Registered Charity Number 1202644
Registered Charity No. 1202644
Trustees’ Annual Report for the Ramsey Mereside Village Hall CIO
1 January 2023 – 31 December 2023
Ramsey Mereside Village Hall
Drovers Close
Ramsey Mereside PE26 2UH
Trustees
| John Mitchell (Chairman) | Steve Davis (Vice Chairman) | Gill Mitchell (Secretary) |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Stitson (Treasurer) | Kathy Addy | Susan Walker |
| John Chrisp (Hall Bookings/ President) | Barbara Davis |
Carole Gudgion |
| Wendy Ansell (Newsletter Editor) |
The Ramsey Mereside Village Hall CIO is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by its Trust Deed, registered with the Charity Commission on 6[th] October 2023.
“The objects of the CIO are to establish and run a village hall and playing field and to promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the village of Ramsey Mereside in the Parish of Ramsey (“area of benefit”) without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, race or political, religious or other opinions the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants (the “Objects”).”
CIO details
Bank account The Co-operative Bank, Sort Code 08-92-99, account No. 67324350 Independent examiner Yvonne Goodman Insurance Allied Westminster - Village Guard
Conversion from an association
As part of the Hallmark process the Mereside Village Association (MVA) was converted into a Charitable Incorporated Organisation; the final part of the process will be via resolution to be passed at the next Annual General Meeting in March 2024. This process has been overseen throughout by Cambridgeshire ACRE. The trustees have given full regard to s121(2) of the Charities Act 2011 to give public notice and take into consideration any representation, which was done at a General Meeting on 1[st] September 2022. Following discussion with ACRE a successful application was made to the Charity Commission on 8[th] February 2023.
The Ramsey Mereside Village Hall CIO (RMVH) has the same objectives (although the text includes more modern wording regarding inclusion) and area of benefit as the MVA. The new governing document means that some of the processes are more up-to-date such as the nomination procedure and the structure of the committee. The MVA and the CIO will continue to exist in parallel for a year, but the MVA will manage, administer and maintain the playing field and facilities until the conversion is completed at the AGM in March 2024 and an application will then be made to the Charity Commission to close the MVA.
2023 Achievements
The CIO was dormant throughout the year pending the meeting in March 2024.
John Mitchell,
Chair 16[th] March 2024.
Registered Charity Number 1202644
Financial Statement - Year Ending 31st December 2023
There has been no financial activity during the financial year to 31[st] December 2023.
| Opening Funds 1st January 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Investments | £0 | |
| Bank Co-op | £0 | |
| Cash in hand | £0 | |
| £0 | ||
| Closing Funds 31st December 2023 | ||
| Investments | £0 | |
| Bank Co-op | £0 | |
| Cash in hand | £0 | |
| £0 | ||
| Nett Movement in Year | £0 | |
| Income | ||
| £0 | ||
| Expenditure | ||
| £0 | ||
| Income Over Expenditure | £0 |