(HARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examlner's Report
Report to the trustees
On accounts for the year
ended
Charity no
(if any)
113wL4L
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity {"the Trusf,) for the year ended 31 I . 14.
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the chartty's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent tThe charity's gross income exceeded £250.000 and l am qualrfied to
examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of
applicable listed bodyll. Delete [ ] if not applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete t17e words in the brackets rf they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
1.31L/Is
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
IER
Oct 2018
Addréss:
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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
Oct 2018
|**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**Friends of Whitburn Library**
**To**
31/8/2024
**For the period**
**from**
1/9/2023
~~==aoe~~|**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**Friends of Whitburn Library**
**To**
31/8/2024
**For the period**
**from**
1/9/2023
~~==aoe~~|
|---|---|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**Total funds**
**Last year**||
|**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||
|Grants
**32,960**
**-**
**-**
**32,960**
**3,559**
Donations
**799**
**-**
**-**
**799**
**3,047**
Fundraising Activities
**9,392**
**-**
**-**
**9,392**
**9,776**
Refreshment and Product Sales
Fundraising
**1,688**
**-**
**-**
**1,688**
**486**
Room Hire
**483**
**-**
**-**
**483**
**1,991**
Photocopying/Misc
**860**
**-**
**-**
**860**
**604**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~**_Sub total_**~~~~_(Gross income for_~~**46,181**
**-**
**-**
**46,181**
**19,463**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~**_Sub total_**~~**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 46,181**
**-**
**-**
**46,181**
**19,463**
~~oS~~
~~SSS SSS~~||
|**A3 Payments**
Facilities Improvements and Maintenance
**27,855**
**-**
**-**
**27,855**
**12,684**
Costs of FundraisingActivities
**2,001**
**-**
**-**
**2,001**
**3,166**
Costs of Refreshment and Product Sales
**306**
**-**
**-**
**306**
**231**
Photocopying/Stationery/Misc
**478**
**-**
**-**
**478**
**60**
Building/Cleaning/SecurityCosts
**1,207**
**-**
**-**
**1,207**
**1,115**
Utilities
**8,512**
**-**
**-**
**8,512**
**7,957**
Insurance
**524**
**-**
**-**
**524**
**457**
IT
**2,499**
**-**
**-**
**2,499**
**1,614**
Bank Charges
**101**
**-**
**-**
**101**
**100**
**_Sub total_ 43,484**
**-**
**-**
**43,484**
**27,384**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 43,484**
**-**
**-**
**43,484**
**27,384**
~~—~~||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**2,697**
**-**
**- 2,697**
**- 7,921**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**27,283**
**- -**
**27,283**
**35,204**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**29,980**
**-**
**- 29,980**
**27,283**
**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
~~=~~||
|**Categories**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**Details**||
|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||
|**29,980**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**29,980**
**-**
**-**
**B1 Cash funds**
Cash at Bank
**_Total cash funds_**
~~<==~~||
|(agree balances with receipts and payments||
|OK
OK
OK
account(s))||
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
10/06/2025
1
|Signed by one or two trustees on
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
~~**asset belongs**~~
**Fund to which**
~~**t bl**~~|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
~~**asset belongs**~~
**Fund to which**
~~**t bl**~~|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost(optional)**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost(optional)**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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Signature||**Fund to which**
**Amount due**
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
10/06/2025
2
||Friends of Whitburn Library|
|---|---|
||Registered Charity Number 1174421|
||Annual Report & Financial Statement 2023-2024|
||Friends of Whitburn Library|
||Legal and Administratve informaton|
|Name:|Friends of Whitburn Library|
|Charity number:|1174421|
|Trustees|J Warren (Actng Chair)|
||H Larcombe (Treasurer)|
||J Lucas (Actng Secretary)|
||C Collinge|
|Governing Document:|
The charity operates under its governance|
||document as a Charitable lncorporated|
||Organisaton, registered 30th August 2017|
|Address:|Hedworth Terrace|
||Whitburn|
||Tyne and Wear|
||SR6 7EN|
|Bank:|Reliance Bank Ltd|
||Faith House|
||23-24 Lovat Lane|
||London|
||EC3R 8EB|
## **Friends of Whitburn Library**
## **Trustees Report**
Friends of Whitburn Library completed its 7[th] year of operation as a Charitable lncorporated Organisation on 31[st] August 2024 and is governed by the constitution dated 30th August 2017.
## **1. Objectives and activities**
## 1.1 The objectives of the CIO are;
i) To advance the education of the public in Whitburn by the running and management of a community library for the benefit of the said residents and within which to educate the public about the history and heritage of Whitburn through educational displays and other such means as the trustees deem fit;
ii)To promote for the benefit of the residents of Whitburn and its environs the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the objective of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants.
## 1.2 The activities of the CIO are focused in the area of;
- i) Education and training
ii)Arts/culture/heritage/science
iii)Recreation
iv)The advancement of health and reduction of social isolation
v)Provides opportunities to support the vulnerable and those with a disability.
vi)Economic/comm unity development/ employment
vii) Other charitable purposes
## 1.3 Who the charity helps
i) Children and young people
ii) Elderly and/or vulnerable people
iii) People with disabilities
iv) The public
1.4 How the charity helps
i)Provides buildings/facilities and spaces
ii) Provides services
iii) Provides advocacy/advice/information
iv) Provides an increasing range of recreational activities
## **2. Main achievements during the year**
2.1 The library continues to operate under the management of the trustees and is well supported by volunteers who provide a range of support for the community. Recruitment of both trustees and volunteers remain strong. The trustees meet monthly to review the success of the library and plan its development.
2.2 Volunteers operate on a rota basis to welcome visitors who require books or other services, some provide specialist support e.g., IT expertise and French conversation. Others arrange activities for groups who meet regularly or raise funds through activities such as coffee mornings. Without our volunteers the library would not be such a vibrant and welcoming place.
2.3 The community managed library continues to receive support from the local council in the form of new stock (books), access to the library management software and inter-library loans service, with support and advice from its employees.
2.4 ln order to fund activities, resources, running costs and maintenance of the building our volunteers and trustees work hard to raise funds. This is done through donations, fundraising events/activities and through grant applications.
2.5 The library has continued to provide services in the form of book borrowing, advice, access to computers and printing facilities.
2.6 After the receipt of Catherine Cookson Foundation Grant we were able to replace the old library
windows. This, along with the new heating system controls implemented earlier in the year, substantially reduced the heating costs.
## 2.7 Volunteers have continued to provide support for extra activities. These are,
i) Reading groups
ii) Pilates classes
iii) Knitting groups
iv) Conversational French
v) A weekly music night
vi) Monthly talks on a wide range of subjects by local experts.
vii) Wine tasting
viii) Local secondary school children were based in the library to help support the
completion of the Duke of Edinburgh scheme
ix) Arts and craft sessions were available to younger children during school holidays
2.8 New fundraising activities have been added.
i) Book sales; selling donated books at quarterly events
ii) Acapella Choir Group
iii) Dementia Café Support group
iv) Daytime Disco Dance events
- 2.9 Community services
i) Local councillor surgeries
ii) Cuppa with a copper. The opportunity to have informal chats with the local community police officers
## **3. Risks**
3.1 The trustees are aware of the challenges that we face with financial and operational risks which include but are not limited to;
i)Developing sustainable income streams to meet the costs associated with opening and operating an ageing building.
ii) Planning for the replacement of a building which is not environmentally friendly and will come to the end of its useful life within the terms of the lease.
iii) The identification and access to funding/grants to support the introduction of activities and provide capital improvements to the building.
iv) The trustees are aware of the need to plan for the future by considering the role of community libraries, adaption their roster of activities, and considering the future of the building. It is intended to commence a review process in FY 24/25, in July of 2024 we began a process recruitment of new trustees to the board in order to facilitate these discussions.
v) After successfully dealing with a number of disagreements disputes between volunteers the trustees are confident that our procedures for managing disputes and complaints are robust. However, we aware of the need to review these processes and procedures regularly.
vi) Succession planning for trustees and volunteers.
3.2 The trustees are confident that these challenges will be met with the continuing support of volunteers and the wider community.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees Dr Jonathan Warren
Signed
## **Notes**
No Trustees or persons connected to the charity received any renumeration during the year The charity has no employees.
There are no debtors/creditors at the end of the accounting year.