REGISTERED CHARtTY NUMBER: 302674
Re
Tm•ts
naud
Is
Y•ar E
Vllla
McLean Reid
Ch8rt¥r¥d AcC￿ntants
l Forgtal Ro
Aybsford
ME20 7AU

**Aylesfor Village Communit Centre** 

|**Content of the Financial Sttment **||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**for the Year Ended 31 March 2023**||||
|||**Page**||
|**Repor of the Trust s **|**1**|<br>to|**3**|
|**Indepndent Examiner's Repor**||**4**||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||**5**||
|**Balance Sheet**||6||
|**Nots to the Financial Sttement**|**7**|<br>to|**11**|





rtofthgTru
Y r Ended 31 Ma￿h 2023
for
The trustse8 present their report th the financil ststements of the d)arity for the year en¢Jed 31 March 2023. The
trustees have adcpted the prwsllYIs of Accounth"ng and R8portirvJ by Char￿es.. Ststernent of ReCCfnm￿ded Pr8th'ce
applItAb￿ to d)aritiès prepariThJ their accounts in accotdantA with thè Finana81 R4)0￿n9 St•)dard applicable in the UK
and R8publicol Ireland IFRS 1021 leffeth'¥g 1 janu￿ 20191.
0￿cTIVEs AND ACTIVITIES
ObhctlY•8 ¥fKI 4lm•
T¢ prcmote the benefft of the inhabrtants ol Ayb$ford Parish without diSt￿ction ol seK pO1￿cal, relbjious. ethn￿ or otrEr
cpinions by the 8dvancsm8nt of 8ducatron and the provision of faalths, in partipJlar lor use of Tgcrèats"on. to imFTh th8
quolty of lrfe ofsahl inhatrknnts.
The Truste8s havè had regard for the gutslan￿ issued by the Charib￿ CorMni93ign orn public banèft Facilth"&s
have been made availa￿e for wedding re¢*pbons, tsneral wakes, birtMay parties a￿1 other famity celebrations.
havg 81so prov￿¢d faalthas for ar( dan￿, exercAse, mother arKI baby, tcxydth foott)all, Short Mal Bowls, dog trainiro,
thurch services, drivertrainirrtJ, embroidery m8ny olhér gr<MJps.
The Council of Tnjstees have mèt mortthly onlinè usiry Zoom durir¥J ts paTrJern￿ to man&Je the affairB of the
Community Centre.
Volunto•r8
Thè Centrè has a cc*& group of volunteefs including the T￿te￿6 who work tireles8ty foi thg centrg.
ACHIEVEMENT ANO PERFORMANCE
The ￿ntr9 had a SU￿53fUl yoar a busy wular hirer5, b￿king5 for fvnctions and part￿ and
improvements to the chntre.
In the last year a numb8r ol tTh￿tee5 tocth part in training$ run by ¥￿th communit￿ in Rural Kant and NCVO
Ichampicffling voluntary ocbonl.
A ￿￿)kIng system was Introduc￿ and it is Nming wdl.
Ourtrustse Alex ran an Ea$t¥regg amnesty and raised £50 for the kncal primary school.
Trust8e$ F4anbJ t￿lbS and Ilth¥ers in front ofthe centre.
From Septemter the tru$tse$ rnegliThJ ￿re hekl 8¥•ry othèr month and ￿￿ts"nut to bè ov8rZoc*n.
In O¢#¢t¢rthe ¢aretsker took a h￿￿8Y aThJ a number of trustees to￿ over and shared the caretsking reSpo￿lbIl￿e$.
A c£)ff•8 montsng for Macmillan was organis&J by some tnjstees and was suc£essfiJl in raY6ing morey forthis chanty.
Two c4retakers started a Icè share atthe end of2022 and is worknr4J ￿.
In November the trustees took part in the A￿e5f0rd Chrislrnas Market wth an info stall in th? Main Hall, this was vgry
suc£essfrJl and a rwrf truitèè was tscmrt8d
A m8stsr kay for mostdo¢xs in ￿ ￿tre was **r1JJu￿d Wh￿ rnakes the carelaker5'job ea￿er
In March another local trusteejoin￿ the tr￿rd.
At the end of March, the Se￿etary Lin Brocks resigned frorn her po3t and as a trustse. 0th8r trustses have tsk$n owr
Various rasponsbillt￿S for tha ts.ma b8iNJ to enswe the smooth njnniw ofthe cer¢tre.
A tidy-up ofthè c*ntr• and a repair oftha h68ting sYSt￿S has t*n agr88d arvj sch8thJkryd for this spnng.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Prlnclpal fundlng sourc08
Thg principal SOU￿ of in¢￿￿ 1$ from hlrlffj out Iho la¢ll((ks ofthg Communfty Centro.
Page 1

Vllla
rtoftheT
h• Year End
1 March 20
FINANCIAL REVIEW
R•￿￿T•* poIIcy
VW*n Centre refvrbishment 18 completed. reserves will te buStt up. At present we hola reseNes that a￿ aM￿e to
eTra￿e all deposts to be relumed and all bills mat.
The Centre was dosed dLE lo Cowd-19 from Mar¢h 2020 ra-oper￿1 ft)r bookings in April 2021 vtheTr the
govemrnenl rules were r8lax*Y, Ihree hirers restartad in April after Centre hAd bèen made Cowd securè. The
Centre ran at a bss for the first few months t￿t Wa8 suroorted by govemment grants. Nin8 more hlrers reknrr￿ in May
and the finarKes rabJm8d to an even keel after the first few montrw.
'sk assessments were ¢c4npbted by both th8 hir8rs and th$ Contre tsustees, all th8 aqUi￿￿tt needed to ￿$UrÈ Ihg
safèty of hirers was installed. A on8-way system for enty and exit was put in place. A number of hi￿15 are rK) longer
operatrg but most ofour regular hKers have S￿nified they ints￿ tts relum when they deem (t is safe to do so.
STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Govgmlno doeument
Thè charity is ￿)ntrc4Ied by its govèming dooJmenL a d8ed oftrust and constitutes an UllifKOTporato(l ¢harity.
R•cruSkn•nt and appolntsngnt of n•wtru8t•
Truatses are appointed at th¢ AGM by those attendir4J. DuriThJ the ￿•r, new Trustees ara appointsd wa cxx)O'cffl by
oJrr8nt Tr￿t08&.
DuriryJ the year tsustees pass￿ away and th8 trust¢8$ initiatsd a T9cnJtr￿t campaKJn and three new trusta8s ware
apptimtsd
Induc￿on and tralnlnp of nvwlJystoe¥
It is the kY)licy ol thè tnjitèes to prov￿8 each tnJsts8 with a folder of inforynation, this 1$ updated during the year.
The tn*tses took part in o trugto9 training CLJUfSe Nn by NCVO during the year to update Ihetrskilly
REFEREIKÉ AND ADMINISTRATIVE D￿AlLs
Reglst•r•d Ch•￿ty number
302674
Prfnclpal addr
25 ForBtal Road
Aylesford
Kant
ME20 7AU
TnMts••
Mrs L Broc*8 Trnstee Secrntary lreslgf￿ 3.4.231
Mrs C Difford Trusteg TreasuTer
Mrs J Tornpkins Trustee
Ms S Kere6-Bartolo Trustee
Ms F Hobson Trustee
Mr J Fulbr TNsts¢
Mrs B Barter Trustee Chalmian & S•er*ry
Mr D Barber Tru$ts&
Mrs A 8irtsYisle Trustee
Mrs D Pover TNsts6 lrnsignad 12.9.221
Mr D Martin Twstee 1re8vjn￿ 10.1.231
r L Ch8prnan (appoin￿ 15 5.231
Mr T War¢ Tw$tee lappointsd 13.3.231
Ind•p•nd•nt Examlner
MrAllan R•d FCA
McLèan ReKJ
chate￿ Ac£ountants
1 Forstsl Ro
Aftsford
Kent
ME20 7AU
Page 2

Commun
hey
Approv&J by ¢Jrder ofthe board oftrustges on 24 Juty 2023 and ￿ned on its tehalfby.,
Mrs B Barter- Tnjstee
Page 3

Ex
fflunl
Indgpond•nt•xamlnerf8 r•portto th• tru•to08 ofAYI￿Ord Vlllag• Communlty Contro
I report to Ihe charity trustees on my aX￿l￿atiOn of the accKJunts of Aylgsford vill￿ Commwty Centre lthe Trust) for
Ihe yeai elld￿ 31 March 2023.
Re8pon•lblllU•¥ and ba•18 of roport
As th¢ tharity trustees ol the Trust you are r&spC￿1bkn for the preparat•)n of th8 accounts in WXLJrdance *ith tha
uirements ofthe Chanb"e8 Act 2011 Ilh& ACVI.
I report in r8SP8Ct of my examinal'on of thè Trusfs a¢xounts caffi*J out undèr Sodion 145 of the Act and in ¢8rying Out
my wrninatson I have frJllowbJ 3118pplicable Diredorts ￿Vèn by the Charity cC*nml$$￿n under Sec*on 14S(5Xbl of the
Indop•nd•nt •x•mln•rf8 •tatoment
I havg completed my 8xamh)ation. I confim that no matenal matters havè o)m& to my thntion in conn8ction wrth
examination gi￿rt9 me cause to Ih81 in material ￿Spect..
accoun￿'r￿ reCcrfds￿r& not kopt in resFect oftha frust as requ￿￿ by 130 ofthe ArA', or
the wunts *Jo not accord with thoso rgcords., or
tre x¢ounts do rK)t cnmply with the applicab￿ raqu1￿ments COnc￿Thn9 tha fom and Lxintent of accL)unts set ¢yJt
in tha Charl￿￿9 IA¢£ouDts and Rewrtsl Regulatrorts 21)J8 otk*r than any requirement thal *¢ounts g'vo
irue and faIrvh￿wh•ch not a matter conskl8r•J a$ part ol an N￿apendant•X8m1nat'on.
I ha￿ no concoms and have ¢xJme atto$8 no 0th8r mattws in connection the gxamina'on to whith att•nb"cfi 5hJukl
bg ¢Jrawm n this report in ordèrto enable a prop8runderntandirvJ ofthè to be reached.
MrAll8n ReiJ FCA
McLean Reld
Ch8rt8red A￿Ountants
1 Fotstsl Road
A￿e$fOrd
Kant
ME20 7AU
25 Juty 2023

mun
rn•nt of Fln
ho Year En
31 March 2023
2023
Un￿$tri￿ed
lund
2022
Total
frjnds
Notss
INCOME ANO ENDOWlaTS FROM
Donab"ons and legac￿$
18,881
Othartroding actiwtss
In¥eslrnent incomg
71,514
199
50,8e8
Totsl
71.713
69,753
EXPENfxTURE ¢JY
74,0
65.739
NET INCOMEIIEXPENDITUREI
12,3771
4,014
RECONCILIATK)N OF FUNDS
Total fvnds trfought fowd
40.321
36,307
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
37,944
40,321
The noteg forn part o1th0s8 Inanclal staiernents
Page S

31M
2023
2022
Total
Jnds
fiJnd
NoteB
FIXED ASSETS
Targlbb assets
13,211
15,305
CURRENT ASSETS
15,269
39,693
10,677
40,013
Cash at bank
S5,(￿2
SO,6
CREDITORS
Arn￿nts lallir4 due With￿ one year
130.3291
(25.6741
NET CURRENT ASSETS
24,733
25,016
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT UABILITIES
37.944
40,321
NET ASSETS
37,944
40,321
FUNDS
Unrestrlctwj fyTrJ8
10
40.321
TOTAL FUNDS
37,944
40,321
The finanaal statements wtrre wproved by tho 8oard ol Trustths auYbJrised for ￿￿ue on 24 July 2023 were
gned C￿ its bahalfby..
Mrs C Difford- Trustsa
Tho fGYrn part OltP￿ finanrial statsmènt8
Page 8

rd Wll
•Com
Fln
neial Statem•n
forthè Year End¢tl 31
h 2023
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Ba•1• of pre￿Ilng th• Ilnanel•l 8tst8m•nts
Th¢ financ4al stateM￿ts of the charity. whrh 1$ a public i*fftfil entty under FRS 102, have been prepared in
acctrdance with the Char￿.85 SORP IFRS 1021 'Accoun*'ng and Reporting by Charites. Staternent of
Recommended Practi￿ applicabb to charitie5 prepanng Ih•ir 8ceounts In accordan￿ Finarrial
ReportiThJ Standard wplicable in the UK and Rewblic of Ireland IFRS 1021 (éffective 1 January 20191,, Finonoal
RwrtityJ Standard 102 'The Finanri81 Repoth'ng Standard applieable in the UK and Repu￿￿ ol frelar￿, and thg
Charthe8 Act 2011. The finandal ststemenis have been prepar&l underthe historical rmt ¢Th8ntlon.
Income
l incoma is r8cognised in the Statement of Financial Athvrbes On￿ ts chanty has enbd•m8nt to the fijnds, rt is
prc*Jabte that tre incomè will bè r￿V*1 and the amount can be measured reliably.
Exp•ndStrJr•
Li8blth8s ar¢ ￿cOgniSed as expenditure as SO￿ as t￿re is a kgal or rMstructNÈ oblig8tton ￿mmit￿n9 t
charity to Ihat eynditure, it is probabb that a transfer of •conomic ben8fits wll t• required in Sett￿ment and
tha amount ol the oblvJal'on can be measured rella￿y. EXpendrtU￿ 1$ account8d lor on an aceruals basis aThJ
has been das5ified undèr he8ding8 that 09gtegots all Cost related to th& category. CA)sts cannot be
dir•cly attn"bLrted to partK#Jlar he￿ing8 they have teen all¢xate(I to on a basis conS￿￿￿t Ihè us•
of re$our¢*$.
T¥nglbl• fixod #*tsl•
Dapreoation is prov*Jed at the folbèing annual rate8 in ordorto wiite off e*h ass￿ o¥w its astimated useful lifè.
Plant and machinery
Fixtur￿ arKI ffth"ng$
Ccynputer ffjuirffient
25% on ￿st
2S% on cost
25% on eost
TaKatlon
The tharity exempt from ta¥ on rt8 ¢har(o￿a ac*wb&s.
Fund accountjng
Untestricted funds can bè in acLordan(* with tha Charrtab￿ obj'ectives at the dts￿e￿On ofthe trustees.
DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
2023
2022
Grants
16,881
Tho donations aThJ kgaoes sum r8ceN&d of £nil (2￿22..£18.88ll consL51s entirely of cO￿d19 graryts r￿￿ed
from the Local Authorty.
OTrIER TRADING ACTivin&8
2023
2022
EamiThJs (Bwl
HiriThJ tse$
6,119
65,395
3,552
47,316
71,S14
P890 7
cLJntsnwl...

Vllla
8 Comm
the Finan I
r.Ih• Year En
nts.co
23
INVEsT￿NT INCOME
2023
2022
Deposit account intwest
TRUSTEES. RENWNERATION AND BENEFITS
Th8r8 no trLSSte8s' remuneration ¢f (*IEr be￿fits for ts year anded 31 March 2023 nor for the year eThJe<l
31 March 2022.
There *ere no Irustee5' expenses pak1 for the year ended 31 Marth 2023 nor for the year ended
31 Marth 2022.
COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FIMANCIAL ACnVITIES
Unrestrctsd
R8strict8d
nd
Total
INCOME AND ENt)OWMENTS FROM
Lk)nats'ons aThJ WLies
15,035
3,846
18,881
Olhèrtrading acts'vfaes
Invesbnent income
50,868
Tolal
65.907
69.753
EXPENDITURE ON
Other
61,893
3,84fj
65.739
NET INCOIAE
4,014
4,014
RECONcIL￿TION OF FUNDS
Total fvnds brought forwartl
36,307
36.307
TOTAL FUNOS CARRIED FORWARD
40,321
40.321
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
ImprovÈments
LONJ
asehdd
Plant aTrY
MaCh￿•ry
property
COST
Al 1 April 2022
Additions
2.329
11,702
23.863
1,178
At31 Mar¢h 2023
2.329
11,7￿2
25,041
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2022
Charge for year
3,511
1,170
23.318
24
At31 March 2023
212
4,681
23,920
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 Marth 2023
2,117
7.021
1,121
Al 31 Marth 2022
2,141
8.191
545
Page 8
conti￿6￿.

•Bford Vlll
munl
Flnanci
-con
fortho Y•
r Ended 31 Ma h 2023
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS- COn￿nU•d
Fixtu￿$
and
ffttings
Computer
equipment
TotAIs
COST
Al 1 April 2022
Athjitions
28.848
2.931
69,673
1,178
At 31 Marth 2023
28,848
2,931
70,851
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2022
Charge for year
24.576
1.424
2,775
3.272
At 31 March 2023
26.0(￿1
2.827
57,640
NET BOOK VALUÈ
At 31 M8rth 2023
13,211
At 31 Marth 2022
4,272
15,3(
DEBTORS: AK)UNTS FALLING OUE bWTHIN ONE YEAR
2023
2022
Trade debtor3
Otsrdebtors
Acuwd i￿Om¥
PrepaYTr￿nts
13,297
71
779
1,222
9,479
423
775
15,369
10.677
CREDITORS.. AW)UNTS FALLING DUE IMTHIN ONE YEAR
2023
2022
Other cr&Jitcrfs
4,244
26.085
4.326
21,348
30,329
25,674
10.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net
movemant
in lunds
At
31.3.23
At 1.4.22
Unrn•trl¢tsd fund•
General ￿nd
40.321
12.3771
37,944
TOTAL FUNDS
40.321
12,3771
37,944
Nel movwnent in fvTrJs, Ind￿ in the abtsve are as follows..
Ino)mi
resourc8S
Resouros
MoveN*nl
in fvnds
UnM8trlet•d fund•
General fijnd
71.713
174,0901
12,3771
TOTAL FUNDS
71,713
174,CfjOI
P.3771
Page 9
cOnt￿)u8￿...

1•8ford Vllla
Notss
tst•m•
•d31
. conti
h 2023
r the Year En
10.
MOVEME1￿ IN FUNDS. ￿ntInU•d
cornparntFV￿ for mt)v•mgnt In fund•
movernent
in fiJnds
At
31.3.22
At 1.4.21
Unrnstrkt•d lund¥
Genergl
3e,307
4.014
40,321
TOTAL FUNDS
36,307
4.014
40.321
Camparative r￿t movom8nt in fiJnd5, illdud&J in th¥ above are as folkAYs'.
Incoming
rt50urchs
Resour￿ Movement
•xppnd•l
In fiJrKIs
Unr••trietsd fund•
Gerwal fund
65,907
161,8931
4.014
R08tr1ctod fund•
FIoDrièpwr
13.8461
TOTAL FUNDS
69,753
165,7391
4,014
A ￿rrent year 12 month$ 8nd prioryear 12 months Co￿tsined posibon is as foll¢)w8.'
Net
moNtrnent
in funds
Al
31.3.23
At1.421
Unr••tr6¢t•d fund
Ganèral fund
36.307
1,837
37,944
TOTAL FUNDS
36,307
1.637
37,944
A current year 12 months prior year 12 rnonlhs combined movernent in funds, indudèd in the above ar8
as folows..
Inrx>ming
resour
Resourr
expend8d
Movement
in fijnds
Unwtrlctsd funds
G8nèral fvnd
137,620
1135,9831
1.837
TOTAL FUNDS
141,4e6
1139.8291
1.637
It ￿ the Trust8•s' poly to accuM￿at& suffic4ent fvrkys to realisè the De&J ot¥'acti￿.
Page10
continu￿. .

C•nt
theFI
rthey rEndod
tsme
1Ma
nugd
023
11.
RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
Th8ro were no r•Lit8d transacts'ons for year end8d 31 Marth 2023.
Page11