2021-09-30-accounts - Landport Community Hub

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Charity Registration No. 1169671(England and Wales)

LANPORT COMMUNITY HUB ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

LANPORT COMMUNITY HUB ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS CONTENTS

Charity information	3
Trustees' report	4 - 6
Independent Examiners' report	7
Income statement	8
Statement of financial position	9

LANPORT COMMUNITY HUB CHARITY INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Trustees	Deborah Twitchen
	Tony Rowell
	Jonathan Lloyd Tait
	Nicolas Charles Kortalla-Bird
	Christina Ruth O'Keeffe MBE
	Philippa Jane Campbell
	Wendy Baker
	Ian Campbell
Charity Number	1169671(England and Wales)
Registered Office	6 Horsfield Road
	Lewes
	BN7 2TA
Trading Address	Landport Road,
	Lewes,
	BN7 2S
Accountants	Richard Baskott
	Beancounters of Lewes Ltd
	3a North Street
	Lewes
	BN7 2PA

LANPORT COMMUNITY HUB TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and financial statements for the charity for the year ended 30th September 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective January 2019)

Trustees

The following Trustees held office during the whole of the year:

Deborah Twitchen Jonathan Lloyd Tait Nicolas Charles Kortalla-Bird Christina Ruth O'Keeffe Mbe Philippa Jane Campbell Wendy Baker Ian Campbell

The following Trustees held office for part of the whole of the year:

Tony Rawl – Resigned 01 July 2021

Chair’s report

The year ended with many of the usual selection of activities and events at the Hub re-starting and a few new ones being added following the lockdowns of the pandemic. The trustees were pleased to find that almost all of the organisations that were meeting at the Hub had been able to weather the difficulties of the past year.

It has not surprisingly again been a challenging year but the trustees have continued to work hard, and have had the happy task of presiding over the re-opening of the building as things improved.

We have continued to renovate or repair sections of the building, as much as possible when regular users would not be at all inconvenienced.

LANPORT COMMUNITY HUB TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Thanks go to all of our dedicated Trustees, volunteers and the staff of the various organisations who meet at the Hub for all of their hard work.

All have been very happy to see the building opening up again and we are planning works to the loft and the middle section of the building in the coming year.

Objectives and activities

The Charity has been established to provide and manage a community building to give the opportunity for educational, social, sports and leisure activities to the residents of the Landport Estate and the surrounding town of Lewes, East Sussex.

The Hub building continues to provide a home for several main organisations together with flexible availability for any and all community and local groups who would like to hire it for events.

The main groups are a registered charity which runs a nursery specialising in providing for children with additional needs, a CIC which provides dance lessons and opportunities for all, making it possible for children in low income families to realise their dance aspirations in a family atmosphere with plenty of pastoral support, and a youth group running under the local authority provision for young people with substantial and significant additional challenges which is associated with a charity for this purpose.

Additional groups also using the building include fitness groups such as bounce fit and a local Move-It group for fitness for all, plus a number of one off cultural, arts and social events aimed at including all in the local area. Sadly the martial arts group meeting in the hub has stop trading owing to the pandemic but we are gaining a new youth group for young adults called “Click” which will be based at the Hub.

The trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, including the guidance ‘public benefit; running a charity (PB2)’

Achievements and performance

Although it has been another challenging year the Hub remained open as needed for activities which the Government required or permitted during the pandemic and as soon as possible has safely re-opened with all the correct procedures in place.

Staffing

We have continued to employ a building supervisor and used all the appropriate measures as the pandemic was winding down to make sure that the supervisor was fully aware and compliant with all the

LANPORT COMMUNITY HUB TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

rules as they changed. The supervisor has been attending throughout as allowed to make the building a covid safe environment for those either required or later again permitted to be there.

Building users

We kept the building open as permitted in the pandemic and have then been happy to be able to fully reopen it as regulations changed, arranging for it to be covid safe in accordance with whatever regulations were in place at the time.

Trustees

The trustees have met regularly, during lockdown via online platforms, to make sure that al regulations were complied with, and planning was effected not only for building maintenance but also planning for the future. The trustees are looking forward to being able to meet in person again and be able to physically tour and inspect the building as appropriate.

Approved by the board on: 31 July 2022

Deborah Twitchen,

Chair

LANPORT COMMUNITY HUB ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees For the year ended 30 September 2021

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act').

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiners statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records; or
the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Richard Baskott Beancounters of Lewes Ltd 3a North Street Lewes BN7 2PA 31 July 2022

LANPORT COMMUNITY HUB INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Income Donations Lettings Grants Sundry Income Gift Aid Total Income Expenses Mortgage Costs Light & Heat Water Rates Maintenance Equipment Playscheme Insurance Cleaner Total Expenses Net of receipts/(payments) Transfer between Funds Transfer between Funds Income less expenditure	2021 Unrestricted 12,133 12,333 9,907 4,636 2,948 41,956 8,963 2,704 109 438 - - 962 1,429 14,605 27,352 - - 27,352	2021 Restricted - - 8,811 - - 8,811 - - - 11,256 - - - - 11,256 (2,445) - - (2,445)	2021 Total 12,133 12,333 18,719 4,636 2,948 50,767 8,963 2,704 109 11,694 - - 962 1,429 25,861 24,907 - - 24,907	2020 Unrestricted 2,512 13,888 10,000 - - 26,400 12,753 3,930 687 107 509 - 751 1,743 20,481 5,919 1,038 (625) 6,332	2020 Restricted - - 10,630 - - 10,630 - - - 648 - 18 - - 666 9,964 (1,038) 625 9,551

LANPORT COMMUNITY HUB STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Land & Buildings At Cost Current Assets Cash at Bank Deferred Income Current Liabilities Bank Loans - under 12 months Other Loans Long Term Liability Bank Loans - Over 12 months Restricted Funds Brought Forward Net Receipts in year Unrestricted Funds Brought Forward Net Receipts in year	26,388 - 26,388 12,753 - 10,950 (2,445) 10,590 27,352	2021 190,000 13,634 157,187 46,447 8,505 37,942 46,447	21,540 11,633 33,173 - 11,633 1,399 9,551 4,258 6,332	2020 - 21,540 -
				21,540
				10,950 10,590
				21,540

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) - (Charities SORP FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 31 July 2022 and were signed on its behalf by

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Deborah Twitchen

Charity Registration No. 1169671