REGESTKRKD COMPANY NUMBER: CE0255911Kmgl4Dd W•kn) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBEK. 1195fr74 2951297 Church Str¢et Blackpool Lancashi FYI 3PJ Contont$ of the FlnaDcl*l St8tement8 ea pd Jll te ber 20 Pag¢ Report ofthe Tr￿teel I to 3 lTrdcpendcD¢ Examlnerfi Report ststemeDt Aedvitl 4nce Sheet 8 to 12 Detalled St•¢ement ofFknandal Aetlvhl 13 to 14 The trL4tees WIMJ also directors of th¢ charity for th¢ pu￿06¢& of the CotDP8DieS Act 2006, present their report with the fmncial Stat￿nents of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2024. The tn]sttt5 h&v¢ athpt¢d the pw)vi9ion8 of A¢¢oun¢ing 8nd Reponing by Cbariti¢8: Sthtemart of Recomme￿ Pra¢ti¢¢ applicable to cborities pt¢paTiD8 th¢iT aeeount& in 2¢cordance with the Financial Re￿ting Standard spplicable in the UK and Republic ofbeland (FRS 102) (eff￿Uv¢ l January 2019). O&JKcrtVKS AND ACTIVITIES Objectlves ithd *lmi Th¢ objects of the CIO to ¢st&bli8h and nth a village hall and to prorTh)te for the benefit of the inhabilants of Gr1rns￿sh WHI th¢ neighbourhood ("atu of beD¢fit"I without distinction of sex. s¢xuo1 orientstiow ?¥¢. disability, nationality. race or political. religiou8 or other opiniony the provision of facilities for recrefjtiom or other leisure time OCCUP8(ion of indivithiajs who h8v¢ ne¢d of such fA¢iliti¢8 by reuon of their youtty a8e, itifmity or disablemen( financial harthbip or sorial and cconomic circum5tanccs or for the public at laT8e in thc interests of Social welfare and with the obj¢cl of improving the ¢onditiotJs o(life of the yaid ijthAbitants. AC1IIEVEM￿T AI¥D PERFORMANCE Ch4rltsbh KIMtieJ The VillaB¢ Hall Ttmains At the heart of the Comm￿lty, providiti8 a venue for numerous Broupfj. bncluthDg a Toddler group. th¢ Woraen's Instityts and Parith CouD¢il aod Oardellins pj￿ Badminton dubs, gu of which have used and 8UPPOrted Ihe hhll for many years, The hall is aJ80 the venu¢ for a numb¢r of fitness and d8ncin8 gTOUP$ akno or8anisth.ons t￿ young peopl2 including Guidefj. Browui¢5 Rainbowfj. There are 0180 ￿ givin8 ¢THinin8 iti 9uch div¢r8e 8UbJ￿19 99 pilates, yo88 puppy obedience. There are a]so wups offering van￿ls re¢r￿tional aThJ aftistie activities and educ&tional supp)rt services. i￿h￿ing to olderpeople. The h￿1 16 used at weekends for a variety of activities including childTen'B adults, parti¢B. mee¢ing& 8how4 fairs, FarnKr8' Mthts and other events. including the4tric41 musicRI rehtsrnai8. The cbarity eotstitiue$ 10 uphold its founditi8 principle of ptoMdin8 a facility, Porticularly for the benefit of all members of the I￿1 cornmwiity, without ImposinB a financial burdcn on the community. Tn￿te¢S of the chariry are fully awar¢ that their actions in Managll￿ the ¢hariry are entirely for ¢k publi¢ benefit 4nd iti thJin8 so are 8overned by any r¢levani guidan￿ i63u¢d by the Ch8rity Comrni5sion. The man&8ement of the hall r¢li¢s eotiT¢ly on the efforts of unp4id volunteers, 411 of whom put in rn8ny hours of work to ¢ThWTC t1￿1 thc bail is maititsin￿l in a 8￿1 Conditi(￿ for all of its hirers and to pnTrmote the hDII as Arj attractive venue for The I￿11 18 aware it is opernting in a competitive market and tries to strike a Carefid ba]aDce between having an affordable charyin8 Btructure and ensurtng th8t wtTi¢ient income 18 gen￿l¢d to allow th¢ Grirnsargh Village Hall continue its policyof improving the faeilhties. To supplement thc itKome 8enerated from bire cbar8es the Cott￿01ttee a]80 orgall￿ & llwnbcr of fi]Ddrai9ing eyents induding monthty F8rnM' M&rkets. F￿ANC￿ RE￿￿w Prkndpal futsdlng xourtes Excluding gr8nts 3PPToxin￿Cly 8W• ofthe ¢b8rity8 income comeg from hite charges for the hall 8nd the T¢m8iniag 21P from ffiJtKltaisiDg and other ¥ctiviii¢5. Th¢ p¢rc¢nta8e from fimdraising reflxts tb¢ ¢fforts Dwde throu8bout the year by the clwity's In￿1￿$ and voluntctta. Page I or r Ended The principal policy otthe ebtirity 1$ to Iwv¢ suffi¢i¢nt reg¢rv¢$ to surviv¢ up tts on¢ ye4r sI￿￿d thtre be no ineome genera￿1. Reseryea c4]rrcntly •tand at £72,438 (2023 £91,238). Of the remainder £1S,(W is wDsid¢Ted 4$ 4 Bui1th8 to ¢D8we that ally substantial t¢pairn ¢aD be c4rried out withoui delay. A fiffiher level of reserve is eonsidered esserttl￿ to help fuTMI a future project Tnvolving the in8thllAtion of hest pumps and additional 80]arpauel& BxtKnditure is directed oi prov￿1￿£ suitable conditions iti¢luditi# IKaiitig. liRhL power cleth)ing 8ervice8 for the users of the hall and mailltsinjng the fatKic of the building ID g￿1 condition. As already memtioned, the ¢h8rity tru&te¢s ar¢ ortunittcd to irnPfDVin8 the facilitie5 ofthe l]all order to ensure that it remains 8 trtTrpular atmi therefore. viable, amenity. GovernlNR document The chwity is ¢¢)ntroll￿ by ils governing do¢uD￿ll( a deed of trpJ8( and constitute8 a limited company. limited by ¢kfined by the Companies Act 2006. REFERU¥CE AND ADMINIsTRAT￿E DETAILS R*stered Cornpmny number CE025591 {Engittnd omd Wolesl Rt8kntered Chthty ttumber 1195074 R•¥l•t¢r¢d offl¢¢ 198 Prestoll Road Grimwgh Villag¢ H811 Prestott Lanc&8hir¢ PR2 5JS Tryth Mr S JOI￿$ Mr A P Cow¢ll Mr5 S L Middl¢brou8h MT R Foster Mi&% E Parker MT8 E M Munay Mr S Johns Page 2 f rthey rEnded O S.eptsmthclQ Imdryeudent Paul Ron80nFCA 2951297 amrch Str¢ Black￿1 FYI 3PJ Indepthdentex*ml*er'i report ts the trwitem of Vluige Hil] Compaty) I r¢￿tt ￿ the ciwity trustee$ on my examirthtion of the Accounts of th¢ Compglly fortheyw ¢nd¢d 30 S¢ptember 2024. Re*poD￿bth *lld basts orre￿rt As the ¢baTiWs tN5tees of th¢ Company land also its diwtot8 foT the purw5es of company knw) you are responsible for tbe prepardtionof the ￿Counts accord8nce with the requiternents of the Compallit5 Act 2006 Ctbe 2006 Ace). Hrdving satisfied myself that the accounts of thc Company are not rcquired to be audited under Part 16 of the 2W6 Ad hnd are eligible for indep￿dettt examination, I rep)rt in re8p¢ci tsf my examination of your Cl￿rity,S accounts ￿ carried out utKlcr Section 145 of the Charitie5 Act 2011 ('the 2011 Ac¢). In CaryiDS oui my examinltion I hav¢ followed th¢ DirectioL% givth) by the Cbarity CornTriwion utmkr Section 145(5) Ib) of ¢h¢ 2011 Act. Independ¢DI ex•mlDerfs 8t*tement I ￿ve eompleted my ¢xamination. l eonfirm that no matters have come ￿ my attention in connection with the exomio¥tson giving me cause to believe.. ac¢ounliDg reci)rds were not kq)t in r¢spxt of the Company as r¢quir¢d by Section 386 of the 2￿6 A¢L' or the #ccounts do not accotd with those r￿Or&s. or th¢ ￿COunt& th not coN￿lY with th¢ accounting requireomts of Section 396 of the 2006 Act othu than any requiremeot that the 8ccouDts 8ive 8 true and fair viow which is not a rnatlor ¢otisider¢d 18 P•rt of ao indepenknt ex0miD￿ioft' or the aeeowits have n¢*t beets pr¢par¢d iti a¢¢ordaDc¢ with the methtylg and principles of the Stst¢ryKDt of ReconU￿ed Pra¢tice for accouniing and reportinB by ¢h&rities {oppli¢abl¢ to clwitie8 preparin8 their a¢L¥)WIt8 in accordance with the FiDanciai Reportin8 St￿mIard applicable ID the UK and Republic ortrebAd (FRS 102)>. I have eortccm5 artd have eomc across tto othtt matters in conne¢tion with the examination to which attention should be drawn in thil report in order to enable o proper understanding of the a￿OUnts to b¢ [￿h¢d. P&ul Ronson FCA The Instiruie of Char*roJ A￿o￿l￿nts in England And Wales CCW Limited Chanered A¢countanty 295ll97 Chur¢h Street Bla¢kpool knca5hirc FYI 3PJ P8g¢ 4 IoLthe Y #r En 30.9.24 Unr¢$trict¢d fi￿d 30.9.23 INCOME AND ENDOWMEiYTS FROM DoDa¢ioll8 lewt 18 38.109 Other tsadin8 activities Investsneni income 39,488 538 1,885 45530 339 2.685 Toial 41.929 86.663 EXPENDrruRg ON iSin8 fijnds 4,740 9,602 Other 55,989 77.566 Totsl 60,729 87.168 NET INCOMEIIIXPENDTnTh￿j Other reeo8ntsed pIn￿(lO￿les) A¢tywi818oinJ on d¢fin¢d b¢nefit 8¢h¢m¢s (18,800) {505) 62.892 Net movememt Im funth (18,800) 62,387 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Totsl fimd8 brought forward 91238 28.851 TOTAL FUNDS CARRJED FORWARD 72,438 91238 The ttote8 fomi pwt ofthese finonclal siatenmts Fa8¢ 5 BAIAn¢e Sheet 30 Se tember 2024 30.9.24 Untestrict¢d fll￿d 30.9.23 CURRELYf ASSETS Ca8h atbankand in hmd 73.(K)8 91.803 CREDITORS Amounts falling du¢witbiu one ye4r (570) 1565) NET CURRENT ASSETS 72,438 91238 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CUIIREI 72,438 91238 72.438 91238 FUNDS 72,438 91,238 72,438 91238 The ch￿1t￿ble compw is entitled b) exemption frnm audit ￿der Section 477 of the Comp￿1¢¥ A¢¢ 2Crf]6 for the ye•r ¢nd¢d 30 S¢pt¢rthr 2024. The bAve no¢ tequir&l the ￿PanY to obtain ￿ audi¢ of Its fillaTwI st1tsm￿ts for the yw end 30 S* 2024 iti a¢¢•[d￿￿e wlth Se¢tion 476 of tho ConJpatiie8 Acl 2(#)6. The trusttts a¢kt¥)wiedg¢ their respo￿]bIlItie8 for (M) ¢nsuTing that the ¢haritabl¢ mpany keq>J I￿Ounting T¢wds that cornply with Secti¢Jns 386 and 387 of the Con4m￿e5 Act 21J)6 attd prepari￿ financial ststem¢nts which give a tNe and fair view of the 8t4te of gthits of the charitsblc compMTry ￿ at the end of each fmBnciai year I￿1 of its Surpl￿* or deficit for cach fina￿18& yc8r in accordan¢¢ with the uAMm¢nts of Sec¢Aon8 394 ￿)d 395 aDd which othThi8e oomply with tb¢ r¢quiremeDts of the CompADie8 A¢t 2(KJ6 re]atingto fill8￿181 Èo far¥ 4)pllc&ble to the ehvltsble Coll￿￿y. (b) The fornipart of these financial stste4nents Sbeel- eontlDued 30 S teThber 202] Thes¢ fillatt¢ial statemettts hve be￿ prepared in ￿rdIn￿¢ witb the wvi8ioD8 oppli¢able to ¢hwitable compBrries subje¢¢ to the stnall ￿mpIO1¢S rryiEtLe. and we¥e SI￿*don its beknlf by". T￿￿teE Th￿1¢¢ em Page 7 Note& to tbe FlnAncl81 Ststements for the VeAr Ended 311 Septernber 21124 ACCOUNTINC POLICtLS Ba￿9 ofpreparlnp the 5taterneDts The fill8￿141 Staren￿nts of the ehaTitsble ¢¢)mpgDy. wbicb is J ￿blIC benefit entity unthr FRS 102. have bern prepa￿1 iti accordance with the CharÉties SORP (FRS 102) 'Ac¢ow)tit)g and Reporting by Charities: StsteDJent of Recommended Practice applicable lo charities preparing their accounts in ¥cordgnce with the Financial Reporttng Standwd app1[￿ble in the UK and Rcpub15¢ of Ireland (FRS 1021 {eff¢ctiv¢ l Jan￿ry 20191,, Financial Reportin8 Standard 102 Th¢ Financial Re￿)rtIng Swidard applicabl¢ in the UK and Republic of IT¢land' and the CompAnies Act 2006. The fiD&￿ittl staternents have been prepAred Under the bistrlrical Cost conventioo. IAcome All income IB recogni8ed in the Statement of Financia) ArtiTriiie8 once th¢ thaTity ho5 Mliti¢mert¢ to th¢ fill¥ts, it is probabl¢ that the iDCOtne will be ￿1Ved and the amouDt Unbe ￿)¢￿U￿d religbly. Ewndlthre Li4bilities Ire re¢o8rtLsed Is expettditure ￿ goort ￿ there is a legal or constrn¢tive obliga¢ion ￿MmItt1n8 th¢ charity to exp&ilwrf it is probabl¢ tht a transfer of economi¢ tr*nefits will be required in scttltment and the amount of the oblig8ti¢xL can bc mwured reliably. ExpeDditur¢ is pKcounied for on an b8818 BDd h&4 been ¢la88ified under h¢odings thot i88reBot¢ all WBI r¢i4t¢d to th¢ ￿tegory. WheTe C&TmOt be directly otiribut¢d io partieultr headitigs they have beett &llocat