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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- þ First Aid kits – Bridie – Karen Page (Bingo) had found what she thought were outdated items in the kit.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)
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I report to Ihe truste85 my examinalion of the accJ)unts of tha abovo
c*wity llhe Tntsf) year eThJed 31" D&xnb8r 2025.
R••ponslbllltl•s and As the 4*arrty 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 Kn*Jht 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 Rer*J1 is consistent with the
accounts.
The Chaimian has confimi&J that there are assets ￿ liabilit*s other than
reported bank balances.
I wlsh lo thank the Chainnon and Treasurer fix their assistance during Ihe
wKlependent examination.
IER
Octobor 2018