The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Registered Charity Number 1190479 Trustee Report & Accounts For The Year Ended 31° December 2024
The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Trus1¢¢ RewTrrt & A¢¢ounts for th¢ Y¢ar Ended 31 December 2024 Legal And Administrative Inforniation Trugtees Richard Reinhard Belger Reverend Sally Bottomer David Timmins Hannah Hughe8 Appointed January 2025 Regiytered Cbarlty Number 1190479 Prlnclpal Addre$8 The Anthony Hall London Road Aston Clinton Aylesbury HP22 5HG Web51te httJ)q'.Ilhallbookin onli Bankerg FISBC 8 Market Square Aylesbury HP20 ITW CCLA Inve$trn¢nt Manag¢ment Senator House 85 Qu¢¢n Victoria Street London EC4V 4ET Independent Ex*mlner Jane Gardiner 12 Weston Road Aston Clinton Aylesbury HP22 5EG
The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Tntte Report & Accounts for the Year Ended 31" Dec¢mbcr 2024 Trustees Annual Report The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) (henceforth referred to as the charity) ig a Clmritsble Incorporated Organisation (CIO) which was registered with the Charity Commission on the 20 July 2020 (Register¢d Charity Number 1190479) Govern8nce The charity is governed by il's constitution approved on 17 July 2020. The Reetor of Aston Clinton b¢n¢fi¢e with Bu¢kland and Draylon B¢au¢harnp is an ex oificio TNstee. The remaining trustees are apinted the Annual General Meeting {AGM) The Charity is run by a Management Committee, which consist of the Tnlee5. one representhiive of Aston Clinton Parish Council member and elected committee members. A quorum of five commillee m¢mbers is required for decision makiTt¥ PUTPOSes. Trustees and Committee members are approved at the AGM. Members can be co-opted by the Management Committee between AGMS. Objtttives The charity owns and manages The Anthony Hall. a village hall within the village of Aston C'linton, Bu¢kinghamshir¢. The Anthony Hall is for the ¢ommunal b¢n¢fit of th¢ r¢sidents of Aston Clinton and the suOUnd1ng are. 1¢ is heAvily used, with bookings for fund raisin& social events, r¢pytable commercial events, meetings and is the venue Of the locul Pre-school. It is also used for public me¢tings on lo¢al igsuc5, a5 a polling staiion 8nd is designated as an emergency shelier in event of diSler. 1.he Anthony Hall and the land on which it is built Was gifted into trust by certain members of the Rothschild family in 1929 10 be used for th¢ benefit of th¢ Parish of Asion Clinton. the inhabitants thereof and for geneTal public purposes. It has continued to be so used since that time. Publlc Bentflt The trustees consider that the organisation fully complies with the Charity Commission's requirement to demonstrate the provision of benefit to the public. A¢tlvtlteJ The main activity of ihe charity is ihe provision of community hall fa¢ili¢ies for the use ofihe village. The Charity's policy is lo charge fixed hourly rates for the hire ofthe hall, offering a discount lor village based organisalion5 a5 w¢ll providing thc hall free of charge for use by the Parish Council for community inlormalion events, for example in respect of the Neighbourhood Plan. The Flall is used by a nuinb¢r of local charitl¢S 5u¢h a5 th¢ Aston Clinton Pr¢-S¢hool, the local Parish und Baptist Churches and well as the local Woman's Institute, U3A and Horticultural Society. The rental income for hiring the hall is used to maintain and renovate the 19th Century Grade11 listed building. The Management Committee sets the hourly charging rates in order to ensure that it remains an affordable and desirable venue for use by the local community. Financlal Review During the year the charity made a profit 01£4,I73. Revenue from hall hiring$ has increased by almost 2(f/o over the prior year with regular hall usage from multiple wup$. The hall Inain#¥nC¢ programme continue5 with costs In¢U¢d in th¢ y¢ar (Trf £1 1,133 (prior year £8,329) this is desi8n¢d to mainlain th¢ hall in good order for all us¢r$. No third paty guardntees have been provided for the liabilities of the ctwity No liabilities have been secured aglliJL8t the assets of the charity
The Antholly Hall (Aston Clinton) Trusttt Re)rt & Accounts forth¢ Y¢ar En¢kd 31 December 2024 Reserve5 Policy It is ihe policy of rhe charity that sufficient reserves are held to continue to meet the objectives of the Charity. The charity aims to hold reserves equivalent to two y¢ars of Nnning costs, approximately £50,000, plus an additional sum that the Trustees consider adequat¢ to cover unforeseen building work. The level of reserves held as at 31" December 2024 are £73.37] Approved by the itw*es 5 September 2023
Th¢ Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Trst¢¢ Report & Accounts for the Y¢ar Ended 31 December 2024 Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) I report on the fjrst 5Ct of accounts of Thc Anthony H811 (Aston Clinton) for the year ended 31" December 2024, whi¢h are sel out on pages 5 to 6 Respective responsibilities of truJt¢eJ and ex4ffjloer The charity's truste¢$ are responsibl¢ for the pr¢pardtion of the accounts. The charity's tru5tee5 consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent exalninaiion is needed. It is my responsibility to- examille the accounts under section 145 of the Charities ACL to follow th¢ procedures laid down in the general Direction5 given by the Charity Commission (under $tion 145(5)(b} of th¢ Chariiies Aci, and to state whether particular matters have com¢ ¢0 my atten¢ion. B8$is ofindependent examlner's s¢8t¢m¢Dt My examination was carried out in accordance with gener Dir¢ctiOnS given by th¢ Charity Commission. An ¢x4rnination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a ¢omparison of the wcount5 presented with those records. It also includes considcration of any unusual items or disclosures in the aeeounts, and seeking explanations frorn the trustees conceming #ny such matters. The procedures und¢rtak¢D do not PTovide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as io wh¢ther the accounts present a 'true and fAir' view and the report 1$ limited to those motters set out in the stAtemenl below. Independent examlner's statement In eonnection with my examination, no mjtter h&$ come to my attention whi¢h gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements to keep accounting re¢ords in a¢cordan¢e with section 130 of the Charitie% A¢l' and to pr¢par¢ aountS which accord with the accounting re¢ords and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have noi been met; or 2. to which. in my opinion, attention should be dTawn in order io enable a proper understsnding of the a¢count$ to be reached. Jane Gardiner Date 23 S£PfÉN6EQ 2025
The Anthony Hall {AstOD Clinton) Trustee Report & Accounts for the Year Ended 31. December 2024 Receipts and Payments Aecounts Statement of Receipts and Payments Year Ended 31 D¢¢¢mb¢r 2024 Year Ended 31. D¢¢¢thb¢r 2¢k23 Reeeipls RegulHr Hirers One-off Hiret? Parking Interesi Income Other Income Total lThcome 29,609 9.608 230 2.206 27,432 5,693 130 1.808 220 35,283 41,053 Payments Bank Fees Cleaning InsurAnce IT Sofware & Consumables Legal Expenses Light, Power. Heating Premises Licence Repairs & mntenanCe Secretary Exp¢ns¢s Subscriptions Sundries Telephone & Internet Toi81 P4ymettts 29 10.283 5.357 413 9.554 647 6,005 162 11,133 9,387 70 67 455 37,480 5.839 155 8.329 5,008 536 35,950 Net of Re¢¢lpts & Payments 4,173 (667)
The Anthony Hall (Aston Clinton) Trustee Report & Aeeounts for the Year Ended 31" December2024 Receipts and Payments Accounts Statement of Assets & Liabilities Asat31 As8t31 December 2024 December 2023 A88ets Current Account Deposit Account Prepayments D¢btor$ 25.783 45,269 25,715 43,063 2,319 420 Totsl Assets 73,371 69,198 LfiAbllltle8 Creditors Total Ll&bllltles Net Assets 73J71 69,198 Funds of the Charity Funds Brought Forward from Previous Y Net of Receipts & Payments for the Year Total Funds of the Ch&ri¢y 69,198 4,173 73J71 69.863 {6671 09,198 Non-monetary Assets The Anthony Hall initially ¥ifted to the village by the Rothschild family of Aston Clinton in 1929 and i#sur¢d for £1.5m The portrait of the daughters of Sir Anthony de Rothschild. by James G(NJsell Middleton, dated around 1860 was gift¢d to the hall by th¢ Rothschild family of Aston Clinton. In 2013 this wa5 loaned to Ili¢ Rothschild archive tnlst on a twenty five year lease and is on display in the premises of Rothschild & Co in the City of London. It is v&lud at £30.000 All of the funds of the charity 8re unrestricied Date 23 sÉofÉNGER 2025