## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 2022-2023**
**From April 2022 Period start date To March 2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name:Chorleywood Community Arts Centre**
## **Charity registration number:264413**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To educate the public in the arts & art**
**sciences & provide facilities for them to**
**experience art activities**|
|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|**Each week we run 11 pottery groups and**
**6 art groups allowing over 120 people to**
**experience creating art. In addition,**
**several groups run on Saturdays and**
**school holidays for children.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have regard to the public**
**benefit and positively encourage**
**participation**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Not relevant, other than waiving fees in**
**cases of hardship**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All groups are run by volunteers, all**
**technical requirements of firing pottery**
**dealt with by volunteers, as well as**
**supply ordering and premises**
**management. There are no paid workers,**
**other than a cleaner.**|
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|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
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|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|**Creating an environment where over 120**
**local people can have a creative outlet.**
**We are a membership charity and thus**
**we benefit our members. Our workshops**
**are open to members and non members**
**alike and many have been run on a**
**variety of subjects from mug making to**
**lino cutting to children’s art sessions.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is in a healthy financial**
**position**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We hold reserves as we own the**
**building, a deconsecrated, 130 years old,**
**Methodist chapel. Such buildings require**
**considerable maintenance and we are**
**currently working on accumulating**
**enough to improve access for elderly**
**and disabled people**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**about £86,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**there are no concerns**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Our main source of income is from**
**membership subscriptions and fees for**
**attending sessions. Occasional hall hire**
**also contributes.**|
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|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|**Major repairs for the building**|
|Other|||
**Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution agreed and occasionally**
**altered at AGM of ll members**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**membership charity**|
|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 of Chair, Treasurer and**
**Secretary and co option of other**
**Trustees as required**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Chorleywood Community Arts Centre|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|26443|
||Charity’s principal address
Chorleywood Community Arts Centre
Colleyland
Chorleywood
WD3 5LL|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**|
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20|Monica Harrison|Chair||members of Charity|
||Lesley McHale|Secretary||members of Charity|
||Morag Watkins|Treasurer||members of Charity|
||Sonbol Perfitt||||
||Caroline Jennings||||
||Sophie Finn||||
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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
**Dates acted if not for whole year**
**Trustee name**
As above
**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)** Morag Watkins **Full name(s)** Morag Margaret Watkins **Position (eg** Treasurer **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** July 31 2024
## Chorleywood Community Arts Centre Charity no 264413
|**Accounts for year ending March 31st 2023**|||
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|**MONEY IN**|2021-2022|2022-2023|
|**Annual Subscriptions**|3283.50|3463.00|
|**Session fees**|14314.66|19599.43|
|**Hall hire**|0.00|784.00|
|**Donations**|681.60|40.00|
|**Workshops/ sales/exhibitions**|1394.00|3239.18|
|**Interest**|49.63|225.27|
|**Utility credit**|64.81|0.00|
|**Clay**|1270.70|1564.93|
|**Total**|21058.90|28915.81|
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|**MONEY OUT**|||
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|**Housekeeping Supplies**|357.83|65.91|
|**Maintenance incl redecoration**|7501.02|6956.92|
|**Refurbishments**|0.00|6669.76|
|**Cleaning**|1433.00|3486.83|
|**Pottery expenses (include clay until 22-23)**|5765.80|1391.30|
|**Clay from 22-23 (not previously separated)**||2329.80|
|**Life Drawing models**|618.59|881.00|
|**Water/drainage**|216.44|195.40|
|**Gas**|849.15|1761.16|
|**Electricity**|912.37|3177.67|
|**garden**|312.00|348.00|
|**Ofce**|40.93|6.85|
|**Publicity/website/wif**|398.00|919.20|
|**Workshops/ sales/exhibitions**|1005.60|2140.04|
|**Rates**|120.02|199.68|
|**Insurance**|820.46|952.40|
|**Miscellaneous**|356.76|76.65|
|**TOTAL**|20707.97|31558.57|
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|**Surplus/(Defcit)**|350.93|-2642.76|
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|**Bank March 31 2023**|||
|**NatWest**||10578.67|
|**Virgin**||85922.86|
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|**Property**|CCAC owns the building|valued @ £500,000|
|**Debt**|CCAC has no debt||
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