NEUADD GOFFA PENMACHNO
Registered Charity Number : 1184642
Trustee Report Year Ending 31 March 2025
NEUADD GOFFA PENMACHNO
Report of the Trustees for the year ending 31[st] March 2025
The Trustees of Neuadd Goffa Penmachno hereby present their annual report and audited accounts for the period ending 31[st] March 2025.
OUR AIM
The objectives of the CIO are to establish and run a village hall and to promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the village of Penmachno, and its immediate neighbourhood, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, race or political, religious or other opinions, the provision of facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interest of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants.
REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS (Year ending March 31 2025)
The financial period began with the official opening of the community hub building following the completed renovation work funded by the National Lottery Communty Fund. The event was extremely well attended by a large number of members of the local community and relevant stakeholders.
Our successful application to the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund meant that renovation work to the sports hall was carried out and completed, whilst development of the new upstairs mezzanine area also commenced.
As a reminder, the core idea of the charity project is to improve the community owned Neuadd Goffa Penmachno (old school hall) to create a modern community facility with resources and activities to act as a hub for the whole community within Bro Machno to provide a good foundation for the community to address issues pertaining to rural poverty.
The community hub will
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Provide a warm and welcoming space for local people
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Help the community to have conversations about the diverse challenges we face locally, such as public transport, affordable housing needs and ideas for community care
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Support the community to devise innovative and long-term solutions to local issues and develop proposals for dealing with these challenges
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Involve people with first-hand experience of poverty as experts and partners in shaping actions
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Deliver activities and events such as…..Movie nights, Arts Club, Reading club, Soup club, gardening club, gym, yoga, youth club.
Promote the Welsh language and heritage of the area. Time banking and intergenerational skill share project. Community hub café
Skills workshops and classes
The project will
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Develop community alliances and build social capital
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Develop and share skills and trades within the community to help address issues
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Refurbish the hall and develop new services, projects and enterprises
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Coordinate local advice and service provision to benefit the community
Following on from the official opening in April 2024, the newly renovated hall hosted numerous weekly activities, as well as many one-off events.
Some of the highlights included….
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Weekly instructor-led yoga sessions every Monday evening
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Weekly “Needles & Pins” knitting & crocheting group – Regularly attended by OAPs and schoolchildren alike. Has been hugely successful in skills sharing.
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Weekly Youth Club – Run in conjunction with “Ffit Conwy” (Conwy Borough County Council)
The village fun day & night was once again a highly successful event and very well attended by people of all ages.
Due to the fantastic craftsmanship carried out on the building, we were fortunate to be able to host the Bro Machno Pensioners’ Christmas Lunch in early December. A number of fundraising events were held throughout the year, in order to raise enough money for all eligible OAPs to be able to have their Christmas lunch and drinks provided for free. On the day around 70 pensioners dined in the large hall, whilst being entertained by a harpist and carol singing by the local primary school pupils. The event was classed as a huge success, and garnered tremendous feedback.
The hall was also hired out for parties, private functions, our first ever wedding reception and to third parties running events.
FINANCIAL REVIEW (Year ending March 31 2025)
Financial outgoings through the year increased quite substantially, thanks to funding through the Shared Prosperity Fund, which enabled further renovation work to be undertaken. Outgoings on renovation were matched by income from the SPF grant fund as invoices were re-imbursed on an ongoing basis.
We again concluded the financial year in a comfortable position, though energy costs still remain a concern going forwards.
This Trustees’ Report has been signed reviewed and commended for submission by the three trustees of Neuadd Goffa Penmachno, namely;
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Veda Richards
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Sian Rhun Morris
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Karen Holt
The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature : Veda Richards
Full Name : Veda Louise Richards
Position : Trustee
Date : 30/01/2026
| 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Receipts | ||
| Fund Raising Efforts | 0 | 0 |
| Hire Charges | 610 | 145 |
| Donations and Contributions | 200 | 0 |
| Rebates & Compensation payments | 108 | 811 |
| Bank Interest | 486 | 587 |
| Grant Funding Received | 113,419 | 38,382 |
| 114,823 | 39,925 | |
| Payments | ||
| Water Charges | 0 | 641 |
| Insurance | 1,018 | 891 |
| Refuse Collection | 746 | 0 |
| Heating and Lighting | 2,457 | 1,609 |
| Repairs, renewals and maintenance | 1,863 | 0 |
| Bank Charges | 60 | 61 |
| Professional Fees | 350 | 164 |
| Renovation Project | 72,245 | 21,613 |
| Equipment | 13,291 | 4,098 |
| Wages | 7,042 | 7,032 |
| Event Costs | 709 | 500 |
| Accountant Fees | 108 | 0 |
The independent audit will be uploaded in the coming days, as soon as received from the accountants. I have uploaded this as a temporary document, in order to get the annual submission in.