ASSEMBLY ROOMS TRusf DEDHAM ANNUAL REPORT AND srATEMEKf OF PAYMEp¥fs AND RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31° DECEMBER 2024
Assembly Rooms Trust Dedham Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024 Registered Charity number 1189695 Trustees: Mrs Sharon Sarsons Mr Jonathan Smith Mrs Jill Strangward Mr Peter Wilson Governing Document Deed of Conveyance dated the 27th ortober 1908 Trurt Asset Assembly Roorns {formerly Hewitt Memorial Hall ) Trust Objectives l. For the celebration of Divine Service in accordance with the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England as by Law established. 2. As a Class-Room MeetinB-Room or Lecture-Room for Confirmation or Bible Classes or for other religious instruction in accordance with the principle5 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 objects ends or purposes designed or promoted for the instruction or recreation of the people. Address of Charfty The Parishes Office. Assembly Rooms, High Street, Dedham, Essex C07 6HJ Solicitors Messrs. Birkett. 24126 Museum Street. Ipswich. Suffolk. Artlvltles and Achlevements The Rooms continue to be used regularly for community use most week days. At weekends there is a good mix of both communlty and private use. The rooms are used on a regular basis for meetings. exerase and social clubs, including Art classes, Bridge afternoons and Film screenings. For occasional use they host fundraising events, fairs. social events and family lebrations induding wedding receptions. In collaboration with another village group a defibrillator has been installed for community use. During the year the kitchen was refitted wÈth new modern equipment.
Assembly Rooms Trust Dedham Registered Charity number 1189695 Receipts and Payments for the year ended 31 December 2024 2024 2023 Re¢elpts Letting of Hall Deposits withheld Licence Fees Donations Dividends Insurance Claim 21,160 18,866 2.520 1.527 17.944 2.520 50 16,587 425 Gross Income £43,151 £38,448 Asset and investment sales Deposit received Debtor received 235 570 414 Total Recelpts £43,565 £39,253 Payments Insurance Hall running expenses Hall maintenance expenses Staff costs Professional fees Defibrillator Kitchen refit 10.190 11.509 945 9,578 250 15.505 5.535 9,208 1,527 27.158 58.933 32.472 Asset and Investment purthases Deposits refunded Debtor due Transfer to CCLA 235 860 414 Total payments £140,028 £32,886 Net of reIPts/ (payments) Cash funds lastyear end 196.463) 137.990 6.367 131,623 Cash lunds this year end £41.527 £137,990
Assembly Rooms Trust Dedham Registered Charity number 1189695 ststement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 December 2024 2024 2023 Cash funds Barclays Bank Petty Cash 41.160 367 137.644 346 £41.527 £137,990 Other monetary assets Deposits held Debtors £635 £414 £860 Investment assets The CBF Church of England Investment Fund 30.332.95 Income Shares Book cost £356,484 £701,380 £606,826 Assets retained for the charitys own use Assembly Rooms Note: The building ha5 not been valued for accounting purposes Signed on behalf of all the trustees Si8nature Signatu Name £/iL/M SarJ Name Date of approval
Ry COMMSSION Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees The Assembly Rooms Trust, Dedham On accounts for th• year 31 Decathr 2024 Charlty no (If any) 1195 Set out on pago• 14 I report to the trustees <)n my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Tnrf) for the year ended 3111212024 Respo[bilItIeS and ba8ls ol rgport As the charitls trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of tho accounts in accordanc ¥Ath the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe W. I rel in of my examination of the Trusf8 accounts carried out under Section 145 of the 2011 Aci arKJ in ¢arying out my examination, have foll(ywed all the applicabk DÉreUj0r given by th8 Charity Commi$81 under seclion 145(5){b) of the A(£ Independent I have comkaeted my examination. I confinn that no material matters have examlnerfs statement come to my attentN)n (other than that disck)sed tltr") in conn8¢tton with the examination wfM¢h gives me cause to believe that in, any material accounting recnrd5 wore not kept in accAxdance wilh section 130 of the accounts rfKI not accord wrth ts accounting records I have no concems and have come acmss no other matt8 in Comection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper ulrSnd1ng of the accounts to be reached. . Ple8se delete fft6 in the br8(ets rfthey do not apply. Slgn•d: Nam•: Tracy Jar Hair Relevant professlonal qualification(sl or body (if any): Address: Long Road West Dedham. C07 6EL IER Oct 2018
Sertion B Disclosure Only rnmplete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Indep examirRtion of d4Wty accounts". dtredions and guKlance for examirBrn). Glve here brief dotalls of •ny Items that the examinorwishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018