## **St Brannock’s Parish Rooms**
## **Annual Report 2024 (2025) (1 January 2024– 31 December 2024)**
Registered Charity: 255787
Charity Name: St Brannock’s Parish Rooms Address: Church Street, Braunton EX33 2EP
## Public Benefit Statement
The Charity exists to:
1. The aim is to offer a Hall that is safe, clean, open, welcoming and affordable space to hire without distinction of political, religious, or other opinions including use for meetings, lectures, and classes.
2. St Brannock’s Parish Rooms used by the wider community for various activities requiring modern indoor rooms with a near commercial kitchen.
Summary
2024 has seen lettings stabilise following Pandemic times, regular bookings as well as one off events. Gaps do appear in the last afternoon, evening schedule.
We have continued with carrying out minor repairs and improvements as and where required to keep the hall in good order.
The hall roof the major repair. Completed.
Further work on the roof and inside the hall due to water ingress. Completed.
New signage. Completed.
Outside railings painted. Completed
Our thanks to the cleaning team for keeping the venue in good order.
The grounds of the hall are now maintained by Fox Gardening.
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The new heating regulating system is in place (Hive) and working well, all radiators are Hive controlled, thwarted a little by the boiler breakdowns. Now resolved.
The hall has been inspected as regards the Fire alarm system, Boiler is certificated, Insurance up to date. Further assessment to be carried out 25[th] April 2025 – Peninsula Fire & Safety South West
Accounts: My thanks to Tim Bishop for preparing the accounts.
Operating the hall continues to be fragile. A three year plan presented to the PCC of Braunton to ensure financial support at a individual project level. PCC agreed.
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The Hall has a small supportive committee who are as follows.
David Baker, Chairman Tim Bishop, Treasurer Les Squance, Booking Clark Val Squance, Venue Facility Manager
Val Squance, Churchwarden PCC of Braunton
Jill Cottingham, Churchwarden PCC of Braunton
I would like to thank the above people for their support and the time and effort that they have put into their respective rolls.
Signed, on behalf of the Trustees
David Baker, Chairman
Date 12[th] April 2025
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## St. BRANNOCKS ROOMS
CHARITY REG NO:255787
## FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31ST DECEMBER 2024
## **ST. BRANNOCKS PARISH ROOM CHARITY NUMBER 255787 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024**
|**2023**|||**2.024**|
|---|---|---|---|
|£|**Income**||£|
|4,960|Hire of rooms||8,149.25|
|0|donatons for roof repair||18,458.00|
|0|grants from St. Brannock's Church||3,050.00|
|289|COIF deposit interest||306.05|
|5,249|||29,963.30|
||**Expenditure**|||
|884|cleaning||888.00|
|137|cleaning materials||178.87|
|1,555|gas||1,234.19|
|1,230|electricity||992.15|
|657|water||716.95|
|361|gardening||345.00|
|840|insurance||850.70|
|902|maintenance||4,911.47|
|0|roof replacement||17,082.00|
|70|music licence||70.00|
|0|audit book||16.99|
|6,636|||27,286.32|
|1,387|**Excess of income over expenditure (defcit in red)**||2,676.98|
|9,156|funds at 1st January||7,768.89|
|£7,769|funds at 31st December||£10,445.87|
||**BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER**||**2024**|
|**2023**|||**2.024**|
|£|||£|
||**Current assets**|||
||**cash at bank and in hand**|||
|2,032|Lloyds Bank plc||1,323.96|
|5,974|COIF Charites Deposit Fund||6,279.60|
|0|payments in advance||2,485.76|
|321|sundry debtors||582.75|
|8,327|||10,672.07|
|558|less sundry creditors|226.20||
||monies received in advance|0.00|226.20|
|£7,769|Total funds at 31st December||£10,445.87|
## St Brannocks Rooms
Year ended 31st December 2024 INCOME.
|Regular customers
casual bookings
donatons received (roof repair)
St. Brannock's Church
grants for roof repair
cleaning
cleaning materials
gardening
gas
electricity
water
maintenance
insurance
audit book
sound system
replacement roof (to St. Brannock's)
music licence
**surplus/defcit (excluding donatons etc)**
**opening balance**
**closing balance**
**Regular customers**
Braunton Sewing Bee (Thursday)
Braunton U3A local history
Dancing Feet
N.King
Braunton Y.F.C.
Templeton
U3A Floral Art (J.M.Evans)
Village Quilters
Emily Santry - Litle City
Story Bears
Dr R.J. and Dr Z.M.
P.Rigler
Sue Dawson
Devon County Council
Claire Harris
Barnstaple Croquet Club
Ollie Tubb
Patricia Ames|opening
closing
closing
paid in
adjustments
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
debtors
creditors
advance
Total
294.00
460.50
489.00
577.50
424.50
130.50
791.50
607.50
327.00
601.50
676.50
732.50
1,440.50
582.75
0.00
7,547.75
27.00
27.00
76.50
54.00
135.00
39.00
0.00
0.00
159.00
36.00
27.00
0.00
75.00
601.50
190.00
210.00
400.00
13,840.00
4,218.00
18,058.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
50.00
3,050.00|
|---|---|
||321.00
487.50
755.50
1,631.50
2,769.50
14,059.50
791.50
607.50
486.00
637.50
703.50
4,950.50
1,515.50
582.75
0.00
0.00
29,657.25|
||138.75
133.20
99.90
88.80
77.70
44.40
111.00
116.55
111.00
72.15
83.25
88.80
888.00
42.98
52.47
43.25
54.63
7.39
60.36
3.75
178.87
75.00
90.00
180.00
345.00
168.79
168.79
214.11
155.96
157.08
127.49
53.03
44.42
46.50
47.69
50.39
86.31
118.29
132.92
1,234.19
87.33
87.33
168.98
77.09
73.80
76.28
66.10
68.64
95.41
93.87
87.74
90.96
93.28
992.15
66.47
72.24
72.28
72.28
72.28
72.28
72.28
72.28
72.28
72.28
716.95
120.00
158.45
120.00
73.74
4,352.08
327.20
4,911.47
70.89
70.91
70.89
70.89
70.89
70.89
70.89
70.89
70.89
70.89
70.89
70.89
850.70
16.99
16.99
2,485.76
2,485.76
0.00
17,082.00
17,082.00
70.00
70.00|
||557.85
807.60
504.92
559.63
498.25
17,470.86
528.11
370.24
258.31
584.66
493.68
4,773.29
3,254.18
0.00
226.20
2,485.76
27,286.32|
||320.10
60.58
71.87
61.25
17,301.36
263.39
237.26
227.69
52.84
209.82
4,040.79
1,738.68
2,032.19
1,712.09
1,962.67
3,034.54
5,305.79
1,894.43
2,157.82
2,395.08
2,622.77
2,675.61
2,885.43
3,062.64
1,712.09
1,962.67
3,034.54
5,305.79
1,894.43
2,157.82
2,395.08
2,622.77
2,675.61
2,885.43
3,062.64
1,323.96
0.00
210.00
210.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
36.00
144.00
18.00
54.00
54.00
78.00
260.00
338.00
802.00
165.00
84.00
117.00
36.00
42.00
48.00
48.00
96.00
108.00
414.00
12.00
12.00
43.50
24.00
9.00
48.00
42.75
167.25
36.00
36.00
87.00
90.00
96.00
30.00
84.00
150.00
72.00
99.00
165.00
873.00
54.00
54.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
243.00
180.00
210.00
390.00
49.50
49.50
49.50
49.50
49.50
49.50
49.50
49.50
49.50
49.50
49.50
544.50
36.00
54.00
72.00
72.00
234.00
24.00
21.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
21.00
24.00
21.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
48.00
303.00
183.00
250.00
183.00
183.00
799.00
27.00
36.00
27.00
186.00
63.00
81.00
18.00
72.00
162.00
618.00
126.00
126.00
144.00
72.00
288.00
90.00
21.00
231.00
1,098.00
36.00
36.00
27.00
36.00
54.00
189.00
60.00
189.00
249.00
27.00
27.00
45.00
99.00
18.00
36.00
117.00
171.00
0.00|
||294.00
460.50
489.00
577.50
424.50
130.50
791.50
607.50
327.00
601.50
676.50
732.50
1,440.50
582.75
0.00
0.00
7,337.75|
## Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that I have no concerns and have come across no
matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in the report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
signed
Amanda Lewry
Date
16/10/2025
The Rectory, Heanton, Barnstaple, EX31 4DG