
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 22/08/2022                  Period start date   To 31/07/2023 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: North Tawton Community Centre** 

## **Charity registration number: 1200211** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS<br>OF<br>NORTH<br>TAWTON<br>AND<br>THE<br>NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION<br>OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR<br>OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER<br>OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER<br>THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL<br>AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER<br>ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO<br>ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE<br>FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL<br>WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE<br>TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE<br>OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE<br>FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF<br>THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE,<br>THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO<br>ESTABLISH<br>OR<br>SECURE<br>THE<br>ESTABLISHMENT<br>OF<br>A<br>COMMUNITY<br>CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR<br>CO-OPERATE<br>WITH<br>ANY<br>STATUTORY<br>AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND<br>MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR<br>ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN<br>FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.|
|Summary of the main activities<br>in relation to those purposes<br>for the public benefit, in<br>particular, the activities,<br>projects or services identified<br>in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Provision of space for taw tots nursery,**<br>**repair café and community events,**<br>**demonstrated by room hire income**|
|Statement confirming whether<br>the trustees have had regard to<br>the guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes, the trustees have had regard to the**<br>**guidance**|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**n/a**|





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|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**N/a**|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|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<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a whole.|Para 1.20|**Wide range of users have benefited from the**<br>**space provided  by the community centre.**<br>**Other than the regular guides, local drama**<br>**society and one off  events, the community**<br>**centre provides space for a repair café,**<br>**benefitting the wider community by provding**<br>**a firnedly meting place and reducing the**<br>**amount of items going to landfill. The**<br>**Exbourne pre-school has also provided wider**<br>**benefits by providing childcare to local**<br>**residents.**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s financial<br>position at the end of the<br>period|Para 1.21|**The charity took over the running of the**<br>**community centre building from North**<br>**Tawton Youth Club. During the period,**<br>**running expenses were covered by income**<br>**from venue hire. The charity has sufficient**<br>**funds in reserve to cover anticipated  future**<br>**running costs.**|
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|Statement explaining the policy<br>for holding reserves stating<br>why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to cover building running**<br>**costs, repairs and maintenance.**<br>**Trustees have discussed and agreed that in**<br>**future reserves will be managed in a way to**<br>**balance the need for instant short term**<br>**access to some reserves, with some**<br>**reserves in notice period accounts to obtain**<br>**higher rate of return.**<br>**At year end, all reserves were held on**<br>**current account – investment in notice**<br>**period accounts of reserves commenced in**<br>**the next financial period to July 2024.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£20,700**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the charity<br>continuing as a going concern|Para 1.23|**None for this period of account. However,**<br>**after period end, and before agreeing**<br>**accounts, it should be noted that our main**<br>**customer has given notice. This does not**<br>**impact the going concern viability in the**<br>**short term (current reserves are sufficient to**<br>**cover approx. four year’s of running cost).**<br>**Trustees are meeting regularly to discuss**<br>**alternative strategies.**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal sources<br>of funds (including any<br>fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Room hire**|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any social<br>investment policy adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Declining need/ lack of take up for**<br>**community events**|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO FOUNDATION**|
|How is the charity constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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<br>appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|**VOLUNTEERS, APPOINTED AT MEETINGS.**<br>Eligibility for trusteeship<br>(a)   Every charity trustee must be a natural<br>person.<br>(b)   No individual may be appointed as a<br>charity trustee of the CIO:<br>•   if he or she is under the age of 16 years;<br>or<br>provisions of clause [12(1)(e)].<br>(c)   No one is entitled to act as a charity trustee<br>whether on appointment or on<br>any re- appointment until he or she has<br>expressly acknowledged, in whatever<br>way the charity trustees decide, his or her<br>acceptance of the office of charity<br>trustee.<br>(d)   At least one of the trustees of the CIO must<br>be 18 years of age or over. If<br>there is no trustee aged at least 18 years, the<br>remaining trustees may only act<br>to call a meeting of the charity trustees, or<br>appoint a new charity trustee.|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the charity<br>works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|North Tawton Community Centre|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|**1200211**|





> Charity’s principal address North Tawton Community Centre Barton Street North Tawton EX20 2HJ 



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

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee (if**<br>**any)**|
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||Christopher Turner|Chair (at time of<br>report)|||
||Mark Kennedy||||
||Noah Smith||||
||Mark Purdue||09/23-present||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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

Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



**Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Mark Kennedy|Chris Turner|
||<br> <br>Trustee|Chair (at time of report)|
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|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**North Tawton Community Centre**|**1200211**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|30/08/2022<br>Period start date<br>**For the period**<br>**from**|31/07/2023<br>Period end date<br>**To**|||



|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**20,060**<br>**1,692**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br> **21,752**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **21,752**<br>**184**<br>**236**<br>**203**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **623**<br>**429**<br>**-**<br> **429**<br> **1,052**<br>**20,700**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20,700**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**20,060**<br>**1,692**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**21,752**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**21,752**<br>**184**<br>**236**<br>**203**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**623**<br>**429**<br>**-**<br>**429**<br>**1,052**<br>**20,700**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations and Legacies|**20,060**|||||**-**|
|Charitable Activities - Hire of Hall|**1,692**|||||**-**|
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|~~**_Sub total_**~~~~_(Gross income for_~~<br>_AR)_|<br> **21,752**|||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|<br>Office and General Administration|**184**|||||**-**|
|Repairs and Maintenance|**236**|||||**-**|
|Utilities|**203**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**623**|||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|<br>**Fixtures**|**429**||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**429**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
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||**20,700**|**-**||**20,700**||**-**|
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||**20,700**|**-**||**20,700**||**-**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

22/07/2024 

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**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Building<br>Fixtures and Fittings<br>Bank<br>Petty Cash<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**20,635**<br>**-**<br>**65**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20,700**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

22/07/2024 

2 

