spac¢ for everyone Life Dronfield CIO Charity Number: 1176609 21-23 Church Street Dronfield Derby".hire S18 IQB 01246 942394 www.lifedronfield.org Trustees, Annual Re ort 2024-25 Aims and Pur Life Dronfield CIO, Charity Number.. 1176609 operates from Life Dronfield, 21-23 Church Street, Dronfield. It is focused on opening and successfully operating a free-to-use Community Space out of its building. Life Dronfield is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Fothidation Structure) whose only voting members are its trustees oses Ob'ectives and Activities The objert of the CIO is to advance the Christian faith in accordan￿ with the principles and practices of the Participating Denominations with the Parish of Dronfield and Holmesfield=_ lal Ibl Icl Idl lel the celebration of public worship and sacraments; the teaching of the Christian faith,. promoting and supporting the Christian mission and evangelism; pastoral work lincluding visitinÉ the. rick and the bereavedl- the provision of facilities with a Christian ethos for the local community (including, but not restricted to, the elderly, the young, and other groups with special needs); To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the area of benefit withouL distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age. disability, nationality, race or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the said inhabitants and the statutory authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and lei5ure-tIlTie ULLUPdtion wilh Ihe object of improving the conditions ot lite for the said inhabitants,. To establish. or secure the establishment of, a Community Centre and to maintain and manage the same (whether alone or in co-operation with any statutory authorityor other person or body) in furtherance of the Object5,' The Charity shall be non-party in politics and non-sectarian in religion. The area of benefit I'area of benefiV'} shall be Dronfield and Holmesfield and surrounding area. To promote such other charitable purposes as mayfrom time to time be determined. Durin8 2024-2025 Life Dronfield CIO had an income of £169.927 and an expenditure of £116,250. This leaves a surplus of £53,677 and an end of year carry forward of £144,646. This figure includes Restricted Donations with a total of £56.532. th A loan of £30.000 is repayable by 9 January 2035. 2024-25 has been a very positive yearfor Life Dronfield CIO. The highlights have been: Commencing successful monthly buslness networking meetings in April 2024 with over 50+ businesses attending Feeding over 2,500 people at Life Lunches, a weekly lunch social Partnering with a new church to run a weekly toddler group and a bi-weekly lunch social, both which are nowthriving Launching a weekly play space for ¢F5's in our building A Time for Reflection space held over the Christmas period forthose in our community Dronfield Hustings for North East Derbyshire local election ReFuel and Dad's and Children's monthly morning group Public Benefitstatement The Trustees confirm that they have had due regard to the guidance on public benefit published bythe Charity Commission in accordance with section 17IS} of the Charities Act 2011. In planning the charit¢s activities for the year, and in makinE decision5 throughout the period, the Trustees have considered how those activities contribute to the charitls purposes and provide public benefit. Grants Committee Grants We received the following grants this year- Albert Hullt Marjorie Coote £5,000.00 £500.00 ReFuel Equipment Lunche5 at St Philips food ASDA £400. £498.42 Co-working space equipment ReFuel Costs £53,000.00 Phase I renovations £2,500.00 Play and Stay space equipment £1.975.00 Life Lunches Running Costs Lunch at St Philips equipment Insurance and building running costs Rykneld Benefact Toy Trust Warm, Spaces Warrn Spaces Foundation Derbyshire £1,133.00 £2,500.00 The Community Ownership Fund of £250,000 towards Phase l Renovations which was promised in the previous financial year. was sadly withdrawn from us as we we're unable to omplete the renovations due to bats being present in the building. Thi5 grant was never released. Fundraisin Committee Fundraisin We attended and ran the refreshments forthe Coal Aston Village Gala and made £800 We received a donation of £220 from the Townswomen's Guild We raised £245 from our Christmas Wreath making. run in partnershlp with a small local business Accelerate Athletics had a collection tin for us over the Christmas period and raised £60 erational Committee Ministries Life Lunches continued to grow. with us operating 49 weeks of the year. Numbers ranged from 40-70 attendees each week. This group has developed into its own communitywith attendees building positive friendships and meeting up regularly outside of Life Lunches. We had numerous visitors to Life Lunche5 to help with sign posting to furthersupport, including IT support from Working Wins, The Police, Fire Service, Live Life Better Derbyshire. Rykneld Homes and Derbyshire Carers. We sent out 192 Tubs of Chocolate at Christmas to those in Dronfield and District and we sent out 136 Easter Eggs to those in Dronfield and Distritt. These were carried out in collaboration with local community groups, supported accommodation and Nursing Homes. orters Partnershi s and Collaborative Workin We continue to build relationships across our town including the NHS, Police, Rykneld Homes, Social Prescribers, Churches. other voluntary organisations and Social Care. Marketin We continue to send our regular newsletters. prayer letters and offeringto speak at groups about Life Dronfield. Our social media has a good following and we regularly display our artivities and events on community notice boards. Buildin s Commlttee Purchase The Life Dronfield Building, 21-23 Church Street, Dronfield, Derbyshire. S18 IQB is held by The Gavin's Foundation ITGFI a5 Custodian trustees. TGF purchased the old Parish Halls from St John's Church, Dronfield for £200,000 in June '23. The building was immediately passed to Life Dronfield to operate and run out of. A purchase option was put in pla￿ so that once all the renovations have been completed Life Dronfield has the option to purchase the Halls back frorn TGF at the cost of £200,000 plus interest. The Gavins Foundation- 1169665- The objerts of TGF are to preserve and protett health and relieve financial hardship in any part of the world, or for such other charitable purposes (other than charities and charitable purposes for the benefit of animals) and for the benefwt of the public, as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit by making grants of money to such charitie5 or charitable purposes. Renovations We continue to work with Kris Barry, Design XY as ourArchitect and Principal Designer. We have been working with John Cunnington of Walker Cunnington Heritage Architects to finalise all the heritage elements of the building. Communication has been poor from John Cunnington and the trustee5 end this year, looking at possible replacements for John Cunnington. Due to a bat possibly being In the building, we need to wait until May 2025 to carry out further investigations. This has rneant building works have been unable to take place. Fabric 2 external CCTV cameras were installed. following permission from planning. The Play Space was given a fresh coat of paint by some volunteers. Financial Review Total receipts were £169.927. Regular and ontroff individual and other charity donations continue to be a major source of funding our operations. Most donations are Gift Aided and we now have buildings where the GASDS (Gift Aid Small Donation Scheme) is permitted. We had 37 individuals and 4 local churches at year end who regularly donate to Life. The charity is actively trying to develop other funding streams including sponsorship, bidding for capital and revenue grants and the development of income generating artivities based around the provision of catering services to the Dronfield community. Deposit interest rates recovered this year. A separate deposit account has been set up to hold money to pay back our £30k Loan. The Halls building has been occupied and the Parish Church paid a monthly fee towards the running costs ofthe room used as their parish Office, but we now have ongoing costs of running the whole building. Until Phase l of the building renovation is completed we are paying a nominal rent. Total payments were £116,250, the rnajor expenses being staff salaries and the ssociated costs of setting up and running an office. building running costs, increased advertising of the Charity, provision of new gates for the Halls and the costs of progressing the renovation plans for the Halls. The net result for the year was a surplus of receipts over payments of £53,667, which has been taken from funds built up in previous years. Comrnuni erations Monthly donations from individuals and other charities. with Gift Aid and GASDS reclaim5 amounted to around £21183 this year. including £4988 reclaimed from HMRCfrom Gift Aid and the GASDS. Fundraising events and sales brought in a further £3310. This is an increase over past years, due to increased regular donations but also the donations given underthe GASDS at the Life Lunches venue. The cost of Charitable Attivities was £6087. The cost of Fundraising was £962. £972 was spent on advertising of the Charity. Governance costs of £3093 include operating insurance, membership of NCVO and website/email operation. The Charity Manager and CharityAdministrator are increasing the scope of activities we arry out. Their salaries and associated costs are covered by a grant, the first tranche received was for first year of staff c05t5 was £42076. Parish Hall Buildin eration and Renovation Pro ect Building running costs were £2951. reflecting the partial use of the building for most of the year. Future running costs will increase when more activities are current and full insurance cover is provided by the landlord. The further design. projert management, survey and legal fees forthe building project amounted to £33601, to get to the stage of enabling bids for the total renovation works to be obtained. The supply of new gates using the'shop Front, Grant1£6,4271. A Fundraising Consultant is contracted to support bids for capital work5 and staff costs grants. so far costing £7134. Restricted & Desi nated Funds and Loan Restricted funds and Loan money were given in previous years for the purpose of 'enabling the purchase or lease of a suitable buildin¥, in line with the aims and objectives of the CIO. The last of these funds has been spent on building works and surveys, Studie5 and project management fees to enable the next phases to prO￿ed. This leaves three remaining Restricted funds. First is a donation of £3,063 Ibuilding up monthly) for repaying the £30,CM)O Loan by 1st Jan 2035. Second is £19,758 remaining for Staff Salaries and associated costs from the 'Reaching Communities. grant. The £30,000 Loan liability is planned to be repaid by l Jan 2035, by 120 monthly instalments of £250. We stsrted to receive a monthly donation of £250 in this financial year and so have been able to set up a repayment fund earlier than expected. Reserves Poli The Charity's policy for holding reserves was updated in Aug 2023, when activities and financial commitment5 had increased with the tenancy of the Halls in June and a bid for a grant to ernploy a Charity Manager, later extended by the employment of a Charity Administrator. The reserves funds provide a buffer to support routine operating costs and a contingency for unforeseen circumstances. They also will build a fund to support the future increased running costs of the comrnunity spaces in Dronfield where it plans to deliver more of its charitable and income generating activities. Designated funds support the development of Life's charitable activities and the current activities to fotward the building renovation project. Runnln Reserves. 3 months salaries of both Manager and Administrator 3 months utilities costs for the Halls 3 month5 expenses of current community ministries 3 month5 income for Loan Repayment Fund IO% of annual regular supporter donations £12,000 £ 1,000 £ 1,950 £ 750 £ 1,500 Pro ert ReseNes Building Renovations are covered by the newly created Fund mentioned in the previous section on Designated Funds. Further Community Charitable Activities are covered by the newly created fund mentioned in the previous section on Designated Funds. Conservation Reserves Currently none are held. Unforeseen Events Reserves Currently none are held. Accounts Examination The accounts are subject to an Independent Examination this year as our annual income exceeds £25,000 making an Independent Examination of the accounts a legal requirement. Trustee and Core Team members who have served from l April 2024to 31st March 2025 are: Trustees Dr. R055 Ashlev Rev Dr. Chris Walton Mr. David Dalto Mrs. Muriel Dalton Secretary Vice-chair Mr. Richard Mattison Mr. Thomas John50n Mrs. Carmel Chaplain Chair Core Team Mr Barryjex Mr Andrew Evers (Charity Manager) Mrs. Sheelagh Webster Mr Chris Turk Mrs Anna Rattigan (Charity Administrator) Approved by Trustees on .... ."and signed on their behalf by Mr Ric rd Mattison (Chairperson). ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**
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**Address:**||**Date:**|| |---|---|---|---| ||||17/10/2025| ||||| |||Tina Havenhand|| ||||| |||FCCA|| ||||| |||First Floor, Unit 4, Broadfield Court|| |||Sheffield|| |||S8 0XF|| ## **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). 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER** cHAR￿y UJMMISSION FOQ ENfjW4DAND WALES Lrfe Dronfield 1176609 Recei ts and ments accounts To CC16a Forth¢ period 01104r2024 31103r2025 Section A Receipts and payments Unre$tricted funds Restricted funds Endowment lunds Total fund$ Last year tOTM n•arosT£ totm nearest A1 Reeei Volun*ry Receipts be5 fly Generntyng Funas Investrneni Divi¢end￿n1£rest 32.512 3.310 1.189 4,049 570 120.164 160.078 3.310 2.039 731 1.083 1J3 Other Rec*pL% to ross income or AR) 128,297 169.927 7?,844 set an nv¢• A3Po ments Cost Of Cn8ni¥DI8 Ad¥ltles Fun¢r8ising Costs ITradin •nO Generating Vdun4ry Re¢•pb (Donauons 11.016 ,716 26.197 714 Go¥emanu Costs Cosiol Chants￿e Act￿￿•¥. BiilOing$•th8 1t8 871 IlX* 41767 Irnves￿ent Man 41,659 Sub total 18.157 114.663 th).551 A4 Asset and investrnerbt i.s87 Sub tot•1 1,SY7 19.744 116.250 80,551 Net ofre¢eipts/(paym•nts) AS Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year •nd 21,B86 1.$00 7.728 88.11 31.791 1,$00 23.241 5Q53 $3,677 8,707 ,676 90.969 144,646 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 1011012025 section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrictsd Restricted Details funds funds to nMre5t£ to nMrESt£ Categories Endowmen¢ funds tr* B1 Cash tund¥ n,751 49.211 1S.28Y 7.321 100 Total cash lunds .114 58.$32 Unrn9triet•d funds to wr•¥t É Pwtri¢t•d funds Endowmcnt funds to f*•rtJt £ D8tsils Fund iokn*i¢b Detalls Curr•niv•lu• Fund to￿l¢h Detalls ¢uir•rtvalu• n•1 84 Asset8 rètainèd tor th• charlty's own u$• 1,OJ7 1.037 Fur￿t0 whlth Details Amount d VlThen *Ju• loptiOn•ll BS Llabiliti88 9 J*nu*ry 2035 Signed by one ortsvo trust￿ on behaf of all the trustees Print Name Date of approval CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 10110r2025