2023-03-31-accounts - Cranfield Community Centre

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CRANFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE Trustees Annual Report And Financial Statements Year Ended 31[st] March 2023

CRANFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Charitable Incorporated Organisation	1188795
Number
Trustees	Mr Raymond Munkley (Chairman)
	Mr Nick Cade-Westcombe
	Mr Daryl Saint
	Mr David Sinfield
	Mr Alan Metcalf – New Sep 22
	Mrs Wendy Garner – New Sep 22
	Mrs Donna Johnson – New Sep 22
	Mrs Lauren Nichols – New Sept 22
	Mrs Diane Wigley – New Sept 22
	Ms Pauline Kinns – New Sept 22
	Mrs Meredith Cade-Westcombe - New Oct
	23
Contact	Mr Raymond Munkley
	Cranfield Community Centre
	Thillans
	Cranfield
	MK43 0WP
Bank
	CAF Bank
Independent Examiner	Mr H Distin FCA BSc

THE CRANFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE CHARITY TRUSTEES REPORT YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2023

The Trustees present their Annual Report together with the Independently examined accounts for the year ended 31[st] March 2023.

Governing Document

The Charity was registered on 30[th] March 2020 and is governed by a Constitution of a Charitable Organisation adopted on 18[th] March 2020.

Objects of the Charity

A. To further or benefit the residents of Cranfield and the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the quality of life for the residents.
B. To establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the association in furtherance of the above objects.

Activities

2022 to 2023 represents the first full year for the Cranfield Community Centre post the pandemic.

The Centre now host regular, art classes, exercise classes, Cranfield Market, NHS child development surgeries and Parish Council meetings to name a few, in addition the hall is hired out for birthday parties, wedding breakfasts, and bookings continue to increase.

The Trustees have continued to purchase the necessary fixtures and fittings to allow the building to operate and have invested in additional security cameras. With any capital items being funded from Commuted Sum that the Parish Council hold on the Charity’s behalf. In addition, the Trustees have continued to complete snagging on the building, again this is funded by the Commuted Sum. The Trustees made a large change in how it operated within the Financial Year, which saw the caretaker not replaced and one of the Trustees taking on the role of unpaid caretaker. The Trustees also lost the administrative support of the Clerk of the Parish Council, who looked after the bookings and accounts. These roles have been taken on by Trustees.

The Trustees also decided not to increase the hire charges for 2023 as it believed that increasing the charges may put potential hirers of when the Trustees are trying to increase bookings. Hire charges will be reviewed at the end of 2023.

The playing fields have yet to be adopted, therefore the changing areas have remained closed.

Financial Review

The Community Centre income totalled £43,993 (£34,280). Total expenditure was £28,078 (£39,078) with the largest cost being Gas and Electricity charges of £5,794. With the Charity claiming back from the Commuted Sum £17,822 during the Financial Year.

Reserves

The Community Centre Charity considers that the level of reserves is currently sufficient to allow the Community Centre to open successfully in 2023-24.

Public Benefit

The Trustees are aware of the Charity Commissions guidance on public benefit and consider they the charitable objects fall well within the public benefit guidelines.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees

Mr George Munkley Chairman

Independent examiner’s report to the Trustees of The Cranfield Community Centre Charity

I report to the trustees on my examination of the Cranfield Community Centre Charity for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under s.145 of the 2011 ACT and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under s.145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

(1) Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
(2) The accounts do not accord with those records; or
(3) The accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a “true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns 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.

Signed ……………………………………..

Haydn Distin BSc FCA

11 Court Road Cranfield Bedfordshire MK43 0DR

Date: ………………………………..

Cranfield Community Centre

Receipts and Payments for 12 months ending 31st March 2023

£ 325 £ 240 £ 360 £ 4,803 £ 2,322 £ 2,641 £ 5,794 £ 1,122 £ 549 £ 360 £ 10 £ 2,114 £ 4,129 £ 293 £ 1,035 £ 196 £ 1,634 £ 151	£ - £ 40 £ 224 £ 2,537 £ 7,023 £ 5,393 £ 5,612 £ 1,107 £ 345 £ 550 £ - £ 5,174 £ 9,427 £ - £ 1,015 £ - £ 631 £ -	2021-22 £ 19,425 £ 14,855
		£ 34,280

£ 28,078	£ 39,078

		-£ 4,798

Bank balances 31/03/2023 CAF Bank Current Account £23,875 CAF Gold Savings Account £101 Paypal £6,589 Metro Bank £5,589 Total £ 36,154	31/03/2022 £17,781 £100 n/a £2,305
	£20,185

Notes to the

accounts

The Grant received of £17,822 covered two periods of expenditure £14,110 (2021/22) and £3,712 (2022/23).

Excluding the grant relating to the prior year of £14,110 the Receipts over Payments for 2022/23 is £1,805.