HOWARD DE WALDEN CENTRE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED RNANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
CHARITY NUMBER: 268203

HOWARD DE WALDEN CENTRE
INDEX TO AccouKfs FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2024
Reference and AAministratP4e Detsiks
Chainnan Rerrfxt
Report of the Trustees
Independent Examir*r8 R8F¥yi to Trustees
Stslemenl of Financkql ktivitss
Note8 to the Finanaal Ststements
Detail8d Statement of FinarKlal knibes

HOWARD CE WALDEN
R•for•nce and Admlnistsatl¥8 Inforrnotion
For Onded 31st December 2024
The Trustees charlty form its manag9ment Ix¥nmrttee. One trustee i8 nornIn8￿ ty the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and by thè Mathne 8orcwh CtyJne41. Thè rernaining six trustees 1x￿pt￿l by the remaining
trust888. Every effort is made to ensure that the truste8 brAty cA￿trIn$ a wide sF*ctrum ofskn.lb and eyrwKX, and
that now tru8tsesjo¢ning famAk8nse thernse￿￿ wrfh Ihe bu*liThJ and wrfh ptsviw5 d8asF)ns made atM)ut rts
management and maintenan￿. The TNstees have adoptal the p￿￿￿onS ofAccA)untirKJ Rep)rb"ng by Charth"es'.
Statement of R8comm9n(18d Prac*c• 8FWthbl8 to rknnbes preparirg Iheir accounts in ￿)rdance with the Finar￿1
Rep￿ting Stsndard appliC￿e in thè UK and the Rep￿￿ of Iraland IFRS 102 leffectNe 1 January 20151.
OBJEcnvES AND ACTIVITIES
Stat•m•nt on publ1¢ lJ•n•fft
The charitys as Stated in the scheme of 31st Marth 3x18. ts Ihe PTOVW Y￿ ccmmunrty c*ntr•
lor the r8shlents of Maidslone 8nd nwgthuthoc
The tnJ5tees havg conwdored the Charity CcAnm*swt guAJwu 1rdLh￿i￿j thè 9ukJanc8'pU￿iC b8n•fft
runnirg a thanty {PB21'.
REFERENCE ANO ADMINISTRATIVE INFORIAATION
N•m• •1 ¢h•rlty
Cha￿ty R•ghtrallon nufflb•r
Prlnelp•l •ddr•••
Bl￿tt Str••t
Kent
ME14 2UG
Tru•t•••
Th& Iru8tees aTrJ offK•rs thJnThJ thfr y￿r and swic* tre yvr •nd w• as
Mr M FitzGerakl MBE Ichairnianl
Mr Darren JummcKrfJw (Vte Chain¥n)
Mr Ch%• ErrfJlLsh
Mr W Cockuoft DL
F PwKleT
Mrg L Procl
Ind•pond•nt Ex4fflln•r
The Santhth ACc￿rrtanCY Grow* Lld
148 Dov•r Roth
CT13(f
Bank•rn
Natwest Bank
3 Hyh Street
td8idsto
Kenl
ME14 1HJ
AFpro¥8d bythe 8oard ofTrus1￿ on its b8haWty
Mr M FttG8rakl
BE Ichaimianl

HOYIARD DE WALDEN
Chalrn)ants Annull Rei
Foryear endtd 31st Dewnber 2024
l am dèlighted to report n¥Jch dcom and glo￿ in the county our ￿ntre has had a very busy and
rewarding year serving and supwrling our communty with inueased numbers for m05t usef gTOUPS. We do
maintain our building lo a high starKlard but because of its construthon it is a high maintenance building so
to help enswe can k8¢p any in charg9$ lo a nwnimum hav¢ had solar panels Iltted Iv our
rcx)f hthich sit high up there in the and Ihis Shou￿ start repaying us as we ￿ forward. I musl thank the
Trustees lor aureeing to this Invest￿ and th• fLdl btnth *il start from n8xiyw.
It IBVAth grèat *Yne85 Ihat rty(wt the pasg*)g of w Img ian Pat•fson wrkod
tirelessly supporting th8 cartre espeaaty tho Trustses purchased tha $rte from Ihe Maldstontr Borough
Councll. and he hdped ensu￿ ￿ Centre develo￿ lo b&sl sorva the ne&as of the (￿n￿￿jnty il s8rv8$. Our
thoughts and prayers arè with hlm and h18 lan￿tY and fTWKI8.
Much %%rJrk In l8rm8 of improvtrmBnl lo the t¥Jli dln9 has continued IhroughoLrt thè y?ar and the bullding IS
lookSng in realty good 8hap8 and l thank our u8er fvr *rrfking tOgethert¢ ¢n8ure we maintsln the hlgh
¥tsndards set. W¢ are Wess&J *ith comnltted part thme stsff run Ihe day-ltrday organi$81ion and to
our cleanervtho has r9al l*rwDrk. Ow finarths arè m swod Shap8, and this ￿loW us to eonb'rw¢ lo
pgrade the building.
Wg have strugglèd to attra(a nv*V TA￿te69 ond S￿¢88&1)n pLgnning is still a d)8lleroe, but the lin* has
ccffi• for lo step dow) as Chair ofth8 Trusl¢*s al Ihe 2025 AGM. I fe81 that the Htmrd de Walden
Contre is part of my DNA ond I knth¥ that th• proposed new Chair. anothgr busy per80n. do an ox¢8lent
b, I hav¢ 8ald. ifthe meeb.ng agrees, I wim stay on fot the ngxt year lo hdp *ith tho transrtlon t￿11
Inclut1• lh8 charlty beC0n￿n9 mor•. W¥ Say. ¢orWerls•d.
Thls repty1 ￿U￿j not b8 eorryfote me thanklrg spa￿ 2 Be Me, the ch¥lty handle Ihe
admwlistratron, our clgan&r, Ihe centre man8pr. and of t￿r8e Trustees for thdr dedlcats'on c￿7Mrt￿nl
to maknng tho e•ntr• fit for purFP)•• to b•st s•rvè tho wn¥nunlty km.
Chalr Mike FttGerald MBE

HOWARD DE WALDEN
Report of the Trust••J
For yoar endod 31st Dec•mbtr 2024
The Dir8ctorn. who arB also thtr T￿￿ ofthe CharitatAe CoTryany preSeTrtth￿r annual report with the finanoal
staleThnts for the year ended 31st De¢ern￿r 2024, prepared in aceudance St*ment of Recomn*nded Practice..
Accounting and Reporting by Chanties preparing their a￿j￿ts in a(xa)rdance ￿lti the Financial Reporting Standard
aprjlicable in the UK and R•public of Ireland {FRS 1021 and the Finants￿ Rep)￿"ng s￿dard apk4icabla In Ihe Unlted
Kingdom and Republic of Irelan(l {FRS 1021 and the Chantios 2011
8tructur•i govemance and nMnag•mont
Constitutlon
The is govemed by 3 Sthem8 mad8 by Chanty Commissicthrs dated 31 Marth 2008. Thks replaced tho
previous Scheme dat•d 12th January 1951. The rth¥ sd*me. ￿en in less arthw¢ language. rrm do8dy refl&ts the
charity's CLirrent actsM"ti•s. a$ 0x￿a￿ned undèr otyects oThJ ac￿￿kn"e$ ts•1￿.
M•thod of appolnkn•rrt or eloctlon ofTru8tsgs
The trustees 01 the chanly fomi ils management c(¥rffithe. On8 trustee is nominated by the Arthbi$hop of can1e￿ury.
and tsyo by the Maid5tone Borough c(￿n¢11. Th• r•mainiro trustees ar• cgwted by the rerr4ining Iruslees. Every
éffort is made lo ensure that th* trustee body ¢)Jntain$ a wide specarum of Skills and gxpenenr*, and that new Irustoes on
joining Yamiliari•• th•m8olv•s wrth the buildiThJ aThJ Tmth previujs dwisions made abtsut rts manag8menl and
maintsnance.
R8iatsd partl
Apart frorn Mai¢J8tone Borough C￿nCil hwng an involvement in the c*artys managen￿nt, thè tharity also maintain#
close liaison with the Kent County cou￿1 of vthich trustee is a nxmber. and also the ￿'OC*se of Canterbury
nominatè Dr￿ representsti￿ as Trust•e.
RS•k m•nag•mMt
The management ttfflmitte• kew uThler I￿8￿nI revltrw the maic* rf¥ks to thè ¢JMrlty18 expo8•J 4nd 888k8 to
minimise Ènd miligale them. The COn￿￿tte￿ has In place o healu) safèty policy thvtiling all •$pects of the use of th¢
buildlng by the charity and by th• usor*roLW who rnnt ￿p￿e in ¢ and a thikl prOt*a￿ pc4icy wlich tho ccffln
en8ur#s 18 mat¢h¢d by s•p•rate pol￿11$ operatsd by eath rdevant user.gry￿P.
Publ1¢ Bengfft
The Iru$le8S t4lieve that theTr policy of making a¢0)mmodati￿ a¥ailabl• to u8er4Jroups arKI indfviduals, from Maidston•
and the neighbouthood, and gNing t•th8t•¥er other lupwt is po8&bkn to uaer*Thps. 13 for the publ￿ benofil. as
required by charty legislation.
Golng concorn
After making appropnate enquiries. the Trustees have a r￿SOnable ex￿c￿￿'0￿ that the charity h¥$ adequate resources
to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they conkn.nue lo adopt tho going concem
basis in waparing the financial sl*ments. Further details reg¥ding the adoption of the gcing concem basis can bo found
in Ar￿￿ntir¥￿ PdKAO1.
Flnanclal
The Charty'g total inCo￿n9 resources for the year ended 31" DKember 2024 lotalled £80.331 12023." £102,413).
Resources expoTrJed totallgd £89.488 {2023.. £58.455). fi￿d balart￿ al 31 D•rAnber 2024 was £590.583 {2023'.
£579,740)
Prlncipal funding conb'nues to be thr￿gh the renting of rooffts within the fJJikling' granis r￿1ve¢ dunng the year
amounletl to £NIL12023.' £NIL).

R￿tr￿S policy
The Twstses have detemined that de Walden cOn￿L￿ty Cwttre sthtd seek to maintain a levd of resèrv8$ as
follows..
.Onrestricted general r￿rve equwalent to 12 nbxrths of l￿d9&￿d nThing costs
•Designaled resoms to a¢¢uTh¥Jlated fvrKls for spe* wrposes as deteThrI￿d by thè board from timè to tsme.
.&estricted reserves to the extent that rnCe1￿1 for rtstri￿ purp)8es have rH>t yet l)een fuly expended.
UnroStrl¢tsd gon•ral reser¥•s
The holding ol Iree resewves is to enable H￿￿rd d¥ W￿den Comnwjnty Cer)tre to cLMts"nue lo financtal obligations
as they fall due should income f*ll signffi¢anlty behind budurt This would enable ￿ charity to me8t conlraetual liabiliti'e8
while the Trustee8 revrew finanoal fr￿ecaSts and r8asse8S the swNices offered In the everrt of tsasing to oper¥te. tha
fr88 reseN¢¥ are exF¢Cted to be wJrruent to cover the ¢))sts of any eontracl temwn*iorffj.
Th• level of free resatves lo ba rovwmd 8t least hall ygwty against the polity when th& optimal l•vd of fr•a reBerveB
¥hould ￿ rg••••ss¢d
D•$ignated re¥eryes of
a. Roof replacement costs É125,000.C#) a$ recommondod on of bulhling.
b. Refuibishment costs £15.000.00 for rAffent year.
Thg Tru#tee$ also •groed ￿ any su￿U$ fimd8 twnd th*￿ arr￿nts In re88Ne ctyjld be LMe(I for tha i)enefit of the
Communrty Centr•.
It ws¥ agreed that suwus funds could be 45 folluws..
.Thb give financial support to existing community acliviti•8 il required
.Itb give financial $upport to devdopment of nthy community a￿1¥￿0) and 3eThI￿•
.Ib purchase addrtional equipment fry th& of th• C(xnnNrity Cwrtre u$8r gr￿p# andlor raplac• existing wuipment
roquired
.D make improvem•nts to th• ComThwJnity Cortre to mtht it ftKY• and ap￿ing
Iro promot8 the Community C•ntr• through th? printiNJ of FQSters and ltrafiots d8v•Wnont of th• w8bstt•
8UPPOrt tralning ne8d8 of C¢Jnmunity Centre VdunIeern￿r￿slee8
.ro support employ men*ern of staff to work for the CownxsnQi Centra to •natd8 it lo meet its legal r•qulréments and to
provid• add￿On￿ Support for voluntewWTrustegs to addilional athjties and into th• Communty
Cantro.
Th• Trust•88 will corraSder on a r•gLrfar basi$ t￿ levels of fvnding that tt tNJld8 aTrJ hey* th18 l￿dir¥j can b• used for thé
benefll of the ComThwnlty Centre and rts as8wated aclivitth and sor¥ic88.
Pl•M for th• Futurn
The Truste8$ plan to contTrrKJe to rent the building to I￿￿) grwp$ and rnwd•nts. and for ¢oitnuou$
improv•M￿l of th• buildin9 and the surf￿ndIr￿a grounds.
ststemont of Trust•ts Respon$ibilit5es
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financ4al ststements for each year whith give a true and fair wew of the
disposition of the net assets of the charity and of rts finanaal tran¥aciion5 for that year. Tho trustees aro requirad to".
' golecl suitabl• accourrtt'ng poliaes and ap￿ them c¥)n*8tenty
' make judgments and •sts"mates that are rea$c￿able and wud•nl
' Prepa￿ the statem•nts on a going t4Sis unle88 that is ￿naPF￿￿4te
The trustee5 are responsibb8 for keeping proper a(c¢JJnting recuds whth disdose wth Teasonabte accuracy al any tim8
the financial wstbon of the charty and engble them lo ensure that the financTal statements Comply wth charity law. They
a￿ alsu responsible for safeguarding the assets ofthe (*arty. herKe for takn.ng reasonable steps for the prevèntion
and detection of fr8ud and other itregulanlm.

Governanc• of the Ch•rity
The trustees have a further duty to ensure that the govwnance of the tharity is cond￿le￿ lo the highest standard5. This,
in this charity, is accept•d as being the rwYx)silylity of the trustees arxl that beiry $0, there can clearfy be
no monetary costs attached to thes• ath"vities. The expe￿I￿1re l)eading in the Slatement Df Finanual Aclimtses under
which govemance would have been induded had there been any suth oxpofKlttJre, is'rrAnagoment and administrats'on-.
No mention 1$ made of governanc• under that heading sinwty bèous¢ no resources worè $0 expended. The Irustsos
confinn, however, that it is their beliefthat they have proFedy met Iheir otAigab"ons in this regard.
Signed on behalfof
Tru
Mik• FitsGerald M
Chairman
Dats..

HOWARD DE WALDEN CENTRE
Ind•p•ndent Ex8miner8 Report to the Tru8tO08
For year end￿ 31$t Decembor 2024
I report lo the trustees on my examirtation of the aC￿unts of the tharity for the year ending 31st
December 2024.
Re8pon*lbllltles and ba•18 of rnport
A¥ the ch8rity Iruslees, you are wponsth for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wlh the
requir￿sn￿ of the Charities Act 2011 1.the 2011 Acti.
I report in respect of my examination of the charrtys accounts eamed out under section 145 of the 2011
Act, and in Carr￿ng out my examination I have folkh¥ed all the applubl8 DireehonÈ givon by the Charity
G￿nM￿l0￿ under SeCt￿n 145151{b) of the ACL
Indep•nd•nt Ex•mln•rn St•t•m•nt
I have com￿eted my examination. I confimi that no matters have come to my attention in conneth'on wth
tho examinatson giving mé caus& lo believe that in any malarial res￿l
1. accounting rec￿￿$ not kept in respecl of the Chanty as required by se¢lDn 130 of the 2011 Act
or
2. the account$ do not accord with Ih¢X6 iecord$". or
3. the accounts do not comply wth the appl￿ requirwTrents concerning the fcrfm and content of
accounts out I the Chanties IA£counts and Re￿rts) R&Julalions 2008 other than any requirement that
the accounts givo a Yrue and fair which 18 not a matter con8lder¢d 88 part of an independent
examlnalion
I have no conc8rn¥ and have come acro88 no othw matters in connectK)n with the 8xaminabon to which
attention should b8 drawn in this report in order lo enable a prO￿r undgrstandiTrJ of the account8 lo be
ached.
Mfs J Wilkinson FIA44T FICB
Accountant
The Sandweh Aeeountan¢y Group Ltd
148 Dover Road
Santhich
Kent
CT130DD

STATEMEXT OF FINAFKIAL ACTMTIES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2024
IlncludFng I￿orn• & E￿￿11￿￿ A¢count)
Lknr•*tri¢tsd Ro•trlct•d Tot*1
fund
fund
fund8
2024
2024
fvnd8
2023
INCOME
from charitsble activrt*s
c&)natior￿ & grants
lire of premi
Oth8r
5911S
25
25
In¢ome ￿n￿StMentS
InNwtrn8nts
43298
Total inc¥)me
80331
80331
102413
EXPENDITURE
Exp8nditure on tharitth acti¥th•
Other expendrture
Total ¢yn8es
84258
5232
84258
S232
54012
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
43958
FuTrJs brought fOr￿ard
184
S￿184
512226
FuThJs carrnd forw8rd
567027
$87¢)27
556184
JI the abov• aro d8thd CA*th￿n9 Arkn. T1￿ 8r• no other w'nb ry k*909 other th•n Ih050 8hovm
8bov9

I#)WARD DE WALDEN CENTRE
Fund•
2024
Fund•
2023
FIXED ASSErs
TaThJibl8 ass
Investh￿nts
151235
151647
413318
393311
$53 544958
CURRENT A&8ETS
Debtor8
C88h at bank aTrJ in hwbs
510
36150
36660
28051
29105
CREDITORS
Amounts lalkro dL* wthin y
3075
1878
Ngr ¢URRENf ASSETS
34782
NEF A88ET8
S90593
079740
G￿er￿1 unr•6ln"ct•d lund
Revaluatron r888
Totsl R•••tv••
567027
23556
$906
658184
23556
679740
Th• fin*n4•1 •t•t•rrnnl• ￿r• •pwty4•d by I••￿ by Bo*rd •nd on h b•haW by
Mr M FfqGer¥ld
Truslee
E ICh•lThrnnl

B41$ ol pryraiion
d RepuNK ol ItBkntt IFRS 102) 16Jdy2D14
Kkqth)m (FRS 1tr21 aTrJ Ir* trortb86AL#2011
¢h•ng• o11¢￿￿ng
the c￿MY
Fin4n0aiAth￿￿e1
84nk • ¢••h •g￿¥￿e￿#
ha8 • pre￿ obliyboD r•wY4r*lry¥n • F•tw*rtth•t*•l r•wjtt￿ the Pty •nd ll
Totsi Toithi fw
2024
2024
Mlreof
$9116
25
90324
324
5911S
fvnd
Totsl T(4* fuThib
04
54012
54012
T4x•I
>)23
5232

6 A116ts
Ti*81
Cc6t* IStJ•HJary2024
AthYtt**is
DI$pL*
Ctst at318t D&xrthr￿24
15369
153699
Dw￿lakn ot 1stJrnY￿4
DewEryatM i)
412
412
Net br#)k ¥4￿*3181 D*thts¥o4
151236
Net at 318t C￿•￿2orts
1647
151647
Tai
T￿
2024
2023
Th1• h •tthd
Ar£ounlantyfee¥
575
2024
Prepoym
$10
S1¢
1054
23
Cr8dMors
2446
1278
*)7$
1878
Mov•m•nt In 14mOb
UnN￿r￿t•dfufi
O•¢ w24
S58184
556164
$87027
¥87027
31
•¢ 2023
512228
512216
102413
10241J
se455
184
560184
11 ThMnOFI

HOWARD DE bYALDEN CENTRE
D8tslled Statement of Financlal Acti¥lti¢¥
For the year ended 31¥t Dec•mlJer 2024
INCOME AND ENDOWMEp¥r
20
Donatton8 and l•gae
2023
Ocfflaticffjs & gr8nts
Hire of pffjrni8es
Other income
Totsl Incomlng re•ourc
5911S
25
60324
59115
8UPPORT C08T3
Insuran
Centre manager
Repairs and maintenanc•
Long lemi maintenance ¢¢618
Electhc4ty
Gas
Wator
Cl•8ning
Waste YJisFrf>sal
General con$umabl8s
CCTV
Website
Bad debt
Depreclation
Expenditure on th8nlaNe actiths
2915
2878
27e
2537
15273
15￿$
323S
11269
28319
8215
1015
7274
757
1478
116
412
64256
550
54012
ADMINISTRATION
c￿r￿/space 2 Be Me
Aecount8ncy
Ge￿ra1 administrab'on expanws
575
5232
Tot•1 fg•ourc•• •xpondod
N•t Incom• befor• In￿•1m•ntr Inc
191641
In¢om• Irom Inv••tments
Itwestments
NET INCOME
10843