## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2023 To 31[st] March 2024** ## **Charity name: REDRUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION** ## **Charity registration number: 287343** ## **Objectives and Activities** |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|**To promote the benefit of the residents of Redruth.**
**To advance their education and skills.**
**To provide facilities for training, health, recreation and**
**leisure-time activities.**
**To maintain and manage Redruth Community Centre.**| |---|---| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|**Provision of room and hall for hire to enable the**
**Association to promote its objectives for the benefit of**
**the people of Redruth and neighbourhood for all ages**
**and abilities.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|**Trustees have had regards to the guidance on public**
**benefit issued by the Charities Commission.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policy on grant making Policy on social investment including program related investment Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** Summary of the main We have successful increased trade by a further 20% this achievements of the charity, year. Our customers have continued to support the Centre identifying the difference the with donations. We have also successfully secured some charity’s work has made to Community Capacity Fund monies to employ a firm of the circumstances of its architects and an energy consultant to look at design options beneficiaries and any wider for the future of the centre. Work has started and option benefits to society as a drawings are being considered. The aim is to get an agreed whole. re-design of the building and costed specifications of works to inform funding applications. We are also working on our carbon reduction plan. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Investment performance against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|**We are continuing to build back trade and the range of**
**activities on offer. This means the centre is open longer**
**so operating costs have risen, even though costs are**
**being tightly controlled. We are a living wage employer,**
**so wages have increased. We continuing to actively**
**seek grant funding to improve the centre.**| |---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|**n/a**| |Amount of reserves held|**n/a**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|**We aim to keep a minimum of £10k in the bank, but don’t**
**have a reserves policy as such.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|**None**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted A description of the principal risks facing the charity Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |**Structure, Governance**|**and Management**| |---|---| |Description of charity’s
trusts:|**n/a**| |Type of governing document|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?|**Association**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|**Elected at AGM**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works. Relationship with any related parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Redruth Community Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|287343| |Charity’s principal address|Redruth Community Centre, Foundry Row, Chapel Street,
Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 1AW.| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Robert Stephen
Barnes|Chairman||Redruth Town Council| ||Judith Marilyn
Davidson MBE|||| ||Carol Taylor|Treasurer||| ||Bruce Craze|Vice Chairman||| ||Bob Mansfield|||| ||Imelda Martin|Secretary||| ||Nick Lake||27thSeptember 2023|| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name n/a** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **|| |---|---|---| |**n/a**||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets Nil held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a 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** **Sorry the submission is late. This is due to a sudden family illness for the Centre manager which led to unplanned leave.** ## **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)** Imelda Martin **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 15th February 2025 ## REDRUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ACCOUNTS REPORT ## ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 We report on the accounts to the Charity for the year ended 31st March which are set out on pages 2 and 3. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is our responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5) of the Charities Act and to state whether particular matters have come to our attention ## **Basis of independent examiner's report** Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes the review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent Examiner's statement** In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention: - (i) which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met; or - (ii) to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Suite 1b Gateway Business Centre Barncoose Industrial Estate Redruth TR15 3RQ 14th February 2025. Keith Lyons Certified Public Accountants ## REDRUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CHAPEL STREET, REDRUTH ## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 |**Receipts**
Bank & cash balances at 1St April 2023
Room Hire
Meeting Rooms
Hall
Parties
Murdoch
Refreshments
Donations
Other
Grants
Community Capacity Fund
Community Chest
RTC Draw down
Artwell
Bank Interest
Previous year rounding diff
Difference
Recorded||**Restricted**
**Funds**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17,907.00
1,000.00
-
-
-
-
-
18,907.00|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
18,234.66
17,113.00
15,890.00
1,380.00
12,779.00
-
1,739.70
304.43
-
-
3,600.00
-
382.75
-
-
71,423.54|**Last Year**
**22/23**
16,196.53
-
7,239.00
17,254.50
1,825.00
7,771.00
-
5,545.20
237.29
-
1,000.00
2,400.00
571.00
24.55
-
4.04| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||60,068.11| ## REDRUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CHAPEL STREET, REDRUTH ## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 |**Payments**|||**Restricted**|**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Last Year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**Funds**|**Funds**|**22/23**| |Insurance||||-|1,629.38|1,478.54| |Heat and light||||-|4,342.62|3,119.45| |Wages||||-|33,983.59|30,252.73| |PP&S||||-|9.70|17.00| |Maintenance||||-|2,171.76|2,028.47| |Repairs||||-|457.91|17.14| |Phone, TV & Printer||||-|1,503.80|1,095.27| |Other||||-|1,402.60|240.60| |Sample chairs||||-|272.04|-| |Loan Repayment||||-|1,516.20|1,516.20| |Bank charges||||-|60.00|60.00| |Refreshments||||-|51.82|66.62| |Community Capacity Fund||||6,284.70||| |Planning fee||||-|64.00|-| |RTC Grant||||-|2,301.20|-| |Community Chest & Donations||||-|-|1,432.38| |Artwell||||-|-|508.00| |Difference|Recorded|||-|-|0.99| ||Un-Recorded|||-|-|0.06| |||||6,284.70|49,766.62|41,833.45| |Bank & cash balances at 31st March||2024||||| |||Unrestricted|||21,656.92|18,234.66| |||Restricted||12,622.30||-| |||||18,907.00|71,423.54|60,068.11| |||||||| |||Combined|£|34,279.22
||| ## REDRUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CHAPEL STREET, REDRUTH ## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 |Receipts
Payments
Bank & cash balances at 1st April 2023
Petty cash
HSBC
Lloyds
Net movement in funds as above
Bank & cash balances at 31st March 2024
Petty cash
HSBC
Lloyds
No. 31158068
No. 01027530
No. 01408771
No. 31158068
No. 01027530
No. 01408771
**Note 1 movement of funds**||**Restricted**
18,907.00
6,284.70
12,622.30|**Unrestricted**
53,188.88
49,766.62
3,422.26|**Total**
72,095.88
56,051.32| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||16,044.56| |||||38.36
1,735.80
11,000.00
5,460.50| |||||18,234.66
16,044.56| |||||34,279.22
£| |||||36.56
2,065.91
28,382.75
3,794.00| |||||34,279.22
£| Bank & cash balances at 1st April 2023 Bank & cash balances at 31st March 2024 ## REDRUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ACCOUNTS REPORT ## ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 We report on the accounts to the Charity for the year ended 31st March which are set out on pages 2 and 3. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is our responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5) of the Charities Act and to state whether particular matters have come to our attention ## **Basis of independent examiner's report** Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes the review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent Examiner's statement** In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention: - (i) which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met; or - (ii) to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Suite 1b Gateway Business Centre Barncoose Industrial Estate Redruth TR15 3RQ 14th February 2025. Keith Lyons Certified Public Accountants ## REDRUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CHAPEL STREET, REDRUTH ## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 |**Receipts**
Bank & cash balances at 1St April 2023
Room Hire
Meeting Rooms
Hall
Parties
Murdoch
Refreshments
Donations
Other
Grants
Community Capacity Fund
Community Chest
RTC Draw down
Artwell
Bank Interest
Previous year rounding diff
Difference
Recorded||**Restricted**
**Funds**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17,907.00
1,000.00
-
-
-
-
-
18,907.00|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
18,234.66
17,113.00
15,890.00
1,380.00
12,779.00
-
1,739.70
304.43
-
-
3,600.00
-
382.75
-
-
71,423.54|**Last Year**
**22/23**
16,196.53
-
7,239.00
17,254.50
1,825.00
7,771.00
-
5,545.20
237.29
-
1,000.00
2,400.00
571.00
24.55
-
4.04| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||60,068.11| ## REDRUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CHAPEL STREET, REDRUTH ## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 |**Payments**|||**Restricted**|**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Last Year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**Funds**|**Funds**|**22/23**| |Insurance||||-|1,629.38|1,478.54| |Heat and light||||-|4,342.62|3,119.45| |Wages||||-|33,983.59|30,252.73| |PP&S||||-|9.70|17.00| |Maintenance||||-|2,171.76|2,028.47| |Repairs||||-|457.91|17.14| |Phone, TV & Printer||||-|1,503.80|1,095.27| |Other||||-|1,402.60|240.60| |Sample chairs||||-|272.04|-| |Loan Repayment||||-|1,516.20|1,516.20| |Bank charges||||-|60.00|60.00| |Refreshments||||-|51.82|66.62| |Community Capacity Fund||||6,284.70||| |Planning fee||||-|64.00|-| |RTC Grant||||-|2,301.20|-| |Community Chest & Donations||||-|-|1,432.38| |Artwell||||-|-|508.00| |Difference|Recorded|||-|-|0.99| ||Un-Recorded|||-|-|0.06| |||||6,284.70|49,766.62|41,833.45| |Bank & cash balances at 31st March||2024||||| |||Unrestricted|||21,656.92|18,234.66| |||Restricted||12,622.30||-| |||||18,907.00|71,423.54|60,068.11| |||||||| |||Combined|£|34,279.22
||| ## REDRUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CHAPEL STREET, REDRUTH ## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 |Receipts
Payments
Bank & cash balances at 1st April 2023
Petty cash
HSBC
Lloyds
Net movement in funds as above
Bank & cash balances at 31st March 2024
Petty cash
HSBC
Lloyds
No. 31158068
No. 01027530
No. 01408771
No. 31158068
No. 01027530
No. 01408771
**Note 1 movement of funds**||**Restricted**
18,907.00
6,284.70
12,622.30|**Unrestricted**
53,188.88
49,766.62
3,422.26|**Total**
72,095.88
56,051.32| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||16,044.56| |||||38.36
1,735.80
11,000.00
5,460.50| |||||18,234.66
16,044.56| |||||34,279.22
£| |||||36.56
2,065.91
28,382.75
3,794.00| |||||34,279.22
£| Bank & cash balances at 1st April 2023 Bank & cash balances at 31st March 2024