2025-03-31-accounts - Braintree And Bocking Community Association

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Braintree & Bocking Community Association
19-21 Bocking End
Braintree
Essex
CM7 9AE
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Chairmans Report 2024-25

I am delighted that The Centre has continued the momentum of 2023-24 into 2024-2025

We have maintained our classes offering art/ calligraphy/yoga/pilates / dance /Italian/German/Spanish & 8 week courses of BSL---the latter being in great demand . We now have a second art tutor offering Friday & Saturday workshops These workshops are thriving … running at maximum capacity of 24 with an extensive wait list . Our 8 week Patchwork and Quilting workshops are well attended and our Monday & Wednesday salsa classes are much enjoyed.

We have regular hirers meeting weekly or monthly—Creative Sewing/Cake decorating /Rethink/Al Anon Parkinsons/Dolphin WI/Braintree Organic and I thank them for their continuing support. Rooms 3 -7 upstairs continue to be used regularly for counselling services funded by CAMHS and NELFT . We also have an increasing number of private counsellers hiring our rooms . This provides a regular income giving us a sound financial base.

Our link with the Ukrainian families has strengthened and the sessions have been extended from 2 hrs to 4 hrs meeting on Saturday afternoons …. working in partnership with Braintree District Council to deliver this service .

There has been an increase in the number of bookings for parties/celebration events at the weekend and many compliments have been received about our facilities.

Our hire charges /class attendee fees have remained stable to date enabling us pay the increase in heating bills etc and honour increases in the minimum wage for our staff However we will have to review the position in 2025-26

We could not be as good as we are without our Admin Team working together to ensure our office is well run and The Centre is welcoming…..our volunteers giving freely of their time. ….and above all our tutors and attendees .Everyone working together putting the Community into The Centre.

On behalf of the Committee I thank you all .

@BraintreeCommunityCentre @BBCABraintree

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Braintree & Bocking Community Association
19-21 Bocking End
Braintree
Essex
CM7 9AE
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Agnes Bishop Chairman

@BraintreeCommunityCentre @BBCABraintree

BRAINTREE & BOCKING COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

19-21 Bocking End, Braintree, Essex CM7 9AH Registered Charity No. 301261

INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025

INCOME: Room Lets Course Fees EXPENDITURE: Premise Costs Staff Costs Tutors Trade Fees & Insurance Office Costs inc telephone Consumables Marketing Professional Fees Welfare & Safety Card Payment Fees Depreciation of Equipment Net Surplus / Deficit Interest Received Total Surplus / Deficit	£ £ £ £ 63,790 44,597 67,050 130,840 45,403 90,000 37,513 36,709 43,574 38,730 35,341 27,510 412 4,610 4,020 3,733 969 116 0 188 360 176 2,182 3,119 1,379 1,313 753 126,502 1,005 117,209 4,338 -27,209 29 75 4,366 -27,134 2025 2024

Notes:

Depreciation of Assets:

All Equipment and Fixtures & Fittings are written down 25% per year on the reducing balance.

The Accounts were prepared by Gillian Skinner

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Braintree & Bocking Community Association

On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages	31stMarch 2025	Charity no (if any)	301261

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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2025.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Gillian Skinner

Date: 15 January 2026

Name: Gillian Skinner Relevant professional Accountant qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: c/o 19-21 Bocking End, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9AE

October 2018

IER

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

October 2018

IER