Newsham Matters CIO Registered number 1172885 Annual Report and Accounts for the period l April 2024 to 31 March 2025 Principal operating address: 19 St. Bedes Place BLYfH Northumberland NE24 4BJ Trustees: Susan Hood Lesley Hood George Vinnerd Dora Alderslade Sarah Asman Mandy Mason Jane Matthews Princi alob ectives To advance education for the public benefit by the prov15ion of community learning for residents of Newsham and surrounding areas. To promote health and wellbeing for the public benefit by raising awareness of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle for resldents of Newsham and surrounding areas. Provldlng cost affective trips for families and the elderly and a cost-effective lunch once a week. Public Benefit Statement The main attivities of New5ham Matters are described below and are undertaken to further our charitable purposes for the public benefit. In planning these acttvlties, the trustees have given due regard to the Charlty Commission's public benefit guidance. Structure overnance and mana ement The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered charity number is 1172885. The charity's governing document is its Foundation Constitution which was approved by the Trustees and last amended 21st March 2017. The charity has no paid staff and trustees are volunteers. The Trustees are elected by the existing group of trustees. None of the trustees has received payrnent or reimbursement of expenses for their work as trustees. Recruitment and A ointment of Trustees Trustees are elected and co-opted in accordance with the terms set out in the constitution. The trustees have overall control and responsibility for decision making. Trustee5 seek to ensure that the users, needs are reflected through the diversity of the Board. They are encouraged to attend training and involved in decision making processes and future plan5.
Financial Our financial position is satisfactory. Our income was through our weekly lunch club. This provides stability to our income. Our operakn'ng costs continue to be low due time given free from volunteers who deliver our activities. Our main costs are payments for lunch club and craft club expenditure. Risk Mana ment We have assessed the major risks in particular those related to our operations and finance5. No major risks have been identified. The level of free reserves held by the charity are sufficient to sustain our activities and provide financial flexibility for future challenges. Achlevements Newsham Matters has 7 trustees who help manage the day to day running of the organisation. Our volunteers help with the planning of our sessions and enable us to deliver our well attended group5 and activities. Volunteers have accessed food hygiene training enabling us to deliver safe and effective sessions. Our lunch club is popular with local residents, and we have continued to provide affordable meals every week from the local community centre. This year we have delivered our lunch club sessions supplying meals to local people who may struggle to make a lunch or not eat as they are on their own. Our weekly craft group is attended by over 10 local people of all ages each week. We provide variou5 craft opportunities enabling people to learn new skills and 50cialise with others in a relaxed, friendly environment. We provided family activities during school holidays where families attended along wlth their children. We have set up a WhatsApp group enabling us to improve booking procedures and provide timely information and details about planned trips. We have also set our Newsham Matters Facebook page to inform people about our actlvlties. The group offer free tea and coffee. The communitv can attend if they would just like some cornpany and a chat, they do not have to take part in any of the activities. We continue to welcome community groups and organisations to the group provldlng demonstrations and local information for our members. We continue to deliver our sessions from the Pavillion Community Centre. The venue is situated in the local park giving our members the opportunity to access the activities or relax and enjoy the outdoors when attending the group. The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's Trustees. Signature: Name: Trustee
Annual Accounts for Newsham Matters 1st April 2024 - March 31st 2025 CIO Charity Number 1172885 Income Expenditure Room Hire Stationery Craft Club Miscellaneous Insurance 1692.05 65.88 178.20 479.78 247.76 Total Income Expenditure 2663.67 Income from lunch club 1608 Expenditure lunch club 1781.11 Total Income 1608 Total Expenditure 4444.78 Opening Balance Lunch Club in hand Total Income 24-25 Tota I Expenditure 24-25 End of year balance 9657.82 285.32 1608 11551.14 4444.78 7106.36 Signature Position Treasurer Signature Organisation CVABV