Trustees, Annual Report for the year ended 30th September 2023
Ickleton Village Centre, known as Ickleton Village Hall
Charity registration number 300400
Trustees:
Mrs M Smith-wice Chair
Miss J Flitton- Hon. Secretary until 7th November 2022
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Mr Paul Andrews-Hon. Secretaryfrom 7 November 2022
Mr R Smith- Hon. Treasurer
Mrj Holt
Mr M Waters
Mrs E Molloy
Ms L O'sullivan
Mr P Hughes
Mr5 Cward
Mrs P Hamilton
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Mrs L Stokley- from 7 August 2023
Structure Governance and Mana
ement
The Charity is governed by a Trust Deed dated 1963 as amended by a Supplemental Deed in
2018 and is constituted as a Trust.
Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Trust Deed as amended by the Supplemental
Deed, being 5 elected members, 4 representatives of village organisations (the church, the
football club, the Parish Council and the cricket clubl and up to 3 others co-opted by the
committee.
The Charity is managed by the Trustees as a management committee.
Ob'ective5 and attivlties
The objective of the Charity is to provide a building and facilities for the benefit of the
inhabitants of Ickleton and the neighbourhood regardless of age. disability, sex, political,
religious or other opinions for use for meetings, classes, other forms of recreation and
leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for said
inhabitants.
The main activities of the Charity are the running of a centre for the community at a
reasonable cost for the use of the public to enable them to benefit from the activities as
detailed above.
The Trustees have paid regard to the guidance issued bythe Charity Commission on public
benefit.

## **Main achievements** 

During the first part of the year the updating and refurbishment of the toilet facilities and sports corridor flooring was completed. The installation of solar panels and related storage batteries took place, with financial help from South Cambs. District Council's Zero Carbon Project, lckleton Parish Council and the 2022 Open Gardens event. In the long term this will help to reduce our energy bills and be of benefit to the general environment. We are also now able to offer free wifi to our users. 

## **Financial review** 

The accounts for the year ended 30[th ] September 2023 show a deficit of £25,710, which relates primarily to the cost of the solar panel installation (£10,158 net), part of which was financed by fundraising from Open Gardens in the previous year, and the cost of the facilities refurbishments (£22,260) which were financed from reserves. 

Excluding these major items there was a surplus of £6,908, resulting from income from hirers having returned to pre-Covid levels, new regular hirers, several larger one-off events and a small increase in hire rates. 

Our reserves remain strong and we continue with the policy of endeavouring to maintain them at a level such as to ensure the long term future of the building and its facilities. Reserves reflect the need to provide a buffer against rising maintenance and running costs, unexpected significant loss of income and planned necessary upgrades. Throughout the life of the building reserves have been maintained in this way and invested as appropriate. 

Signed on behalf of the Charity's Trustees 

Vice Chair "CV\ • \ -� Madelaine Smith �v. **RoyTreasurer1 Smith** _**vW**_ 

Date 




IcKL￿oN VILLAGE HALL Icharity No. 3004110}
ACCOUNTS OF THE CHARrrY FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
2023
2022
Incom8
Lettings Income {bank8dl
Income from Fundraislng
Donations
Government Covid support grant
CAF bank inter85l
Solar Panels 9rant-ParLsh Countsl
Solar Panels grant-zero Carbon Communltles
Total Income
21,319.00
0.00
15,730.75
10.680.08
425.00
170.00
2.667.00
16.33
0.00
O.OD
29.51Y.16
45.89
2,500.C
8.000.00
32.1)34.89
Expenditure
Cle3nirsg
Power
General Repairs & Maintenance
Refurbishments
Roof repair -excess only
Solar pands project
Water
Insurance
Rubbish colle¢tK)n
1,412.60
3.910.96
3,161.71
22,460.40
1,541.34
2.732.28
5,139.23
9,674.80
100.00
1.02D.00
758.01
1.736.96
208.68
20,658.66
774.(K)
1,947.50
434.82
180.00
65.00
210.43
1,400.00
900.00
60.00
0.00
169.14
Licen￿ renewal
Bank Charges
Sundries
Bwking Secretaryfees
Caretaker fees
Memberships IACREI
Fundraising expenses -open Gard￿5
PRS Licence
Totsl Expendlture
180.00
90.00
359.21
1,365.00
0.00
57.00
5.651.44
139.20
57.745.22
30,7S3.15
OpÈratlng SurpluslDÈfl¢lt
-25,710.33
-1,233.99
¢urrent A¢¢ount Reconclllatton
Cash at Bank blf 1110122
Tr8nslerto Charifund Investment
Transter from Charifvnd InvgStm8frt
Operating SurpluslDÈfi¢it
29.892.96
0.00
15,000.00
-25,710.33
61.126.95
-30.000.00
0.00
-1.233.99
Current Account balaTr¢¢ a$ at 30109r23
19.182.63
29,892.96
Total Reserve$ a8 at 30109123
Charifund Investsnent
Cash Reserwes
Total Reserves as at 30109123
100,294.20 103,676.84
19,182.63
29.892.96
119,476.83 133,569.80

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
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I r8F)Ort to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity {Ihe Twsfi for the year ended
Rosponsiblllties and As the chartty trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the a￿Unts in accordance ￿￿th the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 {￿he Acr).
I report in ￿spect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carytng out my examination. I
have followed the applicable Direction5 given by the Charity Commission
under section 145{5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed bek)w") in connection
the examination gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
a¢counling records were not kept in accordance wtth section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord wih the accounting re￿rdS
Independent
examinerfs statemert
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn In order to enable a
proper understandi
of the accounts to be reached.
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October 2018