CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 1st April 2023 To 31st March 2024
Charlty name: Syderstone Village Hall
Charity registration number: 271842
Objectives and Activities
SORP
Summary of the putposes of
the charity as set out in ts
goveming document
Para 1.17
The trust property shall be held upon trust for the
purposes of a village hall for the use of the
inhabitants of the area within 2.5 (￿0 and a half)
miles from the Church at Sydetstone in the county
of Norfolk {hereinafter called the area of benefit)
without distinction of political, religious or other
opinions, including use for meetings, lectures and
classes, andlor other fomis of recreation and
leisurtrtime occupation, with the object of
improving the Ktnditions of lrfe for the said
inhabitarrts.
Summary ofthe main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activilies, projects or ServI￿S
identified in the accounts.
Para 1.17
ar¥J 1.19
In planning the trusts activth.es for the year. we
kept in mind the Charity Commissions guidan
on public benefft by,
Providing premises to provide local inhabitants
with facilities for activities - these include- Book
Club, Indoor Bowls, Arts &Crafts, Local History.
Providing athvrtEs to improve village life - these
include". Coffee morning. cinema. pop up pub and
the village archive.
Fundraising to support the maintenance of the
village ha51 to allow it to fulfil its obligation under
the trust deed- e.g. letting the premises for a
village post office.
etatfTnfnt GEJrfflrrnlng
1.70
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Chanty
Commission on public
benefit
Tne trusieeb ric]ve nau regara to tne guiaance
issued by the Charity Commission by complying
with the trust deed through providing facilities for
the inhabitants of the area of benerrt and by the
maintenance of the building for their use.
Additional information (optional)
You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about".
SORP
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Poli
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Para 138
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
Other
Achievements and Performance
In the past year thle have improved the facilities
by converting a little used area into an additional
room.
This has allowed for the irrtroduction of Tech
Skills for Lrfe, supported by the Borough
Council.
Given Book Club a pemianent home.
Provided Arts and Crafts with a workshop and
tutorial space.
Allowed a -community shop. to be established
for "cakes and bakes..
Enabled the Popup Pub lo operate more
effectively
Given Bowls Group a pla￿ for refreshments.
And new ca￿'netS allow for the display of
Archive materials and other artifacts.
Summary ofthe main
achievements of the chartty.
identifying the difference the
charity's work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
beneffts to society as a
whole.
Para I
User satisfadion is very high and the number of
volunteers and users involved with the hall has
increased.
Additional infomiation (optional)
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choose to include further statements where relevant about..
Achievements against
objectives set
Para 1.41
Perfomiance of ftjndraising
activrties against objectives
set
para 1.41

Investment performan
against objectives
Para 1.41
Other
Financial Review
Review of the charitls
nancial position at the end
of Ihe
eriod
Statement explaining the
policy for holdino reserves
statin
are held
Amount of reserves held
Para 121
The balance in Trust's accounts on 31 MarGh
2024 was £53,423
Para 122
The main risk to the Charity is loss of income from
letting the premises and fundraising adivities.
Funds of £6000 are held, wthin the above
balan￿, to meet unforeseen ex
nditure.
Reasons for holding zero
reseNes
Details of fund materially in
deficit
Explanation of any
Un￿rtaIntieS about the
charity continuing as a going
concem
Para 122
NIA
Para 124
NIA
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Additional Infommtion (Optional)
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choose to include further statements where relevant aboLrt'.
The charity's principal
sources of funds {including
any ￿ndraIsIng)
Para 1.47
Investment poliGy and
objedives including any
Para 1.46
RrJ2_t21 inv•*tm•nt policy
adopted
A description of the princspal
risks facing the charrty
Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management
Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of goveming document
Parn125
Trust Deed
How is the charity
constituted?
Pafa I￿5
Trust
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entttled
to appoint one or more
truslees
Pwa125
5 trustees, elected at the Annual General Meeting,
by residents living within 2.5 miles of the church.,
Up to 8 trustees (representatives) from qualifying
groups- ie from those groupslorganisations, that
regulady use the village hall. induding 1 from
Syderstone Parish Council and 1 from Syderstone
St Marys Church.
U to 3 others co-o
ted b the trustees
Additional inforniation (optional)
You ma
choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Polictes and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees
Para 1.51
The charity's organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
Para ffj1
Relationship with any related
parties
Pota 1.51
Other
Reference and Administrative details
Charit
name
Other name the chari
uses
Re
istered cha
number
Charrty's principal address
S derstone Villa
e Hall
Known locall as Am Robsart Hall
271842
The Slreet
Syderstone
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE318SD

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted rf not for whole
ear
Offk¢¢ Irf any
Name of person lor boifyl entitled
toa
int trustee
ifan
By elethon at AGM by
residents living within 2.5
miles
N Riches
Chair
Until 31.12.2023
W Little
N C Little
Secretary
Treasurer &
Chair
w.e.f. 01.01. 2024
S Riches
G Taylor
M Bateman
Vice Chair
Syderstone Parish Council
Parish Church Council
Bowls GfOUP
Local History Group
Arts & Crafts Group
Co-opted by Trustees
Co-opted by Trustees
Arts & Crafts Group
Book Club
P Offord
Until 31.12_2024
T Chaloner
M Niemann
w.e.f. 22.06.2023
Until 31.12.2023
10
L Pearse
A Taylor
G Garford
12
w.e.f. 05.08.2023
From 01.01.2024
13
C Appleby
F Woods
Jca
14
w.e.f. 11.01.2024
w.e.f. 11.01.2024
15
Co-opted by Trustees
16
17
18
19
20
Corporate trustees - names of the directors at the date the re rt was a
Director nam•
roved
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Name of trustees holding title to tyoperfy ￿longIng to thè charity
Twstee nam¢
Date5 acled If notforwho

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets
held in this capaaty
NIA
Name and objects ofthe
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
harity's objects
Details of arrangements for
safe Gustody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity's own assets
Additional inforniation (Optional)
Names and addresses of advisers Ioptional inforniation)
Type of
Name
Address
adviser
NIA
Name of chief executive or names of senior slaff members (Optional inforniation)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of ke
rsonnel details
Other o
tional information

Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. report above.
Signed on behaff of the charity's trustees
Signature(sl
Full name(s}
Nevill Christopher Lrttle
Gery Taylor
Position (eg
Secretary, Chair.
etc)
Chair
Vice-chaif
Date

**Amy Robsart (Syderstone) Village Hall (Registered Charity No. 271842) Income and Expenditure for the period 1[st] April 2023 to 31[st] March 2024** 

|**INCOME**|**INCOME**||||**EXPENDITURE**|**EXPENDITURE**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Bank Accounts at 1st April 2023**||£|**£**||**3 Utilities**||£|**£**|
|Nat WestReserveAccount||10112.65|||Electricity– heating andlighting||1714.00||
|Nat West CurrentAccount||38210.62|||Water||117.48||
|Cash||301.40|||Broadband||487.63||
|**_TOTAL in Accounts_**|||**_(A)48624.67 _**||**Sub-TOTAL**|||**2319.11**|
|**7 Regular Income from hiring the hall**|||||**4 Repairand Maintenance**||||
|WellsPost Office||1551.00|||Cleaning and supplies||833.50||
|Indoor Bowls||720.00|||Service/Electrical/Safety/fireinspection||589.99||
|Arts and Crafts||700.00|||Other||60.48||
|BookClub||186.00|||**Sub-TOTAL**|||**1483.97 **|
|Local History||184.00|||**5 Miscellaneous**||||
|ParishCouncil|||||Hall Insurance/licences||928.90||
||||||Admin/other||690.51||
|**Sub-TOTAL**|||**3341.00**||Events||3382.26||
|**8 Income from General Hiring**|||||**Sub-TOTAL**|||**5001.67 **|
|**Sub-TOTAL**||592.00|**592.00**||**1 Improvements :**||||
||||||Grant Work  -23/24||8182.00||
|**Income from fundraising activities: **|||||Grant Work 22/23 plus additional work||1690.00||
|**10 Coffee Morning**|Sales of Coffee/raffle|2759.98|||**Sub-TOTAL**|||**9872.00**|
||||||**Expenditure incurred by fundraising activities: **||||
|**2 Cinema**|Ticket sales<br>Raffle/ices/drinks/other|1455.00<br>805.01|||**10 Coffee Morning**|purchase Coffee/Tea/raffle<br>other|238.26<br>55.00||
|**9 Money Club**|Sale of lottery numbers|1200.00|||**2 Cinema**|DVD/ hire/purchase<br>Raffle prize/ices/drinks/other|1093.63<br>267.27||
|**6 Heritage Fund**|Old Syderstonians etc.|183.00|||**9 Money Club**|Lottery Prizes<br>Admin/other costs|600.00<br>47.90||
|**Sub-TOTAL**|||**6402.99**||||||
|**Other Income**|||||**6 Heritage Fund**|Raffle prizes/stamps/etc|53.80||
|**1**GrantFunding– restrictedfunds||7686.00|||**Sub-TOTAL**|||**2355.86**|
|**1**Donations /sale ofassets||844.03|||**_Total Expenditure 01.04.23 –31.03.24_**|||**_(B)21032.61_**|
|Interest on NWReserveAccount||135.89|||**Accounts at 31st March 2023**||||
|**3 **EDF refund/FeedIn Tariff/RHIpayment||1923.65|||Nat WestReserveAccount||10248.54||
|**5 **Miscellaneous-Events||4905.01|||NatWest CurrentAccount||42829.53||
|**Sub-TOTAL**|||**15494.58**||Cash||344.56||
||||||**_TOTAL in Accounts_**|||**_(A)53422.63_**|
|**_Total income 01.04.23 –31.03.24_**|||**_(B)25830.57_**||||||
|**_Total:01.04.23 –31.03.24_**||**_(A+B)_**|**74455.24**||**_Total:01.04.23– 31.03.24_**||**_(B+A)_**|**74455.24**|





Independent esamittern rew)rt lo the of SyderJtome Vill4e Hall (known lo¢Ally ¥8 Amy
RoiKgart HglE)- Charity 271842
I report to the trustees on my examination of the act4)utts of Sydwstone Village Hall Tr￿st (The
Trust) for th¢ year ended 31" March 2024.
Re$W￿1b1litIe8 and bA4iq of report
As th¢ charity tnLStees of the TTUSt you are resp)nstTr)le for th¢ pr•ioll of the acKounts in
with the rquirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act)
I report in rw)ect of my examination of the TnL8t's ￿)ullts carried out under sfftiorA 145 of th¢ 201 I
Act and in canying out my exami[￿tIOn I have followed ail the appIl￿ble Dire£tions given by the
Charity Commi&sion under ￿tIOn 145(5Xb) of the ACL
Independent examiner's st*temeDt
I have completed my examination.
I confinn that ao m*erial matters h4ve come to my attention in connection with the examination
giving me cause to believe that tn any material resW.
. a￿o￿nI]ng tfCOTds w¢r¢ not kq* in reSp￿t of the TnJ# as required by s¢ction 130 of the ACL
or
2. the accounts do not accord with thos¢ reo)rd8.
I have no concerns and 1￿C come across no (tther matters in connection with the examination to
which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of th¢
acc4)unts to be reached.
Sign¢d:
Name: T. H. White MA(Cantabk FRICS
Addre&8:
The Old Rectory.
Creake RIM
SydeTSton
Kings Lyn
NorfolL
PE318SF
Date=
18 NOV￿l￿r 2024