## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/08/2020 Period start date To 31/07/2021 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Downagate Recreation & Community Centre** ## **Charity registration number: 507667** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Providing facilities for recreation and**
**other leisure occupations in the interest**
**of social welfare for the inhabitants of**
**Wetheral and Hayton parishes and**
**members of neighbouring schools,**
**educational institutions and the general**
**public.**| |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.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**As above**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charities**
**Commission on public benefit in**
**deciding the activities og the charitable**
**trust.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**_**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**_**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**_**| Other **_** ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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 community centre was**
**severely affected by the Covid**
**lockdowns during the financial**
**year with over four months of**
**activities being curtailed. Despite**
**this and following relaxation of**
**Covid rules the centre reopened**
**and now has at the end of the**
**financial year more than 20**
**external and internal user**
**groups.**
•
**During the financial year external**
**CCTV was installed at the centre.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**_**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**_**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**_**| |Other||**_**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Income exceeded expenditure by £18735**
**during the year ending 31/07/2021. The**
**total credit balance in both current and**
**deposit accounts at the year end was**
**£25864.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**A sum of £4000 is held in reserve to**
**cover future year utilities/insurance**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£4000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**_**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**_**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**_**| |Other||**_**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association**| |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|**Trustees are committee members**
**elected and named at the annual AGM in**
**accordance with the charities**
**constitution agreement.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**_**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**_**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**_**| |Other||**_**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Downagate Recreation & Community Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Downagate| |Registered charity number|507667| |Charity’sprincipal address|Downagate Community Association
Warwick Bridge
Carlisle
Cumbria
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Kevin Dobinson|Chairman||All trustees elected at AGM| ||Yvonne Petry|Secretary||| ||David Carruthers|Treasurer||| ||Paul Petry|||| ||AndyYoung|||| ||Angela Hogg|||| ||Alison Watt|||| ||Liz Bell|||| ||Helen Hinvest|||| ||Margaret
Smethurst|||| ||Jude Jansen|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **|| |---|---|---| |||| ||**N/A**|| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||N/A| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |N/A||| N/A ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **N/A** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| |||| ||Kevin Dobinson|David Carruthers| ||
Chairman|Treasurer| ||30/11/2021|| ||30/11/2021|| e Recreatlon and Commun Annual Accounts for the Period tst Au st 2020 to 31st Ju 2021 Open￿¥ 8alaIKe£7129.￿? Income nditu Hall Hlre Coop Communlty Fund Insuwance Refvnd Cumbria Communlty Foundauon £ 1810 Grants air Bowman & Hlggs £ 450 karecrow Trail £ 812 Hayton pc ccrv ljty Coundl covkl ljty Council Closed Grant E 5919 £ 1423 Irtsurance Gas flectrfc Telephone & Intemet Hall Cleaning Hedge cuttin8 2019 & 2020 Beacon Fire and Locksmoth SM Floorlng CCTV Equipment and ffttlnB Mlscellaneous Robson Mobilmy JRM Joinery Glasdon UK £ 1951 £ 1171 £ 1194 £ 832 £ 1430 £ 495 £ 744 E 2397 £ 391 £ 132 £ 120 £ ii¢Y3 £ 2468 £ 4335 City Counul Restart Crty Council Projector Grant Rotary Club iaduct Gardenlrvd aub £ 260 Total plus Opening Balance E31361 £7129 £38 490 Totsl £12 626 less Expenses Total Income less Expenses £12 626 Bank Balan￿ as of the 31stJuly 2021: Current Account E21863 £4￿1 £25 864 No Unpre5ented Cheques Total CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustse nwmbers of DOWNAGATE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 507667 On accounts for the year ended 31 JULY 2021 Charity no (If any) Set out on pages 1T02 Iren'e'iJor Iiid'.kfje the v3=e -iU-wberS I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust.) for the year ended 3110712021. Responsibilities and As the Ghanty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in ac¢ordan¢e 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 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charrty Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wrth the examination which gives me guse to believe that in. any Material respeGt." accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the acwunts do not accord Viith the accounting records Independent oxaminer's statsment I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be dravm in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed." Date: Name: MR IAN LANCASTER Relevant professional qualification(s) or body {if any): ICAEW Address: NB LANCASTER & CO 6 BRUNSWICK STREET. CARLISLE, CA1 1 PN Section B Disclosure IER Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem Isee CC32, Independent examination of charty accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners).