## **WOODINGDEAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL TRUSTEES REPORT** 

The trustees of the Woodingdean Community Association (WCA) are responsible for a Community Centre in Woodingdean for the use of the local community. 

The Woodingdean Community Association has a management committee who meet monthly along with 3 trustees. There are also 3 general meetings a year as well as an Annual General Meeting where all residents are welcome to attend. 

The outside of the building is maintained by Brighton and Hove City Council. 

The building is a hub for local activity and available to hire for activities and/or special occasions. Our aim is to provide a space for clubs and groups to run various activities for the local community including karate, dancing, meetings, table tennis and education. 

The building has 3 rooms plus a kitchen and garden.  Funds to maintain its upkeep are raised by renting some or all the rooms out to organizations or groups seven days a week. 

The centre manager oversees the day-to-day running of the centre, promoting and controlling the bookings. The centre manager ensures that all hirers fulfil the terms of their agreement. 

Our expenditure exceeded our income for the year ending 2024.  Upgrades were made to the kitchen and blinds/curtains fitted to the small room. Funds had been ring fenced for the improvements needed. 

The trustees and the centre manager will continue to promote the use of the building and increase the number of users hiring the rooms. 

The accounts also reflect the custodian balances for the following: The newly formed Woodingdean Food Hub CIC, which now has its own banking arrangements. The annual Carnival, which is run by a small separate committee. The local authority Brighton and Hove City Council grants funds for Heatly Neighborhood Projects to be given to different charities. The funds are held and then distributed after the applications and decisions have been made by a separate panel. None of these funds are for the benefit of the WCA or the community centre. 

The Trustees for the Woodingdean Community Association are: 

Susan Baines John Homewood Denise Watson 



Woodingdean Community Association CIO
(CIO no. 1188962)
Statement of Flnancial Activitles from 1st Aprll 2023 to 31st March 2024
Surnmary of recelpts and payments
Recelpts
2024
totsl
,501
38,962
restrlrted
8,501
unrestrlcted
Donatlons, grants and legacies
Income from charitable activities
38,962
Total Receipts
8,501
38,962
47,463
Payments
Expenditure on charltable actNltles
7,343
50,761
58,104
Total Payments
7,343
50.761
58.104
Net recelpts (payments) for the perlod
Balance of funds at 1st April 2023
1,158
221
111,7991
27,385
110,6411
27,607
Balance of funds at 31st March 2024
1,379
15,587
16.966
N8 some additions may vary by +l- £1 due to roundln8
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Woodingdean Community Association CIO
(CIO no. 1188962)
Recelpts and Payment5 from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024
Recelpts
2024
Donotions. yants and le¢aae5
Generul
Healthy Nei8hbourhood Fund
Communlty dEfibrillator funds
Food bonk
Brl8hton & Hove Council Household Support
Income frpm th•rftable attlvlilos
Generol
Community Ctntre room hire
Theatre Expre55- room hlre arrear5 repayments
C8rnlval
Book sale
Foodbtsnk
For>J bank Income
1•5trirted
unre5th¢ted
total
1,980
1,521
1,980
1.521
5,OJO
25.722
1.500
5,182
25,722
I,soo
5.182
6,557
6.557
Totsl Recelpts
8,501
38,962
47,463
Payments
Exp•ndltUT• on th•rlt•ble ￿1¥111•$
Generol
CIEanln8 I lettin8s offlcer
2024
20,035
3,805
7,094
35
2tsJ
13
237
33
4.436
20,035
3,805
7,094
35
200
13
237
Premlses
Professlonallleqèl fees
Donatlon
Adrnln
Volunteer meal
5umUp fees
rnlval
33
4,436
464
1,750
129
464
1.750
129
Healthy Nel(hbDurbood Fund- 8rants pald to iroup5
Healthy Nel8hbourhood Fund- admln
Post gffice cash deposlt error
Foodbunk'seenotepo9e4
Food bank costs
FoDd 8ank- transfer of rETnalnln8 funds
Food Bank- Household fund expense5
Food Bank- transfer of Household Fund
600
6,495
7,776
6.495
7,776
2.315
2.685
2,315
2,685
Total Payments
7,343
50,761
58,104
Net recelpt5 Ipayment51 for the peTiod
Balance of fund5 at 1st Aprll 2023. See note bèlow
1,158
221
111,7991
27,385
110,6411
27,607
Balance of funds at 31st March 2024
1.379
15,587
16,966
Ne 5DmEaddthDnsmayvaryby+l- £1 dueto rounding
Note.. the 2023 figure5 have not been presented here fora year-on-yeèr compari50n as In 2023 the attounts were kept In
zicruals, iatherthan receipts & payments. The startlng balance here Is dfftrenttothe year-end balance at 31st March 2023
shown in the 2023 attounts. The bank and cash balan¢es have been verlhed ès correct a5 presented here. It15 a5surned that
the￿ was an error In theyear-end balante as presented In the 2023 acwnt5.
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Woodingdean Community Association CIO
(CIO no. 1188962)
Assets and Liabilities at 31st March 2024
Assets
Santander account
Cash in hand
16,966
Total assets
16.966
Non-monetary Assets
At 31st March 2023. WCA had assets to the value of.,
Assets added in 2023124- none
Depreciation Ichargel for assets added in 2017 Ipatlol
Shares in WCA Trading Co. Ltd (Java Café)
Value of assets at 31st March 2024
1,835
15241
1,313
Llabllltles
none known
Funds held at 31st March 2024
Balance at 31st
March 2024
1,257
122
1,379
Restrlcted funds
Defibrillator
Healthy Nelghbourhood Fund
Re5trlcted funds held at 315t March 2024
Unrestrlcted funds
Designatedfunds
Carnival
Free reserves
Unrestrlcted funds held at 31st March 2024
2,797
12,789
15,587
Note
Food bank funds are no longer being held by Woodingdean Community Association
and have now been fully transferred to the Food Bank's account.
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Independent Examiner's report on the account5
Report to the trustees of Woodingdean Community Association CIO
Registered Charity number 1188962
I" April 2023 to 31" March 2024
The accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis.
Re5pectlve responslbllltles of trustees and Independent examiner
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. You consider that an
audit is not required for thls year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and that an Independent
examination is needed.
It Ss my responsibility to.. examlne the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the
procedures specified In the General Directlons of the Charity Commissioners (under section 145151(bl of
the Act) and to state whether partlcular matter5 have come to my attention.
Basls of Independent Examlnees Report
My examlnatlon was carrled out in accordance with the General Directlons given by the Charity
Commission. An examinatlon includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charlty and a
comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes conslderation of any unusual
items or disclosure5 in the accounts and seekln8 explanatlons from the trustees concernln8 any such
matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be requlred in an audlt,
and consequently no opinion is give as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, vlew and the
report15 limited to those matters laid out In the statement below.
Independent Examlnerfs Report
In connection wlth my examination, no matter has come to my attentlon
11} which 8lve5 me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requlrements
lal to keep accounting record5 in accordance with section 130 of the Act: and
Ibl to prepare accounts whlch accord with the accounting record5 and comply wlth the accountln8
requirements of the Act have not been met,. or
12) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
Mlreille Shimoda
Resource Centre
6 Tilbury Place
Brighton BN2 OGY
Date-. 21, August 2024