Trustees, Annual Report for the period -
01 August 2023 to 31 July 2024
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name:
Fleetvlll8 Communlty Centre
Other names tharlty18 kn(y•m by
Communlty Contre
Reglstered Charlty Number
1185826
Ch8rftrf8 prfndpal address
Royal Road
StAlbans
AL14LQ
Name of the charlty trt*lees
manage the tharity
Jacquellne Brennan, ￿81r
Davld Martin. Vlcelhalr
Catherlne Stemple, Treasurer
Valerle Go(tyr-8urrow
Peter Jones
Giuseppwla 'knk?' M&Joc
BrerKlan MU￿hY
Syeda h4)motaz Rahlm
Sectlon B Structure, governance and management
D•8crlpllon ol ¢harfty'• Irusts
Type of govemlng d￿￿nt
The Fkntvllle Confftunty Centre's goNtmlng do￿rnent Is tha
c￿S￿lutI(￿ of the Fleefvllle Communlty Centre, adopted
15 May2019.
How the Charfty18 constlbjted
Flethlle Community Centre18 O￿aniSed as a Charttable
In(￿￿ated O￿aniSatIOn (Foundatlon Structure) who88 only
votlw membeTr are its Trustees.
Trustee solecth)n method8
Trustees are appoSnt8d for a tern) of three y8ars by
resolutron passed at 8 properly ccnvened meeting of the
charlty trustees.
Addlllonjl gov•rrnn¢• l••u•8 {Opllonal Inf0M￿Ort)
All trustses glve Ihelr tlme volUntar￿Y and roceive no remuneratlon or other benellts for thelr Commltt88

Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the obhcts ofthe
¢harlty set lxrt In Its
gov•mlng docum•nt
- To prorrK)ts. for the benefft of the irthabttants of Fleetville without
distinction of sex or political. religious or other opinions by
associatirKJ Ihe k)cal authoiltles. voluntary organisalions and
Inhabitants in a wmmon efft>rt to advan￿ education and to provlde
facilitBs v) the Interests of social weffare for recraatlon and leisure
tlme OC￿Pa￿ with tho thiect of improvtiw the o)ndllk)ns of lrfe for
the said I￿￿bit*)ts.
- To estsbli8h or to so￿Tr ts establishrnent of a c¥)mmunity Centre.
Summary oftsw maln
Actlvltles undortakon for th•
publlc bgnofft In relatlon to
those objects (Includo wlthln
th18 80Ctlon th• slatutory
declaratlon that trustees hav•
had regard to tho guldan
Commlmlon on publlc bonofft)
Manage the Centro on behalfof r8sKl8nts livirvJ In Fl88fville
and the swrrouThJlng area.
ProiY#)ts Ihe use of the Cwrtre as a LX)mNwnlty fadllty and resour
lor the gxlal. lelsure arKI ￿Ucat￿)naI Interests of l)cal resldents.
ProvKlo acrAxr￿￿thn for hlre lo t¥w) pre-8dK#)18ettlng8.
Offer Spa￿ for hire for da&ses. evants and rellgious
galherlffjs wlthin c¥)mmunlty.
Addltlonal d•tall8 of obhcQlv•s and acllvlikn (Opfjoml Inforn￿OnI
The Centro employs ¢)ne regular of *aff, a Centre Manager, and 8ubGMtracts otsr ser¥lc￿9 such
as cleanlng and malntenance to other providers. Fundralsiw and soclal events are run by the Centre: It8
users arKI other voluntsers genero￿lY donate many IKJurn of their tlme to make the80 events a success.
Section D Achlevements and performance
Summary of the maln
achl?￿m•nts of th• charlty
durlng th• y•ar
Centre Hlghliohts
Given that the proposed new l)ulkdlng rem8ln8 on hold for the pre8ent,
the tru8t8es have urKlertaken a number of projects th18 year to
Improve exisling tyjilding. There are further ￿kS planned to
continue the upkeep ￿K1 ff*lntsnance of the exl8lng bulldlng for
foreseeabl8 futurn.
Flnanclal H￿1￿hts
The ac£i)unts *)ow an Inmge In Centre expendlture8 of around
£10k 0￿r the prewrf)us year. largety due to varlous bulldlng r8P8lrs
undertaken by the Centre. There are fvrtfr￿r structrJr81 repaSrs funded
by the Council that are S(*￿dul￿ forAugust. 2024. Centre In￿Me
remalned steady at arourKI the same level as Ihe previous year.
Centre usage Is rKAV at or aLw)ve prtrcovld levels, for bolh reguknr and
ad-hoc hiring.
The Fleefville Communty Centre r￿1ved a number of small grants
totaling £1306 this year, supporung our offerings to the rx)mmunity
Induding a providing space for a Warn) Hub in Ihe winler months and
Cool Hub kn the sumnw.
FuThJraisirvJ Huhlyms
DOnal1￿S and GIftAkl Taised over £5,000 for the Centre this year. and
Centre events and other furKlrdising, includiig our annual Christmas
Craft Falr, ralsed a furlher£2.667.

Section E Financial review
Brlef statement of the
ch8ritYs policy on reserves
The Centre held cash at bank of £76,716 at the end of the
202312024 flnancial year, of whtch £1,326 are restrlcted funds ralsed
and set aside for a pernianent rnemorial to on8 of our long-lerni
volunteers.
We alm to hold atloast slx months. operallng oxpensos in r88eries at
the end of each year.
Detalls of any funds matsrlalty There are no funds materialty In deficAL
In doficlt
Section F Other Optional Information
Section G Declaratlon
Th• tr￿te0$ declar• that they hav• approv•d tho tru81088' rnport abov•
Slgn•d on b•half of th• charlty'• tru•t•••
Slgnaturn(•)
Full nam••(•)
Jack￿ Brennan
C8therlne Stemple
Po8ltlon
Chalr
Traasurer
Dat•
10 2oif
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||2023124|2022123||
|---|---|---|---|
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|BankBalance (Yearend31st July)||||
|Current Account|1,053.50|7,207.39||
|YearVariation|(6,153.99)|(19,162.43)||
|DepositAccount|74,336.58|73,990.00||
|YearVariation|3s5.s8|23,239.65||
|RestrictedFundsAccount|1,325.50|0.00||
|YearVariation|1,325.50|(s5.00)||
|Nonincomebanking (deposits)|0.00|(434.03)||
|UndepositedFundsVariation|(2e.00)|0.00||
|Totalvariation|__t4,sgL8-{_||3,587.19|



|Income|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Lettings:||||
||Contract|37,207.99|47,309.00||
||Ad hoc|__u,15q.3?-|_19!9!9||
||Total|52,359.25|56,294.00||
||Events&Miscellaneous|2,667.10|2,736.7L||
||Donations & GiftAid|5,048.40|2,339.8'J.||
||Grants|1,305.00|600.00||
||NewBuild|0.00|0.00||
||Insurance Proceeds|L,967.94|||
||Bankinterest<br>Total|_r,06r.42_<br>11,950.96:|__ligjq<br>5,9t6.17:||
|Grandtotal||54,309.11||62,2L0.L7|
|Expenditure|||||
|Staff||21,655.66|23,958.51||
|Contractor Maintenance/Security||_119011-|_1,003.0?-||
|Total||24,9t6.37|24,96L.59||
|Building Maintenance||10,930.90|2,929.52||
|Equipment|Repairs|_3,626J7|_1,0?8.98-||
|Total||t4,557.67|5,007.50||
|Utilities:|||||
|Gas||3,343.33|3,029.53||
||Electricity|5,186.29|4,442.96||
|Water||918.83|2,410.99||
|Telephone/lnternet/WEB||_r,L34.43|_L,L??.25_||
|Total||10,592.97|11,059.73||





|Total costbrought forward|491956.91||42,O2g.gt|
|---|---|---|---|
|Rent|1,730.00||1,730.00|
|Rates|250.51||400.88|
|Insurance|2,109.90||2,031.91|
|Licences/Subscriptions<br>Total|_25?.20_<br>4,U7.5t||_:0e.?g-<br>4167''.gg|
|Cleaning|8,457.23||7,427.65|
|Waste&Hygiene|_ld19i:.||_L,?gL.4g_|
|Total|10,293.68||9r219.15|
|New Equipment,Incoffice|L,tgL.O4||608.84|
|Resale|0.00||0.00|
|Misc,IncTrusteeMisc|t,!29.73||574.49|
|Stationary/Printing|119.88||0.00|
|ManagerExpenses|1,320.33||1,124.60|
|Training|12.00||0.00|
|NewBuild|0.00||0.00|
|Meetings/Events/FundRaisingExp<br>Total|_13ggt<br>4,21L.82_||__39s.20<br>2,703.t38|
|Grandtotal||68,809.92||





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