STOKE POGES VILLAGE HALL (Charlty Reg&Jtration Number 31x1336) ANNUAL REPORT 2023r2024 I. CONSTITUTION The Charity was established by a trust contained in a conveyance da*d 7 June 1912 and is now admiillstered pursuant to a Cjwity Commi￿on Scheme dated 20 October 1995 (Registered Number 3(K)336). The name of the charity is "Stoke Poges Village Hall-. Correspondence should ￿ addressed to the Secretary at 4 Willow P8rL Stoke Poge Slouth SL2 4ES. 2. OBJECTS 2.1 The object of the charity is to provide and nmintsin a Village Hall for the use of the inhabilants of the Parish of Stoke Poges and neighlK)urhoo 2.2 The Village Hall is available foT hire by an individual or Organis￿l0n in accorda￿e with the slandard Tern￿ and CoTr1itio￿S of Hiring, the Th￿e8 for the Use of the Village Hall and the approved Scale of Charges. It is intended that the Scale of Charges be sufficient lo generate enough income to ni*t all expenditure in providing the Village Hall. 3. LAND The Villag¢ Hall is situated at Rogers lane. Stoke Poges. The Charity OWDS the freehold of the land which is vested in the Official Custodian for Charities. Ext¢nsions to the Village Hall were completed in September 1997 and some land owned by the Parish Council was transfernl to the 4.1 Members of the Committee of Managemeth during the year and their Rich Huckl¢ David Shillabeer Alan Fox JeDnifrr A Tulloch OIAver Bishop Sue Bailey S&rn Carter Jennie HancrKk Pamela Lawrence (Chair￿) Elected (Vice chairn￿) Co-opted crreasurer) Electoj (Secretsry) Wornen's Institut¢ Stoke Poges Parish Council Sunshine Corner Badminton Club Nick Moore Neil Peters Andrew Smith Ben Felsrteal Stoke Poges Parish Council Stoke Poges Social Club Pliotographic Club Stoke Po8es Play¢rs The Committe¢ of Management Dleets quarterly. The Annual General M¢¢ting tak&8 place in June each year or ￿￿on practicabl¢ therealkn. authority to incur exFtnditure only within the approved Annual Budget. The Executive SU￿Committee comprisu the Chairnw Vice Ch8irn)an and such officers who are trustees and two oth¢r memb¢rs (cunyntly Pamela Lawrence and Oliv¢r Bishop) 5. USE OF VILLAGE CEl+TniE The facilities provided continue to b¢ well utiIised An ongoing pftWa￿e of Ted¢￿Tating and main*nanc¢ is in pl￿ to keep the premises in good order. but some arw are An need of refiwbishment to make them more versatile and suit the ¢hangin8 needs of our users. We have receiv￿ a donation of £IO.IX)O from Stoke Park to help improve two rooms, and wwk take place in the next financial year during th¢ 6. LETTINGS Total hires for the year ending 31st March 2024 Thrre £44,733, up from £41,997 on the previous year. Totsl income was £71,695, up from £59,080. Total exFtnditure was £73219, up from £65275. Net deficit was £1.523 cornp￿ with a previous deficit of £6.194 7. FINANCE 7.1 Annual Accounts are annexed with a Statement of Finawial A¢tivities. 7.2 The Charity's Bankers are Barclays BanL Amerkn. 7.3 The Charity's Indepery￿ Examiw is Paseucci & Co.. 9A Park Str Slough. SLI IPE 8. POLICIES 8.1 The Tn￿eeS have deter￿ that short terni investments slwll be held in the COIF Charities Dep)sit Fund. ￿nger terni investments are hekl as cumulation units in the COIF ch￿ltieS Inveslment Fund. .2 The Trnstees are conscious that part of the building is now ov¢r l(K) yeats old . whike in good Conditio￿ it is expected that significant repairs and maintenance work will continue to be requir&J. In view of thi& reserves in excess of £40.(XK) are held on call. 8.3 At the end of the year investsnents w￿e.. COIF Charities Dwit Fund £45.961 (£58294 in 2023) COIF Clwitics knvestsnent Fund £261.434 (£235.158 in 2023) 9. FUND RAlStNG Theze wer¢ no fill￿ raising xtivities in 202312024 REGISTERED CHARtrY NUMBER: 300336 PASCUCCI & CO FILE COPY:PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN Flnan 31 Park Hr¥Jse PO Box 522 P8rft Stre Slough Berkshire SL3 6YU Hall T ncial Sts 1 March 2 for r •ndÈd Report thl thg Tr￿t￿$ StAt•mont ol Fln•n¢lal Activities B•lance Sho•t Notes to th• Financlal Stat•m¢nts 5 to 9 D￿lI•d Slat¢m¢nt of Flnanelal Actl¥ltle8 10 The Stoke P Illa Hall T rt of the Trustees ar forthè 2024 The trustees pr8senl their rèFX)rt the financial statements of the d)awrty for the yèar 6AdÈ(131 March 2024. The Iruslees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Rewbng ty Ch8nlies: Strten￿l of Recommended Practice applicable to charities prèparing their accounts in accordaru the Financkil Repo￿"A￿ Standard applicabk in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 (effe￿1￿ l J8nuary 20191. STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEPaENr Govemlng doC￿￿ent The charity is controlled by its govémirwa dO￿rnent. a deed dtwst aThJ constituios an Unincorp￿8tad ¢harty. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRAnVE DETAILS R•gist•r•d Charity nU￿ber 300336 Prfnclpal addre88 Village Hall 129 Rogers Lane Stoke Po Slough Berkshire SL24LP J Tulloch R HtKkle Independent Examln PascucrA & Co Park Housè PO Box 522 Park Street Slough Berkshire SL3 6YU Approved by order of the board oftru8tees on 2￿10¥entsr 2024 and signed on behalf by.. R Huckle- Trustee Pago 1 Th• Stoke Po VS113 Ind•p•nd•nt examinerf• report to the tr￿tee5 of The Stokè Willag• H￿1 Trust I repcthl to the charity Irustee8 on my eyaninatK)n ol the **ounts of Stok• Poges Village Hall Trust (the Twstl for year enden and $oci#l security Olher ¢redrtors 1,178 145 1,181 127 2,467 3,567 3,775 12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS movèment in fiJnd$ At 31.3.24 At 1.4.23 Unrestrict•d fund• General fvnd 876.514 11.387 887,901 TOTAL FUNDS 876,514 11,387 887,901 Ngt ThK)vement in funds. indLthd in the are as folry¥6'. In¢oming reSoU￿e$ Resour¢es expended kqovèment in furKI8 Unrestrlcted funds General fund 110.088 {98,7011 11.387 TOTAL FUNOS 110,088 {98,7011 11,387 Comparatives for movement In lynds Net movement in funds At 31.3.23 At 1.4.22 Unrestsl¢ted fvnds Gon9￿1 fvnd 922.929 146.4151 876.514 TOTAL FUNOS 146.4151 876.514 Page 8 continuèd... Sto th Flnan for ial Statements - Contin 31 12. PAOVEMENT IN FiINDS- contlnuod Compar8bve net IN)vem8nt In funds. induded in the above are as lollohs: Irwming resour¢es Resources expended Movement in funds Unrestrf¢ted fund¥ Gongr81 fund 58.347 {104,7621 148.415) TOTAL FUNDS 58.347 (lo4.7￿2> 146,415) A c￿ent ￿ar 12 and ￿lor year 12 combin&J Fx)SIt#￿ 15 as fi)Ilw.' Net movement in fund At 31.3.24 At 1.4.22 Unrestri¢ted funds General fvnd 22,929 (35,0281 887,￿1 TOTAL FUNDS 922,V29 135,0281 887,9)1 A currant year 12 months and yw 12 nv)nlhs comlmned net movefflent in fund8. induded in the aL￿e are 88 follows.. Incomi Rescwrces Movement in funds Unre8trl¢ted funds Ge￿ra1 fvnd 168,435 {203,4631 135,0281 TOTAL FUNDS 168.435 1203,4631 135.028) 13. RELATED PARTY OISCLOSURES Thero were no mlated pty tr￿saCIlC￿ ￿ the yea( ￿ded 31 March 2024. nt of Financial Ae 'vities l March for are 31.324 31.323 INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS Ik*nationB and1og•cl 11) (21 Other trddlny actfvltigs Hire of facilities-regular use Solar generalion Athertising Profit $h8re.' Stoke Poges Spcwts Social Cl 51,768 2,789 17.000 10,OLX) 68.768 59.337 Investment incom• Deposit account interest 2.667 1,016 Charltable actlvltl8* Grants 10.000 Oll*r incom• Irwesknant revaluation 28.654 12,004) Totsl incoming r••ources 110.088 58.347 eXpE￿￿rnjRE Investm•nt managemènt costs Propw1y repabr8 750 6.185 Charftablg •thltl•s Wages Rates and water Insuran Light and heat AdvertisirKJ Sundri¢s ¢￿anIng M8intèn8nce costs Administration Soffv48re usic licence Freehold property Depn of solar panel$ Fixtuie$ and fittings Grants lo instilutions 16.621 1.653 3.321 3.739 744 574 8.617 21.272 4.923 579 15,234 921 3.157 4,()81 338 9.848 26.607 5.281 317 11,396 4,999 10,396 7.072 11.3 16,472 2,598 97.351 Support C08ts Maftaggment Telephone 32 Governance cos Auditots. remunerat￿n for non *Jdit wo 600 480 Total resour￿$ expended 98.701 104,762 P4et Incom￿{8Xp￿K11t￿r•> 11.387 {46.4151 This page does not forn part of the 3tatutory financi81 slatemerrt3 Page 10 The Stoke P ilia e Hall Indepond•nt èxarningrfs r•port to tho trust0￿ ofTh• Stoko Poges Willay Hall Tru¥t I report to the charTty truste8s on my examnabon of the ￿Colm1S of The Stoke Poges Villagè Hall Tw81 {1￿ Trust) for the year endgd 31 Marth 2024. Re8pon81bIll￿es and ba#1# ol report As the charity trustÉ6s of the Trust you are responsible pwaration of the ¥¢ounts in a￿OrdanCe with the requirements of the cha11t￿S Act 2011 (Ih8 Arf). I report in resp8Ct of my examination of Ihe Trusfs accounts eanied out L￿der Sèdion 145 of the Act and in carrying out rny examination I have followed all appli¢abk Directions ywi by the Charity C0mNss￿n under Sedi¢)n 1451S)Ibl of the Act. Indo￿ndent examlnerf8 8tatement I have comp18t8d my examination. I confimi that no Materi￿ m8ttefs come to my attenloon in ¢onr￿tIOn wlh the examination giviThJ me cause to believe that in any matertal respect." counting racords not kept in respect of the Tmst as required by Section 130 of the Act,. or thè accounts do not accord with those rec(¥ts.' or ihe accounts do not compty wtth the appltsble requir#ments conceming th• form and content of x¢C4￿1¥ set l in Ihe Charities {A¢counts and Rewrtsl Regulations 2(X)8 other tt￿￿ any requirement tho1 the accounts give a truè and faif view vthich is not a matter consKlèred as part of an Indep￿dent eXaminat￿n. I have no concems and have o)me across M other matters in cOnneCth￿ wrth the examinatw lo which attenlion ShO￿d be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper Unde￿tandIng of the 8ccounts to be reachèd. Giuseppe Pascucrj Pascucci & Co Park House PO Box 522 Part Stre Slough Berkshire SL3 6YIJ 25 NovomtrAr 2024 Page 2