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 re￿IPts/ (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

R￿y 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)
11￿95
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 t*ltr*") 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 matt￿8 in Comection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to
enable a proper ul￿rS￿nd1ng 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