## **Kirkwhelpington Memorial Hall** ## **Annual Report 2025** The Memorial Hall had a successful year providing facilities to a wide range of community groups and individuals, whilst also continuing with our building project aimed at further improving our facilities. Within our income of £64810 we received grants of £46500 from Garfield Weston Foundation, Northumberland County Council Community Chest, Joicey Trust, Ray Windfarm Fund and Community Foundation (Green Rigg) towards our building project. Our normal trading income of £18310 was a good increase on the previous year’s figure of £13774. Expenditure for the year of £82757 included £65960 on the building project. Our normal operating expenditure of £16797 was slightly below 2024’s figure of £17447. The Hall continues to provide a benefit to the community hosting the Post Office, art, music and youth clubs, bowls, pilates and yoga clubs and as a venue for fundraising activities including a theatre night, coffee mornings and social nights. The Hall is well used generally six days per week. _Kikwhelpington Memorial Hall is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered at Companies House with company number CE020612 and the Charity Commission with charity number 1187820_ _Chairman - David Pearson_ _Secretary - Anne Haynes_ _Treasurer - Ian Llo_ yd ## **Kirkwhelpington Memorial Hall** ## **Income and Expenditure Account For the year ended 31 December 2025** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Income
2025 2024
Lettings £6,797.60 £5,934.50
Bowls £704.75 £616.30
PO Rent £540.00 £540.00
Hire of Tables and Chairs £30.00 £50.00
Computers/Jigsaws/Photocopies £267.06 £277.86
Electricity Wayleave £1.15 £1.15
Sub total £8,340.56 £7,419.81
Fund Raising
59 Club £856.00 £952.00
Last Saturday Coffee Morning donations £1,750.82 £1,558.62
Fundraising Events £1,265.50 £0.00
Theatre Night £660.00 £0.00
Other Donations £1,601.63 £726.00
Gift Aid Claim £371.03 £0.00
Sub total £6,504.98 £3,236.62
Bank Interest
Barclays Interest £0.00 £0.00
Compensation from Barclays Bank £50.00 £0.00
Virgin interest £613.97 £506.64
Sub total £663.97 £506.64
Grants
Toilet Cleaning £2,100.00 £1,911.00
Maintenance Grant £700.00 £700.00
Grants and donations towards building project £46,500.00 £25,020.00
Sub total £49,300.00 £27,631.00
Total Income £64,809.51 £38,794.07
Expenditure
2025 2024
Premises costs
Heating Oil £2,795.80 £2,901.52
Electricity £1,704.65 £1,618.37
Water £988.32 £723.29
Caretaker £2,880.00 £2,880.00
PAYE £2,287.10 £0.00
Insurance £1,482.79 £1,434.73
Broadband Costs £285.89 £388.08
Hall maintenance £1,970.14 £1,305.94
Window Cleaner £84.00 £72.00
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Sub total £14,478.69 £11,323.93
Licences
Performing Rights Licence £81.00 £83.02
Lottery Licence £20.00 £20.00
Sub total £101.00 £103.02
Miscellaneous
Bowls Membership £15.00 £15.00
WNCBC Subscription £0.00 £20.00
Theatre Night Costs £600.00 £0.00
Cleaning Supplies £132.25 £4.00
Computer Costs £30.00 £30.00
Architect and Planning Costs £0.00 £4,566.00
Legal Costs - Conveyancing £0.00 £1,384.60
Professional Costs £1,440.04 £0.00
First Aid Kit updates £0.00 £0.00
Building Project - Phase 1 £64,490.65 £0.00
Building Project - Phase 2 £1,469.57 £0.00
Sub total £68,177.51 £6,019.60
Total Expenditure £82,757.20 £17,446.55
Net (Expenditure) / Income -£17,947.69 £21,347.52
Balance as at 1 Jan £67,098.87 £45,751.35
Balance as at 31 Dec £49,151.18 £67,098.87
Virgin deposit Account as at 31st December £40,146.77 £61,052.80
Barclays Current Account as at 31st December £8,313.33 £5,396.36
Debtors as at 31st December £1,179.03 £1,233.00
Creditors as at 31st December -£487.95 -£583.29
Overall Balance as at 31st December £49,151.18 £67,098.87
Designated Funds £21,000.00 £30,020.00
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(HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees Kirkwhelpington Memorial Hall On accounts ft)r the year ended 31° December 2025 Charity no 1187820 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf} for the year ended 31112 12025 Responsibilities and basis of report As the Gharity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charrties Act 2011 rthe Acr). I report in resped of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried Olrt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directs'ons given by the Charity Commission under sertion 14515)(bl of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination 4elbe -d￿1￿ vthich gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Charrties Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulats'ons 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no con￿M8 and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Dats: Name: PrTX Relevant professional qualification(sl or body (if any): IER Oct 2018 Address: Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity a¢counts.' directions and guidance for examiners). Giv8 here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose_ IER Oct 2018