The Trinity Centre Batley Carr
Charity number 1189010
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2023
The Trinity Centre Batley Carr
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023
| Contents | Page |
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| Trustees' report | 2 to 3 |
| Receipts and payments account | 4 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 5 |
| Notes to the accounts | 6 to 7 |
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
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The Trinity Centre Batley Carr
Trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 2023
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Dates William Thompson Chairman Rev'd Simon Cash Vice Chair Resigned 30 September 2023 Ian Wilson Treasurer John Ferrett Denise Hodge Stephanie Cooper
Resigned 30 September 2023
Charity number
1189010
Registered in England and Wales
Registered and principal address
Registered and principal address Bankers Upper Road Yorkshire Bank plc Batley Carr 46 Market Place Batley Dewsbury WF17 7LT WF13 1DN
Accountants
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
Structure, governance and management
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation formed on 9 April 2020 and is governed by a constitution.
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed ( for a term of three years) by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
To further or benefit the residents of Batley Carr and the surrounding area, 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 conditions of live for the residents.
In furtherance of these objects but not otherwise, the trustees shall have power:
to establish or secure the establishment of a community centre and to maintain or manage or cooperate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such a centre for activities promoted by the charity in furtherance of the above objects.
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The Trinity Centre Batley Carr
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023
Objectives and activities (continued)
The charity's main activities
The Charity principle activity is to engage with the community and local area in letting out rooms to groups for activity space. Keep Fit, Bingo and Social group, Luncheon Club, Drum Majorettes, Yoga, Social Dancing, Art for Fun are the weekly groups that we host.
We also let out space for meetings, social events, (parties and celebrations) and other one off events. Any group that is not religious or political but can reach out to the community in order for them to engage with others to share fellowship through a common pastime.
Public benefit statement
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit.
Achievements and performance
We hosted 13 Asian events during 2023 and returned a deposit for another one, due to a family bereavement.
All our groups have continued to use the Trinity Centre over 2023, and a regular Yoga class has now joined us. Some groups came for parts of the year, e.g. regular fortnightly bird shows over two months.
A new website was set up for us by Dewsbury IT at a cost of £150 per year to replace the old one. We also transferred our power supply from SSE to Scottish Power in January 2023. We needed to purchase 3 new parts for the gas heaters in the main hall after an inspection found the old ones unsafe, this incurred a cost of £3,617.
The Trinity Centre celebrated 25 year anniversary in the summer since it was formed in 1998.
Financial review
The net receipts for the year were £3,584 all unrestricted funds.
The Trinity Centre’s year began well with a bank balance in our current account on 1 January 2023 of £17,115 and a reserve account balance of £1,441.
The Trinity Centre’s income for 2023 was £19,863 without adding any residual funds retained from the previous year.
The expenditure for 2023 was £16,279. This shows the Trinity Centre in a profit position of £3,584 for the year.
However, when you add in funds accumulated from previous years we had a current bank balance as of 31 December 2023 £16,699 and a reserve balance of £5,441.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £21,670.
The trustees have not formally adopted a reserves policy at the moment but they will look into this for next year.
Approved by the board of trustees on 09/05/2024
William G Thompson (Trustee)
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The Trinity Centre Batley Carr
Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 December 2023
| Notes 2023 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants and donations (2) 43 Rental income 19,410 Fundraising 410 Total receipts 19,863 Payments Salaries 1,555 Materials 457 Utilities 8,024 Building repairs and maintenance 2,236 Equipment 1,073 Licences and insurance 849 Telephone 65 Computer costs 620 Committee expenses 323 Accounts costs 720 Sundries 41 Publicity 316 Total payments 16,279 Net movement in funds 3,584 Fund balances brought forward 18,086 Fund balances carried forward (3) 21,670 |
2023 Restricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 470 470 |
2023 Total funds £ 43 19,410 410 19,863 1,555 457 8,024 2,236 1,073 849 65 620 323 720 41 316 16,279 3,584 18,556 22,140 |
2022 Total funds £ 1,643 16,175 - 17,818 2,323 387 7,783 15,008 7,025 2,873 - 545 318 120 10 239 36,631 (18,813) 37,369 18,556 |
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The Trinity Centre Batley Carr Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 31 December 2023 2023 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 21,670 Total cash funds 21,670 Debtors and prepayments Prepayments Accrued income Assets retained for the charity's own use Fixtures and fittings: Lift Carpet Equipment: Computer desk Office desks Water boiler Table trolley Computer suite Gas heaters Disabled call system CCTV Fridge freezer Liabilities Accruals Deferred income Taxation and social security |
2023 Restricted £ 470 470 |
2023 Total £ 22,140 22,140 2023 £ 963 511 1,474 2023 £ 1,181 240 8 1,429 |
2022 Total £ 18,556 18,556 |
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 09/05/2024
William G Thompson (Trustee)
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The Trinity Centre Batley Carr
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2023
1 Accounting policies
Basis of accounting
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
Taxation
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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The Trinity Centre Batley Carr
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023
| 2 Grants and donations 2023 2023 Unrestricted Restricted funds funds £ £ Batley and Birstall Community Fund - - Kirklees Council - - Other donations 43 - 43 - 3 Restricted funds Balance b/f Incoming Outgoing £ £ £ Birstall and Batley Fund 470 - - 470 - - Fund name Purpose of restriction Birstall and Batley Fund Towards the cost of new cupboard and sink. |
2023 Total funds £ - - 43 43 Transfers £ - - |
2022 Total funds £ 1,400 205 38 1,643 Balance c/f £ 470 470 |
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4 Related party transactions
Trustee expenses
During the year 1 trustee was paid a total of £323 in respect of travel (previous year: 1 trustee and £280).
Trustee remuneration and benefits
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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