TAKELEY VILLAGE HALL
Registered Charity 301409
Receipts and Payment$ Actount for the year ended 31st March 2024
2023124
Unrestrirted Restricted
20Z2123
RECEIPTS
From Trading Actlvities
Lettings
Rent
Feed in Tariff
From Voluntary Sources
FurKlrdisin8
Grants and Donations
From A55ets
Interest
TOTAL RECEIPTS
34310.02
7350.
3025.%
34310.02
7350.LMJ
3025.96
31￿7.27
7350.￿1
14QJ.52
13584.61
13584.61
63658.64
14243.78
63658.64
18.75
18.75
58289.34 63658.64 121947.98
5496351
PAYMENTS
Charitable Acti¥itie5
Staff Costs
Repair5 and Maintenance
Utilities & Insurance
Telep￿)ne and WiFi
PRSIPPL
-731XJ.(XI
4927.14
-9680.52
-387.C
-783.56
-388.45
-228.(
-73W.LX)
4927.14
-72(Xl.
4853.91
-6425.11
-377.75
-1253.68
-402.LI)
-216.1X)
-9680.52
-387.04
-783.56
-388.45
-228.IX)
License
Accounts & Examination
Affiliatlon Fee IRCCEI
ndries
-135.rx)
-23829.71
-135.(A)
-23829.71
-107.
-20835.45
Other
Fundrnisin8 Events
Loan Rep?Yrr￿nts
Professional Fees
Hall Improvements
Toilets Project
237.38
-6237.38
-11237.70
-11237.70
-31CKJ.IXI
-31CIJ.C
-2056.55
-2056.55
-55542.89 -63658.64 -119201.53
-5833.49
-11237.70
-1170.IXJ
-2185.86
o.
TOTAL PAYMENTS
-10200423 43658.64 -165662.87
41262.so
NET SURPLUS I IDEFiun
43714.89
0.￿ 43714.89
13701.01
Balance5 Brou8ht Forward
1ts1123.98
104123.98
9)422.97
Balances Carrled Forward
Om 60409.09 104123.98

TAKELEY VILLAGE HALL
Registered Chaiity 301409
Statement of Assets and Liabilltles at 315t March 2024
2024
2023
mON￿ARy ASSErs
Depoyts and Bank Balances
Deposit Account
Current Accwnt
Furmlraising Account
Cash in hand
1576.03
54114.12
4610.68
108.26
60409.09
1557.28
99576.14
2882.30
108.26
104123.98
Debtors
Unpaid Letting fees
2434.80
2847.82
Credltors: amounts falllng due within one year
Accounting Fees
Received in advance
Oep05its held
RCCE affiliation
Loan repayment Inote l)
240.(K>
692.50
228.00
78.fyj
11237.70
11237.70
CREDThORS: amounts falling due after one year
Loan from Takeley Parish Council (Note 11
69255.08
79309.97
NON MONETARY ASSErs
Land and buildings INote 21
Tables and chair5
PA system / sound equipff*nt
Kitchen equipnEnt
NOTE I
The charity borrowed £150,￿￿jfr0M Takeley Parish Counol on 9th August 2016. Repayments
of £5,619 Iprincipal and interest) are made half yearly on 8th February and 8th August. The
final instalment is due on &h August 203L
NOTE 2
A Rebuilding Cost Assessment wa5 undertaken on 20th March 2023 by Chantry & Co. The total
Property Reinstatement Valuation for Insuran￿ purposes is É2,624.(m (Hall & Club
£1,698,CW, Scout Hut £493,C(X), Stores building £28,(O). External features £405,LNX)I. This
valuation makes no allowance for VAT whith would not be an issue for a total loss and
complete new build, but may become ￿leVa￿tfor a partial loss and ￿bUIld / repair.

Takeley Village Hall (Reglstsred Charfty number 301409)
Trustees Annual Report
for the year ended 31st March 2024
Governance
The charty's address ts Takeley Silver Jubilee Hall, Brewers End. Takeley. Bishop's
Stortford, CM22 6QJ.
The charity is a village hall, to be used predominalety by villagers for recreational, social,
educational and wellbeing purposes. The Hall owns the building, the adjoining social club
and land immediately surrounding the Hall. The charity operates entire￿ for public
benefrt. The goveming document is a dedaration of trust dated 22 July 1936, as varied
by scheme dated 14 March 1939, and amended on 09 July 2018.
Trustees of the charity are;_
Michael Coleman - Chaiman
Paul Burnett- VI￿ Chairman
John Monk
Eric Rogers
Carol Pratt
Mel Wray
Jane Bridgeman
Barbara Johnson
Robert Newman
Anne Regeli
Trustees are appointed as both nominees and representatives of the village organisations
that regularfy use the Hall.
Actlvltles for the year 2023124
Takeley Village Hall attracts a wide range of user groups of all ages, who use the Hall for
various activrties including social. recreation. education and exercise purposes, catering
for everyone from the very young to the elderty and everyone in beiween.
The pr￿school is our biggest user. occupying the hall for 7 hours every day throughout
school term time and is then followed by an after-school club. During school holidays
when the pre- school close Essex Boys and Girls use the Hall plus the recreational grass
area at the rear of the building. This space is available to Hall users in general and is also
frequently used by the many Scout and Guide groups that use the adjacent Scout building
throughout the week.
Our 13th 10k Run successfully went ahead wilh approx. 450 Runners. The 10k
committee did an excellent job raising in excess of £7k, which went directly towards our
loan repayment. This has easily grown into the biggest village event and as such we have
actively encouraged other village groups to participate. The Mens Shed ran the barbecue
this year from which they kept the pro￿edS. Take￿Y Running Group helped with the

stewarding and also took on responsibility for the kids fun run, the Cricket club ran the car
park and the Scout group ran the baggage drop off. We very much see this as the way
fopNard as it spreads the workload and adds to the communty feel of the event.
My thanks go to the dedI￿ted 10k committee who put a lot of time and effort in. especially
over the weekend but also organizing throughout the year, ensuring the run continues its
success, especially Alex 8eTwick whom we would be lost without her. Thanks also to the
Streeter family for continuing to let us use part of their farm for the run, and also to the
many volunteer stewards and other helpers on the day.
Along with many other communities, Takeley ￿lebrated the Kings Coronation in 2023
with the Hall and Social Club having an evening of celebration which included the lighting
of a beacon.
We were able to cary out some re-surfacing and levelling work to the entran￿ of the
Social Club car park which had deteriorated to such an extent that it had become
dangerous for pedestrian use. This also included the installation of a speed bump.
We were finally able to complete work on the toilet block in the Social Club. Ratcliffe and
Burridge were selected to construct new female and disabled toilets in the existing
entrance area. refurbish the men's tOl￿tS, and build a new entran￿. The cost of the build
was £139,201.53. We managed to obtain Grants from Garfield Weston (£10,000). ACRE
(£20,000), Tom Amos Charity (£5,1)00) and Uttlesford District Council (£3,500). We also
re￿iVed donations of £45,158.64, which included a very generous £20,000 from Mr. Pat
Curran and £5000 from R.H Haynes in memory of his mother Margaret our fomier
treasurer, to whom we record our thanks. leaving the charity to pay the remainder from
ts reserves.
Accounts for the year 2023124
l am pleased to report that the Hall continues to be in a healthy financial position. Lettings
income has increased by 7.50h this year and the income from the Feed in Tariff has more
than doubled which was due to an accountinglpayment issue wtth our feed in supplier.
This will revert back to normal next year. Operating costs increased by 14 % mainly due
to increases in maintenan￿ costs and insuran￿. Fundraising contributed £7,347
(previous year £8.410) which contributed towards the loan repayment. Overall. there was
a deficit of £43,715 (previous year surplus of £13,701). but this was after contributing
£55,543 towards the toilet improvements project.
Risk Areas and Risk Management
Cash and Bank balances of £60,409 are held at the yearthend. which is sufficient to cover
more than two years of loan repayments and wnning costs. A continuation of fundraising
activities and a fvrther build up of fijnds is required to enable the charty to fully repay Ihe
k)an. The hall and buildings were revalued this year to ensure that our insurance cover is
sufficient.
Final￿, I record my thanks to the Hall trustees for all their work and support throughout
the year but inevitabty some a￿VayS stand out more for their input especially Jane
Bridgeman, not onty for her work on the lettings which we all know is highw efficient. but

all the other tasks she takes on such as meter readings. fire and risk assessments and
generally managing the Hall. Thanks also to Paul Bumett for his secretarial duties and
Rob Newman and Anne Regeli for the financials. Special thanks should also be recorded
for Andrea who does such a fantasticiob keeping the Hall C￿an and tidy.
One name missing from those thanks is the tttan that is John Monk who, after several
previous efft)rts has finally made his decision to step down after 54 years outstsnding
voluntary service to both the Hall and the wider communty of Takeley. I cannot speak
highty enough of John and his importance to the village should not be overestimated. It
was John who first mooted the idea of a social club as a means to bring much needed
revenue to the Hall. He, along with Gordon Silvester then set about building tt which
proved to be such a roaring success that they then built a large extension trebling its size.
John was one of the primary movers in taking on the huge job of re-furbishing the Hall
which was split into 3 phases. I can assure you all that getting this completed took a huge
amount of time in planning, financing through many grant applications and the actual
completion of works which John SUpe￿Ised using his massive amount of knowledge and
experIen￿.
You're going to be a huge loss to us John and the Hall ts ￿rtainlY in a much better position
for having you as a trustee over so many years. I think I can confidently speak on behalf
of everyone in thanking you so much for your hard work and the influence that you have
had on the Hall over the last 5 decades, and we wish you and Shirley all the best for your
future.
M.S Coleman
Date .
.2010812024..........................
On behalf of the Trustees