Charity Registration nwnber.. 1188765
Lymington Community Association
Annual Rewrt and Unauditd Finan¢1￿ Statanents
for the Year Endal on 31 August 2025

Lymington Co￿￿￿￿]ty Association
Contents
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Statement of Trt￿te¢S. Responsibilities
Inde￿dent Exarniner's Report
io
Statement of Fin&nciai Arttvities
li
Balattc£ Sheet
12
Statement of C&slL Flows
13
Notes to tbe Finalleial Statemetrts
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Lymington Communlty Association
Trnstees, Report
For the Year Ended 31 Au2USt 2025
Th¢ trnste¢s present the annual report togdher witlL the finaocial st9trm￿ts of the Charity for the p¢riod from 1°
September 2024 to 31 A￿￿l￿ 2025.
The fill&n¢ial state￿ents have becn pr¢p2red in accordance with the accoutiting policies set out in note I to the
accoull:s and Comply with thc ¢baritYs LX)llStituUOll, tbe Cbarities .4ci 2011 and A¢￿￿tI￿g and Reporting by
Ciwiiies". StatemeDt of RecoDllnended Practice applicableto clwities PTeparing thEir a¢counts in accordaucc with
the Financi81 Reporting Standard applicable in the and Rwublic of Ireland (FRS 1021 (effzctive from 1st
Jenu￿ 2019).
Reference and Athithtr#tlve Detailg
Tw5tee
L Lewis
C H¢aly
A Pensoll
(Ap￿]nted oll @ Jaryuary 2025)
(AppD]nt￿ oo 10 February 2025)
(Re5i8tied on 6th March 2025)
JRuffcll
L DawsoD
N Browne
J Turner
Oitsigned on Octob¢r 2024)
C TalJ(sr
A J Caldwell
Serrior Mlnagemellt Tea
Rachel Smith
Ccntre MaDager
Pr￿th0O1 Nlanager
SharoD Nether(￿ll
Prlncipal Office
New Strect
Hampshire
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Charity Regi5tr#tlonNwnber E188765
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Lymillgton Community Associydtion
Trustees, Report
For the Year Ended 31 AuEU5t 2025
Sollcltors
Lcstcr
Aldridge
Russell House
Oxford Ro&1
Boumemouth
BH8 8EX
B8nkers
Barclays Bank P
Leic£<er
LE87 2BB
Illdependtttt txthminer
SKS Audit LLP
Charter&J Accountants
3 Sheen Road
Richmond Upon ThaTD45
EngIand
TW9 IAD

Lymington Community Association
Trustees, Report
For the Y￿r Ended 31 All2U8t 2025
Structw,Govern*ncv and ME]￿ement
Hi¥lory oxd GovernlngDocumEnt
The Lymington Community AssiKiatioTt is a registerd CIO (CILarir8bltTncoJpoTated Orgwisationl. The CIO w&
re&strred with the Clwity CoTDmission ¢)n 25th Mar¢h 2020. with the intention that it would r¢placc the forn)er
charity also kE￿w￿ as tbe L￿ning￿ll Cort￿nU￿LtY Awo¢iatjOll Ircgistered chariry number 301880). The assds of
th¢ former Charity were tiot transferred to the CIO until the 1st of S¢ptemb¢r 2020 to coincide and provide
continuity Illth the accounting ¢aiendar of tlLe fornier chariry. The fonntr chaTity was governed by a collstitutio
originally adopted in 1948 and n)0* recently miewed alld updated in May 2012. The constitution of the new CIO
15 bas￿ 04 the 8taThdard format ￿0mMe￿ed for CIOS atDend¢d as ￿￿essary to tuaintain the origij
chaTacteri*ics of the forn)er Charity.
object1v￿ and Activitle
The objects of the CIO arc to furtber or beDefit the residenis of LymiDgtOD o￿a Pmniwon in Hampshire and the
neighbourhood, without distiDCtion of sex, sexual orientation, fdce or of political, religious or other opinions by
associating tog¢tber th¢ said resident5 and the local authoriri¢% volutstary and Dtbet orgaDiSations in a ¢orotnon
effort io advance edu(¥tioll and to providefacilibes in th¢ interests of social welfare for recreation alld leisuretime
occupation with the rt>jective of imPTovillg the CODditions of life for the residents.
The Associatton achieves its principal objecttve5 and al￿S througb tlle operatioll of the Lyrnington Con)mllnity
Centre; nlDlling cours¢s a￿d proiiding facilitie5 for ¥tivities cyeD ro ail ages Iliversities.
Thc Trustees confirni that thcy have ¢OTtwlied with the above objectives.
Reerui¢ment and4pp?intrMentof trustees
Ele¢tions are h¢ld anllua]ly f¢x the Officers and Trllst￿. These will be h¢ld ￿ the Annual General M¢cting OD
Thursday 6th Mwch 2025. a list is provtded on page l.
Arrrtngementsforsett¥ng moftggrnentpernonnel remHnr&tiopL
The BoaEd of Trnstees are r¢stK)llsiblc for setting the renwD¢fdtiollof n]￿Nge￿￿ent pe￿o￿ne1.
The Board of Trustees detrnines tILe overall strdtegy and developmcnt of theLY￿1[8tOn Community Association
and 4)PEQV¢S the Aunual Budget for operatioD. The Senior MaThagement Team ov¢rse£8 the ]nanag¢ment of the
Centre, with tELe Centre Manager b¢ing resFx)nsible for tbe day to day n¥Dning together with a team of St￿ alld
volunte¢r&
Relatiollshiw with Relatsj Parties
Trllstee
None of (burTmste¢s receive muKeration for their work with th¢ Lymillgton Coro]nunity AswiatiotL
Pmblle
This Report sets out our a¢tiv&ties achievements: aDd perforn)ance during the year, which aTt directly related to
the objxts alld putyoses for wbicb tbe chaTitI exists. The thtre's activiti￿ wut5es and facKlities are for ihe
bwefit of the whtsle commuDity.
The Tn￿te£S confim] that they hav¢ wmplied with th¢ requiremcDts of section 17 of the Charities Ael 2011 to
aye due regard tothe public benefit guidan￿ tALb]ishoJ by Charity ComMi￿10n foT England and Wales.

Lymington Community Assoeiydtion
Trustees, Report
For the Year Ended 31 Au%ust 2025
Contribution of Volmnte
We indebted to all the voluntc£rs who bclp opcrate thc Malt Cinema 8Dd Theatre, the Malt Café. the Ma]t
Lounge Bar, Bo(Fk Corridor, "Tidal Boutique and who assi￿ with Mainlettance and help keep the gmuu(ts and
gardens tidy. The Centre could not operate withoui their hdp and on behalf of the users of th¢ LytDill8ton
Community Centre we thank them for their time and their contiibution.
Aehievemellts Perfor￿8￿ce
This report c4)YeFS tht 12-rnouth pcriod from 1st Septanbcr 2024 to 31st of August 2025.
The Charity had 778 ￿ernber$ at the end of Au8u5t 2024, svith 745 at 31" August 2025 this was a 40 decrease
year on year. 8 people giglled up to the new Membe￿iP package being a Friend of the Malt Cinema.
Th¢ Board bas placed membership growth as a priortty for 202512(r26 with various initiatiY&s are being pul in
place.
Sincc thc Ixgi]]ning of thi5 puiod rooln hirfy course4 the café aDd events bave contillued to gTh income and
inervdse diyersity. The Trustees are glad to report that Cincma rev(￿lle has incTeas&l year on year by 31 /. The
Th]stees are very grateful to the s￿ff a￿d volunteers for this great succe￿.
The Centre has ¢ontinued to ￿jOY hi￿ 2greetllEtLts with BroCkeDhU￿ Athilt EducatlDf4 N¢w Forest
Aeademy of Dat)ce.Barclays. the British Red Cr055with ongoingcontractu&l roon rental wliich h&8 drivtn footfall
to the Celltrc whi15t a150 providillg an ess¢ntia] community service to the whole ofthe arw th additioo the Centre
prtsvide$ fa¢iliti¢s to ¢nabl¢ many affiliated groups and organiwion5 to have meetings and &tiYitie&
Numerous private events With Catering by the Centre have increased the re¥et￿e for the Café by 1330/f*.
We commellced Screenings in the Malt Cincma from (ktokr 2024. Individual screenings orgallised for
specific groups Suth as D¢menua and Parkinson's Groups witb the optioll of lunch included proved popular with
both ￿0UpS.
Live theatre showings and perforniancGs by the LyrningtOD Players with 86 m￿nbu5 again positively contributed
agaillst the previous y¢ar. Their three pThlu¢tiOllS wbi-h were Murder&J to Death in November 2024, Steel
Magnolias in F¢b￿￿ry 2025, and finally in MAY 2025.
The Lymington Film Society tM)$itiveIy colltributed with a sll¢cessfui wson of showing of 8 Fottigtt Fi]m with
55 members.
TheNÉt and Natter Group continued to meet each Thursday with the G8mes Club meeting on the first Wedur5day
of each month. A new Chicago Bridge Club w&8 set up in January 2025 with the help of Mary Burgess.
A new addition fottheytat be¢nth¢volunteu 5waka5 who ha￿ provided talks and I￿reS ot local illterest
including a support group for Neunxiivcrsity individuats.
Ollce again, Christmas 2024, together with March 2025 and August 2025 Saw the ruuDTrDg of HAFF (Hampshire
and IOW) Activities CouT5es in collabortion with St Barbe'5 Museum. proved very W¢￿9Sful prompting
repeat plans for Christtllas2025. We are grateful to sIBa￿¢S, T¢s¢o and the FoodBank forthetr ongoing support
and friendship.
Tile Pre.School has had somc ¢ontrxtion in TruM￿r$ for 2024r2025. Th¢ Pr¢-School Govrmillg Collullittee 8fE
focwed to expand the use of oui Pre-Sch(M)l.
Affordabilsty ¢ontinu45 ¢0 be the bigge# ch￿lenge to prnts, alld the c￿tre is doing ¢vuJ¢hing it call to mitigate
against rising costs.

Lyn]ington Community Association
Trustees, Report
For the Year Ellded 31 Au%ust 2025
Redevelopment Prograrnme
Phase l- The Pottery Relocation and Gat&s H￿1 Kitchell eXtensi￿- completed octo￿ 2020
Ph￿e 2- Relocation of Pre-SehDoI- ¢on)plewl Octokn2021
Ph￿e 3- Wel]ington CorridorlKitchen and Lift Work5- cO￿pIct￿j Octob¢r 2022
Phase 3.1 RetsTbithment of ￿aIll stairca5¢- completd SÈ Apri12023
PhR5e4-TheR¢Gonfiguralion ofthCdoWr￿aI[St0]lckS &ndtbeadditis)lloftwotoil¢tsonthe first floor-completed
January 2025.
PhA8e 3A- Removal of Wellington StaIrc￿e alld R¢xonfiguration ofToil¢ts- compl#￿ January 2025
This project er.&bled us to install two new toilejs on the first floor alld allow recottfiguration and ￿)gradIll8 of the
downstairs existingtoilcts, A grant was awardej by Soutb Wert Traills towards the toilet reEonfiguration of £52K.
LITC have match ￿llded th¢ works for the toilets ID the sum of £152K wbiclL is Part of the £900K development
pled8¢.
Our achievements io date in tbi5 major capitaj undertaking r¢fiwbithing theCoEtununity Centre ha5 truly only been
madepossibleby donations from the m¢mber5,pub]ic users of the Centrc, Stephen and Kirsten Gates, The Garfield
Weston Foulld￿lO￿ Hampshire County C(YllLciI. New For￿ Distri¢t CouD¢ii, and the incredible gEllefoslty of
Lymington alld Pennington TOWD Coun¢il. In addition. the k.'ndness b￿Dw￿lt0 us thrwgh l¢gaci¢s from Freda
and Agnus Holm¢s, Frallces COOL and Kenneth Jame5 ha5 remathle.
Futntt Works
Pbgse 3B-Malt Café and Gardell- knelDpmtDt- commenced-July 2025
TtLe corrid(K Qthling w0￿S for the Cafe commencol on th¢ Y￿y 2025 with the Books being moved to the
Malt Lounge.
Thc aGlual demolitiorl of the Café due to commence 151 202). This pba5e involves rreation Df a new
Ca[&Bar￿1tchen together witti a welcoming outside atea forvi8itors to tbe Malt Café. Citkerna alld Theatre. Book
Corridor 50 g[￿lY ettjoyed by visitors will be illeorpotated in the desigDS. Revised Plalls were S￿bmitted in
August 2024 following input froTn usets of Éhe Celltrcand r￿e1ved approval in Ikcember2024. These WQEks are
scheduled ¢0 be complded by end of June 2026.
Th¢ C¢ntre receiyd a grdnr of £220K from LyrningtoTJ and Pet]ningtoll Town Cw)cil towards the developmEnt
match fundittg for the Cafe. To date £44K of this b8$ been spent on prchminarylplanrring profe&sional costs. A
fillal tranche of theLymillgton alld PeDuiugtoThTowo Council Gront of £219K will be dtawll dovm ill 2026 for the
completion of the new Café.
Phase 4
Reconfiguratioll ofKntrAne4 Re¢epthn Are4 Offices and WAlkw•y to Joln Gate5 HAIJ
TbeTIuSt￿ aJLd team wiu continueto wLththered¢vel¢)pM¢ntandrn￿lerniSttl0nOfthe buddiligsandthe facilitie5
they offer forthe COTnmunity ofLymington. Penntttgto￿ aDd tbe surrounding areAs. The ambition is for everyone
to feel part of this next chaptsy. Th4s¢ works are cumtly projec*d to begill in 2027 onwards.
Fwld RA151ng Activities 202412025- £1￿269
Tht GrÉdiron Event returned on the i* Octd)et 2024 and Wd5 as popular as befo￿ with the staff and volunt¢e
provid￿8 bacoll bap5 alld refrashneDts throughout the day. They kindly dOnat￿£0(K> tothe Celltre in appreciation
of all the hard work. This was in addition to tbe rtKyrn birc fet alld th¢ ￿$t of ¢8tering prowided by tbe Catre.

Lymington Community Association
Trustees, Report
For the Year Ended 31 AW 2025
Lucie Lrwis axrdngcd a Six and Sax event on thc 19th October 2024.
Siri¢Lly Lymington rdurn¢d on Saturday 16th lioveTnk2W24 with two perfoTmauce5 which are provillg to be all
annual higbltght and raised a si8tLificallt allaDUUt of moLey for tbc Ccutr¢ tba]]k5 to Kayl¢igEL S￿Et￿nt, Kcvin
Thatcher and all those who Competed a]]d a&sisteAI on th¢ day.
Thre£ quizzes were hdd and again organi5ed by Kevin Thatcher in aid of the LCA in December 2024, and on the
4tlk July 2025.
awistmas c0￿MUnI1Y Sing Aloug- 5th Dccember 2024 orgallised by Contaras Choir in aid of the CATrmmunity
Centre.
The annual chri￿[n&8 Crnft Fay]E was held on the 71b DtteDiberwitb the Springcraft fayre held on the 13th April
2024.
A Christmas luu¢b Vds held on 12th December 2024 wbich was greatly enjoyed by loyal Cor(ullunity Centre
tllelllbers, users, YoluTrteErs, and Staff.
The fourth Lymington Railway EXbibttiO￿ which w&5 larger tb2n 2024 w25 held ovcr E&qttt on 18th and 19th
April 2025, was a great 5w¢ess and leading to a p]aDned rqTht Fxhibitson over Eattr 2026. Thanks to Sbjart
Farmer, Bunny, alkd the aDd volunteer&
Th¢ gardening Volunttr￿ orgat)is&J a PlaTtt Sate with Aft¢m(M)n Tfa- Sattwday 12th Jujy 2025 to raise fund5 for
the new Malt Café Garden.
Tbe LCA attended the New ForESt Sbow from 29th July- 31st July 2025.
Paper Floristy cl￿¢$ colltinued tltrrmj￿olll 2024r2025
LCA helped the LymiDgton aDd PeDniDgton Town Councit owise an eyeut at WoDdside Garden5 for the
onmuniry on Sunday 3rdAugllst 2025, The LCA aTrallgtsJ the stalls. #lld provided a tombolatogether wsth a stsll
to prorlote tb¢ activities of th¢ LCA.
OncE asaill infDrtnatioD about the Lyrnington Community thtre w&s di*ribut&l to l(d Ethte AgeDts for them
to share wiib residajts new to the areaby Judy Ruffell.
Tidal Boutique was opened oll I September 9021 offaiDg donated go¢MI quality ladies and gents rlothill&
accessorics and shoes for sale andhas beell a great succass. This Near end 31.08.2025 Tidal raised £33511 a 14D/o
incrE&8e year on year. Donationi of ladies: men's attd childreth's cloth￿, jewellery attd accessoTies rquested
alld appreciated.
The Book Corridor continues w do well with th¢ sale of don8ted Fw)oks, DVD'S, Jigsaws and CDS with S￿e8 of
£7,530. The are extremely gratem to Ja¢ki¢ and her team f￿ their Iwd work throughoul a disruptive
time with the new Café e4Jabltng works.
Once again, w¢ operated the Club whicb was drnwn once a tnonth.
The Charity is llDt re8i5tered with fundraising s￿.

Lymington Community Associydtion
Trustees, Report
For the Year Ended 31 Au%urt 2025
Finattdil rev1¢
Prtheip4lfuMding soi¢r¢e$
The princip￿ fLwding SOUT¢e5 of illGo￿t to the As￿CIatiOn to August 2025 were- Room ]fir¢ of £180.322, Pre-
School income of £124,087, Cinema income of £88,329 and Malt Cafe incom¢ of £91.661. Membership linc. c4r
park permit) £22,093.
AddItiot￿l fundillg sour¢es
At]mLa] Grant was killdly received frorn IFrc. £io.(NyJ.
tnvestment pollcy and perform•nce
Uttder the Constitution of CIO. tbe charity has the power ￿ make any inve5t]nE]Jt which th¢ trustee5 see fit. The
tn￿¢¢$ have considered thc most 8ppropriate policy for investing funds aDd Jjave found that cash deposits ttieet
thcir requiremellts io gerierate income.
Pollry Dn reserve
TheTrustees OV¢TS¢¢ tnonttor ¢he rc5erVe￿sition OD a regularbasÉ
The Establi5hmentFund'represelltsthe vaiuc of theaccurnulateAJ fixedassetsi￿thC accounts in¢luding iheongoing
ad¢Jition to ih¢ value of thebuilding viatbe ongoing deve]optnent expenditure.
The T)evelopmellt Funds, botlL restrirted aDd desigllat&J fiNding towards future JE￿rbi$hmtllt alld As part of
the ongoillg Celebrdting 70 reDewai of the Centre.
The Di8&8ter R¢¢overy Reserve Fulld. is designed to prote¢t th¢ Cwtre in the unlikely event of closure or serious
adverse evcnt tbi8 is curreritly maintained at £l(K>.O(Xl.
The 'Pre-SGhool Fund, reserve8 aty only available to tbe Thr-S¢knwl and are to be Taaintained at a level to ¢over
ally expected and unexp¢cted colltingencies iocludiDg un-wi grants awaiting eKpettditur¢ frDtu Hampshire
County Council.
Th¢'Unrestricted In¢omeFund' represeDts the cumulative Su￿1￿$ available for ongoinggelleraI operational costs.

Lymington Conununity Association
Trnst¢¢s' Report
For the Year Ended 31 AD%Thst 2025
FlnanclAI Injtrwnents
Objectiveg tmdpolicl
The Charity's activits.es expose it io a number of financiat risk% includino crEdit risk. cash flow risk and liquidity
risk.
Cpedts r&sk
The Charity's prin¢ipal financiol &95¢t5 are bw)k balances 8nd ush and trade and othtt receivables.
ThE Charity's credtt risk is primarily attrtbutable to its ttade Teceivable5. The amoullts F￿5¢￿ted in the balance
sheet are llet of allowanc￿ for do&ibtfvl receivable& Ao allowance for impatmient is made whtre ihere is all
identified Ios5 event whicb, based on prcvtOU5 experience, i5 evidellce of a rryJu¢tioD ill the r￿v¢rabIlIty of the
cash flows.
The YeditTisk on liquid funds and derivative financial instrumellts 15 linjited beeause th¢ ¢oullterp2rtie8 are baDks
with hi8h credit-ratings assigned by interllatiollai credit-tating agencies.
L¥quidity risk
In Drder to mainlain liquidity to cr￿u[C that sufficient futrfs ar¢ avajlable for ongoing operations and fu￿re
development& the Charity uses a tnixttuy of short-term bank accounts and an inv&stment accounL
Furth¢r d¢taiLs regarding liquidty risk can ￿ found in th¢ Ststemenl of accounting policies in the finoncia]
staternrnts.
Going ¢on¢¢rn
The Trustees have reviewed the fillanci21 circumstattces of Lyrnjllgt(￿ C(TrmTnunity Ass￿lation alld consid¢r th
adequate Te50urces continue to be available to fi￿d tbe activitits of the Ass(Kiation forthefore5eeable ￿tllre. The
Trustees ar¢ of the vi¢w that the Asso¢i&ion is a going wn¢ern.
The annual rep)rt Wa8 approved by the tn￿ of ¢h¢ Charity on.........................and Sign￿ on iisbehalf by..
el*-
C H¢aly
Tre45yrer
N Brovme
Chair

Lymlngton Conllnunity Association
Trustees, Report
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Statsment of Trustees, Responsibiliti
The ttitss are responsible for prepaTing the ttustee8' report and the fIlla￿la1 stat¢Dients in acwrdwe with the
United Kitigdom Accountitig Standards (Unitcd Kingdom Gencrally Accept￿ Accounting Pra¢tice) and
applicable law andregulationJ-.
The law applicabl¢ to CIO rcquircs the to preparc fitwciaj statements for eaeh f￿anCIal year wl)tch give
a true andfairview of tbe state of affai￿ of the CIO trf the incoming resources 8nd application of r&8ources of
th¢ CIO for that peTi(Ki. preparing these fiDanci8] statementy tbe tru5tee5 arc required to..
select suitable acoounting wlicies alld apply tbetll COns[st￿lly.
observethe n)¢tb(¥ls and principles ill the CIO SORP.
n]ake judgetneDts al￿ e5tillLatcs that are rea￿]￿1e and prudellL
state wbrther applicable UK Acwunting Standards have bwi followed, ￿bject to any matertal departures
dis¢losed and explain&l in the fillanc￿ statements; and
pr¢p8r¢ the f]nall¢iai sta￿M¢￿ts on th¢ going WDc¢m b￿lS unle85 it IS iD4>pll)priate to presu[[￿ that the charity
will coutinue in busincss.
The trustees are rwollsible for keq)illg adequate accouutillg rttonjs that arc sufficirDt to 51LOW and rxplaio the
charity's transactions and di5c105e with r￿Onable ac(w at any titlle the finalleial position of the charity aud
enable them to ensure thattbe financial statements ￿ll)ply Nith the Charities Act 2011 alldtht ¥plicable Cl)2rities
(kn¢ouDts and Repotts) Regulations. They are ￿80 respon&ble for safeguarding the ass&s of th¢ charity and hence
for taking rea￿)nable SLep5 forth¢ prevention and de￿CtiOn of fraud and other irylaTities.
Th¢ ttU5t¢¢5 arc responsible fDr maitttfflLan￿ alld integrity of the cotporatt and fJoancia] inftsnnation includrd on
the Charity's website. Legislation in the Unita Kingdom governing the prepartton alld dissAninali¢)ll of financial
5tatellLents may dtffer fro￿ legislation Èn otber jurisdictions.
Approved by the trustees of the ¢Ewity
and Sign￿ OD its btha]fby.'
C Healy
Treasurer
N Browne

Lymington Conununity Association
Independent Examiner's Report to the Member8 of Lymington Commllnlty Association
I wjort to the ttute¢8 oll my exalljitiation of ibe financial **em¢nts of Lymin8ton COrnDll]￿ty Association (the
charity) for thE }Vdr cndvl 31Augu5t 2025.
This report is ￿ade solely to the chaEli￿S tnLStee4 as a b(xty. in accotdance with the Charities Act 2011. My work
has been undertaken so that I might state to the ¢harity'5 tntst¢es thosE llmtters l required to state to them ill a
ind6pendent examiD¢r's report and for no other pur[￿)Se. To the fullest extent perniitted by law, I do not accept or
assLkn￿¢ respot]sibility to anyone Oth￿ than the ch￿lty and the ¢hariWs trustees as a body, for my Independent
Exalnination, for thi5 report, or for the opinions I bave forllLaL
Re$ponslbiiltfi¢s and lJasl$ of report
As the tnLStees of tke chaiL ty, you arerespon&ble forthe preparationof th¢ fin￿la1 statem¢nts ill a¢cordallce with
the requiretllents of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
I wjort in respwt of rny examiDation of the chariry's fillallcia] staterncllts caTried undtt section 145 of the 2011
Act. Incarrytng Dut my exatninationIhave followeAailtbeappli¢able Directions givenby th¢ Ctsity CoDJmis5ion
under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Indtpendellt examiller's $t*temellt
Since the Charity's gross tncome exceeded £250,0(Kl your &wincr must be a member of a b(dy listed in section
145 ofthe 2011 Act. I COLfimi tbat l am qualified to undertake the examination because l a]J amember of ACC
whi¢h is one of the listed bodies.
I understhlld that this has been dolle in ordtt for rt¢wi¢ia] stsÉ¢mentsto provide a true al￿ fair view ill accordance
with Generally kn¢ept￿l A¢¢ounting Prdcti¢¢ ¢ff¢diV¢forrwrtingperiodsbe￿illgott￿ after l Jaouary 2015.
I have completed my examination. l ¢onfjrm that TDatter5 bave c0￿C to attentioD in rollnectioll with the
L￿nI￿atiDll giving Tre cau5C to belieye that in any material r¢spttt:
awounting records w¢re not kept in resi￿￿ of the chartty a5 rwiredby section 130 of the 2011 Act. or
Ihe financial $tatemenis do not pword with tlu)se records,. or
the financial ststement5 do not Gomply with the ￿p]icable rrquirements concerning the forn and content
of aceoullt5 set out in the ch￿itiCS (Accounts and Reports)Regularions 2008 other than any requirement
that th¢ ac¢owits giv¢ a tru¢ and fair view wbich is TLOt a GonSider￿ as part of an independent
examination.
I have no concern5 and baye come acros5 no other rnattas in ￿nneCtiOn with the examinatioll to which attention
thould be drawn in this ryort ill order to ellable a pn)per undetstandillg of the f￿anCIal statements to be reached.
Moganardell Cbelvallaigum FCCA
SKS Audii LLP
Chartered AGGountants 3 Shceu Road
Richmond Up)n Tham¢s E[￿18￿￿
TW9 IAD
Date:...........................
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Lymington Comujunity Assoeiation
Statement of Financial Aclivtiles for the Yeydr Ended 31 August 2025
Unrestrteted
Re8tric¢ed
Funds
Tot
2025
Tot
2024
No¢E¥
Income
Donation andT2wies
Cbaritable actiTrities
(hher trading actiiiiies
JnNestment Tncome
OEher Income
136,838
570,665
41,042
28,699
438
136,838
570,665
41,042
28,699
438
302,438
510,013
38.054
25,016
1,856
Total IDCOTiie
777.682
777 682
877,377
Expellditur¢
Cost of raisirrfgfi]
Ex￿￿11t￿re on charithble actiNitie5
Tot#1 E￿￿￿￿t￿re
3.450
661,030
3,450
661.030
5,136
600,027
664 480
605 163
Net tncome
Transfer I￿t￿ell fillxL¥
113.202
4,151
113202
272214
17
{4,1511
r4et illcome & Det mov¢rnent in fundg
afrer transfers
117.353
(4.1511
113,202
272214
Total fullds, brought k>rwfjrd
1.733,428
180.069
1,913,497
1,641283
Total fu]th, tarried forward
17
1850,781
175,918
2 026 699
1,913,497
Atl of the charity'5 ￿tiVili¢S derive from continuiThg operations.
TOTAL RECOGhJSED GAINS AND LOSSES
The Charity has no recognised gains or losses other than those ittcluded in the Statement of Financial ActI￿ti￿$.
The ncrtes oa page8 14 to 30 for￿ all ￿tite￿ pwl of thege financial ststements.

Lymington Communlty Association
(Registr&tion number: 1188765)
Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025
NoteB
2025
2024
FÈx¢d ￿￿ets
T4wbl¢ ￿set$
13
1211,164
1,207,840
Curr¢ut wets
Stock
Dei*or5
Cash at ill hand
14
Is
4J87
46J64
875,816
3,710
32,519
752.475
926J67
788.705
Llabllltie8
Creditors falling due Mithin otte year
16
(111.032)
{83,048)
Net turreDt a5get
815.535
705.657
Net wets
2 026 699
1913 497
The fimds ofthe charlty
Ullrestricied funds..
General
Desigwed
Restricted fu
17
17
17
50256
1.800525
175918
53,450
1,679,978
180,069
Total eEwityfllT
2 026,699
1913,497
These a¢counts were approva by the trnsw Oll
attd werc signed on their bebalf by..
ly
Trex9urer
N Brownc
The notes ot) pages 14 to 30 fomi an inte￿al port of these financial statments.
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Lymington Community ASSOCiYdlloll
ststement of Cydsh Flows for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
2025
2024
Cash flow from operating %tivities
Net M0￿ment in fuExts
Add back depre¢iation
Jnrreage in StOGk
(Deere&4ellIlleretge in Del*ors
tncre&8e in Creditors
Net Cgsh floTrv generated from Oper%tiDg Activitie5
113202
63,082
(677)
(13.845)
27.984
189,746
272214
58,185
(218)
32204
8.981
371 J65
Cash llows from investing activities
Purcb&8e of tangible r￿ed2SSets
(66.405)
(269,366)
Cash used in investing getivitles
66.405
269.366
Casb flows from fiJwLting &ctivities
C￿h used in fiDaDCitkg actiiities
I￿rease in cth& ¢￿h equi￿lentS in the year
123J41
101,999
Cash & c&8h equI￿£￿tS al the beginning of the ye
752.475
650.476
Total cash & cash equivalents •t tbe tnd of the year
875 816
752.475
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Lymington Con]munity Association
Notss to the Flnancial State]nents for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
l Accountkng polldes
Statement of compliance
The fii)ancial statemenis bavebeellprepared in ￿￿rdanc4 with A¢cotmting and ReportiDgby CharitLes: Statement
of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accord￿Ct with the Financial
Reporting Standard applicable ID tb¢ UK &tLd Rqjublic of Ireland (FRS L02) (cff￿tIve l January 2019)- (Charittes
SORP (His 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the LK WLd Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and
Charities Aet 2011.
Th¢ fAnaA¢ial statetnent5 have been prepared to give a 'tNe and fair, view and hay¢ departed from the Charities
{AceDunts md Reports) Regulatiow 2008 on]J to the eThDt requird to pft>iid¢ a 'true and f￿r view.. This
departurE involva following thcAccounting and Retrf)rtingby CharÉtie5: Statement of Recommended Practice
applicable to charities preparing their a¢counts in attordance with the Fillancial Reporting Staudard applicablr in
the UK alld Republic of treland issued in (hober 2019 rJther than the A¢coutLtin8 and Reporting by Ch&Tities:
Statement of Re¢offjrnfflde41 Prdctice effective from April 2005 whicb has sillce bcen withdrawn.
BASIS of preparallo
Lyn]ington Community A550Giation is a Charitable It)corpornd Organisation in England. The address of the
principal offi¢e is given in the charity Inforn￿tiOn page l of these fJDalleial statefftett￿ The aature of Lhe
harity's operations and principal affliviiies are giveD ofl page 2.
Thefinancial stat¢m¢nts for￿￿ yVdreDded 31 August 2025 arc thc fitst finaD¢ial statcmtlltsthat cornply with FRS
102.
The charity meets ttrle definition of & public benEfit entity lll￿r FPS 102. Assets liabiliti¢$ are illitially
recognised at bistorical cost ortranwtion value uttjcss otherwise stated ill the relevattt aceoulliing policy note5.
The finanaal stat¢tllents arE presBnted in 5tcrling which is tlLC fun¢tsonal ¢UTr¢n¢y of th¢ charity and rounded to
tbe nearest £1.
Going CODeeni
The Charity's Finan¢iai Statetnents sbow a net A￿luS of £113.202 {20?4_ £272214) for the year, tota] reserves
Df £2,026.699 (2024- £1,9E3,497) and frec reserves of £50256 (2024- 53.450).
The Trustees have &ss¢ssed whether tbe use of the going concern basis i5 appropriate ond have ¢onsid¢red possibl¢
event5 or conditions that might ¢8st Significant doubt (m th¢ thility olthe ¢Tr￿]ty to continue as a going ¢wi%m.
T￿￿e¢S will Contillue fo monitor and ensure sp¢Ddtng to be done in line with income in order to m￿￿taIrt target
level of reserve5. The rewew of wbfiow for 12 tnollths fJt)m tbe date of approval ofthe fjnallcial 5tatallent5. ttLE
associaied assumptions that underp￿11, secured llew illCOllLe alld thestEP5 tI￿t¢{mad be tak￿ to reducecxpendithre
should thi5 bc L¢¢e8W.
Based on the infonnatioD thove, the TTUSt¢¢s have a reasgllable expectatiollthatthe cbap.tyhas odwuate T¢soiirces
to ¢ontinu¢ in optrationfor thc forr5ccablc fu￿re and will rcmain sU￿1￿S in future period5. Therefore, the tnws
have adopted thc going c(ncem basis in PTqJating these a￿(A￿tt$.
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Lymiugton Co]nmunity Association
Notes to the Financi￿ Ststswents for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
tncome and endowments
All incomillg resoffte5 are included in th¢ Statunellt of Financiat ActLNities (Sofa) wben th¢ c]wity is legally
ElltitlEd io the income aft¢r any performance conditions have I￿en llket. the amount can be Tneasur¢d reliably and
Lt 19 probable that tll¢ in¢om£ will be ￿1Ved.
Voluntary itLcorne including donation4 gifi% legacies and grants thar provide core ftmding or are of a gen¢rai
naturc 15 rccogttisd when thecharity ha5 entitlemmt to tbe income. it is probable that the inc0￿C v/ill be received
and the amount call bt mea5llred with ￿tC]ent reliabiliiy.
rlnd leg4cles
DollatiottsalldlegaGiesarereco8nised Onar￿1vabIeb￿t$Whell re¢eiptTSPtDbable andthe anoutLt canbe r21iably
Tneasured.
Grants recEhable
Grallt5 arc rEcogDiSed wllen the dJaTity has an entitlement tothe and any couditions linked to the grants have
en rnet. Where perfornallcc CDndilions attached ts the grdDt aDd are yet to be m¢L the income ts recwised
as a liability alld includa on the balance sheet as deffflred IT￿Me to be rcl&wd.
Deferred income
Defetted income repr¢8ents amounts rweived for fUtu￿perIOdS aDd 15 rde&%d to incoming resources intheperi(Kl
for wbich, it has bcn received. Such income is only deferred when".
. The donor specifies that tbe gtallt or donation must only beus¢d in accoutitiDg periods; or
. The donor IMS ilnposed conditions which must Ft mtt bd(*c thr thatity has unconditioDal entitlement.
Incoming resourccs from tsx rEclairns are illcluded in th¢ Statanent of FitMll¢ial A¢tivtties at the same time the
gift to which they relat¢.
ExpendltTLre
All rxprlldltu￿ is recogllised ODceth¢re isa legat or¢onthdiveobligatiotL ￿[el￿ent isprobableand the amounl
can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is allalysed betw
Cost of raIs￿g fund& and
Expenditure on charirable a¢uvities.
The chariry undertakes a single £barttable activtty, Damely the optt*ion of a conllnunity Centre for the benefit of
the l(Kal commutiity. All co#) relating to this actiwty. includiDg ccntrdI SUPTM)rt costs, are included within
expcnditure on Ch￿itable a¢tsvities. As the chatity tsrries oui only one charitsbl¢ aotiviry, no allocation of support
costs between activities is required.
Thcs¢ arc ci)st5 illcu￿td in attracting voluDtsry incomq the management of investments 2nd those incuEred i]J
trading activiti￿ that raise fands.
Chorilahle acttvirfes
ChaTit&ble expenditur¢ comprises those costs incurred by the charity ID the delivery of its activities and Se￿1¢eS
fDr its bencficiarics. It include5 both costs that call b¢ all(wed dirrfily to such a(*iYities and those costs of an
indirect ttature ￿￿eSs9ry to ￿p￿)rt them.
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Ly￿]ngton Community Association
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Government grallts
Government grants ar¢ r¢coglljS￿ b&8ed on the accrual model and are ncagL]red at th£ fair value of the asset received or
reccivable. Grants are claS￿ri￿ &s rel2tin8 eithff to revenue or to assd& Grants r¢lating to revenue are recognised in i[w￿l￿¢
overthe period ill whi¢b the relata costs are re£ognised. GraTrt5 rdattng to assets are recognised over the ￿peCt￿l usefill lif¢ of
th¢ as5&. Wbere part of a grant relating to an assvt is def¢Trt it is rwtiised as defentd income
Copit81 Grants Poil¢y
Grants rtttyved for capita] expenditure are reco8llised as ill¢ome whell the charity IxcoD)¢s ¢ntitIed to the grallt, it is probable
that the grant will be receiv￿, and any p¢rforDall￿ conditiOD5 have been satisfi
Wh¢r¢ ¢apital grallts relate to specific dcveloplneut proj￿ but do llos wn¢aio perfOrr(￿lCe conditions fequTriD8 rq>a￿etLÈ,
they are r¢xognised as in¢om¢ and may subsequently be de5ignatuJ by the Th￿r£S to Tcficct their IDtended use.
Where grdllts cont&ill p6rf0rE[￿LCC conditions t1￿ have not yet been Tnel tb¢ illLX)rne is def¢rred and reco￿)ised once tbose
conditiotts are fvlfilled.
16

Lymington Community Association
Note8 to the Financial Statsments for the Yevdr Ended 31 August 2025
TAxstlo
The charity is a registered Charitable In¢orpoTat•J Orwisatton {CtO) and is regiAcTed witb the Ctmrity Commission for
England and Wales.
As a registered charity. the OTBanisation is subjeci to corporntion tsx on its income and gains. However, it is exempt from
taxation Oll it￿[￿e alld gaiDS to tbe extellt that tlLe5e are applied fDr exclusively charitable purposes, in accordallce with
Part I l of the Corporation Tax Act 20IO and Section 256 of the T&xation of Chargeablc Gains Act 1992.
Tanglble fixed agsets
IndividuaI fixed &8sets are initially recor(ted at cost. less ally yJbsequent accumulated depreciation and subsquent
accumulatcd impairmcnt losses. IndiviEhd fixed costing £3(K) ormore are c2pita]iscd at wst. Thc collcctivc
costs pertaining to deVelopm￿t PTojects will be ¢onsidttd as totst and llot aÈJ individual asseL
Ill relation to tbe freehold properti&%, fee5 relaling to any plaDDing, drawings 8rchilerts and surveyors for ￿tUre
projects are treata as revenue expendiNre.
Depreeiatlon #Ad ￿ortIS*t10TI
D¢preciation is provided on tangible fixed assets wasto wrrte offthe c05t orvaluatign, any ¢5timated residual
value. over theÉr exp(xta useful econon)ic iifeas follows:
Ag$et
Other fr¢ehold prop
Deprecladoll metbod rate
20/0 strdight liDe basis
Co]nputer equipment.. 66.7/ll fim year,
33.3Yo secottd year ba515. Furniture at
equipm¢ut: 3 year straight line basis
2Yo strotght line basis
5% thight line basis
Fixtures, fittings and equipment
Freehold Fuller M¢Lellan Hall
Celebrating 70 refilrbislunent
Stock
Stock is valued at the lower of cosr alld e5tittHtsJ selling priGe1ts5 C05tS to cotthplete 9￿d sell. after thie re8th foi
obsolete and slow-noving Stock& CO￿ is d&eTtllined using the fir5t-itu fLf5t-OUt (FIFO).
Tr*de dtbtors
Trade d¢btOTS are amounts due from customers for merhandis¢ sold or services F￿0M)ed in the ordiDary¢ourse
of businesa alld aEe iecogtiised iDiti2tly at the tiati&thon price. They are subsequently mwured at amortised cost
using the effective illterest roethod, less provision for tinpaimient. A prtsvistOD forthe itnp2ir]nent of is established
when thereis objectiveevidence that they will noi ableto collwtall omounts du¢ ac¢ording to the original ternis
of the receivablcs.
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Lymington Conllnuuity Associ*tion
Iyotes to the Financi21 Statements for the Y￿r Ended 31 August 2025
Cash and t&sh equlvalents
Cash and cash equiyalents wmprise Cash hand pnd call deposi￿ aftdothv4 short-tern) highly liquid investmellts
tbat are readily coIivertÉble to a knowm am0￿¢ of cash and are subje¢r ￿ an insignifi¢ant risk of chang¢ ID value.
Trade ¢reditors
TTadc crcditors are obligations to pay for gocxls or services tbat have been oequired irt the orditiary cout%e of
business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified &8 currellt liabiliues if the charity does llot hav6 811
uncottditional riglLt. at the endof the rep)rtingperi(HL to de￿ S￿leMent of the ￿editOr for at least twelv¢ months
after the reporting date. If tlEerc is UELiondiiional rigbt to defer s￿l¢mellt foT at least twelve months after the
reporttng datc, they are presented as TLon.current ]iabilities.
Ttade GreditO￿ reco￿l￿d Initi￿lY at the transaction price and subwueTrtly rne&w￿ at aMorti￿￿ cos1 using
th¢ effectiv¢ int¢r¢# method.
Fwid 8trntture
UDrestricted inconLe funds are general ￿nd9th& are available foT US¢ at th¢ ttv5tee's discretion in fiJrth¢ranc¢ of
the objective5 of tbe charity.
Designated funds are unrcsrf1¢t￿ funds set &sid¢ for 4)¢Lific EFurpw atthe discr&ion of th¢ t￿￿e5.
Restricted inc0￿C fvnds are tb05e donatryj for use in a paniwlar area or for spe¢ific purposes, the use of which 15
r￿riCted to that arca or ER]rpose.
Prlne5pAI Rbks Unt*rtAlntSes
The charity only has finwial &sy¢ts and fiDaDcial liabilitie5 of a killd tbat quatify as b&8ic finaucial illstwtllcnts.
B&si¢ fiDanGial instrLuntnts are initially recogni5ed at tr&n5xiion V￿lle and subsequently neasllred at their
settlemettt value with the excepttott of bank loans wbich are subwu<*tly tlltrasur￿l at amortised cost USiDg the
effective illterest tneth(Ki.
Pension e05ts
Contributions are Gharged ￿ the Statement of Finan¢ial A¢tivitie5 in the period ill wbich they are payable. The
assets of the defined cotjtribution khemes are held septtely from those tsf the compaw in independently
admioislered funds.
Judgement and key 50ur¢¢s of estimation ulleertaillty
the appltcation of the ¢hariry's accounting ￿)I]C]eS. the challty is Tequired to make judgtllents, est￿]nateS and
&%sumptions about the ¢aTrying amount of wets and liabilill￿ that are not readily apparent from other sources.
The estimates alld &sKKiated assu￿Ptions are based ¢)n his￿rical experien¢¢ and other factors that ar¢ Considered
to be rdevant. Actual r￿[t5 may differ frts]ll these estimates.
The CO￿panY ￿akeS e5tKEnatf5 and assumpiion5 con¢¢rntno th¢ future. The rcsulting accounting cstirnatcs will, by
d¢finition, seldom eqllal the related actual rttsults. The ekimatrs and assumptions tbat h&ve a significant risk of
causing a material adjustment to the caThying aTRoullts of ass&$ and liabilitias within the ncxt financial year are
adthessed below.
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Lyjnington Conllnunlty Association
"otes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Allgu$t 2025
Use￿1 economi¢ lives of tan￿ble assers..
The allnual dq>reciation chargefortsngible assets issetisitiveto changes ID thE es[1￿￿ted economic
lives and Tesidud values of the assets. The useful ecoDofDiC lives and residual value5 are re-assessed
annually. They are when uecessary. The estiDJat&g 8ud underlyillg assumptions are reviewed Dn
all ongoing ba5]5. Revisions tD accountiD8 &imatts are wognised in the period in which the estimate is
rrrised where tILe rcvision affects only that peri(xL or in thc peri￿1 of tbe rcvisioL and future periods
where tb¢ r¢vision aff¢rts both CUTTent ￿ future peric*ls
2.Ineome from doDat¥bn and leg4¢i¢s
Unre8tr1cted
General
To
2025
Thtlll
2024
Re8trltt¢d
Gorr[￿eT￿ Grmts
FundRaising. G￿S Chth
70- Malt Hall Citrma
CEL70- Toilets & Stair¢&8e ReconfigLntion
CEL70- Malt Cafe Refu￿lS1￿)￿lt
FundRaising- 200 Club
FundRaising-Celelx&wg70
Fu￿jRal5ing. Generd
FU￿1RaISing- Gift Aid
CEL70 . Malt Cafe G&den
Futthigittg. E*rts
10.000
io,000
8900
24.688
3.142
10,862
250,000
291
53
3,357
1,146
12,008
12,008
83,707
302
50
9,622
2278
1.505
17 J66
83,707
302
50
9.622
2278
1505
17 J66
I36￿8
136,838
302 438
Encome from dOnatt(￿ and Irgacies 2024 totailing £302,438 ail attrI￿t￿l to unr¢striCt￿ funds.
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LymiDgton Conllnunity Association
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
3. Income from Charitable A¢¢lsrftl
Unrestrl¢ted Restrltted
Fulld¥
Total
2025
Totsl
2024
Sulx%criptioll
Subscriptions from affiliated ix)dies
Car Park Income
C1￿$e8 Income
12,134
1,610
8J49
11264
20.451
91,661
88.329
2,758
1.637
18.759
124.087
193
178,872
8J13
1.450
780
18
12.134
1,610
8,349
11264
20,451
91,661
88J29
2.758
1,637
18.759
124,087
193
178.872
8J13
1.450
780
18
12,635
1,654
7,327
8.103
14.866
81,694
67,919
1,925
1,027
16921
117220
42
172,478
3,560
1,948
694
Cafe
Csr£m&lMalt Hall
LymiDgÉtrnFilm Sooiety
Pottery
L)TlliogtonPlayers
Preschool
LcAAd￿rt18ityd lrtome
Public al￿ intrrllai room btre
Ciiql Partllersbips/WakesTrarties
Equipneni Hire
Photocopying tn¢om¢
Othefs
570,665
570 665
5111013
Income from charitable activiti¢s in 2024 t¢)tslling £510.013 was all attributed to utiregtrict&l fvnds.
4. Income from other tradlllg artlvllies
Ullreytrlcted
Total
2025
Total
2024
Gellerzi
Sale of ixjoks
Tidal Boutique Sa]es income
7.531
33.511
7,531
33,511
8.770
29,283
41.042
41.042
38,054
Incom¢ from othertrading activity in 2024 totslling £38.054 w85 all attTibutedto untrstricbl
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Lymington Communlty A550ciAtion
Notes to the Finallei￿ Statsmellts for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
S. Investment Incotne
Unrestrieted
General
Total
2025
TotAI
2024
Interest i￿ort
28,699
28,699
25.016
Income frotn investsnent in 2024 totailing £25.016. w&s all 8ttributed to utirestrIc￿d fiThds.
6. Otber IntDme
UDrestrlet¢d Total
Genera]
2025
Total
2024
Other Income
438 438
1.856
438 438
Other In¢(mie in 2024 totallin8 £1.856 w75 all attributvl tOUnTcsiricted fund
7. Expenditure on rnising funds
UoTestrict¢d
Re5trieted
Totsl
2025
Total
2024
General
Fundralsing tr4dlAg ctAst
F￿draisIng
Tidal Fwes
MemirrshipFees
2972
274
204
2,972
274
204
4.432
538
166
3,450
3.450
Cost of trading activities in 2024 lot￿lIng £5,135 aYTibuted tt) uL￿stricted fvnds.
21

Lymington Community knociation
Notes to the Financial StatsThents for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
8. Expendlture on ¢barltgble *cthrftle5
Unrestrleted
Restrlettd
Total
2025
Total
2024
Gener
Class¢$ expen(titure
2.888
8,147
67,630
40,143
2,090
4,987
118,964
3,845
1,541
347.713
63,082
2,888
8,147
67,630
40,143
2,090
4987
118,964
3,845
1541
347.713
63,082
2.239
5962
55,173
33,806
1,702
5,721
106,843
835
725
332.285
58,186
Café inl¢uding salarie5
c1￿m￿￿aIt Hall
Lym Film Society
LymingtonPlayer8
Presc1￿01
Civil Partnerships
Pottery eX￿lIu[e
Supp)rt cost IRefer Note 9)
Depreciation
661030
661030
Exp¢nditur¢ on ¢haritabl¢ arti￿7t1￿ in 2024 t(￿lI[p8 £603.477 was attributed tD unrestticted fund%.
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Lymington Con]munity Association
Notu to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
9. of Support Cost
Unrestrleted
Total
21125
Total
2024
GetterAI
AdministratiNr saI￿leS
Water rates
Li8bt and heat
Inswance
Building repairs
Equipment repairs a[MIrer*￿E1
Computer m8inleDallce and SOft￿￿e
Trlephone
Premises licence5
Printin& postage, s&itioMy ￿ thrtising
Newsletter aad MtAP
Staff & Nvlunteer costs
Sunthy expenses
Cleaning 8nd waste dlswsal-1ncl￿jlng
Ac¢oLmts alld Tnd¢pEndert ek*nin-r fees
tE8a] profe55iDllai fees
cbgxges
166.740
4,057
39,767
12,277
12,401
488
5J07
3.608
2200
3.136
4232
8299
133
66.131
3,724
9.903
5JlO
166.740 151.419
4,057
2,270
39,767 42,693
12,277
11,399
12,401
7,729
488
4,536
5,307
5.612
3,608
3.100
2,200
1.093
3.136
2.965
4232
920
8299
6.928
R33
2,901
66,131
64.756
3.724
4.926
9.903
9.772
5,3 10
5.817
347,713
347 713 328036
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Lymington CoDllnunity Association
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
10. Net outgolng res0￿ree$
Net tsutgoing resources for the year include..
2025
3,090
634
63,082
2024
4,200
726
58,186
Accoutts ondJn@rndeth eXaMi￿r fce5
Other nOn-a￿lit sernTces
Deprecitsion of fixedasset
66I(16
11. Allalys19 of staff co¥￿ trn$tets' r¢mun¢rxtiDn and e4>eDses co&t of key maD8gement personnel
2025
2024
Siaff ¢o$t8
Wagcs and Salaries
Social security cost
Pension cost
330,020 301,333
19.988
l7,098
6253
5,557
356 261 323,988
No allployee ￿ceIved fflio1u￿¢￿ts of MO￿ than £60,(K)O during thc year.
No t￿￿e¢ rw¢iYeAI any remuDerdtion f(r their ￿r¥I￿$ as tTUStees or aoy reimbutsenLellt of expenses.
The key thanageMe￿t persomiel of the ¢harity comprise tbe Centre Manager and the Preschool Manager, Ihe total employee
benefit5 of the key Tll&Dagement pejsotjnd of the clharity were £81.945 (202*£50,581).
St*ff Numbers
The monthly average Dllmber of per50Ds (ineludmg senior maDdgementAeadthship team) employedby the ¢twity during th¢
year {￿11 time wuivalent) as follows:
2025
2024
C&ret8&ttrs
Athllinistration
Cd¢rillg $18Ff
Manager
Preschool
14
17
The average monthIy numberof p¢rgon5 employd by the cbarity during the yearw&s 19 (202417).
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Lymington Community Associatioll
Notes to the Finydncial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
12. Ta3Htion
Th¢ clJarÉty is registered chaTity is th¢r¢for¢cxE]npt froln taxation.
IJ. TaDglble Fixed A59ets
CoiDithr
equlpment
Cel¢br8tlng 70 Free1￿Id Fuller
refurbiikniettt Mtt*llan Ilail
C08t
At 1st Septemb¢r 2024
Additions
Disposal
A8 at 31st ￿gUSt 2025
175271
245,568
2,763
855,498
66J97
706,891
175
71
245
921
95
706,891
I￿p￿tiatIOn
At 1st Septemkr 2024
Qwg¢ for theye
l23,728
3,504
244,038
764
2269
502
153,484
44,176
254,631
14,136
8 at 31st Au8Wt 2025
127232
244W2
197
60
26
767
Net Bookvalue
As at 31st 2025
48,039
766
o}
724.235
438 124
A8 at 31st 2024
51,543
1530
495
702015
451260
Totsl
Cost
At 1st septem￿ 2024
Additiong
I,985,991
66,405
8 Qt 31st AUW 2025
96
Depreelatlon
At 1st Sept-mkr 2024
Charge forthey
778,150
63,082
As at 31st Augu￿ 2025
841,232
Net Bookvalue
A8 at 31st Au8USt 2025
1.211164
At 1st Septemkn 2024
1,207,840

Lymiugtoll Community A550ciation
otes to the Fillanrial Ststements for the Yewr Ended 31 August 2025
14. Stock
2025
2024
Stocky
4J87
3.710
87
15. Debtors
2025
2024
Trade Delknrs
23,794
20,463
1.375
732
11.478
20,481
Other debtors
Ac¢n￿d income
561
46
16. Credlton: ￿n0￿￿t faJMDg dne wlthln ODe ye
2025
2024
Trade Creditors
Other creditors
Other ￿atiOll aNlsocial secwity
Pellsionscheme creditor
Accruals
Deferred ￿￿ome (see note ￿lOW)
10.499
4.880
13,460
1259
12J89
68J45
3257
7,750
6,977
1286
15,227
48,552
111.032
83.048
Deferred Incorne:
2025
2024
Ikferred Income balance at I st Septemttr
Atnount deferred in the year
Atnount rele￿Ed to incomr ill the year
48553
68J45
(48J53)
35,562
48,S52
135,562)
Deferred twome balwe at year tttd Augu%L
08
45
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Lymlngton Community Associatio
Note$ to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
17. Funds
It I he0￿l￿g R￿￿￿Tee5
Sepiember 2024 resovces ¢￿Ended
BAlanee At 31st
Augllst 202S
Tranrfers
Ullrestrleted
Gellerol
Ullrestricted general fullds
53.450 777.682 {664,4801
1116,3961
50,256
DesigD4ted
E5tablishrnentFwxl
Pre-school Futki
DEsasterReco￿ryR¢se[*
De￿lopr0eD1 FU￿1-Cafe Ref
De￿lopMent FwKI- MaitFIEII c1￿]1Ja
De￿I0￿Ment Fwxl- Gen¢
Total DeslgDated
1.297,197
12.000
140,(K)O
230.781
66,397
41,521
(40,0￿)
35,850
11.838
4.941
1,363,594
53J21
100,000
266,631
11,838
4,941
181JO 525
Totsl Ullrestrlcled
1733 427
80
1850 781
e51ricted
Celebrating70
DeNEloptneni C70 Fund. Toilet De￿I0￿￿ent
Total Restricted
I80,1￿9
14,1511
175,918
180 069
175 918
Total Funds
1913 496 777
2 (664 480
2 026 699
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Lymington ComMuTAIty Associatio
Notes to the Flnanelal Statsments for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
B8lave * l JllcDmlng Re50llrtes
&ErtembeT 2023 resowtes exyett&d
Balance gt 315t
August 2024
Tr#ll8fer8
Unrestrleted
General
Unrestricted getKrd f￿b￿S
57,884 877J77 1605,1631
{276,648)
53,450
De$igllated
FstablishmentFuNI
Pre-SchoDI Fu￿]
D￿rI0￿￿Ent F￿d- Malt H￿1 Cinetna
Di&q%ter Reco*ryReser
De*lopnent Fund-CAféRefirb
De￿rIo￿lle￿tFUlld- Lift & A¢cess Rau
1.028533
12,0(
5,619
140,(MJO
268,663.
1297,197
12,000
(5.619)
140.000
230.781
230.781
195,651)
95,651
Total D¢8iW¢d
1281.804
398.174
1,679978
Total Utrcstricted
39
877
77
121
26
1733 427
Restricted
CelelxatiDg70
Development C70 F￿￿. roudDe￿o￿o￿#
Total Restricted
116,195
185.400
301595
63,874
{185,4001
(1215261
180.069
180,069
Totsl Funth
1383 877J77 {605,163
1,913,497
Th¢ specific pirpo5￿ forwhi¢h th¢ flu￿$ we to be app]ied are follows:
Reslrictsd Funds
Celebrating 70 Fund
Thi5 r¢prt5ents funds received for 5pecifiG fEdevclopmettt purposes ¢onn¥td wth th¢"CelebratiDg 70" refurt>ishment
programrn¢. funds aTe r¢strict￿ to C4)itsi WOTks andThy only be applied itt aecordallce with donor-imposed condition&
T￿)SFErS of £4,151 duTillg the yvdr rqjresellt expenditUTe illcutrd ott qualifying Tedrv¢l(pment costs. r¢sulting fft a trlrase of
rcstrict¢d funds to uur¢striGiad¢slgnat￿ fi￿d$ WJ Jnatch the related capitsl expellditllre.
No n¢w r$¥riCt￿ in¢orne rec¢iv¢d dwing theye#r.

LymlngtOD ConunDnity Association
Notes to the FfinAncial Statements for the Y￿r Ended 31 August 2025
De$lgM4tedFMnds
Designated funds repres¢nt ullr¢striCted fi￿(ts thotbaY¢ se¢ &side by the Tn￿e&S for specific future pujposes. These
de5igllations do not rep￿seTht legal r￿trictiOnS bur reflect thc TNsTees' intentiotts.
Establlshment Furtd
R¢pr6s¢nts the net book value of talwble fixed ￿ets used inthe chgJity's op¢rations.
Pr￿S¢hOOl Fulld
Rwresents accuttlulated surpluvts genernted by the Pre-Sch(Ktrl. These funds arCTeinVest￿ ill Pre-SGhool resour¢¢s in
accordance with Ofsted ex￿rtatIons gnd operatiOTMt r￿VIreMetts.
Development Fund- C&fé Refurblslllnent
Futsds designated forthe redevelopment of tbe Idalt Café and a$S￿l8ted works.
Development Flllld- Malt Hall Clnemx
Funds dest￿ted for improvanents to cinema knlities.
Developulent Fund- General
Funds set oside for future development works not y¢t 5pecificalty allocated.
Dtswter Recovery Reserve
A designated conliiigellGy reserv¢ wuivalent to approximattly three ijperdtitig ¢xpendibJrt, maintsined to prots¢t the
clwity agaitL5t sibmifi¢&nt l￿expert¢d di5rL￿tlcbll.
Ihuing the year £40,000 wa8 trnnsfured to unrestriLtsI fimd&
T￿Sfer8 into deslgllat￿ fvn(L8 during theytar rcflect tNstee thisioD$ to allocate u1￿Cted surplus¢s to supwjrt long.ter
capital strdtegy.
Unrestricted inco￿¢ thnds are available w be speut on g¢D¢ral exwiditt]re and nonspecifiG Ptoie£ts at the Tnjstees di￿retion.
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Lymington Conllniinity Association
Notes to the FfinaDci41 Ststements for the Year Ended 31 Augost 2025
18. An8Iy8i$ of llet assets betsY¢￿ fuJds
UDrestricted fllnds
Ge￿r￿ Designated
R￿trIcted
Totd futtd# at
31st Auguyt 2025
Tatigible fLxed *8sets
Ckn¢nt assets
cl￿rent liabiliti¢s
Total Net assets
1.211,164
i89,36l
1211,164
9?6,567
111,032
2 020,698
161287
111.032
511
55
175.918
1*00
25
175918
Inrestrlctedfund8
Getter
De5ignAted
Re5trlcted
Total funds &t
31st August 2D24
Tangible fixed assets
Current as5Et8
Current liabilitie5
Total Net &sset5
1,207,840
472,138
1,207,840
788,705
83.048
1.913.497
J36.498
83.048
180,069
180,069
19. Rd8t¢d party tr*nsactioll$
There wereao r¢lat¢d party trnn4¢tions in the yw.
20. Ultimate Controllkng Party
The charity was underthe control of the Board of TTU5tces thr￿ghout theyear.
21. Tru8tee5 8nd offieers. li•biilty insurance
The association arranges In￿rd￿Ce cover of£l,O(X).IKM) for tbe tDJStees alld officers against liabilities in relation to the
association.
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