## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1.4.23 to 31.3.24** ## **Charity name: Eden Miners Centre** **Charity registration number:** 1187759 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|1.2 to promote the beneft of the
inhabitants of the area of
beneft without distncton of
sex, sexual orientaton, age,
disability, natonality, race or
of politcal, religious or other
opinions, by associatng
together the said inhabitants
and the statutory authorites,
voluntary and other
organisatons in a common
efort to advance educaton
and to provide facilites in
the interests of social welfare
for recreaton and leisure-
tme occupaton with the
object of improving the
conditons of life for the said
inhabitants;
2.2 to establish, or secure
the establishment of, a
Community Centre and
to maintain and manage
the same (whether
alone or in co-operaton
with any statutory
authority or other
person or body) in
furtherance of the
Objects;| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**In this year we have run a free food club**
**for all the children of the village over the**| |purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.||**Easter Holiday 2023, a full range of**
**summer activities for children on 4 days**
**a week for the six weeks of the summer**
**holidays. We have now established two**
**youth clubs run by external groups in**
**our centre, We have a keep fit class, a**
**football group, a church group, and we**
**run a Bread and Butter Thing Hub**
**providing inexpensive food to 80**
**families in our community each week.**
**We have also run a Warm Hub providing**
**a weekly meal club and socialising point**
**once a week for local residents**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We have and remain conscious of the**
**guidance from the Charity Commission**
**and confirm all our activity is aimed at**
**public benefit**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We depend totally on volunteers for the**
**management of the centre, fund raising**
**and delivering the services we provide.**
**Our 20 or more volunteers are our life**
**blood.**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Providing more than 2000 free lunches**
**over Easter, 600 summer holiday**
**sessions for children, and 12,500 bags**
**of inexpensive food to our residents.**|| |---|---|---|---| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We hold a balance of just under £3000 at**
**year end**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We do not have reserves**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**No spare funds**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Grants from the local authority and**
**otehr charities, small scale local fund**
**raising**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Need to establish greater paying use of**
**the centre**| |Other||**n/a**| **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Statement of constituion**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees have to be accepted as such**
**by a majority vote of the existing**
**trustees and endorsed by an AGM**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |||Charity name|Charity name|Eden Miners’Centre|Eden Miners’Centre|Eden Miners’Centre|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Other name the charity uses|||||| |||Registered charity number||1187759|||| |||Charity’s principal address||2 Watling Street Leadgate Co Durham DH8 6DP|||| ||||||||| |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|| ||Jeanette Harold||chair||||| ||Andrew Plant||secretary||||| ||Phillipa Read||||||| ||Marion Gladdon||treasurer||||| ||James Donaghy||||||| ||Martin Boyle||||||| ||David Shields||||||| ||Alan Shield||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||Charity name|Charity name|Eden Miners’Centre|Eden Miners’Centre|Eden Miners’Centre|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Other name the charity uses|||||| |||Registered charity number||1187759|||| |||Charity’s principal address||2 Watling Street Leadgate Co Durham DH8 6DP|||| ||||||||| |1
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8|**Trustee name**||**Office (if any)**||**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|| ||Jeanette Harold||chair||||| ||Andrew Plant||secretary||||| ||Phillipa Read||||||| ||Marion Gladdon||treasurer||||| ||James Donaghy||||||| ||Martin Boyle||||||| ||David Shields||||||| ||Alan Shield||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Andrew Plant **Position (eg** Secretary **Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 8.10.204 **Eden Miners Center Accounts 1.4.2023 to 31.3.2024** |INCOME
Opening Balance
Dance
Keep Fit
Youth club ext
**Regular income**
Covid interviews
Summer fair
Xmas
fair
**Events income**
**Summer scheme**
Welcome Hub DCC
TBBT
hub
**Hub income**
Ballinger
DCC for boiler
**Grant income**
Misc
**TOTAL INCOME**|£1,825.00
£360.00
£1,842.50
£4,027.50
£440.00
£80.00
£540.00
£1,060.00
£8,884.00
£2,065.00
£400.00
£2,465.00
£1,000.00
£1,610.00
£2,610.00
£30.00|EXPENDITURE
£6,586.97
Energy
£3,426.50
Water
£1,114.00
Wifi
£551.52
Insurance
£437.20
**Running costs**
£5,529.22
New tables
£1,056.00
Repairs etc
£7,515.89
Cleaning
£967.50
DIY
consumables
£267.56
**Building costs**
£9,806.95
Xmas fair
£136.45
Easter Scheme
£510.00
Summer
Scheme
£6,234.00
Hub Food
£119.87
**Events etc**
£7,000.32
Misc
£384.80
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**£22,721.29**
**£19,076.50**
Closing Balance
£2,942.18
£25,663.47
£25,663.47| |---|---|---|