## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 27[th] August 2024 Period start date To 26[th] August 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: THE CHELLASTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION** ## **Charity registration number: 1173163** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote the benefits of the inhabitants
of Chellaston and the neighbourhood
without distinction of sex or of political,
religious, or other opinions by associating
of the local authorities, voluntary
organisations, and inhabitants in a common
effort to advance education and to provide
facilities in the interests of social welfare for
recreation and leisure time occupation with
the object of improving the conditions of life
for the said inhabitants.
To maintain and manage the Community
centre and to co-operate with the local
authority in the maintenance and
management of the centre for the activities
promoted by the Association and its’
constituent bodies in furtherance of the
above purposes.
The Association shall be non-party in
politics and non-sectarian in religion.
The Association shall have the power to
affiliate to the National Federation of
Community Associations and other
organisations with similar charitable objects
and purposes.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The centre operates seven days a week
being available from 8am to 10pm. The
facilities include a main hall; the new West
suite expansion which opened for business
in November 2024; one small meeting
room, a cloakroom, toilets, kitchen as well
as a large outdoors grassed area and
communal car park.
Activities include a pre-school nursery,
various fitness, dance, and martial arts
classes, an over 60’s indoor games club, a
Brownies, and Rainbows group, one AA
group and three Child health clinics, one for
Derby City and two for South Derbyshire. In| |||addition, children’s parties take place most
weekends.
The pre-school nursery can now operate
five days a week (08:00 to 15:15) as some
previous users of the main hall have
voluntarily moved to the West suite to
accommodate these enhanced hours.
The centre is a low-cost hire venue, and all
users benefit from this.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|We now offer two good sized hire rooms
which provide the village and surrounding
area with much improved facilities and this
also includes the use of two gardens for
hirers to take advantage of.
We write a monthly newsletter which is
printed in a local monthly magazine
informing residents of our progress and
plans.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|A small number of friends and family of the
Trustees help at the “Spirit of Chellaston”
event where we open the centre and
provide food and drinks and toilet facilities
for the event held on a neighbouring park.
Similarly, we host a carol singing event in
December.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Our new expansion project, named the
West suite has been completed and has
come in within our construction budget.
This has allowed the pre-school nursery to
now operate over 36 hours per week in the
main hall.
The West suite is proving very popular and
is virtually full now most evenings. And a
south Derbyshire based child clinic use it
extensively for two days a week.
Improvements have been made recently
with the addition of some “sound boards” in
the West suite to help with the acoustics.| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|This was another solid and consistent year
of business for the Chellaston Community
Association. The centre bookings for both
the Main Hall and new West suite are
virtually full of regular hirers and weekend
party bookings.
Our bank balance is very healthy, and we
are currently considering new projects like:
Solar panels and improvements to our main
entrance lobby area.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held at £20k, roughly in line
with Charity Commission guidelines. We
are now upping this to £30k because of our
new West suite building.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£20k| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Monies received from both regular hirers
and weekend children’s party hire.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Election of residents of Chellaston village
at AGM| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|All Trustees have:
1) A Health and Safety induction
2) Fire safety training
3) Meet and Greet inductions for weekend
party hire and new regular hire inductions
Trustees also carry out annual Fire safety
audits with all our current regular hirers.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|We have a good working relationship with
the Chellaston Residents Association, with
whom we share a Chellaston Community
Garden, this also includes regular
maintenance.
Similarly, the Spirit of Chellaston group who
hold an annual fete on a neighbouring park.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Chellaston Community Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1173163| |Charity’s principal address|The Chellaston Community Association
Barley Croft
Chellaston
DERBY
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**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dave Cartwright|Chairman||| ||Hugh Craig|Secretary||| ||Paul Hicklin|Treasurer||| ||Anne Haywood|President||| ||Joyce Chadwick|Bookings Secretary||| ||Ian Colder|||| ||RayWatts|||| ||AndyHill||To 13thMay2025 only|| ||Russ Armstrong|||| ||RoyWitheford|||| ||James Dunnicliffe||To 9thNov. 2024 only|| ||Colin Drury|||| ||CharitySithole||To 17thOct. 2024 only|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 whole year**|| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** ~~a~~ **Full name(s)** Paul Hicklin ~~ee ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** ~~ee ee~~ **Date** 12/12/2025 2024 1869S.75 2256S. 161D4A5 9983.75 63st.8S 515650 5p1nfoFaj￿1•yIv￿￿￿nt io.oo 40.09 8994.62 L58ZA4 51369.88 TOTAl￿￿emE 248.a4 142.58 501.26 5qz.ii 7559.94 11712.64 PwwllFTr5 11520 179.85 4272 01 1084 ID LOE7A5 1242.0 tr4CCTr?d¢Wa5Eec0lle£t￿ 709.6$ 360 EA 5522 71 6961A6 156105 121.68 *102hkn 131.8Q 49152 4tl.Z9 W¢st 460.80 460*0 2890.18 E790.OQ 3274D4.3S 1121Ql.70 2586.06 4696.39 PA 198AD -919)2.9$ Balontt&lFlromA st2Q23 194931.06 I￿￿al.06 IUJOi&OB 79L60 191139.46 2JO6 It IQ0721.ylJ 1949ai.06 Prov1￿￿￿OFweStf￿d **￿n￿ON 4DO fvnd51 -34iDo.00 .iOBOQ 00 -3500ts. .2?51 77 .1650fNI -20000.0 C*itTrFinanc￿ .IWn)Q.QO 7019.fyl 53PS.74 -700Q.00 4350.L¥) 15_7$ Audkerf by. ¢trk ￿_ CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examlner's Report . _""" Report to the trusteesl members of k'>. knriELJ.SI 014 C-. On accounts for the year ended 26" AUGUST 2025 Charity no (if any) 1173163 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust"} for the year ended X l ots jLL)J Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the ACY,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material tnatters have (x)me to my attention (otts￿ t1￿7 Ikat d&** b@b8bv ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ase delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Independent examinerfs statement Signed". Date: Name: BRIAN HILL Relevant professional qualification(s) or body {if any): Address: IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018