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

**From 1[st] April 2021  To 31[st] March 2022** 

## **Charity name: Chalton Village Association** 

## **Charity registration number: 1188647** 

## **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|The objective of the charity is to provide a<br>village hall for Parish use for activities such as<br>meetings, lectures or classes as well as other<br>forms of recreation and leisure time activities<br>providing social contact or entertainment for<br>the benefit of the inhabitants.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|2021/22 was a period where we came out of<br>the previous year’s COVID lockdown rules and<br>we were able to start providing access to the<br>hall again for individual hall hires as well as<br>regular events.<br>The hall was used for band practice, W.I.<br>meetings and Parish Council meetings as well<br>as for a Keep Fit class and monthly village tea<br>mornings. The Christmas carol concert was a<br>very enjoyable evening and a welcome return<br>to normality after the COVID shutdown the<br>previous year.<br>The grounds were available 24/7 throughout<br>the period for access to the community and<br>provided football pitch facilities for the Sunday<br>football club.<br>A number of hall and grounds maintenance<br>activities were undertaken and are itemised<br>below.|
|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|The trustees considered guidance from the<br>Charity Commission on public benefit when<br>planning activities. This is reflected in the hall<br>hires and regular events, as well as the access<br>to the grounds for all inhabitants for their own<br>recreationalpurposes.|



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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
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|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity depends on a very small group of<br>committed volunteers to keep the hall running<br>smoothly. It is proving very difficult to find new<br>residents willing to join the committee and this<br>is seen as a potential risk for the future.|
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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|The age and nature of the hall inevitably<br>requires it to have ongoing maintenance and,<br>in this period, in addition to general ongoing<br>decoration such as painting and door re-<br>hanging, we were able to upgrade the kitchen<br>lights and switch and fit a new heater in the<br>ladies’ toilet. We purchased some new drink<br>tumblers for the kitchen.<br>We also undertook a major project to replace<br>the old, sagging plastic pipework around the<br>hall and installed new radiators. This had been<br>an eye-sore for some time and the new pipes<br>and radiators have significantly improved the<br>appearance of the hall. A radiator was also<br>installed in the small lounge room.<br>There were some unwelcome rodent guests in<br>the loft! They chewed through some water<br>pipes and electrical cables causing a water leak<br>and electrical short circuit, both of which had<br>to be repaired and pest control measures put<br>in place.<br>We continued the regular grounds<br>maintenance, including grass cutting and tree<br>surgery, as well as topping up some of the<br>gravel and replacing a broken manhole cover in<br>the field.|





A Help for Heroes “Tommy” silhouette statue was purchased. This was placed at the entrance to Water End Lane to commemorate Armistice Day and to provide a focal point for reflection in the village for Remembrance Sunday. It is hoped that this will become an ongoing tradition. 


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## **Financial Review** 

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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Total receipts on unrestricted funds were<br>£21,133.<br>£7,858 was received from hall hires after<br>return of deposits and a £8,000 Covid grant<br>was provided by Central Beds Council. Hall and<br>grounds maintenance were the largest<br>expenses, totalling £6,800 with Utility bills<br>being the next highest category at £1,399. This<br>is expected to rise significantly in the next<br>period as energy prices continue to rise.  The<br>total of unrestricted funds on 31stMarch 2022<br>carried forward to the nextperiod was £39,944|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The trustees have reviewed the reserves of the<br>charity and the policy is to maintain if possible<br>a balance of unrestricted  funds to meet twelve<br>months’ operating costs in the event that hall<br>hires are not possible (e.g. during Covid<br>lockdown) or other emergency situations that<br>mayarise.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|After reviewing the operating costs of the<br>village Hall, the trustees have agreed a reserve<br>of £10,000 which is equal to approx. 12 months<br>operating expense plus recognition of ongoing<br>fuel price increases, grass cutting and deposit<br>returns in case of cancellations such as<br>occurred during COVID. This amount remains<br>well within the balance of unrestricted funds.|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Not Applicable|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Not Applicable|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|Not Applicable|



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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Hall hires were the principal source of funding<br>and these were augmented by a one off Covid<br>related grant of £8,000 from the Central Beds<br>District Council.<br>There was also a contribution of £160 towards<br>tree surgery required in the grounds from the<br>Leslie Sell Charitable Trust.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
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A description of the principal risks facing the charity Other 



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Chalton Village Association is a Charitable<br>Incorporated Organisation (**“CIO”**) set up under<br>the Charities Act and the General Regulations<br>2012.|
|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|The first charity trustees are the same as those<br>of the previous Chalton Village Hall charity and<br>are appointed for a period of 3 years. Apart<br>from the first charity trustees, every trustee<br>must be appointed for a term of three years by<br>a resolution passed at a properly convened<br>meeting of the charity trustees.<br>In selecting individuals for appointment as<br>charity trustees, the charity trustees must have<br>regard to the skills, knowledge and experience<br>needed for the effective administration of the<br>CIO.|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|The charity trustees will make available to each<br>new charity trustee, on or before his or her<br>first appointment, a copy of the current version<br>of the constitution and a copy of the CIO’s<br>latest Trustees’ Annual Report and statement<br>of accounts.|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|This charity was formed in March 2020 as a<br>Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) to<br>replace unincorporated charity “Chalton Village<br>Hall” (1068255). The Charity Commission<br>approved the transfer of assets on 5thMay<br>2020, and on 20th May 2020, the trustees of<br>the CIO resolved pursuant to the charitable<br>objects of the CIO to accept such transfer and<br>to grant an indemnity to the Trustees under<br>section 105 of the Charities Act 2011.|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|The principal assets used by the Chalton Village<br>Association are Chalton Village Hall and the<br>surrounding grounds. These assets are owned<br>by the Leslie Sell Charitable Trust (Reg. No.<br>258699)|
|Other||The Licence to occupy the village hall expired in<br>September 2020 and the CVA committed to a<br>new 5 year lease on the hall. This will provide<br>some security to offer bookings on the hall in<br>the comingmonths andyears.|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Chalton Village Association|
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|Registered charitynumber|1188647|
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|Charity’s principal address|1, Luton Rd<br>Chalton<br>Beds<br>LU4 9UJ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Diane Delicate|Chair|||
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||Alison Williams|Secretary|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



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

Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**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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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** A Williams **Full name(s)** Alison Williams **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 19/10/2022 




|**Chalton Village Association**||**1188647**||
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|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|01/04/2021<br>**For the period**<br>**from**|**To**|31/03/2022||



|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**160**<br>**12,973**<br>**8,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**21,133**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**21,133**<br>**5,115**<br>**1,399**<br>**5,248**<br>**1,552**<br>**1,064**<br>**352**<br>**585**<br>**455**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **15,770**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**15,770**<br>**5,364**<br>**-**<br>**34,580**<br>**39,944**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Trust Tree Maintenance Contribution|**160**|**-**||**-**||**160**||**90**|
|Hall Hire|**12,973**|**-**||**-**||**12,973**||**2,675**|
|CBC Grant|**8,000**|**-**||**-**||**8,000**||**10,000**|
||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Bank Cash From Transfer & Merger|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**34,751**|
|PettyCash From Transfer & Merger|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**161**|
|UtilityRefund|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**178**|
|National Grid Playground Grant|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**10,000**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**21,133**|**-**||**-**||**21,133**||**57,855**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||||
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|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||||
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|Hall Deposit Returns|**5,115**|||||||**2,055**|
|Utilities|**1,399**|||||||**1,246**|
|Hall Maintenance|**5,248**|||||||**2,614**|
|Grounds Maintenance|**1,552**|||||||**511**|
|General & Office Expenses|**1,064**|||||||**123**|
|Insurances|**352**|||||||**335**|
|Hall Cleaning|**585**|||||||**65**|
|Xmas Concert|**455**|||||||**-**|
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|Legal / ConsultancyServices|**-**|||||||**1,200**|
|Anti Covid Measures|**-**|||||||**126**|
|Playground Upgrade|**-**|||||||**15,000**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**15,770**|||||||**23,275**|
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|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||
|||||||||**23,275**|
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||**5,364**|**-**||||**5,364**||**34,580**|
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||**34,580**|**-**||||**34,580**||**-**|
||**39,944**|**-**||||**39,944**||**34,580**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>DGrygiel<br>Hall hire deposit returns<br>Help for Heroes Armistice statue<br>**Details**<br>Fridge<br>Microwave Oven<br>Committee Room Table & 6 Chairs<br>Artificial Christmas Tree<br>Kitchen Utensils<br>Cash Funds<br>Petty Cash<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Chairs x 90<br>Tables x 26|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**39,681**<br>**-**<br>**263**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**39,944**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>DeborahGrygiel|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||DGrygiel|DeborahGrygiel|19/10/2022|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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