## **Trustees' Annual Re ort for the eriod p p**
Period start date Period end date 01 10 2024 30 09 2025
**From To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Warslow Village Hall
**Other names charity is known by** N/A **Registered charity number (if any)** 216771
**Charity's principal address** Warslow Village Hall, Cheadle Road, Warslow, Nr Buxton, Derbyshire
**Postcode SK17 0JJ**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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9|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||David Gordon||Allyear- From 18thAug2013||
||Margaret Gee||Allyear-From 13thOct 2013||
||Laura Peach||Allyear- From 18thAug2013||
||AmyWardman||Allyear- From 30thAug2018||
||Ryan Gordon||Allyear- From 18thAug2013||
||Jayne Peach||From 3rdJuly2025||
||Gillian Hunter||From 3rdJuly2025||
||Carole Hunter||From 3rdJuly2025||
**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
|**Names of the trustees for the charity,**|**if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
**Description of the charity’s trusts**
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Constitution
Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
The aim of the Management group is to continue the objectives first stated in 1934 in maintaining the village hall to provide facilities which can be used for educational, social and recreational purposes for the benefit of all residents of Warslow and Elkstones parish and beyond. These facilities will be available to all persons regardless of race, sex, colour, creed and physical or mental disabilities.
The management group (referred to as the Committee) consists of volunteers from within the community. The committee shall be empowered to co-opt to its membership any person(s) necessary to achieve the above aims. The committee shall appoint from its membership a Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary.
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
The Management group comply with equal opportunities and diversity. We strive to deliver a varied and diverse range of activities within the hall which promote a community spirit. Our main objective is to make the village hall the social hub of our community for everyone within the village and surrounding areas. Therefore, Warslow Village Hall seeks to involve volunteers to:
- Ensure our events meet the needs of our community
- Ensure the community are actively involved in Warslow Village Hall
- • Provide opportunities for all ages of the community to develop new skills and perspectives
- Increase our contact with more people in the community
**Declaration of interests**
**David Gordon- Member of Warslow & Elkstones Educational Trust Amy Wardman- Member of Warslow & Elkstones Educational Trust**
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
|**Section C**|**Objectives and activities**|
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|**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|The charity is set out to provide facilities and opportunities that benefit
residents of Warslow, Elkstones and beyond.|
||Over the course of this financial year the hall has accommodated a weekly
clogg dancing group, over 60’s Lunch Brunch, History Live, several 21st
birthday parties, band practices from our local residents, children’s parties,
Wildlife
events,
Connect
Fibre
meetings,
Manifold
Pre-School,
christenings, Parish Council meetings, funerals, farmers meetings and
Staffordshire Athletics group.
The Village Hall committee organised a fashion show, 80/20 auction sale,
Warslow Silver Band concerts, Christmas Fayre, a quiz night and a Bingo
Ball Raffle.
The Village Hall now has a darts and dominoes team part of the
Waterhouses and Hartington League. Matches take place on a Tuesday
and Friday evening.|
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
At Warslow Village Hall we aim to cover our costs through a combination of hire fees, bar surplus and fundraising events. Additional monies enable us to purchase new equipment and to continue the upkeep of the hall. Therefore, the Management Group sought and applied for additional support from the following:
- Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (toilet grant). To maintain and provide public toilets all year.
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The Charity acknowledges the Charities Act (2008) by ensuring the public are benefitted by promoting the voluntary sector, community developments and providing rural opportunities for all. The facilities are available to members of the public despite their gender, age, disability, social or economic circumstances.
- Over the course of the year, the Management Group have worked tirelessly to improve the hall and its facilities, for example: • Installation of a TV ariel.
- Repairs completed for damp.
- Footings for ongoing extension completed- to secure planning.
- • New darts and hall lighting.
- Heavy duty racking purchased for storage purposes.
- Plants and bulbs purchased.
- • New Village Hall laptop purchased. • New ceiling tiles and bar area fully redecorated.
- New display cabinet purchased for trophies to be visible.
- • New wall lights purchased. • Skip hire to spring clean and declutter.
## **Section E Financial review**
The Management Group hold a substantial amount of reserves that will be **Brief statement of the** spent in the best interest of the charity dependent on fluctuations in **charity’s policy on reserves** receipts, payments or major work needed to be carried out next year. **Income October 2024 -September 2025:** £40,601. (Fundraising from events, bar sales, donations, private hire, grant income) **Expenditure October 2024-September 2025:** £34,183. (Cleaning, heating, lighting, bar expenses, event costs, maintenance, telephone, water rates, stationary, licences, waste disposal, insurance, professional fees, card fee charges and equipment purchased) **Details of any funds materially** N/A **in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** The village hall mostly runs on the committee fundraising as hire charges You **may choose** to include alone for lettings of the hall would not keep it open. additional information, where relevant about:
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- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
No assets apart from the current account.
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** L. Peach **Full name(s)** Laura Peach **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Secretary **etc) Date** 04.05.2026
M.Gee Margaret Gee Treasurer
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