
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 1.4.2024                 Period start date    31.3.2025            Period end date** 

## **Charity name:  Eden Miners Centre** 

**Charity registration number:** 1187759 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|1.2to promote the benefit of the inhabitants<br>of the area of benefit without distinction of<br>sex, sexual orientation, age, disability,<br>nationality, race or of political, religious or<br>other opinions, by associating together the<br>said inhabitants and the statutory authorities,<br>voluntary and other organisations in a<br>common effort to advance education and to<br>provide facilities in the interests of social<br>welfare for recreation and leisure time<br>occupation with the object of improving the<br>conditions of life for the said inhabitants;<br>2.2to establish, or secure the establishment<br>of, a Community Centre and to maintain and<br>manage the same (whether alone or in co-<br>operation with any statutory authority or<br>other person or body) in furtherance of the<br>Objects;|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|We have run four different youth clubs<br>throughout the year.  In addition we have run<br>a weekly Welcome/Warm Hub  providing<br>food and company for lonely adults in our<br>community.  We host and run a weekly food<br>recycling programme with The Bread and<br>Butter Thing providing some 40000 bags of<br>inexpensive food to our village each year.  In<br>addition during the year we have hosted a<br>boxing club, a church group, and a keep fit<br>group as well as running fundraising and<br>social events and hosting other groups in our<br>meeting rrom|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|We have and remain conscious of the<br>guidance from the Charity Commission and<br>confirm all our activity is aimed at public<br>benefit|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference 



|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We do not make grants**|
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|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**We do not make investments**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|We depend totally on volunteers for the<br>management of the centre, fund raising and<br>delivering the services we provide. Our 20 or<br>more volunteers are our life blood.|
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## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|We have run four different youth clubs<br>throughout the year.  In addition we have run<br>a weekly Welcome/Warm Hub  providing<br>food and company for lonely adults in our<br>community.  We host and run a weekly food<br>recycling programme with The Bread and<br>Butter Thing providing some 12 000 bags of<br>inexpensive food to our village each year.  In<br>addition during the year we have hosted a<br>boxing club, a church group, and a keep fit<br>group as well as running fundraising and<br>social events and hosting other groups in our<br>meeting rrom|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

**n/a** Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set **n/a** Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set 



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|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**|
|Other||**n/a**|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**We hold a balance of £3400 at year end**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We do not hold reserves**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**Lack of funds**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Grants from the local authority and other<br>charities, small scale local fund raising|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**State of building and lack of resources**|
|Other||**n/a**|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Statement of constituion|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**_CIO_**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees have to be accepted as such by a<br>majority vote of the existing trustees and<br>endorsed by an AGM|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51|<br>**n/a**|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**n/a**|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|**n/a**|
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Eden Miners Centre|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1187759|
|Charity’s principal address|2 Watling Street Leadgate Co Durham DH8 6DP|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Jeanette Harold|Chair|||
||AndyPlant|Secretary|||
||Marion Gladdon|Treasurer|||
||David Shield||||
||Alan Shield||||
||James Donaghy||||
||Phillipa Reed||||
||Martin Boyle||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name n/a** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

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## **Other optional information** 

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## **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** 5.9.25 



EDEN MINERS CENTRE ACCOUNTS 1.4.24 TO 31.3.25 

|INCOME<br>Opening Balance<br>Hadrian Grant<br>Multi sports grants<br>TOTAL GRANTS<br>DDYP Rent<br>Clothes sales Rent<br>Misc Rent<br>Boxing Rent<br>Keep Fit Rent<br>Self Belief Rent<br>Ark Fellowship Rent<br>TOTAL RENT<br>Welcome Hub Grant<br>Welcome Hub<br>donations<br>TOTAL WELCOME HUB<br>Fairs<br>TOTAL FAIRS<br>TOTAL INCOME|£500.00<br>£2,957.00<br>£3,457.0<br>0<br>£90.00<br>£60.00<br>£550.50<br>£350.00<br>£450.00<br>£562.50<br>£1,410.00<br>£3,473.0<br>0<br>£2,060.00<br>£290.00<br>£2,350.0<br>0<br>£492.29<br>£492.29|EXPENDITURE<br>£2,942.18<br>Multi Sports<br>£2,010.0<br>0<br>TOTAL GRANTS<br>£2,010.0<br>0<br>Repairs<br>£1,003.9<br>3<br>Misc<br>£453.71<br>Insuranc<br>e<br>£753.07<br>Broadband<br>£653.39<br>Power<br>£2,553.0<br>9<br>Water<br>£756.00<br>TOTAL BUILDING<br>£6,173.1<br>9<br>Welcome Hub<br>£783.83<br>TOTAL WELCOME HUB<br>£783.83<br>Fairs<br>£310.00<br>TOTAL FAIRS<br>£310.00<br>£9,772.29<br>TOTAL<br>EXPENDITURE<br>£9,277.02|
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check total 

|Closing Balance<br>£12,714.4<br>7<br>Check total|£3,437.45|
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