## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 January 2024 Period start date To 31 December 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Moreton Village Hall**
## **Charity registration number: 1177485**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To manage and maintain the hall and its**
**associated land**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**A location for private parties, social**
**gatherings/dance groups, societies,**
**church events, Parish Council meetings**
**and a polling station for elections all for**
**the benefit of the village and improving**
**the condition of life for the inhabitants**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We have undertaken the commission’s**
**public benefit guidance into account**
**when taking any decision it is relevant**
**to.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**We provide a meeting venue for village**
**and council activities for the benefit of**
**the community.**
**By careful management of the buildings**
**we are able to provide this service at**
**very reasonable cost.**|
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**Our aim is to manage the hall in an**
**efficient manner and thereby achieve an**
**adequate positive balance on the**
**accounts at the year end , sufficient to**
**cover unforeseen costs**|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We have not had the need for any fund**
**raising activities this year.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We have relied on the Local Authority**
**grant , given during the Covid outbreak**
**to cover rising maintenance and energy**
**and water costs. This will help us**
**maintain a healthy position over the**
**next year.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Our hall is a 1stWW wooden search light**
**hut and is nursed carefully. We are in**
**the process of looking to build a new**
**hall.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**15000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Hire charges, grants and donations.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not applicable.**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Our hall being built of timber and**
**corrugated iron cladding and being over**
**100 years old may suddenly create**
**a major repair bill.**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution adopted**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**A trustee must be appointed by**
**resolution passed at a properly**
**convened meeting of the charity**
**trustees.**|
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Moreton Village Hall|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1177485|
|Charity’s principal address|Church Road
Moreton
Ongar
CM5 0JD|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Margaret Gemmill|Chair|||
||Michael Pether|Secretary|||
||Louise Scantlebury|Treasurer|3/10/2023||
||Elizabeth Averill||3/10/2023||
||John Collins||||
||Christine Davis||||
||Nigel Farnall||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**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)**
**Date**
## **MORETON VILLAGE HALL**
**Receipts and Payment Account 1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2024 Receipts Payments** Bank Balance brought forward: Water £532.39 Current £1,163.65 Council Tax £198.84 Deposit £22,072.99 Insurance £699.91 Interest:Deposit Acc. £199.85 Fire Ex�nguisher £110.76 Le�ng Income £655.20 Electricity £162.83 Electricity Meters £40.00 RCCE Memb. £ 80.40 Professional Fees £1498.00 Pre-App Planning £1840.00 Parish Mag Add £40.00 Repair and Maintenance Plumbing £208.99 Cleaning £70.92 Equipment £12.25 Bank balance carried forward: Current £661.52 Deposit £17,962.84 **_________ _________ £24131.69 £24,039.65** Signed: Date: Treasurer