
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 1st April 2023 To 31[st] March 2024** 

## **Charity name: Fulking Village Hall Charitable Incorporated Organisation** 

## **Charity registration number: 1198993** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

|**Objectives and Activities**|||
|---|---|---|
||SORP<br>referenc<br>e||
|Summary of the purposes of the<br>charity as set out in its governing<br>document|Para<br>1.17|The objects of the CIO are to establish and run a<br>village hall and to promote for the benefit of the<br>inhabitants of the Parish of Fulking.|
|Summary of the main activities in<br>relation to those purposes for the<br>public benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para<br>1.17 and<br>1.19|The main activities undertaken in the period were to<br>discuss the possible purchase of Fulking Village Hall<br>with the hall owner and fund raising options.|
|Statement confirming whether the<br>trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit|Para<br>1.18|The trustees have had due regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP<br>reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to the<br>circumstances of its beneficiaries<br>and any wider benefits to society<br>as a whole.|Para<br>1.20|A number of meetings have been held to discuss the<br>possible purchase of the village hall. Unfortunately,<br>no progress has been made due to the failure to<br>agree the terms of sale with the hall owner and lack<br>of sufficient funds to purchase the hall.<br>A number of grant funding opportunities have been<br>explored but no funding has yet been secured.|



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s financial<br>position at the end of the period|Para<br>1.21|There has been no income and expenditure during<br>the period and the CIO has no assets or liabilities.|
|Statement explaining the policy<br>for holding reserves stating why<br>they are held|Para<br>1.22|Due to zero income and expenditure and no assets<br>or liabilities there is currently no policy for holding<br>reserves|
|Amount of reserves held|Para<br>1.22|None|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para<br>1.22|The CIO has no income, expenditure, assets or<br>liabilities.|
|Details of fund materially in deficit|Para<br>1.24|None|
|Explanation of any uncertainties<br>about the charity continuing as a<br>going concern|Para<br>1.23|None/not applicable|





**Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para<br>1.25|Constitution dated 5thApril 2022|
|How is the charity constituted?|Para<br>1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of any<br>person or body entitled to appoint<br>one or more trustees|Para<br>1.25|Full details of the constitutional provisions relating<br>to trustees is set out in “section 10 Charity trustees”<br>of the CIO constitution dated 5thApril 2022. All<br>trustees are supplied with a copy of the constitution<br>and are required to read and understand its<br>requirements.<br>Amongst other things required in section 10 all<br>trustees are elected at the annual general meeting.<br>(10.4) In addition Fulking Parish Council has the<br>right to appoint one trustee (10.5)|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Fulking Village Hall CIO|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charitynumber|1198993|
|Charity’s principal address|Fulking Village Hall<br>The Street<br>Fulking<br>Henfield<br>BN5 9LX|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1 <br>2 <br>3 <br>4 <br>5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if**<br>**any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||William Mark Hind|Chair||Fulking Parish Council|
||Jennifer Mary Green||||
||Patricia Celia Mary<br>Robinson||||
||Karen Marie Healy||Resigned 01.01.24||
||Sally Anne Page||Resigned 08.05.23||



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets held in this capacity|None|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|Not applicable|
|Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation<br>of such assets from the charity’s own assets|Not applicable|



## **Declarations** 

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

**Signature** 

**Full name** William Mark Hind 



Position
Chair
Date

## **Accounts for Fulking Village Hall Charitable Incorporated Organisation** 

Period 1st April 2023 to 31[st] March 2024 

Income £0 

Expenditure £0 

Profit/Loss £0 

## **Balance Sheet** 

Assets £0 

Liabilities £0 

