong demand, the services ended due to funding constraints.
## **Youth Project (ended July 2025)**
The Youth Project provided a weekly drop-in for young people aged 11–16, offering activities, food and a safe social space. The project was supported by grants and volunteers but closed following the end of funding.
## **Community Market**
The monthly Saturday market hosts around 28 regular stalls and supports local producers, charities and start-ups. Increased footfall and positive trader feedback demonstrate continued success.
## **Thursday Drop-in Eatery and Soup from the Hub**
These services recorded 3,463 visits between December 2024 and December 2025 and were supported by 18 volunteers contributing 1,670 hours. The services provide food, warmth and social connection. Modest charges were introduced to improve sustainability, alongside ongoing fundraising and grant support.
## **Information and Advice from the Hub**
KDCC hosts regular sessions from Job Centre Plus, Citizens Advice, Powys Money Matters, housing, energy and council services, enabling residents to access support locally.
## **Events and Cultural Activities**
KDCC hosted a wide range of community events including Knighton Flix film screenings, the Wellbeing Festival, and the Festival of Books, Art and Music. These events attracted strong attendance, positive feedback and modest financial surpluses. Knighton Library Friends continues to champion the role of Knighton library within KDCC as an invaluable book and IT resource for the Knighton community. The aims are to encourage reading and an appreciation of literature as well as supporting library activities.
## **Volunteering**
KDCC has 76 registered volunteers supporting multiple services. Through partnership with PAVO and Volunteering Wales, over 18,000 volunteering hours have been recorded locally.
## **Women’s Hour**
Women’s Hour continued as a weekly daytime wellbeing group, attracting 12–20 participants per session and supported by grant funding. Charging models were introduced to support long-term sustainability.
## **Walkies from The Comm**
A monthly community walking group continued to operate successfully, supporting social connection and wellbeing.
## **Hirings and Facilities**
The Community Centre remains well used by local groups, statutory services and private hirers. Trustees continue to explore opportunities to increase private and celebratory hires.
## **Treasurer’s Report**
The Treasurer reports that the charity continues to operate in a challenging financial environment, with rising operating costs and inconsistent income streams. Accounts for the year are being finalised at the time of writing.
The Trustees monitor the charity’s financial position closely and have introduced improved budgeting, event costing and financial controls during the year. The charity holds limited
unrestricted reserves, which are kept under regular review and are considered necessary to support short-term cash flow and the continued operation of core services.
Key financial risks include increased utility and staffing costs, reduced availability of grant funding, and fluctuations in income from room hire and events. Trustees continue to mitigate these risks through income generation, fundraising, sponsorship, and careful management of expenditure.
No trustee or committee member received remuneration or expenses during the year.
_Bob Andrews, Treasurer_
## **Professional Advisors and Partners**
Housego Accountancy and Taxation Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (PAVO) Powys County Council Bright HR Limited
## **Trustee Declaration**
The Trustees confirm that they have approved this report.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees:
## **Thomas Crispin Clough**
Chair 17 January 2026
|||**Charity Name**||||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Knighton District and Communit**|**hton District and Communit**|**hton District and Community Centre CIO**|||**Centre CIO**||**116769**||||
|||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||**CC16a**||
||1st April 2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~
~~ee ~~||||||**To**
~~ee~~||31st March 2025||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
|||**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||
|Donations||**1,481**||**21,982**||**-**|**-**||**23,463**||**10,663**||
|Hire charges||**28,089**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**28,089**||**25,685**||
|Own functions and bar||**33,772**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**33,772**||**20,134**||
|Grants||**46,841**||**62,880**||**-**|**-**||**109,721**||**116,887**||
|Café sales||**8,560**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**8,560**||**9,161**||
|Interest receivable-trading||**750**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**750**||**837**||
|MISCELLANEOUS||**3,643**||||**-**|**-**||**3,643**||**708**||
|**Prior year entry for debtors, accruals etc**||**6,740**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**6,740**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||_(Gross income for AR)_**129,877**||**84,862**||**-**|**-**||**214,739**||**184,075**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**129,877**
**84,862**
**-**
**214,739**
**184,075**
~~————————~~|||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||
|Netpurchases,own functions,bar and café||**26,818**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**26,818**||**33,756**||
|Sundryexpenses||**1,855**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,855**||**26,713**||
|Performingrights||**963**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**963**||**1,110**||
|Insurance||**3,155**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**3,155**||**2,243**||
|Light and heat and water rates||**7,426**||**8,327**||**-**|**-**||**15,753**||**10,313**||
|Wages||**39,795**||**74,761**||**-**|**-**||**114,556**||**104,921**||
|Pensions||**864**||**1,524**||**-**|**-**||**2,388**||**640**||
|Telephone||**929**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**929**||**865**||
|Postage and stationery||**607**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**607**||**510**||
|Caretaker and cleaning||**1,275**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,275**||**2,064**||
|Bank charges||**256**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**256**||**191**||
|Repairs and renewals||**2,830**||**250**||**-**|**-**||**3,080**||**1,122**||
|Accountancyand legal fees||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**1,340**||
|Professional fees||**991**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**991**||**1,525**||
|OTHER||**16,347**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**16,347**||**-**||
|**Prior year entry for dep'n debtors, accruals etc**||**1,207**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,207**||**32,434**||
||||||||||||||
||**_Sub total_ **|**105,319**||**84,862**||**-**|**-**||**190,181**||**219,747**||
|**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)**
**Equipment**
**880**
**-**
**-**
**880**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 880**
**-**
**-**
**880**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**106,199**
**84,862**
**-**
**191,061**
**219,747**
~~————————~~|||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**23,679**|**23,679**|**0**|**0**||**-**|**-**|**23,679**|**23,679**|**- 35,672**|**- 35,672**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**50,371**
**19,083**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**74,050**
**19,083**
**- 93,133**
~~———~~|||||||||**-**
**69,454**
**- 93,133**||**-**
**-**
**- 35,672**|**-**
**-**
**- 35,672**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
19/01/2026
1
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examinerfs Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Knighton and District Community Centre CIO
On accounts for the year
ended
31 MARCH 2025
Charity no
(if any)
116769
Set out on pages
1&2
Irefflembei to indudts Uie page IiUi',Ibi'l s of c).
Iiional sheerr
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended
> Iivai£v
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordan with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ("the Act.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confinm that no material matters have
come to my attention {
") in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
1910112026
Name:
CHRISTOPHER T N DAVIS MEng ACA
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
ACA (ICAEW MEMBERSHIP No. 2956147)
Address:
HOUSEGO ACCOUNTANCY & TAKATION LTD
OFFICE 10, BROADAXE BUSINESS PARK. PRESTEIGNE,
POWYS, LD8 2UH.
IER
October 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
NO MATTERS TO DISCLOSE.
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018