## **Layer de la Haye Queen Elizabeth Hall** ## **Annual Report of the Trustees for the Year End 31[st] March 2024** ## **Trustees** ## **Elected** - Mr Ian Moore (Chair) (Management) - Mrs Carole Littlewood (Hon Secretary) (Management) - Mrs Susan Neal (Hon Treasurer) (Management) ## **Representatives** - Mr Peter Halls ( Bowls) - Mrs M A Hughes ( Scouts and Church) - Mrs Caroline Chambers (Pre School) - Mrs Anne Taylor (Layer Ladies) - Mrs B Clay ( Good Companions and JB TOTS) - Mrs Lesley Ellis(badminton) - Mrs G Barclay (Brownies) The object of the charity is to provide a village hall for the use of the inhabitants of the Parish of Layer de la Haye and others for meetings, lectures and classes and for other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions for the said inhabitants. The main hall is used by Layer Preschool each day during term time. Income is generated from Hire fees, charity events and donations. Cash reserves at the end of the year were £49,985. The reserves policy is to allow for running costs of the two halls and for necessary repairs. ## **Queen Elizabeth Hall** ## **Analysis of income and expenditure Selected period: 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024** ||**Total**||| |---|---|---|---| ||**This year**|**Last year**|**Variance**| |IR0101 - Hall Hire & Lettings|27,281.55|27,217.13|64.42| |IR0102 - Hall Fumd Raising|541.00|375.00|166.00| |IR0103 - Bar Receipts|0.00|0.00|0.00| |IR0104 - Deposits not Returned|85.00|0.00|85.00| |IR0105 - Phone Income|45.00|225.00|-180.00| |IG0201 - Deposit Account Interest|405.16|91.71|313.45| |IG0202 - Savings Account Interest|10.99|2.40|8.59| |IG0203 - Virgin Money Interest|0.00|188.23|-188.23| |FURL - Furlough|0.00|0.00|0.00| |IR106 - Grants|0.00|0.00|0.00| ||28,368.70|28,099.47|269.23| |EG0101 - Wages|8,236.88|9,703.65|-1,466.77| |EG0151 - General Rates|198.55|373.76|-175.21| |EG0200 - Insurance|3,319.55|3,156.00|163.55| |EG0251 - Electricity|7,742.84|5,900.18|1,842.66| |EG0252 - Gas|930.46|570.70|359.76| |EG0253 - Water|727.60|862.45|-134.85| |EG0301 - Entertianment|0.00|0.00|0.00| |EG0351 - Postage|0.00|0.00|0.00| |EG0352 - Stationery|6.95|9.99|-3.04| |EG0353 - Books|0.00|0.00|0.00| |EG0401 - Telephone & Broadband|716.74|879.73|-162.99| |EG0402 - Computer & Software|814.44|1,507.50|-693.06| |EG0451 - Licences|1,041.22|1,143.22|-102.00| |EG0452 - Premises Expenses|168.39|227.06|-58.67| |EG0453 - Booking & Caretaker|0.00|0.00|0.00| |EG0454 - Equipment Hire & Purchase|0.00|79.98|-79.98| |EG0455 - Cleaning|1,860.99|2,636.08|-775.09| |EG0456 - Repairs & Renweals|3,357.79|1,930.73|1,427.06| |EG0457 - Annexe Building Costs|0.00|0.00|0.00| |EG0458 - Bank Charges|127.60|132.34|-4.74| |EG0459 - Covid expendoture|0.00|0.00|0.00| |EG0490 - Extraordinary Expenditure|0.00|0.00|0.00| |EG0500 - Hall Hire|0.00|0.00|0.00| ||29,250.00|29,113.37|136.63| |Profit / (Loss)|(881.30)|(1,013.90)|132.60| 1 ## **Queen Elizabeth Hall** ## **Analysis of income and expenditure Selected period: 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2023** ||**Total**||| |---|---|---|---| ||**This year**|**Last year**|**Variance**| |IR0101 - Hall Hire & Lettings|27,217.13|24,451.15|2,765.98| |IR0102 - Hall Fumd Raising|375.00|341.00|34.00| |IR0104 - Deposits not Returned|0.00|400.00|(400.00)| |IR0105 - Phone Income|225.00|210.00|15.00| |IG0201 - Deposit Account Interest|91.71|2.59|89.12| |IG0202 - Savings Account Interest|2.40|0.08|2.32| |IG0203 - Virgin Money Interest|188.23|0.00|188.23| |Total Income|28,099.47|25,404.82|2,694.65| |EG0101 - Wages|9,703.65|6,158.49|3,545.16| |EG0151 - General Rates|373.76|166.79|206.97| |EG0200 - Insurance|3,156.00|2,944.90|211.10| |EG0251 - Electricity|5,900.18|4,356.10|1,544.08| |EG0252 - Gas|570.70|532.05|38.65| |EG0253 - Water|862.45|675.77|186.68| |EG0352 - Stationery|9.99|0.00|9.99| |EG0401 - Telephone & Broadband|879.73|874.60|5.13| |EG0402 - Computer & Software|1,507.50|414.00|1,093.50| |EG0451 - Licences|1,143.22|180.00|963.22| |EG0452 - Premises Expenses|227.06|1,050.30|(823.24)| |EG0454 - Equipment Hire & Purchase|79.98|148.00|(68.02)| |EG0455 - Cleaning|2,636.08|2,142.85|493.23| |EG0456 - Repairs & Renweals|1,930.73|2,606.18|(675.45)| |EG0458 - Bank Charges|132.34|38.80|93.54| |EG0490 - Extraordinary Expenditure|0.00|5,230.00|(5,230.00)| |Total Expenses|29,113.37|27,518.83|1,594.54| |Income over expenses|(1,013.90)|(2,114.01)|1,100.11| 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Iiidependont Examlnar'8 Report Report to the trusteesl members of On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) IIL645 Set out on pages tni lud h et= I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust.) for the year ended gl L)3 'IOLL Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the 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 sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (olhertharklketrdisclosekn ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn 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. Date: Independent examiner's statement Signed: Name: MR GRhllA M oktftfi LES ST¥eiltrTrl TIIIL kc i G (/tSSocihTr CIfftRTFRaJ 4A¢SfinArE Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: J c Lh-qER bg l+/k4r, CoLcj+tgrL-• ÈSS4 Co l o&fr IER October 2018