Drayton Grange Community Association
Financial Statements For the Year Ended 28[th] February 2025 Charity Registration Number 269261
Drayton Grange Community Association
th Annual Report for the year ending 28 February 2025
The Trustees and the Council of the Association present their report for the year th ended the 28 February 2025.
The members of the Council during the year and their representative group where appropriate were:
Mike Cashmore Chair/Treasurer/Secretary Booking Agent/Maintenance Officer Ross Mounteney Former Chinese Boxing instructor at the hall Wendy Randall West Northants Councillor & Trustee Angela Squire Ukulele Edward Nicholl Ukulele
The Council, which directs the policy and management of the affairs of the Association, comprises of members nominated from user and residential groups or as individuals elected at the Annual General Meeting held in May. The secretary and treasurer are elected at the AGM with the chair elected at its first normal meeting.
The Association was convened in March 1975 and is registered with the Charity Commission Registration number 269261.
Objectives, Organisation and Activities
The association is established to:
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a) Promote the benefit of the residents of the Grange Estate, Drayton village and neighbouring areas to the west of Daventry by associating the local authorities, voluntary organisations, and residents in a common effort to provide facilities for social welfare, leisure activities, educational and cultural advancement and to improve conditions of life for residents.
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b) To provide and maintain the community centre known as Nene Hall in Tamar Square on the Grange Estate in Daventry, manage its operation for the activities promoted by the Association and its constituent members and residents of the area.
The Association operates an Equal Opportunities policy. Any person may be a member without distinction of age, gender, ethnic origin, race or colour, political, religious, or other opinions.
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Nene Hall is available for hire by any individual or organisation in accordance with the hiring agreement and scale of charges approved by the Council. It is intended that these charges generate enough income to meet all running expenditure incurred in providing and maintaining the Hall.
The Association is an independent organisation with group representatives and residents, with the Council comprising elected and nominated members. The council meets six times per year.
' Chairman & Treasurer s report - Mike Cashmore
2024 was a year that matched 2023 in terms of income from groups and private hire despite losing ASH, the children’s theatre group, and Scouts halfway through the year. ASH moved out due to the poor acoustics in the hall, which we have tried to address but have yet to cure, while Scouts suffered from a lack of leaders and therefore could not continue.
Our biggest expense outside of our utility bills for the year was our need to replace the hall’s main front doors at a cost of £4,580 after several local businesses said they were beyond repair - fortunately the old locks were utilized saving the need to replace all the keys. Other unplanned expenses included a repair to the cooker, which totaled £300, which is now under a service plan for future repairs. LED lighting to one of the nursery’s storage cupboards was fitted after the old fluorescent ones reached the end of their life at a cost of £170. Further expenditure to the sum of £475 was spent on the roof, which has needed attention for several years when the wind blew the rain in certain directions causing 4 leaks in various places around the hall. The gas and electric costs have risen by £4,000, while our cleaner’s wage costs have increased by £1,000. Our regular grasscutter, Sarah, raised her price for each cut again to £50 from £40, so Clive, from Clive’s Handyman Services was given the task at £25/cut although we had to provide the mower and the fuel! We paid £216 to have the drain cleared to one of the ladies’ toilets, which is the first time it has blocked since we had a sleeve insert fitted many years ago, as before that it needed regular unblocking.
Cummins volunteers visited the hall again to carry out maintenance, a visit we have benefitted from every year since 2005, save the Covid years. The tasks carried out were clearing the undergrowth on the Staverton Road side of the building, trimming the hedge up the drive, removing a large bush to the front aspect, removing weeds and weed killing, fitting a new main kitchen sink mixer tap, re-sealing ladies sinks, freeing nursery’s garden gate that was dragging on the ground, fitting kitchen worktop edging and replacing a Perspex window to the nursery’s play shed. Breakfast was again provided by DGCA for all the volunteers, cooked by a couple of the volunteers, which is good value for all the work that is voluntarily carried out.
I have continued to carry on doing maintenance tasks paid at the minimum wage, which included replacing a glass panel, replacing a power socket, fixing a broken toilet cubicle door and so the list goes on, which can all be seen in the attached ‘Jobs Done’ sheet within this report.
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We have again been sent an invoice for the 20% discretionary rate relief from WNC after successfully appealing the decision last year, so we are hoping that Ted Nicholl, one of our trustees, can get this decision reversed again, saving us over £800, a considerable charge for our small charity.
We have taken the decision not to replace the hall’s main partition due to the cost being prohibitive at £25,000 – the lowest of two quotes we received. I will aim to remove the existing partition using Cummins volunteers when they visit sometime this year and remove the track it runs on, which has been a trip hazard when the partition is open since being installed in 1998.
We have agreed to upgrade the kitchen with new cupboard fronts as some of the cupboard fronts have delaminated and are looking a little tatty.
Summarizing the year; it has been another successful year for Nene Hall as the hall has been used by hundreds of different people from diverse backgrounds for all kinds of activities and celebrations and may that long continue.
Finances
The attached financial statement shows the current state of the financial affairs of the Association which the Committee deems to be satisfactory.
The Association's bankers are the Lloyds Bank, 18 High Street (current account)
And investment fund, Standard Life (smaller UK Companies)
On Behalf of the Association
Mike Cashmore
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Charity No. 269261
DRAYTON GRANGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Report and Financial Statements
to 28th February 2025
DRAYTON GRANGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Charity No. 269261
For the year ended 28th February 2025
Trustees Report
The Trustees and the Council of the Association present their report for the year ended the 28th February 2025.
The members of the Council during the year and their representative group where appropriate were:
Mike Cashmore Chair/Treasurer/Secretary and Booking Agent/Maintenance Officer Ross Mounteney Former Chinese Boxing instructor at the hall & trustee Wendy Randall West Northants Councillor & Trustee Angela Squire Ukulele & trustee Edward Nicholl Ukulele & trustee
The Council, which directs the policy and management of the affairs of the Association, comprises of members nominated from user and residential groups or as individuals elected at the Annual General Meeting held in May. The secretary and treasurer are elected at the AGM with the chair elected at its first normal meeting.
The Association was convened in March 1975 and is registered with the Charity Commission Registration number 269261.
Objectives, Organisation and Activities
The association is established to:
a) Promote the benefit of the residents of the Grange Estate, Drayton village and neighbouring areas to the west of Daventry by associating the local authorities, voluntary organisations, and residents in a common effort to provide facilities for social welfare, leisure activities, educational and cultural advancement and to improve conditions of life for residents.
b) To provide and maintain the community centre known as Nene Hall in Tamar Square on the Grange Estate in Daventry, manage its operation for the activities promoted by the Association and its constituent members and residents of the area.
The Association operates an Equal Opportunities policy. Any person may be a member without distinction of age, gender, ethnic origin, race or colour, political, religious, or other opinions.
Nene Hall is available for hire by any individual or organisation in accordance with the hiring agreement and scale of charges approved by the Council. It is intended that these charges generate enough income to meet all running expenditure incurred in providing and maintaining the Hall.
The Association is an independent organisation with group representatives and residents, with the Council comprising elected and nominated members. The Council meets six times per year.
By order of the Board 23rd May 2025
Michael Cashmore Chairman Registered Office Nene Hall Tamar Square Daventry Northamptonshire NN11 4RB Page1
DRAYTON GRANGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Charity No. 269261
For the year ended 28th February 2025
Chairman & Treasurer's report - Mike Cashmore
2024 was a year that matched 2023 in terms of income from groups and private hire despite losing ASH, the children’s theatre group, and Scouts halfway through the year. ASH moved out due to the poor acoustics in the hall, which we have tried to address but have yet to cure, while Scouts suffered from a lack of leaders and therefore could not continue.
Our biggest expense outside of our utility bills for the year was our need to replace the hall’s main front doors at a cost of £4,580 after several local businesses said they were beyond repair - fortunately the old locks were utilized saving the need to replace all the keys. Other unplanned expenses included a repair to the cooker, which totaled £300, which is now under a service plan for future repairs. LED lighting to one of the nursery’s storage cupboards was fitted after the old fluorescent ones reached the end of their life at a cost of £170. Further expenditure to the sum of £475 was spent on the roof, which has needed attention for several years when the wind blew the rain in certain directions causing 4 leaks in various places around the hall. The gas and electric costs have risen by £4,000, while our cleaner’s wage costs have increased by £1,000. Our regular grasscutter, Sarah, raised her price for each cut again to £50 from £40, so Clive, from Clive’s Handyman Services was given the task at £25/cut although we had to provide the mower and the fuel! We paid £216 to have the drain cleared to one of the ladies’ toilets, which is the first time it has blocked since we had a sleeve insert fitted many years ago, as before that it needed regular unblocking.
Cummins volunteers visited the hall again to carry out maintenance, a visit we have benefitted from every year since 2005, save the Covid years. The tasks carried out were clearing the undergrowth on the Staverton Road side of the building, trimming the hedge up the drive, removing a large bush to the front aspect, removing weeds and weed killing, fitting a new main kitchen sink mixer tap, re-sealing ladies sinks, freeing nursery’s garden gate that was dragging on the ground, fitting kitchen worktop edging and replacing a Perspex window to the nursery’s play shed. Breakfast was again provided by DGCA for all the volunteers, cooked by a couple of the volunteers, which is good value for all the work that is voluntarily carried out.
I have continued to carry on doing maintenance tasks paid at the minimum wage, which included replacing a glass panel, replacing a power socket, fixing a broken toilet cubicle door and so the list goes on, which can all be seen in the attached ‘Jobs Done’ sheet within this report.
We have again been sent an invoice for the 20% discretionary rate relief from WNC after successfully appealing the decision last year, so we are hoping that Ted Nicholl, one of our trustees, can get this decision reversed again, saving us over £800, a considerable charge for our small charity.
We have taken the decision not to replace the hall’s main partition due to the cost being prohibitive at £25,000 – the lowest of two quotes we received. I will aim to remove the existing partition using Cummins volunteers when they visit sometime this year and remove the track it runs on, which has been a trip hazard when the partition is open since being installed in 1998.
We have agreed to upgrade the kitchen with new cupboard fronts as some of the cupboard fronts have delaminated and are looking a little tatty.
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Summarizing the year; it has been another successful year for Nene Hall as the hall has been used by hundreds of different people from diverse backgrounds for all kinds of activities and celebrations and may that long continue.
Finances
The attached financial statement shows the current state of the financial affairs of the Association which the Committee deems to be satisfactory.
The Association's bankers are the Lloyds Bank, 18 High Street (current account) And investment fund, Standard Life (smaller UK Companies)
On Behalf of the Association
Mike Cashmore
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Charity No. 269261
DRAYTON GRANGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Income & Expenditure account
as at 28th February 2025 as at 29th February 2024
| Income Hall bookings Grants Gas refunds Electricity refunds Bank Interest & Gain on investment Sundry Total Expenditure Light & heat Cleaning Insurance Water rates Telephone Refuse bins collection Maintenance & improvements Admin & advertising Bank charges & Loss on investment Sundry expenses Total Gross Surplus (loss-) |
£31,993 £0 £0 £0 £1,270 £0 £33,263 £8,654 £5,205 £962 £720 £510 £1,197 £7,543 £0 £60 £0 £24,851 £8,412 |
£24,453 £0 £259 £0 £0 £0 |
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| £24,712 £3,665 £5,487 £807 £585 £421 £815 £9,715 £0 £4,130 £0 |
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| £25,625 | ||
| -£913 |
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Charity No. 269261
DRAYTON GRANGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
BALANCE SHEET
| as at 28th February 2025 | as at 28th February 2025 | as at 28th February 2025 | as at 29th February 2024 | |
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| ASSETS | ||||
| Investment Standard Life | £27,458 | £26,188 | ||
| Cash at bank | £43,826 | £36,683 | ||
| Debtors (DoP) | £0 | £0 | ||
| LIABILITIES | ||||
| Creditors | £0 | £0 | ||
| NET ASSETS | £71,284 | £62,871 | ||
| Represented by: | ||||
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES | ||||
| Building Fund - earmarked/restricted | £50,000 | £40,000 | ||
| Accumulated Retained Profit | £12,871 | £10,845 | ||
| Profit and loss account | £8,413 | £12,026 | ||
| TOTAL FUNDS | £71,284 | £62,871 | ||
| Approved by the Trustees on 23rd May 2025 | and signed on its behalf by: | |||
| Michael Cashmore | Treasurer | |||
| Edward Nicholl | Trustee |
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CHARITY COMMISSION i FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trustees DRAON GRANGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION On accounts for the year ended 28" February 2025 Charity no {rfany) 269261 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust-) for the year ended 28th February 2025. Responsibilities and basis of report As the chanty's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wth the requirnents of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission unoer section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection wtth the examination which gives me cause lo believe that in any material respect the accounting records were nol kept in accordance with sedion 130 of the Chartties Act. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should tse drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounls to be reached. Signed: Ll Date: 26106125 Name: Lynn Jones Relevant professional qualifi¢ation{s) or body (if any): NIA Address: 65 The Medway Daventry NN114QU IER OGt 2018