Trustees. Annual Report for the period From 1 Oclober 2023 31 March 2025 Section A Reference and administration details Charlty nam• St Aidan's Community Centre CIO Other names charity 18 known by Brunton Park Community Centre Registered charlty number lif any 1205194 Charity's principal address 19 Grenville Drive Brunton Park Newcastle upon Tyne Postcode NE3 SPA Names of the charity trusteos who manage the charlty Name of person (or body) enlitled lo appoint trustee rfan Tru8t•• nam• 0ffl¢o {If any) Dat•s ¥¢t•d If not for whole y￿r Leigh Geddes Pat Spong Chair Se¢retary from June 2024 Treasurer Property Manager Bookings Secretary Helen Watson Brian Duell Susie Coates Louise McGeary Ben Pullan David Down David Spencer Jessi¢a Ca To June 2024 To June 2024 St Aidan's Church 10 Secretary to June 2024 Tracey Gasper Barrie Todd 12 St Aidan's Church St Aidan's Church St Aidan's Church 13 14 Chris Watson Julie Seaton Ollwyn Farrell Lucinda Hudson 15 16 From June 2024 Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Description of the charity's trusts Constitution Type of goveming document leg. trusi oeea, consDiutson How the charity is constituted leg. rrusi, assoGiaiion, comoanvi Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).... Twstee selection methods The management committee consists of: A secretary and treasurer eleded at the annual general meeting- Up to six persons appointed by St Aidan's church- Other members nominated by the affiliated organisations lelected at the annual eneral meelin Section C Ob'ectives and activities To promot8 the benefrt of the inhabitants of Brunton Park and Melton Park and the neighbourhood without discrimination. To advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of40cial welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of IFfe for the inhabitants. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document To establish, maintain and manage the community ￿ntre for the activities promoted by the organisation and its constituent bodies, in the furtherance oflhe above objects. The CIO was Constituted in October 2023 but dormant until 29 November 2024, at whiGh date all the activities, assets and liabilities of St Aidan's Community Centre Organisation were transferred to the CIO. This report is therefore primarily concerned vltih activities since 30 November 2024. Summary ofthe maln activities undertaken for tho public benefit in relation to these objects Itnclude wlthln this section the statutory declaration that trusteos have had regard to the guidanco issued by the Charity Commission on publlc benefft) The CIO achieves its charitable objectives through rna1ntenan￿ and management of the community centre. We also hosted a Christmas tea party for older people in De￿rnber 2024, supported by Asda. We have complied with the duty in section 4 of the CharFties Act 2006 to have due re ard to the Charities Commission's ublic benefit uidance. action D Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year The centre has continued to be very busy throughout the year, hosting a very wide range of regular and ad ho¢ user groups. We have continued to maintain the community Cent￿ to a high standard. This has involved ongoing Maintenan￿ and compliance with relevant standards (for example for electrics and fire extinguisher inspection and testing). This year w8 also new fArpet tiles in the club room. In December we On￿ again hosted a very suc¢essful Chrislmas tea party for our local older people. including a full aftemoon tea and entertainment. The tea party featured performances by MADD (Music, Art, Drama and Dan￿) Club, who meet in the community ntre, and was supported by numerous other volunteers who helped in various capacities. We are raleful for a £400 donation from Asda towards the cost of the evenl. Section E Financial review Since we have now transferred all the assets and liabilities of the charity to St Aidan's Community Cenlre CIO, there are no reserves to be held in St Aidan's Community Centre Organisation {the old ¢harity) at the year end. Brfef statement of the charlty's pollcy on reserves Furthor financlal rnvlew detsils (Optional inforniation) Our main source of income is from hiring out the community ￿ntre to users. This is supplemented by income from the 500 Club, and funds raised al the autumn fair. Occasionally we receive other donations and grants. This year we received £1,000 from the parish Council towards the new dishwasher and £400 from Asda towards our Christmas tea party transferred to St Aidan's Communi Centre CIO . SoU￿e$ of income Section F Other optional information Transfer of undertakin s from Sl Aidan's Communit Centre Or anisalion On 29 November 2024 we effected the Iransfer of undertakings from St Aidan's Community Centre Organisation {registered charity 522040) to St Aidan's Community Centre CIO (registered charity 1205194 with substantially the same objectives). This has the effecl of changing the legal fom of the community centre organisation, to become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). CIO status allows the communty centre lo have its own legal personality, separate from the management Gommittee, similar to a limited company. The communty CEnt￿ ¢onlinues to operate as a registered charity and to operate under charity law. All the assets and liabilities of the old organisation have now been legally transferred to the new organisation. the CIO. Next steps are to close the old bank account and close the old charity. We aim to do this in the forthcoming months. There should be no impact on users. Oullook During the past few years we have encountered financial pressures due to Covid (leading to severely redU￿d income for an extended period}, high inflation, and then, in the past year. substantial legal costs to support the creation of the CIO and transfer of activities into il. We have attempted to be fair to our users and limit our pri￿ rises, and therefore our reseNes have diminished over the past few years and our expenditure ha5 ex￿eded our income over the past year. Our unrestricted reserves currently stand at £21,000 versus our policy of £23,000. However, the legal transfer is complete, the building is in good repair and we are in good position going forward. In the coming year we intend to build up our reserves towards our target level. We are also exploring options for solar panels to the building - an investment in the future. which we may be able to secure fundin for. Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charlty's trustee$ Slgnaturels Full name(sl Helen Watson Position (eg Secretaryi Chalr, etc) Treasurer Dat fq St Aidan's Community Centre CIO Receipts and payments accounts Reglstered harity 1205194 Forthe pertod from 12-Oct-23 31 Mar 2025 Section A Receipts and payments Unrg¥trf¢tsd fund¥ Restrlcted funds Totsl funds Lèst y•ar to tho r••rMt to Ilki n••r••t£ tothg rwrq•tt R•c•lpts Tr8n$fw In StN4dan'6 C(mmun' A(flIati￿ f hires Gweral hire SOO Club Cantre 22,3$6 430 22,786 1,956 8,99fj 2.106 1.•S6 8,995 2.106 2,016 2.016 112 Tot•1 r￿Ipts Pa mènts Ratesgnd Cleaniry and Inwwcg GH5 and Bvilding$ and g1W￿•m￿nI￿an¢o Equipment c￿￿Mab￿*S •76 978 4,792 Z,693 144 609 1.245 4,792 3,856 144 809 1,245 470 S76 1.163 500 Club 470 576 Totalpayments N•t of r•c•iptsl(pyments) Ca•h funds last year end Cash fun(ts this year end 895 Page 1 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrrcted funds Resthcted fund¥ Cate9ories Detalls to near••t É B1 Cash fvrKIs 11257 8¥claystsJtrentKc#unl 1.137 7,711 8#5 C8Bh hand 140 Total cash funds 895 unf•8t￿¢t*d funds to n•awtE R￿1rfCted funds Dètsii• to neamt É B2 Other monètary as$ots eLWtl4lPtlon•f> Curr•nt¥4lu• Details Nona B3 Invtstmgnt •ssets D8tail$ StAdan'sCcThmunity ¢￿tro building12024 insuAnce value} c￿munity centrecontents12024 in8uwcavauel t loptk*na Curr•rrt valu• lona B4 Assets retsined for thg charlty's own ￿le 13OB.11J 102.501 Defitirilla 2,000 Amoutit du• IWloMI> Whpn *Ju• Oetalls 85 Liabllitl•8 1A31 R*apts S¥n•a by on•ef trust￿ on behaff aw Ihg tN8tees SvJnatUfe Date of roval /4J{ Pag•2 Notes to the accounts No¢9 1 R•stri¢tod fuThl• Restricted funds a￿lundS that ar8 gNgn lo the cernunty ￿ntr8 lora p8rticJJlar purpc68. Thèy are aC￿n￿j for waratety lo ensure that they are depW&a for the purrm forwhich they we gw. Monw rai%&J at the autumn fairand donat￿n5 tth¥ards the autumn fara treated as reslncted. bttause** *Jverti8e that proc*ds of thefargc to r*Jr repairs and ftjnd. Similwty, S(N) Club r￿Pllts 8nd donathW$ tmrds lh8 $00 Club ar•treatgJ 8$ restnct•d. R¢p•*s•nd *npr0¥¢m￿tfvrtd Inc(rn tothks fund prirrArity frcfn the 500 Club and the aulum far, and donattws. Club exFenses (cash priz851 are taken frcth fund. and th• I￿￿1nder * spent M repairn and tha c¢¥Nnunty c8ntr8. Tho dcaing clthè 500 Club ￿r￿Trts the art￿nt still to ￿ pabJ out in fcf the2025 year. R•palr• and Improvemortfund 2024125 Owing tyalanca Transferfrun StAiJan's Ccrnunty Centr• 30 Incr*re for the EX￿58$. 500 Club prizes Exwditurn on rwirs and ryro¥ern8nts 2.098 470 .1.163 Ck4ing baknce 495 T￿Pa￿ fuftd IncLYn8 lo thi5 fund crn frcffj theAsda Found*'on and is al ￿￿r Christmas tsa paty for c￿ern￿tsrs ¢fthe ccfNnunty. Thi$ fund m Iran5f8fTgJ to StAthn'5 CL¥Mwnty CIO fcYth8 wrpose olfunding Iho fooJ, drinks and sundrBs f￿the ChristrA5 tsa party D•t•mt*r2024 T•a party fvnd 2024125 Op•nirrtJ balance Transfer in StAhlan'8 Comrrnjnty C•fttr8 Expendture on ChrBtrrns tsa paty 400 400 Ck•kng ba*nce Not• 2 Expandltur• on bulldlngs orrfl groundJ The C£￿￿nty centre spends a Synrfrcant amount or its fund5 cfi ￿l￿aIn9¥ grwnds maht￿an¢t. Th8£3,724 in the acc￿nts tor the year rnade up as dotaikny be￿. 1,473 1,285 302 255 228 313 3.856 Fk>Jring Icarpetuknsl Plurt)Ing Joinery Grounds maintgnance Other Pffj•3 Notg 3 Expendlture on fw• The eemnunty centre has spgnt £1,245 on feèJ y•ar. Mostof th￿I£l,2?$) i8 r8lkna to *al f•es to supptyt our ccffi¥er8iM to CIO1888 Ncrte 51. Note 4 Relat•d party transa¢tlons There a nurthrof Iran$action$ during the Pernd the eerrrnnfy r*ntre and indNidualswffto affj n￿rt￿ of th8 rn￿￿3•￿￿t C(￿Mrt1ee orwho are dC*e￿ rdated to ol the man&3enpnt oynrritte8. All such transactws are conduct&1 on the Con￿￿nty ntre'5 terrts of business. and hiw ore at the rate8 Publish￿ on the %•ebsrte. Th• ctsnmunty (tnt￿ inc￿￿ froTh th8 fe41tr￿7n9 organ6ab"ws. whirth ar8 CCfi5bJ8fEd to h relat•J parts98. Communik MADD Club Falfth$ Bndge Club Indoor B¢xk Club Entue pay￿ts rrod• to mlattra pa￿"e$ dunn9 Ihe year**Trto St Apjan s church. Ourfn9 Ihe ￿r, th8 emnunty centre m•Yg a ￿3ULqy eontributbn of we of Ihg C￿1 of grwnds rrAint•nanc•. Nots 5 ¢10 Conv•r8lon and transfer of ass•ts Irom StAldon'$ Communlty Centre CIO 7 29 Noven*)er 2024 the rthanty StAblan's Ccmrnunty Centre Organi$8tion Iregi8tered charty nurrbw 5220401 tran8ferr•J all ts aSS•ts and ¢0 a new charty Tr-e￿ fcrihis purpw. StATrJan'$ Ccffrnunty Centre CIO. r8gi%tered charty nurrbw 1205194. The nwAt¢honty ha5 subslantialty thè sarn el'ectwes as StAwJans cCrn￿wnty Centre 0rgankga1k￿ Ichanty 5220401. The Purp￿ ofthe trwsferi8 lor thg ¢(￿¥￿nty centsvto ￿ ffAnaged incorFwaièJ (xganiiabjn. as discu$8&J and •3r*J atth• 2023 AGM. Not• 6 F￿1 y•ar r•¢•lpts •nd paymants 1 Aprll 2024- 31 March 2025 ISACC and CIO combln•dl Unrestrlcted funds Re•trl¢t•d fund8 Total funds La8ty8ar tothv rn8r•8t toth• n••rqqt £ nq•rnst£ toth• n•ar••tf Recei Affiliation fee5 C￿tr*I hir88 Genwa hire5 500 Club Inierest 6.050 25,490 7.272 6,050 2S.490 7,272 2.022 112 1.687 4S7 6.013 22,B13 7.934 2,450 86 1,$ 2.022 1.687 Cxher InC￿e mn f*'r Total recelpts ments Rates Cleaning and wa*e Insuranc8 Ga$ and dectri Buildsn9$ gnd 9rounds maintenwKe Equlpffj￿1 CN$um8bl89 Fee5 500 Club mn frAr wse5 2,018 13,651 2.010 1J.8S1 1,689 11.200 1,712 12,425 11,200 3.484 5,477 11,121 1,268 J,504 1,779 8.000 10,1t2 935 1.064 935 615 Totalpaym8nts Net of rncelpts/(payments) Ca8h funds last year ènd Cash funds in SACC CIO thls year end 400 495 25.483 Pwje 4 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees** Charity Name St Aidan's Community Centre Organisation (522040)/ St Aidan's Community Centre CIO (1205194) **On accounts for the year** 31 March 2025 **Charity no** 522040 **ended (if any)** 1205194 **Set out on pages** 1 to 3 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **DD / MM / YYYY** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**|Wendy Burdon|17 June 2025| |---|---|---| |||| ||Wendy Burdon|| |||| ||FCA (ICAEW)|| **Oct 2018** 1 **IER** **(if any): Address:** 3 Clayworth Road, Brunton Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 5AB |**Section B**
|**Disclosure**| |---|---| |**Give here brief details of**
**any items that the**
**examiner wishes to**
**disclose**.|Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).| ||The Community Centre have converted its form from an unincorporated
charity to a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) and as such have
engaged with lawyers to facilitate this conversion (final agreement dated 28
November 2024). A separate set of accounts have been prepared and
reviewed for each entity to acknowledge the interim periods under each
form during the period - and transfer of activities and funds has been
disclosed in both sets of accounts.
The accounts have been reviewed in combination, but due to the mid year
transfer users may find direct analytical review more difficult in short term.
All of the transfers appear reasonable, and costs and income relatively
aligned to prior years when looked at on an overall basis.| **Oct 2018** 2 **IER**