Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 Jan 2024 To 31 Dec 2024
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
LYDGATE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1189411
| Charity's principal address | Lydgate Parish Hall, 55, Stockport Rd |
Lydgate Parish Hall, 55, Stockport Rd |
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| LYDGATE | ||
| Oldham | ||
| Postcode | OL44JJ |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Jennifer Greenwood |
Chair | |||
| Rachel Damianou | Vice Chair | |||
| Mark Rathbone | Treasurer | From 18.11.24 | ||
| Frank Booocock | ||||
| Julie Whitehead | ||||
| David Marshall | ||||
| Simon Edge | ||||
| Max Woodvine | ||||
| Sara Mitchell | ||||
| Al Gillian | ||||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
CIO Association Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
CIO Association
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Elected by members
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
We continue to receive support from:Action Together, Oldham Oldham MBC
We have a Management Agreement with St Anne’s Church PCC, Lydgate who own the building we manage as our Community Hub.
We work closely with our Local Community Group, Love Lydgate.
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
To benefit the residents of Lydgate and the surrounding area to advance education and provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation, leisure time and occupation, to improve conditions and experiences of residents.
To establish and run a community centre to promote the above activities. To continue to support people in getting back into the community following the Covid pandemic. Especially those who feel isolated.
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Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
The LCA continues to create a number of opportunities for residents to get involved with activities that can be educational, creative, active or socal. The local demographic leans towards the more elderly and as a consequence this is reflected in the balance of activities. However, we do cater for all age groups. The youngest being Rainbows for infant aged children through to exercise classes for the less mobile. On a weekly basis there are 18 regular sessions running at the community hub, engaging on average 300 participants. These activities include, exercise groups, Circuit training, Zumba, Tai Chi, Pilates, personal safety, yoga and ballroom dancing. Band rehearsals and choir practice. A Stitchers Group engaged in textile crafts and a class for teenagers making their own clothes.
We are delighted that the girls uniformed groups use the hall every week, the energy of the leaders for the Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers is matched only by the enthusiasm of the girls. Thursday night is a hive of activity.
On a less regular basis we run activities with our local community groups e.g. Plant Sales and Home Bake Days, Coffee Mornings where we focus on raising money for charities, meeting our local police officers or generally just spending time chatting.
Each month we have a talk from a visiting speaker on a wide range of topics and these are also a fund raiser for the LCA.
The hall which we manage is also a favourite venue for children’s parties.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
In this financial year 2023 to 24 we did not have policies on grantmaking and we do not have any investments….. only in our community !
From the outset of our Charity, we have enlisted the help of volunteers both in running activities and in improving, maintaining and running our community hub.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
Indeed, volunteering is a key vehicle for engaging people in our project and helping them to feel valued. Several people who are post-retirement work practically on the building or in the grounds, pointing, painting cleaning and gardening.
It increases self-esteem, companionship and inculcates a sense of pride in the community and a sense of ownership.
The building is 156 years old and there is always lots to do.
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Since 2020 when the LCA came into being we were forced to Summary of the main concentrate on the Parish Hall, which we needed as our community hub achievements of the charity for activities that would enrich the community. during the year Lock Down limited our ability to run groups and get togethers but it also gave us a chance to concentrate on bringing the building up to standard both in terms of improving the fabric and creating a safe, warm and clean space for activities. There was a lot to do but we did it. We then set about using the hub to bring people together and realise the objectives in our constitution. 2023 Changed our focus to some degree. We had benefited from grants and planned accordingly but we had a big shock in December 23 when we were hit by a very big and totally unexpected gas bill. The future looked uncertain not to say grim. However, the same determination and enthusiasm which brought us through Covid and taking on a rather neglected building spurred the Trustees into action. We were determined that improved and more long-term planning were vital. We spent several sessions on strategic planning, developing a 3 year fully costed maintenance plan and tasked the Treasurer to look at long term financial forecasting. There would be no more surprises! We looked at ourselves as Trustees, reviewing our roles and responsibilities as well as taking part in a Health Check administered by Action Together in June 2024. Continuity was important and we set about amending our constitution to clarify what defined a term of office. This amendment was sent to the Charities Commission to be added to our documentation in April 2024. Our three year plan also looked at how we could expand our activities across the community as well as attracting more users. We advertised more widely, networked with other community groups and created our own QR code to add to posters and fliers. Practical work did not come to a stand still. With our local Community Group, we created an area of the hall into a Community Library, which is well managed by a volunteer librarian and well used. The shelving was provided by the LCA from a generous donation. We applied for a grant to the local authority which allowed us to put in Wi-Fi and cover the cost for two years. In a bid to have greater control of the heating we put in a Hive monitor which can be regulated and managed remotely. Geographically the hall sits at the centre of the village and in a prominent situation in the locality. As Trustees we feel that with the work done to date it is truly earning its place at the heart of the community.
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Section E Financial review
There was no policy in the year 2023- 24 Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially None in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)[Jennifer V M Greenwood ] Full name(s) Jennifer Valmai Margaret Greenwood Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairperson etc) Date 15/10/2025
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| For the period from |
01.01.202 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||
| A1 Receipts | ||
| - | ||
| Rental Income | 12,816 | |
| Donations Received | 1,542 | |
| Membership (Friends of LCA) | 288 | |
| Grants Received | - | |
| FundraisingActivities | 91 | |
| HMRC Gift Aid Relief | - | |
| - | ||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 14,737 | |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | ||
| - | ||
| Sub total | - |
| Replacement of Toilet Windows | |||||||
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| Chairs for Hall | |||||||
| Memorial Bench | 377 | ||||||
| Electricity Cupboard and Storage | |||||||
| Pots & Plants | 206 | ||||||
| LibraryBookcase | 219 | ||||||
| Heat,light and water charges | 12,666 | ||||||
| Insurance costs | 502 | ||||||
| Internet Costs | 251 | ||||||
| Cleaningand cleaningexpenses | 2,686 | ||||||
| Website costs | 156 | ||||||
| Postage, stationery and printing expenses | 40 | ||||||
| Visual DisplayEquipment | |||||||
| Sundryexpenses | 665 | - | |||||
| - | |||||||
| **Sub total ** | 17,586 | 1,744 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see | |||||||
| table) | |||||||
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| Sub total | - | - | |||||
| Total payments | 17,586 | 1,744 | |||||
| **Net of receipts/(payments) ** | - 2,850 | - 1,024 | |||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - | - | |||||
| A6 Cash funds last year end | 21,046 | 2,362 | |||||
| **Cash funds this year end ** | 18,196 | 1,339 | |||||
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
B1 Cash funds
Categories
Details
Amount deposited at bank
Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
Details
B2 Other monetary assets
Details
B3 Investment assets
Details
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
Details
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Mark Rathbone
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| payments accounts | CC16a | ||
| 4 | To | 31.12.2024 |
| - - - - - - - - - Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds - 12,816 1,542 288 720 91 - - 15,457 to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| - | - | - |
| - | 12,816 | 14,483 |
| - | 1,542 | 11,069 |
| - | 288 | 216 |
| - | 720 | 2,040 |
| - | 91 | 28 |
| - | - | 805 |
| - | - | - |
| - | 15,457 | 28,641 |
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| - | 15,457 | 28,641 | |||||||||
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| - | 1,562 | 6,832 | |||||||||
| 8,340 |
| 2,258 | ||||
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| 1,982 | ||||
| 377 | ||||
| 2,820 | ||||
| 206 | ||||
| 219 | ||||
| 12,666 | 2,495 | |||
| 502 | 501 | |||
| 251 | ||||
| 2,686 | 3,369 | |||
| 156 | 190 | |||
| 40 | 25 | |||
| - | 665 | 186 | ||
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| - | 19,330 | 28,999 |
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| - | 19,330 | 28,999 | |||||||||||
| - | - | 3,874 | - | 358 | |||||||||
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| - | 23,408 | 23,766 | |||||||||||
| - | 19,535 | 23,408 | |||||||||||
| to nearest £ 18,196 - - 18,196 OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds |
to nearest £ 1,339 - - 1,339 OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Restricted funds Restricted funds |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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Date of Print Name approval Mark Rathbone 10/21/2025