CHARITY COMMISSIO
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALE
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
Far th• porlod
01A)4r24
To
31A)3r25
Section A Receipts and payments
Unre$triGtsd
funds
Restricted
funds
£ndowment
lund$
Tatsl funds
1st yoar
to tho n081¥8t £
A1 Recei
Hall & Car P8rk Hire
100 Club Nett
Bank Interest
Bar & Cale Income
INdma
50,198
$0,198
45.672
1,198
1.688
118
118
527
717
631
717
thnation5
120
Sub total(Gross In1￿Me forAR
sset an
n¥estment sa
see tsblo .
55.671
55.671
50,253
Sub total
Total rncelp
55.671
25
A3Pa
ments
General & Water R*es
Heat. Ligttt& P(Mer Inett
1.730
9.321
3,430
2t.932
365
Insuran
Salarias
IT & Cornrr
Music li￿￿¢
Buildiry maIntenar￿ & IrfVeW¥ts
Protes*￿*1 Fees
Sundnes
Feanin
17.4
17,106
595
6.oy
205
1.195
3,1BO
1.188
Nett ofrth9
1069
Sub tota
47
4 Asset and investment
urchasos
s•• tablè
Sub tota
Totsl paymen
Net ofrneelpts/(payrnents
A5 Translèrs ￿t￿Pen funds
A6 Cash lunds last year end
Cash funds thls year en
285
115827

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted
funds
to rtlWP5t£
Restrlcted
fvnd¥
Endowmènt
funds
lo ngareslf
to noarostÉ
81 Cash funds
6M17
82M19
591
Totsl cash funds
115,827
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Unrestrlct•d
fund8
R•thet•d
Endowmont
funds
Detalls
to n88rn8t£
to nèarnst £
to noawt£
Fun#
Current val
loptiono11
100.810
83 Investment a880ts
65,610
1.380.680
Fund to
urrent V81uo
Det?Tls
B4 A880ts retained for the
ch•rrty's own us•
Fund tO7*thich
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Whèn duè
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85 Liabilities
Suned by one or trust88S th1
L￿h￿￿Of all the tr￿Stee$
Signa￿re
Prnl Narr
Dale of
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A M Ca¢lmaft
Peter Freeman

INDEPENDENT EXAMtNER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES
I rewrt on the accounts of the Ch2rity for the year ended 31" Matcb 2025 whith set out on pages
1&2
RESPEcfIvE RESPONSIBItITIES OF TRU￿Es AND INDEPENDENT
The Charity's tn￿tee$ are rwnsible for th¢ preparation of the fjnnual rep)rt 2nd aecounts. and they
consider that the C￿￿ritieS Act 2011 s144 audit requirement does not apply. It is my Tesponsibilty
toto stat4 based on pr￿eduleS specified in the General Directions given by the Charity
commissioners under 531(h) or (i) of the 2008 Regulation& whether matters have come to my
attenlion. l am qualified to undertake th¢ examin￿10￿ by ￿Ing a qualifi￿ member of th¢ Instityte of
Charter¢d Accountants in England and WaJ&8.
It is my responsibilty to:
Examine the accK)unts under sectiLm 145 of the Charities Act
O To folknv the Pr￿edrn laid &)wn in the DiT￿tIonS wen by the Chwity
Commis5iOD (utmkr s¢¢tioD 14515Xb) of the Clwities Act and
To state whether matters have com¢ to my attentK•n
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Commissioners. An exami[￿tIOn includes a JEview of the accounting records kept by the charity and
a comparison of the accounts presented with thos¢ records.
It also includes L¥)nsiderntion of any unusual ttems or disclosur￿ in thc ￿CoUnts and seeking
explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The Pr(KedU￿ undertaken do not provide
all the evidence that would be required in an audil wnsequeotly, I do not express an audn
opinion on the vi¢w given by the acc(NJnts.
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No matter has come to my attention in cOnn￿tIon with my eXAmi[￿￿10n which gives me JEag)nable
¢ause not to tKli¢ve that in any material respect:
l. AC￿u￿tIng r¢ciyrds have iwi kq)t in ￿)rd8[￿ wilh $130 of the Charities 2011 and
2. The financial statements accord with those I￿0rd￿. and compty with th¢ acwunting
requirements of the 2008 regulations.
No matter come to my att￿tion in connection to Whic￿ in my Opinio￿ atlention should be drdwn
to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
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TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD TO
31" MARCH 2025
The Managing Trustees present their Report for the year ended 31"
March 2025 whieh should be read in eoDjunclion with the attached
FiDaDcial Statements for the same perio
Charity Name: Langham Village Hall aka Langham Community Centre
Address: Langham Community Centre, School Road, Langham, Colchester
C04 SPA
Ch8rity Commission No.: 268187
Management Committee Members until March 2025
Elected MembeTS:
Alan Cadman
Chairnwi
Maureen Shouknith Tre&8urer (retired May 24 then ¢TroMed till Ckt 24)
Carol Grim¢
Treasurer {r¢Sig￿d Jan 25)
Peter Freem8n
Eli¥aiKth Winter
Representative membtrj *lld their app)inl1￿ bodies:
Martin BottW￿d
Parish Council
Bob Schofield
David Druttt
Bridge Club
Denise Hoithy Parochial Church Council
Virginia Mary Mo&8 L•ngharn Ladies
Charlotte Parker
Cotntnunity Shc
Raynor Sumn¢r P￿sCh(m)I
Roger Hoimjay
Scouts {deceaseA)
Rob ClaTk
Bowls Club
Stuart Rud8¢
Tennis Club
C•HJpted Member¥:
Elizabeth Schofleld

Cath Hine
Cwtrd 30.524
Raynor Sumner Cwrted 30.524
Colin Pa
30524
Maureen Shouksmith Cfropted 30.524 retired 1014
Cwthl 203.25
Peter Freeman
Empk•yee8:
Emm Stevens
Cheryl Williams
Premises Manager
Governing DocumenL. Adopted 25" May 2017. It comprise5 the Charity CIxDm1￿i0n Scheme
dated 5 April 1978 ad the Charity Commission Schun¢ dated 2f January 1988. iN)th vaTied by
Resolution datd 3￿ March 2017 by the Management TnLgtees of tangham Village Hall using s.280
of the Charities Act 2011.
Trustee Sele¢¢ion: Trnste¢s are apwiDted or reapp)intrd annudty at the AGM held in May.
tKgal Stat￿. Th¢ Charity w8s eslabl1sh￿I on 4° April 1978 wlkreby Lattgham Parish Council is the
Custodian Trnstee of the fred￿ld land now occupied by the Community Centre and Car Park.
Objeety Policies and Organis*tion: The Tn￿ is estsblished to provide and maintsin th¢
Community Centre for th¢ b¢nefrt of the inhabitsnts of Lang1￿￿ without distinction of w)liti¢aL
religious or othff opitiions with the object of improving the qua]ty of lift of the inhabitants.
The Centre is available for hi]E by any individual ￿ organtsation in accorthce with the standard
hiring agreement and %ale of Charges adopted for the y¢4r. It is intetthj that the scale is sufficient to
generate enough income to meet the ordinary ex￿￿lItt￿e iticutt￿ in providin8 the Celltre.
Significant improvements aTe funded out of revenue by sP￿]fIC ap￿1& fundraising and ulilising
grants available.
Review of the Year.
2024r25 trgan on a low point following th¢ ￿]gnati(￿l of Carol Lknyd our Commercial and
Marketing Manager. HW aTrangements were made by TT￿stee5 and our Premises Manager Charyl
Williams to keep invoicing and 1xX)kin￿ ticking ov¢r under the Sage system th¢n OFmting.
Fortunately. two weeks later at th¢ AGM on May, villager Emma Sievens put berself forward to
fill the void. She made use of her knowledge of village halls to increase hires and with the help of
Paul Annstrong. set up a new t￿kIng System more suited to our needs. Our charges remained on
May 22 levels and htres gradualty increawj thrOUth)￿ the year. Contracts of employment were
amend￿ and to Teflect ch￿ in legislation athl Emma was employed fiY)m 1° June 2024.
Also at th¢ AGK thlee new volunlcffs ￿Tre foTvArd and were duty ciH)ptal &8 Trustees at the
Management tneeting which followed. Raynor Sumner and Cath Hine have tsken on running the
monthly Community Cafes. Colin parker has been helping wsth maintenanc¢ t&sk5 at the hall and
looking at Health and Safety and Safeguarding regulations.
We continue to have many regul8r lo￿1 hires from Bowl& Bridg¢. Scouts tangham Ladies Ctafy
Ladies and Beekeepers &8 well as Pil8￿ Shogun and two regular Sunday churches. Iangham Film
nights a monthly cinema with their choice of fihns and are provin8 very FX)pular. Charlotte Parker
i)rganises a Memory Caf¢ each mODth. Shannon Barn￿ has tsken over nmning the I (Kl Club

IA)ttery with help from h¢r sister. Jacqui. Our thanks go to all volunt¢ers who keep these lo￿[ Clubs
an organi5ations flourishing for the benefit of the commuDity.
MauRen Shoukmith retired as Tre&￿T￿ at last years, AGM but was COvopknI (as aiK)ve) until Carol
Grime could take on th¢ p)sition in the earty autumn. Maureen th¢n left us in October. Sadly, Carol
was unable to take on the rmisition fully and we w￿¢ without a Tre&gurer until Peter Freeman was c
opted to fill this ￿st at a managernent me¢tiog on 2￿ Ima￿h. In the interim. the Secretsry tix)k on
prepaTation of a monthly profit and loss account and resp)nsibilty for the pw c&sb. The ¢]￿tiOn of
Peter to the w)sition of Trea8urer is proposed under it¢Jn 6 of the agetth Liz Winter resigned &s
Secretary in D￿¢Mi￿ wtth ¢ffect from the end of this AGM. Eleclion of a replacement will also be
de&lt with under item 6.
Alan thanked all this years Trustees for SUPFK)rting him and keeping the haIl running smcthly as
possible in dtiTJcuh circumstances. He also thankd Emma Sfrvens for her efforts to procure more ire
and overhaul the ixM)king system. Sadty, Emma submitted her resignatth on 3￿ March, and
discussions are underway for a p)ssible change of staffing regirn¢ iKfore advertising th¢ vacancy. We
are lucky that Cherl continues to hold the fort to deal with b￿king& meet and ￿ hi￿[5 and see to
the day to day running of the centre.
Fin&nee8:
The Trustees are reSw)nsi￿]e for Preparation of the fuwicial statements and for keeping pror
accounting rewrds which disclose the financial wsition of th¢ Charity. The m¢th(Kl employed is
receipts and payments accounting.
Our outgoings hav¢ remained high and reflect increased charges by maintenance ¢ontr4ctors as well
inflation on purch￿ and salory rises.
On expiry of our ¢lectricty CA)ntract the supplier was changeAI to EDF at the iwitming of May 2024.
We received not a singl¢ bill from them before the end of our financial year. In January 2025 all
¢spondence having been in vain. we tcK)k EDF to th¢ Energy Ombudsman citing the incoln￿¢¢
in handlin8 our accounL We finalty [￿e1Ved 6 invoices and 5 credit notes OD the Ombudsman's
deadline of 2P March but there w&$ no time to ¢(￿SIder these and make any ￿Yments befor¢ 31¥1
March. This has led to a reduced exg*ndttiue total on the 8nnua] &counts Fwesentsj to this meeting
of more than £IO.(KKI which will clearty iK retl#teAI in 2025f26 ￿coun
The inde￿￿ent examin¢r of ouraccounts fv the w several years has been G¢orge Pearce who has
undertaken this task fre¢ of charge his wntriiKttic41 to the villa8¢. He has now retired a￿1 we thank
him for his supporL We are kK•king for %xna)ne with tKthepinWaccA)untan¢y qualifications to
volunteer in his place, helping to keep costs down. The year-¢nd fuwicial ststements and Treasurer
Retmirt for 2024125 are attached to this rel