## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 6th April 2025 5th April 2024
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** SPONDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 506901
**Charity's principal address** Village Hall Sitwell Street Spondon, Derby **Postcode DE21 7FG**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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|Reginald Pugh||||
|David Winslow||||
|Duncan Inwood||||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 1 March **2012** ~~—— <<~~
**TAR**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
SCA Constitution
Association
SCA Council
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
The charity is overseen by the trustees, and by the SCA Council. Day to day issues are managed by the Executive Committee, appointed from Council members.
The charity has a set of management procedures which govern the day to day running of the Association.
There is now one separate sub-committee, Spondon Alight Group, which arranges the annual Christmas Lighting switch-on event.
The SCA also runs a joint venture with the Spondon Historical Society, called Spondon Archives, publishing books about the history of Spondon. The Village Improvement Committee has now been disbanded and remaining funds transferred to the SCA bank account for use in connection with village planting and maintenance thereof.
- There is a separate bank account retained to control the funds of the Spondon Archive Group
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The SCA constitution has recently been updated and awaits the approval of the Charity Commissioners.
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The revised objects are shown below.
March **2012**
**TAR**
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The objects of the Association shall be:
- a) To provide the benefits of a community centre to individuals in Spondon and surrounding neighbourhood (the “Area of Benefit”) without distinction of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, by fostering social connections and well-being, and promoting education and personal development through various programs and activities. To also provide a hub to strengthen the community, combat isolation, and offer a safe space for learning and recreation for all.
**Summary of the main activities** b) To manage and maintain the community centre in Spondon (the **undertaken for the public** “Village Hall”) and to co-operate with any local authority or other **benefit in relation to these** regulatory body in such maintenance and management by the **objects (include within this** Association and its members in furtherance of these objects. **section the statutory declaration that trustees have** c) To propose and implement enhancements to the outside space(s) **had regard to the guidance** in the immediate vicinity of the Village Hall and other outside **issued by the Charity** spaces as may be determined from time to time in the Area of **Commission on public benefit)** Benefit, for residents of, businesses in, and visitors to, Spondon village.
- The Association shall be non-partisan in politics and non-sectarian in religion.
The Association shall have power to affiliate to other organisations with similar charitable objects.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
March **2012**
**TAR**
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## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The SCA continues to successfully manage the operation and maintenance of the village hall in conjunction with Derby City Council who hold responsibility for the building structure and heating and lighting. Members continued to carry out both summer and winter planting around the village, with associated maintenance. The Sensory garden in Chapel Street is now maintained by the Trees for Spondon Group. The Executive Committee reviewed policies and procedures as required and updated and checked them before reissuing them. Improvements in the village hall include replacement of worktops in the kitchen, the installation of an alarm system and CCTV cameras.
March **2012**
**TAR**
4
## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
It is the policy to always have one years running costs in reserve and this has been maintained.
## **Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** R Pugh **Full name(s)** Reginald Pugh **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 21[st] November 2025
March **2012**
**TAR**
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6 March **2012**
**TAR**
|**No (if any)**
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**Receipts andpayments accounts**
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**SPONDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION**
6th April 2024
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**SPONDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION**
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**SPONDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION**
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**SPONDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION**
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**SPONDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION**
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**SPONDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION**
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||
|Donations and subscriptions|**440**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**440**||**7,668**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Lettings|**45,275**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**45,275**||**42,022**||
|Sales and events|**8,517**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**8,517**||**9,495**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Interest received|**819**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**819**||**962**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**55,051**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**55,051**||**60,147**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**55,051**
**-**
**-**
**55,051**
**60,147**
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|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|Fund raisingevents|**6,540**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**6,540**||**5,977**||
|Grants and donations|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|Costs of charitable activities|**1,102**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**1,102**||**1,968**||
|Wages|**26,270**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**26,270**||**24,798**||
|Occupancyand insurance|**6,254**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**6,254**||**7,412**||
|Maintenance|**390**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**390**||**1,211**||
|Office overheads|**622**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**622**||**491**||
|Cleaningand sundryexpenses|**4,267**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**4,267**||**3,433**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**45,445**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**45,445**||**45,290**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**Hall toilet refurbishment**
**5,348**
**-**
**-**
**5,348**
**28,000**
Other fixed assets
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,928**
**_Sub total_ 5,348**
**-**
**-**
**5,348**
**29,928**
**_Total payments_**
**50,793**
**-**
**-**
**50,793**
**75,218**
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**4,258**
**-**
**-**
**4,258**
**- 15,071**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**- -**
**44,206**
**59,277**
**4,258**
**-**
**-**
**48,464**
**44,206**
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank current accounts
Bank Deposit accounts
Cash in hand
**Details**
**Details**
Debtors
**Details**
Creditors
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**22,191**
**-**
**26,146**
**-**
**127**
**-**
**48,464**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**168**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||**-**|
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||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**2,166**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/ members of**
Charity Name
SPONDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
**On accounts for the year ended**
5th April 2025
**Charity no (if any)**
506901
## **Set out on pages**
1 & 2
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 05/04/2025 **DD / MM / YYYY** .
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation 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 examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention 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.
16th October 2025
L W Riley
**Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** 1 **October 2018**
FCA **IER**
**Address:**
68 Moor End
Spondon Derby DE21 7EE
**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** .
2
**October 2018**
**IER**