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qscthtlon A￿￿tat￿l fcr the ￿ar eTrJ 31st Dth)tr 2024. The,'￿IndI. Llnlncorpirated As9Jdatl￿ W35 Qi ￿ June 1975. Af ernl d Plath 2023, the Charfty Derek Brwks Corole G4nAon Poul Hardlng Jurra Har Addan In9$ Davhy 5arKfers ￿ne 2024) IArrnlne Thompson tsrerLWUets (re&gned 2P Pe￿￿ary 20241 The h)n¢rnry rfftvs durlng the yeJrve: Dek Brtsjks Ka￿a WIlk￿ {rrtnod 2• Fetfuary 2024) Jul Harfey Treasurer. Theleasthok1 ￿LSe$ are rK•N th the name P(4lJsirthn Ctr The main ègents of the A650rJatyM ye•r ¥￿. Bank...Nauonal W¢sMnstw Fl4 ￿￿oOd P4¥# !TrJepa)dent EXa1￿￿•r.. Urn 1202592. Th¢ Current corstttut￿n was adryted m 3tst March 2023. tru&tees. f¢) Ihe fuuire, oddlltmal trLes must k ar￿rt￿ by a tEyJlutlon ￿Sed at a prWy corwen&J mUr#J ol .the'Lartty trustees. Whei ¥eWno iThlMdu•ls fe atwhtted charfty trLtstee5, the tharly tr￿ee$ on a monthty basL%. adrrinlstratlve asslsianL Wlth the dep￿￿￿ d the curtwe rhwraoer In Plty 2D24, the Tr[￿te¢S twk the to ar4)dnt a centre adrnlnistrator, who h¥$ wnslb(Ilty USÈ cl the certtR on a da1y basls. The to"express thelr yr4¥tude b) the Centre Manw for her d&llcath)n to the CommLmtr c￿tre dI￿rj her tenwe. The Trustees now wnake use of the 5ervltes LY a t￿Ck-keV, who man• all payrnenLS r￿[ts and now .addltional kiytr rffinancfial (c￿￿TrA. The Tru&Ets are aLw ordtefjjl to a ￿ D7deynan h45 bee￿ lumbl¢¥J and handyman 5ervlces to Cc<nmunty Centre M a ty)L￿at basts. 'ObJe¢tlve• •nd Acll¥ftlos The tharltabk ¢bJ￿yeS d th• A￿￿￿On ai• to. . the terl olthe tts $urnundlng di#rict wlthout disdn¢ton xxual orfentaucffi or rxe orrf ￿ll$Cal. relgknusor ottwLWnlons assocbadng t¢geth￿ the sakl kntN8bltsnts and ￿￿Untary otheryTJanWbns In a avnr￿n effort to advance Juca#on and to prtythde fxthles In the Interests c+ swal trare fDr reu3tbJn aNJ le1w￿ tlnx wlth the object of lrnwo¥Ang the ￿ndI￿On$ cf IIYe fwthe sabj In￿8￿¢￿- e5tat45h or seJ)Jre thè estat)ILshmentol a clubs. tharlues and Oss¢¢kti0￿, sorne yrated dtretty iv the rthrs by thlrd pwfjes. (Avonway ￿ a ..rvmw xhool bullrjlw. daUNJ badl trj 1834. wthkhls held on a Icw moiThialntrffj SEase fnyn the Dose cé W1￿heSt￿j. ' Roorrs at Avonway are avallat4e foru of￿ yur. Eoch week A¥onpy arourKI IS￿? e ￿ p￿Ie ages aThJ atrAl5tles vislt to bernfftfrom. aTrJ kxrtklpate In, the ethrotitsnal. reueothl and lelsure ttrnÈ xUvlUes, •s offtrèy by 40+ dfferenlgrvw)4 dub5 and wanlsatkn¢Y5. ThÈ majorfty cl ￿ user5 cé Avonwoy a￿ lThjer￿enI C¢DYwclal, but all brh )rkhlry 4thllJes to the communiy of FcrtIng￿th]e aNI the SLvfDur¥JryJ dlstrtL '.It has been most ￿C¢UragI￿j that Ihe uS￿e cfthe wtye has to b7eqse, has ex(e&leA llll provlous r￿&1 leveLs, Indudlng wcovkl. Th151s, In part due ￿ ￿e Irwease lfi b&)￿ng$ fty private hJnEbthlS. the cONT￿U￿..}

prtv¢n¥on ¢ourses accessed Ittr￿jgh hryjitsl t￿•1 GP I￿￿￿1. Mikner5 d the Heanh CareTearn alsv Heotth Vlsknrsessrts at Avonway. Steady and StrwJ d)5ses arE ill￿ J Twedt on af Durfng rhe a range orÉxerdse rtht&J crasses wwe regurty W at Avormay Indudjng yoso 8rKI rAIrt Fordlngbrtdge DanTr Studkns, wh¥ frLfft Avonway thtdng sclwl twms, a rarw rA da55es balt ' and cabaret dance and dwlerlng Sts41￿ 414IIUes fw thlhJwJ ts4YJ aNJ a holf to yws. Th8 Sllver Sw￿n5 grLwp l¥￿Ie5 dasses ft adL•s. tlThe io bL A range rf¢th•rs¢dal and 9)j¢ab)r￿ ac0￿ w•re r•ju￿Y [+￿￿C￿￿y. art bhe dubs.. the Hty1ku￿41 SLety: UX. Swwes a￿). •)d eiTrJ¢k Y1 Stepplw Pre-sdkxd lea￿ thE hvorwy Afirte￿ 15 under-ss. strtsJg11ry wfth the cost L( I￿11￿. 'Frlends on Frfdaf Is cpen ID all, ¥rKI refye5hrr￿ts and The Assothtlon has m8liitalned Its ftrAKfflwaytr be usgj as the fvEwrtrJ Regt Certre In c4w rfan e￿￿ency. The A560ckryUon ov•rs ond mnages a Portak3Lln that Is used M weekdays by the Brfttsh Red Crc6s as a bespJke MobUIty ￿d5 CentrE teLWtt rle• and/￿ dIffe￿￿Y thed memixrs cl the ￿mUnIty. The A￿latI￿ yat¥ltsl thÈ Conynwty Certh Ithth￿t13tcQ for that the COmm￿ty Centre runs Twthlys and to the many by the V￿Unte￿5 1r4Y￿tty the obJè2s dthe tharfty ¢0ntrtb￿Th) to a vlbrnnt, heathy and pcqPJve comrnunlty. Fln•n¢l•l R¢vlew The finarthl rtgJlts of Ihe AssLYtkn ror the yw Dre 98t<¥Jt cn py S ID 9. . The AssoctsJon has adooed a forrnal reserve al to rKovlde a agalnst Season￿ flucbjauons In IIK bl tD en5urE the o)st rf any urwt and bulk11w malntenar• Trrks Is ctyrtred, cl to prDvlde fiJnd5 to IT￿t C￿traCtUal Th•bllJtq in the event of a temp)rary of ttifviry dl to ensurn thAs>xkilkn meet its finan￿￿ Io 513ff. The.trustees oJrnmlsslJn&J a bulkllng aThJ molrtemrKe gxvey ¢cw•rts the LY 2023. the re9Jlis of hav• thown a slgnlftODt numter ￿ iwlldino ttot ate fftlulrèj to kw the Wctorfan tyJlldlThJ cyerdtfffj. On th15 the..triJstees aweè1 trj malntsin the reseNe * £40.OLKI to uNire the asm$ of the p)Ilcy can be meL Th15 m15 based the annud r￿F￿ng cos. the ¢LVTrt w)¢¥taknty In pyces Int￿￿on, a￿] an o5tknth sh(yuPJ xpxted works be rouioj. These rNns F4¥e and a deslgnated xcounL Th• flnandal re4lYcffj rfthe Assed￿¢￿ 4 s•yJre as setuft ac£wntk tn ￿ht 0x￿ulA4 e¢C￿n¥¢ Ffe55VTES Cn ¢)ur comrnunlty. the Tntsiees dld nrt Inuwe rertsl rates In 2024. I[￿taj ￿ ofthe Pddlyes has bulldlrt9 T¢>Jthé In sm ffièrKlai rewv•s bdng utllse41. Current Dewl¢ypm¥rts FollowlThJ the recamn￿ty￿S rfa l¥e sbyllk7nt ￿l￿￿)ng Y￿rE urJtrraken kn the kftsywi ¢the maln bulldIng. A nurnb¥cl nert ftre Yre Insiakd and Ibp undwtaken. A rwjmter d Fr￿￿￿4 Issues ar¢ resow year. Puthr• Qmlopm•nts A slgnfficant nurnbtr of wuks are Tqqulr&l to enswre that thé ￿hjIty te a envlwment for wr commun5ty. Some r¢oms have nct toan rerw)vatad and thqse be the afiy eapTrÈl taklng pkn In the next year bJett to bthg JvalatrA '. Chalr, Forthngbrldge a Dl#rfct c￿nmUr￿ Ass(xlal

ForTh• Yé•r 31 Il•t•mb•r 2024 As the charbty's Tnstees, you are Ye$w￿ble fc the the wlih the ￿￿￿rerr￿nts ofthe Charfues Act 2011 fthe Acr). I fepcrt In re5rrt rrf my exarnlnaY￿ Of￿ KthJrts sjirt ￿der 145 cl the 2011 Art and In carrylng ¢Yt my examinauon. I nave fdiowed all the Direth¢)n5 gfv•i rhe Chartty Cryrynlss1￿ ￿￿er sectJn 14515llbl of the ACL I hJ¥e ￿￿pIet¥# my examination. I cofifirrn that no matters have £t•) ￿ my attention In wlth ex4rnin)tKn whkh olve me cause to tsel￿ve that In. any matenai resFKt.' the accouthng rewvds were not kept In aCCDrdance with se£b￿ 130 c the Act" or the accounts did not acwrd ¥¥1￿ the accounbng re£ords,' or the J(rDunts did not comJy %Yith the aroliotye requirer￿nts concerning the fo￿ and content cl accounts set wt In the Chanties (Accounts ond Repvtsl Reguiibons 21J)8 other than any that the accounts give a'trL and fairf vievrf V4hich is o matter cons¢Jered a5 Port of an 1Tr1eFeTrJwt examlnatsjn. I have Cor￿¢M$ )nd htye ¢orne •ryoss other rnotters in ronntttk￿ with the exon*￿ to attenvon te drawn In thts rewt In order ￿ enable a proper ur•JersiaThl¢ng d the atctyjnts to be read￿. Slgn& Sabmi. FCCA Z4> -r- 2 Date... ia Klngsburys Lane Rlngwood Hampsnire BH24 IEL

31 2021 202a (9.354 ) 74640 (104,555 ) {71,659 ) ..k. OPEIi4TINO DtPZClT Othor kntue5t ￿(el¥￿tle thybr Ir (27.915 ) (7Bn.) :. DEFicif FOR ThE Fifw4CtAL YEAR 6.222 ) 16.683 )

A• At 31 2024 IFgl'T '¥.%4 176m4 179W3 (Debtors .Cash at ￿Thk and th 1813 140.662 I￿35 160253 1fj0rt76 (0,231 ) (4•78 ) IMJ45 340.118 340.118 REPREsEr{r￿ BYFUNDS Medk*l Losn Fa￿lty G￿￿01 Funds 21507 291?88 21. 318.611 31V95 340,IA8 On behairaf thè Aswdauon: Clalre Ctyrt Treasurer .1£115

Fordlnobrldge and DL#rht Is o fthorfi>Je (￿lS8th)n. I￿rated In Bwland l Wè The thandal ststgrrwts have been wepored Ihe hlsicffjkal cost ccrfNe￿ ￿ In accorrknts lth tha Statemeslt RecunryrbJed Prath: A£￿￿￿ti￿ orKJ Rwtino by cforttbes krep8rfThJ thelr>>yxmts In the nJnclal Ilewrvry StxlaYd applkoL4e ID UK •fyJ Rewtllc cl I￿r￿) {FRS 1021. med frrth tr sate cl gLK¥15 and fft¥n the rendwlTrJ c Xryw. qrant In•)m• Yangfole ft<•J a5set5 afE M￿>jIed èt cost ￿ ac¢umuL and Impalrmrt losses. D•yedat￿ Is wpvlded at rntes cal0jja￿ to dl the (4>5t li¥ed a%ets. * thdrestlrnvA _ xture5- Jj￿ht Ihye over 10 y&¥ 14. StockB aTrd Work In Pr(4r• staLs gnd work In prcgress are valtJJ at the ru￿r￿lUst orrf rt r•knblu due allryMrte ftrob9) arvj sk)WmovlrvJ stcrk5. CLt tsidwles ¥1 dlr•l cos15 and ￿ •pwtybats rnyuon af vorble Wo￿. . In.proJress & rellthl In the ￿)?￿nts w a cuttrrKt by Cthttract ba￿$ by rtt(¥vlltyJ tt1rr￿er 8rKI rdoted LOSts as Average nu￿thI ￿ efflpb)￿ Incmng yewM'. 2 <2023: 2) Siaff ctsxts IrA8W £27,1￿12023. E15,981). ' 4. T•wJlbl•A•J•ts L•Trd & fllllny tqulpmw A5 at J January 2024 248,(X)3 3.143 259,228. As at31 DKember 2024 8.C2 3.143 259228.. ata JIn￿ry X124 durkng As at 31 Decenty 2024 6W14 758 3.143 79?SS 3,779 3,021 71419 7.572 3.143 83,134 14rt ¥ookV•lu• AS at 31 Decertw 20Z4 175,564 510 176.094 , A5 at l Jontw 2024 178.605 1.268 179,873 IS'P.-

For Thè Ye•r End•d 31 D•c•mbÈr 2024 . & Stor*s 31 31 2024 2023 4.388 31 31 2024 1813 l%JS. 31 31 2024 2023 TMd¢ cr•Jltors Other(red￿0[5 6.101 5,692 6.878 6,231 31 2024 2023 313,895 340,118

31 D•twbw 20Z4 XNCOME L￿ad¢S Roryn HI 11250 4555 16.752 1.5C iOJJ22 ' 1.125 493. 6.973 185. 41 H￿ka1 LC￿ 8A13 122 27 iio 2.(￿5 . SDfe5 frun Bor c4mefroTn D)natlMs Grants aTrJ wbshJe¥ recel¥J 10.137 7.764 2.188 214 •dI￿1 Fadlky Rert Friénds on Frfday. Exp 2,950 (9A54 } 64,188. 25540 610 INIO 492 375 11.167 15515 Wages and Ern￿0v￿5 466 281 iOW6 Ught 25.075 6.029 Wrs ar)a T￿lItt￿￿1 aegfilng 340 I￿Ul8nLy 1,410 Profe55bJnal foe Profesgbjnal Subgalkl￿ 3.414 JA13 491 Bad debis WrItt￿ (Ir 1542 7SI 1942 .Wi. WreLiaVon of fixiure5 aTrJ fi￿n9$ Dep￿u0Tr ol le8hc4d LqThJ JrKI 757 3.021 (104.555 ) (27￿￿) (7Mn>:.