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

## **From: 1 Jan 25 Period start date To: 31 Dec 25 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Breedon Parish Hall** 

## **Charity registration number:1203242** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the Breedon Parish Hall**<br>**CIO are to establish and run a parish**<br>**hall and to promote its use for the**<br>**benefit of the inhabitants of the parish**<br>**of Breedon on the Hill, Tonge and**<br>**Wilson. The Hall is for the whole**<br>**community, without distinction of sex,**<br>**gender, sexual orientation, age,**<br>**disability, nationality, race or political,**<br>**religious or other opinions. There is the**<br>**provision of facilities for recreation, or**<br>**other leisure time occupation of**<br>**individuals, who have need of such**<br>**facilities by reason of their youth, age,**<br>**infirmity, disability, financial hardship or**<br>**social and economic circumstances.**<br>**Overall, this community facility will**<br>**represent the public at large in the**<br>**interests of social welfare and with the**<br>**object of improving life for the said**<br>**inhabitants.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Yoga classes**<br>**Pilates**<br>**Dance Classes**<br>**General Fitness Classes**<br>**Puppy Training**<br>**WI Meetings**<br>**Private social events eg Parties**<br>**Charitable events eg Macmillan Coffee**<br>**Morning**<br>**Community Wellbeing Events**<br>**Polling Station**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees are all aware of their**<br>**responsibilities as a Trustee and the**<br>**meaning of the term 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 do not make grants. However, we do**<br>**allow charities to raise funds in our hall**<br>**paying the lower rate (local community**<br>**rate) of hire.**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have an additional 4 people to sit on**<br>**the committee as members. Two of**<br>**those people did not want to become**<br>**Trustees, but provide a valuable input to**<br>**all of our meetings. The remaining 2**<br>**people are the caretaker and deputy**<br>**caretaker. The caretaker is responsible**<br>**for opening and closing the hall after**<br>**each booking. The deputy caretaker**<br>**covers for the caretaker during**<br>**holidays, illness, etc**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|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 provided a community facility**<br>**for 3 local villages: Breedon on the Hill,**<br>**Tonge and Wilson. To date it has been**<br>**well used for recreational, physical and**<br>**learning activities. Now in  in our**<br>**second year of operation, the use of the**<br>**Hall has continued to increase year on**<br>**year and the community realise what**<br>**this excellent facility offers.**|



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

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**Our main objective for the first 2 years**<br>**of operation, was to ensure that**<br>**Breedon Parish Hall represented a going**<br>**concern and offered excellent facilities**<br>**for the whole community. In this we**<br>**have succeeded.**<br>**We also seek to ensure that we have**<br>**policies in place, updated annually, to**<br>**ensure we offer a safe environment, that**<br>**is legally compliant in every respect.**|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**No fundraising activities have been**<br>**carried out in this reporting period**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**As the charity was only registered on 24**<br>**May 23, we have been initially**<br>**concentrating on achieving a steady**<br>**income from hiring the hall, before we**<br>**could adopt an investment policy.**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**For the period of this report, we had an**<br>**income of £13,547, against an**<br>**expenditure of £10,583**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We have agreed that in the next financial**<br>**year, it would be prudent to set aside a**<br>**sum as a start to setting up a Reserve**<br>**Fund.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Zero**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**Because we are waiting until the next**<br>**financial year to determine how much**<br>**we can set aside each year in a Reserve**<br>**Fund**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**We are not in deficit**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**We remain confident that we have a**<br>**viable operation for the future.**|



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

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Our principal source of funding is from**<br>**renting the Parish Hall out for**<br>**community activities.**|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The principal risk facing the charity is**<br>**that if the community stop using the**<br>**Parish Hall for their range of activities,**<br>**then the income stream ceases. To this**<br>**end, we have adopted a continual media**<br>**presence to advertise our facilities.**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**A Constitution Document dated**<br>**24 May 23**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The Charity is a registered CIO**<br>**(1203242)**|
|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|**Trustees are selected from the**<br>**following:**<br>**Women’s Institute (up to 2)**<br>**Church Charity (up to 2)**<br>**Parish Council (up to 2)**<br>**Additional Trustees are selected by**<br>**invitation (up to 6)**|



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

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51|<br>**We have policies for the following**<br>**subjects that are used to train new**<br>**Trustees:**<br>**1.**<br>**Safeguarding**<br>**2.**<br>**Health & Safety**<br>**3.**<br>**Data Protection**<br>**4.**<br>**Environmental**<br>**5.**<br>**Equality**<br>**6.**<br>**Alcohol**<br>**7.**<br>**Conflict of Interest**<br>**8.**<br>**Accounting**<br>**9.**<br>**Complaints**<br>**10. Wifi & Broadband**|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**The Charity is independent of the Parish**<br>**Council and is run by a committee of**<br>**Trustees (7) and members (4). The**<br>**Chairman of the Committee is mandated**<br>**as a Trustee.  Only the trustees have**<br>**voting rights.**|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|**Breedon Parish Council holds the lease**<br>**to the Parish Hall and sub leases it to**<br>**Breedon Parish Hall CIO. The Trustees**<br>**manage the running of the Parish Hall.**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Breedon Parish Hall CIO|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1203242|
|Charity’s principal address|Breedon Parish Hall<br>Priory Close<br>Breedon on the Hill<br>DE73 8LF|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||R J HOUNSLOW|Chairman/Treasurer|WEF 1 Jul 23|Breedon Hall CIO by<br>Chairman and up to 6 other<br>Trustees|
||R Bates|DeputyChairman|WEF 1 Jul 23||
||P Hyland||WEF 1 Jul 23||
||L Carrick||WEF 1 Jul 23||
||S Brown||WEF 1 Jul 23<br>Resigned atyear end||
||T Brean||WEF 1 Jul 23<br>Resigned atyear end||
||J Pond|Secretary|WEF 1 Jul 23||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

## **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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|**N/A**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity 

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

Details of arrangements for N/A 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**<br>**adviser**|**Name**<br>**Address**|**Name**<br>**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|Constitutiona<br>l Charity<br>Expert|Ms Clare Morison|Thomson, Snell & Passmore<br>Heathervale house<br>2-4 Vale Avenue<br>Tunbridge Wells<br>Kent<br>TN1 1DJ|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

**N/A** 

## **Other optional information** 

**N/A** 



## **Declarations** 

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

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

**Signature(s)** 

**Full name(s)** ROBERT JOHN HOUNSLOW 

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

**Date** 

20 April 26 




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

## **From: 1 Jan 25 Period start date To: 31 Dec 25 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Breedon Parish Hall** 

## **Charity registration number:1203242** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the Breedon Parish Hall**<br>**CIO are to establish and run a parish**<br>**hall and to promote its use for the**<br>**benefit of the inhabitants of the parish**<br>**of Breedon on the Hill, Tonge and**<br>**Wilson. The Hall is for the whole**<br>**community, without distinction of sex,**<br>**gender, sexual orientation, age,**<br>**disability, nationality, race or political,**<br>**religious or other opinions. There is the**<br>**provision of facilities for recreation, or**<br>**other leisure time occupation of**<br>**individuals, who have need of such**<br>**facilities by reason of their youth, age,**<br>**infirmity, disability, financial hardship or**<br>**social and economic circumstances.**<br>**Overall, this community facility will**<br>**represent the public at large in the**<br>**interests of social welfare and with the**<br>**object of improving life for the said**<br>**inhabitants.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Yoga classes**<br>**Pilates**<br>**Dance Classes**<br>**General Fitness Classes**<br>**Puppy Training**<br>**WI Meetings**<br>**Private social events eg Parties**<br>**Charitable events eg Macmillan Coffee**<br>**Morning**<br>**Community Wellbeing Events**<br>**Polling Station**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees are all aware of their**<br>**responsibilities as a Trustee and the**<br>**meaning of the term public benefit.**|





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

||<br>SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We do not make grants. However, we do**<br>**allow charities to raise funds in our hall**<br>**paying the lower rate (local community**<br>**rate) of hire.**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have an additional 4 people to sit on**<br>**the committee as members. Two of**<br>**those people did not want to become**<br>**Trustees, but provide a valuable input to**<br>**all of our meetings. The remaining 2**<br>**people are the caretaker and deputy**<br>**caretaker. The caretaker is responsible**<br>**for opening and closing the hall after**<br>**each booking. The deputy caretaker**<br>**covers for the caretaker during**<br>**holidays, illness, etc**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|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 provided a community facility**<br>**for 3 local villages: Breedon on the Hill,**<br>**Tonge and Wilson. To date it has been**<br>**well used for recreational, physical and**<br>**learning activities. Now in  in our**<br>**second year of operation, the use of the**<br>**Hall has continued to increase year on**<br>**year and the community realise what**<br>**this excellent facility offers.**|



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

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**Our main objective for the first 2 years**<br>**of operation, was to ensure that**<br>**Breedon Parish Hall represented a going**<br>**concern and offered excellent facilities**<br>**for the whole community. In this we**<br>**have succeeded.**<br>**We also seek to ensure that we have**<br>**policies in place, updated annually, to**<br>**ensure we offer a safe environment, that**<br>**is legally compliant in every respect.**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**No fundraising activities have been**<br>**carried out in this reporting period**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**As the charity was only registered on 24**<br>**May 23, we have been initially**<br>**concentrating on achieving a steady**<br>**income from hiring the hall, before we**<br>**could adopt an investment policy.**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**For the period of this report, we had an**<br>**income of £13,547, against an**<br>**expenditure of £10,583**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We have agreed that in the next financial**<br>**year, it would be prudent to set aside a**<br>**sum as a start to setting up a Reserve**<br>**Fund.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Zero**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**Because we are waiting until the next**<br>**financial year to determine how much**<br>**we can set aside each year in a Reserve**<br>**Fund**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**We are not in deficit**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**We remain confident that we have a**<br>**viable operation for the future.**|



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

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Our principal source of funding is from**<br>**renting the Parish Hall out for**<br>**community activities.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The principal risk facing the charity is**<br>**that if the community stop using the**<br>**Parish Hall for their range of activities,**<br>**then the income stream ceases. To this**<br>**end, we have adopted a continual media**<br>**presence to advertise our facilities.**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**A Constitution Document dated**<br>**24 May 23**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The Charity is a registered CIO**<br>**(1203242)**|
|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|**Trustees are selected from the**<br>**following:**<br>**Women’s Institute (up to 2)**<br>**Church Charity (up to 2)**<br>**Parish Council (up to 2)**<br>**Additional Trustees are selected by**<br>**invitation (up to 6)**|



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

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51|<br>**We have policies for the following**<br>**subjects that are used to train new**<br>**Trustees:**<br>**1.**<br>**Safeguarding**<br>**2.**<br>**Health & Safety**<br>**3.**<br>**Data Protection**<br>**4.**<br>**Environmental**<br>**5.**<br>**Equality**<br>**6.**<br>**Alcohol**<br>**7.**<br>**Conflict of Interest**<br>**8.**<br>**Accounting**<br>**9.**<br>**Complaints**<br>**10. Wifi & Broadband**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**The Charity is independent of the Parish**<br>**Council and is run by a committee of**<br>**Trustees (7) and members (4). The**<br>**Chairman of the Committee is mandated**<br>**as a Trustee.  Only the trustees have**<br>**voting rights.**|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|**Breedon Parish Council holds the lease**<br>**to the Parish Hall and sub leases it to**<br>**Breedon Parish Hall CIO. The Trustees**<br>**manage the running of the Parish Hall.**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Breedon Parish Hall CIO|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1203242|
|Charity’s principal address|Breedon Parish Hall<br>Priory Close<br>Breedon on the Hill<br>DE73 8LF|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||R J HOUNSLOW|Chairman/Treasurer|WEF 1 Jul 23|Breedon Hall CIO by<br>Chairman and up to 6 other<br>Trustees|
||R Bates|DeputyChairman|WEF 1 Jul 23||
||P Hyland||WEF 1 Jul 23||
||L Carrick||WEF 1 Jul 23||
||S Brown||WEF 1 Jul 23<br>Resigned atyear end||
||T Brean||WEF 1 Jul 23<br>Resigned atyear end||
||J Pond|Secretary|WEF 1 Jul 23||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

## **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|**N/A**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity 

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

Details of arrangements for N/A 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**<br>**adviser**|**Name**<br>**Address**|**Name**<br>**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|Constitutiona<br>l Charity<br>Expert|Ms Clare Morison|Thomson, Snell & Passmore<br>Heathervale house<br>2-4 Vale Avenue<br>Tunbridge Wells<br>Kent<br>TN1 1DJ|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

**N/A** 

## **Other optional information** 

**N/A** 



## **Declarations** 

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

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

**Signature(s)** 

**Full name(s)** ROBERT JOHN HOUNSLOW 

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

**Date** 

20 April 26 

