## **ACLAND MEMORIAL HALL** 

## **Registered Charity Number: 300137** 

**Reports and accounts for the year 1 April 2021 to 31[st] March 2022** 

Acland Memorial Hall Hermitage Road Cold Ash Thatcham Berkshire RG18 9JH 



CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trnsteesl
members of
Acland Memorial Hall
On ac¢ounts for the year
ended
31° March 2022
Charity no
Ilf any)
300137
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 31103 12022.
Responslbllltles and A% the chartty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities AGt
2011 (Ihe Acr).
I report in resFEd of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Direciions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5){b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material resped..
accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of
the Act or
the a¢¢ounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
wtlh the examination to which atterrtion should be drawn in order to enable
oper understsnding of the accounts to be reached.
Slgned:
Dats:
Name:
Wendy Stanway
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
MAIT
Address:
Stable Cottage, Upton Grey
Basingstoke
RG25 2RE
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
IndeFendent examination of chaiity a¢counts.' directions and guidance for
examiners).
IER
October 2018

Give here brief detalls of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018

## **ACLAND MEMORIAL HALL** 

## **Registered Charity Number: 300137** 

## **Accounts for the Period 1 April 2021 to 31[st] March 2022** 

Treasurer’s Report 

I have prepared the accounts from the accounting records and from information and explanations supplied to me. 

The records are available for inspection. 

Fiona Jones FICM PM.Dip Director Numberwork Services Limited Oxford House 12-20 Oxford Street Newbury RG14 1JB Registered Company No: 13834155 ICB Practice Licence No: 23421 

12[th] December 2022 

Signed: 




## **ACLAND MEMORIAL HALL Registered Charity Number: 300137** 

## **Income and Expenditure Account 1 April 2021 to 31[st] March 2022 Cash Basis** 

|**Income**<br>**Bank Interest Earned**<br>**Cleaning COVID19**<br>**Discounts Allowed**<br>**Gifts and Donations Income**<br>**Grants**<br>**Hire Fees**<br>**Miscellaneous Income**<br>**Other Income**<br>**Debtor Credits**<br>**Insurance claim**<br>**Total Income**<br>**Gross Profit**<br>**Expenditures**<br>**Bookkeeping Fees**<br>**Caretaker / Cleaner / Bookings**<br>**Community Entertainment**<br>**Consumable Items**<br>**Equipment purchase**<br>**Heat and Light**<br>**Insurance Expense**<br>**Memberships and Subscriptions**<br>**Miscellaneous Expense**<br>**Office Expense**<br>**Professional Fees**<br>**Rent and Rates**<br>**Repairs/Renewals & Maintenance**<br>**Telephone & Broadband**<br>**TV Licence**<br>**Unapplied Cash Bill Payment Expenditure**<br>**Waste Collection**<br>**Water**<br>**Total Expenditures**<br>**Net Operating Income**<br>**Net Income/Profit for the Year**|**Apr 2021 - Mar 2022**<br>**Apr 2020 - Mar 2021**|
|---|---|
||62.53<br>114.81<br>500.00<br>690.00<br>-1,694.59<br>-1,232.15<br>60.75<br>17,298.00<br>10,000.00<br>26,208.63<br>10,284.70<br>23.75<br>-200.00<br>9,689.00|
||**£      51,948.07**<br>**£      19,857.36**|
||**£      51,948.07**<br>**£      19,857.36**<br>451.50<br>6,790.50<br>3,968.00<br>684.00<br>593.92<br>390.10<br>60.03<br>1,620.00<br>689.79<br>1,093.49<br>1,022.51<br>825.04<br>1,057.84<br>20.00<br>192.65<br>39.28<br>2,361.00<br>2,541.00<br>90.17<br>3,632.67<br>2,251.06<br>438.00<br>477.89<br>159.00<br>157.50<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>627.69<br>568.97<br>35.00<br>414.55|
||**£      19,521.29**<br>**£      13,731.86**|
||**£      32,426.78**<br>**£        6,125.50**|
||**£      32,426.78**<br>**£        6,125.50**|





## **ACLAND MEMORIAL HALL** 

## **Registered Charity Number: 300137** 

## **Balance Sheet as at 31[st] March 2022** 

|**Current Assets**<br>**Cash at bank and in hand**<br>**Lloyds Bank**<br>**NBS 2469536001 Treasurer Plus**<br>**Petty Cash**<br>**Total Cash at bank and in hand**<br>**Total Current Assets**<br>**Current Liabilities**<br>**Deposits**<br>**Total Current Liabilities**<br>**Total assets less current liabilities**<br>**Total net assets**<br>**Charity funds**<br>**Funds**<br>**Share Capital Account**<br>**Unrestricted Net Assets**<br>**Surplus/(Deficit)**<br>**Total Charity funds**|**31st March 2022**<br>41,899.30<br>20,476.41<br>7.78|
|---|---|
||**£                    62,383.49**|
||**£                    62,383.49**<br>2,897.37|
||**£                      2,897.37**|
||**£                    59,486.12**|
||**£                    59,486.12**<br>5,826.60<br>25,359.49<br>-4,126.75<br>32,426.78|
||**£                    59,486.12**|





Trustees. Annual Report for the period
PeTh)d start date
Pericxj end dale
From
01
2021 To 31
03
2022
Section A
Reference and administration details
Chaiity name
The Acland Memorial Hall
Other names charity is known by
none
Registered charity number (rf any)
300137
Charity's principal address
Hemitage Road
Cokl Ash. Thattham
Berkshire
Postcode
RG18 9JH
Names of the charity Irustees who manage the charity
Dates acted rf not lor *l)o
Trustee name
Office {rf any)
Narne of person (or body) entitied
If an
Richard Hanks
Chair
Dawd Silsby
Judy Connolly
Rachel Quartley
Maureen Avens
Vice Chair
2- November 2021
Secretary
Honorary Treasurer
Representats've
Trustee
Represent*ive
Trustee
June Heaton
Representative
Trustee
Paul Roberts
Rewesentatrve
Trustee
rKla vin￿ftt
Representative
Trustee
10
Rebecca Bye
22- May 2021- 31
March 2022
9" Novemter 2021- 3151
March 2022
Trustee
11
Michelle Harrison
Non-represen
Trustee
12
Jackie Roberts
NO￿represen￿lI¥e
Trustee
13
14
Names of the trnstees for the charity, rf any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name
Davrd Silsby, Representstive of Custodian
Trustee (Parish Council)
Dates acted rf not for whole
ear
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional infomialion)
Type of Name
Address
adviser
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
None
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ement
Description of the charity's trusts
Type of goveming document
Deed of Trust
How the charity is consts"tuted
Trust comprising a rnanagement Committ￿ of volunteers
Trustee sele(*on methcrfjs
All Trustees retire from office at the end of the AGM but then may be r
elected. Cfropted members can be appointed at any regular meeting.
Additional governance issues (Optional infonnation
You may choose to include
additional information, where
relevant. about".
The Commrtiee comprises voluntary Trustees representing hire groups
and n0ft-rep￿senlatiVe Trustees. offi￿rS include Chair. Vice Chair.
Honorary Treasurer and Secretary. Our Custodian Trustee is Cold Ash
Parish Counul.
policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees.,
the charity's organisational
Structu￿ and any wider
network wrth which the thanty
works..
New Trustees are provided with the following documents".
Our'Deed of Assuran￿.
Document'TrusteegJCommrttee Members Responsibilibes.
Oocxjment 'CC3- The Essential TnJstee'
relationship with any related
parties..
trustees. consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.
Section C
Ob ectives and activities
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The provision of a village hall for the benefft of inhabitants of Cold Ash
and the neighbourhcrfKI wrthoLrt distinction of Sex or of political. religious
or other opinions and in particular for use of meetings, lectures and
classes and other fonns of recreation and leisure time with the objective
of improwng the condrtions of lrfe for the said inhabitants..
Summary of the objects of
the charity set out in its
governing document
During this period the Acland Hall has continued to provide a venue for
social and communty activtties- regular village groups (both charitable
and profrt-making) arKI occasional hires for parties and fundraising
events.
Use of the Hall was restnded alorwJ with other public spaces during the
Cowd-19 pandemic. We followed adwce and took measures to open the
Hall safety when this was eventually pemiitted, initially as a venue for
our resident Pre-school for the benefft of key-worker parents, then to
wider rarrfJe of hirers. We were pleased to See most of our regular
groups relum to the Hall once all restrictions were lifted.
Summary ofthe maln
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on publlc
benefrt)
The TrUSt￿S are aware of and have regard to the guidan￿ issued by
the Charity Commission on public benefit
Additional details of objectives and actlvltles (Optional information)
Nor
You may choose to indude
fijrther statements, where
relevant, about:
policy on grantmaking-,
policy programme related
investment,"
contribution rnade by
volunteers.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
' Summary of the main
achievements of the charity
durlng the year
The Adand Hall has conbnued to provKJe a welcoming venue for many
kinds of public and private gatherings. ThwR include
Cokj Ash Prfrschool
Cold Ash Parish Council
Cold Ash Gardening Club
Cold Ash Women's Instrtute
Ashmore Green Women's Instttuie
Phoenix Flower Arranger5
Cold Ash Parish GreenirKJ Group
Cokl Ash & Ashmore Green Cnckei Club
Cold Ash Football Club
Ne￿￿)ury and District Amateur Radio Society
Tai Chi, lad￿S self-defence. circurt trainirrfJ. yoga. Pilates and children's
ballet dasses
NorFregular hires were rnainly comprised of chiklren's birthday parties.
but we have also hosted film nwJhts. theatre perfomiances. and
fumiture sales and charitable fundraisers.
The hall is also used as a Polbng Ststion.
Vthilst our hire income was shjnfficanty irnpacted during the year we had
a sU￿Ss[u1 Insuran￿ claim for loss of income during enforced dosure
due to the Covd-19 pandemic. It also benefitted from Local Restrictions
grants provKded by West Berkshire cwncil to support businesses during
the pandemi
This enabw us to continue to maintain the Hall to a high standard.
Signrficant improvements to amenities and the fabric of the building
included new double glazed UPVC doors and wndows.
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Section E
Financial review
Brief statement of the
charity's policy on reserves
In 2018 our forrnal Rese￿￿ Policy was agreed aThl formally adopted as
£20.O¢XI. Thr5 fyure wll be reviewed annually.
Detsils of any funds materially
in deficit
none
Further financial review details (Optional information
You rnay choose to include
additional information, where
relevant about..
The majonty of our income is recetved from regular hire.
the charity's principal
sour￿$ of funds (including
any fundraisingl..
how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of the charity:
investment policy and
objecb.ves including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.
We occasionally receive fundraising income from film and theatre nights.
We have beneffled from various grants this year to replace lost income
due to the Covbd-19 restrictions.
Expendrture this year has allowed us to become more energy efficient,
thus helping io minimise uts'lty Costs armj thus keep hire charges
competrtive.
Our Deed of Trust states".
"Any sum of cash at any time belonging to the charity and not needed as
a balance for working purposes shall (Lsnless otherwse directed by the
Chanty Commissioners or the Secretsry of Slate) be invested"
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary. Chair,
etc)
LJW CC)kJ kf) LLq
Date
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202L
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