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Hertfordshire House Community Centre
and Gardens CIO
Registered Charity No. 1180452
Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Contents:
Legal and administrative information
Page 3
Trustees Report
Pages 4-5
Examiners Report
Page 6
Receipts and payments account
Page 7
Statement of assets and liabilities
Page 8
Notes to the accounts
Pages 9-10
2024

Legal and Administrative Infor￿10￿.
Charity Name:
Hertfordshire House Community Centre and Gardens CIO
Charity No:
1180452
Registered Office:
Rothbury Avenue
Pelaw
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear
NE10 OQY
Trustees=
Victoria Powell
Julie McAllister
Stephen McAllister
Danielle Bailey
(Chair)
(Treasurer)
Bankers:
Lloyds Bank PLC
15 Blackheath Village
Kidbrooke
London
SE3 9LH
Independent Examiner:
Darren Thompson
Futureskills North East CIC
53 Kirkdale
Spennymoor
Co. Durham
DL16 6UH
2024

CENT?E
Hertfordshire House Community Centre and Gardens CIO
Chairs Annual Report 2024
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In 2024 we celebrated the 40 Anniversary of moving into the current building. We
provided a Family Fun Day for local residents, who enjoyed activities inside the
centre and outside in the gardens despite the weather.
The Trustees have focused on making capital improvements to the building, with a
focus on energy efficiency measures, as well as working with our partners to offer
groups and activities of interest to local people.
We have continued to offer the main hall for private hire to local groups. We have
three long term groups Karate, Taekwondo and Pilates. This year we also welcomed
a local CIC who has delivered fitness classes. These included a small group working
with women who have experienced trauma and a small group working with women
who have experienced pregnancy or baby loss.
We continued to work in partnership with the with local organisations via the HOPE
Network as well as providing an office base for local Community Health Equity Team
Workers (employed by Edberts House). The workers continued to support a Men's
Group and Sporting Memories activities.
Edbert's House Family Equity Support team are also delivering a range of activities
and groups from the centre including 1-2-1 support, small group sessions, parent
and child groups and diabetes support for young people with type 2 diabetes.
At the beginning of the year welcomed families to the ￿ntre that would normally use
Pelaw library as it was closed for refurbishment. This included Rhyme Time and
after-school sessions. We also hosted a Dementia Cafe and Baby and Toddler and
Sessions.
Following our independent Energy Assessment in 2023, we identified a number of
improvements we could make to the building and put a funding plan in place to
deliver these works. We secured funding from the DCMS Energy Efficiency
Programme to install solar PV and Battery storage. Funding from the Gateshead
Hubs Capital Project enabled us to replace our heating control panel, replace the
boiler flue, retrofit TRVS to radiators, replace inefficient blow heaters in the main hall
with Infrared heaters, repla￿ extraction fans with more efficient models and make
repairs to the roof. We have also replaced the glass in the main hall Velux windows
and replaced our Security System from our Reserve Funds. We continue to ensure
the Community Centre, Community Gardens, allotments and garages are well
managed and maintained at a high standard.
2024

We were successful in an application to The National Lottery Awards for All to
support our Caretaker salary and some of the centres wnning costs for 18 months.
Our Community Gardens continue to flourish with the Vegetable Garden and Wild
Garden being managed and maintained by volunteers across 3 gardening sessions
over the week.
As always, I would like to finish by thanking local residents who use the facilities, our
funders, officers from the council and local elected members for their support over
the last year. And finally thank you to our Trustees, volunteers and caretaker, we
couldn't run the ￿ntre without all your hard work.
Victoria Powell
Chalr- Board of Trustees
2024

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
Report to the Trustees
Hertfordshire House Community Centre and
Gardens CIO
1180452
31 December 2024
7-10
Chari
No
On the accounts for
Set out on
eriod ended
Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Examlner:
The Trustees of the charity are responsible for the preparation of accounts. They consider
that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and that
an Independent Examination is needed. Having satisfied myself that the charity is not
subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my
responsibility to:
examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 2001 Act.
follow the procedure laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of the independent examiner's statement:
My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity
Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity
and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations
from the Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide
all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as
to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view,, and the report is limited to those
matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examlners statement:
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which
gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386
of the 2006 Act;
the accounts do not accord with such records; or
the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under section 396
of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true
and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent
examination; or
the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP
(FRS102).
I have corne across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention
should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to
be reached.
Darren Thompson
Futureskills North East CIC
53 Kirkdale
Spennymoor
Co. Durham
DL16 6UH
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Date.. 21 March 2025
2024

Hertfordshire House Community Centre and Gardens CIO
Receipts and Payments Account
1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024
Restricted
Unrestricted
2024
2023
Notes
Recei
I ncome from activities
Refunds
Fundraisin
Grants
Totsl Recei
14,364.00
1,656.00
14,364.00
1,656.00
11,902.00
267.00
120.00
500.00
12,789.00
& Donations
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
46,020.00
ts
16.020.00
ments
es
utilities
Insurance
Tele
hone
Buildin
ex
enses
Professional fees
Office costs
Communi
2,418.00
1,644.00
5,427.00
6,330.00
3,406.00
821.00
12,569.00
325.00
400.00
768.00
7,845.00
7,974.00
7,842.00
6,317.00
3,384.00
732.00
5.815.00
515.00
512.00
335.00
821.00
19,363.00
325.00
400.00
768.00
6,794.00
activities
Total
ments
10,856.00
30,046.00
40,902.00
25,452.00
Surplu8lDeficit for the
riod
19,144.00
(14,026.00)
5,118.00
(12,663.00)
Funds brought forward
31" December 2023
33,302.00
33,302.00
45,965.00
Funds carried forward
31" December 2024
19,144.00
19,276.00
38,420.00
33,302.00
2024

Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as at 31 December 2024
2024
2023
Notes
Current assets:
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
38,420.00
33,234.00
68.00
Totsl current assets:
38,420.00
33,302.00
Current Ilabilities:
Total current Ilabllitles
Net assets
38,420.00
33 302.00
Re
resented b
Restricted reserves
Unrestricted reserves
Desi
nated reseNes
Total funds:
10
11
12
13
19,144.00
4,276.00
15,000.00
38 420.00
13,302.00
20,000.00
33 302.00
The financial statements were approved by the following members of the Board of
Trustees:
Signed:
Position:
2024

Hertfordshire House Community Centre and Gardens CIO
Notes to the accounts as at 31 December 2024
The accounts are prepared on the receipts and payments basis in
accordan￿ with the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and
Reporting by Charities.
Hertfordshire House Community Centre and Gardens is a Registered
Charitsble Incorporated Organisation (CIO) no 1180452, registered on 29.
October 2018. The organisation is governed by a Board of Trustees.
This includes:
Rentals £12,814
Allotments £1,250
Garage £300
This includes:
Gateshead Council - Community Hubs Capital - £10,00
NLCF Awards for All - £20,000
This includes..
Wages costs £7,673
Social Security costs £172
No employee re￿iVed remuneration amounting to more than £60,000.
This includes:
Gas £3,845
Electricity £3,016
Water £1,113
This includes:
Building costs £16,677
Fire protection £1,028
Alarms £1,372
PRSIPPL £286
This includes:
Accountancy fees £275
Gateshead Council £50
2024

This includes:
Community Garden £768
10
Restricted funds to be spent on activities as set out in specific funding
agreements.
11
Unrestricted funds available to the charity.
12
The Trustees have designated £15,000 of unrestricted funds as a
contingency fund to pay costs in the event that the charity has to be
wound-up. This is kept under review by the Trustees annually.
13
Total funds available to the charity as at 31 December 2024.
10
2024