Crownway Community Centre Cio
Charity number 1169056
Annual Report and Flnancial Statements
for the year ending 31 March 2024
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Greater Merseyslde Communlty
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Crownway Community Centre Cio
Annual Report and Flnancial Statements
for the year endlng 31 March 2024
Contents
Pago
Trustees, report
2to4
Examinerfs report
Receipts and paymenls account
ststement of assets and liabilitles
Notes to the accounts
8t010
Prepared by the Greater Mer5eyside Community Accountsncy Servlce

Crownway Community Centre CIO
Trusteos. report
The Trustees during the year were:
Name
Mrs June Jones
Mrs Helen Marina Fitzgerald
Mrs Valerie Singleton
Danlel Wakefield
Terry Maguire
Andrea Aspinall
Posltlon
Chairperson
Treasurer
Dates
Secretary
Method of appolntment
Trustees are elected by the members at the AGM
Prlnclpal addrnss
Crownway Community Centre
Crown Street
Newton-Le-Wlllows
Merseyside
WA12 9DA
Bankers
Lloyds TSB Bank plc
Hardshaw Street
st Helens
WA10 18Q
Governlng documont
Charltable Incorporated Organlsation - Foundation registered 6 Septemb8r 2016
Objects of the organlsatlon
To further or benefit the residents of Earlestown and Newton-Le-Wlllows, St Helens, Merseyside and Ihe
neighbouthood, without distinctlon of sex. sexual orientation, raGe or of political, religlous or other
oplnlons by associatlng together the said residents and the Ioc81 aulhorities, voluntary and other
organisatlons In a common effort to advance education and to provlde facllltles In the Inter8St8 of social
welfare for recreation and lelsure tlme occupation wlth the objective of Improvlng the conditions of lrfe for
the residents.
In furtherance of these objects but not otheDhise, the trustees shall have power.. to establlsh or secure
th8 establishment of a community centre and to malntsin or manage or co-operat8 With any statutory
authorlty In the maintanence and management of such a centre for activities promoted by tha charity in
furtherance of the above objects.
Indepondent examlner
on behalf of:
Greater Mersgyslde Communlty Accountancy Sorvlce
Beacon Buildlng
College Street
St Helens
WA10 1TF

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Trustees. report continued
Chal
er8ons Annual General Meetin
Re
Ort 2024
Good evening 8veryone. As Chair of the Management board I want to update you on the year
ending March 2024.
Over the last 3 year the Centres main funders has been the Lotterle5 Cornmisslon vthlch finishes
in August this year.
The Centre 8mploys 5 stsff and all are important lo the running of the centre:
Phllomena. who is the Centre Coordlnator, does an outstanding job running the centre bringing
in vital funding to help th8 centre continue with daily actlvttles which the centre provldes for the
communty. These include activities for varlous age groups from the very young to elderly in the
communty.
Over the last year Philomena has been able to successfully source funding from the following
organisation:
Garfield Weston - £10,000 for running costs
Stev8 Morgan - £22,650 for Lydia's salary
Vola £2.300 - Computer equipment
Hemby Trust £1.500 - Actlvltl8s at the Centre
Trust House £10,000 - CAfé workers salary
Foyle Foundallon £10,000 - Café and centre runnlng c08ts
I would Ilka to take thls oppourtunity to thank all our funders for the grants have recelved from
them. The funds hav8 helped in the running of the centre and help us provide the contlnuing
worf< we do In helping the local communlty.
We have had testing times over the last couple of years wlth costs to the centre continuSng to
rise. Thls Includes rislng food prices to enable u8 to run our communlty café and the rising cost of
gas, electricity and all other utilities. Our costs have contlnued to go up and Philomena has done
an emnnous amount of work sourcing the best deals for the centr6 to help keep our costs down.
These have included cutting costs of cleaning products, finding more economlcal contracts and
flndlng ways to reduce costs in th6 café wlthout reducing the quallty.
Philomena also Introduc8d a bric a brac table, selllng Items the centre makes as part of tha
upcycllng craft group and items (Jonated to the centre to sell. This regularly makes £100 per
month whlch helps towards the running costs.
L dla is very creative being able to use her talents to run a number of out of school activities for
children. Includlng the following:
A presentation from Haydock Hedgehog helpers on how to care for Hedgehogs Bullding
hedgehog houses.
Backyard wildlife crafts, and building bird boxes
Making wildflower bombs
Maklng wlnd catchers
Cross stitch keyrlngs
Wooden name plaques
Karen is our Café assistsnt. She along with our volunteers provides lovely lunchtime snacks
which include pies, quiche, sausage rolls and cakes along with drinks in the café, all at
reasonable prlces. The café Is a vital part of our communty centre providlng a vrfami place for
anyone to come, spend lime and make new friends.
Gordon. our caretaker provides an Important role. supporting PhSlomena. ensuring the rooms
are ready for our centre users. He also gives freely numerous extra hours as a volunteer in the
centre which is so much appreciated. He checks the building to ensure the centre is in a good
state of repair and Is safe for our user groups. H8 also ensures the outside areas are kept clean
and tidy and the centre is welcomlng for visitors to the centre.

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Bobs joined us in September 2023, following Angela's resignation due to ill heaKh as a cleaning
operative. Bob comes into the centre early to ensure the centre is clean and tidy ready for our centre
users. He doe5 a lot more Ihat clean the centre and helps with painting the walls, cleaning the chairs
and the 'yukky' filter over the oven In the kitchen.
Volunteers We CU￿8ntIY have 10 Volunteers who help in the Café and wlth groups. Our volunteers
give up their time freely to help in the centre on a regular basis which we are so grateful for. Their
services are invaluable and I want to take this opportunity to thank them so much for their support.
Trustees We currently have 6 trustees on the Management Board. June Jon8S
Chair. Helen
Fitzgerald Treasurer, Daniel W£kefield - Secretary, Val Slngleton, Terry Maguire and Andrea
Aspinall and Karl Colller. I want to take this opportunity to thank them for their tlme and support which
help to sustaln the Centre.
Current Threats to the buslness
We do still have issuas beyond our control whlch have an impact on the c8ntr8, The cost of fuel and
utilities, slaff moving on and findlng St hard to recruit voluntoors. Our maln funders being lotterl8S
commission ends thls year and we need source alternative funders for salarfes. All these issues
continue to have an impact on the Centre. Philomena continues try to find ways to make savings and
contlnues to seek fundlng streams for the centre wlthout vthich we would be unable to sustain the
centre and to carry on with the invaluable work we do for the wlder community. A number of fundSng
streams are ending thls y8ar and to help us contlnue the work we do we need to source further
funding streams which is always a challenge.
Communlt Cen
Usa
Over the last 12 months our footfall has totalled 20,206 which is around a 1,000 higher than last year.
We have various groups uslng the centre including. Moo Music, Slimming Worfd, Tal Chl,
Taekwondo, Ear18Stown Brownies, A.J. Danc8, Silver Swans. Spanlsh, Sewing Group, Language
Revision, Chrlstlan fellowshlp, Cltlzens Debt Advice and Counclllors Surgery.
We will continue to regularly consult with local peopl8 to ensure we address their needs and wants.
Using the feedback from residents and users we have introduced new services and activities to
ensure the community centre remains part of our community. We will continue to invest Sn volunteers
to offer them tralnlng and qualifications and to provide an opportunity for them to be able to socialise
and glve something back to thelr communty.
Finally I would like to thank you all for comlng and for your invaluable support for the centre.
Thank you 8v8ryone.

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Trustees. rnport continued
Crownway Communlty centre is a vibrant and welcoming pla￿ offering a variety of activities and
services to meet the needs of the community. We have developed excellent working partnerships this
year ￿lch has further advanced what can offer to our ￿mMunIty.
Activity
Over the past 12 months the centre recorded 20.206 visits and saw the 931 sessions of activty
delivered by Crownway staff and frfteen other organisatlons.
In the18St twelve months we worked really hard to get more room rentals for training. meetings and
new activty, we welcomed eleven new organisations including. Merseytravel. WIllov￿ residents
committe8. Golden Smiths valuers, Women. s AGLOW, Patterdale nursery, Linden Nursery,
Homestead, Robb Lane Allotments, Sue Smith Flufftastlc, Zimba cllnic and Truly Tlmeless, together
with our valued customers of St Helens CAB, Cambian care, Business for Youth and slimming world.
We said goodbye to the Sllmmlng World leader Sue Tuffs as she retired In November 2023, she was
on8 of th8 first people to book a room at Crownway and has always r8mained incredibly supportive of
all that we do. For the s8cond time we hosted the N￿on Flower Show in September that was an
enormous success and they have rebooked for 2024.
We hosted six new actlvity sasslons Including Card maklng, Baby massage baby sangory, Futu￿ life
Saver tralnlng, Sport works - 12-vftek actlvlty and Yoga.
Volunteors
Lydia has worked hard recruiting new volunteers. We have welcomed 6 now volunteers to help Sn Ihe
community café. Ann Mari8. Margaret, Gary, Tommy, Sue and Pauline and we have said goodbye to
some of our long-term volunteers includlng Jacky, Andrea, Ann and Anne we are incredibly grateful to
all the volunteers who give us their time each week wlthout them the café would not be able to oparate.
Café
Our community Café Is extremely popular and the has regular customers who attend the groups that
run in the cantre. Over the past year we have welcomed new users who have heard about the cafe
and the excellent value snacks avallable. When they pop in, they then can discover everything else the
centre has to offer.
The café has rnaintalned the five stars rating followlng our inspection by Environmental health In
February. Karen and the volunteers have ensured all food hyglene procedures are always adhered to
and records are k8Pt up to date weekly.
It has been a difficult year as June mentioned, with the dramallc rise in the costs of Gas and Electric,
and the m£sslve Increase in the price of food.
We have continued to run monthly events to increase the income of the café, we have held tsvo
Afternoon Teas and Tea Dances. In May we hed a Coronation Blg Lunch and we have contlnued the
popular Pop-up Sales In partnership with Rebuild wlth Hope.
Phllomena Zlllnskl
Centre Coordlnator

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Independent examinerfs report on the accounts of
Crownway Community Centre CIO
for the year ending 31 March 2024
I report on the accounts of the charity set out on pages 7 to 11
Respectlve respon81bllltle8 of the Management Commltt80 and the examlner
As the charitys trust88s you ar8 responsible for the preparation of the accounts,. you consider that the audlt
requirement of section 43{2) of the Charities Act 1993 does not apply. It is my responslbilty to examine the
accounts uslng procedures lald down In the General Dlrections given by the Charlty Commission and to stat8
whether matters have come to my attention.
Basls of Independènt examlnerfs report
My examlnatlon was carrled out In accordance wlth the General Directlons glven by the Charlty
Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounling records kept by the charity and a
compadson of the accounts pr8sent8d wlth those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual
items or disclosure5 In the accounts. and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such
matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audlt, and
consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent oxamlnerfs Slatoment
In ¢onneGtron with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that In any materlal respect the
requirements:
Q to keep accountlng records In accordance wlth sectlon 41 of the Act; and
Q to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the
accounting r8qulr8m8nts of th8 Act
have not been met; or
2) to thich, In my opinlon, 8tt8nllon should be drawn In order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Jane Willi
MA4T
Great8r
rsey81de Communlty Accountancy Servlce
Beacon Building
College Street
St Helens
WA10 1TF
16th September 2024

Crownway Communlty Centre Cio
Receipts and payments account
for the year ending 31 March 2024
Notes
2024
Unrestricted
funds
2024
Restricted
funds
2024
Total
funds
2023
Totsl
funds
Recelpts
Receipts from Charitable Activities
Voluntary Receipts
Total recelpts
12)
13)
28,453
5,431
33,884
85.215
113,668
5,431
119.099
114,202
2,096
116,298
85,215
Payments
Salarles & Nl
Payroll costs
Recrultment
Training
Café Expenses
Centre Equipment
Insurance
utilities
Telephone
Prlntlng, postage and ststionery
Cleaning & Materials
Repalrs & Malntenance
Subscriptions & Fees
Resources
Food provision
Independent Examination
Volunteer Exp8n888
Bank Charges
Total payments
Net recelpts l (payments)
Transfers belween Funds
Cash fund balances brought forward
Cash lund balances carrled forward
14,634
762
60.447
209
75,081
971
69.883
245
420
8.775
913
2,001
10,421
1,146
3,113
2,184
6,213
1,199
2,155
90
7,451
1,799
90
7.451
1,907
2.251
15,991
2,159
3.005
1,282
5,101
277
1,131
108
2,251
15.991
1,600
2,220
1.087
4,791
27
719
559
785
195
310
250
412
225
163
311
44.889
(11,005)
27,646
17,722
34,363
225
163
311
117,396
1,703
225
206
110,198
6,100
72,507
12.708
(27.646)
64.120
49.182
81.842
83.545
75.742
81.842

Crownway Community Centre Cio
Statement of assets and liabilitles
as at 31 March 2024
2024
2024
Unrestricted Restricted
2024
Total
2023
Totsl
Cash funds
Community Centre Account
Community Café Account
Deposit Account
Cash in hand
Total cash funds
30,378
30,378
21,614
17,557
42.524
148
81.842
3,838
49,182
53,020
148
83,545
34,363
49,182
Asgets rntalned for Ihe organlsatlon's own u88
Fixtures and fittlngs
Equipment
20,141
14,353
34,494
20,141
21,633
41,774
20,141
21,633
41,774
7,280
Llabllltl•$
HMRC
Pension contributions
Accountancy
Approval of the accounts
The annual report and accounts were approved at a meetlng of the Trustees held on 18th September 2024
June Jones
on behaff of the Trustees

Crownway Community Centre CIO
Notes to the accounts
for the year ending 31 March 2024
Accountlng Policies
Basis of accountlng
The Trustees have taken advants￿ of section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepered
th8 accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
Taxatlon
As a registered charity the organlsatlon benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from
Income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in th8 cost of
those items to which it relates.
Fund accountlng
Funds held by the charlty are elther:
Unrestrlcted goneral funds
These are funds which can b8 US8d In accordance wth the charitable objects at the discretlon of
the trustees.
Restrlcted funds
These are funds that can only b8 u88d for particular restricted purposes withln the objects of the
charlty. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular
restrlcted purposes.
Further explanation of th8 nature and purpose of each fund is Included In the rK)tes to the
accounts.

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Notes to the accounts contlnued
for the year ending 31 March 2024
2 Receipts from Charitsblg Actlvltles
2024
Unrestrlcted
funds
2024
Restricted
fund5
2024
Total
funds
2023
Total
funds
National Lottery Community Fund
Café Income
Room Hire
St Helens MBC.. Self Isolation
Coalfields R8g8n8ratlon Trust
LCR Communlty Environment Fund
The Rainford Trust
Halton & St Helens VCA
Community Foundation
Amold Clarke Community Fund
VOLA Consortium
Steve Morgan Fdtn
Garfield Weston
Trusthouse
Donatlon8
40,807
12,670
40,807
14,076
24,785
50,574
11,114
21,094
4,160
11,870
4,950
1,500
1,000
5,000
1,000
1,408
24.785
2,300
9,438
10,000
10,000
2,300
9,438
10,000
10.000
2.262
113.668
2,262
28.453
1,940
114,202
85,215
2a Restrlctsd funds Bummary
Balance blf
Incomlng
Outgolng
Transfers
Balance clf
Natlonal Lottery Community Fun(
Cafe
Buffets & Parties
LCR: Community Envlronment Fi
Amold Clarke
VOLA Consortium
Steve Morgan Fdtn
Garfleld Weston
Tmsthous8
Coalfields Regeneratlon Trust
Halton & St Helens VCA
Community Foundation
31,303
18.224
3,814
3,179
868
40,807
12,670
43,032
7,062
29,078
23.832
3,814
3,179
720
617
7,503
3,662
148
1,683
1,935
6.338
10,000
2.300
9,438
10.000
10.000
5,881
580
271
64,120
5,881
580
271
72,507
85.215
27,648
49.182
Purpose of restrlcted funds
On 11th June 2021 Th8 National Lottery Communlty Fund awarded a grant of £144,904 over 3 years, which
funds our Meeting Community Needs Project. At 31st March 2024 the balance of funds was £9.591,
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority provlded funding for our Eco Ambassadors.
Coalfields Regeneration Trust provlded fundirvJ towards our Café Worker.
Trusthouse Charitsb18 Foundatlon, Steve Morgan Foundation & Garfleld Weston provided funding towards
our salary costs.
VOLA Consortium provlded funding for Digitsl Connectivity for Local community facilities.
3 Voluntary Recgipts
2024
Unrestricted
fund5
2024
Restricted
funds
2024
Total
funds
2023
Total
funds
Office Servlces & Photocopying
Bank Interest
4,935
4,935
496
5,431
2.015
81
2.096
5.431
10

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Notes to the accounts continued
for tho y￿r ending 31 March 2024
4 Staff costs and numbers
2024
2023
Gross salatles
Pension
73.984
1.098
75,081
69,005
878
69,883
The average number of employees durlng the year was 2.2 (2023:2.2)
S Tru•lee remuneratlon and expenses
No trust88s received any remuneration or expenses during the accounting period.
6 Rolated party transactlons
There were no ￿lAt8d party transactions during the eGcounting period
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