KESTON VILLAGE HALL TRUST. A Registered Charity. ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 2022.
Keston Village Hall of Heathfield Road. Keston is registered with the Charity Commissioners
No. 238848.
The Trust is administered by a management committee consisting of the following trustees:
Chairman: Mr. R.G Smithson J.P Secretary: Mrs. Higgins Treasurer: Mr. R. Ravindran Other Trustees: Mrs J.Leng, Mrs M Blythe, Mr K.Baksh, Mr N Higgins
Mrs. P. Broughton, Mrs K Smithson, Mrs M Marshall
The object of the charity is the provision and maintenance of the Village Hall for the use of the inhabitants of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Keston and the neighbourhood thereof without the distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including meetings, lectures and classes, and other forms of leisure occupations, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.
Regular users of the Hall included badminton clubs, dancing classes, dog training classes, short mat bowling, mothers and toddlers group, cactus society, Pilate’s classes, yoga classes, Morris Men, and sewing classes. Additionally a number of adult and children’s parties, concerts, charity fundraising events, antique fairs and wedding receptions were held.
Investments to ensure safety and security of the halls have been ongoing with refurbishments to the toilets, fire safety equipment and new electronic door locking. Work is underway for the installation of security cameras in key areas.
Following use of the defibrillator (successfully) the unit has been maintained with new pads and battery purchased to ensure the unit is always ready.
The Bookings Secretary reported bookings well up to expectations with a number of new bookings. The hall is now nearly at 100% usage during the week with only a few spots available in the jubilee room in the evening. In addition the number of Friday & Saturday evening parties and, particularly, weddings has continued to the benefit of income .
Income from the hire of the halls was £44748 after expenditure of 38290 the balance was £6458 with assets held including investments £78,262. No further major expenditure is foreseen for the next 3 years although the
increase in price of utilities has been highlighted as an area of concern.
R.G.Smithson J.P
Chairman. For and on behalf of the Trustees
## **Charity Name Keston Village Hall Trust**
## **Receipts and pay**
**For the period from**
Period start date
**Jan 1, 22**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted funds**
## **Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
## **to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
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Hire Charges for Use of Hall 43,405 -
Hire Charges for use of Jubilee Room 1,683 -
Rent from Men's Club 340 -
Hire Refund - 680 -
Bequest - -
Bank Interest -
Damage claim - -
Covid Grant - -
44,748 -
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
COIF Charities Investment Funds
Accumulation Units -
-
COIF Charities Investment Funds
Income Units -
- -
Sub total - - ##
Total receipts 44,748 -
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A3 Payments
Heat & Light 6,764 -
Cleaning 10,241 -
Rates & Water 2,489 -
Repair & Maintenance 8,509 -
Insurance 2,252 -
Equipment 2,284 -
Sundries 795 -
Secretarial fees and expenses 4,800 -
Performing Rights Fee 41 -
Bank Charges 114 -
Refund - EDF Energy -
Building -
Sub total 38,289 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table) -
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COIF Charities Investment Funds
Accumulation Units - -
COIF Charities Investment Funds
Income Units - -
-
Sub total - -
Total payments 38,289 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 6,459 -
A5 Transfers between funds - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 7,399 -
Cash funds this year end 13,858 -
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the**
## **Categories**
## **Details**
## **B1 Cash funds**
**Bank Accounts RBS Bank Account HSBC Petty Cash**
## _**Total cash funds**_
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
## **Details**
## **B2 Other monetary assets**
## **Details**
## **B3 Investment assets**
**CCLA Charities Investment Fund Accumulation Units (COIF) 292**
## **Details**
## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**Land and Buildings used by the Charity: Keston Village Hall (freehold title vested in the Official Custodian for Charities)**
**Furniture and equipment in the building**
## **Details**
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
## Signature
**No (if any) 238848**
**ments accounts CC16a**
Period end date **To Dec 31, 22**
**Endowment Total funds Last year funds**
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to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
- 43,405 15,811
- 1,683 398
- 340 600
- - 680 - 360
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - 21,273
- 44,748 37,722
- -
-
- -
- - -
- - 16,654
- 44,748 37,722
- 6,764 5,242
- 10,241 6,486
- 2,489 642
- 8,509 4,061
- 2,252 2,242
- 2,284 2,763
- 795 222
- 4,800 3,750
- 41 15
- 114 -
- - -
- - -
- 38,289 25,423
- -
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- - 10,000
- - -
- - -
- - 10,000
- 38,289 35,423
- 6,459 2,299
-
- 7,399 9,320
- 13,858 11,619
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## **end of the period**
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Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment
funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
- -
13,770 -
87 -
13,857 -
Agreement Error OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment
funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Fund to which asset Current value
Cost (optional)
belongs (optional)
Unrestricted
64,404 - -
- -
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- -
- -
Fund to which asset Current value
Cost (optional)
belongs (optional)
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Fund to which Amount due When due
liability relates (optional) (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Print Name Date of approval
Ravi Ravindran
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the** Keston Village Hall Trust **trustees/ members of** 31 December 2022 **On accounts for the year ended**
**Charity** 238848 **no (if any)**
**Set out on pages** 1,2
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/12/2022** .
**Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material **examiner's** matters have come to my attention in connection with the **statement** 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.
**Signed:** Signed electronically **Date:** 12/Feb/2023
**Name:** John M Turner **Relevant** Banker (retired) **professional qualification(s) or body (if any):**
1
**IER**
**October 2018**
**Address:** Kingswood 3 Heritage Hill Keston, Kent BR2 6AU
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
None
2
**IER**
**October 2018**
IER
October 2018