2022-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1[st] January 2022 to 31[st] December 2022

Charity name: The Croft Hall, Hungerford

Charity registration number: 231437

Objectives and Activities

Objectives and Activities	Objectives and Activities	Objectives and Activities
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document Para 1.17 Management of the Croft Hall, Hungerford, Berkshire
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. Para 1.17 and 1.19 Private lettings and public and private hirings of the facilities within the building when not required for the main object of the charity
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38
Other

Achievements and Performance

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Achievements and Performance	Achievements and Performance	Achievements and Performance
SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	The charity provides excellent facilities for the main beneficiary of the charity, the Parish Church of St Lawrence in Hungerford, Berkshire on those occasions when it wishes to use them for meetings and other church-related functions. At all other times the facilities (which comprise the Main Hall, the Small Hall alongside it, a private meeting room and a kitchen) are made available to local community clubs and organisations and to private individuals subject to payment of hire fees which are reviewed annually. No other local venue provides comparable facilities for such public events and functions.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The charity’s expenditure during the period
financial position at the end exceeded its income by £14,540.13 as
of the period shown in its accompanying accounts,
almost entirely due to the Covid pandemic
which had a major negative impact on hire
fees received. A credit balance in the
charity’s TSB bank account of £27,308.57
resulted from the closure of its Nationwide
Building Society account and the transfer of
its funds into the TSB account.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 Reserves are held as security for future
policy for holding reserves expenditure. There are no reserves at the
stating why they are held present time, although arrangements are
being made to open a new deposit account
with Metrobank into which a sum of
perhaps £15,000 will be transferred in due
course
.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Nil
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 See under 1.21 above.
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 N/A
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 There are no such uncertainties
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Trust Deed dated 1stAugust 1900 and Charity Scheme dated 4thApril 2001
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	The charity is managed by Trustees appointed in accordance with its governing instruments
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	New trustees are appointed from time by the Vicar of Hungerford as provided for in in the 1900 Trust Deed following invitation of applicants and their approval at Trustees’ meetings

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

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Charity name Croft Hall
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 231437
Charity’s principal address The Croft Hall
The Croft
Hungerford
Berkshire RG17 0HY
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
Michael Walter Vicar of Hungerford
1
Saunders
2 Christopher Dodd Chairman Michael Walter Saunders
David Anthony Treasurer and Michael Walter Saunders
3 George Small Secretary
Anthony Drewer- Michael Walter Saunders
4
Trump
Norman Sinclair- Michael Walter Saunders
5
Baines
Richard Henry Michael Walter Saunders
6
Fradgley
7
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10
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12
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name None

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity	None
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects	N/A
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets	N/A

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of	Name	Address
adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

N/A

Other optional information

None

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) DAG Small Full name(s) David Anthony George Small Position (eg Secretary, Secretary and Treasurer Chair, etc) Date 13th April 2023

TRUSTEES OF THE CROFT HALL

ACCOUNTS for the year ending 31st December 2022

INCOME Letting - 2M Wellness Other rents - Nursery School and Scouts Hire fees LESS EXPENSES Building maintenance Caretaking Heat light & water Insurance Wheelie-bins Wi-fi and IT Miscellaneous and fees Balance as at 31 December 2022 Funds in TSB bank account on 1st January 2022 Transfer from Nationwide BS after account closure Excess of expenditure over income Funds in TSB bank account on 31st December 2022

£ £ 5,038.00 1,350.00 19,771.66 26,159.66 20,624.11 10,798.75 3,087.62 1,634.67 1,344.79 504.69 2,705.16 40,699.79 18,407.14 23,441.56 -14,540.13 27,308.57

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of THE CRO￿ HALL, HUNGERFORD On accounts for the y￿r ended 31 December 2022 Charlty no lrfany) 231437 Sot out on pag08 I report to the trustees on my examination of the acry)unts of the above charrty (Yhe Trust'l for the year ended 3111212019 Responslbllltles and basis of report As the charity's trustees. you are responsible for the prepar￿lon of the accounts in aC￿rdance wrth the requirennts of the Charities Act 2011 {Ihe Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's xcounts canied out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Direth'ons given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5}(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have examinerf8 Statement Con￿ to my attentson in conneth'on with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material resrttt.. the accounting fecords were not kept in xcordance with section 130 of the Charities Act: or the accounts dKI not accord with th• ac¢ounting r•cords,' or the a￿Ount$ did not comply the applicable requirements conceming the fom and (￿ntent of acwunts set out in the Charities (Accounts and ReFQrts) Regulations 2008 other than any requiremenl that the acrounts give a 'true and lairf vrew which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no ¢on¢ems and have Come across no other matters in connection th the examinats'on to whith attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper urKlerstanding of the accounts to be re&hed. Slgned: 27￿d2-￿3 Name". Lji Relevant professional qualifications rf.c Address: iL4A4A VAS • (r

Section B Disclosure Only wmplete rf the exam5ner needs to h￿hlIght mateiial matters of cor￿eM (see CC32. Independent examinatson of charity a￿aUnts.. directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Glvo here brief detsils of any itoms that tho examiner wishes to dlsclose.