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## **LoveDover Regeneration Company** (A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## **Report and Financial Statements for the year 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025**
Charity number: 117 0981 Registered Office: c/o Tersons, 29 Castle Street, Dover CT16 1PT
## **Contents**
|**Contents**||
|---|---|
||Page|
|Board of Trustees|1|
|Independent Examiners|1|
|Bankers|1|
|Aims and objectves|2|
|Structure, Governance and Management|2|
|Future Plans|2|
|Risk Management|3|
|Statement of Financial Actvites||
|Balance Sheet as at 1 October 2023||
## **Board of Trustees**
Allison Burton Simon John Crowley John Andrew Lamoon Nigel Bodell
## **Bankers**
Barclays Bank
**LoveDover Regeneration Company is a registered charity no. 1170981 Dickens’ Corner,7 Market Sq, Dover, Kent, CT16 1LZ**
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## **Aims and Objectives**
The promotion for the benefit of the public of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular St Radigunds, Tower Hamlets, Buckland and in the region of Dover as a whole) by all or any of the following means:
1. The advancement of education, training or retraining particularly amongst unemployed people and providing unemployed people with work experience;
2. The creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of workspace, buildings, and/or land for use on favourable terms;
3. The provision of housing for those who are in conditions of need and the improvement of housing in the public sector or in charitable ownership provided that such power shall not extend to relieving any local authorities or other bodies of a statutory duty to provide or improve housing.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The organisation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered with the Charity Commission on 4 January 2017. It was briefly a company limited by guarantee established 21 December 2016, prior to gaining charitable status. This company was dissolved and its assets transferred to the CIO.
Start-up funding of £350,000 to LoveDover was provided without conditions by Dover Town Council. The first tranche of funding was used to purchase 7 Market Square, Dover.
The charity trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. No expenses have been paid. LoveDover is particularly grateful to Simon Crowley, who provides ongoing professional management of the Charity’s property pro bono and to Nigel Bodell for his support of our current tenant.
The Board of Trustees has been meeting face-to-face as well as using electronic communication is still used and trustees have continued to involve themselves in the business and development of Dover.
The expenditure for the year 2024-25 was £1667.
**LoveDover Regeneration Company is a registered charity no. 1170981 Dickens’ Corner,7 Market Sq, Dover, Kent, CT16 1LZ**
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## **Future Plans**
The trustees continue to explore avenues for future funding of further regeneration in the town centre but little opportunity has arisen. Property prices have stagnated at somewhat unreasonably high levels , out of town speculators continue to landbank buildings and funding is very tight from the public sector.
The hospitality business occupying the lower two floors of 7 Market Square has continued in business and been able to meet its obligations in terms of rent. Our trustees continue to encourage Market Square Kitchen to deliver on its undertakings to deliver community benefits from its commercial premises and activities. External redecoration has been delayed owing to lack of time for trustees.
## **Risk Management**
The Board of Trustees has reviewed the risks to which the charity might be exposed and there is a risk register, which is updated at least annually. Where appropriate, systems and procedures are in place to mitigate risks.
Internal controls are in place with a procurement policy and financial regulations which are adhered to for all transactions. All policies and procedures are periodically reviewed to ensure they continue to meet the needs of the charity in its current operational environment.
The Board is required by law to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable incorporated organisation. In doing so the Board of trustees of LoveDover have:-
- Followed best practice;
- Selected suitable accounting policies and applied them consistently;
- Made judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
- Prepared the financial statements on the basis of LoveDover being an ongoing concern.
As LoveDover’s income and expenditure during 2024-25 has remained below Charity Commission thresholds for external and independent audit, trustees have exercised prudence in not retaining auditors.
Approved by the Board of Trustees of LoveDover on 29 July 2026.
**LoveDover Regeneration Company is a registered charity no. 1170981 Dickens’ Corner,7 Market Sq, Dover, Kent, CT16 1LZ**
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# **LOVEDOVER REGENERATION COMPANY CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION REGISTERED NUMBER 1170981**
**ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025**
**LoveDover Regeneration Company is a registered charity no. 1170981 Dickens’ Corner,7 Market Sq, Dover, Kent, CT16 1LZ**
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LoveDover Regeneration Company CIO Registered Number 1170981
Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 30 September 2025
|**Note**
**s**
**Receipts**
Interest Received
Rent Received
Insurance Reimbursement|**General**
**Fund**
**Unrestricte**
**d**
696
10150
-|**Restricted**
**Fund**
0
0
0|**Totals**
**2025**
696
10150
-|**Totals**
**2024**
725
10600
1130|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Total Receipts**|**10846**|0|**10846**|**12455**|
|**Payments**
Property Development
**Property Costs/Water Insurance**
Insurances
Bank Charges
Accountancy
Sundry/Website)|0
0
1463
26
0
178|0
0
0
0
0|0
0
1463
26
178|0
0
1305
102
0
156|
||**1667**|**0**|**1667**|**1563**|
||||||
|**Net Receipts/Payments**|9179
0
9179
10892||||
|Transfers between funds
Other Gains/Losses|0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0||||
|**Net Movement in Funds**|9179
0
9179
10892||||
||||||
|**Total Funds Brought Forward**|84504
176,000
260504||||
**LoveDover Regeneration Company is a registered charity no. 1170981 Dickens’ Corner,7 Market Sq, Dover, Kent, CT16 1LZ**
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LoveDover Regeneration Company CIO Registered Number 1170981
## Balance Sheet
For the year ended 30 September 2025
|**Note**
**s**
**Fixed Assets**
Property
1
**Current Assets**
Deposit Account
Current Account
**Current Liabilities**
Creditors (due under 1 year)
Net Current Assets|**General**
**Fund**
**Unrestricte**
**d**
-
49770
34734|**Restricte**
**d**
**Fund**
176,000
-|**Totals**
**2025**
176,000
49770
34734|**Totals**
**2024**
176,000
49770
25564|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||84504
-
84504|-
-
-|84504
-
84504|75334
-
75334|
|Total Assets|84504|176,000|260504|240443|
## **Funds Statement**
|**Funds Statement**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|General Fund (Unrestricted)
Restricted Funds|84504|176,000|84504
176,000|75334
176,000|
|**Total Funds**|84504|176,000|260504|251334|
Notes:
1 The Property at Dickens Corner, 7 Market Square, Dover is owned by the Charitable Incorporated Organisation. The property has been converted to a Café with a flat over. The flat was sold on a leasehold basis in the 2020 year.
**LoveDover Regeneration Company is a registered charity no. 1170981 Dickens’ Corner,7 Market Sq, Dover, Kent, CT16 1LZ**