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2025-12-31-accounts

KESTON VILLAGE HALL TRUST A Registered Charity ANNUAL REPORT FIR THE YEAR ENDED 31st December, 2025 Keston Village Hall of Heathfield Road, Keston, is registered with the Charity Commissioners No.248848

The Trust is administered by a management committee consisting of the following trustees: Chairwomen: Mrs Meryl Higgins Secretary: Mrs Jenny Leng Booking Sec: Mrs Justine Chapman Treasurer: Mr. Ravi Ravindran Trustees: Mrs Georgia Collins, Mrs Laura Stevenson, Mr Norman Abbott

The object of the charity is the provision & maintenance of the Village Hall for the use of the inhabitants of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Keston & the neighbourhood thereof without the distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including meetings, lectures & classes & 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 bowls, cactus society, Pilates classes, Yoga classes, Morris Men, Karate & Antiques Fairs. Additionally a number of adult & children’s parties, charity fund raising events, Christmas Markets & Wedding Receptions. Investments to ensure safety & security of the Halls have been ongoing with the fitting of new flooring in the Jubilee Room. Scheduled for 2026 are replacement coded entry gates & painting the Main Hall. The defibrillator continues to be maintained with new pads & battery purchased to ensure the unit is always ready.

The Bookings Secretary reported bookings remain good. Bookings from March 2026 onwards will be operated by Hallmaster: an online system. This will be used alongside Justine Chapman, the new KVH Booking Secretary.

Income from the hire of the Halls was £40,923 & after expenditure the balance was £6,459, with assets held including investments £60,586. Projected expenditures for 2026 include replacement entry gates and refurbishment of the Main Hall.

Meryl M. Higgins Chairwomen For & on behalf of the Trustees

Charity Name No (if any) Keston Village Hall Trust 238848 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a

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For the period Period start date Period end To from 01-Jan-25 31-Dec-25

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
£
39,473
1,110
340
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40,923		 Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
£
39,473
1,110
340
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40,923		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest
£
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-
-
-
-
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-		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest
£
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-		 Endowme
nt funds
to the
nearest £
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nt funds
to the
nearest £
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-		 Total funds
to the nearest
£
39,473
1,110
340
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40,923		 Total funds
to the nearest
£
39,473
1,110
340
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40,923		 Last year
to the nearest £
Hire Charges for Use of Hall 39,473 35,326
Hire Charges for use of Jubilee Room 1,110 797
Rent from Men's Club 340 340
Hire Refund - - 450
Bequest - -
Bank Interest -
Damage claim -
Covid Grant -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 40,923 36,013
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
COIF Charities Investment
Funds Accumulation Units		 - - 20,433
- -
COIF Charities Investment
Funds Income Units		 - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - - 20,433
Total receipts
A3 Payments		 40,923
9,426
11,684
4,169
9,667
2,683
970
215
4,800
283
132
44,029		 -
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-		 40,923
9,426
11,684
4,169
9,667
2,683
970
215
4,800
283
132
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-
44,029
-
56,446
Heat & Light 9,426 9,763
Cleaning 11,684 12,850
Rates & Water 4,169 3,608
Repair & Maintenance 9,667 12,062
Insurance 2,683 2,576
Equipment 970 17,490
Sundries 215 241
Secretarial fees and expenses 4,800 4,800
Performing Rights Fee 283 187
Bank Charges 132 470
Refund - EDF Energy -
Building -
**Sub total ** 44,029 64,047
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)		 - - -
COIF Charities Investment
Funds Accumulation Units		 - - - - -
COIF Charities Investment
Funds Income Units		 - - - - -
- - - -
**Sub total ** - - - - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end		 44,029
- 3,106
-
9,564
6,458		 -
-
-
-
-
64,047
- 3,106 - - - 7,601
- -
9,564 - - 17,163
6,458 - - 9,562

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestrict Restricted Endowment Categories Details ed funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Bank Accounts RBS - - Bank Account HSBC 6,528 - Petty Cash - 70 - Total cash funds 6,458 - (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK Unrestrict Restricted Endowment ed funds funds funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to Current value which asset Cost (optional) (optional) Details belongs B3 Investment assets CCLA Charities Investment Unrestricted Fund Accumulation Units (COIF) 212 54,127 - - - -

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Fund to
Current value
which asset Cost (optional)
(optional)
Details belongs
B4 Assets retained for the Land and Buildings used by the - -
Charity: Keston Village Hall
charity’s own use
(freehold title vested in the
Official Custodian for Charities)
Furniture and equipment in the - -
building
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- -
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- -
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Fund to Amount due When due
which (optional) (optional)
liability
Details relates
B5 Liabilities -
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Signed by one or two trustees on Date of
behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval
Ravi Ravindran Ravi Ravindran 15/01/2026
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Keston Village Hall Trust members of

On accounts for the year 31 December 2025 Charity no 238848 ended (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 31/12/2025 .

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 examiner's statement

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

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: 15/Feb/2026

Name: John M Turner

Relevant professional Banker (retired) qualification(s) or body (if any): 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).

October 2018

1

IER

Give here brief details of None any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

October 2018

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