WOODINGDEAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO ANNUAL TRUSTEES REPORT
The Three Trustees of the Woodingdean Community Association are responsible for the Community Centre in Woodingdean. As custodians of this vital local resource, our aim is to ensure that the Community Centre remains a thriving, accessible, and welcoming space for all members of the Woodingdean community.
The Woodingdean Community Association has a management committee, which includes the three trustees, who meet monthly to discuss operations, finance and strategy.
All residents are welcome to attend our three open meetings and Annual General Meeting held every year.
The Woodingdean Community Centre consists of 3 rooms for hire plus a kitchen and garden. There is also a small committee room available to hire for meetings.
The Woodingdean Community Association continued to make the community centre available for local groups and residents. The building is used for regular clubs, societies, teaching sessions, group meetings, dance classes and community gatherings, such as exercise and wellbeing classes, yoga, Pilates, dance. As well as local interest groups such as gardening and crafting. The centre remains an important local hub, helping people come together, take part in activities and reduce isolation.
The Centre’s rooms are also hired out for Children’s birthday parties and family celebrations.
The income from the hire of the rooms is used for the upkeep of the inside of the building.
The outside of the building is maintained by Brighton and Hove City Council.
The Centre Manager oversees the day-to-day running of the centre, promoting and controlling the bookings. The Centre Manager ensures that the booking terms and conditions are adhered to by hirers.
In the coming year, the trustees plan to continue supporting a wide range of community use at the centre and to keep the building safe, welcoming and well maintained. They will look for opportunities to encourage local participation, support existing user groups and make sure the centre continues to meet the needs of the community.
These accounts also reflect the custodial balances for the following: An annual Carnival is held on local school fields and is organized by a small separate committee.
The Trust for Developing Communities (TDC) gives a grant for Healthy Neighbourhood Projects. The TDC funds are held and then distributed to local charities who have made an application to a separate panel. None of these custodial funds are for the benefit of the Community Centre.
The custodial funds held on behalf of the Carnival Committee have now been transferred to their own Bank Account. These funds will now be administered entirely by the Carnival Committee.
The Woodingdean Community Association wishes them all the best for the future, including their 60-year celebrations to take place in 2027.
The Trustees for the Woodingdean Community Association are: Susan Baines John Homewood Denise Watson
Independent Examinerfs report on the accounts Report to the trustees of Woodingdean Community Associotion CIO Registered Charlty number 1188962 l Aprll 2025 to 31" March 2026 The accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis. Respertlve responslbllltles of trustees and Independent examlner As the charity'5 trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. You consider that an audit is not required for th15 year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examlnation is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examlne the accounts under section 145 of the Charltles Act. to follow the procedures specified in the General Directlons of the Charity Commissloners (under section 14515llbl of the Act) and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent Examlnerfs Report My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Dlrections glven by the Charity Comm155ion. An examination includes a review of the accounting record5 kept by the charlty and a comparlson of the accounts presented with those record5. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanatlons from the trustees concernln8 any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinlon is give as to whether the accounts present a 'true and falr, view and the report is Ilmlted to those matters lald out in the statement below. Independent Examlnerfs Report In connectlon with my examlnatlon, no matter has come to my attention 111 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements (al to keep accountin8 records in accordance with sectlon 130 of the Act: and Ibl to prepare accounts which accord with the accountin8 records and comply wlth the accountln8 requlrements of the Act have not been met; or {21 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: 14, July 2026
Woodingdean Community Association CIO Accounts for the period 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 Registered charity Charity correspondent 1188962 Sue Baines Woodingdean Community Association Woodingdean Community Centre Warren Road Brighton, BN2 6BA These account5 have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments bas15 from Information and explanatlons supplied by the charlty. Mlreille Shimoda Resource Centre 6 Tllbury Place Brlghton BN2 OGY 91h June 2026 These accounts have been approved by the Trustees of the charlty. Sl8ned by one or two Trustees on behalf of all the Trustees Date Page lof4
Woodingdean Community Association CIO (CIO no. 1188962) Recelpts And Paynnts from AstAprM 2015 to 31st March 2026 RKelpts 2026 Z025 tSJnJ0r1rIfyts Ind l¢y¢5 tqt•l M51thd unr•Jttht•d T3tfllr Communlties.. HeBhhyNhbourhood Fund Iv1(on wth¥ltb 6gnernl Communny Eentr@raom hlr• ThEvtye EApress-r¢om hlre4rreaLs repJymwts'_ ThEre ENpres6-roorn hl Events thrnlwl 1,2DJ L2 L764 196 1.960 25,If 775 25.106 77S 24D76 1.7rKI 2476 1,7LI) A96 496 307 3,366 307 3,366 Totsl Recelpts 1,200 31,623 32A23 1,764 29.645 31,409 Payments Exp•nOttur•oTrchirttibh•cUvTtI Generul L•tthi5 offlcor Utyllt Prern15e5 IlrK cle•nln81 Profe3slonaVleE•lfee5 Admln Iprfrttel Inks, Slllknn•ryl Sundry ttern5 5umUpfees 2026 2025 r•itrfthd 4,845 3,997 13,410 539 241 4,B45 3,992 L3,4JO S39 241 70 3.9 4,7a7 11.650 787 J,990 4,737 11,650 787 136 136 475 475 ealthy NelihbDurhuod Fund-ldmln HEalthy Nol8hbourhDod Fund-ffthtslictles Heolthyf4etyhbowhooéFund-orontspaldt•proupi 112 1,49D loi 323 1,490 1029 1.240 L,240 2,019 C•rnlv•lexp•ni Carnlvil-trlnsferof rm•lnlnifundJto CarnlY•liioup 2.542 5,937 2,542 5.917 Total Payments 1.715 31.578 3J.293 1.612 24,214 25,826 NetreceWlwymtsNtslftsrth•p•rbd inC01 fund50t 15tlprll 2025 45 2LOI8 152 1,379 5,431 15,5B7 1.531 22,549 16,9E6 Balanc• ol fund5 at 31st March 2025 IA116 21,063 22.078 1,531 21.018 22,Y8 NBsomeaddbniM¥YW•rV by+l-Éldueto round * trie', ThutrtEKprwsirmiiweie 100fFIn1Vll asolAwit102S PO1È30f4
Woodingdean Community Association CIO {CIO no. 1188962) Assets and Liabilities at 31st March 2026 Asset5 Santander account Cash in hand Total assets 22,078 22,078 Non-monetary A55ets At 315t March 202S, WCA had assets to the value of: Assets added in 2025126- none Depreciation Ichargel for assets added In 2017 Ipatiol Share5 in WCA Tradlng Co. Ltd ljava Café) Value of assets at 31st March 2026 786 15241 264 Uabllltles none known Funds held at 31st March 2026 Restrlcled funds Defibrillator Healthy Nel8hbourhood Fund Restrlcted funds held at 31st March 2026 782 234 1,016 Unrestrlcted funds Free reserves Unrestrlcted funds held at 31st March 2026 21,062 21,062 Page4of4