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Little Paxton Village Hall – Chairman’s Annual Report for 2025/26

• þ Grant funding of £39,411.25 for 42 solar panels and battery back-up system used to engage preferred supplier and system installed and working very well.

• þ .New amplifier installed and working well.

• þ Christmas Fayre run successfully.

• þ Meeting room lights tripping investigated and under review.

• þ Gents toilet light sensor suspect and under review.

• þ PAT testing completed and passed with flying colours.

• þ Fire alarm annual test – passed with flying colours. All back-up batteries replaced.

• þ Gas service Marross – Pushed back to Spring for warmer weather.

• þ First Aid kits – Bridie – Karen Page (Bingo) had found what she thought were outdated items in the kit. When Bridie investigated, Karen has been reading batch numbers, not dates.

• þ Gents’ lights seem to be working now – Malcolm – Continue to monitor

• þ Filter replaced in Main Kitchen water boiler – Again reported by Karen Page.

• þ Cleaning Solar Panels (April) - First clean will be in April, ready for Summer. Our window cleaner will do this, before cleaning the windows. (After feed-back from Cllr. Mark Slater post meeting Malcolm may review the decision to clean panels twice yearly).

• þ Broken external power socket cover – Two of these sockets have now been replaced.

• þ Treasurer Graham is standing down in the first quarter of 2026, for health reasons, after 6 years’ service. David Smith joined the Team as a Trustee and Treasurer Designate on 16[th] March 2026. There will now be a ohased handover between Graham and David.

• þ Chair (Malcolm) may possibly need to scale back due to skin cancer (subject to outcome of ongoing treatment).

Up to and including March 2026

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report R•port to tho trusts•sl mom￿r¥ of Lrtue Paxton Wdlage Hall On accounts for th• 31" December 2025 Clwity no (W any) 270549 l￿d2 I report to Ihe truste85 my examinalion of the accJ)unts of tha abovo cwity llhe Tntsf) year eThJed 31" D&xnb8r 2025. R••ponslbllltl•s and As the 4arrty trustees Trurt YOU 8fe resP￿sibl8 lor tho pr8parati¢)n basls of rnport of th8 acujunts in acccKthn(x with the rgquirem8nts ol Ihe Charitie8 Acl 2011 A￿}. I report in resk of my examination of the Twsl's accounts ￿rrth1 out Klèr secticrf) 145 of th8 2011 Act and in carying out my examlnatlon, I have follwd the apFth'c4bl8 Direc1K￿ given by th8 Chwty Cc¥nrnission uThJer sedion 1495Mbl of the Acl. Independent I have completed my ex8minalTh. I confinn that no materHI matters have examlnèrfs slat•m•nt c¢)me to my attenty.on ￿ conntidi(￿ vath the examinatM)n. I have (x)ncem8 8nd have o)mo a(xoss no othor matters In connec wth th& 8xarninati￿ to attenti￿ $￿k1 b8 dra¥￿ in order to enabl& a Slgned: 31•t March 2026 Peter KnJht M8A ACMA CGMA R•hv•nt wof•ulonal qualmcatS0rf8) or body Ilf any): Chartered I￿lItute of Management Accountants 12 Grayliro Close Little Paxtc Cambr*eshire PE19 6DW Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent ex8mknall￿ of dwrty acc(xxts: di￿b(￿￿ and guM1a￿ for examirers). IER Octobor 2018

Glve ￿r• bwief dotalls of any items that Ihe examiner wl$hg5 to disclosè. I conducted a reviww crfth8 ac£4)urts iThj￿I1ng matchirvJ in the bank slatements. and bank balances of th& ¢harity. l am &itisfiod that Chainw's Annual RerJ1 is consistent with the accounts. The Chaimian has confimi&J that there are assets ￿ liabilits other than reported bank balances. I wlsh lo thank the Chainnon and Treasurer fix their assistance during Ihe wKlependent examination. IER Octobor 2018