ASSEMBLY ROOMS TRUST DEDHAM ANNUAL REPORT AND srATEMENT OF PAYMENTS AND RECEIPT5 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31" DECEMBER 2023
Assemblv Rooms Trust Dedham Annual Report for the year ended 31" December 2023 Registered Charity number 1189695 Trustees: Mrs Vee Druitt Mr Jonathan Smith Mrs Jill Stransward Mr Peter Wilson Governlng Document th Deed of Conveyance dated the 27 October 1908 Trust Asset Assembly Rooms Ifomierly Hewitt Memorial Hall ) Trust Objectives l. For thp_ cg_lp_bratinn of Divinp Sg_rvirp_ in xccnrdAnrp. with the rires and ceremonies of ihe Church of England as by Law established. 2. As a Cla55-Room Meeting-Room or Lecture-Room for Confirmation or Bible Classes or for other religious instrurtion in accordance with the principles of the Church of England. 3. For any other objects ends or purposes having in view the spiritual intellectual moral or physical wants of the people or for any other objcrts ends or purposcs designcd or promoted for the instruction or recreation of the people. Addre55 of Charfty The Parishe5 OfPice, Assembly Rooms, High Street, Dedham, Essex C07 6HJ Solicitors Messrs. Birkell. 24126 Museum STre. Ipswich, Suffolk. Actlvltles and Achlevements The use of the Rooms has now stabalised following the closure of the building during the pandemic. The building is used regularlyfor communrty use on most week days. At weekends there 15 a gtjud mix of both cotnmunity and private use. The rooms are used on a regular basis for meetings, exercise and social clubs, including Art, Bridge and Films. For occasional use they h05t fundraising events. fairs. social events and family celebrations.
Assembly Rooms Trust Dedham Registered Charity number 1189695 Receipts and Payments for the year ended 31rt December 2023 2023 2022 Receipts Letting of Hall Deposits withheld Licence Fees Donations Dividends Insurance Claim 18,866 18,927 575 2,520 250 16,496 2,520 16,587 425 Gross Incom• £38,448 £38,768 Asset and investment sales Dep051t received Debtor received 235 570 575 3,610 Total Recelpts £39.253 £42,953 Payments Insurance Hall runnlng expenses Hall maintenance expenses Staff costs Prof@s_£ion21 fp_p 10,190 11,509 945 9,578 250 4,64g 9,069 3,636 6,509 250 32,472 24,113 Asset and investment purchases Deposits refunded L)ebtor due 1,314 570 414 Total payments £32,886 £25,997 Net of receipts/ (payments) Cash funds last year end 6,367 131,623 16.956 114,667 Cash funds this year end £137,990 £131,623
Assembly Rooms Trust Dedham Registered Charity number 1189695 Statement of Assets and Liabllltles as at 31st December 2023 2023 2022 Cash funds Barclays Bank Petty Cash 137,644 346 131,561 62 £137.990 £131,623 Other monetary assets Deposits held Debtors £635 £414 £400 Investment assets The CBF Church of England Investment Fund 26,844.42 Income 5hare5 Book cost £276,484 £606,826 £5J4,227 Assets rp_talned for the charit5 own use Assembly Rooms Note: The building has not been valued for accounting purposes Slgned on beh f of all the tIU5tees SignatuC.';/..i.... ........ ...... Signature..... Jl(kbJ Name me -4 YIT ¢% Arj )TI . D3t@ of approval l O Date of approval
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs roport on tho accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsosl mambors ol The Assembly Rooms Trust. Dedham On account• for the ytar ended 31. December 2023 Charity no Irfany) 1189895 S•t out on p•g 14 l port to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the abovg charity {llhe Trust°} for the year ended 3111212023. Responsibllitses and AS the charity trustees Of tne Trust, you are responslble ftjr the preparallon ba$1$ of roport of the a¢Gounts in accordanco with the requirement8 of the Charitie8 Act 2011 {'the Ac¥'). I report in respe of my examination of the Trust's accounts came¢J o under section 146 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my oxamination, I have followed the applicab16 Directlons glven by the Charity Commisslon under section 145(5}(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confiTh that no matwial matters have come to my attpntion (other thsn that disclosed below") in connection with the examination whidi gtves me cause to beliéve that in, any materral respect: accounting records were not kept in aGGordance wtth sectlon 130 of th• Act or Ine accounts ijo accord wttn the accountlng reGords Independent examiner's 8tat•m6nt I have no concems and have come across no other matters In Connection with tho 9xamination to which attention should bè drawn in ordér to enabl• proper understandlng of the aGGDunts lo be ieachott. . Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Slgned.. Nam•: S-PTR<4 fvQ4kfrWL Relgvant professlonal qualifi¢ation(s) or body (If any): ACLA Addre$8: MvL¢iEQ IL* Ufj IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of Gharity aGGounts: direGtion3 and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishos to disclose. IER OctobEr 2018