Registered Charity Number 1171983 England & Wales
Mark Cross Community Centre Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
Mark Cross Community Centre Annual report and accounts Contents
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Mark Cross Community Centre Charity Information
Trustees Rotherfield Parish Council (Sole Custodian Trustee)
Treasurer
Rotherfield Parish Council (Sole Custodian Trustee)
Bankers
Metro Bank plc
Registered office
Mark Cross Community Centre St Mark's Church Mark Cross, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6 3PR
Registered charity number
1171983 England & Wales
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Mark Cross Community Centre Trustees' Report
Legal status
Mark Cross Community Centre (MCCC) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered with the Charity’s Commission under registration no: 1171983 on the 10th March 2017
Charity Objectives
To provide a community centre facility for the whole community.
Achievements and Performance
As of September 2024, Rotherfield Parish Council took over the Charity as Sole Custodian Trustee. All the previous Trustees wished to stand down at the same time. The Parish Council has taken a while to get all the finances sorted, particularly the complicated accounting of the previous trustees in relation to the status of the Charity hiring the Mark Cross Community Centre. The Council has switched the accounting system to Receipts and Payments, which it believes is appropriate for a charity of this size and objective. It is very much a fresh start to the accounting and record keeping for the charity.
The Charity continues to act successfully as a Community Centre, with regular bookings each day. We have been pleased to welcome new regular hirers since the April Council assumed responsibility for the charity.
Youth Club
The idea of a youth club for the young people of Mark Cross and the surrounding area originated in 2019 and had its first session early 2020, but the club had a bumpy start with COVID restrictions coming soon after. However, the Youth Club continues to grow from single figures to the present day, where there are regularly 18 - 19 young people attending, with a waiting list. The Parish Council continues to support the Youth Club with the existing arrangements of free use of the hall and fundraising support.
The youth club sessions are on a fortnightly basis during term time, with the focus on free time, no pressure and "be" the young people that they are, all within a safe, inclusive space. The objectives are to support young people aged 10 to 14 years, enabling them to remain in contact, maintain friendships and build further bonds with others that they may not have been able to socialise with, prior to and going up to senior school.
The Youth Club has become an important place for young people who may not have had the opportunity to maintain and foster long-term friendships. As a result, this contributes to positivity, supporting mental health, socialisation and peer connection.
Sinking Fund
This condition under the lease and faculty has been changed so that the sinking fund contribution is no longer necessary. The Contribution of £1,000 is now available upon request from the PCC of the Parish of Rotherfield with Mark Cross. The Parish Council and the PCC have worked collaboratively, both materially and financially, to develop and improve the Community Centre.
The previously restricted funds have now been moved back into the general reserves.
Banking Arrangements
The Community Centre continues to bank with Metro Bank PLC
Future
The Community centre is currently seeking new customers to fill the available vacant time slots and to maximise the Charity's future income. The Community Centre, working with the PCC and the Parish Council, is looking at improving the audiovisual system in the Community Centre.
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Mark Cross Community Centre Trustees, Report Reserves policy Tr MCCC does not own any ptysical 18scts except the cash at the bank of £22,816.00. R¢seryes ar¢ required to meet the noTrnal everyday rnnning costs and therefore, no reserve policy is currcnily in place. Approved by the Trustees on..... ..and signed on their behalf by.. Adam J Hardy Rotherfteld Parriwh Council- Parish Clerk & RFO
MARK CROSS COMMUNITY CENTRE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS Rotherfield Parish Council Sole Custodian Trustee (from September 2025)
31.3.25
Hire £ 5,622 Grants £ 269 Trns from Deposit £ 5,059 Credir Interest £ 602 Total Income £ 11,552
| Dec & Repair | £ | 5,808 |
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| Fire Protection | £ | 234 |
| Electricity & Gas | £ | 3,115 |
| Water | £ | - |
| Rates | £ | 642 |
| Insurance | £ | 304 |
| Cleaning | £ | 1,878 |
| Misc | £ | 1,591 |
| Transfer to Deposit | £ | 1,405 |
| Total Expenditure | £ | 14,979 |
| Surplus/Deficit | -£ | 3,426 |
| Opening Banks | £ | 26,243 |
| Surplus/Deficit | -£ | 3,426 |
| Closing Banks | £ | 22,817 |