**Annual Report and Accounts** Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO For the year ended 31 March 2025 Prepared by CBA Services Limited ## **Contents** - **3** Reference and Administration Details - **4** Trustees' Report - **6** Accountants' Report - **7** Receipts and Payments - **9** Statement of Assets and Liabilities Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO Page 2 of 9 Annual Report and Accounts ## **Reference and Administration Details** **Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO For the year ended 31 March 2025** ## **Registered Charity Number** 1201429 ## **Principal Address** Common Road, Sixpenny Handley, Salisbury, SP5 5NJ ## **Trustees** Paul Jamieson Syles, Chair Penelope Jane Margaret Mansergh, Secretary Karen Adams, Treasurer Rosalie Adams Janice Vivienne Bicker Brigitte Cooper Shellie Amanda Cooper Charlotte Humberstone Timothy Robert Reynolds Angela Gordon Snape Colin Taylor ## **Bankers** National Westminster Bank Plc 48 Blue Boar Row, Salisbury, SP1 1DF ## **Advisers** CBA Services Limited 45 East Street, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DX Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO Page 3 of 9 Annual Report and Accounts ## **Trustees' Report** ## **Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO For the year ended 31 March 2025** ## **Objectives and Activities** ## **Purpose** The provision and maintenance of a village hall for the use of the inhabitants of Sixpenny Handley and the surrounding area without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use for: A) meetings, lectures and classes, and B) other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants. ## **Activities** For such charitable purposes for the public benefit in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge. To maintain, manage and co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of the village hall for activities promoted by the charity. ## **Public Benefit** The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. ## **Achievements and Performance** The Trustees are pleased to report that the Hall has had a successful and positive year. The charity remains financially sound, operationally strong, and well-supported by both our community and non-local users. We have continued to meet our objectives, expanding our reach and deepening our engagement across all key areas. Our income streams remained steady, with a slight increase from grants and fundraising events. We successfully received grants from: - The Chase & Chalke Landscape Partnership Scheme to complete a ‘Woodland’ seating area. · Sixpenny Handley community CIO to integrate the existing hearing loop into the PA system. The entertainment committee have continued to develop their relationship with Artsreach Dorset co-hosting numerous engaging shows for all ages. The community cinema has a core following that appreciate the welcoming atmosphere and ambiance of the evenings. Our fundraising events continue to grow in support as the Trustees have placed a strong emphasis on expanding and diversifying our fundraising to ensure long-term sustainability and resilience. Key highlights of the year include: · Sustained community engagement. - Prudent financial management and a modest surplus - Delivery of impactful services in line with our mission · Strengthened partnerships and collaborative initiatives. Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO Page 4 of 9 Annual Report and Accounts Trustees' Report We have worked in partnership with the Parish council to fulfil our obligations to ensure the hall is maintained to the highest level, completing a recent electrical installation condition report. We thank the parish council for funding the remedial works. We also thank the Parish council for obtaining a grant to purchase a standby generator that will ensure the hall remains operational during any power shortages, supporting the halls in its role as the councils designated emergency venue. We express our deep gratitude to all staff, volunteers, and supporters whose commitment made this year a success. The Trustees remain confident in the organisation’s strategic direction and its ability to respond effectively to future challenges and opportunities. We look forward to building on this momentum in the year ahead. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** ## **Governing Document** CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 21 December 2022 ## **Constitution** Charitable Incorporated Organisation ## **Declaration** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above. ## **Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees** ....................................................................... Paul Jamieson Styles Chair 6 May 2025 Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO Page 5 of 9 Annual Report and Accounts ## **Accountants' Report** ## **Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO For the year ended 31 March 2025** In accordance with our terms of engagement, we have prepared for your approval the financial information of Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO for the period ended 31 March 2025 from the entity's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us. This report is made solely to you, in accordance with the terms of our engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial information of Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO and state those matters that we have agreed to state to you in this report. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than you for our work or for this report. You have approved the financial information for the period ended 31 March 2025 and have acknowledged your responsibility for it, for the appropriateness of the financial reporting framework adopted and for providing all information and explanations necessary for its compilation. We have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the financial accounts. ......................................... CBA Services Limited 45 East Street, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7DX 6 May 2025 Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO Page 6 of 9 Annual Report and Accounts ## **Receipts and Payments** ## **Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO For the year ended 31 March 2025 Cash Basis** |**Receipts and Payments**
**Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO**
**For the year ended 31 March 2025**
**Cash Basis**|**Receipts and Payments**
**Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO**
**For the year ended 31 March 2025**
**Cash Basis**| |---|---| |**NOTES**
**2025**
**UNRESTRICTED**
**FUNDS**
**2024**
**UNRESTRICTED**
**FUNDS**|| |**Receipts**|| ||**Donations and legacies**| ||Donations
35
30| ||Grant Income
3,806
356| ||**Total Donations and legacies**
**3,842**
**386**
**Charitable activities**| ||Hall Hire - Adhoc
2,516
2,523| ||Hall Hire Fees - Regular
9,733
8,990| ||Use of Bar License
70
40| ||**Total Charitable activities**
**12,318**
**11,553**
**Other trading activities**| ||Fund Raising Events
4,522
9,342| ||Other Revenue
-
445| ||**Total Other trading activities**
**4,522**
**9,787**| |**Total Receipts**
**20,682**
**21,726**
**Payments**|| |Audit & Accountancy fees
480
-|| |Bank Fees
24
31|| |Bar License
360
91|| |Charitable and Political Donations
-
74|| |Cleaner
2,286
2,344|| |Cleaning Products
115
303|| |Electricity
1,806
2,625|| |Fund Raising Expenses Incurred
5,607
5,204|| |Gas
2,494
882|| |General Expenses
198
279|| |Insurance
659
68|| |IT Software and Consumables
466
493|| |Music Licence
516
207|| |Printing & Stationery
28
58|| |Repair & Maintenance - Electrics
-
114|| |Repair & Maintenance - Heating
396
516|| |Repair & Maintenance - Kitchen Equipment
321
821|| |Repairs & Maintenance - Property
5,027
5,154|| |Subscriptions
40
20|| |Telephone & Internet
555
544|| |Waste Removal
163
174|| Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO Page 7 of 9 Annual Report and Accounts Receipts and Payments |||**2025**|**2024**| |---|---|---|---| ||**NOTES**|**UNRESTRICTED**|**UNRESTRICTED**| |||**FUNDS**|**FUNDS**| ||||| |Water||117|113| |**Sub Total**||**21,659**|**20,116**| |**Asset and Investment Purchases**|||| |Kitchen equipment||173|252| |**Sub Total**||**173**|**252**| |**Total Payments**||**21,832**|**20,368**| |**Net of Receipts/(Payments)**||**(1,150)**|**1,357**| |||**2025**|**2024**| ||**NOTES**|**UNRESTRICTED**|**UNRESTRICTED**| |||**FUNDS**|**FUNDS**| |**Funds of The Charity**|||| |Cash Funds Last Period End||23,512|22,154| |Cash Funds This Period End||22,362|23,512| The total value of grants received from central government or local authorities during the period was £nil (2024: £nil). The value of the single highest value donation received from an individual during the period was £35 (2024: £30). No donations were received from corporate donors or related parties. No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the Charity. Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO Page 8 of 9 Annual Report and Accounts ## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities** ## **Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO As at 31 March 2025 Cash Basis** |**Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO**
**As at 31 March 2025**
**Cash Basis**|||| |---|---|---|---| ||**NOTES**|**31 MAR 2025**|**31 MAR 2024**| |**Cash Funds**|||| |Events Float||200|214| |Events Petty Cash||60|88| |Current Account||10,088|22,773| |Treasurer Petty Cash Tin||708|437| |SIXPENNY HANDLEY VILLAGE HALL CIO||11,306|-| |**Total Cash Funds**||**22,362**|**23,512**| |**Total Net Assets/(Liabilities)**||**22,362**|**23,512**| |**Funds of the Charity**|||| |Funds Last Period End||23,512|22,154| |Net of Receipts/(Payments)||(1,150)|1,357| |**Total Funds of the Charity**||**22,362**|**23,512**| The accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis in accordance with the Charities Act 2011. The Charity does not have any trading subsidiaries. The Charity is not registered for Gift Aid or VAT. ## **Approval** The trustees confirm, in accordance with the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012, that at the period end the Charity did not have any outstanding guarantees to third parties nor any debts secured on assets of the Charity. Signed on behalf of all the trustees ....................................................... Paul Jamieson Styles ## Chair 6 May 2025 Sixpenny Handley Village Hall CIO Page 9 of 9 Annual Report and Accounts