## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT 2024-25** 

As last year the Trustees had 3 main objectives, namely: 

- To participate and contribute to the discussions about the possible modernisation of the village hall; 

- To ensure that the hall remained open and operationally effective for the benefit of the local community and its users; 

- To ensure that the proper accounts are kept and monitored to secure the halls financial future. 

In difficult circumstances all three objectives continued to be met to varying degrees. 

The Joint Modernisation Working Group, consisting of representatives from the Trustees and the Parish Council, who own the building, continued to make very good progress to obtain funds for the much needed modernisation of the hall.  Progress had been such that the Working Group began reporting to a formal Committee of the Parish Council. Potential funding opportunities had been and continued to be explored and some significant funding had been secured from the East Suffolk Council CIL fund.  More funding was still required to bring the project to fruition. However, work had started involving useful discussions with architects and other professionals to undertake the necessary preliminary work on project design and costings. The Trustees and Parish Council were hopeful that further funding would be found and that work might begin in the Spring of next year. 

The modernisation of the hall was essential because it was increasingly showing its age in terms of its appearance, structure and facilities. Also, its attractiveness to both existing and potential new users continued to decline. The Trustees had done their best to keep the hall operational and had succeeded in doing so to the extent that operational funding will allow.  The Trustees also had to continue being conscious of not incurring any expenditure on works or facilities that would be removed or become redundant if modernisation were to go ahead. The current aim is to keep the hall going until the modernisation project begins. 

The hall continued to broadly break even in terms of its income and expenditure but it was a fine balance and any unexpected major maintenance expenditure or departure of regular users could affect this negatively and threaten the hall’s viability. 

The Trustees still had no formally appointed Chairman, but the Secretary continued acting up in the role as the occasion demands. The addition of two new Trustees last year had greatly helped to keep the hall running but there had been no recruitment of further Trustees because the number of people prepared to volunteer for community activities seem to be diminishing in number generally. 

Wickham Market Trustees 

November 2025 



## STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS 

WICKHAM MARKET VILLAGE HALL 

For the year ended 30[th] September 2025 

We hereby certify that the attached accounts have been prepared, without carrying out an audit, from the information and explanations supplied to us. 

Scoot-Williams Ltd 

Date: 20[th] February 2026 

Registered office: White House, Main Road, Little Glemham, IP13 0BA Co. No.: 14459299 



WICKHAM MARKET VILLAGE HALL 

|**2024**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**Net Income from:**<br>2,854<br>£<br>Bingo<br>4,728<br>£<br>850<br>£<br>Village Show<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Field<br>-<br>£<br>1,158<br>£<br>Wickham Market Movies<br>-<br>£<br>4,862<br>£<br>4,728<br>£<br>**Other Income:**<br>13,651<br>£<br>Letting Fees<br>13,697<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Donations<br>133<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Fund Raising<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Grants<br>250<br>£<br>2,050<br>£<br>Insurance<br>380<br>£<br>240<br>£<br>Car Park<br>480<br>£<br>500<br>£<br>Sundry Income<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Interest Received<br>-<br>£<br>16,441<br>£<br>14,939<br>£<br>**21,303**<br>**£**<br>**TOTAL INCOME**<br>**19,667**<br>**£**<br>Expenditure<br>772<br>£<br>Water<br>782<br>£<br>3,480<br>£<br>Light and Heat<br>3,865<br>£<br>2,450<br>£<br>Insurance and Licenses<br>2,949<br>£<br>4,303<br>£<br>Repairs and Renewals<br>1,676<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Playing Field Costs<br>555<br>£<br>Sundries<br>718<br>£<br>4,286<br>£<br>Cleaning, Refuse & Caretaker<br>4,579<br>£<br>302<br>£<br>Broadband<br>372<br>£<br>400<br>£<br>Modernisation Expenses<br>-<br>£<br>Accountancy<br>360<br>£<br>42<br>£<br>Depreciation<br>31<br>£<br>16,589<br>£<br>15,331<br>£<br>4,714<br>£<br>4,337<br>£<br>**4,714**<br>**£**<br>**Surplus/(deficit) for the year**<br>**4,337**<br>**£**<br>**2025**<br>Income & Expenditure Account for the Year Ended 30th September 2025<br>General Fund|**2024**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**Net Income from:**<br>2,854<br>£<br>Bingo<br>4,728<br>£<br>850<br>£<br>Village Show<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Field<br>-<br>£<br>1,158<br>£<br>Wickham Market Movies<br>-<br>£<br>4,862<br>£<br>4,728<br>£<br>**Other Income:**<br>13,651<br>£<br>Letting Fees<br>13,697<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Donations<br>133<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Fund Raising<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Grants<br>250<br>£<br>2,050<br>£<br>Insurance<br>380<br>£<br>240<br>£<br>Car Park<br>480<br>£<br>500<br>£<br>Sundry Income<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Interest Received<br>-<br>£<br>16,441<br>£<br>14,939<br>£<br>**21,303**<br>**£**<br>**TOTAL INCOME**<br>**19,667**<br>**£**<br>Expenditure<br>772<br>£<br>Water<br>782<br>£<br>3,480<br>£<br>Light and Heat<br>3,865<br>£<br>2,450<br>£<br>Insurance and Licenses<br>2,949<br>£<br>4,303<br>£<br>Repairs and Renewals<br>1,676<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Playing Field Costs<br>555<br>£<br>Sundries<br>718<br>£<br>4,286<br>£<br>Cleaning, Refuse & Caretaker<br>4,579<br>£<br>302<br>£<br>Broadband<br>372<br>£<br>400<br>£<br>Modernisation Expenses<br>-<br>£<br>Accountancy<br>360<br>£<br>42<br>£<br>Depreciation<br>31<br>£<br>16,589<br>£<br>15,331<br>£<br>4,714<br>£<br>4,337<br>£<br>**4,714**<br>**£**<br>**Surplus/(deficit) for the year**<br>**4,337**<br>**£**<br>**2025**<br>Income & Expenditure Account for the Year Ended 30th September 2025<br>General Fund|**2024**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**Net Income from:**<br>2,854<br>£<br>Bingo<br>4,728<br>£<br>850<br>£<br>Village Show<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Field<br>-<br>£<br>1,158<br>£<br>Wickham Market Movies<br>-<br>£<br>4,862<br>£<br>4,728<br>£<br>**Other Income:**<br>13,651<br>£<br>Letting Fees<br>13,697<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Donations<br>133<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Fund Raising<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Grants<br>250<br>£<br>2,050<br>£<br>Insurance<br>380<br>£<br>240<br>£<br>Car Park<br>480<br>£<br>500<br>£<br>Sundry Income<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Interest Received<br>-<br>£<br>16,441<br>£<br>14,939<br>£<br>**21,303**<br>**£**<br>**TOTAL INCOME**<br>**19,667**<br>**£**<br>Expenditure<br>772<br>£<br>Water<br>782<br>£<br>3,480<br>£<br>Light and Heat<br>3,865<br>£<br>2,450<br>£<br>Insurance and Licenses<br>2,949<br>£<br>4,303<br>£<br>Repairs and Renewals<br>1,676<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>Playing Field Costs<br>555<br>£<br>Sundries<br>718<br>£<br>4,286<br>£<br>Cleaning, Refuse & Caretaker<br>4,579<br>£<br>302<br>£<br>Broadband<br>372<br>£<br>400<br>£<br>Modernisation Expenses<br>-<br>£<br>Accountancy<br>360<br>£<br>42<br>£<br>Depreciation<br>31<br>£<br>16,589<br>£<br>15,331<br>£<br>4,714<br>£<br>4,337<br>£<br>**4,714**<br>**£**<br>**Surplus/(deficit) for the year**<br>**4,337**<br>**£**<br>**2025**<br>Income & Expenditure Account for the Year Ended 30th September 2025<br>General Fund|
|---|---|---|
||13,697<br>£<br>133<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>250<br>£<br>380<br>£<br>480<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£|4,728<br>£|
||782<br>£<br>3,865<br>£<br>2,949<br>£<br>1,676<br>£<br>718<br>£<br>4,579<br>£<br>372<br>£<br>360<br>£<br>31<br>£|14,939<br>£|
|||**19,667**<br>**£**|
||||
|||15,331<br>£|
|||4,337<br>£|
|||**4,337**<br>**£**|
||||





WICKHAM MARKET VILLAGE HALL 

## Modernisation Fund 

Income & Expenditure Account for the Year Ended 30th September 2025 

|**2024**<br>**£**<br>Income:<br>-<br>£<br>Grants and donations received<br>-<br>£<br>Transfer from general fund<br>-<br>£<br>Fund raising events<br>2,782<br>£<br>Bingo donations<br>-<br>£<br>Donation from General fund<br>2,782<br>£<br>Expenditure:<br>-<br>£<br>Structural Survey<br>-<br>£<br>Architects<br>-<br>£<br>Expenses of fund-raising events<br>-<br>£<br>Printing, Advertising, Posters etc<br>-<br>£<br>Sundry<br>-<br>£<br>**2,782**<br>**£**<br>**Surplus/(deficit) for the year**|**£**<br>**£**<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>1,035.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>**2025**|**£**<br>**£**<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>1,035.00<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>**2025**|
|---|---|---|
||-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>425.00<br>£|1,035.00<br>£|
||||
|||425.00<br>£|
||||
|||**610**<br>**£**|





WICKHAM MARKET VILLAGE HALL 

Balance Sheet as at 30th September 2025 

|**2024**<br>**£**<br>Fixed Assets:<br>76,622<br>£<br>Hall Extension<br>Fixtures, Fittings& Equipment<br>166<br>£<br>As at 1st October 2024<br>-<br>£<br>Additions<br>166<br>£<br>42<br>£<br>Less Depreciation<br>125<br>£<br>Archive Shed<br>-<br>£<br>As at 1st October 2025<br>-<br>£<br>Less Depreciation<br>Portacabin<br>1<br>£<br>As at 1st October 2026<br>-<br>£<br>Less Depreciation<br>1<br>£<br>**76,748**<br>**£**<br>**TOTAL FIXED ASSETS**<br>Current Assets<br>Bank Accounts<br>39,864<br>£<br>General Fund<br>66,266<br>£<br>Modernisation Fund (Co-Op)<br>35,250<br>£<br>Modernisation Fund (Barclays)<br>Cash in Hand<br>14<br>£<br>General Fund<br>40<br>£<br>Modernisation Fund<br>141,434<br>£<br>218,182<br>£<br>LESS: Current Liabilities<br>(360)<br>£<br>Sundry creditors<br>Hire Deposits Held<br>(380)<br>£<br>Key Deposits Held<br>**217,442**<br>**£**<br>**NET ASSETS**|£<br>£<br>76,622<br>£<br>125<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>31<br>£<br>2025|£<br>£<br>76,622<br>£<br>125<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>31<br>£<br>2025|
|---|---|---|
||0<br>0<br>1<br>0|94<br>£|
||||
||43,872<br>£<br>67,301<br>£<br>34,826<br>£<br>14<br>£<br>40<br>£|1<br>£|
|||**76,717**<br>**£**|
||146,053<br>£<br>222,770<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>-<br>£<br>(380)<br>£<br>**222,390**<br>**£**|146,053<br>£|
|||**222,390**<br>**£**|





WICKHAM MARKET VILLAGE HALL 

Balance Sheet 30th September 2025 

|Represented by:-<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>General funds<br>106,876<br>£<br>As at 1 October 2024<br>4,715<br>£<br>Surplus for the year<br>111,591<br>£<br>Modernisation Fund<br>98,770<br>£<br>As at 1 October 2024<br>2,782<br>£<br>Surplus for the year<br>101,552<br>£<br>Wickham Market Movies Reserve Fund<br>4,000<br>£<br>As at 1 October 2024<br>Surplus for the year<br>4,000<br>£<br>Village Show Reserve Fund<br>300<br>£<br>As at 1 October 2024<br>Surplus for the year<br>300<br>£<br>217,442<br>£|£<br>£<br>111,591<br>£<br>4,337<br>£<br>2025|£<br>£<br>111,591<br>£<br>4,337<br>£<br>2025|
|---|---|---|
||101,552<br>£<br>610<br>£|115,928<br>£|
||||
||4,000<br>£|102,162<br>£|
||||
||300<br>£|4,000<br>£|
||||
|||300<br>£|
||||
|||222,390<br>£|