The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Registered Charity Number 1190479 Trustee Report & Accounts For The Year Ended 31" December 2022
The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Te¢ ReFK)rt & Accounts for the Year Ended 31. December 2022 Legal And Administrative Inforniation Trnstees RicEwd Reinhard Belger Appointed O¢tober 2020 R¢vcrend Sally Bottomer Appointed October 2020 Elizab¢th Janet Mary Tubb Appointed October 2020 David Timmins Appointed O¢tober 2020 Halthah Hughes Appointed January 2025 Re$led November 2022 Regl$ttr¢d Charity Numb¢r 1190479 Prlnclpal Addres8 Th¢ Anthony Hall London Road Aston Clinton Aylesbury HP22 5HG Webslt¢ B*nke HSBC 8 M2rk¢t Square Aylesbury HP20 ITW CCLA Inv¢siment Management Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Street l.ondon EC4V 4ET Jndepend•nt Examlner Jane Gardiner 12 Weston Road Aston Clinton Aylesbury HP22 SEG
The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Trustee Report & Accounts for the Year Ended 31° December 2022 Trustees Annual Report The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) (henceforth referred to as the charity) is a Charitable In¢orporated Organisation {CIO) which was registered with the Charity Commission on the 20 July 2020 (Registered Charity Number 1191)479) GovernAnce The charity is governed by it's eonstitution approved on IV July 2020. The R¢¢lor of Aston Clinton benefi¢e with Buckland and Drayton Beau¢hamp is an ex otTicio Trustee. The remaining ttvslees are appointed at the AtUal G¢neral Meeting {AGM) The Charity is run by a MdnagemeDt Committee, whiGh consist of th¢ Ttusl¢¢s, one rePretatiVe Of Aston Clinton Parish Council member and elected comrnittee members. A quonm of five committee members is required for decision making purposes. Trustees and committee memberg ar¢ approved at the AGM. Members can be cfropted by the Mr4nagement Committe¢ betweon AGMS. Objectiy The charity own$ and manages The Anthony Hall, a village hall within the villag¢ of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. The Anthony Hall is for th¢ communal benefit of the residents of Aston Clinton and the surrounding ar¢as. It is heavily used, with bookings for fund raisin& social events. reputable commercial ¢vents, meetings and is the venue of the loca] Pre-school. l( is also used for public mectings on lo¢al issues. as a polling station and ig designated an emergency shelt¢r in ¢vent of disaster. The Anthony Hall and the land on whi¢h it is built was gifted into trust by certain members of the Rothschild family in 1929 to be used for the benefil of the Parish of Aston Clinton. th¢ inhabitants thereof and for ¥cn¢ral public purposes. It has Continued to be so used since tha¢ tim¢. Publlc Bcneflt The tNytee$ consider that the or88ni5aiion fully complics with the Charity Commis$ion'$ requiremcnt to demonstrate the provision of benefit to th¢ public. Aetlvtltes The main activity of the charity is the provision of community ha]1 faciliti¢$ for the use of the village. Th¢ Charity's policy is to charge fixed hourly rates for the hire of the hall, offering a discount for village based organisations as well as providing the hall free of eh8rge for use by the Parish Council for community information events, for example in respect of the Neighlxjurhood Plan. The Flall is used by a numbcr of local charitie5 such as the Aston Clinton Pre-S¢hool. the local Parish and Baptlst Chur¢hes and well a5 th¢ IOCAI Woman's Institutr. U3A and Horticultural Society. The rental incorne for hiring ihe hall ig used to maintain and r¢novate the 19th Century Grade 11 listed building. Th¢ Managemcnt Committee sets th¢ hourly cknging T8t¢s in order to ¢nsuTe th* it remains an affordabl¢ and desirable venue for use by the local community. Flnanelal Revlew During the year the charity made a profit of £7,900. Revenue from hall hirings has in¢reased significantly over th¢ previou5 year due to increased hall usage. Exp¢nses have a150 incrcas¢d, primarily from increased utility ost5 and the takin8 on of a paid bookings secreiary to Tnanage the increased number of hall hlrings. No third party guarantees have be¢n provided for the liabilities of the chaTity No liabilities have been eured against the &8sets of tbe charity
The Anthony Hall {Aston Clinton) Twstee Report & Accounts for the Year Ended 31" Detember 2022 Reserves Policy It is the policy of th¢ charity that sufficient reserves are held to Continue to tn¢et the objectives of the ¢harity. The charity airns to hold rerVeS equivalent to two years of running costs, approximately £50,000, plus an additional $um that the Trustees consider adequate to eov¢r unforeseen building work. The level of reserv¢s held as at 31° December 2022 ar¢ £69,865 Approved by the trustees 22 July 2025
The Anthony Hall {Aston Clinton) Truste¢ Report & Accounts for the Year Ended 31" De¢ember2022 Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) I report on the firs15el of aonIS of The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) for the yeaT ended 31" December 2022, which are Set out on pages 5 to 6 Respective reswn5ibilities oftru$trts and eAamln¢r 'rhe ¢harity'5 trustees ar¢ SpOnSibl¢ for the preparation of the aceounis. Thc charity's tru5tee5 considrr that an audit is not required for this y¢ar under seLLion 144 of the Chariiies Act 2011 (the Chariti¢s Aci) and that an independent examination is need. It is my responsibility to.. examine th¢ aUnts under s¢ction 145 of ih¢ Charities ACL to follow the procedures laid down in the genernl Directions giv¢n by the Charity Commission (under 5ectiot) 145(51{b) of the Charities Aet. and 10 stste whe(her particular matt¢r$ have come to my attention. Basli of Ind¢pertdtnl ex•mlR¢r * it4ttthtn¢ My examination was carried out in a¢¢ordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a r¢view of the a¢¢ounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the coUnts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or diselosures in the a¢¢ounts, and sceking explanations from the ttustees concerning any such matters. The procedureg undgrfaken do not provid¢ all the evidenc¢ th would be required in an audit. and Consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'tru¢ and fair, view and the report is limited to those matt¢r5 5¢t out in the statement below. Independent txarnlner'j statement In conne¢¢ion with my examina¢ion. no matter h&5 come to my Attention l. whi¢h gives me reasonabl¢ cause to belicve that in, any material respect, the requir¢ments to keep accounting records in accordance with s¢¢tion 130 of the Charili¢5 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records 8nd cornply with the accounting r¢quirements of th¢ Charities A¢t h4ve not been m¢t- or 2. to whieh, 2TL Tny opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Jane Gardiner Date 4 SE?ieNB&£ 2o'lS
The Anthony Hall [Aoll Clinton) Tnte¢ Report & Accounts for the Year Ended 31. D¢¢¢mber2022 Reeeipts and Payments Accounts Statement of Receipts and Payments Year Ended 31. Deeember 2022 Year Ended 31, De¢embtr 2021 Receipts Regular Hirer3 One-off Hirers Parking Inlerest Income Oiher Incom Total Incom¢ 23.541 7.170 130 26 399 31,266 16,564 4,894 90 21.574 Payments Bank Fees Cleaning Insurance IT Sofware & Consumables Legal Expenses Li8ht, Power, H¢atin8 Premises Licenc¢ Repair5 & Maintenan¢¢ Secretary Expenses Subscriptions Sundries Telcphone & Intem¢l Total P•ymetyts 69 9,136 8,113 2,148 475 504 6.910 139 776 4.826 65 520 422 23,366 132 1,479 1.504 120 15,421 Net of Receipts & Payments 153
Th¢ Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Tnte¢ Rert & Accounts for the Y¢ar Ended 31 December 2022 Receipts and Payments Accounts Statement of Assets & LiabilitAe8 As at 31" Asat31' December Deeember 2021 2022 Assets CuTrent Account Deposit AOUnt Prepayments Debtors 28,174 41.255 18,635 40.856 797 1,677 436 Totsl Assets 6965 61,963 Liabilities Creditor$ Tot*1 Llobllities Iyet Assets 69005 61,965 Funds of the ChArity Funds Brou8ht Forward from Previou8 Year Net of Receipts & Paym¢nls for the Year Total Furtdl of the Charlty 61,965 7,900 69063 55,8120 6,153 61,905 Non-monetary Ass¢ts The Anthony Hall initially gifted to the villag¢ by the Rothschild family of Aston Clinton in 1929 and insured for £1.5m The portrpdit of th¢ daughters of Sir Anthony de Rothschild, by James Godsell Middletoi), dated aiDund1860 was 8ifted lo the hall by the Rothschild family of Aston Clinton. In 2013 this was loaned to the Rothschild archive trust on a Iw¢nty five year lease and is on display in the premises of ROthtId & Co in the City of London. It is valued at £30,000. All of the funds of the ch8rity gre unrestricted Signed Date seo IEptG&L 2oZS