## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 27/02/2025 Period start date To 25/02/2026 Period end date** **Charity name: Longframlington Memorial Hall Charity registration number: 251952** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To be used for the purpose of lectures,**
**concerts,**
**dances,**
**whist-drives**
**and**
**games and as a reading room or for**
**auction sales or religious services or**
**otherwise as a public Hall for the use and**
**benefit**
**of**
**the**
**inhabitants**
**of**
**the**
**townships of Longframlington, Brinkburn**
**High Ward and Brinkburn Low Ward.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Regular users:**
**Art Groups (two separate groups)**
**Artisan Craft Market**
**Baby & Toddler Group**
**Badminton Club**
**Bowls Club**
**“Cuppa & Company” Warm Space**
**Keep Fit (Mixed)**
**Keep Fit (Women)**
**Local History Society**
**Northumbrian Pipers Group**
**Quilters Group**
**Women’s Discussion Group**
**Zumba**
**The Hall is also hired for birthday parties,**
**the Longframlington Show and other**
**annual events. It hosts the village’s**
**annual Remembrance Day service and**
**Parish Council (P.C.) meetings for both**
**Longframlington P.C. and Brinkburn P.C.**
**The Hall Trustees also arrange various**
**fund-raising events such as musical**
**evenings, quizzes and a ceilidh.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**To maximise public benefit, the Hall fees**
**are kept low, and the Hall is available to**
**hire from 09:00 to 22:00 every day.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The Hall Committee does not make**
**grants.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The Hall Committee does not make social**
**investments.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**It is run by a Management Committee**
**(Hall Committee), comprised of**
**volunteers who are elected at the Annual**
**General Meeting (AGM). Additional**
**volunteers help run community “Cuppa &**
**Company” Warm Space sessions for**
**several hours each week and help with**
**fundraising efforts.**| |Other||**-**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The main achievements of the charity in**
**2025 were:**
•
**Arranging the replacement of the**
**large windows in the main hall**
**largely funded by a grant (£20,000)**
**obtained in 2024.**
•
**Raising £5,000 to refurbish the**
**floor in the main hall, via public**
**donations with match funding**
**from Sport England.**
•
**Using the hall’s own funds to**
**replace the building’s central**
**heating boiler.**
•
**Other improvements include the**
**installation of new blinds and a**
**new noticeboard and the planting**
**of 400 spring bulbs in front of the**
**hall.**
**These achievements supported the**
**continued operation of the Hall as an**
**asset and resource for the local**
**community.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Not applicable**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Not applicable**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Not applicable**| |Other||**Not applicable**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Expenditure exceeded income by**
**£14,154.85. However, the expenditure**
**included £20,000 received from National**
**Lottery Awards for All in 2024. This was**
**for the replacement of the large windows**
**in the main hall, which was carried out in**
**early 2025.**
**In 2025, the Hall benefitted from public**
**donations and match funding from Sport**
**England totalling £5,547.56, for the**
**refurbishment of the floor in the main**
**hall. The work was carried out in**
**February 2026.**
**During the year 2025, the trustees raised**
**£4,487 (profit) by running eight events to**
**generate money for the Hall.**
**At the end of 2025, the Hall’s reserves**
**stood at £29,202.92. Of this, £5,547.56**
**was grant funding for refurbishment of**
**the floor in the main hall.**
| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to cover future,**
**expected expenditure, such as building**
**maintenance.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£10,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**No uncertainties**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Income from hire of the Hall.**
**Grants and donations from various**
**bodies, such as Sport England.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not applicable**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The main risk is expenditure exceeding**
**income. The trustees are aware of this**
**and run events to increase income. They**
**also seek out and apply for relevant grant**
**funding.**| |Other||**Not applicable**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Election at a public meeting**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Not applicable**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Not applicable**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Not applicable**| |Other||**Not applicable**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Longframlington Memorial Hall| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charity number|251952| |Charity’s principal address|Memorial Hall
Rothbury Road
Longframlington, MORPETH
NE65 8AH| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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9|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Simon Hadden|Chair|Whole year|-| ||Ian Chapman|Commercial Planner|Whole year|-| ||Stephen Greenway|Funding Coordinator|Whole year|-| ||Jane Kartupelis|Vice Chair|Whole year|-| ||Geoff Osmond|Bookings Sec.|Whole year|-| ||Sylvia Taynton|-|Whole year|-| ||Paul Seton|Treasurer|Whole year|-| ||Emma Beal|-|Whole year|-| ||Yvonne Bell|-|Whole year|-| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** **None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity _Title was transferred to the Official Custodian for Charities on 13/12/2022_ ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## **Additional information (optional)** **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser - - -** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Not applicable ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **Not applicable** ## **Other optional information** **Not applicable** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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