**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period: 01 October 2024 to 30 September 2025 Charity name: The Horam Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity Charity Registration no.: 305257**
## **Objectives and Activities:**
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|---|---|---|
||**SORP**
**Para.**
**ref.**||
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|1.17|The Object of the Charity is the provision and maintenance of
a village hall and recreation ground for the use of the
inhabitants of the Parish of Horam without distinction of
political, religious or other options, including use for meetings,
lectures and classes, and for other forms of recreation and
leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the
conditions of life for the said inhabitants.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|1.17 & 1.19|The Charity exists to maintain the land and building entrusted
to it, for the sole benefit of the people of Horam and its
surrounding areas.
It comprises a large airy hall, committee room, kitchen, toilet
facilities and storage cupboards. It has an extensive range of
use, from small committee meetings, a term-time weekday
pre-school, through to large meetings and wedding
receptions.
The hall has open views over the adjacent land forming the
recreation ground which also has an extensive children’s
playground, and a skate-park – these latter facilities are
provided and owned by Horam Parish Council.
The organisations associated to the Charity, through their
presence on and use of the recreation ground and buildings,
provide a comprehensive opportunity for youth and all ages to
use the facilities for education, recreation, and pursuit of
health.
As a particular example, the Football Club (accredited by
Football England) uses the majority of the available ground in
season at weekends, providing football matches/training for
under-sixes to under-eighteens, boys and girls, with some
300+ children on the books.
The Village Hall and Recreation Ground is recognised by the
whole village (of 2,500+ residents) as being of immense
value and worth to the inhabitants.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|Para 1.18|The Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit has
been fully regarded in the day-to-day function and
management of the facilities comprising The Horam Village
Hall and Recreation Ground.|
## **Additional information:**
|**Additional information:**|||
|---|---|---|
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Whilst the Trustees would specifically discuss the merit of any
grant-making need or proposal, the normal practice is that the
Charity does not make grants of any kind to other Charitable
bodies.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|In principle, the Charity does not consider social investment
opportunities as part of its normal remit. However, the
Charity would be willing to consider making contributions of
this nature, subject to strict criteria, but only where such
arose due to stipulations of a grant-making body which may
be giving direct financial support to the Charity for one of its
project proposals.|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All members of the Committee of Management (the Trustees)
are volunteers, giving of their time tirelessly to support the
work of the charity, and are not recompensed in any way for
their efforts. Further tasks are undertaken by part-time staff,
who are paid; these staff are not Trustees of the Charity. The
staff include a Secretary/Fund-Raiser, a Bookings Secretary,
a handyman/caretaker.
There are also occasional ‘events’ which are run by both
Trustees and Community Teams/volunteers, such as an
Annual Horam Fun Day. Many of the regular (weekly) users
of the facilities are ‘community-oriented’ groups, such as the
Heathfield Choral Society.
Historically, maintenance of the village hall facilities was
funded from a proportion of the fees arising from the hiring of
the hall, meaning there was, inevitably, constraint on this
maintenance activity. Recent years, however, have seen a
marked increase in fund-raising through grant applications to
fund-distributing trusts.
This has allowed the trustees to consider more robust
improvements to the facilities over the past few years, with
projects including:
-
Completion of refurbishment and equipping of the
Hall’s kitchen
-
Purchase of a modular staging facility
-
The GAP (Get Active Pathway) Phase 1 project -
and planning/fund raising for Stage 3, completion
of the path around the second playing field.
-
Provision of seating around the GAP project
-
Replacement of all external doors and windows
-
Completion of an extensive upgrade in the CCTV
provisions at the site
-
the provision of a new Pump Track - officially
opened immediately following this financial year
(on 18/10/2025)
-
Opening of a 'Community Garden' adjacent to the
allotments at the site.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The open-air facility of the recreation ground continued to be
used as a major place of exercise and pleasure for those
seeking to maintain their own well-being. The recreation
ground, with the Village Hall, children’s playground, skate
park, Scouts Hall, Bowls Club, Tennis Club, children’s football
club, and all-weather footway access is an extremely
important ‘gem’ in the life and well-being of the village.
The Gap Project Phase 1, completed during FY 2022/23;
continues to have a huge impact on the use of the facilities,
transforming the Recreation Ground’s desirability and use,
and turning it into a truly all-year available opportunity for
recreation, fitness and well-being.
The Charity’s focus in this particular area continued on raising
awareness of and finance for the planned third phase of the
development, the continuation of the path around the second
field to provide a 1 kilometre pathway.
Planning and raising finance for the second phase of the
project, the Pump Track, was completed, construction started
on site, and at the year end, the official opening was just two
weeks away in October 2025. During this year, after
consultation with funding bodies and Wealden District
Council, the necessary funding was agreed for phase three,
the extension of the pathway into the second field of the
Recreation Ground. Constuction will start and be completed
during 2025/26.|
|**Additional information**|||
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para
1.41|The Trustees remain more than satisfied with what has been
achieved in the running, maintenance and improvement of
the Village Hall and its surrounding Recreation Ground.|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|The Trustees have been, perhaps, a little reticent in the past
about being responsible for running ‘fund-raising activities’ in
support of the Charity, primarily due to the nature of the
Charity and its function.
Notably, since 2021/22 and including during 2024/25, various
outward-facing events have been held such as a ‘Get-to-
know- your-village Hall’.|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para
1.41|Not applicable.|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The transition of banking from Barclays to CAFBank was
fully-achieved during 2024/25, with a single Barclays account
remaining but only to receive any income accidentally paid
into historic accounts.
Additionally, the recording of income and expenditure for the
charity moved fully to Intuit QuickBooks. The year
beginning/year end positions are recorded in the submitted
accounts (in CC16a format).
The opening balances, as at 01/10/2024, across all accounts,
amounted to**£23,558**.
Hall hire income (including Representative Groups’ fees)
totalled £30,739; Grant Income totalled £43,730; other
income totalled £3,411.
‘Normal’ running costs totalled £26,988, with ‘project’
expenditure of £23,276.
The end-of-year closing balances across all accounts totalled
**£50,646**.
Overall, the picture is of a satisfactory stable year.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The policy for holding reserves is the ‘usual prudence’ one of
having sufficient funds secured so that the Charity can
continue to run, covering its costs, for a sufficient length of
time to enable income/expenditure streams to be adjusted or
restored.
We are currently holding operating reserves equivalent to
some 6 months of normal costs, which the Trustees are
content to continue, keeping a watchful eye for any pressure
that might necessitate a smaller reserve.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para
1.22|At year-end 30/09/2025 the unrestricted funds in our
accounts totalled in excess of £15,000, providing adequate
buffer in line with our policy.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para
1.22|Not applicable|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para
1.24|Not applicable|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|There are none.|
## **Additional information**
|**Additional information**|||
|---|---|---|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|There are four main sources of funds, as follows:
•
Hall hire income – this is the income primarily
associated with the ‘existence’ of the Charity, its
raison d’être – approximately £24,865, which includes
the significant income from the Pre-School.
•
Representative Groups’ Fees, comprising some
£5,874 this financial year (including some 'catch-up'
in payments, from Football Club, Tennis Club, Bowls
Club, Scouts and Allotments).
•
Other Income: totalling £3,411
•
Project grant income – some £43,730 in this year.|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|We have insufficient longer-term funds to either warrant or
enable any concept of an ‘investment policy’.
In principle, the Charity does not consider social investment
opportunities as part of its normal remit.|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Currently, as an unincorporated organisation, the level of risk,
particularly to the Trustees, is considerable, albeit that
extensive insurances are in place. However, should those
insurances be called upon in any significant fashion,
downstream increases in insurance premiums are considered
a risk.
Possible future changes of an inflationary nature need to be
identified early enough to offset those effects on our stability
by balanced but prudent hire-cost increases, and effective
marketing of the facilities.
The Trustees frequently rehearse possible risks to the
Charity’s well-being, in order to make sufficient remedial
decisions.|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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|---|---|---|
|Description of charity’s trusts:||Original trusts established for Village Hall (1951), and for
Recreation ground (1948).|
|Type of governing document|Para
1.25|Original Constitution dated 10 June 1993 – amended by a
Resolution passed on 26 November 2019|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Para
1.25|Unincorporated Trust|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by open public election, at the Annual Meeting held in
November each year|
|**Additional information**|||
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|Comprehensive manual of relevant documents and operating
methods handed to new Trustees upon election. ‘Loose’
system of mentoring for those entirely new to Charity
oversight and management.|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Constitution limits the number of Trustees to seven.
The Charity is an entirely independent body.|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|||
|---|---|
|Charity name|The Horam Village Hall & Recreation Ground Charity|
|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charity number|305257|
|Charity’s principal address|Horam Village Hall
A267 Horam Road
Horam
Heathfield
East Sussex TN21 0JE|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|
||Michael
Woodhouse|Chairman|||
||Phil Williams||01/10/2024 - 28/02/2025||
||Brian Arnott||||
||Paul de Bruin||01/10/2024 - 12/09/2025||
||Stephen Fisher||||
||Lisa Stevens||||
||Keith Benson||||
||Jess Woods||17/07/2025 - 30/09/2025||
## **Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved**
**Director name** None
## **Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|None|||
## **Other information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature Full name** Michael Woodhouse **Position** Chairman **Date** 13[th] May 2026
**Horam Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity**
**305257**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**CC16a**
**For the period** 01/10/2024 **To** 30/09/2025 **from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ground Rent|**5,874**||**-**||**-**||**5,874**||**3,467**|
|Project Grant Income|**727**||**43,003**||**-**||**43,730**||**140,069**|
|Hall Hire - Regular Users(incl. Pre-School)|**23,399**||**-**||**-**||**23,399**||**22,012**|
|Hall Hire - Other items(stage,tables etc)|**776**||**-**||**-**||**776**||**-**|
|Donations Received|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**3,367**|
|CCTV Income|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,102**|
|Solar Power Income|**2,244**||**-**||**-**||**2,244**||**2,143**|
|SundryReceipts(Lottery)|**712**||**-**||**-**||**712**||**-**|
|Bank Interest|**455**||**-**||**-**||**455**||**178**|
|QB unapplied cash correction(2023-24)|**-**
**527**||**-**||**-**||**-**
**527**||**-**|
|Damage Deposits (Excess of income over
repayments - fromQB report)|**690**||**-**||**-**||**690**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**34,349**||**43,003**||**-**||**77,352**||**172,338**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**172,338**|
|||||||||||
|
Insurances|**1,395**||||||||**1,357**|
|Licences(memberships,software etc)|**858**||||||||**532**|
|Computer expenditure|**-**||||||||**848**|
|Professional Services/Support|**1,510**||||||||**1,620**|
|Rates & Water|**1,281**||||||||**768**|
|Cleaning (contract & materials)|**6,710**||||||||**6,418**|
|Light & Heat|**3,222**||||||||**4,287**|
|Grounds Maintenance|**2,960**||||||||**1,819**|
|Staff costs|**5,882**||||||||**6,218**|
|Telephone|**329**||||||||**954**|
|Post,stationery,adverts|**204**||||||||**415**|
|Maintenance repairs(& contracts),renewals|**2,317**||||||||**13,084**|
|Sundry|**320**||||||||**81**|
|Refuse & Recycling|**-**||||||||**2,230**|
|Damage Deposits Returned|**-**||||||||**774**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**26,988**||||||||**41,405**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|Project Expenditure|**-**||||||||**128,373**|
|Project Expenditure - GAP Phase 1|**-**|||||||||
|Project Expenditure - Pumptrack|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**128,373**|
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**169,778**|
|||||||||||
||||||||||**2,560**|
||||||||||**-**|
||||||||||**20,998**|
||||||||||**23,558**|
## **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**|Cash at Bank(s)
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**|Cash at Bank(s)
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**30,919**||**19,727**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||**30,919**||**19,727**||**-**|
||||||||OK|
||||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||Shares in Pavilion||||**15,000**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**
Signature
Damage Deposits repayable
**Details**
Fixtures & Fittings||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**6,735**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**690**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Michael Woodhouse||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
||||||||Date of approval|
||||||||13/05/2026|
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|||||||||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
14/05/2026
2
**Independent Examiner’s Report to the trustees of The Horam Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Horam Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity for the year ended 30[th] September 2025.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- a. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and
- b. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
- c. have not been met or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
## **Mark Mulberry BA (Hons) FCCA CTA**
Mulberry & Co Chartered Certified Accountants Eastgate House Dogflud Way Farnham GU9 7UD
**Horam Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity**
**305257**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**CC16a**
**For the period** 01/10/2024 **To** 30/09/2025 **from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ground Rent|**5,874**||**-**||**-**||**5,874**||**3,467**|
|Project Grant Income|**727**||**43,003**||**-**||**43,730**||**140,069**|
|Hall Hire - Regular Users(incl. Pre-School)|**23,399**||**-**||**-**||**23,399**||**22,012**|
|Hall Hire - Other items(stage,tables etc)|**776**||**-**||**-**||**776**||**-**|
|Donations Received|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**3,367**|
|CCTV Income|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,102**|
|Solar Power Income|**2,244**||**-**||**-**||**2,244**||**2,143**|
|SundryReceipts(Lottery)|**712**||**-**||**-**||**712**||**-**|
|Bank Interest|**455**||**-**||**-**||**455**||**178**|
|QB unapplied cash correction(2023-24)|**-**
**527**||**-**||**-**||**-**
**527**||**-**|
|Damage Deposits (Excess of income over
repayments - fromQB report)|**690**||**-**||**-**||**690**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**34,349**||**43,003**||**-**||**77,352**||**172,338**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**172,338**|
|||||||||||
|
Insurances|**1,395**||||||||**1,357**|
|Licences(memberships,software etc)|**858**||||||||**532**|
|Computer expenditure|**-**||||||||**848**|
|Professional Services/Support|**1,510**||||||||**1,620**|
|Rates & Water|**1,281**||||||||**768**|
|Cleaning (contract & materials)|**6,710**||||||||**6,418**|
|Light & Heat|**3,222**||||||||**4,287**|
|Grounds Maintenance|**2,960**||||||||**1,819**|
|Staff costs|**5,882**||||||||**6,218**|
|Telephone|**329**||||||||**954**|
|Post,stationery,adverts|**204**||||||||**415**|
|Maintenance repairs(& contracts),renewals|**2,317**||||||||**13,084**|
|Sundry|**320**||||||||**81**|
|Refuse & Recycling|**-**||||||||**2,230**|
|Damage Deposits Returned|**-**||||||||**774**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**26,988**||||||||**41,405**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|Project Expenditure|**-**||||||||**128,373**|
|Project Expenditure - GAP Phase 1|**-**|||||||||
|Project Expenditure - Pumptrack|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**128,373**|
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**169,778**|
|||||||||||
||||||||||**2,560**|
||||||||||**-**|
||||||||||**20,998**|
||||||||||**23,558**|
## **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**|Cash at Bank(s)
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**|Cash at Bank(s)
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**30,919**||**19,727**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||**30,919**||**19,727**||**-**|
||||||||OK|
||||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||Shares in Pavilion||||**15,000**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**
Signature
Damage Deposits repayable
**Details**
Fixtures & Fittings||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**6,735**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**690**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Michael Woodhouse||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||||||
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||||||||Date of approval|
||||||||13/05/2026|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
14/05/2026
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**Independent Examiner’s Report to the trustees of The Horam Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Horam Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity for the year ended 30[th] September 2025.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- a. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and
- b. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
- c. have not been met or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
## **Mark Mulberry BA (Hons) FCCA CTA**
Mulberry & Co Chartered Certified Accountants Eastgate House Dogflud Way Farnham GU9 7UD