Trustees. Annual Report for the period
(OKMISSION
Peric*J start date
Period end date
2022
From
To
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charity name Iviables Community Association CIO
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any)
1177363
Charity's principal address
Viables Craft Centre
The Harrow Way
Basingstoke
RG22 4BJ
Names of the charity trustees who manage the chartty
Oates acted if notfor wlNAe
èar
Trustee name
Office lif anyl
Name of person lor body) entitled
oint trustee
ifan
Bruce Hibbert
Chair
Kevin Roche
Vice Chair
lan May-miller
Jason Fraser
Treasurer
Nicola Hicken
Jeanette Hobden
Tracey Rigby
Leigh White
Claire Taylor
Lindsay Hogan
Lesley Rust
Secretary
Secretary
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example. any custodian trustees)
Name
Dates acted rf not for whole
ear
Names and addresses of advisers {Optional infomiation)
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of athiiser
Name
Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior stsff members (Optional information)
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ernent
Descriptlon of the charity's trusts
Constitubon
Type of goveming document
How the charity is constituted
cio
Trustee selection methods
Election to post by residents of the Association's Area of Benefit at a
public AGM
Additional governance issues (Optional inforniation
You may choose to include
additional information. where
relevant, about..
policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of tnJstees-
the charity's organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
relationship with any related
trustees, consideration of
major risks and the system
and prO￿dureS to manage
them.
Section C
Ob ectives and activities
The objects of the charity are to:
al Promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Viables area and the
neighbourhood together defined by the attached map {hereinafter Galled
he area of benefrt.) withoLrt distinclion of sex, sexual orientation, race or
of political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the said
inhabitants and the local authorities, volunlary and other organisations in
a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the
interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with
the ob.ect of im
rovin
the conditions of life for the said inhabitants..
Summary of the objects ofthe
charity set out in its
governing document
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b) Establish. or secure the establishment of. a Communtty Centre
(hereinafter called 'the Centre,) and to maintain and manage the same
(whether alone or in co-operation with any local authorty or other person
or body) in furtheran￿ of these objects,. c) Promote such other charitable
purposes as may from time to time be determined. The Association shall
be non-party in politics and non-sectarian in religion.
Summary of the main
activities undèrtaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on publi
benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activlties (Optional infomiation)
Our aim this year was to increase use and footfall of our community
buildings, particularly for the Roger Moms Centre (newly acquired in Dec
2021) and to increase the range of activities we would provide.
Wè also made the very quick decision to support those in and arriving
from Ukraine by sending supplies, clothing etc, coordinating efforts with
other local partners, and by providing opportunty for English lessons,
increasing employabilty-
You may choose to include
further statements, where
relevant, about..
policy on grantmaking..
policy programme related
investment.,
contribution made by
volunteers.
Due to local need for new parents lo weigh their babies, we made the
decision to (xeate a session for this and recruited a volunteer to run it,
signposting to health services but not providing any medical advice
ourselves. This proved very popular and has now been echoed across
the Basingstoke area by other organisations. and we are very proud of
this
TETC (a registered chanty) set up their Hampshire branch at one of our
buildings to provide a support group, which thrived in our building,
increasing in number to support males over the age of 18 to improve their
mental health.
We continued to offer large events for the community to draw them
together and redu￿ isolation by way of evening and weekend events
such as
uiz ni
hts and fa
res.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
Summary of the main
achievements of the charlty
during the year
The addition of a second building has enabled the association to further
widen the range of activities it offers_ This has resulted in us creating and
opening the Basingstoke Community Wardrobe, Weigh and Play
sessions, developing a Toy Library, holding our fitEt Bums Night and
establishing some short-temi English dasses for those arriving from
Ukraine.
As our area of benefft has widened, we have continued to provide for the
older demographic within the immediate surroundings of Viables
Communty Cerrtre and have started trying to identify the needs of the
Eastrop area in which our newly acquired building is srtuated.
Our Memory Club has continued to grow, and we have attracted more
volunteers for this. as well as many new members. The benefit of this
service has been marked by donations that have allowed us to purchase
more Tovertafel games and to carry out Team building which has
signtficantly helped to gel the team of staff and volunteers together for the
benefit of the members, as well as the team.
We have continued to keep those with our area of benefit informed with
our newsletter 'The Harrow Way. and aim to Introdu￿ a similar fomi of
ommunication to the Eastrop area in the future.
Staff and Trustees have conts'nued to take relevant training courses -
dementia, safeguarding, food hygiene, delegation, basic project
management. first aid in the workpla￿, paediatric first aid and CAM
training.
Trustees have continued to review all the Association's Policies and
provide support and guidance vthere needed to stsff.
The counal confirmed that we would be having our roof replaced over the
main building and the Osbome room, and we have decided to refurbish
the Osbome room at the same time to provide better facilities and a
wamier environment for our users. This is due to happen in the next
finanaal year.
We have secured small grants and donations for the Community
Wardrobe and our baby weighing servi￿. Further donations enabled us
to purchase more games for the Tovertafel, to be used alongside
Memory Club as well as our SEND Tots group, and to establish a short-
te￿n Warm spa￿ during the colder winter months.
The council recognise the value of the organisalion's skills and asked
once again for our staff to mentor another centre, and this continues into
the next year.
We have welcomed new staff. new hirers and new activities at both our
Sttes and our new site, The Roger Morris Centre, has really picked up in
terms of fooffall and attendan￿ at activities. We have been particularly
leased with the initiatives for the Communrt Wardrobe and a To
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Section D
Achievements and performance
Library which is under development, both residing at The Rager Morris
Centre.
Our social media (Faceb)ok) audience numbers rose to over 4k followers
for Viables Communty Centre and to over 700 for the Roger Morris
Communty Centre at Eastrop, and over 300 for the Communty
Wardrobe.
Income increased signfficantly for our Eastrop building (from around £13k
per yearto c. £10k per quarter) and fooffall rose too, which has been a
challenge following on from Covid closures, but we feel we are at good
steady occupancy rates. Footfall figures for Viables for the year were 52k
and for The Roger Morrls Centre, 23.5k.
Some more work has been carried out on our website to improve
accessibilty to our activtties, inforniation. We provided more children's
activtties and estsblished a parent and toddler group in the Eastrop area
as short-temi
Section E
Financial review
Our policy on reserves is that we hold 6-12 months of expenditure as free
resetves. Addttionally, we hold:
Brief statement of the
charity's policy on reserves
. Restricted reserves where, for instance, we have been given grants for
a specific purpose
. Unrestricted designated reserves eannarked for use on a particular
project or activty such as refurbishment of premises.
We review our reserves eve
6 months
Details of any funds materially
in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional infomiation)
The Association remains in a strong and stable financial position. This
year saw a retum to good levels of activty post-covid, and we have
made a small surplus despite minimal grant income and increased
energy costs.
You may choose to include
additional information. where
relevant aboLrt=
the charity's principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)-
how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of the chanty.,
investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.
Income will be lower in 202>24 probably resulting in a loss due to re-
roofing works by the landlords and our own building works which will
require closure of parts of the building.
Section F
Other optional information
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Section G
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s
Position {eg Secretary. Chair.
etc)
Bru￿ Hibbert
lan May-mil
LLr•
Date
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Viable8 Cowttnunity A8sodatlon CIO
1177363
Recei
ts and
ments accounts
CC16a
For the perlod
from
To
ol￿r-2022
31.Mar-2023
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
fund5
tothe fioayo
Restricted
funds
Endowment
nds
Totsl funds
Last year
to th? £ toth• noawwt£ tLithe n￿rest£
to th• n8ar•$t£
Al Recei
114305
43,093
3,822
114305
43,093
3.822
2,821
14,487
70,840
26,685
4,201
25,001
1,460
Community Devebwenl
Donations
Grants
Other income
132t
14.46T
ross income
or
AR)
17&207
1rn528
128.186
Set an
see table .
Trnvestment sa
es,
176,207
2.321
17B,52B
128,186
A3Pa
ments
Ulilrtes. Insuran￿ and lican
Propety Repairs and Maintenan
CtNnmunily funcbons and devl
Staff ¢osl8
Office and gerwal eyftses
Go¥trmanca
20.623
4t.128
20,402
73,701
7.118
20.623
41.128
9,205
30.188
9,565
$2.205
4.999
1184
73.701
7.118
Sub total
162.973
3,184
166,157
106,162
A4 Assèt and Invèstment
Sub total
162.973
3.184
166,157
106,1fj2
Net of re¢eipts/(payments)
AS Transfefs between fund$
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
1323
12.372
22.02
1nA56
186.690
154.420
176,
1125
188,815

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
Catagorles
Dgtsils
to rna￿5* £
tts nearest£
B1 Cash funds
UnltyTrust CuThprrtaccount
Flagsto￿ deptsgit a¢¢￿￿￿
1ST￿75
2,125
ash Ilr>Ats
Total cash funds
186,690
2,125
a(xxX￿(S)I
B2 Other monetary assets
Unrestri¢ted
fvnds
Restri￿0￿
funds
Endowment
funds
Det3TIs
ts+ ￿Or*st£
to D•ar•st£
to n&arest£
B3 Investment assets
Fund towhl
Cost loptiMall
Curr•nt valu8
Details
B4 Assets retained for the
eharity's own use
Fund towhlch
Current value
Deta,Is
TrI8attng system Indudlng bollew5
Audio visu81 ins*allatbon and PA syst￿￿
PC8 and L3PtOPS
T¥blts lapproA 301 and chairs lapprox
FTXtuie¥ and fft16t)gs leg ¢upboarth%l
Bouncy Castle
Skittle Alley
To¥8rtof•l
Unresthcted
UnrestrFCted
Unrestricted
ijnrestricted
Unrn¥trieted
Unrostrf¢ted
Unrestritted
B5 Llabllltles
towhlch
r818tes
When rfu8
Details
Hirerf5 Securrty Dop￿[￿
lonal
¥a￿￿J$ d8t88
Signature x
Print Name
Date of
roval
S&ned by one lx Iwo trustees c¥)
behalf of all Ihe trustees
lan May-miller (Tr8a5u￿r￿
Bruce Hibbtrrt (Chairl

Inde
endent examiner's re
ort to the trustees of Viables Communi
. Association
I TCPOrt to th¢ tn￿tCcs on my cxamination of thc accounts of thc Viabl¢s Community
As50ciatioD for thc ycar cndcd 3 1st March 2023.
onsibilities and basis of
ort
As the Charity trustees of ihe Viables Community Association you arc rcsponsiblc for
the preparation of the accounts in ae¢ordallee with the requirements of the Charities
Act 2011 {'thc Act.).
I report in rcsp¢ct of my examination of Viablcs Community Association accounts
carried out under scction 145 of thc 2011 Act a￿1 in carrying Out my examination I
have followed all the applicable directions givcn by the Charity Commission under
sectiOD 145(5)(b) of the ACL
Ind
endcnt examiner's ststcment
I haN'e completed my &KaminatioTr I confirnl that no matertal mattcr5 havc cotnc to
my attention in connection with the examinatt.on giving me cause to believe that in
any matcrial rcspcct
l. Accounting records were tK)t kept in of the TnLSt as rquired by section 130
of th¢ Act. or
2. Thc accounts th not accord with those rccor(Ls.
I have no conccrns and b8vc come acro&s no other matters in cOn￿Ction with the
examination to ivhich attention should be dt7wn in this ryrt in order to enable a
propcr undcrstan
ing of thc accouDts to rcacbcd.
Signcd..
Name.. Andrew Reuben Durling
Rclcvant prof￿]onal qualification or mcrnbcrship of profcssional b￿leS . A.C.M.A.
C.G.M.A.- Associate member of the Chartered I￿stitute of Management Accountants
and Chartered Global Management Accountant
Address: 97 Cumberland Avenue, Basingsloke. Hants. RG22 4BQ
Date: 17th January 2024