ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2024
Redbridge Social Centre is conistituted by a Deed of Trust dated 2[nd] February 1962 and is a Registered Charity. It was established in 1944 to provide social recreational and leisure time activities for the residents of Redbridge and other local areas. The centre is run on a voluntary basis and at March 2024 had 299 members.
Rear of 188/190 Beehive lane
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Gants Hill
Ilford, Essex
IG4 5EE
Tel 020 8550 7467
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Hon. Treasurer
Julian Buckle
24 Thurlestone Ave
Seven Kings
Ilford, Esssex
IG3 9DS
julianbuckle@hotmail.com
Tel 020 8590 1349
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The Members of the Management Committee during the previous year were Joan Dalby (Acting Chair Lady), Julian Buckle (Treasurer),Christine Gwilliam
(Secretary) Tony Church, Arthur Pearn, Sandra Phillips, Glynys Tidderman, and Carole Vallance. Tony Herbert is the current President. Two new Members were co-opted in September 2023,Madan Mitra and Paul Kitcher both from the War Games Section.
Sadly Arthur Pearn (Committee and Short Mat Bowls) died in December 2023 and Jack Richards (Short Mat Bowls) died in January 2024.
There are still 13 different regular Activities available at the Centre, together with occasional use by the Drama Group for rehearsals.
The September MacMillan Coffee Morning rasied £1,208.00p and in October Charity Quiz made £602.00p for Blood Cancer UK.
A new roof was fitted to the Conservatory in May 2023, followed by paintwork and new blinds to complete the upgrade.
The Management Committee held several meetings during the year to discuss day to day Activities and general maintenance issues.
The accompanying Financial Statement shows the continued strong postion of the Centre finances,which the Management Committee considers capable of sustaining us for a long period of time.
Joan Dalby (Acing Chair Lady)
On behalf of the Management Committee.
Registered as a Charity in England ,No 303186
REDBRIDGE SOCIAL CENTRE-REGISTERED CHARITY 303186
INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for year as at 31st MAR 2024
| EXPENDITURE | 2022`/2023 | 2023/2024 | INCOME | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 | |||||
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| Insurance | 1.722 | Annual subs | 1.680 | 1,495 | ||||||
| Postage/Telephone | 1.313 | 1,391 | Social Actvites | (A) | (A) | |||||
| Print/Statonary | 38 | 150 | Bar | (B) | . | |||||
| Water | 282 | 532 | Hall Hire | 450 | 300 | |||||
| Electricity | 6,515 | 10,862 | Sectons/Subs | 15.916 | 19,440 | |||||
| Council Tax | 870 | 326 | Interest | 3.324 | 6,809 | |||||
| Repairs/Maintenance | 53.215 | 35,690 | Gif Aid | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||||
| Window Cleaner | 173 | 702 | ||||||||
| General/Expenses | 6.343 | 6,519 | Charity/Donatons | |||||||
| Equip Writen Of | 400 | 300 | Coach Trips | |||||||
| Cleaning/Materials | 2.233 | 3,020 | Sale of Goods | |||||||
| Charity | LBR (payment) | 25.000 | ||||||||
| Coach Trip mulberry | 5.332 | Insurance Refund | 26.762 | |||||||
| 78.436 | 61.354 | |||||||||
| EXCESS for the YEAR |
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| Capital Account | -2.652 (loss) |
16,655 (loss) |
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| Accumulated Funds | -2652 (loss) |
16,655 (loss) |
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| 5.304 | 33,310 |
73.132 73.132
444 EXANIINER.S RFPORT TO THE TRIJSTF.F.S I)F REDBRII)C'F. .SOCIAI. C"F.NTRF. Wc rert on ihi. a¢COLints tbe Tru¥1 fvr ihe I'eAr ertded -11. .Nlarch 2018 Vhich 4rc Set oul on pg%eS I its 3. As the Chariry's Tru5tce%. i'tsu gre responsible for the preparation of the accoun15.- I'011 COll4ider thai tho Audit of seefion 4.1 12) tsf the Charitics Att 199.1 (the aei) does noi #pply. It is our responsibility to state. on ihe basis of the procedures specificd in the General Direttion b). fhe ChArits. Commi_4SlODer5 under s¢etjOD 45 (7) {b) of tho Act. weather particvlar matteys hai'e come to our attentiOD. BASI.S of 1iyDEPF.DF.LN 'T F.XA TllNERS REPORT. Our examination was Cgrried out ID accordance with the General Dirnctions giTr'ell b). the Charity Commissiotsers. As examinatio illcludes a rtyiew ofthe accounting records kept b). the Cb#rity aDd a eomparisott of the sceounts presented '1th those records. It also includes Con8ideratioTr of an). unusknal ittms or disclosures ihe accounts. and seeking expl4Dations from you as Trustees concerning any sveh mktters. The procedrS ndertaken do not provide all the evidenee th4t would be required in gn audit. and CODsequeDtly we do not express and audit opinion on the view giTren by tbe aceount INDEPENDENT EX4MINERS STA TEMENT. In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attentioD: l)Wbich give5 reasonable cause to belie'e that in any material respects the requirements to keeping accounting records ID accordance with section 41 of the Act, and to prepare accounts wbi¢h accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act hai'e not beeD met or 2) to which ill our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandin PIUNT MIE.AA$A PAui Ki of the accounts to be reached. SOUTH u)eoDFOAI) LQK)Pc POST CODE. £1 e> ! L !! ..POST CODE...... SIG.NED. ..SIGNED....