Trustees. Annual Report to the Charity Commission for the period
l January 2025 - 31 December 2025
Charity name: THORVERTON MEMORIAL HALL
Charity reglstration number., 203778
Objectives and Activltles: to provide & maintain a village hall for the use of
the inhabitants of the Parish of Thorverton without distinction of political, reli-
gious or other opinions, including the use of meetings lectures and classes, and
for other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation, with the objective of
improving the condition of life for the villagers.
The Govemlng Document is the Scheme dated 26th April 1977 as amended by a
resolutlon dated 13th October 2023. This resolution made a number of minor
administrative changes which We￿ accepted by the Charity Commission on 7th
November 2023.
Thorverton Memorial Hall Committee of Management is comprised of up to ten
elected Trustees, plus two co-opted Trustees, as well as one representative
nominated by the Parish Council and up to five others nominated by recognSsed
local organisations.
Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting
held In Aprll.
In 2025 our Trustees were the followlng:
Penny Wlles, Michael Baldwin, Peter Marshall (until June 2025), Sarah Addicott,
Andrew Saunders, Naomi Hepworth, Guy Bracewell, Emmie Payne Cook, Noel
Tancock (until April 2025), Carolyn Johnson, Stephanie Gounaris-shannon (until
March 2025) Bryony Uglow (Parish Council nominee) Peter Griffiths (from Octo-
ber 2025)
Summary of the main achlevements of the charity during the year
Increasing the use of the hall
TMH exists to beneflt all those Ilving in the community of Thorverton & we
are lucky to have such a well-appolnted hall In an attractive setting.
Focusing on bookings for a minute, much of TMH'S bread-and-butter income
comes from regular activities such as Pilates, and from one-off bookings such
as parties & weddings. Bookings overall saw a 16010 increase in 2025, down
slightly on the previous year. New types of bookings for 2025 included craft
workshops, art workshops, a busine55 team building day, plus a crèche.
Carrying out a number of improvements to the hall
Several capital funding opportunities came our way in 2025. In the summer
we applied for & were granted 100 % funding amounting to just over £4000
from Mid Devon District Council under its Community Commercial Hubs
programme set up to develop community halls for businesses. The timing
was fortunate as we had been conscious for a while of the limitations of the
hall's rather heavy and old-fashioned chairs. The work of putting together the
application was a true team effort with many Trustees involved in sourcing
and selecting new chairs and other equipment. 100 new conference Style
chairs were delivered in November and have been judged by our hall users to
be comfortable as well as Ilght.

A further grant opportunity presented itself in late 2025, once again from Mid
Devon Distrlct Council. We were awarded a grant of £5,000 under the
Councll's Green Enterprlse Grant scheme towards the £10,000 cost of
installing a solar battery to complement the existing solar panels, together
with two new triple-glazed wlndows in the back hall. The work on completing
this grant application was undertaken by the Secretary of the Trustees who,
as part of this process, also drafted the hall's Carbon Reduction Plan. The
works were completed in March 2026.& it is anticipated that TMH will reap
the financial benefits of the solar battery through reduced electricity costs.
Developing the hall as a business hub
The concept of the TMH Business Hub providlng conference, meetlng and
workshop spaces for local business and the wider community evolved from
the work undertaken to make the hall more suitable for buslness use, and
from the realisation that, being in a rural environment but close to transport
links, TMH should appeal to businesses. The Hub is as yet in its infancy and
promoting & marketing what TMH can offer is an area of work that Trustees
are developing. This work has been carried out in tandem with updating and
improving the website, which is ongoing.
Artivities & events in Thorverton Memorlal Hall In 2025
The activities that take place in the hall continue to bè a mix of classe5
organised by third parties, a space for the school to use for their theatrical
performances, as well as a steady stream of bookings for parties of all kinds,
and events organised by Thorverton Memorial Hall.
The showing of films each month continued throughout 2025 and we also
hosted a theatrical performance of 'Last Dance Saloon,, with the support of
'V.illages in Action, which is Arts Council funded and geared to brlng theatrical
productions to rural venues in the south west. The performance culminated in
a tango lesson for all in the audience. One issue which Vlllages in Action say
is common with other venues was the low audience numbers. We have to
bear in mind the benefit of brlnging such productions to TMH balanced
against the conslderable work, and financial risk, entalled In hosting such
performances
The monthly Big Breakfasts continue to attract up to 50 villagers every
month, & it has been pleasing to see more young families following their park
run on the Millennium Green by coming into TMH for breakfast. A well
attended community event was a mass plcnic on the hall lawn in May
th
commemorating the 80 Anniversary of VE Day.
Financial Review
Our Treasurer passed away following several months Illness in June 2025,
which was a great sadness. We were very fortunate to recruit a new Trustee
with an accountancy background who was prepared to take on the role of
Treasurer from November 2025. Whilst acknowledging the spreadsheet-
based financial record keeping was rather outmoded, it was decided to
continue for a few months with the spreadsheet and to take time to carefully
consider what sort of accounts system should be introduced and address the
Issue of whether, and how, to outsource a web-based accounts system.

Encouraged by the posltive Quickbooks experience of one of our Trustees, we
decided to opt for this system which so far has proved successful in meeting
the specific needs of a small charity such as ours. It is a huge plus that
managlng thls system in-house has proved do-able and that we do not need
to go down the road of outsourclng the day-to-day accounts management.
Throughout 2025 TMH flnances were in robust shape, with the 2025 surplus
being more than double that of 2024.
Future plans
SorrTe specific projects have been Identlfled, as follows:
Look creatively at the potential of the hall, & how to boost bookings
during quiet periods such as weekday afternoons
Continue developing the website
Encourage and nurture more buslness use
Diversify the craft & produce stalls (In realityi tables) at Big Breakfast,
and encourage more food producers to come on a regular basis
Encourage a younger demographic to hall events
Hold events such as community meals, and draw in. people other than
Trustees to help organlse
Appoint more Trustees to help Spread the load
Investigate moving to an online booking system
Review our policies & draft new ones where there are gaps
Implement some of the improvements highlighted in the Carbon
Reduction Plan
Reallstlcally not all of the above will be achleved in the next year, but the
above list gives our direction of travel.
Whilst individual Trustees take on responslblllty for particular projects such
as updating the website, all Trustees made valuable contributions to the work
of TMH in 2025.
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's Trustees
Penny Wiles
Chair of Trustees
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Date: 12 June 2026

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLANO ANO WALES
Th¢rv•rttsn Memorfal Hall
203778
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
Forth• p•riod
Irom
To
0110112025
3111212025
Section A Receipts and payments
fund$
fund$
toll* rwrgst£
Total lund•
tou* n•gr•rf£
totr* n•*r••t £
A1 Recèi
11651
10,83•
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& Iqt¢h8n
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GraNtslthJnaikn
Inter85t
12.960
1,441
11307
TJ3
1.441
4122
357
1219
Sub tot•l(Gro&& inoomg forAR)
,o¢s
A2 Ass•t and inv•stment saf•
Sub totei
29,033
4,032
34.606
A3 Payment#
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wAm8nhb$
Hall k4a*itenan
Event Costs
LMIN?s &
InwrancelLr*nf
M19celaneou8
Oonation
653
931
781
781
100
Sub totsi
24416
4Q32
2BA47
A4 Asg•t and Inv•stmont
purchaw, tsblel
Sub total
Totalpaym•nts
24.415
4.032
28.447
32,557
Netolrecelpwpaymentsj
A5 Trnnsfers b•twe•n fvnds
Afj Cash funds last year ond
Cash funds this yoor•nd
SA18
5,418
2,049
36,368
40,786
33.368
40,786
35,368
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Un¥ostrictèd
fund$
to hoar•tte
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Endowment
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Det￿118
81 Ca•h fund•
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4927
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34619
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40,786
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82 Other monetary assets
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B3 Invostmonl assets
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Print Name
Dat& of approval
CCXX R2 aceounts ISSI
1310512026

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Soction A
Indeperident Examiner s Report
Rèport to tho trusteesl
members of
Thorverton Mernorial Hall
On accounts for the year
ended
31 December 2025
Charlty no
(rf any)
203778
Sot out on pages
1and2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
¢h8rlty ('the Trusf) for the year ended 3111212023
Re8ponslbllltlos and, As the ¢harfty tru$te8s of the Trust you are responsible for Ihe preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requlrements of the Charities Act
2011 (Ihe Act.).
I rep(xt In re8Fect of my examlnallon of the T￿￿1.8 accounts carrfed out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by. the Charity Commission
under 8ectlM 145(5Xb) of the Ai*
I have a)mpleted my 6xaminakn. l ￿nfirni no materi81 matters have
come to my attentlon (other than that disclosed below.) in connection with
the examlnatlon which gtves me cause to believe that in, any material
r8specL'
accountiffj records were not kept In accordan￿ wtth 8ectlon 130 of
thektor
the a¢￿Unts do not accord with the 8ccountirKJ records
Indepondent
examinerfs statsm•nt
I have no [￿Cem8 and have come aixo&g no other matters in o￿neCtIon
th the examinatron to whlch attention 8hould be drawn In to enable a
proper urKlerstsrKling of the acixxjnts to be reached.
' Please delete th8 words in the brackets If they do not apply.
Slgned:
Nam•:
Stuart Crebo
Relevant proftsslonal
quallfi¢allon{8) or body
Ilf any):
FCIB. CF
Address:
Victoria Orchard
EX55NU
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosiire
Only Complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32.
Independent examination of charity a￿D￿nts. directions and gUidan￿fOr
examiners).
No areas of con￿rn lo disdose
Glve here brl•f dolalls of
any Items that the
examiner wlshes to
discloso.
IER
October 2018