Carlton Husthwaite Village Hall Annual Report 2025
This year has seen a dramatic improvement to the Village Hall and its facilities. In June 2024, we were successful in three out of the four grants applied for, and put on a reserve list for the final grant. The successful grants were from Lottery Awards for all, VCSE Groundworks and the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Shared Prosperity Fund for Climate Action.
These grants have enabled us to re-configure the existing toilets and cupboard to provide a dedicated accessible toilet, install roof / loft insulation across the whole hall, install modern electric heating, LED lighting throughout with sensor switching in toilets and entrance way, install replacement double glazed windows, frontage and patio door, replace all guttering, soffits, facia and cladding. As part of the electrical installation for the heaters, new consumer units have been installed.
We were advised in December 2024 that the Mayor had allocated new funds, and so the final grant from the Shared prosperity Fund for Community Buildings was released. This grant has enabled the new cupboards in the entrance and the updated kitchen. A patio area at the rear of the hall has also been installed.
The hall, kitchen and entranceway have been repainted, so many thanks to the volunteers that have helped with this. The toilets and snooker room will also be repainted in due course. We now need to arrange for new window blinds and kitchen / toilet flooring to finish everything off.
Installation of broadband internet was finally accomplished via a new telegraph pole. This is free to access for users of the hall, and wifi extenders will allow outside access at event, such as card payment. It has also enabled us to take advantage of WiFi heating control.
Now the electrical work has been completed at the hall, E-on has been able to complete the work required for a smart meter, so billing will be more accurate and straight forward.
Our coffee morning on 17[th] May will be our official opening for the refurbishment. North Yorkshire Council has kindly donated money towards this, and will be supplying a photographer to record the event for their (and our) publicity.
The village hall committee would like to thank everyone for their continued support, especially the events team for their generosity in supplying cakes and for running the coffee mornings, as without this we would not be able to raise the money required to keep the hall going.
The monthly coffee mornings continue to bring together around 40 or so people from our community and neighbouring villages. The Christmas soup and pud lunch was again very well
attended, and the craft stalls and jam/ marmalade sales have provided welcome extra income. A big thank you goes to the providers of the items for sale.
Thanks also to Maurice Duffield for organising two tractor runs, one fully supporting the hall, and another where the breakfast profits went to the hall.
Weekly yoga and circuits classes continue to be popular, and a new weekly pilates class has started. The twice monthly craft club is now established.
The snooker / billiards club continues to be popular, and has an increased membership of 38. The old light fitting was sold and the money used to purchase a new players board. The number of in house snooker competitions has increased this year to 3 (handicapped singles, scratch singles and handicapped doubles) and there are 2 billiard competitions. Thanks go to Will Hopwood for organising. These competitions are now generating a small income, and once engraving the boards is complete there may be some surplus funds to purchase some new equipment. Carlton Husthwaite won the snooker league, which is a great achievement, and we hope to regain our second snooker team next season.
At last year’s AGM, it was agreed that we should work towards becoming a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). With the grants and refurbishment taking priority this year, progress has been slow, however, a new Constitution, based on the Charity Commission’s model template, has been written and is awaiting agreement by the Village Hall Committee prior to being submitted to the Charity Commission for approval.
We are now looking forward to our summer BBQ on Saturday 5[th] July, and hope that the community support the event and enjoy the day.
Graham Slack, Chair
Carlton Husthwaite Village Hall Income & Ex diture Year Endin 31" March 2025 Inc 2025126 £2,285.14 SrKM)ker Income £1,158.00 Hiring £1.578.11 Events £60.00 Key deposits £636.00 Donation £2.309.CK) 1 £2,387.IXI £4,761.26 2 £15.00 £2,363.12 3 £48.33 4 £0.00 £79.569.42 £786.84 5 £125.38 Refunds £10.00 Change swapped £0.00 Grnnts l FundiTrJ £0.00 Gift Aid £0.00 From savings account £0.00 Easy FurKlrdining £0.00 Broadband charge to Parish £0.00 £5,852.63 £72.847.20 £15.11 £79.90 £1102.18 2023r24 £539.02 Insurnnce £4,219.55 Electricty £62.72 Water £737.48 Repairs & Maintena £96.88 Business Rates £200.82 lfjtchen stockleveni supplies £O.C#J Key Refvnd £0.00 Broadband £0.00 NYCC Address registration £0.00 Premises Licence £0.00 Land Registy Request £0.00 Charty Event DatiOnS £0.00 Renovat £0.00 To savings account ndltur• £644.65 £2,442.48 6 £93.05 £2,1(.78 7 £0.00 £631.68 £10.(X) £160.46 £95.50 £10.50 £24.95 £633.46 8 £73,8(.46 £95,663.76 £5,856A7 £176.323.73 £0.00 3.84 Surpl 11,141.55 £0.00
Carlton Husthwaite Village Hall Balance Sheet Bank accoiiirt 31 March 2024 Add sur 2024125 £11.619.22 -£11,141.55 £0. £o.(x) £A77.67 Less last years tmcashed Bank account 315t March 2025 Barclays savi 31 Marth 2024 Add interest Money In Money Out Bardays Sary 31" Marth 2025 £o.(x) £330.50 £95.663.76 £72,847.20 £24147A16 Building Society 31 March 2024 Add interest Building SCKW 31° March 2025 15728 £77.35 £32X63 otal A55ets 31 March 2025 £26,859a6 Ppared by Sarah Lees Audited by Claire McGarry
CHARITY COMMISSION I Independent examiner's FOR ENGLAND AND WALES I report on the accounts Independent Examiner's Report Reportto the trusteesl members of ' CARLTON HUSTHWArrE VILLAGE HALL Charity no Irf any) On accounts for tho year ended 31 MARCH 2025 Sot out on pages 14 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 3110312025. Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Act.). l port in resped of my examination of the Trust's accA)unts carried out under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disdosed belthv ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect: accounting records weré not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the aUnts do not accord with the a(xounting records I have no concems have come no other matters in connection with the examinati( to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete Ihe wvrds in the brackets rf they do not apply. io la.) I,ThLZS- Independent examiner's statement Signed: MRS CLAIRE R RY Relevant professional qualificatlonls) or body Ilf any): FCCA Address: 5 CROFT CLOSE. CARLTON HusfHWAITE THIRSK. NORTH YORKSHIRE Y07 2DA IER October 2018