
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 16/05/2023 Period start date   To                   31/03/24 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: The Community Centre Red Lonning** 

## **Charity registration number:1203099** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To further or benefit the residents of**<br>**Hillcrest and the surrounding areas,**<br>**without distinction of sex, sexual**<br>**orientation, race or of political, religious**<br>**or other opinions by associating together**<br>**the said residents and the local**<br>**authorities, voluntary and other**<br>**organisations in a common effort to**<br>**advance education and to provide**<br>**facilities in the interests of social welfare**<br>**for recreation and leisure time**<br>**occupation with the objective of**<br>**improving the conditions of life for the**<br>**residents.**<br>**In furtherance of these objects but not**<br>**otherwise, the trustees shall have power:**<br>**To establish or secure the establishment**<br>**of a community centre and to maintain or**<br>**manage or co-operate with any statutory**<br>**authority in the maintenance and**<br>**management of such a centre for**<br>**activities promoted by the charity in**<br>**furtherance of the above objects.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Fitness Classes**<br>**Mother and Toddler Groups**<br>**Bingo**<br>**Shared Table**<br>**Social Saturday**<br>**Children's activities throughout the holid**<br>**Residents Trips away.**<br>**Private Parties**<br>**Private Events**<br>**Spiritualist groups**<br>**Garden Club**<br>**Arts Club**<br>**Craft Club**<br>**Self Defence**<br>**Childrens Boxing keep fit**|





Statement confirming Para 1.18 whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit 

## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We get advice off professional bodies**<br>**regarding our grant applications E.G**<br>**CVS.**|
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|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have a good set of volunteers who**<br>**are always keen to help out.**|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**We have worked to be inclusive of all and**<br>**overall, this has been an immense**<br>**success. We are getting more social**<br>**inclusion getting people together to**<br>**improve mental health and a feeling of**<br>**belonging. We get support from some of**<br>**the local schools and businesses to**<br>**improve the quality of what we are trying**<br>**to achieve.**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **We believe we have achieved a lot more than we had set out in the first place with** Achievements against Para 1.41 **all the above activities proving we are** 



|objectives set||**going in the right Direction**|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**We have had grants from National Lottery**<br>**Cumberland Council, Active Cumbria and**<br>**all our activity days to raise funds have**<br>**been an immense success.**|
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**After getting the accounts signed off by**<br>**the accountant we are in a good position**<br>**with reserves to cover any urgent issues.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to ensure we can still**<br>**provide all the services we are offering**<br>**and if there is any urgent expenditures**<br>**that may come up**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**3000**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**NA**|
||Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**WEEKLY CLASSES AND BOOKING**<br>**EVENTS WE PUT ON TO RAISE FUNDS**<br>**Bingo**|
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|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The only risk we can identify is the lack**<br>**of volunteers which we will keep**<br>**promting**|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Incorporated**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**At the annual general meeting all trustees**<br>**are voted on and elected to appropriate**<br>**roles.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|**We lease the building off Cumberland**<br>**Council**|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Community Centre Red Lonning|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1203099|
|Charity’s principal address|Caldbeck Road CA28 6XQ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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|||Allan Forster|Chairman||16/5/23 31/3/24|||
|||Pauline Richardson|Treasurer||To 31/4/24|||
|||Stan Sanchuk|Health and Safety||To 16/5/23  31/4/24|||
|||Jeanette Forster|||16/5/23 To 31/4/24|||
|||Josh Whyte|||To 31/4/24|||
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Allan Forster **Full name(s)** Allan Forster 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

14/1/25 



||**The Community Centre Red Lonning**|**The Community Centre Red Lonning**|**The Community Centre Red Lonning**|**The Community Centre Red Lonning**|**The Community Centre Red Lonning**|**1203099**|||**CC1**<br>**6a**|
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||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||||||
||<br>**For the period from**||<br>01-Apr-23||<br>**To**|31/0<br>|3/2024|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**6,346**<br>**-**<br>**5,434**<br>**435**<br>**100**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**5,650**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Endowment funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total**<br>**funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**<br>**6,346**<br>**5,650**<br>**5,434**<br>**435**<br>**100**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Last year**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**|
|Centre hire|**6,346**||**-**||**-**||**6,346**||**-**|
|Grant funding|**-**||**5,650**||**-**||**5,650**||**-**|
|Event income|**5,434**||**-**||**-**||**5,434**||**-**|
|Tripincome|**435**||**-**||**-**||**435**||**-**|
|Donation|**100**||**-**||**-**||**100**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**12,315**||**5,650**||**-**||**17,965**||**-**|
||**-**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**|||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||**12,315**||**5,650**||**-**||**17,965**||**-**|
||**3,202**<br>**2,471**<br>**221**<br>**177**<br>**526**<br>**80**<br>**1,680**<br>**983**<br>**282**<br>**87**<br>**456**||**950**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**200**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**700**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**4,152**<br>**2,471**<br>**221**<br>**177**<br>**526**<br>**80**<br>**1,880**<br>**983**<br>**282**<br>**787**<br>**456**|||
|<br>Repairs|**3,202**||**950**||**-**||**4,152**||**-**|
|Event costs|**2,471**||**-**||**-**||**2,471**||**-**|
|Water|**221**||**-**||**-**||**221**||**-**|
|Telephone|**177**||**-**||**-**||**177**||**-**|
|Sundry|**526**||**-**||**-**||**526**||**-**|
|PPS|**80**||**-**||**-**||**80**||**-**|
|Tripcosts|**1,680**||**200**||**-**||**1,880**||**-**|
|Light  & heat|**983**||**-**||**-**||**983**||**-**|
|Insurance|**282**||**-**||**-**||**282**||**-**|
|Equipment|**87**||**700**||**-**||**787**||**-**|
|Accountancy|**456**||**-**||**-**||**456**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**10,165**||**1,850**||**-**||**12,015**||**-**|
||**-**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**|||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||**10,165**||**1,850**||**-**||**12,015**||**-**|
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||**2,150**||**3,800**||**-**||**5,950**||**-**|
||**-**|<br>|**-**|<br>|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**5,749**||**-**||**-**||**5,749**||**-**|
||**7,900**||**3,800**||**-**||**11,700**||**-**|



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**|
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|**e period**|**e period**||||
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|**Unrestricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**7,480**<br>**420**<br>**-**||**Restrict**<br>**ed**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest**<br>**£**<br>**3,800**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Endow**<br>**ment**<br>**funds**<br>**to**<br>**nearest £**|
|**7,480**||**3,800**||**-**|
|**420**||**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**7,900**||**3,800**||**-**|
|OK<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||OK<br>**Restrict**<br>**ed**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest**<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||OK|
|||||**Endow**<br>**ment**<br>**funds**<br>**to**<br>**nearest £**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**-**||**-**||**-**|
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## **Details B3 Investment assets Details B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** 

**Details B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature 

|**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which liability**<br>**relates**<br>Print Name|**Cost**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Amount**<br>**due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Current**<br>**value**<br>**(optional)**|
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|||**Current**<br>**value**<br>**(optional)**|
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