2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 01 2024 To 31 12 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Dolphins Recreation Centre

Other names charity is known by Dolphins Hall, Tetbury Memorial Recreation Ground

Registered charity number (if any) 1201602

Charity's principal address

Dolphins Hall New Church Street Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8DS Postcode

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Stephen Scott	Chair – resigned as chair September 2025		Founding Trustee
	Patricia Burrell			Founding Trustee
	David Hobson	Secretary		Founding Trustee
	Jamie Ponting			Resident Elected Trustee
	Paul Jones			Resident Elected Trustee
	Alex Ball			Resident Elected Trustee
	Robyn Wood		Resigned 20thJune 2024	Founding Trustee
	Mark Wood		Elected 25/07/2024	Resident Elected Trustee

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

CIO

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustees nominated by scheduled organisations (one each) each to server Trustee selection methods for one year, six elected each to serve for 3 years. Election for Elected (eg. appointed by, elected by) trustees are staggered so 2 are elected each year.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

The Charity has been dormant during this period as it is currently waiting for the land from The Dolphins Recreation Centre Charity 274956 to be transferred to the new CIO.

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage

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them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objects of the CIO are to establish and run a village hall and to promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of Tetbury, Tetbury Upton and surrounding area (“area of benefit”) without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, race or political, religious or other opinions the provision of facilities for recreation, sport or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants.

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The Charity has been dormant during this period as it is currently waiting for the land from The Dolphins Recreation Centre Charity 274956 to be transferred to the new CIO.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

The Charity has been dormant during this period as it is currently waiting Summary of the main for the land from The Dolphins Recreation Centre Charity 274956 to be achievements of the charity transferred to the new CIO. during the year

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Section E Financial review

The Charity has no policy on reserves.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially None in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Alexander Edward John Ball Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc) Date 21/01/2026

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