Felling Community Association CIO Registered Charity No. 1173631 Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2023 · Page 1 |**Contents:**|| |---|---| |Legal and Administrative Information|Page3| |TrusteesReport|Page4| |ExaminersReport|Page5| |Receipts andPaymentsAccount|Page6| |StatementofAssets andLiabilities|Page7| |Notes to theAccounts|Page 8| Page 2 > Charity Name: Felling Community Association CIO Charity No: 1173631 Registered Office: Felling Community Centre Crowhall Lane Felling Gateshead Tyne and Wear NE10 ONF ## Trustees: Chair Claire Hutchinson Secretary Maureen Southern MBE Treasurer David Semmence Joanne Myers Diane Semmence Neville Lennox Karen Llewellyn William Swaddle Independent Examiner: Prontax Ltd, Chartered Accountants 25 Briardene Drive Gateshead Tyne & Wear NE10 8AN Lloyds Bank PLC Bankers: 17 Ellison Walk Gateshead Tyne and Wear NE8 1BF National Savings and Investments Glasgow G581SB **Page 3** **Felling Community Association Chairperson’s Annual Report 2023** 2023 has been a strange year for the Trustees and our regular customers, as we expected to move to our new premises but we are starting 2024 (and our 55[th] year of operation) in our existing building. This has made future planning rather difficult as we haven’t received a firm moving date, so we are taking bookings without knowing if we can fulfil them in our current location. Despite the circumstances, we have worked undeterred in 2023 to further build our client base, including raising our online presence via our social media platforms. We also carried out another leaflet drop to local residents about what we have to offer and to remind them of our upcoming move to new premises. Once again, the community centre has hosted a diverse range of events during the year, with birthday parties, weddings and religious celebrations being held in our building. We are delighted that so many communities are choosing to celebrate in our venue. Our over 50s social afternoon has grown in popularity over the year and provides a much-needed afternoon of enjoyment for our older community every other week. Thank you to the volunteers who help with this event, and the entertainers who bring so much joy to the attendees. Unfortunately, we have been subjected to vandalism and threatening behaviour from some of the younger residents which has personally affected our Trustees, leaving us feeling unsafe in our building. This behaviour is unacceptable and we will continue to work with Gateshead Council and Northumbria Police to ensure it doesn’t continue. Thinking forward to 2024, we are preparing for our upcoming move (date to be confirmed) and will be taking a break from bookings in order to move to our new building. We will then host an open day to welcome in our existing customers and our new neighbours. My thanks to all of the community centre Trustees, but particularly a huge thank you to Maureen Southern, Diane Semmence and David Semmence for their continued hard work and dedication to the association. Without them, there would be no community centre. Wishing all our members and customers a happy and prosperous 2024. ## **Claire Hutchinson** Chairperson Felling Community Association Page 4 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name FELLING COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO **members of On accounts for the year** 31[ST] DECEMBER 2023 **Charity no** 1173631 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 6 to 8 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) - I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/12/2023** **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 Act”). 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. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) 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 concerns 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. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** William Swaddle **Date:** 15/04/2024 **Name:** William Swaddle **Relevant professional** Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 25 Briardene Drive, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE10 8AN **Page 5** ## **Felling Community Association - CIO** ## **Receipts And Payments Account 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023** |||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**2023**|**2022**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Notes**|**£**|**£**||| |**Receipts**|||||| |Income from Activities|3|-|28722.50|28722.50|13695.00| |Grants||-|0.00|0.00|2667.00| |Fundraising& Donations|4|-|139.10|139.10|126.00| |Events We Run|5||1849.40|1849.40|985.50| |Interest on NS&I Savings|||206.47|206.47|24.81| |Refunds|6||1152.33|1152.33|-| |Other Income|7|-|799.17|799.17|139.88| ||||||| |**Total Receipts**||-|**32868.97**|**32868.97**|**17638.19**| ||||||| |**Payments**|||||| |Utilities|8|-|9392.21|9392.21|10247.13| |Telephone||-|725.14|725.14|591.88| |BuildingExpenses|9|-|9173.19|9173.19|10083.94| |Professional Fees||-|420.00|420.00|420.00| |Other Fees|10|-|70.00|70.00|-| |Office Costs|11|-|140.24|140.24|95.94| |Publicity|||38.83|38.83|1303.56| |Costs for events we ran|12||105.49|105.49|717.09| |Other Expenses|13|-|516.36|516.36|126.27| ||||||| |**Total Payments**||-|**20581.46**|**20581.46**|**23585.81**| ||||||| |**Surplus/Deficit for theperiod**||-|**12287.51**|**12287.51**|**-5947.62**| ||||||| |**Funds Brought Forward**
**1st January 2023**||-|**40503.11**|**40503.11**|**-**| ||||||| ||||||| |**Funds Carried Forward**
**31st December 2023**||-|**52790.62**|**52790.62**|**-**| ||||||| Page 6 Statement of Assets and Liabilities As At 31st December 2023 2023 2022 Notes Current Assets: Cash at bank Petty Cash 14 25826.00 71.77 13732.40 84.33 Other Monetsry Assets: NS&I Account 15 26892.85 26686.38 Total Current Assets: 52790.62 40503.11 Current Liabilities: Total Current Liabilitle5: Net Assets: 52790.62 40503.11 Represented By: Restricted Reserves Unrestricted Reserves 52790.62 40503.11 Total Funds: 16 52790.62 40503.11 The finandal statements were approved by the followlng members of the board of trustees Signed........................................... reasurerl . {Secretaryl Page 7 **Felling Community Association - CIO Notes to the accounts as at 31st December 2023** ||**Notes to the accounts as at 31st December 2023**
**Felling Community Association - CIO**| |---|---| |1|The accounts are prepared on the receipts and payments basis in accordance with
the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.| ||| |2|Felling Community Association - CIO is a Registered Charity No. 1173631 and was
registered on 30th June 2017. The organisation is governed by a Board of
Trustees.| ||| |3|This includes room hire - £28722.50| ||| |4|This includes:
Easter Hamper Raffle - £74.00
Donations - £65.10| ||| |5|This Includes:
Over 50's entertainment afternoons - £1626.10
Coronation Event - £56.50
Cafe Sales - £166.80| ||| |6|This Includes:
Everflow water usage over-estimate - £400.85
WAVE water usage over-estimate - £626.15
VM Business refund from a previous year - £14.10
Pointer Fire credit note - £111.23| ||| |7|This Includes:
Rubbish Removal fee charged to clients - £280.00
TUBZ Vending - £127.60
GMBC to cover costs due to fire alarm fault in tower block - £111.23
Maureen Southern payment towards heating costs (later refunded) - £200.00
Claire Hutchinson payment towards booking error (later refunded) - £10.00
Payment for door duties during private party - £60.00
Monies found around building- £10.34| ||| |8|This Includes:
Gas - £5158.81
Electricity - £3414.00
Water - £819.40| ||| |9|This Includes:
Fire Protection - £415.06
Music Fees (PPL/PRS) - £161.63
GMBC Rent - £400.00
Maintenance - £608.93
Cleaning - £6478.00
Insurance - £809.07
Waste Managment(GMBC)- £300.50| ||| |10|This includes: Court fees(plaintiff chasingnon-payment)- £70.00| ||| |11|This includes: Stationery- £140.24| ||| |12|This includes:
Coronation Event - £45.49
O50's Entertainment - £60.00| ||| |13|This Includes:
Misc Trustees' Expenses - £132.66
Diane door attandance for private event - £60.00
Christmas Decorations - £70.70
Refundedpayments - £253.00| ||| |14|Bank balance as at 31st December 2023| ||| |15|Balance in NS&I Investment Account as at 31st December 2023| ||| |16|Total funds available to the charityas at 31st December 2023| Page 8