Annual return to the Charity Commission To 30 June 2024
The Chantry Community and Arts Centre (CCAC)
1. Introduction
This is the annual return to the Charity Commission for the Chantry and Community Arts Centre (CCAC) for the period 21 February 2023 to 30 June 2024.
This report describes the way in which CACC will operate post 30 June 2024 and although CCAC was registered with the Charity commission with Trustees, as a CIO it did not formally operate in this reporting period as the operations were undertaken as Thornbury and District & Community Association (registration number 301639).
2. CCAC
The CCAC registration number is: 1202020
The Trustees of the CCAC at the end of 30 June 2024 were:
D Derham Chairman G Morris Vice Chairman C Roberts Treasurer P Oddy C Davies S Goodwin C Willmore
3. CACC structure
CACC has trustees who manage the CIO. There is a management team that manages that the strategies and objectives of the Trustees are carried out and a team of four that manage the day-today activities of the CCAC.
The Chairman during this period has stepped down from his role so there is no formal Chair’s report.
The CCAC activities and objective for the year remain as the governing document
CCAC was confirmed as a CIO by the Charity Commission in February 2023, and became active in June 2024 when the former charity TDCA ceased to operate
4. CCAC SORP
There was no income or expenditure during the reporting period.
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The Chantry Community and Arts Centre (CCAC)
5. Charity Address
The charity address is:
52 Castle Street, Thornbury, Bristol BS35 1HB
6. Public Benefit
CCAC provides rooms that can be hired by individuals or community groups that provides benefit to the public in that they could not carry out their community activities without these rooms.
7. Aims and Objectives
The CCAC aims and objectives are:
(1) to promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Thornbury and the surrounding parishes, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the said inhabitants and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupations with the objects of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants.
(2) to establish or secure the establishment of a community and arts centre and to maintain and manage the same (whether alone or in co-operation with any local authority or person or body) in furtherance of these objects.
8. Activities and achievements
The CCAC activities can be categorised into 2 categories:
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Letting of room and associated facilities to community organisations and individuals
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Letting of rooms for commercial use
There were circa just under 100 different community hirers
The type of community activities undertaken typically includes:
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❑ Performance e.g. dance classes
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❑ Wellbeing e.g. Yoga, Pilates, meditation, mental health, Tai-Chi, Parkinsons support
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❑ Social e.g. Bridge, railway club, radio club
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❑ Religious gatherings e.g. the Quakers
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❑ Youth e.g. Duke of Edinburgh
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❑ Baby and toddler e.g. music, Mum’s groups, bay/toddler groups
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❑ Education e.g. geology, history, architecture, IT
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The Chantry Community and Arts Centre (CCAC)
9. Financial Period
The financial period is from 13 February 2023 to 30 June 2024.
10. Income & Spending
There was no income and spending during this financial period.
No donations were received. No grants were made.
No payments were made to Trustees
No income was received from overseas. There was no spending overseas.
11. Charitable activities
All charitable activities were insider the United Kingdom.
12. Trading subsidiaries
There are no trading subsidiaries
13. Government contracts
There were no government contracts.
14. Structure and membership
CCAC is not part of a wider group and does not have any members
15. Employees and Volunteers
There are 4 people permanent employed on a part time employment basis.
There are no volunteers.
16. Governance
There are internal procedures relating to the governance of the CCAC
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17. Safeguarding and Risk
We have a safeguarding policy
18. Serious Accidents
There have been no serious incidents.
19. External risk and impact
Here has been no event that has impacted on CCAC.
There has been a small turnover of community users which is within normal trends.
CCAC retains reservices of £20,000 to enable it to mitigate any event should it occur.
20. Recruitment of Trustees
CACC recruits trustees by identifying people who wish to provide support to CCAC and its governing document and are willing to actively engage in activities undertaken in the management of the CCAC.
A potential trustee is interviewed and if the Trustees consider them suitable, they are accepted as a Trustee.
A new trustee is guided as to how the CCAC operates by the existing Trustees.
21. Risk Management
Trustees identify risks that may adversely impact on their activities. These risks typically are:
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❑ Loss of income
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❑ Increase in costs e.g. property and utilities costs
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❑ Health & Safety risks
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❑ Safeguarding
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❑ Security
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❑ Debtors
The Trustees are satisfied that they address risks at each trustee meeting and that the £20,000 services will support risk costs should they occur.
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22. Future Plans
The CCAC plans to operate on the same basis as it currently does, it has no plans to change it aims and objectives or the way it manages its activities.
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