## **Trustees’ Annual Report for 2022** ## **H O Roe Charity** ## **Charity Registration number 1190706** **Address:** 61 Church Road, Stotfold, Hitchin SG5 4NE ## **Trustees:** Revd William Britt Stephen Hardman Jennifer Bennett ## **Structure & Management** The H O Charity was registered as a CIO Foundation on 3 August 2020. Its trustees are the Vicar and two Churchwardens of St Mary the Virgin, the Church of England Parish Church in Stotfold, Bedfordshire. The H O Roe Charity is the governing body. It is assisted in the day-to-day running a community centre called the Roecroft Centre and the maintenance of a residential rental property at 97 Church Road by H O Roe Management Committee, which consists of the three Trustees of the H O Roe Charity, plus a treasurer, secretary and an appointed member, who are all appointed by the Trustees. ## **Activities and objectives in 2022** Regular hiring at the Roecroft Centre was at full capacity and casual hiring is strong. The long-term tenants of the residential property continued. The H O Roe Charity has employed an architect to develop plans to refurbishing the Roecroft Centre by giving the former Victorian school an entrance, internal floors and toilets accessible to the disabled and to add a kitchen. Planning permission has been granted and the Trustees are currently applying for grants. ## **Financial Review:** Our total income for 2022 was £26,099 compared to £18,826 in 2021. Income was up because during the first half of 2021 there was almost no hire income from the Roecroft Centre due to Covid restrictions. Income exceed income by £10,417. We ended the year with reserves of £107,750 compared with £96,330 in 2021. ## **Governing document:** CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Aug 2020 What the charity does: Religious Activities Recreation Who the charity helps: No information available How the charity helps: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space Where the charity operates: Central Bedfordshire (1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, STOTFOLD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, PRODUCING AND/OR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON CHRISTIANITY TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. (2) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, STOTFOLD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS. ## **H O ROE CHARITY** ## **Registered Charity 1190706** ## **Accounts for Period 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022** |Rent 97 Church Road
Room Hire Roecroft Centre
Interest Received Cash A/c
Interest Received Gold A/c
Old Boys School House A/c
CAF Current A/c
CAF Gold A/c
**GROSS INCOME**
**Opening Balances 01/01/22**|**2022**
£11,800.00
Property Expenses 97 Church Road
£13,933.75
Property Expenses Roecroft Centre
£8.96
Insurance 97 Church Road
£356.46
Insurance Roecroft Centre
Utilities
Fire Alarm
Health & Safety
Cleaning
Window Cleaning
Website
Architect Fees - Feasibility Study
Bank Charges
Miscellaneous Expenses
**£26,099.17**
£53,727.47
Old Boys School House A/c
£11,602.84
CAF Current A/c
£32,003.06
CAF Gold A/c
**£97,333.37**
Opening Balance
Income
Less Expenses
**Movement**
Contribution to St Mary's PCC
for Associate Minister
**EXPENSES**
**Closing Balances 31/12/22**|**2022**
£138.00
£653.00
£798.28| |---|---|---| |||£1,084.07
£441.00
£513.00
£221.28
£3,301.96
£210.00
£81.00
£7,085.95
£81.50
£73.14
£1,000.00| |||**£15,682.18**| |||£0.00
£9,390.84
£98,359.52| |||**£107,750.36**| |||£97,333.37
£26,099.17
-£15,682.18| |||**£107,750.36**| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the twstees H O ROE CHARITY On accounts for the year ended 31st December 2022 Charity no (rf any) 1190706 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the ac(x)unts of the above charity {Wie Trusf) for year ended 3111212022. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charitys trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('Ihe Acf). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions gwen by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent I have ￿Mpleted my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examinerfs ststement come to my attention in (x)nnection the examination {other than that disdosed below '} whid) gives me cause to tElieve that in. any material respecL" the accounting records Y￿re not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Chartlies Act,. or the accounts did nol ac(x)rd y￿th the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements con￿mIng the fonn and content of accourrts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a knie and fair. view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no wncems and have come a￿sS no other matters in connection with Ihe examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a pn)per undeT5tanding of the a(￿ounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 610412023 Name: Alison Collis Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any}: Address: 37 coppi￿ Mead stoffold SG5 4JY IER Oct 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examinats'on of charity accounts: directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018