## **ANGMERING VILLAGE HALL** ## **Trustees Annual Report For The Year To 31 December 2025** **The Management Committee present their Report for the year ended 31 December 2025.** **The members of the Management Committee during the year and their appointing body, where appropriate, were:-** **J Yates (Chair) Elected H Woodman (Secretary) Elected J Blake (Treasurer) Elected K Yates (Booking Secretary) Elected R Taylor Elected J Miland-Taylor Elected J Cornwell JC Dancing A Evans Angmering Parish Council A Ostapiuk Woodies Acoustic Music Club J Savory Poppy Club** **Juliet Cornwell resigned from the Committee in June 2025 as she moved out of the area but we are very pleased that she was able to return to the Hall as a Regular User on a weekly basis later in the year.** **Management Committee members are usually appointed and/or elected on an annual basis, with Officers being elected from the membership of the Management Committee. The Annual General Meeting is usually held in March.** **The Charity was established by Trust Deed dated 14 June 1928 and is registered with the Charity Commission No. 271149.** ## **OBJECTS, ORGANISATION AND ACTIVITIES** **The Charity is established for the advancement of the intellectual, social and moral welfare of the inhabitants of the Parish of Angmering by providing communal facilities and promoting community projects of a charitable nature.** **The Village Hall is available for hire by any individual or organisation in accordance with the standard hiring agreement which is regularly being reviewed and upgraded, the current Byelaws and scale of charges adopted for the year. It is intended that the scale of charges be sufficient to generate enough income to meet all normal expenditure incurred in maintaining the Hall. Specific projects are funded by appeals, fundraising, grants and out of reserves.** **The Charity is organised as an independent association of local residents with a Management Committee comprising appointed and/or elected members. Activities include provision of the Village Hall as a permanent community facility.** ## **PERFORMANCE** **The Trustees consider that the performance of the Charity this year has been good in spite the reduction in our income from regular hirers. This has been caused the reduction in income from JC Dancing and the closure of two W.I. groups and the Bridge Club referred to in my last annual report. However some of our existing hirers have hired the Hall more and new groups have started including Sassy Sewers and Strong Mutha. All existing hirers in 2025 have renewed for 2026.** **We are trying to attract new hirers by advertising and starting to use and understand social media to offer the Halls facilities to the residents of Angmering and beyond.** **1** **Our hiring charges have been kept to a minimum level and not been increased for 2026. We have continued to maintain and improve the Village Hall particularly the King Suite to make both Halls as attractive and appealing as possible to existing and new hirers. A special vote of thanks is due to our Secretary Heather who has kept in positive contact with our existing Regular Users and has worked so hard to encourage and help potential and interested regular hirers.** **The income from Casual Users has been maintained during difficult economic times. The Halls remain popular for baby showers, children’s parties, adult parties and weddings.** **Thank you again to Kristina for all the hard work this requires and her patience in dealing with the public often new and inexperienced in dealing with a Village Hall run entirely by volunteers..** ## **RESERVES POLICY** **The Trustees policy is to continue to maintain a reasonable balance at the bank on current account, and to have monies set aside for contingencies in another bank account earning interest. This is to cover unexpected emergencies and expenses and losses of income.** ## **RISK ASSESSMENT AND HEALTH AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE** **The risks to the Village Hall continue to be reviewed and systems have been established to reduce these risks. Throughout the year the Elected Officers on behalf of the Trustees have continued to deal with compliance issues including Fire Risks and Alarms, Health and Safety, Electrical and Emergency lighting, PAT testing and Gas regulation. Regular tests have continued to be carried out and set up to ensure that the Hall complies with emergency lighting, fire alarm, smoke alarm detection, gas compliance, health and safety and fire extinguisher requirements. Ongoing reports and assessments have been and will be obtained as required to ensure that we continue to comply with our compliance responsibilities.** **Richard Taylor and Tony Cross have continued to carry out regular inspections of the Village Hall both externally and internally.** **Mike Colliss initially continued to carry out the Fire Alarm tests on a weekly basis and the Emergency Light tests on a regular basis as required but this has been taken over by Richard when Mike became unwell.** **Thank you to Richard, Tony and Mike for the contribution you have made to our Village Hall.** ## **REVIEW OF PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHAIRMAN’S PERSONAL REPORT** **This is my twelfth year as Chairman of the Management Committee.** **The Treasurer’s Report and the accounts for the year show that a surplus in excess of £6,500 has been achieved in spite of the reduction to our income from Regular Users. Our reserves have increased and will allow us to continue to carry out necessary repairs and make improvements to the Village Hall. Although we have agreed to keep the hire charges the same for Casual Users and Regular Users during 2026 our hire charges will continue to be reviewed on a regular basis. A special thank you to Jenny Blake for her continued hard work, skill and diligence in looking after the accounts on a daily basis and preparing all the accounts and budgets throughout the year. This is a difficult task which has not been helped by her health problems – so thank you Jenny on behalf of the Village Hall.** **The Elected Officers have continued to deal with the day to day management of the Village Hall.** **The Main Hall has retained and hosted a wide range of activities including Indoor Bowls, Poppy Club, Ballroom Dancing, Dancing Tuition, Ballet and Dancing sessions for children, Yoga, Pilates, the Angmering Voices Choir and of course Woodies Acoustic Music Club as well as individuals wanting to practise ballroom dancing.** **The King Suite had Regular Users for Art and Craft and sewing groups, paediatric and canine first aid, private pain relief classes, Strong Mutha and the Parish Council.** **2** **Casual hirings have continued mainly for Baby Showers, Children’s parties, adult parties and Wedding Packages.** **We will obviously continue to try and help our existing hirers as best we can and also try and attract new hirers to maximise the use of our Village Hall. At the moment there are some gaps in the daytime hiring of the Main Hall but there is more capacity in the King Suite.** **The King Suite was redecorated in November 2024 after the damp problems that were remedied earlier in the year. We will have to continue to consider whether further improvements or changes need to be made to the King Suite and the Main Hall to make them as attractive as possible for existing and future hiring.** **We continued to carry out essential repairs and improvements to the Village Hall during 2025. A special mention should be made of Richard Taylor who has taken on roles previously mentioned but has also “volunteered” to in effect maintain and carry out repairs and improvements to the Village Halls. He has carried out this very important role with a thoroughness and patience that we could not have hoped for. He has completed so many jobs too numerous to mention and has spent many hours at and in the Village Hall. Thank you Richard.** **During the year as well as the other works previously highlighted in my report and shown in the Treasurer’s Report and Accounts:-** **A new Broadband contract was entered into.** **The insurance was renewed after significantly increasing the estimated rebuilding cost** **The sycamore tree affecting the Village Hall boundary was cut down by the Thatchway Residents Association at their expense.** **The PHS Contract for clinical waste disposal was terminated and a new 2 year contract with Albus Environmental was entered into.** **The 2 flat roofs were re-felted following an inspection and any missing tiles were replaced The sound system was improved.** **New notice boards have been installed.** **A new shed was erected and installed.** **The improvements proposed to the Garden area serving the King Suite were started and completed in early 2026.** **Laura Allen and her cleaning team have continued to be excellent. She has been completely reliable and conscientious and we have received many compliments on her behalf about the high standard of cleaning that she and her team provide.** **Thank you again Laura.** **The King Suite garden and the front garden have been maintained in 2025. The recent improvements to the Garden area serving the King Suite have made it much more attractive and secure to potential hirers. Contractors have mainly maintained the rear garden and we also obtained additional help in weeding and keeping tidy the garden areas throughout the year.** **Thank you in particular to Alan Brown for planning the displays and for all his hard work and for all those who helped during the year to make the displays colourful and special.** **As part of Angmering Parish Council’s Resilience Plan the Village Hall has agreed to continue to be a Rescue Centre.** **The Emergency Alert Plan is still in place which includes a regular monitoring of the Black ditch levels and registering with the Environment Agency to be notified if there is likely to be a flooding situation which may affect the Village Hall.** **The Black Ditch levels as shown by the Camera on the Parish Council website have been and are being regularly checked. These levels appeared during 2025 to be well within safety levels of potential flooding and hopefully mean that the drainage and flood water level systems are working well to prevent or limit potential flooding. The CCTV camera systems also help in showing the water levels and whether there is likely to be a problem caused by flooding. We understand from the Parish Council that a programme of drain clearance has been carried out throughout the Village and hopefully all these measures will reduce the risk of flooding.** **3** **Clearance of our section of the Black Ditch took place in 2025 and the cost shared as previously agreed between ourselves and St Margaret’s Church. It has been agreed and confirmed by the Parish Council that their Maintenance operative Roy will continue to carry out regular inspections of the Black Ditch and report to the Council who will inform us as and when maintenance work is necessary. It is likely this will be required every 2 years or so.** **The Village Hall remains a central part of the local community.** **As we move forward in 2026 we will continue to seek new hirers and fill in any gaps in the diary particularly in the King Suite to boost our hiring income as much as possible. We will continue to keep under review the balance between regular and casual hirers particularly on Saturdays and Sundays. As previously mentioned we will try to use modern technology to reach and attract potential hirers. The budget for 2026 will be kept under regular review. Our hiring charges are still very good value when considering the facilities we offer and the hire charges of other local Village Halls. There continues to be a reduction for residents of Angmering.** **Our budgeted income for 2026 remains sufficient to meet normal and anticipated day to day expenditure although some of our reserves which have increased may have to be used to fund improvements. We will continue to keep the Hall charges to a minimum.** **We will continue to consider ways to maintain and improve the facilities that we offer to regular and casual hirers.** **We hope that in 2026 the Village Hall will continue be a vital part of Village life for the benefit of the whole community and for all ages.** **During this year the work involved in running the Village Hall has been carried out by the Committee whilst the day to day management has been carried out by the Elected Members.** **A special thank you to each member of the Committee for the contribution that they have made - particularly towards the maintenance, compliance and improvements that have been made to the Village Hall over the year.** **An extra thank you to Heather for being our Secretary and for preparing our agendas and minutes and keeping our forms and procedures up to date and for all she does to help with Regular Users and generally. Thank you to Jenny B for supervising the recent improvements to the King Suite garden and for all she does to help the Village Hall over and above the onerous task of being our Treasurer.** **An additional thank you to Jenny Miland-Taylor for helping with the regular hirers and casual hirers as necessary, to Alex for helping with the sound system and notice boards, to Alan for keeping as informed and in contact with the Parish Council and to June for being very willing to help where necessary and for continuing to offer sound and practical advice.** **There are some further “thank yous” that I would like to and need to make :-** **Thank you as always to Corrie and Alan Brown for all your help with the garden, general maintenance and website update and for your continued support generally.** **Thank you also to Roger Miles for his continued help and assistance, to Amanda Halstead for examining the accounts.** **Thank you to anyone who I have not named for the help and contribution they have made.** **Let us hope that 2026 proves to be another great year for OUR Village Hall.** **On behalf of the Management Committee J Yates, Chairman, March 2026** **4** ## **ANGMERING VILLAGE HALL** # **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025** ## **ANGMERING VILLAGE HALL** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025** |**Note**
**Receipts:**
**Grants and donations**
**2**
**Income from charitable activities**
**3**
**Income from investments**
**4**
**Total Receipts**
**Payments:**
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
**5**
**Purchase of assets and equipment**
**6**
**Total Payments**
**Net (payments)/receipts**
**Transfers between funds**
**Cash funds b/fwd**
**CASH FUND BALANCES C/FWD**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**- - -**
**33,796 - 33,796**
**2,962 - 2,962**
**36,758 - 36,758**
**28,589 - 28,589**
**1,576 - 1,576**
**30,165 - 30,165**
**6,593 - 6,593**
**- - -**
**45,133 35,370 80,503**
**51,726 35,370 87,096**|**Total funds**
**2024**
**£**
**1,721**
**40,861**
**3,073**| |---|---|---| |||**45,655**| |||**31,903**
**3,251**| |||**35,154**| |||**10,501**
**-**
**70,002**| |||**80,503**| **Page 1** ## **ANGMERING VILLAGE HALL** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025** |**CASH FUNDS**
**CAF Cash Account**
**CAF Gold Account**
**United Trust Bank Deposits**
**Total cash funds**
**Represented by:**
**INCOME FUNDS**
**General Purpose Fund**
**Restricted Property Improvement Fund**
**OTHER MONETARY ASSETS**
**Rental income - amount due re hire pre 31/12/25**
**ASSETS RETAINED FOR THE CHARITY'S OWN USE**
**Angmering Village Hall and grounds**
**Furniture, fixtures and fittings and equipment for use in the hall**
**LIABILITIES**
**Returnable deposits held**
**Rental income - amounts paid in advance re hire post 31/12/25**
**General hall expenditure**|**2025**
**£**
**659**
**26,348**
**60,089**
**87,096**
**51,726**
**35,370**
**87,096**
**1,866**
**350**
**1,011**
**1,555**|**2024**
**£**
**5,020**
**17,871**
**57,612**| |---|---|---| |||**80,503**| |||**45,133**
**35,370**| |||**80,503**| |||**1,993**
**800**
**1,111**
**1,264**| **Page 2** **ANGMERING VILLAGE HALL** **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025** ## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Basis of Preparation** **This financial statement has been prepared in accordance with the guidance issued by the Charities Commissioners to comply with the provisions of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act).** **This financial statement has been prepared on a receipts and payments basis.** ## **Fund Accounting** **Unrestricted funds are general funds which are available at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.** **Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors and or Trustees.** ## **2. GRANTS AND DONATIONS** |**Grants**
**Donations**|**2025**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2024**
**£**
**1,671**
**50**| |---|---|---| |||**1,721**| ## **3. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES** |**Lettings:**
**Regular users**
**Casual users**
**Other events:**|**2025**
**£**
**23,915**
**9,881**
**33,796**
**-**
**33,796**|**2024**
**£**
**31,067**
**9,794**| |---|---|---| |||**40,861**
**-**| |||**40,861**| **Page 3** ## **ANGMERING VILLAGE HALL** ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025** ## **4. INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS** |||**2025**|**2024**| |---|---|---|---| |||**£**|**£**| |**Bank**|**interest**|**2,962**
|**3,073**| ## **5. EXPENDITURE ON CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES** |**Restricted Funds**
**Repairs, renewals and enhancements**
**Unrestricted Funds**
**Repairs, renewals and maintenance**
**Special projects**
**Cleaning**
**Consumables**
**Insurance**
**Independent examiners gift**
**Water rates**
**Light and heat**
**Subscriptions**
**Advertising**
**Administration**
**Broadband charges**
**Bank charges**
**Business rates**|**2025**
**£**
**0**
**11,797**
**678**
**7,225**
**492**
**1,221**
**55**
**376**
**4,492**
**552**
**896**
**117**
**628**
**60**
**-**
**28,589**|**2024**
**£**
**3,722.00**| |---|---|---| |||**14,554**
**1,376**
**6,223**
**551**
**1,053**
**51**
**440**
**1,648**
**598**
**590**
**280**
**617**
**60**
**140**| |||**28,181**| ## **6. PURCHASE OF ASSETS AND EQUIPMENT** **The following items of equipment were purchased during the year:** |**Amplifier & handheld wireless microphone**|**960**|| |---|---|---| |**Garden Shed**|**290**|| |**Ladder**|**100**|| |**Keys & padlocks**|**93**|| |**China mugs**|**50**|| |**Floor mop**|**43**|| |**Noticeboard**|**28**|| |**Garden sprayer**|**12**|| ||**1,576**
|**3,251**| **Page 4** CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Angmefing Village Hall On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) 31 December 2025 271149 Set out on pages Ito4 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity lllhe Trust.) for the year ended 311121202S Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible frjr the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I-the Acfl. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounls carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Chariiy Commission under section 145(5llbl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention In connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respecl". accounting records were not kept in accordance with seclion 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's ststement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: jtr.l- lioa.L4 Name: Amanda Halstead Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if any).. F.C.C.A Address: 15 Batemans Close, Worthing, BN13 3SA IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts". directions and guidance for examiners}. Glve here brief details of any items that the examiner wishe5 to disclose. IER October 2018