**Registered Charity number: 207496** ## **Creative Community Hurst Green CIO** **Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements** **for the Period from 19 March 2024 to 31 August 2025** ## **Creative Community Hurst Green CIO Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the Period from 19 March 2024 to 31 August 2025** |**Contents**|| |---|---| ||Page| |Report of the Trustees|3 - 4| |Statement of Financial Activities|5| |Balance Sheet|6| |Notes to the Financial Statements|7| Page 2 of 7 ## **Creative Community Hurst Green CIO Report of the Trustees for the Period from 19 March 2024 to 31 August 2025** The Trustees are pleased to present their annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the period from 19 March 2024 to 31 August 2025. ## **Trustees** The Trustees who served during the period were: Christine Harwood (Appointed 19 March 2024) Karen Sorenson (Appointed 19 March 2024, deceased 5 June 2024) Barbara Forrest (Appointed 19 March 2024) Julian Taylor (Appointed 17 June 2024) Jacqueline Delooze (Appointed 3 February 2025) ## **Principal address** 71 Hurst Green Road Hurst Green Surrey RH8 9AJ ## **Governing document and constitution** The charity was formed on 19 March 2024 under the standard Charity Commission CIO Foundation model. Prior to that date, Creative Community operated as a community group. On conversion to a CIO, the assets of the group were transferred to Creative Community Hurst Green CIO. ## **Recruitment of Trustees** Trustees are appointed by the other trustees. ## **Objectives and Aims** The main objective of the CIO is the advancement of education of the public living in Hurst Green, Surrey and the surrounding area, in the subjects of arts, crafts and horticulture. The activities carried out by the CIO also benefit the residents by helping with social isolation and lonliness, and improving the area in which they live. ## **Achievement and performance** The CIO is operated by a small number of dedicated Trustees and volunteers. Karen Sorenson was a key Trustee who was instrumental in converting the group to a CIO. Sadly she died not long after the CIO was registered. She is sorely missed. During the period, the CIO has continued to be the Station Partner at Hurst Green Station, organising the station displays in the waiting room. This enables local schools, organisations and individuals to showcase some of the lovely art work that is produced in the local area. The charity has worked with Oxted Parish Council to build and maintain planters in the area outside the Pollards Oak shops. They have also taken over the maintenance of the recently refurbished brick planters in the same courtyard area. This is a significantly improvement to the whole site and has provided a space where people can sit and chat. All the work has been carried out by volunteers and local children have been involved in bulb planting with the help of Surrey Wildlife Trust. This also provides pollinating flowers and plants to improve the biodiversity of the area. The charity also provides support and funding for the Community Garden adjacent to the Hurst Green Community Centre. Currently any further expenditure on the garden is on hold pending a decision on the proposed development of Hurst Green Community Centre. The charity has also run craft workshops at local events, such as card making, sunflower collages, peg people and rag wreath making. It also organised Carol Singing in the Courtyard together with Oxted Band. Page 3 of 7 ## **Creative Community Hurst Green CIO Report of the Trustees for the Period from 19 March 2024 to 31 August 2025** ## **Financial position** The charity has reserves which will be allocated to projects over the coming years with sufficient reserves being maintained to cover key administration items such as insurance. Projects are entered into only when sufficient funds are obtained. Approved by the Board of Trustees on 29 January 2026 and signed on its behalf by Trustee Trustee Page 4 of 7 ## **Creative Community Hurst Green CIO Statement of Financial Activities for the Period from 19 March 2024 to 31 August 2025** |||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**fund**|**fund**|**funds**| |||**£**|**£**|**£**| |**INCOME**||||| |**Donations and grants**||||| |Tandridge District Council lottery||79|-|**79**| |Surrey County Council Participatory Fund||-|500|**500**| |Titsey Rotary||-|400|**400**| |Donation bulbs||-|100|**100**| |East Surrey Community Budget Fund||-|7,000|**7,000**| |Oxted Parish Council Grant aid||-|500|**500**| |Bequest||2,000|-|**2,000**| |Hurst Green Village Fair donation||15|-|**15**| |||2,094|8,500|**10,594**| |**Fundraising events**||||| |Collection St John's Church fair workshop||27|-|**27**| |Open Garden||-|27|**27**| |||27|27|54| |||||| |**Total income**||2,121|8,527|**10,648**| |**EXPENDITURE**||**Unrestricted**
**fund**
**£**|**Restricted**
**fund**
**£**|**Total**
**funds**
**£**| |Bank charges||26|-|**26**| |Insurance 2024||194|-|**194**| |Email domain||73|-|**73**| |Sundries||97|-|**97**| |Hall hire||25|-|**25**| |Hurst Green Courtyard project|**3**|-|7,934|**7,934**| |Hurst Green Station project||-|82|**82**| |Buzz project||-|-|**-**| |Hurst Green Community Garden||-|537|**537**| |**Total expenditure**||415|8,553|**8,968**| |Net movement in funds||1,706|-26|1,680| |Transfer from Creative Community group||2,532|3,811|**6,343**| |**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|**4**|**4,238**|**3,785**|**8,023**| Page 5 of 7 ## **Creative Community Hurst Green CIO Balance Sheet** ## **As at 31 August 2025** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Unrestricted Restricted Total
fund fund funds
CURRENT ASSETS £ £ £
Cash at bank 4,072 3,785 7,857
Cash in hand 166 - 166
NET ASSETS 4,238 3,785 8,023
FUNDS £
Unrestricted funds 4,238
Restricted funds 3,785
TOTAL FUNDS 4 8,023
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 29 Janusry 2026
and were signed on it's behalf by
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Trustee Trustee Page 6 of 7 **Creative Community Hurst Green CIO Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 19 March 2024 to 31 August 2025** ## 1 **Accounting Policies** ## **Basis of preparation** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) – (Charities SORP (FRS102)) and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102). The financial statements have been prepared on a cash basis. ## **Income and expenditure.** Income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when it is received. Expenditure is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when it is paid. ## **Taxation** The CIO is not subject to Income, Capital Gains or Corporation Tax on income and gains from its primary charitable purpose. ## **Fund accounting** Unrestricted funds can be used in accoordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the Trustees. Restricted funds received for restricted purposes can only be used for those purposes. ## **2 Trustees remuneration and benefits** The trustees received no remuneration or benefits. ## **3 Courtyard planters** The CIO has an arrangement with Oxted Parish Council (OPC), who currently hold the lease on the courtyard area, to build and maintain the planter units on their behalf. The insurance of these units is covered by OPC and if Creative Community Hurst Green CIO are unable to continue to maintain the units, they will be taken over by OPC. ## **4 Movement in funds** |**Restricted Funds**
Station
Courtyard project
Buzz project
Community garden
**Unrestricted Funds**
General fund
**Total Funds**|**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance at**
31-Aug-25
£
£
£
£
574
500
-82
992
-
8,000
-7,934
66
2,566
-
-
2,566
671
27
-537
161
**3,811**
**8,527**
**-8,553**
**3,785**
2,532
2,121
-415
4,238
**6,343**
**10,648**
**-8,968**
**8,023**
**Transfer from**
**Creative**
**Community**| |---|---| Page 7 of 7