KINGSWOOD VILLAGE HALL ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 31ST DECEMBER 2025 Reglstered Charlty no. 271752 Page I KINGSWOOD VILLAGE HALL ST ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 Contents Independent Examiner's Rep)rt Managing Committee Report 4-5 Re￿Ipts and Payment Account Balan￿ Sh￿t IndÉp8ndent ex8miner's report to the trustees of Villa9e Hall Charlty Numbgr 271752 I report on the acccNJnts ofthe chanty forthe year ended 31 Decemtw 2025 as set out cffl pages 6 arKt 7. Respecllve responsibilit￿ of tnJste•s and examiner The charty's trustees are responsible for kYeparat￿ of the acts￿nts rn arxordance with the requtrements of the ChantRsAct 2011 I re￿)rt in rgsm of my examination of the accounts car￿d out under Section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrwng OLrt my examinaknn. I have fdloh*d a￿-the awicable Diredions given by the Ch*tty Commi58ion under seth'on 14515llb} of the ACL Ind•p9ndent •xamineV$ stat￿Tht I have complet&J my eXam￿a￿On. that material matters have come to my attention in cOnn￿￿On writh tb8 ex8mrn8tion wthich gr￿ me cause lo klwe that in. material ￿pect.. the accounlirKJ re(J)rds not in aetordance th section 130 ofthe Charili&s Act. or the rnnts did not aClX)TO with the atxxuntiThJ reoirds.. or aco)unts did not com1￿Y with the appJi¢able requirements coRceming tF form arxl cnntent of ac￿*urrtS set out in the Charities IAcwunt$ and RerK)rts) Regulations 2CQ8 other than any requirement that the aceounts give InE and fairf wew which is not a matter considered as part of an iThJeFerKlent examinab"cffl. I have no conwn8 and caAmateur Èhmatic Soa Ele(aed Members Stephen Bavister Naomi Benson Pat Casken Isobel Kelty T￿8￿¥81 Sccretary Chair. BooknrrfJ Ofr The Charities address is ￿sWLm￿Y VHl&]e Hall. W#knr Road. KingsworAI. WcrtloTrUnder.Edge, Gloucestèrshire. The Charitys ￿￿kerS are Uoyds Bart RtAtyvoft, Stroud. Objectlves and Actlvltles The village hall is managed fortr* use of the inhabikrts ofthe of lfjngswood near Wcthn- nder-Edge in the Couity of Gloucesterfor mÈetings, kntures and classes. and fcf olhÈr fr)mis of recre*ion and l*su¥e-time cÉcupatK)n. with the ow ol iMp￿￿￿j the condilion3 of lrfe for the said inhabFtanls. This year has been a busy one. Hal is now boOk￿j Monday to Thur3day with ￿ra1 organisations. Pkygroup itxxeased trEir hours and now have added Iwo afternoons a We also had a lot of bO0￿09S for Children's parties, special birthdays and I(￿1 events. Amateur Dramati¢s are now wttj'ng on 3 shows per yeai. Heaven of the wnb.nue to use the hall for their annual weekend. Wth the hall being used frequentty. frcm hir8 ￿ bartaknngs enat4e us to c(ytttnue maintenance of the hall. Wé had a few emorgenci85 to take (xa of duTiryJ the year. Due to drop in water pres8ure in changing rooms and water dripping through ￿lI1r￿. we had to drain the tanks whith wero leaking. Our wonderful team set to W)Tk 8nd txrt tanks on laoe ts¥ys and Trdumbed t tanks. These are now inspeded on a rtyular basis. The I(￿nge was deeorated and new Iwjhting fitte(L LpJhtiNJ was also replaced Trn the ha[￿aY and outside Ihjhling was where necessary. We had a draitBge survey tlone whNth pynted out several prDblems. We aTr at present apth"TrJ for grants as costs to repair are high. Surface water (ka¢nage from (aT park has deared. Fixed Mring examination compteted a￿1 ￿Ssed after nèw Ixjatds in th& ¢tsr¥JirvJ n)orrB end * tha m8in in¢omer. Repair lo Ixjiter completed and gas safety certffic* issue Car park vthile lines and disabte signs renvhtd. Roof repairs and solar ￿ne1$ have just been o)m Thanks to a hard worknr¥J and commFtted ExecutNe Commfttee the haH continiks lo run 8moothty. It would be ni￿ to see more people i￿n1￿j the commTttee. Flnaneial r•view The Hall Incur￿ a deficrt of £5.￿1 in 2025 {2(r24 £1,466). This was laTgely due to roof repairs of £7,334 and the cost of the solar array and t￿￿ery Sy*em ot£12,0(KJ against which there was a grant of£10,000 from Resi[￿nI Energy Mounteneys Rer￿wab￿s Communty Resilience Fund. Th8 effect of this has tEen monttored and is havtng a signDlcant effect on elecn.cty consumptton however the endiry of a fve ye8r electriw contral has Fesulted in a large in¢Jease in the unr( cost. Al the end ofthe year the Hall had cash resour￿ of£24.249 £3,5CA) from the start ofthe year. Thero is still a backhg of Maintenan￿ to be u￿dertaken whith will make further inroacls imo this balartt. Signed on tEhaW ofthe Managemem cOrr￿attee Isob81 Kelly Chair UJI. 20 J-I P8ge 5 12 rnonU¥ to 311121%24 2tt5 RECOFyrs BarS¥6s 737 Y7J89 4,771 18.620 LknalKWS 1704 TOTALRECEI)IS 35.287 PAY¥ENIS 6.628 1,762 1726 In*rd 74• 1817 129 c*arMrg 192 17,196 OPER4Tr4G PAYIEM78 NUREC&PWPAYI*NTSI 1*0611 31.102 JIM7 31 Stat•mvntof 3558ts and If&bllltt¢s 1A78 4K493 Cw•h F¥rK 28.1￿* 21142 32.243 LLABILMES 332 31A82 Jfh82 037.691