## **Charles Hill Centre CIO - Charity Number 1196040 Trustee Report for period 1/4/23 – 31/3/24**
## **Legal and Administrative information**
Trustees ; John Hague
Michael Strode
Eileen Hamilton
Paul David Marshall
Charity number 1196040
Registered office - 31 Brook Street, Loscoe, Heanor, England, DE75 7LP , correspondence to Amber Valley CVS 33 Market Place , Ripley DE5 3HA
Independent examiner- n/a Accounts prepared by Lynn Allison
Bankers - HSBC UK Church Street, Ripley DE5 3BY
## **Trustees Report**
Objectives and activities
The object of the CIO is to further or benefit the residents of Loscoe, Derbyshire and the surrounding areas, 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 interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents.
## Principal activities
· To establish a centre for Loscoe on Charles Hill Playing fields
· To encourage use of the centre by all people in the community from both new and established community groups
Use the outdoor space to support formal sports use with a key focus on children and youth football.
Enhance the green and natural environment by connecting it to local walking routes, the adjacent Red River nature reserve and by planting additional trees and allowing natural growth in spaces to encourage wildlife
Have a varied programme of community events for all ages incorporating social activities and interaction, education and gentle physical exercise.
Implement a comprehensive and professionally managed sports pitch improvement programme designed to improve the grass playing surfaces and provide a more enjoyable playing experience for all sporting participants.
Develop and strengthen links with a range of people and groups including, but not limited to, children, women and girls, Loscoe Primary ,schools and local businesses amongst others.
## Public Benefit
The new centre will be available to all community members
The outdoor space is well used by local junior football teams
There are links to the adjacent Red River nature reserve whose volunteers maintain that area
Charles Hill CIO trustees are volunteers from the local area
Volunteers will be encouraged to support he management of the centre and its outdoor spaces
## Achievements and performance
Trustees have remained focused on the business plan
Trustees have continued to work with local organisations and partners to meet hte objective of a centre for the community on Charles Hill
Charles Hill Centre has been completed and we await its opening
Junior football teams hold regular matches on the outdoor pitches
The community have had been part of events open days in summer and autumn
## Reserves Policy and Going Concern
The CIO will outline its reserve policy in the coming year
## Investment Policy
At present hte CIO has no investment policy , this will be developed
## Risk Management
The trustees examine the major risks that the charity faces each financial year when preparing and updating the business plan.
With Charles Hill Centre in place , the charity will develop systems to monitor and control financial and other risks to mitigate any impact they may have on the charity in the future. Information about risk and the actions to mitigate them are discussed at board meetings.
## Plans for future periods
We have renewed the business plan to reflect the need to manage costs involved in opening and use of a new centre.
We are seeking trustees with new business skills and contacts to achieve the business plan
We are working to enable access of the community to Charles Hill Centre
The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
John McCulloch
John Hague
Michael Strode
Eileen Hamilton
Glenn Phillip Jason Wadsley
Paul David Marshall
## Appointment of trustees
Trustees are actively recruited through the year and have a formal application process which identifies the skills and knowledge they offer for this role.
## Organisational structure
The business of the charity is managed through board meetings consisting of a maximum of a minimum of not less than 3 members.
Members of the Board as listed on page 1 are appointed at the Annual General Meeting.
The Committee is responsible for the strategic direction of the Charity
## Induction and training of trustees
Each trustee receives a copy of the business plan which includes information about the organisations aims, plans, financial situation and governance arrangements.
Potential trustees attend board meetings as part of their induction process.
A more comprehensive induction pack is being prepared.
## Pay policy for key management personnel
The charity is currently supported by volunteers.
## Links with other organisations
The charity has strong relationships with local authorities, in particular Amber Valley Borough Council and Heanor & Loscoe Town Council
The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
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P Marshall
Trustee
Date: .............................................
||**Charity Name**
**Charles Hill Centre**
|**Charity Name**
**Charles Hill Centre**
|**Charity Name**
**Charles Hill Centre**
|**No (if any)**
**1196040**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
4/1/2023|**To**|Period end date
3/31/2024|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
Grants
**549**
Donations
**620**
Transfer from CIC
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,169**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 1,169**
**A3 Payments**
Subscrciptions
**187**
fees
**17**
Transfer to AVBC
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 204**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 204**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 965**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**25,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,000**
**-**
**27,549**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**27,549**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**27,549**
**-**
**-**
**4,874**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**25,549**
**620**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,169**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,169**
**187**
**17**
**27,549**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**27,753**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**27,753**
**-**
**5,839**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**25,549**|**1,500**|
||||**620**|**176**|
||||**-**|**5,747**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**26,169**|**7,423**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**26,169**|**7,423**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**187**|**173**|
||||**17**|**76**|
||||**27,549**|**75**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**27,753**|**324**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**27,753**|**324**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**7,099**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**|||**-**|
||**4,874**||**5,839**|**7,099**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
HSBC account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**965**
**-**
**965**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**4,874**
**-**
**4,874**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Date of approval