## The St. Edith Hall Management Committee High St  Kemsing TN15 6NA 

## Charity Commission Registered No  302774 

## ANNUAL REPORT for the year to 31st March 2023. 

The Management Committee present their Report for the year ended 31[st] March 2023 

The members of the Management Committee during the year and their appointing body where appropriate were: 

Eliza Ecclestone Owner of St Clere, Heaverham Vacant Vicar of St Mary’s Church Robert Primarolo(Chairman) Kemsing Parish Council Margaret Robarts (Secretary) Kemsing Parish Council Janet Eaton (Treasurer) Kemsing Parish Council Dr Philip Walker Kemsing Parish Council Paul Eaton Rep St Edith Club Kemsing Parish Council Rosie Withenshaw Kemsing WI Kemsing Parish Council Mr John Farrow Kemsing Parish Council   CO-OPTED Mrs Doreen Farrow Kemsing Parish Council    CO-OPTED 

The Freehold of the premises was conveyed to Kemsing Parish Council on 2[nd] June 1924 , by Sir Mark Edlemann Collet of St Clere, Kemsing, and the day to day management of the premises vested in a Committee whose members are appointed at the Annual Meeting of Kemsing Parish Council in May. Officers are elected from the membership of the Management Committee. 

The Grade II listed building comprises original 1911 Main Hall, Clubroom (extended in 1967 and 1978) and Caretaker’s house, with a Small Hall built in 1976. 

The Charity was established in 1962 with the Conveyance of the Freehold of the premises to Kemsing Parish Council as the Governing Document. 

## Objects 

To enhance the community life of the inhabitants  of Kemsing through the provision of a Village Hall. 



The St Edith Hall is available for hire by any individual or organisation  in accordance with a Conditions of Hire and scale of charges adopted for the year. It is intended that the charges be sufficient to generate income to meet all expenditure incurred in keeping the facilities available for hire. 

## Finances 

The attached statement shows the current state of the finances. Kemsing Parish Council considers annually, any application by the Management Committee for Grant Aid towards the cost of structural works, building insurance and heating. Our income is still suffering somewhat from Covid restrictions. 

The Charity’s bankers are Santander PO Box 1109 , Bradford  BD1 5ZJ 

The Independent Examiner is Mrs R. A. Banister 

Mrs Margaret Robarts Hon. Secretary 

On behalf of the Management Committee 



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|Reco|mmended Practice (SORP 2005) and the Charitie|mmended Practice (SORP 2005) and the Charitie|s Act2011.||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Donations andGrants<br>Kemsing PC (Heating &lnsurance)<br>Kemsing ParishCouncil(structuralgrant)||Thisyearf<br>2,100<br>1,025|Last year €<br>1,800<br>1.125|
||KemsingPC-flagpole<br>Hall users-forleafletproduction||305|-u-oo|
||||3,430|3,425|
|J.|lncomefrom activities|infurtherance of charitable objects|||
||lncome fromactivities||19,262|17,444|
||Other income||7,432||
||Rent-StEdith Club||3,000|3,000|
||||29,694|20,444|
||Allreceipts arecontributionstotheupkeep||||
||of theCharity'spremises.||||
|4.|Costs of activitiesforcharitable objectives||||
||Wages-Caretaker||9,623|9,623|
||Lighting & Heating||2,818|2,003|
||Rates (Water)forHall use||3,651|654|
||WaterRates-Cottage||432||
||CouncilTax||1,024|489|
||lnsurance||6,,188|5,655|
||Licences & Subscriptions||396|2,609|
||Capitalexpenses||4,180|288|
||Maintenance||2,716|7.801|
||||=ri=311|??:l-3-3-=|
|5.|Support costs||||
||Administration expenses||1,030|62|
|6.|Creditors<br>Depositsandpayments inadvance||---|457|



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