## **Trustees’ Annual Report 1[st] January 2024 – 31[st] December 2024 Registered Charity No. 503829** 1. The Clungunford Village Hall and Green charity exists for the benefit of the residents of Clungunford and the surrounding Parish, providing an area in which social, cultural, educational, and recreational activities can take place. 2. As a small local charity, we are very fortunate to be well supported by our Trustees, volunteers and the local community as well as having good working relationships with the other organisations in the village such as the Parish Council and the Parish Church. 3. Over the last few years, a number of new residents have moved into the Village and because of the way we run the Village Hall we have been able to give them a focal point where they can meet other local people socially and also contribute to the community. This was one of the main aims of the establishment of the new structure and it is very encouraging to see this working. 4. We have been able to increase our income this year by nearly 25% as a result of a larger contribution from the Community Bar, the Car Show and along with financial increases from the Thrift Shop and from Shropshire Hills Catering. 5. 2024 has been a year where we have had to invest in some infrastructure projects to be able to maintain the facilities that we have. We have a large Village Green adjacent to the hall and we are very lucky to have volunteers who use our equipment to keep the grass cut so that the Green can be enjoyed. We had to finally replace the Sit on Mower this year and also invest in a new shed to store it on site safely. We also invested in some acoustic boards for the lounge area as a number of users had commented on the area being difficult to enjoy when larger groups were using attending. We will continue to investigate this issue across the building as we recognise that the acoustics can also affect the utility of the main hall. We hope that these investments will allow the Green and the Hall to be able to support continued use by the community. 6. In last year’s report I referred to the new activities that had developed in the hall post Covid. These have continued to thrive and now include a regular exercise class and an art class. ## **Financial position** 7. This year we have made an operating loss, the first time for a number of years, but we remain in a strong position with sufficient reserves to meet our finance policy of maintaining sufficient reserves to cover 2 years basic operating costs. **Trustees (2024) Simon Lyster, Elizabeth Lyster Tom Baines David Roberts Jonathan Roberts Angie Spencer-Tims Madelene Wilkinson David Wilkinson Michael Millar Jim Bason Mary Bason** Clungunford Village Hall audited accounts 2024 Clun unford Vill e Hall Cha Finance Re rt 2024 Incomes 2024 Income from Hall artivlties Bike Night Table Tennis £1,419 £770 £1,100 £680 Thrift shop Flicks + Arts AINe £685 El,100 £2.947 £2.794 Hall Hire £2,572 £5,077 £1,557 Events £8,058 Shropshire Hills £810.00 £1,802 Totsl Other income £14127 £17244 csc £2,250 £3,742 £5,5 £1,760 £1,035 Other Interest on Account Total Totsl Income £20.1 Ex endlture Operating costs Cleaning Utilities £1,987 £2,406 £5.132 £3,839 Insurance £1.022 £1.309 Other costs £3,494 £1.256 £2,029 Arts Alive £1.278 Property Charges Admin £0.00 £961 £0.00 £2.483 fund raising costs Total £0.00 £0.00 £￿.283 Building and equipment Equipment costs Building costs Total £5.563 £1.525 £7,460 £7.183 £14,643 £28.926 Total expenditure £20.001 Operallng surplus £118 Dec-23 Dec.24 BarcEays £15.327 10.904 CCLA- Building iepairfund £60 CCLA- Parish Hail £20.143 21.175 totsl £35,530 CLungunford Village Hall audited accounts 2024 year on year change Cljaimian 719 Simon Lyster Treasurer Tom Baines Independent Examlner Edward Gledhill ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Clungunford Village Hall and Green **On accounts for the year** 31[st] December 2024 **Charity no 503829 ended (if any) Set out on pages** 2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2024. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the 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 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 (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Date:** 13/05/25 **Signed:** ~~oo~~ **Name:** Edward Gledhill ~~Ps~~ **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Abcott Manor Clungunford SY7 0PX **October 2018** 1 **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**