## **Houghton Regis Community Development Company Charity Number 1186865**
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 1.3.20-28.2.21**
## **Objectives and Activities:**
HRCDC is concerned with helping the formation of a vibrant, healthy community in the new build housing area known as Bidwell West (HRN2) in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire.
Much of this year has been taken up with the recruitment of a pioneer community worker to live on and work in the new Bidwell West development. This appointment began on March 1[st] 2021 and the project has progressed rapidly since.
The trustees are mindful of the charity’s key objectives to create a public benefit especially for the new residents in Bidwell West but also for the wider community in Houghton Regis. Indeed this is central to the Charity’s activities.
## **Progress during the year:**
We were delighted to make an appointment to the community work post in the autumn of 2021. Much of the year had focused on securing grants and the participation of different church groups in the scheme. This concluded not only in the funding of the appointment but also the provision of a suitable house on the development. A Welcome Event is planned to launch this phase of the project for March 2021 which will include a range of representatives of the statutory authorities.
Alongside this there have been continuing discussions with potential partners about the provision of a community building within the Bidwell West development. These have included both Central Bedfordshire Council and Houghton Regis Town Council.
## **Financial Review:**
The Charity was able to deliver commitments for funding the post for 4.5 years at 0.65 of FTE. This was less than we hoped for but our intention is to move towards securing full time funding in the coming year. At this point the Charity has a promised flow of income primarily to fund this appointment. It is hoped that grant funding can be secured to enhance budgets to promote community activity in the coming 12 months.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The Charity is constituted as a CIO. New trustees are appointed by the trustee group itself but may be identified by partner bodies. The trustees work alongside other church representatives bringing skills and experience to support the Charity’s work.
Houghton Regis Community Development Company Registered Charity Number: 1186865 Charity’s principal address: C/O Alan Rashleigh & Associates Ltd, 37 Park Lane Poynton, STOCKPORT SK12 1RD
## **Trustees:**
Rev David Skinner Rev Deborah Hodgson Rev Stephen Copson (David Gibbons stepped down at the end of this period)
## **Property owned:** None
|**Property owned:**None|**Property owned:**None||
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|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others:**||None|
|**Signed on behalf of Trustees**|_David Skinner_||
|**Full Name**|**Rev David Richard**|**Skinner**|
|**Position**|**Trustee**||
|**Date**|**30.1.22**||
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**Houhton Regis Community development Charity**
## **Receipts and payments acco**
**For the period** Period start date **To from** 12/1/2020
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
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A1 Receipts
Admin Grant South Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit - 2,500 -
South Bedfordshire Methodist District Grant - 1,170 -
South Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit Grant - 2,250 -
Central Baptist Grant - 1,917 -
HRCC salary grant - 500 -
HR Baptist Church Pioneer Funds - 500 -
Dagnall Street Baptist Church - 1,106 -
Contribution to Broardband / Phone - 20 -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) - 9,963 -
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A3 Payments
Britania Moving Costs - 930 -
H3G - Phone - 17 -
Chris Beales - 1,838 -
Tim Haines Salary - 891 -
Tim Haines Expenses - 164 -
Methodist Insurance - 571 -
Pure Broadband - 33 -
Blinds - 280 -
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Sub total [ - ] 4,723 -
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see
table)
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Total payments - 4,723 -
Net of receipts/(payments) [ - ] 5,240 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - -
Cash funds this year end [ - ] 5,240 -
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## **B5 Liabilities**
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