## **Bishopton Community Centre CIO**
## **Trustees' Annual Return information, year to 31[st] March 2023**
## **Activities**
The Bishopton Community Centre CIO runs the Bishopton Community Centre in Stratford upon Avon. Its purpose is to provide a hall to be used to support and help the community by renting the hall to community groups and others who can benefit the community. The hall is held on a ten year lease from Warwickshire County Council which started on 1st November 2021 and the CIO is responsible for the upkeep and running of the hall.
In the earlier part of the year the Centre ran a ‘warm hub’ on Mondays. With the help of a Community Support Worker shared with another local Community Centre, this has now been taken forward as the 'Bishopton Social', to provide facilities and resources for local people.
## **Trustees**
There are currently five Trustees (details on the Bishopton Community Centre CIO entry on the Charity Commission web site) who are responsible for running the CIO in accordance with its constitution.
## **Income and Expenditure**
The financial year runs to 31[st] March. At the 31[st] March 2022 the predecessor organisation at the Centre was holding net current assets of £26,286.28 and these have been passed to the CIO during the financial year 2022/23. During the year to 31st March 2023 the Centre had a net surplus of £2,279.70, leaving net year end assets of £ 28,565.98.
## **People**
The Centre does not have any employees. It does not raise funds from the public and does not have any trading subsidiaries. Its income comes from renting out the hall and from grants made by local bodies to support specific projects.
## **Governance**
The CIO is governed by the rules laid down in its constitution, dated 3[rd] April 2020.
## **Contact details**
Charles Bates 01789 293744. 2 Holbrook Road, Stratford CV37 9DZ.
## **Bishopton Community Centre CIO**
## **Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2023**
Bishopton Community Centre is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, Registered Charity no. 1188894, Charity Commission for England and Wales
## **Report of the Trustees**
The Centre is located at Drayton Avenue, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 9PB, which is its principal office.
The objects of the CIO are identified in its Constitution, but are primarily to hire out the hall for use by local groups, thus benefitting the residents of Bishopton and the surrounding area through the provision of facilities for recreation, the advancement of education, religion and other leisure time activities.
Details of the current Trustees are available on the Charity Commission web site.
This report and the financial information below, including the notes to the accounts, were approved by a meeting of the Trustees on 3rd July 2023 and signed on their behalf by: Penny Keynton Hook, Chair Person
## **Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2023**
|**Income and expenditure**
**Income - rental of hall**
**Expenditure:**
cleaning
utilities
rates
maintenance
consumables
insurance
net income from hall
Less legal costs re new lease
**Net income / -loss**
**Balance sheet**
**Fixed assets**
**Net current assets**
Due from predecessor organisation after losses above
Cash at bank
Petty cash
Receivables
Prepaid expenses
Accrued expenses
Grants received not yet spent
Net assets
Net assets brought forward
Income / -loss as above
**Total CIO net worth, represented as above**|**Year ended**
**Period to**
**31st March**
**31st March**
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
7008.50
2178.00
1715.00
840.40
1521.25
467.42
222.72
63.00
100.13
205.89
190.39
0.00
979.31
415.00
4728.80
1991.71
2279.70
186.29
0.00
989.00
2279.70
-802.71
0.00
0.00
0.00
26286.28
28272.78
44.70
1892.50
480.00
-224.00
-1900.00
28565.98
26286.28
26286.28
27088.99
2279.70
-802.71
28565.98
26286.28|
|---|---|
## **Notes to the accounts**
## **1 Background**
Bishopton Community Centre CIO was registered with the Charity Commission on 3rd April 2020. It was set up to take over the running of the Bishopton Community Centre hall, to be held on a ten year lease from Warwickshire County Council. For various reasons, but primarily the Covid pandemic, the lease was not signed until 1st November 2021.
The figures for 2022 above therefore represent the trading of the Centre for the five months from 1st November 2021 to 31st March 2022. The 2023 figures represent a full year of activities.
## **2. Audit**
The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
## **3. Trustees' responsibilities**
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.
## **4. Accounting policies**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities Accounting (effective April 2008), the Companies Act 2006 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities. Grants held of £1900.00 must be spent on the purpose for which the grant was made. The CIO is exempt from Corporation tax on its charitable activities.
## **5. Trustees and employees benefits**
None of the Trustees received any remuneration or expenses during the year or during the prior year. There are no paid employees.
## **6. Fixed and other assets**
The previous organisation held a number of assets, mainly tables, chairs and kitchen equipment. These had been fully written down by the previous organisation and have have been passed without charge to the CIO. No value has been attached to these in the current accounts. There are no fixed assets.
## **7. Current assets**
All of the assets are current and none are subject to restrictions, except the grants received not yet spent, as identified above.