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A55adatioTh Informrtlon
In(kperrtknt EyAmlr*rfs Report
Statem•ntof Nti*)ual Actsvlttes
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qscthtlon A￿￿tat￿l fcr the ￿ar eTr*J 31st Dth)t*r 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 yeJr*ve:
D*ek Brtsjks
Ka￿a WIlk￿ {rrtnod 2• Fetfuary 2024)
Jul* Harfey
Treasurer.
Theleasthok1 ￿LSe$ are rK•N th the name P(*4*lJsirthn 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 trL*es must k ar￿rt￿ by a tEyJlutlon ￿Sed at a prWy corwen&J m*Ur#J ol
.the'L*artty 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￿r*j 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 ter*l 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 other*yTJanWbns In a avnr￿n effort
to advance *Juca#on and to prtythde fxthles In the Interests c+ swal *trare fDr reu*3tbJn 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 D*ose cé W1￿heSt￿j.
' Roorrs at Avonway are avallat4e foru* of￿ yur.
Eoch week A¥on*py 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 w*covkl. Th151s, In part due ￿ ￿e Irwease lfi b&)￿ng$ fty private hJnEbthlS. the
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prtv¢n¥on ¢ourses accessed Ittr￿jgh hryjitsl t￿•1 GP I￿￿￿1. M*ikner5 d the Heanh CareTearn alsv
Heotth Vlsknrsess*rts at Avonway. Steady and StrwJ d)5ses arE ill￿ J Twedt on af
Durfng rhe a range orÉxerdse rtht&J crasses wwe regu*rty W at Avormay Indudjng yoso 8rKI rAIrt
Fordlngbrtdge DanTr Studkns, wh¥* frLfft Avonway thtdng sclwl twms, a rarw rA da55es bal*t
' 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 b*L
A range rf¢th•rs¢dal and 9)j¢ab)r￿ ac0￿ w•re r•ju￿Y [+￿￿C￿￿y. art bh*e dubs.. the
Hty1ku￿41 SL*ety: 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 AssLY*tkn 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•* T*rrks Is ctyrtred,
cl to prDvlde fiJnd5 to IT￿t C￿traCtUal Th•bllJt*q 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 co*s. the ¢LVT*rt w)¢¥taknty In pyces Int￿￿on, a￿] an o5tknth sh(yuPJ
xpxted works be rouioj. These rNn*s 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[￿ta*j ￿ 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 ur*Jtrraken 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$w￿ble fc* the the wlih the ￿￿￿rerr￿nts ofthe
Charfues Act 2011 fthe Acr).
I fepcrt In re5r*rt rrf my exarnlnaY￿ Of￿ KthJrts sjirt ￿der 145 cl the 2011 Art and In carrylng ¢Yt my
examinauon. I nave fdiowed all the Direth¢)n5 gfv•i rhe Chartty Cryrynlss1￿ ￿￿er sect*Jn 14515llbl of the ACL
I hJ¥e ￿￿pIet¥# my examination. I cofifirrn that no matters have £t•)* ￿ my attention In wlth ex4rnin)tKn whkh
olve me cause to tsel￿ve that In. any matenai resFKt.'
the accouthng rewvds were not kept In aCCDrdance with se£b￿ 130 c* the Act" or
the accounts did not acwrd ¥¥1￿ the accounbng re£ords,' or
the J(rDunts did not comJy %Yith the aroliotye requirer￿nts concerning the fo￿ and content cl accounts set wt In the
Chanties (Accounts ond Repvtsl Reguiibons 21J)8 other than any that the accounts give a'trL* and fairf vievrf
V4hich is o matter cons¢Jered a5 Port of an 1Tr1eFeTrJwt examlnatsjn.
I have Cor￿¢M$ )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￿.
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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
Recunry*rbJed Prath: A£￿￿￿ti￿ orKJ Rwtino by cforttbes krep8rfThJ thelr>>yxmts In the *nJnclal
Ilewrvry St*xlaYd 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. * thdrestlrn*vA _
xture5- *Jj￿ht Ihye over 10 y&*¥
14. StockB aTrd Work In Pr(4r•
staL*s gnd work In prcgress are valtJ*J at the ru￿r￿lUst orrf rt r•knblu due allryMrte ftrob9)
arvj sk)W*movlrvJ stcrk5. CL*t tsidwles ¥1 dlr•l cos15 and ￿ •pwtybats rnyuon af vor*ble 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 yew*M'. 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.C*2
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
45*55
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 Subgalk*l￿
3.414
JA13
491
Bad debis WrItt￿ (Ir
1542
7SI
1942
.*Wi. WreLiaVon of fixiure5 aTrJ fi￿n9$
Dep￿u0Tr ol le8*hc4d LqThJ JrKI
757
3.021
(104.555 )
(27￿￿)
(7Mn>:.