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2025-03-31-accounts

lan S Anderg)n, Chartered Accow) Maid￿h Sifj 4LW

ded 31 2025 P4¢ R4)ort of the Trnst I to 3 Independ¢ot Eylmlner's Report StAtement of FlnanclAI Artivhles B41anee Shett Note$ ty the FI￿￿¢1￿ StAtemeDts 7 ty 12 Detslled St**¢thent of Afdvllle4 13

sham fth stees ded31M The tn]sttts prestht re￿￿t with the S¢atrm￿ of the clwity for th¢ year ended 31 Mareh 2025. The U51t￿ have &loptcd the provts1￿ of Accounting and Reporting by chariti￿.. statern￿t of RecommendeMJ Pwtice appliL¥ble to c]]tirities prepari￿ tlir ill ac(%)1￿ with the Financi￿ Rwtitig Stsndatd app]icable in th¢ UK and Rwblic of trelalld (FRS 102) (effeetive l Janu8ry20I9). Objectlyes Ind aims The obieth of th¢ Asy)ciali￿ areto: (a) promote the benefit of the inhabilants of the rn of bEnefrt with￿1 distirKtion of sex, ￿￿1[ orientattO￿ or of political, r¢ligious or Ott￿ opinioD& by &&s(Kiating the satd in])abitants aod the local authorittffj voluntary and other organisotions in a comm¢m effort to advan¢¢ rJJu¢ation and to PTovide fathlities in the Inter￿ of socitil We￿ for recreatioll wl lei8Ut¢-time (¢upatioD with th¢ object of improving the conditions of lif¢ for the ￿ld itihAbi18nts; (bj eStsb]iS￿ or the ¢&tablislllneot oc a Community Ccntr¢ (bereirnts cau￿ 'th¢ Centre'l attd ￿ m8intaill and rnanage the same (whether or in with aDy authority or other person or i￿) in filltberanee of thes¢ obj<%ts,' ThE As50¢Lation .¥hall be noTrpArty in p)litics aThJ in ￿lIgi(￿. The area of èrtnefit shall k Amer¥ham at Distrirt aTKI th¢ Dcigh￿uTI￿MXL Puljlle beneflt The TTUSttts bave ref¢Tr>l to the gWd8￿ in the Cbarity 8￿￿41 BuidaDce ￿ p￿11¢ benefit when mi¢WYJ¥ OW 8iEW and obj'ectives and in pl￿1ti¥ our fvtyre Jcuvifies. Iii pr11￿l￿r the be]ieve thal the (wne88 of &vailability to the whole community IT￿£￿ the crit¢rta of public b￿¢fiL FINANCIAL REVIEW FlffjAn¢laJ posltlon Overall income atnouDt￿I to £129,564, which is 8% the previouq totsl of £119,898. ID¢lud¢d in the toth] foT 2025 an in¢rcase in bar tsking8 to £43.883 88ain# £41.059 and incTegsed lutmgs of £84,470 win&t £77,779 in 2024. EXpendI￿rt up for the y¢or by £14,619 to £166996 from £152J77. The main expense is payToII of £72,778, against £69.185 LD 2024. There were variiorL% of inth'idual exrt￿ cbry, with main inLrew in light aThl heat COSL8 of£5.601 to £27,823.. The<rfhttmajoT ￿pense vM8 the thpreciatico on the Liftstyle Centre. Consequent to the aty)v¢ the A￿&1sItio￿ have the markeL Hjving considered their finding8, they have placal moni&s (M] sIKrt4emi (￿(￿1 atth¢ be8tT8tu &vailablc.

M#rth 2 FINANCIAL REVIEW Reserve5 poIi¢y It is the policy of th¢ charity to rnatntain this at a level whi¢ equates to approximately tsvclvc mijnths of on8oTng fixed costs. This provxles sufficient fi￿d9 th Cover manarnt s￿1 thinistration eosts. The continual impact of the depreciation of the Lifestyl¢ Centre w&8 reflected in the Equipmeni Replacement res¢rve. It is clear that there n¢&18 to reall(atioD of the Furwj wvcn th Cweral Reknes have moved itity d¢ficit. Even co￿bi￿¢d there wa8 Itss than 3 rnonths of frec reservc5 at the yrar CEML Howevff. in paLxi¢¢ the lerrings aTKI bar rakings aTE c￿802￿g sourc08 of iDcoll￿ so the free r¢5erv&4 clearly excetdthat lev￿ but are well below the tsrget lev¢l. It is the rrt)licy of the chtirity to nmintsin UnT¢str￿ which are free TEseryes of the A￿latiOn. The Tn will review the kvel of thi% re4¢rve to provits sufficient to covu arAI swort Q)SLq 8nd to rwd to emergency applications for gr8nts w￿.¢h may arise from time ￿ time. Totsl at th¢yearndweTe £36282 (2024 £73.714). STRucfuR& GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Gowtrning documertt The Association is g0veM￿ by the revF5ed Constiluiion on 9 se￿btr 2010 ay amerthd by rcsolution d&ted 20May2019 Respon$lbllltSei of Coundl of The TTrLSte￿ are responsible for prepanD8 the Rryffi of the Tnthe boatd 2nd the Financia] Sth7nents in accordanee with applieable law and regulations. Charity law trquires th¢ T￿￿e¢S to PLW FinwKial S(atsmert8 for ¢4¢h f￿)a￿lai year in accord8T￿e with urtrt￿ King¢kn G¢ne[al￿ A¢cptcd AccountinL PTclic¢ (United Kingdom Accounting Stattdards aThJ applirable law). The Financial S¢atcm¢nts are rwuwed by law lo give a true aDd fair view of the st4re of a￿aIrS of the Assocthtion and of the thficit of the A%￿RatsOn for the In preJ>8rm8 tho% Fitwicial Stat¥nents, the Couocij of Managem￿1 is rcquired to.. - ¥elcLt suitable 8ecountin& polici¢s And appty ihcm C￿￿13t¢Trtl￿. - observe tk rnCth￿ and principles in the ChaTi¢ies SORP. - mAkejudge¢DenL% #nd eslirna￿s that are re•s￿￿ble and pn￿ell¢ . state wh¢thu applicabl¢ UK ArKouthtsD8 Standoth b#v¢ iMI followal wbie¢¢ to any matu1￿ thpJTths disclosed and explained in the Trinartial Sthtements,. . Prepare the Financial Staternents on the 8Oin8 CO￿ hsis uole&% it iq it)apN0￿ ty PTesunw that the ehHTitsble as9￿1)tiOn will continue its operatsryjs. The TrLLStges are re5ponsibl¢ fct keq)in8 aLtounW T￿OrdS which discl¢x¢ with reason*bl¢ at any tin the f￿ancial rnsition of the Associèlion and whicb enable il to ensure that the Financi&l Sw¢ments comply with applJ¥Jble laws and regujations. Try are also resp)￿ble ftt 8&frguarthn8 the 858eLT of the AssOCiStion and henc¢ for takin8 rewnable sty for the prtvention 4ndde￿l0n of other irry￿rIbe￿. Key minigement personnel The Indiv￿Ual AffIl￿ted and Mcmber groups appoim from Fxxly a for this org8nisatiott A full list of the Tn]stee5 15 %t ojt ￿lOW. Any clMD8es are wb]i%hed ￿ the Cljarity CoThuDiS5ion website aad a full is avadable ftom th￿¢ 0fdlrects￿ CQDtrollm& rutWin8 and (l￿11D8 the Is￿1&ti￿ a thy to ￿Y b&8i8. R18k management The Tnts¢ee5 have a duty to identify and Teview the risks to whi¢h the A5￿ciatIon is ex￿)Sed and to ensure appmwiate Goutrols are in place to provide rn9)nable agall￿ and eTWW. Thc Tn￿tee$ UDdertake ongoltig reviews of 11 but espE¢l￿ty of those where risk has ithntifie<L wxl have llTylem¢Thtsl systems to mitigate these

ersham rtofth Tru5 Yev E ded 31 REFEREP4CE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAtis Regtstered CharAty numbeT 3(N)219 Prfnelpi addre Amer8ham Community Centre Chiltem Avenue Buckin8bamshi HP65AH Trustees Mr J Oxley- Cha]r Mts M J Bowlin8. Hon Secrttsry and MmJawll8 TDJStee Mrs G Morgan Mrs C L Hcory Mrs A Beatti¢ MrACla Mr L Avery Mr E Newhouse (rt51￿] 20 Febry•ry 202S) MrP M4¢z4 lttdcpendent ExJDln¢r lan And¢rson BA FCA Green8arth Thick¢l Grove Maidenhead Berksiu"re SL64LW AdmlDlstrnthr Mijs A L Bate8 BAnk¢rs HSBC Bank pk Apptoved by orthrofthe bofird oftruw¢8 on 27 Janu8ry 2026 a￿* on its bellllf br. M J B¢)wling- TnL#¢¢

Indepthdent ¢1￿1￿)er,* report to the trwtefs ofAm¢t7h•m & DiytriEt CDmnkutiÉty Asjodatloll I report io the charity ttllstees Im my examinati¢M) of the accounts of ATTJfW5ham & Distsict Community A850¢iati(m (th¢ Twst) for the year enikd 31 Nlatch 2025. Re5ponslbllitlu knis of re￿rt As the djan'ty trusttes tsl the Th￿1 you are resp)twNe wepaiation of the ￿COUl￿ in XC0rd￿ with the requireThKnts of the Chariti¢s Act 2011 Cthe Art I in res￿ ofnty examinthon of the Trysfs ￿¢out￿ t￿1¢0 out under Section 145 of the Act attd in Caryillg out my ex￿iDatiOn I have followed all an)IK¥bie Directions given by th¢ Charity Comlllission uoder $￿tiO[L 145(5Mb) of the ACL Indepe￿dent eumlDcf J statsment I hav¢ complekd my ¢xaD]inatt'on. I confirn) that wtrial nJaiteKS have ¢ome to my atttlltim in WDll¢¢tion with the examination giving me ellvse to believe th4t in any tmterial res￿1.. a￿linting Yecord8 Were not kept in resmof the Tnw¥s Tryuired by Sedion 130 of the A¢ or the HccounLS do not ace(Kd with ¢lJ)se rtrords" or the accounts do compty with the applicable T4Uirem￿s concernin8 th¢ fomi aThJ content of accounts $¢1 out in the Clwiti&s (A￿ounts aTKI Reports) Re8ulktioDs 2(K)8 other thatt any r¢quire4ncnt that the acwjnts giv¢ a and fatr view which is nola matter consid¢T￿l as part of An Inde￿d¢n¢ examin￿l￿n. I hove no concer￿ aod hav¢ CO￿ matters in ¢￿￿￿tIon the exAmiMtson to which atteDtion should b•th￿) in this in ortsto ¢nable a prcpT uT￿N5[a￿OfIk &#x)unty to be ￿ch lan And¢T50n BA FCA lan S Anderson, Chart¢red Accowitani Thickd Groye Maidenhead EIcTk8hiT SL6 4LW 27 January 2026

ht of Fin#nciai A 31 202S 2024 nds fvnds 510 1.233 40,886 77,779 84A70 Tol*l 129J64 119,898 EXPENDITURE ON Charlthble Sett￿lIes Provision of comm￿lty a¢tiWti¢s Other trading actiiuties Governance ¢osts 140J94 25,018 126,553 24,114 1,710 Totgl 1156990 152 J77 NET INCOMFJ(EXPENDTrtlRE) (37A32) (32,4791 RF.CONCILIATEON OF FUNDS Tothl fimds brought forward 71714 106.193 TOTAI. FUNDS CARRIKD FORWARD 3&282 73,714

2024 Totsl fimds Unrutrleted d% FIXED ￿￿ETs Tangible wets 16.714 CURREIYT A&SETS Stock5 Debior5 sh 4¢ bhnk and in hand 1,621 70 47J68 1.756 1,772 61.497 49,059 6S,025 CREDITORS ATnounts falling due wirhin cffleyear 10 (Iw) (8,025) NET CURRENT ASSETS 31A 57,000 TOTAL ASSETS LE&$ CURR&Yr LIABILITIES 73,714 NET ASSETS 73,714 TrIJNDS Unre¥tri¢t¢d funds 12 3￿81 73,714 TOTAL FUNDS 3A282 73.714 Ttse riD￿claI statennts wtt¢ apw¢d by the Bofird orTh￿te¢S and auti￿1£￿ for iw on 27 January 2026 were signed on its behalf by.. M J Bowkn8- Tn4e J (kni¢y. Th￿tte Tr nLty frmrn partof tlwe fts¥nCi￿ sta*ll￿nts

ents 2025 ded 31 AccouiYfiNG POLICILS Is 0(￿￿￿n¥ the ￿#￿141 sttem¢Dts The finanual stsremcnts of the ¢hariry, which is a wblic benefii ¢ntiry under FRS 102. have bttn prepar￿ in accordance with the Ch8ritscs SORP (FRS 1021 'A¢countiDg aTyJ Remng by Clwities.. Statemetyt of liecommended Prafflice applicable to charities FrwarJn8 their iti accord8oce with the Financial Reporting Statthrd app1￿￿bk in th¢ UK atwj Republic of he]aDd IFRS 102) {effective l January 2019),, Financial Rq)orrin8 Stsnthrd 102 Th¢ FiTwKial Rerthi"ng Stsndard applicable in the UK alld Rq)ublic of treland, and th¢ C￿111¢$ Ad 2011. The fina￿la1 statthnt￿ts hav¢ been prepAred UEth the historical cost ¢onvention. These r]nancial 8tsmrmts have prcpwed on a concern basis.The Trustees do not believe that Brexil will ]rn￿t £￿ the use of basis. Covi&19 did have an iTnpact on community aff8irs gener￿ly, but as re8ards ID¢ome All in¢ome is rttognised in the Ststrme¥Lt of Financtai Activities once th¢ chan'ry entitlement to the funds, rt is pwbablc that the iuc(RFK will be Te¢eived alld the be measured reliably. Expendknre Liabilities are eXpe￿￿1￿￿e &$ ￿ 86 there is a leBal or COtttyu¢tive obligation cojnmitting the charity to that CXF¢ndilure. it is probAble that a of ￿rK)InIC tthcfits will b¢ rryuirvj in setd¢mcnt ano the amount of the obligation can bc meawr•J reliably. Expcnditur¢ is for ¢)n an &ccruals basi5 arKI has becn c]a&8ified UTkdLT headings that 888re8a all coll rtla&J ￿ the caie8iJry. Where costs cannot be diT￿Y attributed w panicular h￿di￿85 thry knve btts ro acts"vities on a b•sts ¢onsisfent with tbe use of Tart￿b￿ asgets ikprwidtion is prowidtyj at the fi)I]0￿n8 am￿￿ ratsB in to writ¢ off eAch uset over its estim4t¢d Ge￿¢[11 quiprttt . 25% ￿ ¢tht Stocks Stocks are valua at the lomr of net TEo1isabk vatuq after m8kTn8 allowance for obsolete and 81ow T8IArfon The charity Is exemw from tax on its clwitsble ¥(ivitie8. FuDd accouAII Unrcstricted ￿tsd3 can bE in 8￿rd81￿ with the charitsble obJ￿￿ve￿ 8t the disctetion of the trustee5. The r¢8¢rves policy 18 a 5¢tthrt in the TnLst¢¢s' Re￿1. Restncted fiwd5 can only be foT Fmrticular re5tric¢•J purpose8 within the Obj￿ of the Chartty. Restrictions Further ¢xplat)fition of th¢nbD]te tAUWfj¢ of each fillml ￿ inclthl JD the nos kn the fi￿a￿la1 sthtsments. Jre p￿reh￿e le•glDE eommltsllellts Rentals paid 0￿E Iw ate tharpj to the Ststrnt of Finan¢Aa] Actrviti¢5 on a str￿"￿1 line basis overthe pcriod of thE Ita8e.

thebi cial Ststement8- OTHER TRADII¥G Acfivi7iLS 2025 2024 Bar tsktiigs 43 40.059 457 370 401 44W4 410,886 INVESTMENT IYCOME 2025 2024 Letting8 84,4711 77.779 TRUSTEFS, REMUIYERATION AND BENEFITS There were ￿ tn￿, rtmunualion or oth¢T bcnefits for the ycor ended 31 m￿Ch 2025 nor for the year ettded 31 Mar¢h 2ff24. Therewere no trwtee8' expenw ￿ld fLrthe y¢ty¢Thkd31 Ma￿th 2025 Th)T for the yw $￿thd 31 Mar¢h 2024. STAFF COSTS The avern8e monthly number of employees durin8 the ye¥r wag as follow8.' 2(J25 2024 Fuil time Part time No employx5 received ¢nx)]urn￿ in ex¢¢ss of £60,(IJ). GOVERNANCE COSTS The GOv¢M￿Ce cc*ts r¢latinB to the In(kprnthnt Eixamiiiation of ￿40 (21r24 £720) togethcr with externai 8¢Lounkn8 SUPtKirt pl￿$ AGM costs & bank totatled £1.384 (2024 £1.710) and have been reflected in eb3n"table a¢ixvitie5 experk

taternen 21I2S ded 31 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS G¢n¢ral equipment COST At l April 2024 Additions 57,637 At 31 P&ch 2025 6(636 DEPRECIATION At l April 2024 Char8¢ for year 40.923 14A31 At 31 Marth 2025 5SJ54 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 Mard) 2025 5282 At 31 Maych 2024 16,714 STOCKS 2025 2024 Cl¢aniDg trknia Bar 369 1352 353 1.403 1.621 1.756 DEBTOILS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 2025 2024 Debtors Pryyments a¢¢n￿] in¢ome 70 f41 7( 1,772 continued...

FlnaDCi ements- io. CREDITORS: AMOUNT3 FALLINGDUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 2025 2024 Ballk loans and oYerdrdft8 (sr¢ D)te I l) Trade crettitors Taxats"on aud ￿1&1 s￿lty Other¢Niitorn £999 2.317 2.372 3J36 2ffj45 3,471 1&059 &025 ii. ANS An Analysis of the j￿rity of loan8 is wvenbelow.. 2025 Th¢ A8sociation'5 fLnancih] statem¢nts allow for the spbt of the bank b818nce5 between the VATI0￿4 fund5. At the year end the amount in the bank account St[￿ at £44219 in baT￿. Howevex. of this £2,999 was auributed to the de8i8nat￿l Equipment res¢rvc as an ov¢rdrati' with iti houK balaDces of £37.5CQ E¢ing for the EMtrgen￿ Fund 4nd£9,718 b¢ing forthe G¢n¢rnl lknwe8 F￿(L 12. MOVKMENT IN FUNDS Net rnovemettt Al 31.3.25 At 1.4.24 U￿reStrIcted hnd5 195(Ml 37JIK 1&714 123,0011 (3,501) 37,51JO (14,431) 73,714 (37.432) 36,282 T(yfAL FUNDS 73,714 (37￿2) 36382 Net n￿venIe￿ in fiwd& Al￿￿￿￿J in the alwve0￿ as bl]ows: expended in funds UDrestrkt¢d funth Generdl purFM)scs fiLTMi 129J64 (151565) (14831) (23,0011 (1<431) 129J64 (166.996) (37,432) TOTAL FUNDS 129J64 {1(&996) (37,432) Pagelo ntinue(L..

Comm nts-con li MOVEMKI¥TJN FUNDS- tonthiwd Comprqtives for mov¢tt￿ ts fund# Nd Trnttsfe between At 31.3.24 At 1.423 UDreJtrlcted fundy General purFK)ses fvnd EmeTg¢ts¢y EquipmeJJi r¢p18cement re8¢rve 37.888 375(KJ (18.070) (318) 19JOO 37500 16.714 (14.409) 318 106.193 {32.479) 73.714 T(yfAL b"UNDS I(￿.193 {31479) 73.714 C¢)mparativ¢ movNnent in irKlud￿ in the abov¢ afE follows: Resources Mov¢m¢nl Ullr¢¥tt4cted f•nds Generdl putPO8¢9 fund Lquipmen( replac¢ment reserve 119.898 {137,9681 114,4091 (18,070) 114,409) 119.898 {152,3771 (32,479) 119,898 (152J77) 132,479) A ¢wrent year 12 ofyl yw 12 montbs coAnbinbJ p)Sitwn is u follows: N¢t movtm¢n¢ Trnwf#s between At 31.3.25 At 1.423 Unrulrf¢ted lutsd$ Gencrai p￿￿se$ fijnd F.mCrgL￿CY reserve Equipment replacement resm 37.888 375(Xl 30.805 (41.071) (318) (3,501) 37.51MJ 2283 (28.840) 318 1(fj193 (69.911) 36282 TOTAL FUNDS 106,193 (69.911) 36,282 P88ell o)ntinued..

ancial t*lemen 21)25 12. MOVEMENT I1¥ FUNDS- ￿￿tIn￿ed A CUTra)t yew 12 months prmx ycAr 12 m(mths L¥)rnbillLyI net nK)vement in fuDd& tllcludcd ill the above are &8 foll Inc4)ming R¢sLwtts Mov¢mait expell￿1 in fi]rtds UDreJtrlcted funds General p￿ry￿S¢S fufyj Equipment Yeplacement r¢8e 249.462 (25YIJ33) {28,840) {41,071) (28,840) 249,462 (319.3731 (69.911) TOTAL Fuh 249.462 (319.373) {69,9ll ) 13. RELATF.D PARTY DISCLOSURES P4ge 12