## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Report to the trustees** Charity Name West Meads Community Centre & Association **On accounts for the year** 31/12/2023 **Charity no** 305338 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** Three to five I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2023. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”) . I report in respect of my examination of  the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or 

- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

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. 

**Signed:** S J Trimmer **Date:** 17/10/2024 ~~Cd~~ **Name:** Shelley Jane Trimmer **Relevant professional** Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) **qualification(s) or body Address:** Bromley Clackett Limited 74 76 Aldwick Road, Bognor Regis West Sussex PO21 2PE 

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## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

None 

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**Oct 2018** 

**IER** 



West Meads Community Centre & Association
Financial year ended 31st December 2023
Charity number . 305338
2023
2022
Balance sheet
Opening Balance 1 st January 2023
51,873
47,028
Income during the year
28,405
23,598
Expenditure during the year
(23,181)
(18,753)
Closing balance 31 st December 2023
57,097
51,873
Represented by .
Lloyds current account
18.530
13,249
CCLA deposit account
39,247
39,247
Cash in hand
20
20
Prepayments
85
137
Creditors and accruals
(785)
(780)
57,097
51,873
ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES
/..
Mrs Carol Wiseman- Trustee and Chairman
Date
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West Meads Commu nity Centre & Association
Financial year ended 31st December 2023
Charity number . 305338
2023
2022
Income and expendlture account
Provision for Leisure and Social Facilities
Membership/donations
Interest
25,563
1,155
1,687
22,364
853
381
Income
28.405
23.598
Expenditure
Utilities
Wages
Cleaning & waste disposal
Business rates
Staiionery
Miscellaneous
Insurance
6,490
6,825
1,208
183
50
4,279
6,425
1,533
348
146
1,210
1,979
4,439
600
1,377
1,895
2,002
600
Maintenance
Professional fees
PRS for music
197
148
Cost of providing Leisure and Social Facilities
23,181
18,753
Excess of Income over expenditure
5,224
4,845
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Report of the Trustees of the West Meads Community Centre &
Assoclatlon for the period 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2024
Charity number . 305338
Structure Governance and Mana
ement
The West Meads Community Centre is 64 years old. It was built on land donated
by the builder of the West Meads housing estate for the sole purpose of providing
hall for the community, aiid a church, which has since been sold and redeveloped.
The charity is governed by Trustees who dclcgatc day-to-day responsibility to
The Trustees meet monthly to monitor the operational and financial performance
of the charity.
Ob ectives and artivities
The charity provides leisure and social activities for residents in Aldwick and
West Meads. The centre is well used and much appreciated by the residents of
the local area. Groups who use the centre include Arts & Crafts, Patchwork &
Quilting, Carpet Bowls, Keep Fit, Line Dancing, Taekwondo, Bridge Clubs, Yoga,
Weight Watchers, the Pentecostal Church. Karate and coffee mornings.
The runninR costs of the centre are funded by membership subscriptions and
hall hire charges for clubs and private hirers.
Financial Review
The charity reported an operational profit of £5.224 for the 12 month period_
Total reserves at the end of the period were £57,097. There is an amount of
£39,247 retained in a CCLA deposit account at the year end.
Mrs Carol Wiseman- Trustee and Chairman
Date
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