Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From 1[st] March 2024 To 28[th] February 2025 Charity name: THAXTED DAY CENTRE Charity registration number: 1197612 ## Objectives and Activities |Objectives and Activities||| |---|---|---| ||SORP ref|| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|To further or beneft the residents of Thaxted,
Uttlesford and 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 efort 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.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public beneft, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identifed in the
accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|Regular community “Drop-In” sessions.
Subsidised lunches.
Provide a venue for self-organised recreational groups.| |Statement confrming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
beneft|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by
the Charity Commission on public beneft.| ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP ref|| |---|---|---| |Policyongrant making|Para 1.38|Nogrants are made| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|No fnancial investments to outside groups are made| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers form a large part of the successful running
of our operation. Currently we have a team of about
25 volunteers. This for a relatively small village is
good.| ## Achievements and Performance ||SORP ref|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
diference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
benefciaries and any
wider benefts to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|We are making a diference to our communitie’s lives by
running the Friday community cofee morning and
extending the warm space initiative into an all-day
community café on Mondays, this also includes a
“FoodShare” table. We are particularly reaching out to
families. We continue to provide subsidised lunches
weekly on Wednesdays for all and fortnightly on
Thursdays for the local Alzheimer’s support group
(continued)| and others. Voucher scheme: By being partnered with Social Prescriber, Uttlesford Foodbank, local sheltered housing and our primary school, we are able to reach out to struggling individuals and families. We provide a space for Foodbank, Police and CAB and Fire Service to meet the community making it easy for individuals to reach these organisations for support and information. We encourage our team of regular volunteers to be trained in food hygiene and first aid. While our staff are all fully trained in food hygiene and first aid. We have achieved 5* food hygiene certificate. ## Financial Review |Financial Review||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
fnancial position at the end
of the period|Para
1.21|We do not now have fnancial support from the District
Council; except they pay for the utilities. We are now
reaching out to local fund providers. We cannot exist
without outside fnance.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para
1.22|None held| |Amount of reserves held|Para
1.22|None| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para
1.22|We do not have sufcient funds to consider reserves.| |Details of fund materially in
defcit|Para
1.24|Not in defcit| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
goingconcern|Para
1.23|As we rely on grant funding there is uncertainty.| ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
anyfundraising)|Para
1.47|Daily donations from Monday and Friday attendees.
Lunch charges.
Localgrantgivingcharities.| |---|---|---| |A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para
1.46|Insufcient income from grants or donations from
participants to enable us to function.| ## Structure, Governance and Management |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution document| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g. unincorporated|Para 1.25|CIO| |association,CIO)||| |---|---|---| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election topost|Para 1.25|We appeal to the local community for trustees.
Decisions are made by all the existing trustees taken
at a trustee meeting, which maybe online.| ## Reference and Administrative details |Charityname|Thaxted DayCentre| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|Pam’s Place| |Registered charitynumber|1197612| |Charity’s principal address|Vicarage Mead, Thaxted, Dunmow, Essex CM6 2RL| ## Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity |1
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7|Trustee name|Ofce (if any)|Dates acted if
not for whole
year|Name of person (or body)
entitled to appoint trustee (if
any)| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dr Michael Tayler|Chair||Whole trustee body| ||C. Michael Collins|Treasurer||| ||Louise Richards|||| ||Desiree Ashton|||| ||Nikki Bertoya|||| ||KerryMattholie||11 June 2025|| ||Martin Foley||11 June 2025|| ## Declarations ## |THAXTEDDAY CENTRE-
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YearMarchl 2024-FebruaryIOZS
/.tv/n|COUNT STATEMENT 2024-25|COUNT STATEMENT 2024-25|COUNT STATEMENT 2024-25| |---|---|---|---| ||2024-20252A23-24||| |INCOME|||| |Coffee income||t5,745.61|83,841.39| |Monday Caf6 income||f4,236.49|83,452.46| |Grants and anon donations||t26,434.79|819,269.94| |Ceilidh contribution|||825.57| |Hirefees||86,424.00|f5,570.00| |Lunch cash income||t7,518.00|f7,860.70| |Sum-up card income||f7,203.59|€6,936.24| |Sundries||€0.34|| |De-fib income||€1,290.90|| ||/afE55,.BsIsz
't-||€46,856.30| |EXPENDITURE|||| |Pleotop-uppayments|||94,600.00| |Catering supplies||€9,165.31|t894.10| |HR,lnsurance,Licences&website||t3,504.46|€3,231.09| |General consumables||t401.47|f2,020.37| |Maintenance||f,846.33|f2,859.56| |Equipment||€5,637.81|f2,931.76| |Drop-in costs (cakes etc.)||t723.31|11,039.77| |Staff costs-wages||€33,690.99|f32,340.65| |Promotion&Website||t471.66|| |De-fib spending||€860.40|| ||,lJ--
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'1./-||€49,917.29| |Excess income over expenditure||t3,551.89,|-83,060.99| ||||f.17,8l,0.31OldBankat25thFeb 2A23| ||||t0.00OldBankat 10Jan2A24| |Bank balanceat1stMarch2A24||214,779.92tf0.00New Bank accountat12 Dec202|| |Bank balance at28thFebruary2024||218,331.21/|t14,779.32New Bank at25thFebruary2024| |Excess income over expenditure||83,55{.89|-83,060.99| ## |BALANCE asat1stMARCH2024|f|1,4,779.32| |---|---|---| |RECEIPTS|f|58,853.62| |PAYMENTS|f|55,301.73| |BALANCE asat 29thFEBRUARY2025|f|18,331,.2L| |CASHRECONCILIATION||| |BALANCE asat1stMARCH2024|f|| |RECEIPTS|f|
567.00| |PAYMENTS|f|554.00| |BALANCE asat28thFEBRUARY2025|f|13.00| ##