**Stainland and District Community Charity** Charity number 1202494 **Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 4th April 2024** **Contents Page** Trustees’ report 2 Examiner’s report 4 **Stainland and District Community Charity** ## **Trustees’ report for the year ended 4th April 2024** ## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its Trustees and advisors** **Charity number** 1202494 Registered in England and Wales **Trustees Position** Janice Booth Chair Simon Bottomley Treasurer Paul Bellenger Alison Deighton David Mitchell Joan Bottomley ## **Registered address** The Old Library Westgate Stainland Halifax HX4 9HF ## **Structure, governance and management** The charity was formed as a CIO on 27[th] March 2023 and registered with the Charity Commission using their template. ## **Method of recruitment and appointment of Trustees** The Trustees of the charity are drawn from Stainland and District Parish Council (SDPC) and local people to give a range of views and skills. ## **The charity's objects and activities** Operating within the Stainland area the charity was set up to take over the building that had been Stainland Library from Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council under a Community Asset Transfer (CAT) on a 125 year peppercorn lease. The object was to then carry out remedial work identified by a surveyor’s report and to also upgrade the building for use as a community facility. This would then be run as a Community Hall allowing different groups to hire as well as to promote events for the community. ## **Public benefit statement** In setting our objectives and planning our activities, the Trustees of Stainland and District Community Charity have paid due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. ## **Achievements** The process of completing the CAT took 2 years to complete and our thanks must go to Locality for their support through this process. Initially the application was driven by the then chair of SDPC Guy Liddell and passed on to our Chair Jan Booth. None of what we have done could have been achieved without these two individuals. Thanks to the financial support of SDPC, for which we are very grateful, we were able to make this happen much quicker than anticipated. ## **Stainland and District Community Charity** ## **Trustees’ report for the year ended 4[th] April 2024 (continued)** We finally took charge of the building on August 24[th] , 2023, and opened for use on November 6[th] 2023 with a significant amount of work having taken place thanks to the drive of our chair. Further work continued after opening and we received support from Community Foundation for Calderdale, Staying Well and the Ward Forum. A group of volunteers to help run the Hall has been established and morphed into a Management Team. Bookings made a good start and we held our first event, wreath making which was well supported, with three others organised for the 3 months following this first report. ## **Financial Review** To keep things simple for the future we have opted to file our accounts on a Receipts and Payments basis. In what was a 5-month trading period we generated £5.3k of revenue, which was better than we had expected, and received £49.1k in Grants. At the end of the period, we had reserves of £9.0k of which £3.1k was unrestricted. The charity has no financial debts and its obligation to CMBC is to keep the building in a condition no worse than at the point of transfer. This was a very good start and sets the charity firmly on its way to being financially independent. **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity Name No (if any)
Stainland and District Community Charity 1202494
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from March 27th 2023 April 4th 2024
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Grants received - 49,072 - 49,072 -
Room Hire 2,074 - - 2,074 -
Events 2,308 - - 2,308 -
Misc sales 875 - - 875 -
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Sub total (Gross income for
5,257 49,072 - 54,329 -
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Total receipts 5,257 49,072 - 54,329 -
A3 Payments
Compliance 42 287 - 329 -
Equipment 654 1,180 - 1,834 -
Events 1,100 - 1,100 -
Insurance - 1,184 - 1,184 -
IT/website 120 1,113 - 1,233 -
Misc costs 76 76 -
Print, Admin, Marketing etc 2 34 - 36 -
Repairs and renewals - 38,149 - 38,149 -
Utilities - rates, Gas, Electric, Water &
WiFi 208 1,143 - 1,351 -
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Sub total [ 2,202 ] 43,090 - 45,292 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 2,202 43,090 - 45,292 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 3,055 5,982 - 9,037 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 3,055 5,982 - 9,037 -
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 25/01/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
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behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
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**Details**
Current Account
Savings Account
Cash
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account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
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**to nearest £**
**2,162**
**5,982**
**801**
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**92**
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**3,055**
**5,982**
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Date of
approval| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 25/01/2025 2 ## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Stainland and District Community Charity** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 4 April 2024, which are set out on pages 7 to 13. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity's trustees of the charitable company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act'). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK (FRS 102)]. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed ## Martin Simm Martin Simm 22 January 2025 2 Bayswater Terrace Skircoat Green Halifax HX3 0NB