PATCHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Registered Charity No. 275529
ANNUAL TRUSTEES REOPRT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31° MARCH 2025
The Patcham Community Association is a registered charity based at Patcham
Community Centre, Ladies Mile Road, Brighton BNI 8TA. It is currently
administered by a Management Committee comprising of Sally Booth (chairl,
Paula Steel (Treasurer), Linda McRae {Secretary), peter Langston, Alison Herga,
Tim Dennis, Crystal Weston, Keith Carter, Hugh Woodhouse, Rob Brand and
Paul Myszor all elected at the 2024 AGM.
The primary function of the Association is the running of Patcham Community
Centre.
The Community Centre consists of a large ground floor area dividable into 2
rooms by an acoustic screen and a similar sized 1st floor dividable into 3 rooms
by 2 acoustic screens. Each floor has a kitchen and toilets with a lift to the I
floor. There is a disabled toilet on the ground floor. There are also 5 large
storerooms.
The Association manages day to day running of the Centre, organises activities
and hires out rooms to affiliated societies, local organisations and individual
hirers for parties, classes etc. Our website
atchamcomunit
.co.uk gives further
details.
The Centre is well used with activities such as table tennis, film night, and the
Patcham Bridge Club all attracting high numbers. The number of activities and
hirers have increased over the year as people have become more aware of
what's on at the Centre.
The Committee administers the Patcham Community Fund which awards
grants of up to £1,000 to local clubs, societies, schools etc. to further their
activities. During 2024/2025 grants totalling £4,588 were awarded.
During the year our expenditure exceeded our income by £4,378. This was
mainly due to new equipment being purchased for the bridge club and a new
CCTV system. Our cash position remains strong. The trustees aim to maintain
reserves of at least one year's expenditure.

31ST
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1.835.C
Badg• Club Act￿￿0&
Regiitsatyon Féès
Rwm Hi
M9¥￿nI in Deb
Room Hlre Depo5it8
In￿reSt
1,835t
27.851.28
2.455.
27.851.28
2,455.00
25.370 56
25.370.SS
30.054
30,164.WJ
26,1C6.(h)
26,106.00
1,534.97
10.CIJ
1.531 97
482.19
482.19
Kty Deposits
Film Nig
COLWI Grarrt
e80.thj
752.50
235.C
117.
752.9)
117.
TOTAL INCOME
35.253 82
27.851 26
$3,105.18
30,47589
25.370.
55,846.25
PAtch•m Fundlno
FVM Niohl
4.587
197.31
4.567
197.20
4,059 68
195 80
4.059.68
195.00
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TOTAL EXPENDITUAe
31.522.88
31.522 98
24.813.24
293 16
433 87
438.97
1,tr22.84
24.813.24
293 18
433 87
428.97
1.0228
22.543 C¢
22,513
28,952.84
300.PIJ
742 04
51174
1.73940
28.932.84
742 04
611.74
1.739 40
145.92
14S.V2
388 24
0.00
951.25
0.00
0.00
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1.465.10
1.485
95126
85S 33
147.93
147.93
1.76Q.43
1.7e4).43
35.￿.20 31.52298
87.W 27
37.881 62 22.543 C6
60.424 58
l•XpeThlituty￿r￿*Xr•10T
-7C6 37
57.410.44
56.704 07
.3.071 72
.91789
27.246 17
Fund B•l•n￿
F￿￿* Balan￿ rj
14.378 09)
88,328 33
3.950 24
-7.405 83
2,827 50
64.816 27 28,090 19
57,41044
.917.69
4,578 33
92.9C6 46
86.328.13

PAT
HAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATI
STATEMEN
OF FINANCIAL ACTIVMES FOR
d Ch•ri
Numb8r 270629
HEY
D31ST MARCh 20
NC
HEET AS AT 31
CH
2024
Opening 88lance
Deficit for the Yaar
Logacy
88.328 33
4,378.09
82,9Cfj 66
4,578.33
10.000 (M)
Balane• lo £￿d
,950.
,328
Deposit A¢counts
Current Aceount
Bndge Account
48.C¥)O 00
,704.07
27.246 17
43.610.37
13.8￿07
30.917 89
88.328 33
vodb
ne
Chairman
Dated
Secr•tary
o-
Dated
P￿e2012

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Pateham Community
Association.
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Patcham Community
Association for the year ended 31" March 2025
Responsibilities 2nd basis of reporL
As the charity trustees of Patcham Community Association you a￿ responsible for
the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities
Act 2011 ('theAct').
I report in respect of my examination of the Patcham Community Association
accounts carried out under section 145 of the 201 l Act and in caTrying out my
examination I have followed all the applRcable Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145(5Xb) of the ACL
Independent examiner'8 StatemenL
I have completed my examination. I confirni that no material matters have come to
rny attention in connection with the eXamI￿tion giving me cause to believe that in
any material respect:
l. ac£ounting records were not kept in resF*Ct of the TTh￿ as required by Section 130
of the Ac¢.
or..
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the
examination to which attention should be drawn in this in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Name: Simon Richard Norris-Jones JP
Relevant profe&8ional qualIfi￿tiOn or membership of professional IM)dies: F41A
Address: 51 Buckingham Rorf Shoreham by So West Sussw BN43 SUB
Date: ) i-

Record of IDdependent Examination of the Patdmrn Community Amoeialion (Cbarity No
275529) Annual Attounts for 2024 12025 as earried out by Simon NoThI￿V0￿¢S ID Jwie 20
The exaMi￿tiOn follow¢d the guidelines set out in the docum¢nt published by the Charity
Commission entitled"Independent examination of c￿lty a¢¢ounts: Diredions And guidADee
for eMmin¢r8 (CC32
Direction l. Ckck thh¢r the Charity is eligible for an examin
The primary Ll)nsideration is that the Jnc4)me of the ClwTty does ￿)t exexed £250.000. The PCA
incom¢ for the YUT was £63.105.18 so. the PCA is eligibl¢ for an Indestht Exatnination.
A further consideration is wh¢ther there is a requirement for the ￿)Unts to be audited. The
Constitution h&8 been checked and as it does not includ¢ a requirement for auditing of the a¢wunts
Dlrettion 2. Che¢k for any confiict of interest that preveDts the exami￿ from ￿IDg out his
independent examinatson.
No confiict of interest has been identified. Although Simon Norris-jones is a member of the PCA to
enable him to play with th¢ Bridge Club he is not involved with the admI￿tratIon of the PCA in
any way.
The PCA is a relatlvely small charity with small number of financial activities. Consequendy, the
examination has been able to cov¢r all entrAO with TesF¢Ct ts purchas¢ invoice4 sales invoices and
subscription income. bank slatements and confirni that they ¢ross ctrttk with the entries in the Cash
Book.
Additionally, it should k noted that Pat¢ham Bridge Club (which is an integr￿ part of the PCA) has
a separate bAnk a¢￿Unt and an aLxount with the English Bridge Union (EBU). The bank statement
for the Patcham Bridge Club was ¢m&8 Ch￿k￿ for with the figures included in the PCA.
Dir¢etioD 4. Plan the indepetht exami￿0
The plan cov¢red examination of the PCA c0￿￿11tirti0￿ rescrves ￿)liCY, detailed wMi￿On of the
records kept by the bookkeeper. checkin8 agreement between the Trustees approved accounts and
the bookkeeper record4 and wing out a gencrai overview of the charities activities and its
financial p)sition.
Original documents comprising the Cash booK sala8 invoices. Pu[th￿ invoices. bank staternen
bank dqx)sit tK)oks and cbeque Ix)oks have been examined by Simon Norris-JoDes and found to
have been kept in accordanc¢ with the rquired s￿￿18rd.
Dlrection 6. Check that the accounts are consistent the a(tounting reL))rd8.
The Minutes of the Ajmual General Meeting of the Patcbam Community Associatson held on J4
May 2025, recorded in Item 5 that the Accounts for the year ending 31.03.25 were proposed and

accepted by the Trustees. It 1$ cOnfirn￿l that the aceounts that were accepted are c(M)sistent with the
detsiled accounting records (See Direction 5).
Dtreethn 7. If the accounts prepared on an acenthls t*sis and one or more relatrd party
transactions took plac¢ the exami￿ must check rfthese were prowly disclosoj in the notes to the
This Direction is not appliL*bl¢.
Direetion 8. Check the re&yonablene&8 of the significant C5tim* and judgements and ￿￿oUnting
p)licies used in ￿oUnting for the types of fimd held and in the pr¢paration of the accounts.
The rel¢vant items under this heading were conside￿￿ to be the cash reseryes held by the PCA and
the existence and appropriateness of the reserves w)licy. It was that thtte was a p)licy in
place and that it was reviewed by the TnL¥teu on the 23 May 2023 and that it was appropriate for
the financial position of the PCA.
Dlrettlon 9. The exarniner mu¥t Check the tnisttts have CA)nsidered the financial
circumstances of the charity at the end of the rewrting period an￿ if the accounts are prepared on
an accnmls basis. check whether the have mth an a&$esS￿ of the charity's pK)sition as a
going C￿Cern when appn)vin8 the accoimts.
As the accounts ar¢ not on an Ac¢rua13 basis this diredion is only pwrt]y relevanL The Examiner is
satisfied that the tnkn have consid¢red the financial circuDtsces of the PCA at the end of the
2024 2025 financial y¢aL
Dlrnetlon 10. c1￿k the forni aryl ¢ontent of the a¢￿
Ch￿k completed and the forni and Content of th¢ a(￿Ou￿ was deteri￿ to k acceptable.
Dir¢¢tlon 11. Identify items from the analyti￿1 r¢view of th¢ ￿(Ounts that need to b¢ followed up
for further explanation or evidence.
None at the conclusion of the Examintho
Dlre¢llon 11 Compfire the truslees. annu￿ re￿rt with the w>unts.
Comparea and agreement confimi&t
Dire¢lion l& Write aThl sign the A￿le￿t examI￿On wx>rL
Written and signed on IgJun¢ 2025
Signed:
Simon Norris-jones. JP