Charfty Name Oonnlngton Partnernhlp CIO No Ilf any) 1175291 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Period 8t8rt dst8 P•rityJ •nd dato 30109r2025 For th• ￿rIod from To 0111012024 Section A Receipts and payments Unro8trlcted fund$ R•gtrlctod fund• to tho n••wt É Endowm8nt lund• Tolal fund• La•tyear ¢0 th• n•are¥t ttsth• nurtttf ¢olh• n•8mt£ A1 R•¢•l Café In¢))rr Inttrresl ewronment lunrkn dub ts)mmunlty couch lo sk b6aarvtitsp￿en91S￿￿ fvndr81sino19rJnt sevem trent gr•ni Cornmunty Hub warm hub c&Yp miT¥ t¥J8 ,905 251 18,810 266 3,065 3.928 161 2,740 1.587 2.731 20.47$ 20,47S 34998 36,998 25.521 qo,000 4.074 4,000 7,102 7.102 Sub total(Gross income for AR) IW.799 134,$91 A2 Asset and investment sales. Is80 table). Sub total Total rncelpts A3Pa ments fund raising warm hub Café E¥pendituro beaclivelsporf er¥JlarKI )uc* 10 sk 5unth dub se¥em trent gf3nl ¢ommunty frvJg¢ c&Yp 21,39B 4.000 71,996 1A60 608 2.964 10.839 907 a,461 1.041 21,398 3.638 10.IWO 69.fj69 $45 71,996 2.954 10,839 957 3.461 1.041 $4,601 21 9.165 t,245 4.592 99 29.348 mini bu5 CommuNty Hub enTrAr(￿ent 54,601 21 118.634 173.238 1J3,450 Sub total A4 A88•t •nd Inv•¥tm&nt purchas￿, l$fr• tsblol Sub total ,450 Totalpayments Net of recelpts/(payments) AS Transfers b9tween fvnd¥ A6 C￿h funds l*•t yoar •nd C•sh lunds th1$ y•ar ond 18,603 20,041 644 17.349 Section B Statement o Categorlg8 Unr•Jtrlct•d Rostrlctgd Endowmènt to ***r••t £ to r••rn•t t 19.ge• Bl Ca8h fund• Tot•1 cash fvnd• 2.779 w￿￿•>) P4r8err*nl Error Agr88nwnt Error Unrejtrlcted R•strict8d funds fund• t• nMr••¢ £ OK Endowment lunds to nwrmt £ D•t•il# to n•¥rw £ B2 Other monetsry a¥80ts Fund to Twhlch •u•t b•￿￿ Curr•rrtvJlu• l¢>nal O•tal B3 Investment a880ts Fund ¢0 ¥knlch CuTf•rt v•lu• tlonal Detsil¥ Co•tlopUon* B4 Assets retalned for th• charity's own use Co￿rIa RaThJe Sn4 2￿5561 SIN ￿￿￿271211 Llxiihl Freetrr Ffftl t•twhl¢h r•M Amount du• du• lowtonall BS Llabllltlos Skjnatufe Prfnt Name Date of rov¥l Signed by OM truste•s on È¢haW ol all the trusttss a Circle os One Registered charity number.. 1175291 Annual Report of the Charity's activities and accounts For the year 1st October 2024 to 30th September 2025 Donnington Partnership Charity No. 1175291 Charity activities for the year ending 30th September 2025 Contents Pa 1. Reference and administration details 2. Chair of the Trustees report 3. Treasurer's report 4. Independent examiners report 5. Receipts and payments Donnington Partnershlp Charltable Trust Charity No. 1175291 Charity name: Donnington Partnershlp CIO Registered charity number.. 1175291 Charity's principal address., Donnington Communty Hub, St Matthews Road, Donnington Wood, Telford TF2 7PR Names of the trustees: Rose Gregory, Trustee chair Jane Hassall, Trustee Heather Cooper Trustee Sharon Watkins, Trustee Mas Sowak Trustee lan Harvey Trustee Darren Hassall Trustee. Structure ovemance and mana Donnington Partnership is a registered charity with 7 trustees who have overall responsibility for the Partnership's business. Trustees are elected each year at the Donnington Partnership Annual General Meeting. The organisation was established in 1997, became a registered charity on 28th February 2011. changed to a CIO in 2017 and is governed by a constitution dated 2017. Chari ob'ectives and activities: The Charity's objects are to promote such charitable purposes for the benefit of the inhabitants of Donnington Telford and Wrekin as the trustees shall determine, including the advancement of education, relief of poverty arKI the preseNation and protection of good health. The charity works closely with a locally oiganisations who meet with the trustees to help address local issues and help to meet the charity's objects through the following ways.. 1. The Charity runs a community ￿ntre which provides social, leaming and training opportunities to the public and local residents. 2. The charity provides a volunteer managed communty café. a suc￿Ssful community café with a team of volunteers, three employed positions, The cafe provides affordable healthy meals in the community hub daily and a meal delivery 8ervice to vulnerable Indivlduals and older people'8 clubs in the local area. The café volunteers receive valuable skills and confldence-building tralning along with work-based experience and it has supported many people back Into employment through this route. The café also provides a meal delivery servSce, a buffet catering servlce and hosts food taster promotion events for the local communlty to try different types of food. 3. The Charity also looks after the local communty Orchard with 3 volunteers. 4. Organises other ad-hoc provisionl facilits'es as and when need arises, which is directed by the needs of local groups. 5. Throughout the year the Donnington Parthership also host several meetings arKI or events that are aimed to encourage and stimulate community engagement and involvement; a community engagement meeting is organised every 6 months, which is ement an open public meeting for all resklents and people worklng In and around t)onningt¢Th to atteThJ. 6. The Charity has a weekty youth dub in the summer changing to a IOrtn￿hfy youth dub in winter Nn by volunteers. and all ty to encourage other members of the c(%nmunty to take parL 7. Tr charity se&ks and applies to extemal furKling bodies, where appropriate, to support its charitable aims. It has a strong history of being very successful in obtaining grant furKling and wY)rking with partner agencies to deliver projects and activities that have Iped to address issues, provided improvements to seNices and facilib'es in the community and strengthened local communty engagement. Donnlngton Partner8hlp Annual General M•etlng Chalr of the Tru8toe• report 202&2025 Chairs Report 2025 The Centre Fs getting busier, and room hire has pid(ed up, I would like to thank Ihe Staff for all their hard work, and Richard for is work in getting in grants to support the local communty. We have had a busy year. ￿ have started a veterans lunch every Thursday, hekl a Chrisknas fayre, bingo sessions that families can attend. We have taken on Sue as an assistant manager for 12 months. The orchard volunteer has run a pruning session where people can come along take part and leam new skills, encourage people to use the orchard and harvest fruit The kitchen has been very busy with more people tying the meals on wheel Se￿1￿, the lunch clubs continue to be very popular. The Youth club hired a bus for children and Parents to go Dudley Zoo for the day, and we hope this may become an annual event "rf we can get the funding. We also held chiklren's activities durirKJ the holidays. We had some extra funding and took children to exotic Zoo. We attended the Donnington & Muxton Parish Council Christmas L'uhts switch on, this was very successful for fund raising, and advertising the events arKJ courses taken pla at the hub. The Centre Manager secured some fvnding to run a warm hub over the winter months; this has proved very popular wth lots of people attending the centre. He has also got some money for a communty fridge where people can get free food this started in early 2024 and is ongoing. The centre manager manged to get some MO￿ fvnding to employ an assistant ￿ntre manager for 12 months she will start in September, and the contract ends September 2025 The ￿ntre has 4 charging points for electric cars, which we hope will help residents, The￿ have now been registered and should be advertised on the national ev charging point list. This year has seen the centre upgraded with new disabled ramps, new securty cameras new tables and chairs in the café area, new carpets and lino, and the ￿ntre painted throughout. DONNINGTON PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST AGM 17103126 Tr¢asurn Rep)rt for Financial Year Ending 30th Septemkn 2025 The financial statements for Ihis year show an operating deficit from last year. due to spending the grant money. Recei Overall receipts for the year were £134.591 a) The partnership receNed several grants during thbs financial year. b) The Communty Café received income of £65.905 during this financial year. c) Grants Tetford & Wrekin £10,550 Warm Hub £4,000 Morrisons '£10.000 ments Total payments for the year were £172.235 Café experKliture totalled £71.995 The café did not make profit this year due the purchasing of new equipment, and a rise in ernployment costs. Ca8h Reserves As of 30th September 2025, the balance of the current account stood at £19,966.71, In addition to this there is a further £28,855.50 hekl in an instant savings account, ar £21,143 Into a 32day account. Mas Sowak Treasurer Donnlngton Parlnernhlp CIO Notlcg of Annual G•noral Mootlng 2026 O (It¢l¢ Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Donnington Partnership Charitable Trust will be held at Donnington Communty Hub on Tuesday 171h March at 3.30pm to carry out the following business. AGENDA 1. Welcome and apologie8 A general introdudion and to receive apologies from those unable to attend 2. Minutss of the previous annual general meeting To be agreed and matters arising 3. Reports and accounts Reports from the charity's Treasurer and Chair of Trustees 4, Appolntment of charlty tru8tee3 To re-appoint Rose Gregory as Trustee for a period of 1 year To re-appoint Jane Hassall as Trustee for a period of 1 year To re-appoint Heather Cooper as Trustee for a period of 1 year To re-appoint Sharon Watkins as Trustee for a period of 1 year To re- appoint Mas sowak as Trustee for a period of 1 year To re-appoint lan Hatvey as Trustee for a peri(xl of 1 year To reappoint Darran Hassell as a trustee for a period of 1 year To appoint Zoe Harrison as a new Trustee To appoint any addrtional persons willing to act as a trustee {subject to sub- clause (S) b) of the constituti'on), who prior to the meeting the charity is given a notice that. a) is signed by themselves or a member entitled to vote at the meeting b) ststes their or the membefs intention to propose the appointment of a person as a trustee or as an officer. c) is signed by the person who is to be proposed to show his or her willingness to be appointed 6. M•mb•rn propo8•d rnsolullon8 Proposed resolutions should be sent to the contacl below by noon on Friday 13th March 2026 Any other bu8lno88 To deal wlth any matters raised at meeting Please complet¢ b¢low if you wish to make a nomination 10 b￿rne a TTh￿tee. Name of person making the nomination:.,...................................... Contact tel. no.....................................................E-mail......... Name of person to be nominated {if differeDt lo above).... Address................................................................. Contact tel. no.....................................................E-mail.............. Please return to Rose Gregory, for Donnington Pathership Donnington Communty Hub. St Matthews Rd, Donnington. Telford TF2 7PR Email: rose. taw.o .uk Retum by Friday 13th March 2026 Centre Manager Report- February 2026 Overvlew The Centre continues to deliver a wide range ofartlvltSes. We wlll soon have a new customer service course starting in April. The energize community navigator n)le has now chan8ed slnce ourlast meetln& due to some complications around the Parish Council, we where asked to employ one person nowat 28 hours but job avallable for job share. This closed this weekbut number of appllcants where low and Some appllcations did not match their application to the skills list We will be re-advertlslng and asklng for a slmpler application process. a CV with supportin8 StatemenL The Men's chatgroup is now on Wednesday mornings weekly with around S-8 people and costs around £20 max per session for tea and snacks, biscults or tea cakes or even homemade cake. So probably around one year of meetin8s will be funded. The Bingo ni8ht and the Christmas Falr went well. although less chlldren visited Father Chrlstrnas, we are lookin8 at a spring fair to see Sf we Cdn get the same number of stalls but maybe ty a Saturday afternoon. We will be having a play group start in easter on Monday mornings movlng from Donnington Wood Infants. Safer Stronger communltles are looklng at dolng 2 weeks of artlvltles In Donnlngton and may be supporting us some fundlng to help promote LBTS. the youth club. Men's chat group and the craft group during that period. A couple of the kltchen staff are keen to do more activities linked to Increasing Income. they put on a curry and quiz nlght although poorly attended. costs where recovered, be nice to see trustees try and attend these events to. We have set up a keyholder whatsapp to help wlth comrnunlcation on booklngs belng taken. after the staff appralsal process. We also have funding to put on an artlvityeveryschool holldaywlth food from Houslng plus group, February half term sees a trip to Thomas Land. Flnanclal Posltlon We contlnue to face challen8es due to: Increased Natlonal Mlnlmum Wa8e Rlslng energy. fuel, and food costs LBTS have run out of monies, but still get 4-7 people per 5esslon Whlle we are artlvely seeklng fundln& most opportunltles as I sald before are project-based rather than for core costs. Recent actions Include.. Submitted blds for core cost fundln8 Subthltted blds for new TV In Jean Gulliver Room Submitted bid5 for Prolertor In Albert Bl88s Room Operatlonal 155ues Kltchen Shutter need a new motor Implernentlng the fire rlsk assessment actlons Upcomlng Events Possible Easter bln80 TBC Possible Sprin8 table top sale tbc Afternoon tea tbc CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examlnerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the tru8teesl member¥ of fv(L-.rf￿￿i o cl O On accounts for the year •nd•d Charfty no (If any) 117SZg[ Sot out on pag•$ iiamembar to h)tJudè the paga r4brr4)gri of ad4rt10rtal .F QP... I report to the tru8tee8 on my ex8mination of the accounts of the above chanty (Iho Tru8f) for the year ended DD I MM I YYYY. R•spon•lbllllle• and A$ the Charity truste88 of the Trust. you are mpon81bie for the preparation ba•1• of rnport of the accounts in acc￿￿nCe with the requirements of tho Charities Act 2011 ('the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out urKler section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying Out my examination, I hav8 followed the applica￿8 Directions given by the Charty Commis8lon under 8ection 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material mattèrs have come to my attention (other than that di8cIo8ed below") in connection with the examination which giv88 me cau80 to belb8ve that In, any materlal respect.. accounting record8 were not kept In acwdance with 8e¢tlon 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord the a￿)untIng record8 Indepondent •xamln•rf8 8tatom•nt I have no concerns and have cryne acr098 no other matters in connectlon with the examination to which attention should be dravm in order to enabb ? proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Ple8se delete the Kirds in the brackets rfthey do not apply. sIgn￿.. Dat•: 01 01 2(726 Nam•: 161 R•l•vant prof•••lon*l quallflcatlon{s) or body Ilf •ny): IIIFT Leol g Addr•M: 22 Lo£(4&TfithJ IKIV 8H IER October 2018 Disclosure Only complete If the examlner needs to hlghllght matt8r8 01 concem (88e CC32 Independent examinatlon of charfty account8.. dir•ctlon8 and guidanc8 for examinern). Give here brlef detall8 of any Items that the examlner wS8h98 to disclose.