## Robert Craven memorial Hall CIO
Charity number 1208681
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2026
## Robert Craven memorial Hall CIO
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2026
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Examiner's report|4|
|Receipts and payments account|5|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7 to 8|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## Robert Craven memorial Hall CIO
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
|The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were:|The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were:|The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were:|
|---|---|---|
|**Name**|**Position**|**Dates**|
|Anne Barrowman|Chair|Resigned 16 December 2025|
|Katharine Fraser|Treasurer||
|Diane Vida|Secretary||
|Lisa Youngman|||
|Rupert Hodges|||
|David Martin MBE|||
|Helen Mylan|||
|John Broadley|||
|Roger Fayle||Appointed 17 June 2025|
|**Charity number**|1208681|Registered in England and Wales|
|**Registered and principal address Bankers**|||
|Robert Craven Memorial Hall|National Westminster Bank plc|COIF Charity Funds|
|Old Lane, Bramhope|Exchange Buildings|CCLA Investment Mgmt Ltd|
|LEEDS|High Street|80 Cheapside|
|LS16 9AZ|Skipyon|London|
||BD23 1JA|EC2V 6DZ|
**Independent examiner** Katy Sargeant ACA **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation formed on 17 June 2024 and is governed by a constitution.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the trustees at a duly convened meeting.
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## Robert Craven memorial Hall CIO
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To provide, maintain and promote the use of a village hall for the benefit of the public at large and the inhabitants of the parish of Bramhope in particular without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, race or political, religious or other opinions; the provisions of facilities for recreation or other leisure - time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances with the object of improving the conditions of life of the public at large and the in habitants of the parish.
## **The charity's main activities**
The charity has provided a space for local groups and individuals to use for sporting, education, social and leisure activities.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit.
## **Achievements and performance**
The charity has continued with its improvement programme for the Hall. During the current year it has refurbished the male and female lavatories and the remaining rooms that had not yet been renovated. This has marked the end of a 10 year programme during which the entire hall has been updated following many years of neglect and now provides a modern, safe and welcoming environment for all our users.
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year were £23,744, all unrestricted in nature.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £28,168.
The Trustees have adopted a reserve policy to keep a reserve of funds between £20000 and £40000 which they consider sufficient to cover running cost of the Hall for 6 months.
Approved by the board of trustees on 07/07/26
Lisa Youngman (Trustee)
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## Robert Craven memorial Hall CIO
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Robert Craven memorial Hall CIO
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2026, which are set out on pages 5 to 8.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
Katy Sargeant ACA
09/07/26
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## Robert Craven memorial Hall CIO
## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2026
|Notes
2026
2026
UnrestrictedRestricted
funds
funds
£
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
5,500
-
Hall booking income
######
-
Bank interest
877
-
**Total receipts**
######
-
**Payments**
Salary costs
######
-
Gas
2,637
-
Electricity
2,129
-
Rates, water, sewerage
2,439
-
Insurance
2,865
-
Repairs, maintenance and cleaning
2,581
-
Telephone
360
-
Event costs
4,727
-
Website and IT costs
340
-
Hall refurbishment
######
-
Accounts and independent examination
660
-
Other admin costs
205
-
**Total payments**
######
-
**Net receipts / (payments)**
######
-
**Fund balances brought forward**
######
**Fund balances carried forward**
(3)
######
-|2026
Total
funds
£
5,500
54,177
877
60,554
31,625
2,637
2,129
2,439
2,865
2,581
360
4,727
340
33,730
660
205
84,298
(23,744)
51,912
28,168|2025
Total
funds
£
52,573
11,911
329
64,813
7,411
1,431
490
301
2,288
435
79
366
100
-
-
-
12,901
51,912
-
51,912|
|---|---|---|
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## Robert Craven memorial Hall CIO Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 March 2026
2026
2026
UnrestrictedRestricted
£
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
######
-
Cash in hand
-
-
**Total cash funds**
######
-
**Debtors and prepayments**
Debtors
Prepayments
**Assets retained for the charity's own use**
Village Hall
Gazebos
**Liabilities**
Accruals|2026
Total
£
28,168
-
28,168
2026
£
1,305
3,026
4,331
2026
£
660
660|2025
Total
£
50,526
1,386
51,912|
|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 07/07/26
Lisa Youngman (Trustee)
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## Robert Craven memorial Hall CIO
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2026
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
All funds are unrestricted funds and are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
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## Robert Craven memorial Hall CIO
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2026
|**Grants and donations**
2026
2026
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
£
£
Bramhope Parish Council
3,000
Bramhope Trust
2,000
Leeds MICE
500
Donation from unincorporated charity to CIO
-
Other donations
-
5,500
-|2026
Total
funds
£
3,000
2,000
500
-
-
5,500|2025
Total
funds
£
-
-
-
52,539
34
52,573|
|---|---|---|
## **2 Grants and donations**
## **3 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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