Bearsted and Thurnham
King George V
Memorial Hall
Report and Financial Statements
Year Ended 31" March 2022
Contents
Content5 .
1.0 General Information......-..
2.OTrustees Report.....
3.0 Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2022...
4.0 Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31 Marth 2022 .....-.
5.0 Independent Examinerfs RewJrt...-..
Registered Charity No 302679

1.0 General Information
Trustees..
June Wilkins Ichaimianl
John Evans
lan Gutteridge (appointed 6110121)
Frank Jagger (resigned 28110121}
Sandra Knatchbull
Michael Stark
Geoffrey Tester
Chris Waters (appointed 10111221
Bookings Secretary:
Carol Phillips
Treasurer:
David Stead
Secretary-
Trudy Berridge
Bank Detsils:
National Westminster Bank
Maidstone IA) Branch
3 High Street
Maid5tone
Kent
ME14 IHJ
Independent Examiner=
Encompass Accounting
8 Kings Row
Armstrong Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 6AQ
Principal Office=
lThe Orchard
Yeoman Lane
Bearsted
Kent
ME144QL

2.0 Trustees Report
l. The Trustees are pleased to present their report and financial ststements of the charity for the
year ended 31 March 2022. It is compiled under the tenns of the Charities Act 2011 and the
Charities (Accounts and Reportsl Regulations 21J)8.
Structure. Governance and Management
Governing Document
l The charity was established under a Trust Deed dated 2 March 1937. which created the Council
of Management and governs the way it operate& The Trust Deed was amended and was up-
dated in November 2015 to reflect the change5 in membership and to give the Trustees the
power to invest money.
Organisational Structure
3. The Council of Management currently comprises of seven Trustees, three of whom are co-opted.
At the Annual General Meeting the Trustees elect from their numter a Chainnan and, where
possible, a Vice Chairman. They also appoint a Bookings Secretsry. a Treasurer and a Secretary.
each of whom received an honorarium ft)r the exceptional work done.
Meetlngs of the Council of Management are planned to tske Pla￿ every two months. One of
these meetin8S is the AGM. which was held in September.
Objectlves and Acthitles
S. The purpose of this charity is to provide a weltoming villa8e hall, maintained, equipped and
managed to the hi8hest standard for the purpose ofr.
Advoncing education. religion, heafth. the orts culture and heritoge, amateur sport ond
youth octivities ond to provide o meeting place for Itxol 50cietie5. group5 and organisation5
and a venuefor troining, recreotion ondportiesfor the benefit of the people of 8eorsted ond
Thurnhom ondnei9hbouring are¢
6. Included amongst the many wlde ranging activities that take Pla￿ in the hall a￿. a nursery
school. mothers and tc*Jdler< group. thurch serrf1￿5. youth groups and prayer evenings, dance
classes, pilates and other keep fft dasses. amateur drdmati(s. choral singin& Wl meetings,
History Society meetings. the U3A Camera Club. Badminton Club. meetings of the Bearsted
Parish Council. children's parties. Christeni￿ parties. quiz nights and è number of other
activities. The hall is also used as a polling station and as the surgery for our MP when he or She
visits Bearsted.
Achlevement and Perfommn
7. It is the opinion of the Trustees that the hall continues to meet its long-term objectlves. Further
information is given in the financial review set out below.

The Hall. whilst complying with all government guidelines. ha5 rnanaged to be kept open for the
nursery schools throughout the difficult Covid-19 lockdown peTicK15. to support vulnerable
children and child￿n of key workers from the local community.
Publk Benefit Statement
9. The hall is used by nearly twenty different local organi5ations on a regular basis and by many
others tsking advantage of one-off bookings. In a norrnal yeaT. unaffected by government
restrictions like the pandemic. the level of bookings from regular users has meant that the Hall
is. unfortunately, unable to accommodate all the requests received for onfroff bookings.
10. The Trustees believe that in exerasing their powers and duties they have complied with their
obligation to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Commission.
Flnanclal Review
11. Helped by a local govemment Start up grant of £8.CK)O. this year receipts exceeded payments by
£33.135.
12. Expenditure on new works, essential maintenance and repairs & maintenance saw an increase
from prior year as a more 'nonnal' pattem of hirings was achieved. Projects for asbestos
removal, increased security camera5 and basement works. were iniliated with the majority of
expenditure to be incurred in 2022-23.
13. Income this year was back to levels last seen in 2019-20 before the covid restriction5. Hiring
income was at an all time high and interest from Hampshire Trust Bank added to the reserves.
14. The detsiled re￿Ipts and payments account and the ststement of assets and liabilities for the
harity are a5 attached.
Reserves
15. The Trustees. policy is to hold sufficient monies to meet the Hall operating costs for a period of
approximately one year. plus such level of ￿SeThe5. as they deem necessary. to meet any
emergencies of the Hall. The latter indudes an ongoing issue with damp in the basement where,
although muth work has been done to contain and manage the problem, a fundamentsl solution
would be very costly. As ststed above the decision to remove any asbestos On Slte has also been
tsken with the project to commeno in July 2022.
Trustees at the dats of this report
16. The Tmstees vtho served during the finanaal year 2021-22 are set out on page two of this
report.
Trustees, responsibilities in relation to the financial ststemerrts
17. The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial
statement for each financial year, which 8ive a tn￿ and fair view of the charitls financial

activities during the year. and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparin8
financial statement giving a true and fair view. the Trustees shoLFld follow best practi￿ and:
Select suitable accounting practices and apply them consistently.
Make judgements that are reasonable and prudent.
State whether applicable accounting standards and Statements of recommended
practice have been followed. subprt to any departures disclosed and explained in the
financial statements.
Prepare the financial statement on a receipts and payments basis. unless it is
inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operat￿n.
18. The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disc105e with reasonable
accuracy the financial position for the tharity and whith en3ble them to ensure that the financial
statements comply with the Charities Act 1993. the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations
2008 and the provisions of the Trust Deed. They are also responsible for the safe8uarding of the
assets of the chartty, along with tsking reasonable steps for the detertion and prevention of
fraud and other irregularitte%
Approved by the Trustees
JA WilkiiLr
June Wilkins (Chalrman)
July 2022

3.0 Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31
March 2022
31 MARCH 2022
31 MARCH 2021
E(EIPTS
Hiri￿ Charge5
Bank Deposit Interest
DonationslGrants
Telephone
Key Deposits Inetof refvnds)
Sund
TOTAL RECEIPTS
PAYMEP4TS
53,581
607
15.7
964
19.431
1501
1501
io
36.135
62.138
Cleanerfs Charges
Honoraria to Officers
Repairs, maintenance and new
work5
Gas
Electrici
Water Rates
Insurance
Telephone & Wi-Fi
Refuse collection
Servicing toilets
Window cleaning
Cleanin
Materials
Fire equipment and testing
Testing of heatingjelectrical
systems
Gardener
Administrative ex
Advertisin8
Subscriptions and donations
Website costs
Professional Fees
PRSIPPL licence fees
Piano tuning
TOTAL PAYMEKrs
5.963
1.5
4,965
5,141
709
1.714
1,849
230
2,364
751
1,336
1.930
855
701
233
2.520
2.385
1.628
1,780
717
1,489
1,750
1,333
202
2,023
nses
327
239
122
360
379
122
360
1.206
Net of recei
Payments)
33,134
11284
Cash fvnds last year end
146N96
135,212
Cash fund5 this year end
179.630
146.496

4.0 Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31 March 2022
nr
rirtdFun
Cash Funds
Current Account
£77.054
Reserve Accounts
£102,576
Total Cash Funds
£179.630
Other Monetsry Assets
Hirers Unpaid Invoices
£0
Liabilities
Hall Key Deposits
£360
Sundry Creditors
Total Liabiltties
JA Wilkihi
Si8ned- ...-.............-.........................-.-.... J. Wilkin5 (Chairman)
. D.R Stead ITreasurer)

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner s Report
Report to the tntsteesl
membors of
Bearsted & Thumham KirKJ George V Memorial Hall
On accounts for tho year
frnd¢d
31° March 2022
Charity no
(rf any)
0302679
Set out on pages
I report lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts ofthe aky)ve
chanty {Ihe Trusf) year ended 3110312021.
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charity's fnjstees, you are ￿sponsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements ofthe Charities Act 2011
Acr).
I re￿1 in respect of my examinalion ofthe Trusys acc(wnts carried out
under sectb)n 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the ap￿icab￿ Direct#)ns gNen by the Charity Commission
under sect￿n 14951(bl of the Art.
Independent
examinerfs stat I have ¢c*npleted my eXaminatK￿. I confim that rso material mattets have
ement come to my attentThi in ￿nneCtion with the examination which gtves me
cause to bdieve that in. any material respect..
the accounting recorts were not kept in ac￿rden￿ wf(h s￿l0n 130
of the Charities Act.. or
the accounts did not accord wrth the accounting records; or
the a¢￿UnIS dKI not compty wtth the apPl￿ble requirements
conceming the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts arKJ Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts grve a Irue and fairf vwi wh￿h is not a matter
smgered as part of an iThJependent exarn1nat￿n.
I have no concems and have ¢(￿e across no olher matters in cOnnect￿n
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this re￿rt in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be re￿hed.
Signed:
Juty 2022
Namo:
Lynne Grave$
Rol•vant professional
qualificatlonl$} or body
(rf any):
C.CA {Profj, ￿￿T.
Address:
Encompass Accounti￿ Limrted. 8 lfjngs Row. Armstrong Road, Maidstone.
Kent ME15 6AQ.

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of con￿rn
(see CC32. Independent examination of chanty accounts.. directions and
guKlance for examiners).
Give here brief detsils of
any items that the
examiner wlshos to
disclose.