
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  01 April 2020  To 31 March 2021** 

## **Charity name: Cofton Village Hall CIO** 

## **Charity registration number: 1179279** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are to further or<br>benefit the residents of Cofton Hackett and<br>the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex,<br>sexual orientation, race or of political,<br>religious or other opinions by associating<br>together the said residents and the local<br>authorities, voluntary and other organisations<br>in a common effort to advance education and<br>to provide facilities in the interests of social<br>welfare for recreation and leisure time<br>occupation with the objective of improving the<br>conditions of life for the residents.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|During the period from March 2020 through<br>to the end of March 2021 the activities of<br>the hall were severely disrupted by Covid-<br>19. The hall observed all the relevant<br>regulations associated with the pandemic.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not currently applicable.|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|Not currently applicable.|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Most of the contributions to the work of the<br>charity were made by volunteers over this<br>period.|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The Charity’s main achievements have<br>been to keep the Village Hall viable and,<br>when permitted, open to the public whilst<br>remaining in compliance with the relevant<br>guidance documents.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|The objectives of having a functional village<br>hall up and running and financially viable<br>have been met.|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|Although there were no specific objectives<br>set, income of £38,118 was generated via<br>hiring income, grants, and events.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|Not currently applicable.|



## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the period the charity had<br>cash funds of £35,346|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|At the end of the period the charity had a<br>policy of holding reserves of £20,000.<br>These reserves were held to cover<br>contingencies.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£20,000|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Not currently applicable.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Not currently applicable.|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|Not currently applicable.|





## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Hire fees, Bromsgrove District Council,<br>Cofton Hackett Parish Council, Gift Aid,<br>personal and corporate donations.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|Not currently applicable.|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Recovery from the effect that Covid-19 has<br>had on the activities in the new village hall.|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Appointment by a resolution passed at a<br>properly convened meeting of<br>the charity trustees.|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Cofton Village Hall CIO|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Not applicable|
|Registered charitynumber|1179279|
|Charity’s principal address|c/o 4 Cofton Lake Road, Cofton Hackett, Birmingham,<br>B458PL|





## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Shelagh<br>O’Loughlin|Secretary|||
||John Slack|Treasurer|||
||Keith Duncan||||
||Kathryn<br>Stanczyszyn||||
||Roger Westbury||||
||Rev Canon Rob<br>Fieldson||||
||CraigNaughton||||
||Mike Pattison||||
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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 behalfofothers|Funds held as custodian trustees on behalfofothers|
|---|---|
|Description of the assets|Not applicable|
|heldinthis capacity||
|Name and objects of the|Not applicable|
|charity on whose behalf the||
|assets are held and how this||
|falls within the custodian||
|charity's objects||
|Details of arrangements for|Not appijcable|
|safe custody and||
|segregation of such assets||
|from the charity's own||
|assets||



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|Signatu~(s)~**~**· ~<br>·~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>-~~~~~~~~~|
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|Full name(s) Shelagh O'Loughlin<br>John Slack|
|PositionSecreta<br>Treasurer|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|DateI16-Nov-2021|





||**Cofton Village Hall**|**Cofton Village Hall**|**Cofton Village Hall**|**1179279**|**1179279**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**|06/04/2020|**To**||05/04/2021||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>A1 Receipts<br>Hall Hires<br>9755<br>0<br>Cofton Hackett PCC<br>0<br>1500<br>National Lottery<br>0<br>0<br>Bennimans<br>2500<br>0<br>Bromsgrove District Council<br>19669<br>0<br>Other grants and donations<br>1176 #<br>1650<br>Events<br>200<br>0<br>Gift Aid<br>1668<br>0<br>Sub total(Gross income for AR)<br>34968<br>3150<br>A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>Sub total<br>0<br>0<br>Total receipts<br>34968<br>3150<br>A3 Payments<br>Hall management services<br>19574<br>0<br>Marketing and promotion<br>396<br>0<br>Utilities<br>3618<br>0<br>Consumables<br>475<br>150<br>Insurance<br>822<br>0<br>General administration<br>974<br>0<br>Professional<br>720<br>0<br>Bank charges and financial<br>75<br>0<br>Property costs<br>3953<br>0<br>Sub total<br>30607<br>150<br>A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)<br>Hall set up<br>0<br>0<br>Equipment and furniture<br>3002<br>2500<br>Sub total<br>3002<br>2500<br>Total payments<br>33609<br>2650<br>Net of receipts/(payments)<br>1359<br>500<br>A5 Transfers between funds<br>500<br>-500<br>A6 Cash funds last year end<br>33487<br>0<br>Cash funds this year end<br>35346<br>0|||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>9755<br>1500<br>0<br>2500<br>19669<br>2826<br>200<br>1668<br>38118<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>38118<br>19574<br>396<br>3618<br>625<br>822<br>974<br>720<br>75<br>3953<br>30757<br>0<br>5502<br>5502<br>36259<br>1859<br>0<br>33487<br>35346|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>28609<br>12500<br>10000<br>700<br>2500<br>10475<br>1049<br>0|
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

12/11/2021 

1 



|Section B Statementofassets and|liabilitiesatthe endofthe period|liabilitiesatthe endofthe period||||||
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|Categories|Details||Unrestricted|funds|Restricted funds|Endowment funds||
||||tonearest£||tonearest£|tonearest£||
||Bank||35346||0||0|
||Paypal|||0|0||0|
|81 Cash funds||||0|0||0|
||Total cash funds|•|35346||0||0|
||(agree balanceswithreceiptsandpayme1||OK||OK|OK||
||||Unrestricted||Restricted|Endowment||
||||funds||funds||funds|
||Details||tonea1'9St£||tonearest£|tonearest£||
|82Othermonetaryassets|Gift Aid recoverable|||||||
|83Investmentassets|Details||Fundtowhich<br>assetbelonos||Coat (optional)|Currentvalue<br>tontlonall-||
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||Details||Fundtowhich<br>aaaet belonoa||Coat (optional)|Currentvalue<br>lontlonall||
|84Assetsretained forthe|Propertycosts||General||13,221||-|
|charity'sownuse|Equipmentandfurniture||General||20,618||.|
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|85Liabilities|Details<br>Examinationfee||llabllltvrelates<br>General||tontlonall-||tontlonall|
||Hall hire deposits||General||-|||
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|Signedbyoneortwo trustees on<br>behalfofall the trustees|I<br>Signature<br>~||<br>PrintName<br>John Slack<br>Shelagh O'Loughlin|||Dateof<br>annroval<br>16-Nov-2021<br>16-Nov-2021||
|CCXXR2 accounts(SS)||2||||12111/2021||





CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trugtoMI
members of
Cofton Village Hall
On accounts ft•r the year
•nd•d
5 April 2021
Charlty no
(If any)
1179279
S•t out on pages
Qiernernbei lo I1￿1￿de Ihe page nuiiibei$ ol arJrtlTJon-151Ic.L'.Si
Re3pecllve The charrtys trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts In
re8ponslbllltla$ of accordance wtth the requirements of the Charitles Act 2011 (Ihe Acr).
trusts•$ and examln•r
The dMrity'$ trustees consider that an autht18 not required for th1$ year
under seciion 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is
It is my responsibAty to:
examine the accounts under 8eCtion 145 of the Charitie8 Act,
to follow the applicable DirectSon8 given by the Charity Commi88lon
(under sectlon 145(5)(b) of the Act, and
tQ State whether particular rnatters have come to my attentlon
Bas18 ol Indep•ndont My examination Wds carried out in accordance with general Directlons glven
examlnerfj 8tat•mont by the Chaiity Commission. An examinatlon include3 a revlew of the
accounting re¢ord8 kept by the charity and a comparison of the ac¢ount8
pre3ented ￿ryth those record¥. It also indudes consideration of any unu8ual
Items or disdosures in the accounts. and Seeklng explanations from the
trustees conceming any 8uch matters. The Kyocedures undertaken do not
provide all th• evtdence that woukl be requlred in an audit. and
consequently opinion 18 given as to *thether the accounts present a Irue
and fairf vlew the rep￿t is limited to those matters set out in the
8tatement below.
Ind•pend•nt In connection with my examlnation, material matters have ￿me to my
oxamln•rf8 8tatoment attentlon thich giv88 me cause to believe that in, any material respect.,
accounting records ￿tre not kept in acc<)rdance with section 130 of
the Charitie8 Act or
the a￿ount8 do not accord V￿th the accounting records
I have no concems and have come acYo88 no other matters In connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn In order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
85gn•d:
Dats..
11 November 2021
Namo:
DAVID SE
Relevant profes8lonal
quallfication{8) or body
(If any)..
FCA
Address:
ACCUO ACCOUNTING LTD. 40 BEAR HILL. ALVECHURCH B48 7JX

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).
Glve here brlef detalls of
any Item8 that the
•xaminer wlshes to
dl$clos•.

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trugtoMI
members of
Cofton Village Hall
On accounts ft•r the year
•nd•d
5 April 2021
Charlty no
(If any)
1179279
S•t out on pages
Qiernernbei lo I1￿1￿de Ihe page nuiiibei$ ol arJrtlTJon-151Ic.L'.Si
Re3pecllve The charrtys trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts In
re8ponslbllltla$ of accordance wtth the requirements of the Charitles Act 2011 (Ihe Acr).
trusts•$ and examln•r
The dMrity'$ trustees consider that an autht18 not required for th1$ year
under seciion 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is
It is my responsibAty to:
examine the accounts under 8eCtion 145 of the Charitie8 Act,
to follow the applicable DirectSon8 given by the Charity Commi88lon
(under sectlon 145(5)(b) of the Act, and
tQ State whether particular rnatters have come to my attentlon
Bas18 ol Indep•ndont My examination Wds carried out in accordance with general Directlons glven
examlnerfj 8tat•mont by the Chaiity Commission. An examinatlon include3 a revlew of the
accounting re¢ord8 kept by the charity and a comparison of the ac¢ount8
pre3ented ￿ryth those record¥. It also indudes consideration of any unu8ual
Items or disdosures in the accounts. and Seeklng explanations from the
trustees conceming any 8uch matters. The Kyocedures undertaken do not
provide all th• evtdence that woukl be requlred in an audit. and
consequently opinion 18 given as to *thether the accounts present a Irue
and fairf vlew the rep￿t is limited to those matters set out in the
8tatement below.
Ind•pend•nt In connection with my examlnation, material matters have ￿me to my
oxamln•rf8 8tatoment attentlon thich giv88 me cause to believe that in, any material respect.,
accounting records ￿tre not kept in acc<)rdance with section 130 of
the Charitie8 Act or
the a￿ount8 do not accord V￿th the accounting records
I have no concems and have come acYo88 no other matters In connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn In order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
85gn•d:
Dats..
11 November 2021
Namo:
DAVID SE
Relevant profes8lonal
quallfication{8) or body
(If any)..
FCA
Address:
ACCUO ACCOUNTING LTD. 40 BEAR HILL. ALVECHURCH B48 7JX

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).
Glve here brlef detalls of
any Item8 that the
•xaminer wlshes to
dl$clos•.