**To** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 February 2024 31 January 2025 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details WISTANSTOW VILLAGE HALL **Charity name** WISTANSTOW VILLAGE HALL **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 243003 **Charity's principal address** WISTANSTOW VILLAGE HALL WISTANSTOW CRAVEN ARMS, SHROPSHIRE **Postcode SY7 8DQ** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Brian James Pope|Chairman|||| ||Philip John Powell|Vice Chairman|||Wistanstow Parish Council| ||Prof. Craig Williams|Treasurer|||Wistanstow Players| ||Anna Austin||Appointed 21/10/2024||| ||Emma Mary Hadwin||||| ||Max Llewelyn Jones||Appointed 21/10/2024||| ||Veronica Mildred
Lewis||||| ||Lucy Eleanor North||Appointed 21/102024||Wistanstow Badminton Club| ||Dr. Tracey Partida||Appointed 21/10/2024||| ||Deborah Townley
Taylor||Appointed 21/10/2024||| ||Janet Sarah
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**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
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**Date**|Philip John Powell|Janet Sarah Woodroffe| ||
Chairman/Trustee|Trustee| ||28th November 2025|| ||28th November 2025|| March **2012** **TAR** 6 ## **WISTANSTOW VILLAGE HALL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST JANUARY 2025** |**RECEIPTS**
Lettings
Main Hall
Greene Room
Clun Bars
Bungalow Rent
Grant from Parish Council re Play Area
Lottery
Playing Field Rent
Donations
Donation from Wistanstow Walk
Fund Raising Events for Village Hall
Donations/Raffle at Coronation Party
Coffee Morning for Defibrillator
**Investment Income**
Bank and Building Society Interest
Electricity overcharge in previous years
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
15,892
615
2,915
6,000
1,207
897
200
75
-|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
15,892
615
2,915
6,000
1,207
897
200
75
-|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**Fund**
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**2025**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**Fund**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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**2025**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**Fund**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**2025**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**Fund**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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**2025**|**TOTAL**
15,892
615
2,915
6,000
1,207
897
200
75
-|**2024**
**TOTAL**
12,673
3,900
3,168
5,700
2,147
835
200
153
850| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||| ||||27,801
4,026
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-|27,801
4,026
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-|29,626
1,778
313
415| ||||4,026
119||-
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-|4,026
119|2,506
35| ||||119
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-|119
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138| ||||31,946||-||-|31,946|32,305| 2 ## **WISTANSTOW VILLAGE HALL** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST JANUARY 2025** |**PAYMENTS**
Employment Costs
Caretaker's Wages
Water Rates
Insurance
Electricity
Central Heating Oil
Maintenance
Main Hall
Caretaker's Cottage
Bungalow
Grounds Maintenance
Window Repairs
Roof Repairs
Cleaning Materials, Hand Sanitiser etc.
Administration
Telephone and WiFi
Secretary's & Treasurer's Expenses
Bungalow Management Costs
Wedding Website
Miscellaneous
Licences
Equipment - Laptop Computer and Printer
Back Drop
Fund Raising Expenses
Defibrilator
Resurfacing Car Park
**TOTAL PAYMENTS**
Total Receipts
Total Payments
Net Payments / Receipts
Fund Balances brought forward
Fund Balances carried forward||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
9,377
772
4,432
4,993
1,413
2,141
1,053
248
378
4,330
-
529
1,134
63
540
199
392
487
219
192
1,423
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-|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
9,377
772
4,432
4,993
1,413
2,141
1,053
248
378
4,330
-
529
1,134
63
540
199
392
487
219
192
1,423
-
-|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**Fund**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**2025**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**Fund**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**2025**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**Fund**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**2025**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**Fund**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
-
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-
-
-
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**2025**|**TOTAL**
9,377
772
4,432
4,993
1,413
2,141
1,053
248
378
4,330
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529
1,134
63
540
199
392
487
219
192
1,423
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-|**2024**
**TOTAL**
8,547
507
4,271
1,072
1,127
3,419
389
270
555
-
2,337
1,074
863
135
573
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450
336
800
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1,265
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34,315
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34,315

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1,019||-
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2,098|2,369

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46,667|19,403

66,070| ||||41,181||1,019||2,098|44,298|46,667| 3 ## **WISTANSTOW VILLAGE HALL BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST JANUARY 2025** |**WISTANSTOW VILLAGE HALL**
**BALANCE SHEET**
**AS AT 31ST JANUARY 2025**|||| |---|---|---|---| |**ASSETS**
Barclays Bank
**FUNDS**
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
Endowment Funds|**2025**
44,298
44,298
41,181
1,019
2,098
44,298|**Total all Funds**|**2024**
46,667| ||||46,667| ||||43,550
1,019
2,098| ||||46,667| 4 . WIS AC FOR YEAR ENDED TJANUARY 2 CHARITY NUMBER 243(X)3 Independent examinerfs report on the accounts fjstsn8tth¥ Village H•ll 311t January 202S 243￿3 Ilf •nyl report to Ihe trustees on my 8xaminatM Oft￿ accounts ofthe abov• chanty Tru5f) for lh• yeor 8nd*J 3110112025 R•8poMlbllltl•• arKI As tho charity tru8t888 of the Trust. you ar8 rtspw$llJo forth• preparation ba•S• of r•ptyt ofthe accuunts in with th¢> requ1¥8m8nl8 ofthe Chth Ad 20111lh• A￿1. I report in resFed of my ex8minatlon ofth8 Tnjst's accounts cwried e der s*iaK)n 145 of tho 2011 A¢t aThl in canwng OLrt my examinatK*n, I ha¥e fdlowed the aWi¢able Direcbom tsythe Charty Crynmis8ion ndere0ct￿n 145(5llbl of the Ad. Ind•p•nd•nt I h•ve compKthd my 8xamifiats"on. I Confi￿ that no material matters have •x•mln•rf• •t4t•m•nt come to my attenty.on in conn8etion the examination whkh giv88 rne cause to believe that In, any material resp¢rt actsJJntirrfa r¢¢ord• were not kept in a¢¢ordanc8 with 8a¢tK)n 130 of the Act or Ihe a￿U[￿ do not a¢e4rd wlth the accountsffj records I have no conc4ms and ha¥e corne ac¥ots no other matt8r8 in w4th th8 examinHbon to whlch attention should ￿ dra￿ In ordorto ¢nabla a proFer urvJw5tandirYJ olthe WA)un18 to ￿ rnacw. Slgn•d.. O*t•: li￿1•& prof••8lonal quallllEatlonl•l or body Illanyl: Prl ILh Addrou: IER Ottob•T 2018 9.376.70 771.72 4.431J6 4.992.89 1,413. 9J76.70 771.72 4.431.56 4.992.59 IA13.05 8,547 5fr7 4271 1.072 Bl¢4tiicty Central H¢w(Xl Main 2.140.62 1,033.60 247.68 3n.10 4.330.04 2,140.62 1,053.6D 247ffj8 378.10 4J30.1>4 3.419 Bunylow 270 553 R(K>fR¢￿18 1)37 1,074 ￿l￿8