## **St George’s Hall**
**Annual Report 2021/22**
St George’s Hall Park Road, Blockley, Gloucestershire GL56 9BY Charity no: 292415
## **Overview**
Usage of the hall began to recover in 2021/22, after the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. Regular bookings returned to the hall during early autumn of 2021. Progress with regards to the professionalism of the running of the hall and improving the fabric of the hall continued.
## **Administration**
There were some changes to the Management Committee over the 2021/22 period. An Annual General Meeting was held on 27[th] May 2021, where Joanna Knight resigned as Blockley Amateur Dramatic Company representative. Stephen Downing was subsequently chosen by the Company to represent them. The rest of the Management Committee remained sitting, with some changes. Jenny Lidsey remained as Blockley and District Horticultural Society representative but stood down as Parish Council representative. Tom Bradley remained sitting as Parish Council representative.
The Management Committee met mainly in person throughout 2021/22, with an option to join remotely. Meetings continued to take place every other month.
Councillor Bradley provided an update on the management of St George’s Hall to Blockley Parish Council, St George’s Hall’s corporate trustees, at every other public meeting of the parish council. All Management Committee meeting agendas and minutes are shared with Parish councillors.
Laura Bradley continued in her position of Hall Manager. Ray Mayo resigned from his position of Caretaker in August 2021, and Steven Woods was subsequently appointed and began work in September 2021. The Committee are grateful for all the work Ray did for St George’s Hall.
## **Repair, Maintenance & Renewal**
Maintenance of St George’s Hall continued throughout 2020/21.
Wi-Fi was installed into the hall in April 2021.
A thorough clearance of the Hall took place in August 2021, in response to a health & safety assessment that had called for all loose items to be removed from the Hall, as well as issues relating to access and pest control.
The car park was also resurfaced in August 2021, with work taking place to repair several potholes.
A professional deep clean of the hall took place in the summer of 2021.
The tables at the hall were replaced in September 2021.
A routine boiler service was conducted in December 2021, and routine electrical testing in February 2022.
## **Hire Charges**
No changes to hire charges were made in 2021/22.
St George’s Hall Park Road, Blockley, Gloucestershire GL56 9BY Charity no: 292415
## **Finances**
The hall made a slight loss during 2021/22 as for the first six months of the financial year minimal hire fees for bookings were received. There was also more expenditure on maintenance and renewal, and fewer Covid grants received that 2020/21.
A copy of St George’s Hall’s accounts for 2021/22 and the accompanying Independent Examiner’s Report are available for Trustees and on the Charity Commission’s website.
_This report has been approved by the Chairman of St George’s Hall Management Committee, Councillor Thomas Bradley._
St George’s Hall Park Road, Blockley, Gloucestershire GL56 9BY Charity no: 292415
**St George's Hall - Blockley Registered Charity No 292415**
|**Income**
Blockley School
Car Parking
Re-Charge Income
Refund
Donations
Hire of Hall
COVID Grant
Car Park Sink Fund
Ground Maintenance Contribution
Shed Rental
Other Sales
**Total Income for Year**
**Expenditure**
**Staff Costs**
Caretaker
Hall Manager
Lettings Secretary - Treasurer
**Total Staff Costs**
**Expenses**
Ground Maintance
Office Admin
Heat & Light
Rates
Licenses
Insurances
Hall Maintenance/Improvements
Caretaking & Cleaning Materials
Professional services
Security
Signage
**Total Expenses**
**Total Expenditure for Year**
**Operating Nett Surplus/ Deficit**
Plus Surplus/(Deficit) Brought Forward
Transfer from reserve
**Surplus/(Deficit) Carried Forward**|14,303.64
402.50
-
-
70.00
4,144.50
10,667.00
600.00
386.05
675.00
68.00
**31,316.69**
6,169.09
4,518.61
-
**10,687.70**
1,085.00
645.67
5,031.28
1,343.62
338.80
1,523.47
12,639.20
72.59
2,281.70
76.20
52.93
**25,090.46**
**35,778.16**
**(4,461.47)**
44,840.65
3,400.00
**43,779.18**
**Year end**
**31 March 2022**
**£**|21,371.16
75.00
400.00
40.65
980.45
108.00
19,669.21
-
-
-
-
**42,644.47**
5,270.88
4,006.75
79.86
**9,357.49**
790.00
1,744.12
4,274.10
849.20
779.90
1,498.19
7,442.28
279.31
-
-
-
**17,657.10**
**27,014.59**
**15,629.88**
29,210.77
**44,840.65**
**Year end**
**31 March 2021**
**£**|21,371.16
75.00
400.00
40.65
980.45
108.00
19,669.21
-
-
-
-
**42,644.47**
5,270.88
4,006.75
79.86
**9,357.49**
790.00
1,744.12
4,274.10
849.20
779.90
1,498.19
7,442.28
279.31
-
-
-
**17,657.10**
**27,014.59**
**15,629.88**
29,210.77
**44,840.65**
**Year end**
**31 March 2021**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|
||6,169.09
4,518.61
-|5,270.88
4,006.75
79.86||
||1,085.00
645.67
5,031.28
1,343.62
338.80
1,523.47
12,639.20
72.59
2,281.70
76.20
52.93|790.00
1,744.12
4,274.10
849.20
779.90
1,498.19
7,442.28
279.31
-
-
-||
|||||
||||**15,629.88**|
||||29,210.77|
||||**44,840.65**|
**St George's Hall - Blockley Registered Charity No 292415**
## **Represented by**
Lloyds Current Account 00086188
|||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Lloyds Current Account 00086188
**Restricted Bank Accounts**
Lloyds Fixed Term Deposit
Lloyds Fixed Term Deposit
Treasurer's Maintenance Account
**Total Assets at Year End**|43,779.18
A/c Ref
18800302LS
15,580.29
18750342LS
10,290.32
27345368
600.00
**70,249.79**|44,840.65
A/c Ref
17151312LS
15,528.08
17459188LS
10,261.53
27345368
4,000.00
**74,630.26**||
||||**74,630.26**|
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A**
**Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** St George's Hall (Blockley) **members of On accounts for the year** 31 March 2022 **Charity no** 292415 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 3
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 March 2022.
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed: Date:** 27/01/2023 **Name:** Charles J Rush, BA MSc FCA **Relevant professional** FCA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Woodstock Accountancy 3A Market Place, Woodstock, Oxon OX20 1SY
**October 2018**
1
**IER**
## **Section B**
## **Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
## **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
The financial statements have been produced on a receipts and payment basis.
The Charity now has transferred it accounting records in a new cloud based bookkeeping system, as a result the are minor differences in the way costs are analysed.
The Charity created a sinking fund during the financial year to 31 March 2013 for the purposes of meeting the cost of irregular items of maintenance, these funds are held in Fixed Term Deposit Accounts and Maintenance Account No. 27345368 and represent restricted funds.
During the year funds were transfered from from the restricted fund to pay for the car park re-surfacing.
**October 2018**
2
**IER**