## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1[st] April 2024. To 31[st] March 2025** ## **Charity name: Bexhill Heritage** ## **Charity registration number: 1196525** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The conservation, protection and
improvement of the Bexhill-on-Sea built
environment| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The main activities of the Charity during this
period included:
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Ongoing restoration of Shelter 4 on
Bexhill’s seafront. Most of the cost
of materials was met by Rother
District Council. There was
additional expenditure of £2055 to
cover expenditure on additional
tools and some specialist items as
well as graphics for the new
heritage gallery and the purchase
twelve commemorative plaques.
This was in addition to the £557
expended in 2023/4 by Bexhill
Heritage for personal protective
equipment. A special contribution
from members in exchange for a
commemorative plaque raised
£1,200 which offset a proportion of
these costs.
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Completing the restoration of the
Collins and Pallott mural on Town
Hall Square. Expenditure on this
project was £3443 which was met
solely from membership fees and
donations. Included in the cost was
a working platform (£403) and
transport trolley (£65) both of which
will be used in the charity’s future
projects. The charity also paid a
consultancy fee of £912 to Orbis
Conservation who provided
invaluable advice for the successful
completion of this specialistproject.| 1 |||-
Completing a full restoration of
Bexhill’s only remaining K6 phone
box on public land.
The cost of replacement parts,
materials, equipment and the hire of
a professional sandblaster was
£4000. £2000 was contributed by
Rother District Council’s community
fund and received in financial year
2025/26. The Council’s grant
matched a £2,000 contribution from
Bexhill Heritage.
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Work began on one of two bus
shelters for which we received a
restoration grant from the Town
Council. Vegetation was cleared in
order for the building to dry out and
for restoration to begin. No cost in
the 2024/25 reporting year.
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A project group surveyed the town
with a view to making an application
to extend Bexhill’s current
conservation area to include an
‘Eastern Conservation Area’. No
cost.
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Work began to produce a Listing
Candidates Report of local buildings
that could be considered for either
Local Listing or National Heritage
listing. This list currently contains
approximately 80 structures. No
cost.
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Comments made on planning
applications or development
proposals with heritage implications
No cost.
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Hosting guest speakers at our
members meetings (5 in the period
+ 1 AGM) on a variety of topics
designed to increase public
knowledge and understanding of the
town’s history and heritage. Also,
attending and organising town
events to reach a wider public, and
giving talks to local groups. We also
organised two educational trips for
our members. The cost of members’
meetings including guest speakers
and trips was £1006 over the
accounting period. This was largely
offset by income from catering,
raffles, and trip income.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance|Para 1.18|The trustees have taken full account of the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit and are| 2 issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit confident that all the Charity’s activities are consistent with this guidance. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant-making|Para 1.38|The Charity does not currently award
grants.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Through this accounting period the Charity
operated a business current account and
an instant-access, interest-bearing account
with the Nat West Bank. There were no
additional investments.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All the Charity’s officers are volunteers as
are those members engaged on restoration
and research work. A core group of
fourteen volunteers was responsible for the
planning, management, and
implementation of work on Shelter 4, the
Collins and Pallott mural and the K6 phone
box. Volunteers have been supported from
time to time by professional tradespeople
and local authority officers.
Our volunteer historian and support officer
continued to make a very significant
contribution to the development of our
website and to the maintenance of the
Bandstand booking system.
Our volunteer planning officers continued to
assess all planning applications with
heritage implications. Our intervention led
to planning control intervention on one
listed building.| |Other||| 3 ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**1. Completing three restoration**
**projects and starting a fourth.**
Volunteers completed a full repaint of a
listed sea-front shelter (Shelter 4),
restored the Collins and Pallott mural on
the Sainsburys building in Town Hall
Square, completed the restoration of
Bexhill’s last remaining K6 phone box
on public land and began work on the
restoration of a ‘heritage’ bus shelter.
**2. Continuing to promote the**
**importance of heritage and**
**highlight the town’s heritage**
**assets.**
Presentations to local groups and
organisations, and to groups of elected
members brought Bexhill’s rich heritage
to a wider and often influential audience.
This helped to influence local authority
decision-making.
Extensive work undertaken and
discussion with members on an
application to extend Bexhill’s current
conservation area to include an ‘Eastern
Conservation Area’ and the production
of a list of local buildings to be
considered for either Local Listing or
National Heritage listing.
A heritage gallery installed in Shelter 4
and permanent interpretation boards
and temporary seafront displays brought
the Charity’s message to a wider public.
This helped in the recruitment of active
members and meant that local
fundraising was effective.
**3. Ongoing community use of the**
**town’s Victorian Bandstand**
**restored by Bexhill heritage**
The Bandstand (formerly restored by
Bexhill Heritage) continues to be used
by the wider local community (local
organisations, clubs, faith groups and
charities) to entertain, inform and
engage. This use ensures that it
remains a valued local building and
helps prevent damage and disrepair.| 4 |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set.|Para 1.41|The restoration of Shelter 4 took longer
than anticipated due to inclement weather,
volunteer sickness absence and pressure
on resources due to a concurrent project
(the mural).| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set.|Para 1.41|The Charity was successful in raising funds
to meet our maintenance obligations for the
Bandstand. Bandstand users contributed
£353 during the accounting period.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not applicable| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity made a loss on the year of
£3915 in this accounting year. However,
£2000 was owed to the charity by Rother
District Council for the restoration of the
Normans Bay K6 phone kiosk. This was
paid in early April 2025.
The charity completed three major
restorations in 2024/25 resulting in higher
project and equipment expenditure than
last year at £9959 compared to £4641 in
2023/24. Over 70% of the charity’s
expenditure was devoted to restoration and
maintenance activities in 2024/25
compared to 52% in 2023/24.
£26,320 was carried forward into 2025/26
which includes a £15,000 restricted grant
from Bexhill Town Council to restore two
‘heritage’ bus shelters on Hastings Road
and De La Warr Road.
The charity therefore has access to an
unrestricted carry-forward of £11,320 as at
1stApril 2025, to be used on future projects
including the maintenance of previously
restored buildings. This places the charity| |---|---|---| 5 |||in a robust financial position for the year
ahead.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity’s policy on reserves is to retain
the equivalent of six months average
expenditure, not including spending on
projects. This is to enable the Charity to
meet its regular commitments and running
costs should there be an unexpected
collapse in membership subscriptions and
donations.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2000 was available as a reserve at the
end of the accounting period – March 31st,
2025.This is based on the equivalent of six
months of average expenditure, not
including spending on projects or
equipment.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|There are no uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The Charity’s principal source of funds is
grant income from local authorities,
followed by membership subscriptions and
donations.
The Charity sold cards, badges and
souvenirs, organised raffles and ran an
annual tombola.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|During this accounting period, the Charity
ran a current account and an interest-
bearing account with the same bank (Nat
West). The savings account provided £610
of interest.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|During this accounting period, the Charity
faced the following risks:
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over-commitment of some
committee members and trustees
especially the Chairman who also
acted as treasurer.
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Imbalance in membership which is
comprised predominantly of older
people.
The Charity has gone some way to mitigate
these risks through the recruitment of
additional trustee and committee members,
including a Membership Secretary, a
Secretary and a Planning Officer. Trustees| 6 have carried out a full risk-assessment to identify further mitigation measures and are keen to recruit a treasurer. The ongoing music and event programme for the bandstand and this year’s restoration projects have gone a long way to consolidate the Charity’s good reputation and promote the work we do to a wider audience. Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Charity Commission scheme. Our
constitution specifies how the Charity is
governed.| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The charity is constituted as a
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected for one, two, or three-
year terms at the Charity’s Annual General
Meeting (AGM) in June. Each member of
the charity has one vote. They may vote in
person, by proxy or by post / email.
Trustees may co-opt additional trustees
between AGMs, but any co-opted trustee
serves only until the next AGM at which
point they must be elected by members
should they wish to continue.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees.|Para 1.51|All trustees are made aware of their legal
responsibilities. Induction is through
conversation with the Chairman.
Formal policies and procedures have yet to
be adopted but the trustee board intends to
do this prior to any further expansion of the
trustee board.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works.|Para 1.51|The Charity’s trustee board is responsible
for strategy, oversight, and evaluation.
They are elected by members and report to
members.
The elected committee acts as the
Charity’s executive, making operational| 7 |||decisions consistent with the policies and
plans set by the trustees. The committee is
elected by members, and report to trustees
and members.| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Bexhill Heritage cooperates with Rother
District Council and Bexhill Town Council in
pursuit of its charitable objectives. We
enjoy cordial links with Rother Voluntary
Action, Bexhill 100 Motoring Club, the local
Men’s Shed, the Neighbourhood Board,
Bexhill Old Town Preservation Society,
Bexhill in Bloom, the Footbridge Project
and St Barnabas Church and other local
churches.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Bexhill Heritage| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charity number|1196525| |Charity’s principal address|c/o St Barnabas Church, Cantelupe Road, Bexhill-on-Sea,
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Stephen Johnson|Chairman and
Treasurer||| ||Simon Allen|Projects’ Officer||| ||Alexis Markwick|Support Officer
Vice Chairman||| ||Samantha Barber|Ex-officio||| ||Yvonne Menzies|Secretary|January 2025 to March
2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Not applicable Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |Not applicable||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| 9 ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity.|Not applicable| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects.|Not applicable| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets.|Not applicable| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |None||| |||| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Not applicable ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details Not applicable ## **Other optional information** 10 ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:** |**Signatures**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Full Names**|**Simon Allen**|**Samantha**
**Barber**|**Steve**
**Johnson**|**Alexis**
**Markwick**|**Yvonne**
**Menzies**| |**Position**|**Projects**
**officer**|**Ex-officio**|**Chairman**|**Vice-chairman**|**Secretary**| ## **Date:** 11 |**Bexhill Heritage**
**Charity Name**|**Bexhill Heritage**
**Charity Name**|**Bexhill Heritage**
**Charity Name**|**1196525**
**No (if any)**| |---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||| |**For the period**
**from**|4/1/2024
Period start date|**To**|3/31/2025
Period end date| ## **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations and legacies|**6,460**||**15,000**||**-**||**21,460**||**8,435**| |Charitable activities|**1,007**||**-**||**-**||**1,007**||**1,174**| |Other tradingactivities|**1,486**||**-**||**-**||**1,486**||**1,945**| |Investmants|**610**||**-**||**-**||**610**||**130**| |Other|**666**||**-**||**-**||**666**||**148**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**10,229**||**15,000**||**-**||**25,229**||**11,832**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**11,832**| ||||||||||| |Projects|**9,178**||||||||**4,931**| |Equipment|**781**||||||||**443**| |Bankingand accountancyfees|**84**||||||||**89**| |Statioery, printing,etc|**714**||||||||**436**| |Marketing|**409**||||||||**468**| |Venue hire and event costs|**1,490**||||||||**1,340**| |Communications|**232**||||||||**189**| |Insurance|**253**||||||||**253**| |Other|**1,004**||||||||**765**| |**_Sub total_ **|**14,145**||||||||**8,914**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**8,914**| ||||||||||| ||**- 3,916**||||||||**2,918**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**15,191**||||||||**5,060**| ||**11,275**||||||||**7,978**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1/27/2026 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Nat West current account
Nat West Liquidity account
Pay Pal account owng on 31.03.24
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Pay Pal account
Cash in hand
**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**3,489**
**7,741**
**45**
**11,275**
OK
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**29**
**60**
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**-**
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**asset belongs**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
**15,000**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**(optional)**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||Gazebo||Unrestricted||**-**||**-**| ||Platform||Unrestricted||**-**||**-**| ||Step ladders||Unrestricted||**-**||**-**| ||Publicity boards||Unrestricted||**-**||**-**| ||Projectors and screen||Unrestricted||**-**||**-**| ||Amplifiier and associated equipment||Unrestricted||**-**||**-**| ||Tools||Unrestricted||**-**||**-**| ||Chairs and tables||Unrestricted||**-**||**-**| ||||||**-**||**-**| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
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Steve Johnson||Print Name
Stephen J. L. Johnson||||| ||||||||Date of
approval| ||Steve Johnson||Stephen J. L. Johnson||||07/072025| ||||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 1/27/2026 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to tho trustees Bexhill Heritage On accounts for the yMr ended 31 March 2025 Charlty no (If any) 1196525 set out on page8 NIA I report to the tru8tee8 on my examlnatlon of the account8 of the above charlty ￿he Trusf) for the year ended 31 March 2025 . Re$pon8lblllUg• and ba818 of roport As the charlty'8 trustees, you are re8pon8ible for tha preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requlrements of the Charities Act 2011 (Yhe Acr). I report in respect of my examlnation of the Bexhill Heritage 8ccount8 carrled out under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act and In carylng out my examinatlon, I have followed all the applicable Dlrectlons given by the Charity Comm1881on under 88ctlon 145(5){b) of the Act. Independent I'have completed my examlnatlon. I conflrm that no materlal matter8 have •xamlnorf8 8tatsment Gome to my attentlon in connection wlth the examlnatlon (other than that d18c108ed below ') whlch glves me cau88 to belSeve that In, any materlal re8pect.' the accounting record8 wore not kept In accordance with section 130 of tho Charltl88 Act; or the accounts dld not accord wlth the accounting records; or the accounts did.not comply wlth the applicable requlrements concerning the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charitb8 (Accounts and.Reports).Regulation8 2008 olher than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and falrf vlew which Is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matter8 In connectlon th the examinatlon to whlch attention should b8 drawn in thls report in order to ¢nablo a proper understanding of th¢ g¢wunts to be rea¢hed. Slgned: Date: 16 January 2026 Name: Kevln Bennett Relevant profe8slonal quallflcatlon($) or body Wan￿. MMT Addre88: Olive Plne Accountancy Ltd 13 Napier House, Elva Way, Bexhill on Sea, TN39 5BF IER Oct 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charlty accounts.. directions and guidance for eXami￿r8>. Give here brief details of any Items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018