## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the** 

## **period From 01/04/2024** 

**To 31/03/2025** 

## **Charity name: Ufford Community Hall** 

## **Charity registration number:** 

## **1171424** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the<br>purposes of the<br>charity as set out in<br>its governing<br>document|Para 1.17|**To promote for the benefit**<br>**of all the inhabitants of**<br>**Ufford and the surrounding**<br>**area, the provision of**<br>**facilities for recreation with**<br>**the object of improving the**<br>**life of all**<br>**the said individuals**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to<br>those purposes for the<br>public benefit, in<br>particular, the activities,<br>projects or services<br>identified in the<br>accounts.<br>Statement confirming|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**The Hall gives a base for**<br>**numerous leisure and sport**<br>**activities for individuals who**<br>**have**<br>**need by reason of their**<br>**youth,**<br>**age, infirmity, disablement,**<br>**financial hardship, or social**<br>**and**<br>**economic circumstances**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees<br>have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on<br>public benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard**<br>**to**<br>**the Charity Commission’s**<br>**guidance on public benefit**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference|
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|
|Policy on social|Para 1.38|
|investment including||
|program related||
|investment||





Contribution made by
vol u nteers
Para 1.38
Other

## **Achievements and** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the<br>charity, identifying the<br>diference the charity’s<br>work has made to the<br>circumstances of its<br>benefciaries and any<br>wider benefts to<br>society<br>as a whole.|Para 1.20|**In the year, the Hall was used**<br>**by:**<br>**The Sufolk Tai Chi Academy**<br>**Three diferent bridge**<br>**Organisations**<br>**Uford Carpet Bowls Club**<br>**Uford Parish Council**<br>**Deben Young Farmers**<br>**Uford Gardening Club**<br>**Uford Tennis Club**<br>**Mother & Baby Group**<br>**A Yoga Club**<br>**Various musical bands for**<br>**rehearsals**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of<br>fundraising activities<br>against objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Investment<br>performance against<br>objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial** 

|**Financial**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>fnancial position at<br>the end of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity received income**<br>**from hall hire but also from**<br>**donations and refunds (e.g.**<br>**electricity panels).**|
|Statement explaining<br>the policy for holding<br>reserves stating why<br>they<br>are held|Para 1.22|**Adequate funding for all**<br>**repairs and improvements in**<br>**the foreseeable future**|
|Amount of reserves<br>held|Para 1.22|**£22,076.05**|
|Reasons for holding<br>zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund<br>materially<br>in defcit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about<br>the charity continuing<br>as a<br>going concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds<br>(including any<br>fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including<br>any social investment<br>policy adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the<br>principal risks facing<br>the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing<br>document<br>(trust deed, royal<br>charter)|Para 1.25|**The Constitution of the**<br>**Uford Community Hall**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated**<br>**Organisation**<br>|
|Trustee selection<br>methods including<br>details of any<br>constitutional<br>provisions e.g. election<br>to post or name of any<br>person or body<br>entitled to appoint one<br>or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Nominated by Uford Parish**<br>**Council or elected by**<br>**members**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the<br>induction and training<br>of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s<br>organisational<br>structure and any<br>wider network with<br>which the charity<br>works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|Uford CommunityHall|
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|Other name the charity<br>uses|N/A|
|Registered charity<br>number|1171424|





|Charity’s principal<br>address|Uford Community Hall, Uford Recreation Ground,<br>The Avenue, Uford, Woodbridge IP13 6BF|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Ofce (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**<br>**for whole year**|**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee**<br>**(if any)**|
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||Dan Lever|Trustee|Whole Year||
||Patricia Edworthy|Trustee|Whole year||
||Vincent Smith|Trustee|Whole year||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** 

## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole**<br>**year**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf** 

|Description of the<br>assets held in this<br>capacity|N/A|
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|Name and objects of<br>the charity on whose<br>behalf the assets are<br>held and how this falls<br>within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of<br>arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such<br>assets from the<br>charity’sown assets|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type Name Address of advis er N/A** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

N/A 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **N/A** 


## **Other optional information** 

## **N/A** 




## **Declaratio** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’** 

**report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

VSmith **Signature(s)** Vincent Neil Smith **Full name(s) Position (eg** Treasurer **Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 29-10-2025 



||**Ufford Communit**|**y Hall – Accounts 24-**|**25**||||||
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||**INCOME**||||**EXPENDITURE**||||
||**Category**|**Service**|**Amount 24-25**||**Category**|**Service**||**Amount 24-25**|
||Grants||£100.00||Maintenance|Cleaning||£1,820.61|
||Refunds(incl electr|icity)|£916.38|||Repairs|Electrical +drains etc|£1,006.35|
||EV charger||£0.00|||Fire inspection|(incl.service)|£0.00|
||Other  receipts||£435.00|||Renovations(e|xcl.grant to UPC)|£1,346.20|
||Interest||£280.57||Utilities|Electricity||£895.76|
||Hire||£8,265.00|||EV charger||£0.00|
|||||||TV/music  licen|ce|£346.61|
|||||||Broadband|TalkTalk/BT|£796.97|
|||||||Water||£325.72|
|||||||Insurance|Hiscox|£1,156.87|
||||||Misc|Accounts etc||£295.00|
|||||||Grant to UPC(r|enovation contribution)|£5,834.73|
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|||**Total Income**|**£9,996.95**|||**Total Expendit**|**ure**|**£13,824.82**|
|||||||Expenditure ex|cl UPCgrant|£7,990.09|
|||**Outurn**|**-£3,827.87**||||||
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||**BARCLAYS BANK**|||||*paid from rese|rve account||
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||**Opening balance**|4/1/2024|||||||
|||Current('community')|£5,853.73||||||
|||Deposit('premium)|£20,050.19||||||
|||**Total**|**£25,903.92**||||||
||**Closing balance**|3/31/2025|||||||
|||Current('community')|£7,560.02||||||
|||Deposit|£14,516.03||||||
|||**Total**|**£22,076.05**||||||
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|||**Decease in funds**|-£3,827.87||||||
|||**Operating surplus**|£2,006.86<br>||||||



