2024-03-31-accounts

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The Great War Memorial Hall

(Known as Mawnan Memorial Hall)

Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31 March 2024

The Trustees present their report and the receipts and payments account together with a statement of assets of the Charity for the year ended 31st March 2024. The statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity’s trust deed and applicable law.

The Great War Memorial Hall of Mawnan Smith, Cornwall is an unincorporated charity registered with the Charity Commissioners (Number 235032) and constituted by Deed of Trust, dated 28th August, 1920. Its objectives are to use the Memorial Hall for the recreation or otherwise of the residents of Mawnan Smith or for social, charitable or other public services.

During the year the Charity’s committee continued to manage the hall in accordance with the Deed of Trust. Following on from the covid epidemic the management of the hall has returned to the level activities previously enjoyed. At all times the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. It is hoped that the programme for 2024/25 will continue to fully utilise the hall.

The Charity is administered by a management committee who are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting. Those who served during the year comprised:-

Rodney Allday Anthony Barbary Christina Corbett Susan Glover Sylvia King Brenda Kirk Philip Moyle Nial Murphy Ian Newman Susan Pitman Nicholas Rawley Caroline Toland Valerie Tunwell (Chair)

The Charity’s bankers are Barclays of Killigrew Street, Falmouth, Cornwall and its solicitors are Hine Downing of Berkeley Vale, Falmouth.

The committee continue to monitor income and expenses carefully and it is considered that the charity should maintain a reserve equal to at least one full year’s running expenses. In addition reserves are being accumulated to cover the possible cost of future major maintenance. This will be kept under review.

The Trustees are mindful of the need to keep under review potential risks and have arranged suitable insurance cover.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees

Mawnan Memoriał Hall, Sampys Hill, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth. TR11 5EP

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THE GREAT WAR MEMORIAL HALL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2024

		2024 £ £ 31,055	2024 £ £ 31,055	2023	2023
				£	£
Receipts Craft market - takings Less:Exhibitors Expenses					36,872
		22,524 468		25,033
			22,992	1,416	26,950
			8,063		10,423
Farmers Market Lettings Book sales Film Club Snooker Sundry income Donations		730 10,589 105 1,906 2,602 1,543 1,100			1,454
					10,178
					25
					1,008
					1,964
					13
			18,575		0
			26,638		25,065
Payments Hall expenses Electricity Oil Insurance Water rates Maintenance		6,163 796 1,413 432 1,420		756
				1,076
				1,190
				540
				20,332
		10,224 773 280 36 695 6,600		23,894
Fund raising - Film Club Performing Rights Sundry expenses Telephone Wages				56
				155
				197
				979
			18,608	6,050	31,331
Excess payments/surplus receipts over payments from running the hall			8,030		-6,266
Add: Investment income:Dividends, net of management charges Surplus of receipts over payments for the year			2,187		1,668
			10,217		-4,598
Cash and investment balances at beginning of year			93,460		98,058
Cash and investment balances at end of year			£103,677		£93,460
Represented by:-
Barclays Community Accounts Cash held by Investment Managers Investments at cost (Market value £23,713, 2022 £24,601)			55,131 26,133 22,413		47,101
					23,946
					22,413
			£103,677		£93,460
Note:The Memorial Hall is held in trust and is valued for insurance purposes at £876,579.

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The Great War Memorial Hall

(Known as Mawnan Memorial Hall)

Independent Examiner’s Report to the members of The Great War Memorial Hall

For the year ended 31[st] March, 2024

I report to the trustees on my examination of the receipts and payments account of the Mawnan Memorial Hall, (the Trust), for the year ended 31st March 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the 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

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act;

2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

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.

Signed: Christopher Ohly

Name: Christopher Ohly

Address: Caris Lodge, Carwinion Road, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall. TR11 5JD Date: 3rd July, 2024