## **MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** ## **NELSON LANE, NORTH MUSKHAM, NEWARK, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.** ## **ACCOUNTS** ## **YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025** CHAIR PERSON - N. Noot-Davies ADDRESS - Nelson Lane, VICE-CHAIR - D. Page North Muskham, Newark, CHARITY NUMBER 511985 Nottinghamshire. NG23 6HL ## **INDEX** |Trustees’ report
Chairman’s report
Independent Examiner’s report
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance sheet
Notes|Page
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8 - 12| |---|---| **David Pattinson, Chartered Accountants, 233, London Road, Balderton, Newark, Nottinghamshire.** 1 ## **MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** ## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025** The trustees present their report and the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2025. ## **Also known as North Muskham Recreation Playing Fields Association and North Muskham Recreation Committee.** ## **Objectives and activities** The centre exists for the benefit of our local community and the villages it serves. Our objective is to provide safe, clean, accessible community facilities for all ages. The Centre comprises three different sized rooms, kitchen, stage playing field and changing facilities for sports. The Centre can be booked for family functions, community group meetings and events. All bookings for the hall are made through the booking Secretary and must comply with the booking conditions. ## **Achievements and performance** 2024/25 was a year of consolidation for the MRCC, with a focus on maintaining financial stability and strengthening our financial position. A strategy introduced the previous year to regularly open the bar on Tuesday evenings has continued and with monthly Tuesday events including Open Mic Night and Bingo this continues to be a success and a good source of income for the MRCC. In addition, the bar opening for some large events has been a major source of income for us. The previous financial year saw some challenges and we have worked hard to have transparency and clearer policy and procedure for operation of the bar. Including streamlining the bar with a more reduced standardised product list, review of pricing and new till system all proving successful. Hirers continue to be our main steady income and have been consistent throughout the year and no bad debts incurred. ## **Financial review** ## **Income:** We have continued with the strategy of regularly opening the bar on Tuesday for village social evenings, which also include bingo and open mic nights. The bar income was £38,768 an increase of £11,264 from the previous year, plus stock held was £3,241 (£951 more than last year). Deducting bar costs of £20,669 provided us with profit of £18,099 nearly double 2023/24 (previous year’s profit of £9,054). We received two grants totalling £15,760. Severn Trent £6,700 for expenses and £9,060 National Lottery for fencing. Despite losing a couple of regular hirers, rental income remained stable with an 8% increase at £32,630 (compared to £30,049 last year). 2 ## **MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** ## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025** ## **Expenditure:** The expenditure of the centre was monitored against budget set at the beginning of the year and these were adhered to well. Volunteers continued to help with building maintenance in order to keep costs down. The building is now 15 years old and we are seeing an increase in repairs required and general maintenance. Utility bills continue to be high at just over £15,000 similar to the previous financial year, however, we have continued to monitor the electricity usage and see where we can improve performance. We have had the carpark light disconnected this year so this will help reduce costs in the coming year. The biggest expense this year was the replacement fencing around the play areas of MOOSC and Preschool costing £9,756. However, this expense was covered by the National Lottery grant of £9,060 and £696 donated from Preschool. The rainwater harvesting system had problems and needed to be investigated resulting in an upgrade to make it work properly again, resulting in an additional expense this year of £1,914 which was not budgeted for. ## **Structure, governance and management** The Centre is managed by the committee of trustees appointed every year at the AGM. We have a set of regular and committed individuals, some who have sat on the committee managing previous community buildings on the site for over 30 years. As tasks become necessary members of the committee volunteer to complete them depending on their skills. ## **Reference and Administrative details** ## List of Trustees Jude Andrews (resigned 14 January 2025) Andrew Oliver (resigned 29 January 2025) Deborah Page Helen Waterfield Brian White (resigned January 2026) Nick Noot-Davies Nick Hutchings Ian Harrison Elaine Wareing (resigned 13 November 2024, reappointed January 2025) David Jones (resigned 12 August 2025) Paul Buck Emily Sherburn Andy Jones (resigned January 2026) Matt Bailey (appointed January 2026) 3 ## **MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** ## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025** ## Other Roles Chair: Andrew Oliver (resigned 29 January 2025) Nick Noot-Davies (appointed 1 February 2025) Vice-Chair: Emily Sanders (resigned 1 February 2025) Deborah Page (appointed 1 February 2025) Secretary: Rachel Burrows Treasurer: Jude Andrews (resigned 14 January 2025) Deborah Page (appointed 1 February 2025) Health and Safety and Compliance: Ian Harrison Bar Manager: Andrew Oliver (resigned 29 January 2025) Nick Noot-Davies (appointed 1 February 2025) Booking Secretary: Deborah Page (resigned 1 February 2025) Elaine Wareing (appointed 1 February 2025) Parish Council representatives: Nick Hutchings and Ian Harrison By order of the Committee on 10 March 2026 Trustee D. PAGE 4 **MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** ## **CHAIRMAN’S REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025** Well, what can I say, my second Tenure of being chair, my first was a few years ago, and its been a busy year. I took over from Andy Oliver in early 2025 as Chair and Bar manager, both roles which I hope you will all agree I have given my all. We have improved the bar with the introduction of a newer, much simpler till system which I hope makes everyone’s lives easier. We have moved to cans instead of 2l bottles to minimise wastage, we have implemented a new open and close cash system in the bar to hold proper accountability and of course the installation of some new bar hardware. Namely the shelf Brian made, what a great piece of kit, thank you Brian; and not forgetting the hugely popular Guinness pourer. I think Matt has defo christened it for us by drinking half a case of Guinness in one sitting. Finally, the new air con in the bar has made a world of difference to how it performs and having the beers balanced through the coolers was the finishing touch. Tuesdays continue to be well received in the village and has built a regular crowd. Moving to the rest of the hall, I have unblocked the drains, many times, started the swap out of the small hall, meeting room and main hall toilets to energy efficient LED lights. As well as starting the swap out of the Disabled and small hall toilets to LED and motion sensor lights to prevent them being left on, next on the list is changing rooms toilets. We have started the replacement of the ageing fire alarm smoke detectors at each service to keep the hall up to regulations. Of course, we can’t forget the hall doors, the main hall doors were draughty and leaky and these have been fixed by Kirk and Bills so that they are water and draught proof, including the moving of the door hardware in the small hall to conserve heating. Onto the Heating for the building, this can be a touchy subject however, this year we got all air con/heat units onto WIFI operated app and the hall fans as well. These now control themselves on a timer around the hall usage schedule, this will only be improved when I finally get time to replace the failed fan in the main hall. On this subject sadly the meeting room air con/heating unit has failed with a new one due to be installed on 8[th] Feb to keep the hall warm and comfortable for the hirers, and of course it will be more energy efficient than the old unit. The maintenance day was a success; we managed to paint the small hall and entrance hall. I can't forget a massive shout out to Mark Connole and his team on getting the small fence replaced on that day. Starting 2026 hitting the floor running, the first business is replacement of rubbish contractor with new bins. Can I start the ending of my report by thanking our named committee roles, namely the treasurer Debs, Booking secretary Elaine and Secretary Rachael. They have put up with me ringing them up on many evenings to gain advice or run thoughts of new ideas past them so thank you ladies and I do hope you will stand again for your roles. A final thank you to Vice chair, Emily, and the rest of the committee for your input throughout 2025. Finally, I would like to share some sad news, many of you know already that our longest standing active committee member is sadly stepping down at this AGM. Can we all wish Brian the very best and thank him for his work please. I would like to present Brian with a £50 voucher for a holiday company I am told he likes. I am sure I have not covered everything there has been too much. Here is to the MRCC going strong into 2026. As for me, I would accept the opportunity to serve as your chair and bar manager roles again in 2026 should you allow me to. Chairman N. NOOT-DAVIES on 10 March 2026 5 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** I report on the accounts of Muskham Rural Community Centre, for the year ended 30 September 2025 which are set out on page 6 to 12. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** As the Charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) does not apply, and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Charities Act, - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement** My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: - (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act. have not been met; or - (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. David Pattinson, Chartered Accountant 233, London Road, Balderton, Newark, Nottinghamshire. NG24 3HA 6 July 2026 6 ## **MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** ## **YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025** |||2025|||2024|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total| ||funds|funds|funds|funds|funds|funds| ||£|£|£|£|£|£| |Note||||||| |**Income and endowments from:**2||||||| |Donations and legacies|1,380|15,760|17,140|3,502|7,480|10,982| |Other trading activities|73,108|-|73,108|61,088|-|61,088| |Investments|336|1|337|114|6|120| |Other|1,359|-|1,359|562|-|562| ||------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| |**Total**|76,183|15,761|91,944|65,266|7,486|72,752| ||------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| |**Expenditure on:**|3|||||| |Raising funds|22,033|-|22,033|19,915|-|19,915| |Charitable activities|35,249|16,099|51,348|32,982|2,500|35,482| |Other|5,585|22,114|27,699|5,910|22,114|28,024| ||------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| |**Total**|62,867|38,213|101,080|58,807|24,614|83,421| ||------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| |**Net income/(expenditure)**|13,316|(22,452)|(9,136)|6,459|(17,128)|(10,669)| |Transfer between funds|-|-|-|-|-|-| ||------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|------------| |**Net movement in funds**|13,316|(22,452)|(9,136)|6,459|(17,128)|(10,669)| |**Reconciliation of funds:**|8|||||| |Total funds brought forward|48,724|283,889|332,613|42,265|301,017|343,282| ||------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| |**Total funds carried forward**|62,040|261,437|323,477|48,724|283,889|332,613| ||------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------| The notes on pages 6 to 11 form part of these accounts 7 **MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** ## **BALANCE SHEET** ## **30 SEPTEMBER 2024** |||||2025||2024| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Note||£|£|£|£| |**Fixed assets:**||5||||| |Tangible assets||||303,291||327,558| |**Current assets:**||6||||| |Stock|||3,241||2,290|| |Debtors and prepayments|||3,244||3,797|| |Cash at bank and in hand|||37,750||23,279|| ||||------------||------------|| |Total current assets|||44,235||29,366|| ||||------------||------------|| |**Current liabilities:**||7||||| |Creditors: Amounts falling due within one||year|1,549||1,811|| |Current portion of long-term|liabilities||3,000||1,500|| ||||------------||------------|| ||||4,549||3,311|| ||||------------||------------|| |Net current assets||||39,686||26,055| |||||------------||------------| |||||342,977||353,613| |**Long-term liabilities**||||||| |Loan||9||19,500||21,000| |||||------------||------------| |**Total net assets**||||323,477||332,613| |||||------------||------------| |**The funds of the charity:**||8||||| |Unrestricted funds||||62,040||48,724| |Restricted - Building – Capital|||256,810||278,211|| |National Lottery – Capital|||643||858|| |NSDC Security|– Capital||3,984||4,482|| |Capturing memories|||-|261,437|338|
283,889| ||||------------|
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------------| |**Total charity funds**||||323,477||332,613| |||||------------||------------| |D. PAGE||||||| ||) Trustees|||||| |N. NOOT-DAVIES||||||| |Approved by the committee on 10 March||2026||Charity number 511985||| The notes on pages 6 to 11 form part of these accounts 8 ## **MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** ## **NOTES** ## **30 SEPTEMBER 2025** ## **1. ACOUNTING POLICIES** ## **a) Basis of accounting** The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (FRS102) (effective January 2015). ## **b) Grant income and donations** Grants are treated as income in the year that they are received; donations are accounted for as received. ## **c) Expenses** Expenditure is accounted for as incurred. ## **d) Tangible fixed assets** Assets costing more than £200 will be capitalised and depreciated as follows: - a) Fixtures, fittings and equipment in equal annual instalments over their expected useful life of 10 years. - b) Solar panels in equal annual instalments over their expected useful life of 20 years. - c) Leasehold building in equal annual instalments over the remaining 26 years of the 30 year term of the lease. 9 ## **MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** ## **NOTES** ## **30 SEPTEMBER 2025** ## **2. INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS** |(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)|2025
2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
funds
funds
funds
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
£
£
£
Donations and legacies
NCC - Electricity grant
-
-
-
-
2,500
2,500
Newark & Sherwood Security grant
-
-
-
-
4,980
4,980
Severn Trent grant
-
6,700
6,700
-
-
-
National Lottery Fence grant
-
9,060
9,060
-
-
-
Parish Council grants
1,380
-
1,380
1,028
-
1,028
Donations
-
-
-
2,474
-
2,474
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------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
1,380
15,760
17,140
3,502
7,480
10,982
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
Other trading activities
Fund raising efforts
1,710
-
1,710
3,535
-
3,535
Bar sales
38,768
-
38,768
27,504
-
27,504
Rental income - Regular users
23,503
-
23,503
22,421
-
22,421
Occasional users
6,428
-
6,428
4,032
-
4,032
Caravans
2,699
-
2,699
3,596
-
3,596
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------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
73,108
-
73,108
61,088
-
61,088
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
Investments
Interest
336
1
337
114
6
120
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
-------------
Other
Feed in tariff from solar panels
1,359
-
1,359
562
-
562
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
-------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
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Total incoming resources
76,183
15,761
91,944
65,266
7,486
72,752
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------------
------------
------------
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(b)
(c)
Total|2025
2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Note
funds
funds
funds
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
£
£
£
Raising funds
Fundraising expenses
1,364
-
1,364
1,465
-
1,465
Bar expenses
19,969
-
19,969
17,870
-
17,870
Bar staff wages
700
-
700
580
-
580
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-------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
22,033
-
22,033
19,915
-
19,915
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-------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
Charitable activities
Donations
584
339
923
-
-
-
Cleaner
6,108
-
6,108
6,104
-
6,104
Cleaning materials
1,393
-
1,393
1,438
-
1,438
Field maintenance and materials
4,397
9,060
13,457
2,481
-
2,481
Light and heat
6,006
6,700
12,706
11,692
2,500
14,192
Water and refuse
2,387
-
2,387
2,423
-
615
Telephone, broadband and postage
400
-
400
459
-
459
Insurance and licence
2,814
-
2,814
2,628
-
2,628
Building maintenance
10,139
-
10,139
4,733
-
4,733
Miscellaneous
120
-
120
141
-
141
Membership
133
-
133
116
-
116
Stationery, software and advertising
768
-
768
767
-
767
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-------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
35,249
16,099
51,348
32,982
2,500
35,482
------------
-------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
Other
Bookings clerk
600
-
600
600
-
600
Bank charges
285
-
285
731
-
731
Depreciation
5
26,454
-
26,454
26,285
-
26,285
Independent Examiner’s fee
360
-
360
408
-
408
Amortisation of capital funds
(22,114)
22,114
-
(22,114)
22,114
-
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
5,585
22,114
27,699
5,910
22,114
28,024
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------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
expenditure
62,867
38,213
101,080
58,807
24,614
83,421
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------
------------| |---|---| 11 ## **MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** ## **NOTES** ## **30 SEPTEMBER 2025** ## **4. TAXATION** As a Registered Charity, Muskham Rural Community Centre is exempt from UK Corporation Tax. ## **5. FIXED ASSETS** |Cost
1 October 2024
Additions
30 September 2025
Depreciation
1 October 2024
Charged
30 September 2025
Net book value
30 September 2025
30 September 2024|Leasehold
Building
£
601,424
-
------------
601,424
------------
300,716
23,132
------------
323,848
------------
277,576
------------
300,708
------------|Solar Panels
£
20,034
-
------------
20,034
------------
9,018
1,002
------------
10,020
------------
10,014
------------
11,016
------------|Fixtures &
Fittings &
Equipment
£
61,751
2,187
------------
63,938
------------
45,917
2,320
------------
48,237
------------
15,701
------------
15,384
------------|Total
Fixed Assets
£
683,209
2,187
------------
685,396
------------
355,651
26,454
------------
382,105
------------
303,291
------------
327,558
------------| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| ## **6. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR** |**6. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||| |---|---|---| ||2025|2024| ||£|£| |Trade debtors|2,356|588| |Accrued income|-|2,490| |Prepayments|888|719| ||------------|-------------| ||3,244|3,797| ||------------|------------| |**7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||| |Trade creditors|199|213| |Accruals and deferred income|1,350|1,598| ||------------|------------| ||1,549|1,811| ||------------|------------| 12 **MUSKHAM RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE** ## **NOTES** ## **30 SEPTEMBER 2025** ## **8. OUTLINE SUMMARY OF FUND MOVEMENTS** |Fund balances|Fund balances||||Gains and|Fund balance| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Brought forward||Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Losses|Carried forward| ||£|£|£|£|£|
£| |Unrestricted funds|48,724|76,183|(62,867)|-|-|62,040| |Restricted - Building Capital|278,211|-|(21,401)|-|-|256,810| |National Lottery Capital|
858|-|(215)|-|-|643| |NSDC Security Capital|4,482|-|(498)|-|-|3,984| |Capturing memories|338|1|(339)|-|-|-| |Severn Trent|-|6,700|(6,700)|-|-|-| |National Lottery Fence|-|9,060|(9,060)|-|-|-| |------------||------------|------------|------------|------------|
------------| ||332,613|91,944|101,080|-|-|323,477| |------------||------------|------------|------------|------------|
------------| Unrestricted funds are those available for the general purposes of the charity. The restricted funds are grants which may be spent only on the projects for which they were given. ## **9. TERMS OF LOAN** The Parish Council loaned £45,000 to Muskham Rural Community Centre in 2010. This loan is to be repaid in equal annual instalments over 30 years. ## **10. TRUSTEES’ EXPENSES, REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** No trustee expenses have been incurred. No trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefit from an employment with Muskham Rural Community Centre.