|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|||
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|**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**||||||||
|**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2026**||||||||
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|**GENERAL FUND**||||||||
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||||**2026**|||**2025**||
||||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**|
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|**Balance as on 1st April 2025**||||||||
||NatWest Bank PLC current account||12,295.74|||6,490.31||
||NatWest Bank PLC deposit account||88,542.64|||82,368.98||
|||||100,838.38|||88,859.29|
|||||||||
|**Receipts during theyear**||||||||
||Lettings||22,129.75|||20,201.75||
||Interest||991.36|||1,173.66||
||200 Club income||1,545.00|||1,167.00||
||59 Club income||1,825.00|||1,556.00||
||Grant from Willington Parish Council||4,100.00|||~||
||||30,591.11|||24,098.41||
|||||||||
|**Payments during theyear**||||||||
||Gas||1,170.19|||1,152.82||
||Electricity||878.98|||976.48||
||Caretaking||4,900.00|||4,330.00||
||Insurance||1,911.38|||1,258.94||
||Rates and licences||1,156.78|||791.84||
||Miscellaneous costs||2,756.33|||447.35||
||Repairs and maintenance||4,288.33|||1,596.89||
||Ground maintenance||6,098.64|||~||
||200 Clubprizes||920.00|||940.00||
||59 Clubprizes||675.00|||625.00||
||||24,755.63|||12,119.32||
|||||||||
|**Net receipts during theyear**||||5,835.48|||11,979.09|
|||||||||
|**Balance as on 31st March 2026**||||||||
||NatWest Bank PLC current account||7,139.86|||12,295.74||
||NatWest Bank PLC deposit account||99,534.00|||88,542.64||
|||||106,673.86|||100,838.38|
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|**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S**||||**REPORT**||||
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|I haveprepared the above Receipts and Payments Account from||||myexamination||of the financial||
|records of Willington Peace Memorial Hall for theyear ended 31st March 2026. In||||||myopinionproper||
|records have been kept and there are no matters that arise from myexamination.||||||||
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|JOHN EDWARD CAVES<br>||||||||
|~~27 Northill Road~~||||||||
|Cople||||||||
|Bedford||||||||
|MK44 3TU.||||||||
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|29th April 2026||||||||






## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 1 April 2025   To 31 March 2026** 

## **Charity name: Willington Peace Memorial Hall** 

## **Charity registration number: 300082** 

## **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|**To provide and maintain the hall on**<br>**behalf of the residents of the parish of**<br>**Willington.**<br>**To manage the financial stability of the**<br>**hall, it’s maintenance and development**<br>**on behalf of the village residents**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**The VHMC ensures that the building**<br>**meets all health and safety requirements**<br>**and generates income to pay for the**<br>**upkeep of the hall and ongoing**<br>**improvements through lettings and**<br>**operating 2 lottery based schemes**|
|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|**Yes we have had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 



Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|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 VHMC have**<br><br>**Effectively maintained the hall**<br><br>**Ensured that all health and safety**<br>**and fire checks have been**<br>**undertaken**<br><br>**Ensured all repairs to lighting,**<br>**water heater, toilets and drains**<br>**have been completed**<br><br>**Annual service of gas boiler**<br>**completed**<br><br>**Provided storage facilities for pre-**<br>**school clubs and Brownies.**<br><br>**Replaced pads of the defibrillator**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The financial position of the hall is**<br>**healthy with a small profit of £5835**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**VHMC undertakes to maintain a reserve**<br>**which represents a minimum of 6 months**<br>**of annual operating costs**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**Not applicable**|



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

|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|**Administration of Charity**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Committee consists of 10 members – 3**<br>**elected, 2 co-opted, 5 representative**<br>**members**|
|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|**Elected members appointed at the AGM.**<br>**Representative members adopted from**<br>**village organisations. Co-opted members**<br>**have key roles – Treasurer, Secretary**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|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** 

|Charity name|Willington Peace Memorial Hall|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|300082|
|Charity’s principal address|33 Church Road<br>Willington<br>Bedford<br>MK44 3QB|
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**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**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||PaulQuy|Chairman|||
||Debbie Adger|Secretary|||
||Pauline George|Treasurer|||
||Helen Endersby<br>Wood||||
||StaceyGuest||||
||Sarah Jewers||||
||Alastair Macfarlane||||
||Mike Ferrandino||||
||Johannah Hickton||||
||Heidi White||||
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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 Not applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the Not applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not applicable 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)** <br>**Full name(s)** <br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|P. George||
|---|---|---|
||Pauline George||
||Treasurer||
||05/08/2026||
||05/08/2026||





|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|**WILLINGTON PEACE MEMORIAL HALL**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**||||||||
|**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2026**||||||||
|||||||||
|**GENERAL FUND**||||||||
|||||||||
||||**2026**|||**2025**||
||||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**|
|||||||||
|**Balance as on 1st April 2025**||||||||
||NatWest Bank PLC current account||12,295.74|||6,490.31||
||NatWest Bank PLC deposit account||88,542.64|||82,368.98||
|||||100,838.38|||88,859.29|
|||||||||
|**Receipts during theyear**||||||||
||Lettings||22,129.75|||20,201.75||
||Interest||991.36|||1,173.66||
||200 Club income||1,545.00|||1,167.00||
||59 Club income||1,825.00|||1,556.00||
||Grant from Willington Parish Council||4,100.00|||~||
||||30,591.11|||24,098.41||
|||||||||
|**Payments during theyear**||||||||
||Gas||1,170.19|||1,152.82||
||Electricity||878.98|||976.48||
||Caretaking||4,900.00|||4,330.00||
||Insurance||1,911.38|||1,258.94||
||Rates and licences||1,156.78|||791.84||
||Miscellaneous costs||2,756.33|||447.35||
||Repairs and maintenance||4,288.33|||1,596.89||
||Ground maintenance||6,098.64|||~||
||200 Clubprizes||920.00|||940.00||
||59 Clubprizes||675.00|||625.00||
||||24,755.63|||12,119.32||
|||||||||
|**Net receipts during theyear**||||5,835.48|||11,979.09|
|||||||||
|**Balance as on 31st March 2026**||||||||
||NatWest Bank PLC current account||7,139.86|||12,295.74||
||NatWest Bank PLC deposit account||99,534.00|||88,542.64||
|||||106,673.86|||100,838.38|
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S**||||**REPORT**||||
|||||||||
|I haveprepared the above Receipts and Payments Account from||||myexamination||of the financial||
|records of Willington Peace Memorial Hall for theyear ended 31st March 2026. In||||||myopinionproper||
|records have been kept and there are no matters that arise from myexamination.||||||||
|||||||||
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|||||||||
|JOHN EDWARD CAVES<br>||||||||
|~~27 Northill Road~~||||||||
|Cople||||||||
|Bedford||||||||
|MK44 3TU.||||||||
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|29th April 2026||||||||



