CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Indop&Thdent Examiner's Report
Report to the tru5t•esl
members of
On accounts for th¢ year
ended
gr l)¥
Charlty no
(if anyl
2TrstrL.
Sot out on pag
I report to the Iru5tees on rny examination ¢1 Ihe accounts of tho abovc
charity ("the Trust-) for the year erKled
Responsibilitios •nd A> Ihe cliaiily Iruslees ol Ihè Trust, you are responsible for the preparat￿n
basls of tèport of tho accounts in acC(￿danCe with the requirements ol Itw Charil*s A
2011 I-the Acl").
I roport In respect of my examIrk￿l¢)n of Ihe Trust's accounls Carrf￿ out
under section 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carryir￿ out my examinabon, I
have followvd the applicablo Oirtttions given by the Charty Commission
unde¢ SÈaJon 149SMbl of the Act.
I have completed my exJrninalion. I fA)nfinn that no rnaterial matters have
come lo My all&nlK>n (othgr than thal disch)5ed below ") in conne¢lion wilh
the eXamirk￿lOn ¥¥fftich gives me cause to bel*ve that in, any materlal
re3pect'
ac¢ounb'ng records V￿re not kept m accoidanco wi(h gccl>on 130 of
the Acl or
Iho accounts do not accord the a¢uwnling record&
Independent
examiner's statem•nt
I havo no conccrns and have come across rTro other rnBtt8r% in COnTh&Uion
wrth the examinJtron to vthi¢h altenlitsn should bc drawn in order to erkrybbE )
proper undèislan
Ing of tho ¥bccounts to be reached.
in Iho lyackols dthoy do not oppty.
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Date:
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IER
October 2018

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Sèctlon
Dlsclosure
Only wrllplete if the examiner nocds to hghlwht matter5 Ot concorn (see CC32,
Independent exarnination of charty accounts. direclions and guidanrA for
examiners).
Givè herc brlef detalls of
any iterns that the
examiner wishes to
dlscloso.
IER
October 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 11112025 Perlod stsrt date T¢ 3111212025 P&r6od •nd date
Charity name: Bradford & Cookbury Ifillag• Hall
Charlty reglstratlon number: 279546
Objectives and Activities
soRp
•n¢•
Sumrnary of the PUTP05es of
the chority J5 set out In Its
8overnin8 d(xurnent
4W•
l UK. of th¢ inhJbilan15 1?r LhL. Piiri%h ilr Trrddfi?ril
lh¢ Parish of Cookbury anil Mic1411Lx4i11 IIyAThlci in
i Ihc C(Hinl)' of l)ci'on M'iih()iJl ili%linLlii)n i)fp()lil-
iC411. rrli¥ioiis or oihcT <)pin1i)n￿ inLILMlin¥ ihL' U%L'
for
mccrings. IcLliJrc% ijnd ()ther
fonns of rccTcaliL)n an41 ILi4urL' ()iLui?Jtiiiii
N'ith lh¢ objcct of impr(Fi'in¥ thL L41THlilii)ii% ilr life
for thc said mh¥bilani¥.
Sumrnary of the maln activities
in reSaiion to those purposcs
fof ihe public benef t, in par-
cular, the activiries, projects
or
services idenrified Ir) the
accounts.
1 17
Thc Hall L'omrniltc'c 18 L4)mmiUL•d ts) pn)mulinb
ciiiIAlil}' i)f i>ppt>rtiinily r()r dll.
1.19
' The Commillcc WOt*s to ensure as tsr as pos-
siblc that thc hall facilitses are available and ac-
te￿ble to everyone who needs trem. regJryk
less of their circumstances.
Stsicmenl confirniing ￿￿thOr
. the Irusiccs have had regard
thc guwjancc issucd by Iho
Charity CommissKm on public
b&n&fil
1.18
The Villa¢P Hall Trustees have had regard to the
,' Charty Commission public benefit gui¢Jance by
managing aThJ mainlaining a community buildir
lo onsure Ihal rt is acccssible. lor purposes of
Ihoir choico, to all thc rcsidents of the parishes of
radlord & Cookbury and Middlecott Hamlet.
Addltional Infomiallon (opllonal)
You may chc•)se to Include fUrt￿r statements where relevant abtyjt:
AP i¥1￿.
ILY
Policy on orant makn'ng
** 1.$9
Policy on social invesfftnt induding pr
gram
laled investmont
C$￿tribu1)0n madc by volunloors
1.38

Cxher
Achievements and Performance
.8(JR
Yot again our hall is beirmj widely usp.d l(K many
diffcrcnt aCtiV￿e$. group5 th31 hdV¥ continued
mofo parties being twked. Wo havè sc*nc weddings i
also in Ihe pipeline for 2￿.
Summary nf Ihp. main
a￿￿¥*mon1$ of Ihc charity.
idcnifyirffj rho difference the
Jrity'5 work has made to
the Gircurn51ance5 Qt rtS
bttneficJar￿$ and any wjder
benefTls io Suuely
wtK)le,
General Dats Pn)tection Rv9uIAl*)n, and Eoualily
' Diversty Policy were vp¢J4le(I, reviewed ¢ind 8dopled
' at the AGM, along with ¥ newly wnllen Sofe9uarding
I Polws ￿vIewed, arbd JdcJplAd Al our 2025 AGM.
Follo4wng d review ul Put￿￿S (￿r aim durino 2026 is
lo hjve 3 lew rnOfP in placè aftef follo*fjNJ Chariiy
C(ynmi5sion Guideli￿.
'. Our Government Docurn•nt (Convéyancè and
Declaration of Tru¥l) wJ¥ ruvigwed, amendod and
adopted at the AGM nn Ilh May 2025. As therc was
no regvlatory Jmendrn&nl it doos not necd the Charty
.' Comrniss￿n apprvvHI xpart fr(￿ updolirKJ tho public
fegoler wrth our18tes1 Vars￿n.
' The Website rn vp And runniw, nowslollor is ovkilable
'. to OownloJd Ml hr
Addltional infornution (optional)
y(￿ rnay choosc io induth) furthor sL1temont8 wfi8re relevJn¢ Jljwt:

The Cornmunity Bel￿1 2024 grants were completed
which included erecting 3 fence orouryl the otl lank.
¢r￿Id1]try cl new highly efficient elecinG blove by re-
.' p4arJ￿ the onginal gas Stove, the picnic area aTKI
Benches Jnd finally the granl librdry funds wpre fulty
u¥ed <ilong wilh the rem<iinin9 fuiids lof Ihc crixkcry
whir.h was replar.ed in ?023.
l Achievements against obleci-
'. ives set
i The Cornrnunity Renefil GrAnl providcd 4 grants to
' the Sum ol £10.198 during 2025.
1) The first being a cook*r li(Jod lo go above the
ooker was fvJn(Jed witli £470 and was installed in
?0?5.
' 21 R#pldGing all the 13ps In Ihd kI￿h0n and toilcts -
£8b6.70 w¥45 complvled in 2025.
3) C(viimunity relurbi5hrnvnl *4rid s0115eJling
area W¢lS TdfKI with £251314ifKI will b
complelgd dunng ?026.
4) Rcplacing dll 11?v Iwhts- willi now LED I￿171¥ ￿LI71n
thè hall. of whir.h x 9ranl ol £5940 was awafdod.
ar)d will also be repl￿d in 2026.
! Pgrf¢yman(% of fvndraisi
', ac11vi￿O$ againsi abioclives
i ¥et
Pyr¥
Invpslmenl
q￿in￿l oble￿¥&S
P•
Othor
Financial Review
Rvvi¥w uf lh¥ GI￿rIlY,
rinancial position al tho ond
of the period
121 ' InGUrne- £￿,407.27
Exper)diture - £18,(M)9.63
Tulul BulJnce¥ hel￿ - £100,717
Boarinq in mind Ihat Iho 2025 Grant monics of
£8871 have not y&1 boen spcni rt Is a very
, heAlihy balanc￿ and wo have bccn proacuvc by
., rea￿n9 Ihe rewards ol hiohef iniercst by trènsfer-
1 É10,000 fmm thè L￿rrent accouni to oarn
considerable inieresl whilsl ralcs arc high at
5.25%, which is n(M currcnlly 3.25Y..
Pw• 1 22 1 The balance of £20k plus interest which is
accruing sincc thc hall was built is hebd within
Scottish Widows instantAccount and rclainod as j
an
omcrgcrtrcy fund.
Statement explaining the
! Poli￿ for holding reserves
1 5t4ting why they are held

', Arnuuni of rèsofvés hèld
1.22 ,' £27,369 (£20k plus interest accruing sirKe h￿1
! was built.
', £26169.63 2025 + average 4.fJ8% intere51 rate51
' Roas¢Jns for hohjing zcro rc*
serves
P*• 1.22
Details of fund rnakn4ly in
dcficit
j P¥¥1.24
Explanation of uncertain-
lics about the charity con-
linuiro as o g(Yr￿ cOr￿eM
Pua 1.23
Addftlonal Inlonnatlon (optlonal)
You may choosc to include further slaiernents vthere re5evant about:
'. The chjnly s wincipal
Printspal sourcc of funds this year was again
'. source5 of funds (in-
Irom Our Lèttings of £18.415. VAth Loul Grants
cluding any fundralsingl
brirying in £10.198. donations of £15. and ￿n-
drdi&irw 01£546.00.
F*¥• IAI
I Invcstment pollcy and
otycctives Ir￿UdIng any
sooal investment ￿l1¢Y
adopted
IAts
, A dcscAption of the
prir*cipal nsks lacing the
charity
l Hirè chargos wcre inueased trom 1$1 Jil¥l￿ry
,' ￿23, ihe firsi time sir*ce 2014 and ￿V?ewed in
Septgmbor 2023 wilh 2 5% Ir*crease Jgreeil lu
bo implemoniod from 1 st January 20?4. Th15
ain was incroascd on the 1 st JJnii•ry ?O?.S by
S%. A decision was made in 20?5 lo ￿￿Ve hiro
. chargcs Ihc sarne for 2026 to suppurt Iha usors
' of thc villagc hall as our income is co¥￿tI9 our
costs and wc are very lucky lo ttavv Ihe Corn-
munily 8onofii fund grants supporting aTwJ
.. mainiaining thc standard of our villrye hall.

Structure, Governance and Management
0￿￿1￿110n of tharily s trusts..
Cornmunity Builijing
Typp. ol govamtng d(un*nl
pw•
Trust Deed date(17th Novernber 1979 ar
necessary amendmenls 41ts ¢lC(x7pied ai the AGM o
the 21 September ?O?.O. This is undor review with
! the Charrty c(￿MissK)n since May 2025. and yet toi
' have il C￿firrrW1.
How is Ihè chanly c¢￿￿tu[0d? Px¥
12S
Chari&blé Uninc<Jrporalad organisatson
Trus￿& s01ècl￿n molhods ifv I Paw.
lu(liriy (leL8il4 t)r driy
12S
cA)n4liliJli()nAI pf(>vi%ion$ •.9.
I¥L￿1￿ll lo pusl or nan* of any
pef30n ￿ body enlillpd Io Ap-
poinl one or more trustees
Tfusloos arè ÈIèc￿d uiinually al the AGM by
, pr￿￿rIt. Tli8 AGM IS nomially hcld belwee
mid AprikMAy, And aq ￿r Our Govomin9 Oocumcnt
no laler Ih8n Seplembw.
Additional infomiation (optional)
Yyy MHY rho<)se to ir)(:lud# furlli&r slAlomonts whoro rolcvanl atK>ul"
Policlos and pnjcedures
ad
' All new IrLL%Iv*i are providcd with thc (Juid¢ I
ted frjr tho induct￿n and training.
inbT 41 Tr￿51¢¢, iih?nbi with our (ioverni
I tru$locs
'. 1 )t '. rA)LumL￿4 li4l i>fniime4 and numbcrs of cxi$tin¥
' TnL¥leeyb in the eve￿1 ill. qu¢rics.
l All org41nispliimb liinrig Vi• hall aro cntil¢d lo hav!
rppTrsftnlalivv nn committoc. AddrtionalEy rnei
bers flin bp r(HJpled al any point throughoul the i
The charity's organisJtlonJl stru
,' ture and any wider netsvofk wiih: i si |
whi¢h the chanty works
Relationship with any related
partics
Pw•1J41
Qiher

Reference and Administrative details
Names of th¢ charity trusto0s who man?g¢ the charty
person
lor body)
ntitkd 10
oppginl
tru*t•• lif
any)
Tru51rn n*Th
Ollb¢• Irf any
aCt•d11 not lor
whol* y••r
Mr Chnstopher
Reed
crKfjirman
Mrs Pauline Jone5
Sec￿tsry
l Jail 2025. 24 Sep
?0?5
Mrs Caroline
Howking
Treasutyr
Mrs Maric. Gri [-
riths
VILL5T￿NU[vr
7th Mily 20?5 I￿1¢
MryJ June Pennlng-
ton
l Jan 202.$ . 7111 May
?025
Mr Martsn TaOor
Minute Secretary stood down on
7th May 2020 bul rewined as
trustee
Mr Sknphon Oko
Mr Robort Smalo
VILC ch￿Ir
7th Ma> 2U?S to daic
Nlrs liuth Smalc
fft4ookl￿ Sc¢rcl#rY knN7k 17n
Minulc5 Scffcl•ry *17ih Muy
20?5. A150 look on thc rv1¥ as
Sccrciary as of 24th S¢yi 202.5
Corporalo trustees - neJm¢5 of Ihe directry5 at the dAte Iha r•ptsrt was approved
D￿￿Or n•m•
Name of trustee5 holding ts11¥ lo prupwrly bslonqinq 10 Ihe charity

Trus¢r4 nam
CarolÉr¥o Ha%vking
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Doscrip￿n of the assets held in this capapty
H(Adar of 104 Saniarmjer
Namo and objccts of Ihe chèfily on whose behalf thc assets . Bradford & Cookbury
are hebj and how this falls within the ￿$tOd￿n charty's Villagc Hall, as unablc to be
i held in the narr)0 of t
Chaiity.
DoL8118 of arrAngÈmtrnls for S¢ile Luslv(ly arid yegrylion ol
such asse15 ffQrn the G￿rIty'S own assets
Addltional infr*rmation (optlonal)
Nam•• and addreue8 ol advlserJ (Optional Inforfflation)
Type of ad- Name
viser
Addr•ss
Nam• of chief •x•cutiv• or nam•s ol senior stsff m•mb•rt {Opiion•l Inf¢>nna-
tion)
Exemptlons from dlsclosure
Roagon for rbDn4isclosure of key pwsonnol dolails
Other optional information
Th• tru*t8es dKlarn th*t th•y hav• approvod th• trust••8' r•port above.
Sigmd on bèhalf of th• eharity's trusts88
Signatu

Full naw chftslopk￿f Williafft Roed
CarDline Jane H4iwkiryJ
Posi;, Chaim)an
leg Secretary. C
L/L/
|".IZOLIJ
Declaratlons

Bradford & C¢)okbury Will•ge Hall - Registered Charity Number: Z79546
Incomo & Expenditure Account for the year to 31st Oecember 2025
Balance shèet as at 31st D8￿Mb￿r 2025
£18.415
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t10,1S¥J
C17 55T
t14.9bl
f771
ti.f49
114¥12 £t5.W +'1DaYS
£179
ruiiQ R*¥r¥J
£416
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t7.705
8Y7
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£J.y1
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£31910 tJO.40S £lW £IUII
É11217 ￿1111 tlll$1
£io,wJ
S'1?441
kl.th £10.325 £11.?1Y
f31CI
£118
£49
42
£236
410791 (f.iO iyBw> (£11&22￿> If.4 7M ￿j.624 iw) ￿￿.17.5 ¢hT If11,041.0 (£11.4* 01
É21.224
f19,014
È4,X
£2Q79J F11,Ml
t10,211 f14,Xl
£1319
.¢Ja42 (U,7￿ W Ili,521.tsJ ff8.tyj 050.CQ> If1.4M w) (t&tsGllO tf.? •14 (ID
£1&7n ÉS,0gO.W IC3.103(Kll tlJ,tra7 W f.10 711 vx) É&alO.(•J <r8 1&sCrfJ ￿1.￿1.(
r.64.r447
É¢0.105 u•.￿ t43.497 t42.￿ f4471t
£1rf1.717 EIS.M3 tIO.IMD
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f 1=1 L7
r11,S32
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£Y.079 i'Ji.tsi
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£23.4?7
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£7?7
414,W)1 £10.￿￿
23.W Q1242 (23.1??
ti210
3fi7
£i.JJ4
£7220
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NOTES TQ ThE ACWVIITS FQR TrIE YEAR ENDEO 31ST DECEMBER 2025
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2025
Insuranc*
Pl.519 fl E1,42J Ll.J14 £1.182 £1.141 F.1,152 ri 142 £12&J
H•thg C*i
E3.137 £4.015 £4.433 £4.YK8 F.1,751 £1.682 U,JUY £2 f?.483
E*•12020 £494 X119 P149 201VI É210 RI￿n0 c £2.032 £2.288 91 ?72
tT21 £485 £1.311 P1.291 £1.Jb4 £1.179
tsr
£6B
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11J)
£33
£180
£83
L3Y £350 F914 t371 £326
Fwe Alarms & LxMgUI•Mrn
t1.279 P￿0 F
F3
£767
£389
Fill Fltsdfthi Irdp•aKffi Syr
GrtsU￿ & Rep4irs
M•t¢fyql4co￿O 19 •uppl*•
£820
E624 i224 £230 f.1,753
£42
P58 f.595 £1.114
£210 f115
£40 f.179 [124
£89
£595 ¥￿0 £420 £380 fWA) £270 £485 f.713
F8?9 r.g97 t958 £1.145 r449 £121 tr￿0 fJ10
£S> W £50 £50
£50
£11
P18
f413 r.1.82B £2.311
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tsfActt￿nts
£91
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