**Merstham Village Trust** 

## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2020** 

## **Registered Charity Number** 

Merstham Village Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission under registration number 1175828 as a CIO.  It is also registered under registration number 305078 under its original trust deeds.  The Trustees will transfer the existing charity to this CIO in 2020, therefore the CIO currently holds no assets and has incurred no income or expenditure in the year Jan-Dec 2020.  For a full set of accounts and annual report for the trust please see charity 305078. 

## **Principal Address and Correspondence** 

The charity’s principal address is The Village Hall, Station Road North, Merstham, Surrey RH1 3ED. 

All general correspondence should be sent to this address. 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

The primary objective of Merstham Village Trust is to provide a place for physical and mental recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of Merstham and surrounding areas. The main activities undertaken by the trustees in relation to this objective are the provision, upkeep and rental of the premises under the trust’s stewardship. 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

The charity is constituted as a CIO and registered with the Charity Commission on 21[st] Nov 2017. 

In the calendar year 2020, the Trust was governed and managed by the following trustees: 

|Name|Appointed|
|---|---|
|Daniel Hopcroft|01.04.13|
|Ann Kelly|15.05.15|
|Hugh Everitt|02.08.17|
|Ann Weaver|01.01.18|
|Jennifer Everitt|09.03.18|
|Steven Hill|01.01.20|
|Judith Hanson|31.08.20|



None of the above trustees were representatives of user groups of the Trust’s facilities. The trustees have decided to share responsibility for chairing meetings. 

Hugh and Jennifer Everitt both resigned as trustees on 21[st] March 2020.  Steven Hill and Judith Hanson were appointed as trustees on the dates above. 

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## **Merstham Village Trust** 

## **Banker** 

CAF Bank Limited, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Mailing, Kent ME19 4JQ. 

## **Legal Advisers** 

Morrisons Solicitors LLP, Clarendon House, Clarendon Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1FB. 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

The details of achievements and performance are noted in the annual report for charity 305078. 

## **Declaration** 

## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above** 

## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 


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**Merstham Village Trust** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended 31 December 2020** 

|||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|All £ unless stated|Notes||**Funds**|**Funds**|**2020**|**2019**|
|**Income & Endowments From:**|||||||
|Donations & Legacies|||-|-|-|-|
|Charitable Activities|||-|-|-|-|
|Other Trading Activities|||-|-|-|-|
|Investments|||-|-|-|-|
|**Total**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Resources Expended:**|||||||
|Raising Funds|||-|-|-|-|
|Charitable Activities|||-|-|-|-|
|Governance Activities|||-|-|-|-|
|**Total**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Net Income/(Expenditure)**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Net Gains/(Losses)|||||||
|on Investments|||-|-|-|-|
|**Net Movement in Funds**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Reconciliation of Funds:**|||||||
|Total Funds Brought Forward|||-|-|-|-|
|Total Funds Carried Forward|||-|-|-|-|



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## **Merstham Village Trust** 

## **Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2020** 

||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total Funds**|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|All £ unless stated|Notes|**Funds**|**Funds**|**2020**|**2019**|
|**Fixed Assets:**||||||
|Tangible Assets||-|-|-|-|
|Investments||-|-|-|-|
|**Total Fixed Assets**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Current Assets:**||||||
|Debtors||-|-|-|-|
|Cash at Bank & In Hand||-|-|-|-|
|**Total Current Assets**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Liabilities:**||||||
|Creditors: Due within one|year|-|-|-|-|
|Net Current Assets||-|-|-|-|
|**Total Net Assets**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Total Funds of the Charity:**||||||
|Restricted Income Funds||-|-|-|-|
|Unrestricted Funds||-|-|-|-|
|**Total Charity Funds**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|



These accounts were approved by the Trustees on 20[th] July 2021 and signed on behalf of the Trustees by: 

Signature: ____________________________________ 

Ann Weaver - Trustee 

Signature: ____________________________________ 

Dan Hopcroft - Trustee 

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## **Merstham Village Trust** 

## Date of approval:  20[th] July 2021 


## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/ members** Merstham Village Trust **of On accounts for the Charity year ended** 31[st] Dec 2020 **no (if** 1175828 **any) Set out on pages** 3 to 4 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2019. 

**Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of **basis of report** 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** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material **examiner's** matters have come to my attention in connection with the **statement** examination 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 

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## **Merstham Village Trust** 

the accounts to be reached. 

**Signed: Date: Name:** John Bennett **Relevant** ACMA **professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 

## **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). 

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## **Merstham Village Trust** 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

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