The Battersby Hall Charity
Financial Statements
31 December 2020
Charlty Number 11rn)23
Keswick
ACCOUNTANTS
## **The Battersby Hall Charity**
## **Index to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020**
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|Charity Information|1|||
|Trustees' Report|2|-|3|
|Independent Examiner's Report|4|||
|Statement of Financial Activities|5|||
|Balance Sheet|6|||
|Notes to the Financial Statements|7|-|10|
## **The Battersby Hall Charity**
## **Charity Information for the year ended 31 December 2020**
**Charity Number** 1177023 - formally 526872 **Board of Trustees** Mr Antony Lywood (Keswick Town Council) Mr David Leighton (Parish of Keswick St John) Rev'd Charles Hope (Ex-officio) Mr Ray Sheldon (Keswick Lions) Mr George Page (Parish of Keswick St John) Mr John Hayes (Keswick Rotary Club)
**Independent Examiner** Frances Clark Keswick Accountants 4 Leonard Street Keswick CA12 4EJ **Bankers** NatWest 24 Devonshire Street Penrith Cumbria CA11 7ST
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## **The Battersby Hall Charity**
## **Trustees Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020**
The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020.
## **Legal Status**
The Battersby Hall is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
## **Organisation**
There are no paid members of staff. The trust is administered entirely by the Trustees.
## **Structure, Governance and Management Governing Document**
The Governing document is the constitution of the CIO dated 6 February 2018.
## **Appointment of Trustees (Executive Committee)**
The vicar of the Parish of Keswick St. John is an ex-officio trustee. The other five trustees are appointed as follows - two by St. John's PCC and one each by Keswick Town Council, Keswick Lions and Keswick Rotary.
## **Risk Assessment**
The Trustees have examined the major strategic, business and operational risks which the charity faces and confirms that systems have been established to enable regular reports to be produced so that the necessary steps can be taken to lessen these risks.
## **Investment Policy**
The trustees have the power to invest in such assets as they see fit.
The Battersby Hall Charity seeks to produce the best level of financial return within an acceptable level of risk.
It’s overall objective is to create sufficient income and capital growth to enable the charity to carry out its purposes consistently year by year with due and proper consideration for future needs and the maintenance of, and if possible, enhancement of the value of its property assets and the invested funds while they are retained.
Both capital and income may be used at any time for the furtherance of the charity’s aims if formally approved by the trustees.
The performance of investments in funds will be reviewed annually and where possible compared against industry benchmarks.
Sufficient cash assets to fund known expenditure for the next six months will be held in an easy access interest bearing account with an approved UK financial institution
## **Objectives and Activities**
Summary of the objects as set out in the governing document: -
The provision and maintenance of a Hall for the education and use of the inhabitants of Keswick without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use of meetings, lectures and classes and for other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.
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## **The Battersby Hall Charity**
## **Report of the Trustees, contd. for the year ended 31 December 2020**
## **Summary of main activities in relation to these objects**
The Trustees are planning major external refurbishment works to ensure the Moot Hall (a listed building) remains usable and in a good state of repair for many years to come. This work is expected to start in the summer of 2021. Meanwhile the building continues to be used to disseminate information and, in future, could be used for further appropriate educational purposes. During this year the Covid-19 crisis has given the Trust an opportunity to fulfil its wider objectives through educational support to those most affected by this crisis.
## **Achievements and Performance**
The sitting tenant (until 2026) continues to use the hall for the purposes which are within the broad objectives of the trust. The rent paid by the tenant contributes to the maintenance of the hall. Meanwhile the trust has supported 41 families (including 95 school age children) with grants to purchase educational support equipment to allow them to obtain full benefit from home schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic. An amendment to the trust’s objectives, better to reflect the modern working of the trust, will be submitted to the Charity Commission in early 2021.
## **Financial Review**
## **Policy on reserves**
The trust aims to maintain reserves in suitable notice accounts to fulfill all foreseeable requirements to maintain the hall in a safe and usable state.
## **Declaration**
The Trustees who served during the year are detailed on page one.
Signed by order of the Trustees
Mr A J Lywood - Chair
Date 07 September 2021
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## **The Battersby Hall Charity**
## **Independent Examiners Report for the year ended 31 December 2020**
I report on the accounts for the Trust for the year ended 31 December 2020 which are set out on pages 5 - 10.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year, under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act), and that an independent examiners report is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiners report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with these records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The proceedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## **Independent examiners' statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements to: - keep accounting records in accordance with s130 of the 2011 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met;
or (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Frances Clark FCA CTA Appleside 4 Leonard Street Keswick Cumbria CA12 4EJ
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## **The Battersby Hall Charity**
|**Statement of Financial Activities**
**for the year ended**
**31 December 2020**
**Notes**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Incoming resources from**
**generated funds**
Voluntary income
Grants receivable
2
Investment income
3
**Incoming resources from**
**charitable activities**
Rental Income
4
**Total incoming resources**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Charitable activities**
Grants payable
5
Property costs
6
**Governance costs**
7
**Total expenditure**
**Net incoming / (outgoing) resources**
**Unrealised gain on revaluation of**
**investments**
**Net movement in funds**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**
13|**31 December 2019**
Un-restricted Restricted
Total
Total
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
3,665
17,648
-
17,648
18,637
12,750
-
12,750
9,563
30,398
-
30,398
31,865
13,345
-
13,345
-
5,542
-
5,542
2,624
-
-
-
1,304
18,887
-
18,887
3,928
11,511
-
11,511
27,937
35,740
-
35,740
54,279
47,251
-
47,251
82,216
845,818
-
845,818
763,602
893,069
-
893,069
845,818
**31 December 2020**|**31 December 2019**
Un-restricted Restricted
Total
Total
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
3,665
17,648
-
17,648
18,637
12,750
-
12,750
9,563
30,398
-
30,398
31,865
13,345
-
13,345
-
5,542
-
5,542
2,624
-
-
-
1,304
18,887
-
18,887
3,928
11,511
-
11,511
27,937
35,740
-
35,740
54,279
47,251
-
47,251
82,216
845,818
-
845,818
763,602
893,069
-
893,069
845,818
**31 December 2020**|
|---|---|---|
|||31,865|
|||-
2,624
1,304|
|||3,928|
|||27,937|
|||54,279|
|||82,216
763,602|
|||845,818|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **The Battersby Hall Charity**
|**Balance Sheet**
**as at**
**31 December 2020**
**Notes**
**31 December 2020**
£
£
**Fixed Assets**
Tangible fixed assets
9
255,000
Investments
10
510,017
**Current Assets**
Debtors
11
255
Cash at bank and in hand
130,984
131,239
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors and accruals
12
3,187
**Net Current Assets**
128,052
**Total Assets less Current Liabilities**
893,069
**Creditors: amounts falling due in more than one year**
-
**NET ASSETS**
893,069
**Funds**
Restricted funds
13
-
Unrestricted funds
893,069
13
893,069|**31 December 2019**
£
£
255,000
474,276
-
119,729
119,729
3,187
116,542
845,818
-
845,818
-
845,818
845,818|**31 December 2019**
£
£
255,000
474,276
-
119,729
119,729
3,187
116,542
845,818
-
845,818
-
845,818
845,818|
|---|---|---|
||119,729
3,187||
|||845,818
-|
|||845,818|
|||-
845,818|
|||845,818|
Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf
Mr A J Lywood - Chair Date: 07 September 2021
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **The Battersby Hall Charity**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020**
- 1 **Accounting Policies**
## **General**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with applicable accounting standards, including the accruals concept, the Charities SORP 2005 (Statement of Recommended Practice), and the Charities Act 2011.
## **Property**
Property owned by the Trust is included on the balance sheet at cost.
## **Investments**
The Trust recognised unrealised gains and losses on invesments with reference the movement in value of the invesments from one year to the next.
## **Income**
Income received is made up of rent paid by tenants. This is recognised on an accrual basis and included in the accounts when it becomes payable.
## **Expenditure**
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. Where it relates to a specific project it is allocated to that project as restricted expenditure. Expenditure that relates to the objects of the charity is classified as charitable activities. Any legal or professional costs are classified as governance costs. The costs of generating funds are separately indentified.
## **Funds**
General funds are those where no restrictions have been placed upon the specific spending of the funds by the donor. Designated funds are those funds where the trustess have chosen to earmark general funds for a specfic purpose. Restricted funds are those funds where the donation is received for a specific purpose as set out by the donor, and when the trustees wish to separate out a project for clarity in the accounts.
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## **The Battersby Hall Charity**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020**
|**2**
**Grants receivable**
Allerdale Borough Council
**3**
**Investment income**
Bank interest received
Dividends received
**4**
**Rental Income**
Moot Hall rent
**5**
**Grants payable**
Food bank
COVID Support grants
**6**
**Property Costs**
Insurance
Premises repairs
Stationery
**7**
**Governance Costs**
Legal costs|**December 2019**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
3,665
-
-
-
3,665
493
-
493
735
17,155
-
17,155
17,902
17,648
-
17,648
18,637
12,750
-
12,750
9,563
12,750
-
12,750
9,563
1,000
-
1,000
-
12,345
-
12,345
-
13,345
-
13,345
-
2,384
-
2,384
2,402
3,154
-
3,154
218
4
-
4
4
5,542
-
5,542
2,624
-
-
-
1,304
-
-
-
1,304
**31 December 2020**|**December 2019**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
3,665
-
-
-
3,665
493
-
493
735
17,155
-
17,155
17,902
17,648
-
17,648
18,637
12,750
-
12,750
9,563
12,750
-
12,750
9,563
1,000
-
1,000
-
12,345
-
12,345
-
13,345
-
13,345
-
2,384
-
2,384
2,402
3,154
-
3,154
218
4
-
4
4
5,542
-
5,542
2,624
-
-
-
1,304
-
-
-
1,304
**31 December 2020**|
|---|---|---|
|||3,665|
|||735
17,902|
|||18,637|
|||9,563|
|||9,563|
|||-
-|
|||-|
|||2,402
218
4|
|||2,624|
|||1,304|
|||1,304|
## **8 Trustee Remuneration and Expenses**
No remuneration directly or indirectly out of the funds of the charity was paid or payable for the year to any trustee or to any person or persons known to be connected with any of them.
No reimbursement of expenses has been made or is due to be made to any of the trustees in respect of the year.
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## **The Battersby Hall Charity**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020**
## **9 Tangible Fixed Assets**
|**COST**
At
1 January 2020
Additions
Disposals
At
31 December 2020
**DEPRECIATION**
At
1 January 2020
Charge for year
Eliminated on disposals
At
31 December 2020
**NET BOOK VALUE**
**At**
**31 December 2020**
**At**
**31 December 2019**
**10**
**Investments**
At 1 January 2020
Increase in value of investments
Value at 31 December 2020|Property
£
255,000
-
-
255,000
-
-
-
-
255,000
255,000
£
474,276
35,741
510,017|TOTAL
£
255,000
-
-|
|---|---|---|
|||255,000|
|||-
-
-|
|||-|
||||
|||255,000|
||||
|||255,000|
||||
|**11**|**Debtors**|**31 December 2020**|**31 December 2019**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||£|£|
||Other debtors|255|-|
|||255|-|
**12 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
**31 December 2020 31 December 2019** £ £ Trade creditors Deferred income 3,187 3,187 3,187 3,187
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## **The Battersby Hall Charity**
**Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020**
|**13**
**Net Assets by fund**
Tangible fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
**Total net assets**|Restricted
Unrestricted
Total
£
£
£
-
255,000
255,000
-
510,017
510,017
-
131,239
131,239
-
(3,187)
(3,187)|
|---|---|
||-
893,069
893,069|
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