## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] January 2025 Period start date To 31[st] December 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Abbey Hall Charity** ## **Charity registration number:262926** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The furtherance of the religious and other
charitable work of the Anglican Church of
England in the city of Plymouth.
To provide a premises to be enjoyed as a place
of assembly in the City of Plymouth and the
neighbourhood that makes a substantal
contributon to the social, cultural and
economic life and well-being of the city.
The use of the premises will be without
distncton of politcal, religious or other
opinions.
The premises may be used for meetngs,
lectures and classes and for the purpose of
physical exercise and training and other forms
of recreaton and leisure-tme occupaton.| |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|The Abbey Hall Charity’s main purpose is
primarily to provide a venue for church related
actvites and for letng to community
organisatons.
This space is made available to all community
groups and has over a number of years built up
a substantal number of organisatons to which
the hall is let on a regular basis. The ability to
pay for each group is taken into account and
concessions are made to support organisatons
that have litle or no income. This contributes
towards Principle 2 of the public beneft
guidance, which states in Principle 2c that
people are not excluded from beneftng by
reason of poverty.
The types of actvitycarried out in the Abbey| |||Hall by community groups include health-
related actvites, sport, dance, educaton and
training.
The House of Prayer Baptst Church contnue to
make use of the building on Sunday for their
services and every Wednesday for their Bible
study groups.
St Andrew’s Church related actvites include
Bible study groups children and youth groups;
the parent and toddler group Noah’s Ark which
although is a church run actvity reaches out
with support into the community and a
Dementa Group. There is a Brownies/Guide
Group as well as all of the regular church
groups who meet in the hall.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees of the Abbey Hall have acted at all
tmes with regard to the principles of Public
Beneft as described in the guidance issued by
the Charity Commission. There is an
identfable public beneft to the operaton of
the hall as a charity as required in Public
Beneft Principle 1. The beneft is the use of the
hall by community groups at an afordable
cost.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The Charity does not make grants of any kind| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|The charity does not hold any fnancial reserves
other than those used in the maintenance of
the hall.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers manage the hall on a day to day
basis.
The Trustees are all volunteers| |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 Trustees contnue to maintain the building
to be able to let it out to groups and for use as
a meetng space for the various church groups.
The work carried out this year includes repairs
to the marble steps leading down to the lower
hall and bringing both the fre and electric
systems up to current legislaton.
We contnue to have a high number of
community groups use the premises.
Guides and Brownies
House of Prayer Baptst Church
U3A Art Group
Macular Disease Society
Lighthouse Club
Zumba Dance/Keep Fit
New Plymouth Forum
Mad about Swing
PGS Theatre Group
Noah’s Ark Parent and Toddler Group
Law Society
Dance Classes
In Sttches
Tai Chi| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity contnues to operate within its core
income. A porton of the building is let to a
hospitality business which is thriving and the
income has become more stable over the year
and contnues to improve helping the charity
to maintain the building.
A long-term lease is now in place which will
bringfurther fnancial certainty.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|There are currently no reserves.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|The trustees wish to see the charity back on its
feet fully and able to self-fund its actvites.
They will then consider a reserves policy.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **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|
The only source of funding for the charity is its
income from the lease of the lower part of the
building to a business and from the hiring of
the hall by various community groups and
organisatons.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|None identified at present| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Governing Document| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|| |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|New Trustees are appointed by the existng
Trustees when required within the limitatons
set out in the Governing document.
Ex-Ofcio Trustees are appointed by the
Diocese as a result of their appointment to
their substantve role with St Andrew’s Minster
Church.| ## **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|
All Trustees will have completed the required
Diocesan Safeguarding training along with any
other relevant training agreed by the Trustees**.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|n/a| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|n/a| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Abbey Hall Charity| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|262926| |Charity’s principal address|Catherine Street
Plymouth
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mac Forsyth|||| ||Malcolm Prideaux|||| ||Joe Dent|||Diocese of Exeter| ||Rita Whyte|Church Warden||Diocese of Exeter| ||Janet Greaves-
Stocker|||| ||Peter Hodgkinson|Church Warden||Diocese of Exeter| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **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)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** ||**Abbey Hall Charity**
**Abbey Hall Charity**|**Abbey Hall Charity**
**Abbey Hall Charity**|**Abbey Hall Charity**
**Abbey Hall Charity**|**Abbey Hall Charity**
**Abbey Hall Charity**|**Abbey Hall Charity**
**Abbey Hall Charity**|**262926**
**No (if any)**|**262926**
**No (if any)**|**262926**
**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||01.01.2025
Period start date||**To**||31.12.2025
Period end date||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**15,000**
**15,125**
**18,226**
**1,720**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**50,071**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**50,071**
**10,122**
**6,871**
**7,989**
**18,576**
**1,111**
**1,376**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**15,000**
**15,125**
**18,226**
**1,720**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**50,071**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**50,071**
**10,122**
**6,871**
**7,989**
**18,576**
**1,111**
**-**
**1,376**
**-**
**-**
**46,045**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**46,045**
**4,026**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Church Donation|**15,000**||||||||**16,250**| |Restaurant Rent|**15,125**||||||||**16,500**| |Hire of hall|**18,226**||||||||**20,169**| |General donations|**1,720**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**50,071**||||||||**52,919**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**52,919**| ||||||||||| |Utilities|**10,122**||**-**||**-**||**10,122**||**12,062**| |Insurance|**6,871**||**-**||**-**||**6,871**||**6,696**| |Caretaker|**7,989**||**-**||**-**||**7,989**||**7,957**| |Maintenance|**18,576**||**-**||**-**||**18,576**||**2,772**| |PPL/PRS|**1,111**||**-**||**-**||**1,111**||**1,111**| |Miscellaneous|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**722**| |Lease Costs|**1,376**||**-**||**-**||**1,376**||**1,532**| |Refurbishment|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**31,743**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**46,045**||**-**||**-**||**46,045**||**64,595**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**64,595**| ||||||||||| ||**4,026**||||||**4,026**||**- 11,676**| ||**-**||||||**-**||**-**| ||**12,401**||||||**12,401**||| ||**16,427**||||||**16,427**||**- 11,676**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 07/06/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
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**funds**
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**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
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approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 07/06/2026 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of ,*&pty trlnLL ts16l2if On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) Set out on pages I report to the tnjstees on my examinalion of Ihe accounts of the above harity (Ihe Trust-) for the year ended 31 11 Responsibilities and As the charity Irustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparats'on basis of report of the accounts in accordance viith the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (W)e Acr). I repori in respect of my examination of Ihe Trust's accounts carried out under seclion 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5Xb) of the Act. I have completed my examination. l ¢onfimi thal no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in acc£)rdanc£ with section 130 of the Act or the a¢￿unt$ do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no COn￿M5 and have come across no other matters in connection Ih the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the a(￿OuntS lo be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification{s} or body {if any): Address: "11 2LY4[P I￿.￿ i?Li.%IGbl-nJ, . IER October 2018