
## Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 

From Grovehill Neighbourhood Association 01/04/2023   To 31/03/2024 

## Charity name: Grovehill Neighbourhood Association 

## Charity registration number: 277518 

## Objectives and Activities 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|a) to promote the beneft of the inhabitants of<br>grovehill and the neighbourhood (hereinafer<br>called "the area of beneft") without distncton<br>of sex, or of politcal, religious or other<br>opinions, by associatng the local authorites,<br>voluntary organisatons, and inhabitants in a<br>common efort to advance educaton and to<br>provide facilites in the interests of social<br>welfare for recreaton and leisure-tme<br>conditons of life for the said inhabitants. b) to<br>establish or to secure the establishment of a<br>community centre and Youth centre and to<br>maintain and manage such centres.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The maintenance management and promoton<br>of the community centre and youth centre as a<br>safe and welcoming space for educaton, social<br>intercourse, recreaton and leisure|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity Commission.|



## Additional information (optional) 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related|Para 1.38|N/A|





|investment|||
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|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The trustees once again, record their thanks to<br>all volunteers that have supported the youth<br>and community centres over the last year.<br>Volunteers have help run our social groups.<br>Undertaken administrative and support<br>roles and contributed to the success of our<br>management committee and regular fun<br>day activities|
|Other|||



## Achievements and Performance 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The Trustees are pleased to report we have<br>been able to support regular hirers – clubs,<br>groups and visitors to the community and<br>youth centres. Hall hire for life celebratons are<br>also welcomed. The centres Trustees, Paid staf<br>and volunteers ensure the centre is a warm<br>and safe place to meet.|



|Additional information (optional)<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|Additional information (optional)<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|Additional information (optional)<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|All met and ongoing.|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A|





Other

## Financial Review 

|Financial Review|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The Trustees note the accounts.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charities policy for holding reserve is in<br>line with Charity Commission guidelines|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£50K|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



|Additional information (optional)<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|Additional information (optional)<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|Additional information (optional)<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## Structure, Governance and Management 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Associaton|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Electon at the AGM and 1 Trustees appointed<br>by Dacorum Borough Council.|



## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## Reference and Administrative details 

|Charityname|Grovehill Neighbourhood Associaton|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses|Grovehill communitycentre and GNA|
|Registered charitynumber|277518|
|Charity’s principal address|Grovehill community centre Henry Wells Square Hemel Hempstead<br>Hertordshire. HP2 6BJ|





## Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|Trustee name|Office (if any)|Dates acted if not for whole<br>year|Name of person (or body) entitled to<br>appoint trustee (ifany)|
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||Alexander Bhinder|Chairman|||
||Stephen Fisher|Vice Chairman|||
||Anne Fisher||||
||Vanessa Mankin||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

Director name 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year 



## Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## Additional information (optional) 

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) 

Type of Name Address adviser 

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) 

## Exemptions from disclosure 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## Other optional information 



## Declarations 

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. 

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

Signature(s) Full name(s) Juie Banks Position (eg Secretary, Administrator Chair, etc) Date 16 February 2024 



Grovehlll And Cupld Gr¢ep Neighbo￿Th0o0 A55ochtlon And Youth Club
for the year e•ded 31 Mar¢b 2024
Noie
2024
2023
Income
Hall Hire
Even15 & Fundraising
Clubs
Other income
Pringles commission
Utility Contribution- Church
Grant funding
Donati(￿5
117.670
98,618
1.813
1.493
10
37
1.800
242
121.535
14.310
174
114,631
Direct Costs
Discounts given
Big Lottery- FFMOT sper
HCC . Wami space spend
Ernploym8nt costs
Pension costs
4.662
5.952
2,233
4.010
7S
34,356
77
37.137
142
47.893
40.751
73,642
73,880
Expenses
Water l After Church Contrknution}
Hall hire church hall
Insurance
Light and heat {After Church C£￿tri￿NjI1on}
Cleaning & Vvaste
Repairs and maintenance
Postage and stab'onery
Computer equipment
AdVerti￿r￿j
Telephone & Internet
subscriptic￿s
PRSIPPL
HCC Budthng control
Accounting & Pr¢)fessKThI Fees
Bank servKe charges
Hospitality
Shop rad￿ (rents
TV Licence
Fundraising exsFenses
Staff training
Sundry expenses
Gifts & rJ)nat￿n$
Bad debt
Depr￿lation
3.114
664
512
31.280
3239
29.769
216
72
3.363
1.233
17.797
6,LXJ6
32.340
667
1.620
1.974
395
1.682
1.699
190
1.290
378
360
392
81
84
159
780
162
152
159
360
50
180
245
989
75.294
69,008
Other Income & Expertdibjre
Inlwest Recwved
51MJ
87
500
1.152
87
4.960
Nel Surplus
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Grovehill And CupSd Grtt4 Neighbourhwl Aw*i¥ti04 Aud Yowth Club
Balance sheet
¥s*t 31 Marth 2024
Noic
2024
2023
Fixed aK%cis
T(InuJiblc &sscis
CuJTcnt a%%LI
Debiur5 & Prepayn￿n[s
Cash ut bank aTKI in hand
25.619
94.733
120.352
10.710
109.912
120.622
Cuttcnt liabililics
Crcdiiors
Ac¢rual% and thlerrcij inc{￿
io
S.786
5.796
4.764
4.764
Nci Cur￿￿1 asscts
114.556
115.858
Nci a%%cis
114.556
Is.￿58
Broubiht forivard
Nci sU￿1￿s
115.85X
-1.307
114.55Cb
109.X07
6.051
115.¥5¥
TIK'SL lI￿rtLIal s14iiemLmis iVL'fL dlrn)rov¢d by Ihe n￿be15- ul'thc commhllCL Lind t￿1[ L*iMII'.
Alcxan(kr BhirKlcr
I'riL%ICC
Dalc
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GTovehUI And Cupid Grttn N￿IbbO¥rIWd AssociatiOD And Yowth Club
Note5 ID the ac¢wDt5
for the year e*ded 31 Marth 2D24
l Accollnting Policics
I. I Acc(WDtirg convention
Th¢s¢ accounts have bccn preparcd on the basis of historie eost in accordance with..
Accounting 2nd Rewyrting by Charities- s￿ement of RecOmn￿ndL￿I Prneti¢e (SORP 2(K>51;
and wih Chariiie5 Aci
1.2 Volunieer hclp
The vdluc ofany voluntary IKlp re￿1V¢0 is not in¢lwl¢d in ¥¢¢ounts but is d¢￿ribed in th¢
ustees. ann￿1 report.
2 Creditors
Loans and overdrafts
Deposits held
Grani fuThJing held
VAT
Accruals
2024
725
-87
1.188
5,786
804
4,764
3 Debtors & Prepayments
Moncics Rcceived
Tr4de dcbtors
Oihcr dcbiors
PrEpayrnents
2024
878
22.550
756
1.435
25.619
2023
878
8J80
17
1,435
10.710
4 Rclaicd party iransaciions
Any related party itansactions are shown in ihc trusiee's annual repon.
Pa9e3of3

Grovehlll And Cupld Gr¢ep Neighbo￿Th0o0 A55ochtlon And Youth Club
for the year e•ded 31 Mar¢b 2024
Noie
2024
2023
Income
Hall Hire
Even15 & Fundraising
Clubs
Other income
Pringles commission
Utility Contribution- Church
Grant funding
Donati(￿5
117.670
98,618
1.813
1.493
10
37
1.800
242
121.535
14.310
174
114,631
Direct Costs
Discounts given
Big Lottery- FFMOT sper
HCC . Wami space spend
Ernploym8nt costs
Pension costs
4.662
5.952
2,233
4.010
7S
34,356
77
37.137
142
47.893
40.751
73,642
73,880
Expenses
Water l After Church Contrknution}
Hall hire church hall
Insurance
Light and heat {After Church C£￿tri￿NjI1on}
Cleaning & Vvaste
Repairs and maintenance
Postage and stab'onery
Computer equipment
AdVerti￿r￿j
Telephone & Internet
subscriptic￿s
PRSIPPL
HCC Budthng control
Accounting & Pr¢)fessKThI Fees
Bank servKe charges
Hospitality
Shop rad￿ (rents
TV Licence
Fundraising exsFenses
Staff training
Sundry expenses
Gifts & rJ)nat￿n$
Bad debt
Depr￿lation
3.114
664
512
31.280
3239
29.769
216
72
3.363
1.233
17.797
6,LXJ6
32.340
667
1.620
1.974
395
1.682
1.699
190
1.290
378
360
392
81
84
159
780
162
152
159
360
50
180
245
989
75.294
69,008
Other Income & Expertdibjre
Inlwest Recwved
51MJ
87
500
1.152
87
4.960
Nel Surplus
Page 1 of3

Grovehill And CupSd Grtt4 Neighbourhwl Aw*i¥ti04 Aud Yowth Club
Balance sheet
¥s*t 31 Marth 2024
Noic
2024
2023
Fixed aK%cis
T(InuJiblc &sscis
CuJTcnt a%%LI
Debiur5 & Prepayn￿n[s
Cash ut bank aTKI in hand
25.619
94.733
120.352
10.710
109.912
120.622
Cuttcnt liabililics
Crcdiiors
Ac¢rual% and thlerrcij inc{￿
io
S.786
5.796
4.764
4.764
Nci Cur￿￿1 asscts
114.556
115.858
Nci a%%cis
114.556
Is.￿58
Broubiht forivard
Nci sU￿1￿s
115.85X
-1.307
114.55Cb
109.X07
6.051
115.¥5¥
TIK'SL lI￿rtLIal s14iiemLmis iVL'fL dlrn)rov¢d by Ihe n￿be15- ul'thc commhllCL Lind t￿1[ L*iMII'.
Alcxan(kr BhirKlcr
I'riL%ICC
Dalc
Page2of3

GTovehUI And Cupid Grttn N￿IbbO¥rIWd AssociatiOD And Yowth Club
Note5 ID the ac¢wDt5
for the year e*ded 31 Marth 2D24
l Accollnting Policics
I. I Acc(WDtirg convention
Th¢s¢ accounts have bccn preparcd on the basis of historie eost in accordance with..
Accounting 2nd Rewyrting by Charities- s￿ement of RecOmn￿ndL￿I Prneti¢e (SORP 2(K>51;
and wih Chariiie5 Aci
1.2 Volunieer hclp
The vdluc ofany voluntary IKlp re￿1V¢0 is not in¢lwl¢d in ¥¢¢ounts but is d¢￿ribed in th¢
ustees. ann￿1 report.
2 Creditors
Loans and overdrafts
Deposits held
Grani fuThJing held
VAT
Accruals
2024
725
-87
1.188
5,786
804
4,764
3 Debtors & Prepayments
Moncics Rcceived
Tr4de dcbtors
Oihcr dcbiors
PrEpayrnents
2024
878
22.550
756
1.435
25.619
2023
878
8J80
17
1,435
10.710
4 Rclaicd party iransaciions
Any related party itansactions are shown in ihc trusiee's annual repon.
Pa9e3of3