2025-02-28-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts Financial Period: 01/10/2023 to 28/02/2025

Charity name:	All Cannings Community Trust Charitable Incorporated Organisaton
Other names by which the charity is known:	ACCT CIO
Registraton number:	1194918
Principal address:	All Cannings Village Hall (ACCT) The Street All Cannings Wiltshire SN10 3PA
Trustees:	Mr. Peter Wilson; Mr. Peter Cooper; Mrs. Sue Webb; Mr. Gareth Williams (from March 2023); Mr. Gregory Lock (from March 2023).
Historical Background:	Over the last 100 years, the parish of All Cannings and Allington has benefted from a 1917 bequest by Miss Mary Watney, comprising the village hall and the land around it. Mary Watney was fond of the village, and she wanted to support family life by providing social opportunites. The hall and land were to be used for the good of all parishioners and were to be managed by the village rector and the churchwardens. Over the years, the hall became the social centre of the village and in 1971 it was formally converted to be a village hall, and a 50-year lease was granted to the All Cannings Village Hall (ACVH) Trust by the trustees of the Miss Mary Watney for Reading Room Charity (MWT). This lease expired in the Summer of 2021. In 2005 and on untl 2021, the ACVH Trust sub-leased part of the land to the Village Shop (ACCS), a not-for-proft Community Beneft Society, on a series of fve-year leases. In June 2021 the All Cannings Community Trust (CIO) was consttuted with the aim of simplifying the charity structure governing the Village Hall and its land and making overcoming the governance problems being experienced by the MWT.

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	On 1 September 2023 the All Cannings Community Trust (ACCT (CIO)) received the transfer of assets from the MWT and the ACVH and those two charites were subsequently closed. The ACCT (CIO) negotated with the ACCS for a new lease and a thirty- year lease was granted in June 2024. The ACCT (CIO) adopted the fnancial year of the ACVH and this led to the need to make an adjustment with the reportng to the Charity Commission (CC). This explains why this reportng period is 17 months long. In future the fnancial year now runs from March to Februaryeachyear.
Main actvites:	Over the last fve years and in the period that this Annual Report addresses, volunteers and trustees from all three organisatons (MWT, ACVH and ACVS) have come together to work out a plan based on modern charity rules and with a view to streamlining the charitable organisatons involved. New arrangements for the management od f the Village Hall were put in place by the appointment of a Village Hall Commitee reportng to the Board of Trustees.
Governance:	The ACCT is a registered CIO using the foundaton model. Its modern and fully accountable consttuton (last amended 12 March 2021) was drawn up in line with the model rules for Village Halls promoted by the Council for the Protecton of Rural England and has been approved by the Charity Commission. The frst set of trustees are named in the consttuton and were drawn from the trustees of the MWT, the ACVH, the ACVS and the parish in general. The ACCT will hold an open parish meetng every year at which an account of the year’s progress will be given. Approval for the appointment of trustees will also be sought from the parish by way of the open meetng. The Village Hall Commitee, which is accountable to the Board of Trustees, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Hall and its grounds. The ACCT has a clear mission to support all who live and work in All Cannings and Allington, furthering the inital mission of Mary Watney.

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Aims and objectves:	The objects of the CIO are to establish and run facilites (to include a village hall) and to promote for the beneft of the inhabitants of the Parish of All Cannings and Allington (“area of beneft”) without distncton of sex, sexual orientaton, age, disability, natonality, race or politcal, religious or other opinions the provision of facilites for recreaton or other leisure tme occupaton of individuals who have need of such facilites by reason of their youth, age, infrmity or disablement, fnancial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditons of life of the said inhabitants. Importantly, these objectves do not te the Trust to only managing the Village Hall but create the opportunity for other land or buildings to be managed in the future. The new charity is, therefore, ft, and ready to manage the village hall and its land and look for other opportunites to support village life.
Going forward:	Over the period of this report the ACCT has established governance arrangements to enable the Village Hall Commitee to run and maintain the Hall and its grounds. The Trust has also agreed a 30-year lease with the Community Shop. Looking ahead, the Trust is:  Exploring opportunites for making beter use of the Hall by holding more social and arts events;  Developing beter communicatons with local residents;  Considering a wider role for the Trust in All Cannings where it can make a diference.
Financial maters:	The Trust is in a solid positon fnancially. In the period of this report, the ACCT has made a modest proft and there are reasonable funds in reserve to cater for unforeseen eventualites. That said, the Trust is conscious that inevitably there is an ongoing and substantal maintenance bill for an old building such as the Village Hall. Further substantal investment in infrastructure is likely to be required over the next 5 years. The Trust experienced some problems in establishing good fnancial practces through the period of this report. This resulted in late reportng for 2022/23 and a six-month delay in reportng 2023/25. New fnancial management has been put in place, which should ensure consistency in future reportng. The accounts listed here are provisional pending formal approval by the January 2026 meetng of the Trustees and subsequent ratfcaton at the Parish Open meetngfor 2026.
Accounts for the period:	All Cannings Community Trust Income Hall Hire Fees 10230.11 Hall Hire Equip 246.75 Telephone Fees Received 215.66

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		Interest Received Donatons Received Grants from Wilts Council TOTAL INCOME	413.54 1724.50 520.00 13350.56 2040.00 731.75 112.15 1843.23 418.02 58.27 469.07 16.75 3600.00 247.76 22.72 9559.72 3790.84 110.00 325,000.00 1,740.12 300.50 15,000.00 10,430.64 25,731.14 4,888.70 136.75 357,606.71 (116.13) (452.00) (568.13) 357,038.58
		Expenditure Cleaning Light & Heat Water Rates Repairs & Maintenance Refuse Collecton Print/Post Statonary Telephone Gifs/Promotonal Legal Fees Memberships and Subscriptons Sundry Costs TOTAL EXPENDITURE
		Proft/Loss
		Current Assets Capital Equipment Property Accounts Receivable ACCT Community Fund ACCT Contngency Fund ACCT Savings As Per Statement ACCT Treasurers Account Cash in Hand Total Assets Current Liabilites ACVH Accounts Payable Accruals Total Liabilites Total Assets Less Liabilites Equity

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ACCT B/F 28247.74 Retained Earnings 3790.84 MWT Equity 325,000.00 357,038.58 Date approved by trustees:

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