Charity Number 1185608
EAST KESWICK VILLAGE HALL
Balance Sheet
As at 31 December 2025
2025
2025
2024
2024
Notes
Fixed Assets
Land and Buildings
Plant & equipment
10
10
209,599
4,713
208,219
7,347
214.312
54,118
215.566
32,230
Investments
Debtors
12
11.080
55,662
Cash at bank and in hand
13
22,542
12,911
33,622
68,573
Creditors due within 1 year
14
31,684
1,938
270,368
400
20,918
268,714
400
Net current assets
Creditors due after 1 year
Net assets
15
269,968
268,314
Represented by
Funds
16
269,968
268,314
Peter Guildford
(Chai
Date.. IS April 2026
The notes on pages 8 and 13 form part of these Financial Statements.

Charity Number 1185608
EAST KESWICK VILLAGE HALL
Report of the Trustees (continued)
The Hall continues to faGe a Ghanging operating environment. Income from weddings arld
major events-historically a key sourGe of funding-has become less prediclable due to
shifts in social patterns and Ihe wider economic climate following COVID and inflationary
pressures.
In response, the Trustees have taken steps to strengthen the Hall's position. Marketing has
been improved through a new website and local advertising. while energy efficiency
measures including insulation, LED lighting, and improved controls-have been
implemented.
Grant funding, togetherwith a managed contribution from reserves, has enabled investment
in solar panels, battery storage, and the development of the climate Ghange garden. This
project has been delivered wilh minimal ongoing costs and is already enhancing the Hall's
altractiveness as a venue.
The Hall maintains reseNes at an appropriate level, although margins remain light. The
Trustees aim lo ensure that future hire charge increases are moderate and. where possible,
below inflation.
Overall, the Hall remains a valued community asset. The Tnjstees are committed to
maintaining and improving its facilities, while operating within prudent financial constraints.
Financial Revlew
Historically, the accounts are prepared on accruals basis. This means that income and
expenditure reflects when the actual events take place. rather than just when monies are
received or expended.
statement of Trustees, Responsibilities
The trustees are required by law to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair
view of the state of affairs of the Trust at the end of each financial year and of the net
movement in the funds of the Trust during that period.
The trustees confirm that appropriate accounting policies have been used and applied
consistently and that reasonable and prudent judgements have been made in the
preparation of the Financial Statements for the period 31st December 2025. The trustees
also confim that the Financial Statements have been prepared on a going concern basis
and that applicable accounting standards have been followed.
The trustees are responsib18 for maintaining adequate accounting records, for safeguarding
the assets of the Trust and for taking reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud and other
irregularities.
Chairman
IS April 2026
Peter Gui
dford