The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Registered Ch8rity Number 1190479 Trustee Report & Accounts For The Year Ended 31" December 2023
The Anthony Hall (Aston ClintOD} Trustee Report & Accounts for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 Legal And Administrative Inforniation Trustees Richard Reinhard Belger App)inted October 2020 Reverend Sally Bottomer David Timmins Hannah Hugh¢s Appointed Ociober 2020 Appointed October 2020 Appointed January 2025 Registered ChArity Number 1190479 Prlncipal Address The Anthony H] London Road Astort Clinton Aylesbury HP22 5HG Webslte mlanthon Bankers HSBC 8 Market Square Aylesbury HP20 ITW CCLA Investmeni Manag¢ment Senator Houge 85 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4BT IndepeTrd•nt Ex*mlner Jane G&rdiner 12 Weston Road Aston Clinton Ayl¢sbury HP22 SEG
The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Trustee Report & Accounts for the Year Ended 31. De¢ember 2023 Trustees Annual Report The Anihony Hall (Aston Clinton) Ihen¢eforth ref¢rred to as the charity) is a Charithblc Incorporated Organisation (CIO) which was regist¢red with the Charity Commission on the 20 July 2020 (Registered Charity Number 1190479) Covernance The Charity is governed by it's constilution approved on if July 2020. The Re¢wr of Aston Clinton ben¢fice with Buckland and Drayton Beauchamp is an ex officio Trust¢¢. The remaining trustees are appoInl at th¢ Annual GeneTal Meeting (AGM) The Charity is nm by a Managetn¢nt Committee. which ¢onsist of the Trustces, on¢ repTesentative of Aston Clinton Parish Coun¢il member and elecied committee members. A quorum of five committe¢ members is r¢quiTed for decision making purposes. Trnstees and Committee members are approved at th¢ AGM. Members Can b¢ co-OPt¢d by the Management Committee b¢twe¢n AGMS. Objective$ I'he charity owns and mageS The Anthony H&ll, a village hall within the village of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. The Anthony Hall is for the communal b¢nefit of the residcnt$ of Aston Clinton and the surrounding areas. It is heavily used. wilh bookings for fund raisin social ¢vent$, reputsbl¢ Commeial events, me¢iin8s and is the venue of the local Pre-school. It is also used for public rnee¢ings on local issues, as o polling station and is designated as an em¢r8eD¢y shelter in event of dISter. The Anthony Hall Hnd the land on which it is built was gifted into tn15t by cenain members (Trf the Roth8ehild family in 1929 to be used for the benefit of the Pariyh of Aston Clinton, the inhabithnts thereof and for genernl public purposes. It has continued lo be $0 used since thal time. Publle Benent The truste¢s consider that the or8anisation fully complies with the Charity Comrnission's r¢quirem¢nt to demonstrai¢ the provision of benefit to the public. Aetlvtlt The main activity of the iharity 15 the provision of community hall facilities for the use of the village. The Charity's poli¢y 1$ to charge fixed hourly rates for th¢ hir¢ of the h811, offering a discount for village based organisationy as well as providing the hall free of char¥e for use by the Parish Counoil for community information events, for example in respect of the Neighbourhood Plan. The Hall is us¢d by a numb¢r of local charities such as the Aston Clinton Pre-SchiTrol, the lo¢al Parish and Bapt15t Churches and well as the local Woman's Insiitute, U3A and Horticulturdl Society. Th¢ rental incorne for hiriDg th¢ hall is used to maintain and renovate the 19th C¢ntury Grnde 11 listed building. Th¢ Mana8ement Committee sets the hourly charging rates in order to ensure th&t it Temains an affordable and desirabl¢ venue for use by the lo1 community. Flllanelal Revitw During th¢ year th¢ chariry made a loss of £667. During the year a hall maintcnance programm¢ was undertaken incurring ¢osts of £8,329. Excluding the one-off items within these costs would show the hajl makins a profit similar to the previous two years. Rev¢nu¢ from hall hirin89 continues to be strong with regular hall usag¢ from mulupl¢ groups. No third paty guarantees hav¢ been provided forthe liabilities of the charity No liabiSilits have been secured against the &ssets of the charity Reserve5 Policy It is th¢ policy of the charity that suffici¢nt r¢serYes ar¢ held to wntinuc to meet th¢ objectives of the clwity.
The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) TTUStee Report & A¢counts forthe Year Ended 31. December 2023 The rharity aims to hold reserves equivalent lo two years of running costs. approximately £50,000, plus an additional sum that th¢ Tru5t¢¢s consider adequate to Cover unfores¢¢n building work.The level of reserves held As at 31" Dec¢ml*r 2023 ore £69,l98 Approved by the trustees 22 July 2025
The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinwn) Thstee Report & Accounts fr>r the Year Ended 31. December 2023 Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) I report on the first %t of accounts of The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) for the year ended 31. Decemb¢r 2023, which are set out on pages 5 to 6 Respectivt r¢s$1b11l¢les of irustees ¢xamln¢r The chariW5 trustees are responsible for the pr¢paration of the accounts. The charity's trustee5 Consider that an audit is not requir¢d for thi5 under sxtion 144 of the Clwitics Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and ihat an independeni exatninaiion is n¢eded. It is my r¢5ponsibility to.. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities ALI, to follow the procedure5 laid dowft in the general Directions given by the Charity Cornmission {under section 545(5Kb) of the Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent ¢xmlner'$ $tatem¢nt My examingtion was ¢arried out in accordance with generdl Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination in¢lud¢s a review of the a¢¢ounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the a¢Lounts PT¢5ented with th(Ise rOrds. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or di$closure5 in the account8. and seeking explanation5 from the trusiees con¢emiftg any Such matters. The procedur¢s underfaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is given a$ to whether the accounts present a 'true and f4ir' view and the report is IiTnited to those matiers yel out in the stat¢ment below. Independen¢ examln¢r's statement In connc¢¢ion with my exAmina¢ion. no matr¢r has com¢ to my attention which gives me reasonable cause io believe that in. eny material re5pecL th¢ requirem¢nts to keep accounting record5 in accordance with section 130 of the Chariiies Act; ¥nd to pr¢pare accounts whieh accord with the a¢wunlin8 records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Chorities Act have not been met. or 2. to which, in rny opinion, attention should be drawn in ordertg enable a proper understanding of the account$ to be reA¢hed. Jane Gardiner Date l SÉPT£r48EI2 2025
The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Trustee Report & Ac¢ounts forthe Year Ended 31 De¢ember 2023 Reeeipts and Payments Accounts Statement of Reeeipts and PAyments Year Ended 31 December Year Ended 31" December 2022 2023 Receipts Regular Hirers One-off Hirers Parking Intere8t Incorne other Income Totsl In¢ome 27,432 5.693 130 1,808 220 3S,283 23,541 7.170 130 26 399 31266 Payments Bank Fee5 Cleaning IDsurAnce IT Sofware & Consumabl¢$ Legal Expenses Light, Power, Healing Pr¢mises Licence Repairs & Muint¢oance Secretary Expen5¢$ Subs¢riptions Sundrics Telephon¢ & Internet Tothl Payments 29 10.283 5,357 413 69 9.136 504 5,839 155 8,329 S,008 6.910 139 776 4,826 65 520 422 23J66 536 35,950 Net of Receipts & Payments (667} 7,900
Th¢ Anthony Hall (Aston ClilltOD) TnLStee Report & Accounts for the YeaT End¢d 31. Dember 2023 Receipts and Payments Accounts StV4tement of Assets & Liabilities Asat31 Asat31' Deeembtr 2023 December 2022 A88ets Current A¢count Deposit Ac¢ow)t Prepayments Deor& 25.715 43.063 28,174 41,255 420 436 Totsl Assets 69,198 69,865 Liabilltiey Creditors Total Ll#bllltl Net Assels 69,198 69165 Funds of the Charity Funds Brought Forward from Previous Year Nel of Receipts & Payment$ for the Year Totgl Funds of the ChaTIty 69.863 {667) 09,198 61,965 7.900 69,865 Non-monetary A$sets The Anthony Hall initially gifted io the village by the Rothschild family of Aston Clinton in 1929 and insured for £1.5m The portrait of the daughters of Sir Anthony d¢ Rothschild, by James Godsell Middl¢ton, dated around1860 was gifted to the hall by the Rothh1[d family of Aston Clinton. In 2013 this was108ned to the Rothschild archive trusl on a twenty five year lease and is on display ii) th¢ premises of Rothschild & Co in the City of London. It is valued at £30,1KlO All of the fvnds of the charity are unregtricted Signed Date SGpT£M 6É17 2025