## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From June 2nd 2023 Period start date To May 31st 2024 Period end date Charity name: Corbridge Community Partnership** ## **Charity registration number: 1203377** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The provision and maintenance of the
former Corbridge Methodist Church for the
use of the inhabitants of the local area
without distinction of political, religious or
other opinions, for recreation and leisure-
time occupation in the interests of social
welfare, with the object of improving the
conditions of life for the inhabitants.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|A building / base for, among other things,
the provision of services to the Corbridge
community in partnership with others.
Including in the areas of health, welfare,
education and well-being. The charity is
newly formed but with plans advancing. We
have also opened the Corbridge Heritage
Centre in part of the building, a new facility
for both residents and visitors stafed by
local volunteers.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees of the Corbridge Community
Partnership have regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit. This guidance has also been
circulated to all trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference N/A Para 1.38 Policy on grant making |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Additional funds which are not immediately
required are placed in a deposit account to
earn interest.| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|As well as its trustees, the Corbridge
Community Partnership is supported by a
number of volunteers. Over 20 form part of
a team staffing the (free entry) Corbridge
Heritage Centre - one part of our building -
which is open for a number of hours four
days a week. Other volunteers help in many
other ways, including the day to day upkeep
of the building, giving their expert advice in
various fields, grant applications, liaising
with other organisations and running fund
raising events plus twice monthly ‘Tea and
Chat’ drop in afternoons.| |Other||N/A| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference ||Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.
Para 1.20
This annual report covers the first 11
months of the Corbridge Community
Partnership’s operation as a Charitable
Incorporated Organisation.
Corbridge Community Partnership has
agreed with the Tynedale Methodist Circuit
a plan to develop community use at the now
closed Corbridge Methodist Church on
Princes Street. The Partnership has use of
the building during 2023/4 to provide some
key activities, prepare plans, assess viability
for future use and negotiate with the Circuit
for longer term use of the building through a
long lease or purchase. If this is not
successful, the building will go on the open
market and is likely to be sold for residential
conversion or demolition and new house
building.
The proposed “Corbridge Community Hub”
will focus on providing mainly health and
well-being services across the age groups
and will complement the other community
facilities in the village, notably the Parish
Hall, which mainly offer venues to be
booked by local sports, arts and hobby
groups. It will also host the Corbridge
Heritage Centre, connecting local people
and visitors with Corbridge’s fascinating
history through displays and interpretation.
The Partnership is committed to providing
services which the community wants and
needs, and has carried out – and continues
- extensive public consultation through
Corbridge Matters magazine, social media,
open days, public meetings and direct
contact.
The concept is to provide a home for
partner organisations to provide health and
well-being services, alongside the Heritage
Centre which celebrates our history and a
community café at the heart of the building.
Working with all parts of our village
community including the most vulnerable.
Our consultations have also included
meetings both with potential charities who
require a base for their community services
in Corbridge and a wide range of advisors.
Also meetings with our local MP,
Northumberland County Council
representatives and local councillor and the
chair of Corbridge Parish Council. All
support us in our aims and plans. A 107-
page full application to Round 4 Window 1
of the government’s Community Ownership
Fund was made in April 2024 with a
decision due in June 2024. But that process
was suspended in May 2024 due to the
calling of the UK General Election.| |---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|1. Already rebranded the former Methodist
Church as the ‘Corbridge Community
Hub’ / ‘The Hub’.
2. We have opened a Heritage Centre that
has been well received by both the local
community and visitors to Corbridge.
3. Community organisations are already
using the Hub to deliver their services
e.g. Tynedale Hospice At Home and St
Andrew’s Church.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|We have been successful in a number of
grant applications together with
Crowdfunding. Raising over £30,000 in
total.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the financial year, c£37k held
in funds.
Although a healthy balance, the upkeep and
development of the building will require
extensive funds which we plan to raise
through initially charging for the rent of the
hall, fund raising and grant applications.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Trust has determined that an
appropriate level of reserves should be no
less than six months of operating costs.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£6000 based on current cost levels.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|1. Obtaining a promised lease from the
Methodist Church.
2. Costs of refurbishment.
3. Securing rental income from potential
users.
4. Continual fund raising activity raising the
sums required.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|1. Grant applications.
2. Fund raising.
3. Rental income.
4. Heritage Centre donations and sales.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|1. Failure to raise adequate funding.
2. Costs of refurbishment increasing.
3. Commitment of volunteers.| |Other||N/A| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s

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Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation.| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
|Para 1.25|Trustees are recruited with regard to
appropriate skills.
Potential trustees are interviewed by at
least two current trustees.
Trustees can be reappointed on a rolling
three year cycle.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You maychoose to include further statements where relevant about:
~~trustees~~||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|All policies are located on the CCP shared
drive including annual accounts,
safeguarding and procedures. All new
trustees are given access to this drive and
any further information / advice required.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The charity operates on a voluntary basis
based on several operational groups which
includes trustees with the relevant skills.
An executive team monitors strategy and
focuses on improving productivity.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|Main partners are:
Northumberland County Council.
Corbridge Parish Council.
Methodist Church.
St Andrew’s Church, Corbridge.| |Other||N/A| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Corbridge Community Partnership| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1203377| |Charity’s principal address|Corbridge Community Hub
Princes Street
Corbridge
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N/A| |---|---| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A 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** Auditor David L Kilner 7 Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 ~~7JG~~ **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(sl Full name(sl OSEPH HODGSO Position leg Secretary, Chair, etcl CA Jf Date CCPTrust Receipts and Payments statementfor the year ended 31st May 2024 2024 Hire charges £2,257.50 £2,257.50 Heritage Centre £3,687.93 £3,687.93 Coffee Mornings £1,504.gQ £1.504.90 GrantslDonations £32,696.56 £32.696.56 Special Events £1.050.00 £1,050.00 Sale of lui £7,875.36 £7,875.36 Miscellaneous £493.00 £493.00 Courant Totrl Income £49,565.25 Ex Running Cost5 Caretaking/ cleaning Improvements Repair/Refurbishment £1,059.49 £67.72 £6,564.60 £8,061.79 Prof fees £1,28100 £1,281.00 Misc Expenditui £748.30 £748.30 Heritage centre £1,204.87 £1,204.87 station £58.98 £58.98 Apple Juice £3,178.93 £3,178.93 Total Expenditure £14,533.87 Surplus for the year £35,031.38 Independently ched(ed by.. Date.. I,Js)- CCPTru5t Balance Sheetas at31 May 2024 Registration number.. 1203377 3110512024 Current A55ets Debtors Cash In Bank 430 37.209 196 Petty cash 37,835 creditors Retalned Surplus Carrled Forwaid 350 37.485 Reconclllatlon of Retslned Surplus.. retained surplus for the year Less Debtots Cancelled.. less prioryear5pend add cash left over from CCP Ltd 35,031 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 11,2111 3,665 xxxx Add back Unpresented Cheques now Time Barred.. xxxx Roundings Adjusted Retained Surplus BIF at 01106124 xxxx 37,485 Grants and Donations income include5 the followin8'." M Luias RWM ASDgrant P Bennett 200 2,CK)O,OQ 1,000.00 loo 00 750 s.000.00 5,000.00 3,000.00 15,046.22 600.34 D W Nicol GHall PAB AMB grant Crowdfunding Various Total Grants and Donation5 32,696.% (CBNRZTT NO. 1203377) YEAR ZNDED 31 MAY 2024 I report on the accounts of Corbridge Comrnunity Partnership for the year ended yt 31 May 2024. As the Management Boatd you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. you consider that the audit requiternent of $144121 of the Chaiities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures pecif led in the General Directions given by the Charity Omtti5sioners under s145 151 Ibl of the Act. wheth&r particular rnatters have come to my attent£on. My eXa￿natI0Th was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Colloui5sioners. exarninatxon includes review of the accounting record8 kept by the charity and comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and the seeking of explanations frorn you as the Manageroent Board concerning any such Tratters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequentlyi I do not Èxpress an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: which gives Tre reasonable cause to believe that, in any IDaterial respect the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with 513ts of the Act: and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met," or to whlch. in rny opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached, apart f tom the infornation included in Note l. David L Kilner Chartered Accountant 7 Eldon Square Newcastle upon Tyne NEI 7JG 6 Dece￿￿er 2024