2024-12-31-accounts - Young Men's Christian Association Brightlingsea Branch

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date
From	01	01	2024	To

Period end date

31 12 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Young Men’s Christian Association Brightlingsea

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 250547

Charity's principal address 55 High Street Brightlingsea Essex Postcode CO7 0AQ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	Alan Dingwall	Chairman
	PhilipChapman	Secretary
	Brian Lambert	Treasurer
	Joyce House	Volunteer
	Peter Ball	Volunteer
	Marion Rawlins	Volunteer
	Alan Francis	Volunteer

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Model Constitution YMCA
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted Association
(eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:  policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational We have a close relationship with Colchester and Chelmsford YMCAs
structure and any wider network with which the charity collectively Essex YMCA. works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To make available to the people of Brightlingsea and surrounding area a place for recreation and meetings to further their wellbeing and social interaction with like-minded people. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

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Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within ‘The trustees have complied with their duty to have regard to the this section the statutory Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance and consider the declaration that trustees have activities and events held at the hall over the past year meet the had regard to the guidance charitable aims and test for public benefit’. issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;

Maintenance of the emergency lighting and smoke detectors continued to be done as well as regular running of the water in the toilets and kitchen, with temperature checks for the hot water taps.

contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

We continue to host the following groups Summary of the main Saturday Club for all ages who have special needs. achievements of the charity Little City for the social development of young children. during the year Workers Education Association, a leading education charity that believes every adult should have access to education and its benefits right on their doorstep. A pre-school organisation who hire our annex. The NHS regularly use our hall for ongoing vaccination sessions. Scottish Dancing group to encourage physical and social wellbeing. Yoga groups. U3A group meet, an interest group who have researched and documented several features of the town including the YMCA. A youth karate group moved to our hall during 2024

Brightlingsea Town Council has written our hall into their emergency plan to be an evacuation and rest centre.

We have additional glass recycling banks located by Tendring District Council

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Section E Financial review

We aim to keep in reserve £12000 as this is the minimum needed to keep Brief statement of the the hall functioning. charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Philip Chapman Full name(s) Alan Dingwall Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman etc) Date

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Brightlingsea YMCA Balance Sheet Up To 31st December 2024 Accumulated Fund: 2024 2023 Fixed Assets (see notes) 944,000.00 Balance at I st January Excess Income over Expenditure 81,905.97 19,006.69 74871.39 7034.58 1,044,912.66 81905.97 Represented by: Current Assets Base Rate Active Saver Community A/c 47,896.93 20,833.51 32,432.22 37304.53 20524.75 24326.69 101,162.66 82155.97 Current Liabilities Payment in advance (Hall and Annex Hire) 250.00 -250.00 Revaluation Reserve 944,000.00 943,750.00 -250.00 Balance 1,044,912.66 81905.97 Note: Assets based on Frehold Possession of Land and Buildings using Insurance Valuation I certify that the above Accounts are in accordance with the records f Brightlings a YMCA IPFA Honorary Examiner Mr N. Skinner Honorary Treasurer Mr B Lambert Balance Sheet 2024