Hursley Parish Hall Management Committee, charity number 231496
The Parish Hall
50 Main Road Hursley
WINCHESTER SO21 2JW
Trustees report for the year ended 31 March 2025
Trustees during the year were:
Will Cameron (chair) Christine Ann Knowles (treasurer) Amanda Apps (secretary) Kristin Jane Tridimas Alexander Robert Bell
The Hursley Parish Hall Management Committee is responsible for managing the Parish Hall on behalf of the Hursley Parish Council. The trustees manage the hire, running and maintenance of the hall with assistance from a Hall Manager who deals with day to day matters. The trustees approve expenditure and agree the terms of hire, using external professional advice and local comparables. Trustees are recruited from within the Hursley Parish based on use of the hall, professional expertise and willingness to take part by personal contact or through the Parish social media.
The property is held in trust for the purposes of a village hall for the use of the inhabitants of Hursley without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use for meetings, lectures, classes and other forms of recreation and leisure time activities.
The Trustees are in the process of transferring the Charity into a Charitable incorporated Organisation.
The Hursley Childcare Hub continues to be the main user of the hall and increased that usage during the year. The Trustees are disappointed with the level of private hires in the year which, although increased over 2024, have not returned to the pre covid levels and the Trustees have advertised to the Parish that the hall is “open for business” and the benefit of bringing people together through activities.
The Trustees supported the successful Hursley H’Ams pantomime production of Goldilocks and the Bogeyman in February 2025. It was a fantastic village event running
Winchester Hospice in memory of Doreen Joseph, a much loved local thespian. We are committed to these village events and look forward to supporting the next one.
The incoming resources totalled £29,220 (2024: £24,231). The increase is mostly due to the increased use by the nursery. Expenditure totalled £24,636 (2024: £22,460) and the increase is due to utilities (particularly gas and water).
decorations. Quotes are being obtained for these items and the Trustees are holding the reserves of £28,354 to cover them and are also investigating obtaining grants where possible. The Trustees consider that the charity’s financial status is sound.
The Trustees reserves policy is to hold reserves to cover known upcoming expenditure, plus £10,000, if possible, to allow for any unforeseen emergency repairs.
Hursley Parish Hall Management Committee
Registered Charity No 231496
Statement of financial activities to 31 March 2025
| Incoming resources Unrestricted funds Room hire Grant Interest received Total incoming resources Resources expended Electricity Gas Water Refuse collection Hall management and cleaning Maintenance and repairs Insurance New equipment Total resources expended Net incoming resources Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
2025 29,050 170 29,220 5,205 4,039 3,826 56 7,160 1,554 1,195 401 23,436 5,784 £ 23,770 29,554 £ |
2024 24,071 160 24,231 5,309 3,341 2,996 24 6,865 2,840 1,085 22,460 1,771 £ 21,999 23,770 £ |
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Hursley Parish Hall Management Committee
Registered Charity No 231496
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
| Current Assets Cash at bank Debtors and prepayments Total current assets Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Creditors Deferred income Total Creditors Net current assets Funds of the charity Unrestricted funds |
31 March 2025 £ 27,666 3,361 31,027 2,672 2,672 28,354 £ 28,354 |
31 March 2024 £ 25,486 600 26,086 2,316 2,316 23,770 £ 23,770 £ |
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Signed on behalf of all the trustees:
W Cameron ................................................
Date of approval:
10/12/2025
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Hursley Parish Hall Management Committee Registered Charity No 231496
Year ended 31 March 2025
Notes to the accounts
1 Basis of preparation
1.1 Basis of accounting
These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost in accordance with:
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Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005);
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and with Accounting Standards
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and with the Charities Act 1993.
1.2 Change in basis of accounting
There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year
1.3 Changes to previous accounts
No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
2 Accounting policies
INCOMING RESOURCES
Recognition of incoming These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when: resources · the charity becomes entitled to the resources; · the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
- the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Grants and donations Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources. Contractual income and This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered. performance related grants Donated services and facilities These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES Liability recognition Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing
3 Trustee expenses
No expenses were paid to or on behalf of trustees
4 Employees
The charity had no employees
Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of Hursley Parish Hall Management Committee, charity number 231496
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/3/2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees, 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 Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and 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
attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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.
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