Charity Registration Number: 277846
Thorney Village Hall / Bedford Hall
(A registered charity in England & Wales) Annual Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2024
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Thorney Village Hall / Bedford Hall
Contents
| Reference and Administrative Details | 3 |
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| Trustees’ Report | 4 |
| Accountants Report | 7 |
| Independent Examiners Report | 8 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 9 |
| Balance Sheet | 10 |
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Thorney Village Hall / Bedford Hall
Reference and Administrative Details
| Chairman | Mark Cowdell |
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| Secretary | Matthew Marraner |
| Treasurer | Matthew Coates |
| Charity Registration Number | 277846 |
| Principal O�ice | Bedford Hall |
| Station Road | |
| Thorney | |
| Peterborough | |
| PE6 0QE | |
| Correspondence O�ice | 46 Topham Crescent |
| (for tax & accounting matters) | Thorney |
| Peterborough | |
| PE6 0SR | |
| Independent Examiner | Welbourne & Co Ltd |
| 16 Birch Grove | |
| Elm | |
| Wisbech | |
| PE14 0AP | |
| Accountants | Coates Business Services Ltd |
| 46 Topham Crescent | |
| Thorney | |
| Peterborough | |
| PE6 0SR |
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Thorney Village Hall / Bedford Hall
Trustees’ Report
company for the year ended 31 December 2024
Trustees and O�icers
The trustees and o�ices serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:
Trustees: Mark Cowdell Matt Marraner Sian Lenihan Brian Parker (resigned) John Shearman (resigned) Beverley Coates (resigned) Matthew Coates Chris Beighton (resigned) Steve Winright (resigned) Shiela Reeves (resigned) William Van Driessche (Deceased)
Objectives and Activities
The object of the charity is to maintain the Bedford Hall and to improve the conditions of life for the inhabitants of Thorney.
This is to be achieved by advancing education, providing recreation and leisure facilities and promoting charitable purposes. The Management Committee aims to provide facilities at an a�ordable cost to voluntary and community organisations serving the community as well as local residents.
The Charity relies primarily on voluntary help.
Review of Progress and Achievements
continuing to have a structure in place for the oversight of the charity. We have also faced plenty of challenges and we will come onto this later in this short report. We wanted to firstly highlight some of the positives that we have achieved this year as a charity, and we will note them in bullet point format.
- works better for the charity and makes day to day banking and accounting easier.
• Successful year again for bookings, plenty of family parties, regular bookings and weddings that keeps money coming in and also ensures the hall is being used as it should be - a community asset.
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We have organised several successful community events through the year, including NYE - 2023 into 2024, Easter fun day, Quiz Night, Race night and Halloween party.
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An initial strategy document was created which has helped the committee to focus - more work will be done to develop a longer-term strategy
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Website was updated with fresh images and information.
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We have received good feedback from hirers including lots of 5 star reviews on Google.
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There have been some constructive conversations with Peterborough City Council and these will continue.
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Rapid repairs were completed when we had issues again with a leaking roof and we were able to minimise disruption. This showed great teamwork within the committee.
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We have made plans for property maintenance and are getting quotes for further improvements where possible.
Some of the challenges we have faced:
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with Peterborough City Council.
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We have lost a few Trustees through the year due to a number of reasons including health needs and also frustrations that some things haven’t been actioned as quickly as anticipated.
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Conversations with Peterborough City Council have continued to be constructive however it does feel like very slow progress.
We would like to end this report to recognise one of our previous trustees who was involved with the Bedford Hall for many years. In fact, he is mentioned within the initial trust deed documents as one of the founding trustees of the charity. William Van Dreissche - or Bill as he was known to many worked tirelessly for the charity and made sure that Bedford Hall continued to be somewhere that people could go and also made sure that we had the bar facilities to continue to make the money needed for the charity. Bill passed away during this year and we would like to recognise the great work that he completed over the years for the charity.
Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities
accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
charity law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of a�airs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, of the charity business for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
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Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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assume that the charity will continue in business.
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The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that can disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
included on the charitable website. Legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may di�er from legislation in other jurisdictions.
The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 29 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
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Mark Cowdell Chairman and Trustee
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Accountants’ Report to the Trustees on the Preparation of the Unaudited Charity Accounts of
Thorney Village Hall / Bedford Hall For the Year Ended 31 December 2024
approval the accounts of Thorney Village Hall for the year ended 31 December 2024 as set out on pages 9-10 from the charities accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
This report is made solely to the trustees of Thorney Village Hall, as a body in accordance with the terms of our engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Thorney Village Hall and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the trustees of Thorney Village Hall, as a body, in this report in accordance with guidance from our professional body. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Thorney Village Hall and its trustees as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Thorney Village Hall has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities and financial position of Thorney Village Hall. You consider that Thorney Village Hall is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of Thorney Village Hall. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.
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Coates Business Services Ltd Accountants and Business Advisors 46 Topham Crescent Thorney Peterborough PE6 0SR
29 September 2025
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Thorney Village Hall / Bedford Hall
Independent Examiner’s Report to the trustees of Thorney Village Hall (“the Charity”)
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”).
eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent Examiners Statement
connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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Accounting records were not kept as required by law
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The accounts do not accord with those records
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The accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a “true and fair view” which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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The accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102))
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reach.
…………………………………. 29 September 2025
Richard Welbourne FCCA Welbourne and Co Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants 16 Birch Grove Elm, Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE14 0AP
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Thorney Village Hall / Bedford Hall
Statement of Financial Activities
For the Year Ended 31 December 2024
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Turnover 2024 2023
Bar Sales 28,616.74
General Hire 21,716.31
Other Revenue 676.50
Regular Hirers 11,568.50
Weddings 320.00
Total Turnover 62,898.05
Cost of Sales
Cost of Goods Sold 9,193.58
Direct Expenses 3,327.99
Direct Wages 6,345.60
Total Cost of Sales 18,867.17
Gross Gains 44,030.88
Administrative Costs
Charitable and Political Donations 150.00
Cleaning 2,422.84
Insurance 522.24
IT Software and Consumables 57.00
Light, Power & Heating 11,432.30
Rates 924.00
Repairs & Maintenance 877.79
Salaries 12,367.92
Subscriptions 35.00
Telephone & Internet 1,001.52
Total Administrative Costs 29,790.61
Total Gains/Losses 14,240.27
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Thorney Village Hall / Bedford Hall
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024
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Current Assets 2024 2023
Cash at Bank and In Hand
Bar Account 1,793.29
Current Account – Virgin Money 41,190.01
Total Cash at Bank and In Hand 42,983.30
Accounts Receivables 7,131.00
Total Current Assets 50,114.30
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Accounts Payable 165.86
PAYE Payable 144.20
Wages Payable 902.03
Total Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 1,212.09
Net Current Assets (Liabilities) 48,902.21
Total Assets less Current Liabilities 48,902.21
Net Assets 48,902.21
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