CHARITIES Mer er of the Tbree Charities- The Purton Ch&rilable Trust In October 2024 we rnerged the three clwities into a CIO (Charity IllcorpoT8ted Organisation) which has given us flexibility to source ￿llding, suppliers, services and administration. The new charity is called 'The Purton Charitable Trl￿,. Purton War Memorial and Villa e Centre The village centre continues to be the hub for our community with access to sporting facilities, play parks and green open space. The Purton Red House has colltinued to have its faiI share of challenges. Work was completed on the new kitchen in May and th'e function room was redecorated to be used as the dining room. We have successfully introduced a Sunday Roast menu which has proved to be very popular. However, having said that, due to con¢¢ms by the charity over the f￿anCiaL situation, we were in the difficult PO8ltion of deciding to closc the building unless an altemative solution could be found. After consultation, deliberation and specialist indubty advice, in Febrn8ry 2025 a lease was drawn to a third paty and the Purton Red House Ltd ceased trading. At time of writing no final accounts OT details are available for publication, however as soon as they are they will be available on the various platfonns required by law. Thc Millennium Hall is sadly heavily under-utiltsed and does not create sufficient ￿rndS to cover operation Losls and repairs. The charity will continue to research possible solutions for this. Purton Insti￿te and Villa eHall The Village Hall now has refreshed windows and 2 new heating system and the Institute Building has had major repairs to its windows inline with conservation xnd rep&ir. Unfortunately, like the Millenium Hall, the village hall is also under utilised and will be reviewed alongside. Th¢ grounds team have WOTked hard to reinstate a small garden area to the front of the Council officelside of the library which IL4S helped with flooding issues and has added another greetL area to our Carbon Neutral Policy with iJcreas¢d planting and buglbec habit. Pla Close The Play Park is monaged by the Council with no cost to the Cbarity and continues to be well used by tbe public with few issues. We anticipate new equipment Cl￿￿ge ill 2025 following public consultation and a need to replace aging wooden equipment. Finally, our councillors and staff would like to that]k the resid¢nts for their continued support at events, hiring facilities and efforts in our community. We always etjdeavour, with passion and commitmenL to serve the community we live in and love. Chair of Charities, Susan Relfe TMEPURTQN CHAPITABLEThusr Funds Funds 31mJr2D26 No 2026 In exaniiiie the accounts under section 145 of the ChE￿IlleS Act. > fDllow Ilie procedures laid down kn the General Dii'ections given by the Charity Commi.85ioners section 145 (5)(b) of the 201 l Acl. and slate whether particular matters have come lo niy attention. Bayls of Indepclldent Ei x&miDer's Statemellt My ¢xaillinalion was carried out in accordance with the Gen¥ral Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination iiicludes a review of the accouiiliiig record4 kept by the charity and a comparison of Ihe accounts pi'esen(ed willi those recoids. It 81so includes ionsideralioii of aiiy uiiusual items or disclosures in the accounts,, and seeking explanation5 from the trustee5 conLcrninL? such m&tlei's. Tlie procedure5 iinderiaken do not provide all the eviden¢e that would be I'equired in audil, and consequeiiily no opinion 15 given as 10 whether Ihe a¢counls present a'true a]id tair" view, and Ihe report is limited to those malters set out in the statemeiil below. Independent Ei xaminey's Stutement Iii connection with iny examinaiion, no maltei's have comc to my attention whioli give iiie i'easonable cause to believe Ilidt in aiiy IT)ateriAI respect tlie requirements > to k¢ep accoiinting record5 IL] aiiordanec willi 8.110 of the Charilies Act. aiid to pi'epai'e a¢¢oLuils which accord witl) the accounting records and comply with the accoLlllting requirements of'tlie Charitftes Act have not been Inet. or 2. to which, in my opinion, alt¢nlion should be drawn in order to enable a proper unde diiig ofthe accounts lo be reached th November 2025 S J Pollard Audltln8 Solutlons Ltd Clackerbrook Farm, 46 The Common Bromham WIIt5 SN15 21J