## **The Graham Spicer institute (GSI) (Charity No.303129)**
## **Trustees report for the year 1[st] May 2024 to 30[th] April 2025**
During the year the following repairs and maintenance have been completed:
- The flooring has been replaced throughout the building .
- Replaced one of the table tennis emergency lights.
- The garden area has been replaced with stones.
- Taps in the men’s toilet repaired
- The shower pump was replaced.
- Signage has been updated throughout the building.
## **Financial Overview**
Total income for the year was £120,466 and expenditure was £101,562.
## **Activities undertaken within the institute:**
**The Centre continues to be busy, we offer Pilates, NCT Groups (National Childbirth Trust), family badminton groups, tutoring groups.**
## **Groups:**
We have gained the following groups:
Extra Tutoring Groups, English as additional language, Ladies indoor football, extra badminton groups, community table tennis group for Hong Kong Resettlers, yoga, dancing.
Bollywood, Alternative therapy groups, tutoring and church groups are frequent users of the halls.
Table tennis as always very busy with club nights. More children have started playing table tennis .
Badminton is as always very popular, we also have children’s badminton coaching twice a week. There is a waiting list for these sessions.
Some of the other groups running at GSI are: Zumba, Karate, Short Mat Bowls, Bridge, Church groups, Yoga and Pilates.
## **Safeguarding: Practices and policies are in place, with regular DBS checks and training certification.**
## **Related party transactions**
During the year, the institute paid £3,973 to Bernadette Dickson for bookkeeping and payroll services and £7,800 to David Bangerter for managing the centre.
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## **Names of Trustees**
**Martin Samuel**
**Bernadette Dickson**
**Pamela Pearce**
**David Bangerter**
**John Harris**
**Mrs S Turner**
**Wendy Chung**
**Approved by order of the members of the board of Trustees and signed on behalf by:**
**Bernadette Dickson**
**Trustee Date: 19/06/2025**
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE GRAHAM SPICER INSTITUTE**
## **(CHARITY NUMBER: 303129)**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Graham Spicer Institute for the year ended 30 April 2025, which are set out on pages 4 to 5.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the Charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- 1 the accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Kalpesh Shah
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
5 Dacre Road
Croydon Surrey CR0 3DL
Dated: 19 June 2025
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The Graham Spicer Institute 303129
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/05/2024 30/04/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Receipts & Hire 118,215 - - 118,215 108,805
Dividend Income 680 - - 680 239
Other Income - - - -
Bank interest 1,571 - - 1,571 970
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 120,466 ] - - 120,466 110,013
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 120,466 - - 120,466 110,013
A3 Payments
Rates 914 - - 914 832
Water 767 - - 767 924
Utilities - Gas & Electric 18,220 - - 18,220 12,565
Professional Fees 3,974 - - 3,974 2,365
CCTV - - - 240
Insurance 5,504 - - 5,504 4,923
Caretaker/Clerk to the Trustees 29,386 - - 29,386 23,004
Telephone and IT costs 1,262 - - 1,262 865
Management fee 7,800 7,800 7,950
Cleaning 7,412 - - 7,412 7,308
Repairs & Maintenance 24,942 24,942 16,153
Stationery & Postage 889 889 951
Pension Admin Fee 492 492 492
Sub total [ 101,562 ] - - 101,562 78,571
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 101,562 - - 101,562 78,571
Net of receipts/(payments) 18,903 - - 18,903 31,442
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 154,669 - - 154,669 123,227
Cash funds this year end 173,573 - - 173,573 154,669
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|5
Signature
Paye Liability
Barclays Current Account
Barclays Deposit Account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
Blackrock 1118 Charino Acc Units
Blackrock Accumulation Shares 1261880
Blackrock Distribution Shares
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**89,409**
**-**
**84,164**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**173,573**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
-
-
616
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Bernadette Dickson|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**518**
**34,690**
**9,572**
**-**
**44,781**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
19/06/2025|