EDENTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL REPORT 2021/ 2022
A. Reference and Administration Details
Charity Name : Edenthorpe Community Centre Association Registered Charity No : 513600
Charity’s Principal Address : Edenthorpe Community Centre, Cedric Road, Edenthorpe, Doncaster DN3 2HZ
Trustee Details
Kevin Unsworth Tracy Unsworth Anita Dinnage
Honorary Officers
Name Office
Kevin Unsworth Chair & Treasurer Gillian Gregory Vice Chair Tracy Unsworth Secretary Anita Dinnage Booking Secretary
B.
Structure, Governance and Management
Type of Charity Governance and Constitution :
Edenthorpe Community Centre Association is an unincorporated association governed by a constitution. The constitution was adopted on 10[th] May 1982 and amended on 23[rd] June 2014.
Trustee Selection Method :
Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the AGM.
Honorary Officers Selection:
Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer and other Honorary Officer positions determined annually by election at the AGM.
C. Objectives and Activities
Summary of the Objects of the Charity:
The activities of the charity and the income it generates are applied for the purposes of operating, promoting and maintaining a community centre for the use of the inhabitants of Edenthorpe and the surrounding areas without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, race or political, religious or other opinions. The use of the facility will include meetings, public information sessions, classes and other forms of recreation and leisure time activities in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.
Summary of main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects:
Providing a safe, friendly, attractive and useful community venue, which supports many community activities including entertainment, leisure and educational activities, room hire for parties, celebrations and meetings. The centre also provides a place where members of the local community can meet socially and provides opportunities for activities which actively encourage such interaction and participation.
These activities are undertaken at all times with due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
Additional Details
Edenthorpe Community Centre Association has a small but dedicated group of volunteers who oversee and contribute to the management and operation of the centre. Their duties include: General Administration
Publicity
Room set up assistance
Assisting with building security responsibilities Assisting with the maintenance, upkeep and high standard of cleanliness
D. Achievements and Performance
Although the use of the Centre was still affected by the impact of Covid during the early months of the year, it was pleasing to see hirings increase back to something like pre-pandemic levels by the summer. Unfortunately, some of our previous regular hiring groups did not continue after the break for Covid, but we have had lots of interest from new groups for regular hirings and party bookings, ensuring we have a wide variety of regular activities taking place at the Centre.
The proposed continuation of our plans to further improve and update the facilities at the Centre has been put on hold this year, hopefully the availability of the relevant materials and equipment required for this work will improve to facilitate this work being undertaken during the 2022/2023 financial year.
The Centre continues to be a valuable local resource which is being used by many people from our local communities. With the positive recovery in usage after the impact of the Covid pandemic and the very positive feedback we receive from all those that use the Centre, we continue to be optimistic about the long term future.
E. Financial Review
Policy on Reserves
The reserves held by the charity are all unrestricted funds. These funds are held for the purposes of ensuring the availability of sufficient funds in order to be able to fulfil the charities responsibilities for the maintenance of the community centre. In particular the larger scale facility repairs and renewal and the replacement of fixtures, fittings and equipment and other unforeseen expenditure that may occur that it would not be possible to fund from the annual income generated by the centre.
Details of Funds Materially in Deficit
Not applicable
Source of Funds
The charity’s principal source of funding is from fees paid for the hiring of the community centre.
F. Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustee’s report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
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