## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From: 01/04/23 To: 31/03/24** ## **Charity name: Venner Road Hall Community Association** ## **Charity registration number: 1169551** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To further or benefit the residents of the**
**Sydenham Ward of Lewisham and the**
**surrounding neighbourhood, without**
**distinction of sex, sexual orientation,**
**race or of political, religious or other**
**opinions by associating together the**
**said residents and the local authorities,**
**voluntary and other organisations in a**
**common effort to advance education to**
**provide facilities in the interest of social**
**welfare for recreation and leisure time**
**occupation with the objective of**
**improving the conditions of life for the**
**residents.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**To establish or secure the**
**establishment of a community centre**
**and to maintain or manage or co-**
**operate with any statutory authority in**
**the maintenance and management of**
**such a centre for activities promoted by**
**the charity in furtherance of the above**
**objectives.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**T**
**he trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We are grateful for the many hours of**
**work from our volunteers particularly in**
**support of our dementia café.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The charity has continued to provide**
**suitable community centre facilities for**
**many diverse users, particularly for our**
**weekly dementia café.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**A review of the charity’s financial**
**position was carried out to ensure**
**continuity.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We were awarded grants specifically for**
**the running of a dementia café for the**
**community.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**7,868**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The Charity’s principal source of income**
**is the fees paid by users of the**
**community centre facilities.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**CIO**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are appointed or reappointed**
**annually.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Venner Road Hall Community Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1169551| |Charity’s principal address|Venner Road Hall
Venner Road
Sydenham
London
SE26 5EQ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||AnthonyMensah|Chair||| ||Patricia O’hara|Secretary||| ||Pam Mcfarlane|Treasurer||| ||Sandra Alleyne|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Anthony Mensah **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 10th Januaryb2025 ||**Charity Name**
**Venner Road Hall Community Association**|**Charity Name**
**Venner Road Hall Community Association**|**Charity Name**
**Venner Road Hall Community Association**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01.04.2023|**To**||Period end date
31.03.2024||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**17,011**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,011**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,011**
**8,538**
**3,213**
**2,114**
**521**
**380**
**316**
**680**
**-**
**-**
**15,762**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,762**
**1,249**
**-**
**3,115**
**5,439**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**7,868**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,868**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,868**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,868**
**-**
**-**
**7,868**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**17,011**
**7,868**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,879**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,879**
**8,538**
**3,213**
**2,114**
**521**
**380**
**316**
**680**
**-**
**-**
**15,762**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,762**
**9,117**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |User GroupFees|**17,011**||||||**-**| |Dementia Cafégrant|**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**17,011**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| |Rent(Lewisham Council)|**8,538**||||||**-**| |Utilities - Gas and Elecrticity|**3,213**||||||**-**| |Castle water|**2,114**||||||**-**| |BuildingInsurance|**521**||||||**-**| |Cleaningsupplies|**380**||||||**-**| |Lewisham - Miscellaneous|**316**||||||**-**| |Maintenance/Repairs|**680**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**15,762**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||**1,249**|**7,868**|**-**||**9,117**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**3,115**|**-**|**-**||**3,115**||**-**| ||**5,439**|**7,868**|**-**||||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 14/01/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
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**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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AnthonyMensah|**Endowment**
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approval| |||AnthonyMensah|7thJanuary2025| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 14/01/2025 2