CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ATr4D WALES
Trustses, Annual Report for the period
From 1st March 2022 Period stsrt date To 28th February 2023 Period end dats
Charity name: Earsdon and Weiif*ld Commun5ty Association (EWCA)
Charity rngistration number 513679
Objectives and Activities
Summary of the purposes of
the tharity as set out in its
gobeming doojment
Parnl.17
Tho charfty's objectives are to promote
the benefft of the Inhabltants of Earsdon
and well￿ld and the surroundlng
nelghbourhood wlthout dlstlnctlon of
sex. polltks. religious or other opinlon•.
We offer oppothntties for people to
Improve thelr educalfion and health.
W• provide faclllties for rncrfralion and
lolsure tlme occupakn wlth the object of
improvlng the condltlons of life for tho
Inhabltants and In the interests of thelr
social welfare.
When Indlvidual group funds are Ilmlted
we look forways to keep the group golng
reducin
thelr costs.
Provldo wami, clean and Mmfortable
plac•s for people to m•ei tslk. leam and
partake In actlvilles at a reasonable cosL
Provide a Ilbrary. loan seryico and
emergency response f•ffvlco to th•
communlty.
Hokl Wami Wekomo for those
In need or Isolated.
The Trust￿$ of EWCA follow the
guidellnes of the Charlty Commlsslon's
procodurns In th•ir operatlon.
Summary of the main
adivities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefft. in particular, the
a¢ti%fjlies, projects or services
identified in the accounts.
Pua1.17llnd
Staterr￿1 confirn)ing
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issu8d by the Charity
Commission on public
benefrt
P¥a1.18
Addluonal infomiation (Optional)
Youm
OC￿ to indude further statements whefe r818yBnt about:
1.38
Policy on grant makirKJ
Para 1.38
Poli
on socia In￿tment

including program related
investment
The Tn*tees TM>uld Ilke to thank the
voluntsorn working at the centro for all of
their outstandlng vmrf(. a lot of whlch Is
not seen by our beneficiarfos, but without
thelr efforts the centre woukl not be ab
to function effectlvety.
Thls Includes cleaning. maintMance,
plannlng and tho opening and gengral
runnin
ofthe centr•.
Pwa 1.38
Contribution n*e by
volunteers
Other
Achievements and Perft>nnance
Since COVID th• centre's demographlcs
have changed. whlch caU￿d somo of our
groups to ceaso operation. We have also
galned other new groups to replace th•m.
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identfying the differenck the
charity's work has made to
the Circumstances of ts
benefiaaries and any wider
benefits to sooety as
whole.
Pm13J
In total the centre had over 30 different
groups. clubs and organisatsons using
the centre, not including the resid￿CeS
prfvats hlrns.
Plannlng the lettlngs ofthe rooms, at our
regular wnmlttee mofriings. we consider
the actfvttles vory carefully Én line with
the Charlty Commlsslons guidelines ¢)n
the ￿nefft$ to tho public.
These actlvltl•s Include are Iiot
Ilmlted to:.
4 Independont art groups.
3 Yoga groups,
2 Karats groups
4 Independent art groups.
3 Pllatss
Varlous crnft groups Includlng:.
Cernmic painting and Qulttlng
Dance Academe and a dance school
Book Blnding
Calllgraphy
Fitn•ss
Various Self help and support groups
Counclllorfs Surgerfes
Theatrical groups and rnh•arsal rooms
Wami Wekome Sessions and group5
All theso classos and groups assist in the
health rowth of the local commun

Tho cerrtre also allows Independent
groups to run varlous actfvltles that fft
the need and roqulroments of our
gnywlng communlty.
We alw liko to help n•w group5 to
establlsh themselves and to ass15t other
voluntsry oryanisatio￿.
These acllvltles help Support and nu￿re
the community and help the
neighbourhood bond together agaln as
pre COVID.
Although th• COVID grnnt support h
coas￿. the centro proved itsellto be
8elf-Ilnanclng over th• y•ar.
Tho centre's range of acllvttlos and
communlty support group contlnues to
grow by trying to predkt the forthcothlng
needs ofthe communty.
The Warni Welcome (forn)alty Warni
Bank) proiert was a groat success, not
onty suppty a warni Pla￿ wlth hot
refreshments and combatlng Isolauon
, but acted for a help and communicatlons
network and helplln• for some of the
Addlllonal Infomiatlon (optK>nal)
Youm
choose to irKaude further statenMts where relerdnt about..
. W• have achieved our maln goal of
rnstoring fvll facllitles at tho centre after
runnlng wlth limited scope durlng the
pandemic.
We have proved can 8elf41nance the
baslc running costs of the centrg from
our rental charges and our own
fundraisiry.
W• r•duced our Carbon Footyrfnt by
approxlmatoty 25% thls year comparnd to
our base11￿ from 2019. Thos Is partlalty
due to the Heat Recovery System we
instslled In our two lafge ro(rn
Achievements against
objectives set
Pwa 1.41
PerfO￿nan￿ of fundraising
activities against objectives
Fundraising is lovrnr than vthat
wlshed for from the Muslc Festival
activibes. but the festlval was a great
success wlth over 450 attfrnding. The
rnluctlon is malnty because we dkl not
charge any •ntranc• fee, hence allowing
the publlc to attend a great event without
large expendlture. Thls agaln was a
project to get pgopkn to gain confidence
In meetlng people post COVID.
We also had low lovel of grant succejs
due to funders redlrectlng thelr r8source$
to dlfferent ts et areas
COVID
Pva 1.41

Investment perfom)ance
against objectives
Financial Review
Revi￿ of the charity's
finano81 position at the end
of the period
P8ra 121
At 28th Febft￿ry 2023 the financial
poslilon of the charity was had a total
of£36206 funds, none of whkh was
Statement explaining the
policy for hotding reserves
stating why they are held
122
The Tntstees and Commlttee agreed to
make a new resorv•s Ilst at tho AGM,
which Included 3 to 6 months runnlng
costs. (As per Charlty Commlssion¥
Guldellnes)
Unforoseen malntenance reserves (th•
bulld was l)uitt In 1856 and
unprogrammed repalrs often happen).
Phase 3 replacement roof fund.
InspecOon and upJrad• of hard wlrfng.
Fundln
for restorntlon to the Old Lod
Total ResebV•S golng into 2023 2024
£28.000.00
Thls is made up ofr. -
Runnll￿ exponses as per Charlty
Commlssk)ns guidellnes
£10,500
Unforew Malntsnance
£ 5.000
Phase 3 Roof replacement
£10,1)00
Electrlcal Inspection and Upgrnd• £ 2WO
Funding for Okl Lodge projec( to b•
Amount of reser4es t*1
Para 12Z
Reasons for holdirvJ zero
Pm122
No
Details of fund tThterially in
deficit
ExKAanation of any
unortainties about the
charity continuing as a goiNJ
concem
P*w124
P¥#123
Addllional Infomiatlon (Optionall
You
dK)ose to indude fiirther Staten￿nts where relevant about:
The charity's princtp
sources of funds (including
Our maln Income clxnes from room rental
any fundrasing)
P*• 1.47
Investment policy and
Obj￿1Ve$ induding
social investment Oicy
adopied
Pwa 1A6
A descrFPtion of the prlnc4pal
risks facin
the cha
1.46
In 2024 ￿ come out of our long4erni
reements and will have to acce

a Gonslderable Increase In our outgolng.
We have alroady started looking for
alternatlves
rsu
Other
Structure. Governance and Management
Description of charit￿$
trusts..
Type of goveming d(tument
125
How is the charity
constituted?
P*• 125
Unlncorporated
Trustee selection methojs
induding details of any
constitutiona provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or bcxly entitled
to appoint one or more
tNstees
Pwa125
Suitable candldates ￿lch fft the noads of
the charity and fft within the guideline&
Trustees poslilons come up for renewal
or reappoinlment annualty at the Annual
General Meetlng by the members and
Addltlonal Infomiauon (optional)
You
choose to indude further ststements where relevant *)out:
Policies and pr0￿dureS.
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees
Pwa 1.51
The charity's organisational
structure and any wider
netrwork with which Ihe
charity works
Pw•131
Relatronship with any rnlated
Parttes
Pw•1ts1
(Xher
Reference and Administrative details
Cha
name
Olher name the cha
istered tha
number

Charity's principal aldr8SS

Names of th• charfty Intstees who manage tho charlty
Trnst•• nam•
olfi￿ frf•ny)
charpe￿on
Trustee
Trustee
N*m• of pwson lor body) •ntbtl•d
knt trvst••
M8riory Lockie
Andr￿1 Bullock
Susan Hurst
Leslie P Abemethy
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
rate trustees- names of the dire(*or5 at the date the
Dlf•¢tor nam•
Natr￿ of trustees holding title to propety belorKJfng b the charity
Trn*tse nam•

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Descripts'on of the 8ssets
held in this t
Name and objects of the
Charity on whose behaf the
assets are held and hthv this
falls wtthin the custodian
chari
Details of arrangern￿lts for
safe custody and
segwation of such assets
None
Addltlonal Inforniallon (optlonal)
Namgs and addromes of advlsers lo￿la1 Infomi•tlonl
Type of
Name
AddrM8
advls•r
Name of chlef executlve or names of senlor staff mOm￿rn (Opuonal infomiatlon)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disdosure (rf k
Other o
tional information
Declarations
The tnA$toes declarn that they ￿Vfj approved the trust•es' rgwt abov•.
Slgned on t￿lf of th• charlty's trusttss
Slgnatur•(s)
L.P.
Full namols)
Poslllon (•g Socretsry,
Chalr. otc)
Le￿ie Philip Abernethy
Tr&qsurer
ArKlrew Bulloth
Trustee
174
2013


**Charity Name No (if any) Earsdon and Wellfield Community Association 513679 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1st March 2022 28th Febuary 2023 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**22,354**<br>**3,591**<br>**1,607**<br>**135**<br>**2,900**<br>**12**<br>**7**<br>**-**<br>**30,606**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**30,606**<br>**1,765**<br>**3,779**<br>**1,322**<br>**316**<br>**3,858**<br>**41**<br>**483**<br>**759**<br>**204**<br>**73**<br>**2,046**<br>**249**<br>**6,890**<br>**4,015**<br>**310**<br>**50**<br>**-                             1**<br> **26,159**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**26,159**<br>**4,447**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,447**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Rental income|**22,354**|**-**||**-**||**22,354**||**16,392**|
|Function|**3,591**|**-**||**-**||**3,591**||**530**|
|Sponsorship|**1,607**|**-**||**-**||**1,607**||**70**|
|Donations|**135**|**-**||**-**||**135**||**-**|
|Grants|**2,900**|**-**||**-**||**2,900**||**16,193**|
|Interest Barclays Bank|**12**|**-**||**-**||**12**||**1**|
|Interest NSI Account|**7**|**-**||**-**||**7**||**1**|
||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**30,606**|**-**||**-**||**30,606**||**33,187**|
||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||
||**-**|||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|||||||||**33,187**|
||||||||||
|Rent|**1,765**|||||||**1,765**|
|Utilities|**3,779**|||||||**2,896**|
|Insurance|**1,322**|||||||**1,102**|
|CleaningMaterials|**316**|||||||**349**|
|CleaningFees|**3,858**|||||||**3,144**|
|Licences|**41**|||||||**20**|
|Telephone / Broadband|**483**|||||||**513**|
|Equipment and Purchases|**759**|||||||**500**|
|Transport and Fuel|**204**|||||||**54**|
|Printing, StationaryAdvertisingPost|**73**|||||||**50**|
|General Maintenance labour|**2,046**|||||||**1,713**|
|General Maintenance Material|**249**|||||||**487**|
|Projects|**6,890**|||||||**8,860**|
|Functions|**4,015**|||||||**156**|
|Sundries|**310**|||||||**83**|
|Donation|**50**|||||||**-**|
|Rounding up correction<br>**_Sub total_ **||||||||**-                           2**|
|||||||||**21,690**|
||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||
||**-**||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||
|||||||||**21,690**|
||||||||||
||**4,447**|**-**||||**4,447**||**11,497**|
||**-**|**-**||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**||||**-**||**-**|
||**4,447**|**-**||||**4,447**||**11,497**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

20/12/2023 

1 



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Barclays Current<br>NSI Account<br>Cash in hand<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Barclays Savings<br>Signature<br>~~L P A~~berneth~~y~~<br>~~2~~|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>16,358<br>**-**<br>12,104<br>**-**<br>7,291<br>**-**<br>453<br>**-**<br>**36,206**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>L P Abernethy|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||
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||||Date of<br>approval|
||~~L P A~~berneth~~y~~|L P Abernethy|20/12/2023|
||~~2~~||~~20/12/2023~~|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

~~20/12/2023~~ 

~~2~~ 



CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner s Report
Report to th• truste•sl
membern of
Earsdon & Wellfield Communty Assooation
On accounts for the year
•nded
28th Febrt￿ry 2023
Charlty no
Ilf any)
513679
Set out on pAge8
Page (3) Report
I report to the tNstees on my examination of the accounts of the al
charity (Ihe Trusn for the year ended If o L i o
R•spon8lbllld•• and A8 the charity truths of th• TfU8t. you are responsible for the preparation
ba815 of r•port of the aco)unts in aCCo￿ance with the requirements of the Charities Act
20111lho Acr).
l rnport In resped of my e￿MinatIon of the Tru8f8 ￿¢th1nts canied out
under Section 145 of the 2011 A￿ and in ￿ryIng out my 8xamination, I
have followed the applicable DirectbM8 given by the Charty Comml8sion
under Secti￿ 145(5Mb) of the Act.
I have completed my examinati¢)n. I confimi that no material matters hav•
Con￿ to my attention (other than that disdo*Y bel(yw ") in connection with
the examinatr'on which gives me c4U8e to belie￿ that in. any material
respect:
a¢￿untIng records were not kèpt in actordance with 8ection 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the arminting record8
I have no contxms and ha￿ come xross no other matters in connection
wrth the exarrllnati<Jn to which attention should be drawn In order to enable
proper underslanding of the acc4)unts to be reathed.
' Please ￿te the in Ihe bra(*ets rfthey do not apty.
Independ•nt
examlnerfs Statement
SIgn￿.
/L
Nam•:
Rolgvant prof•sslonal
quallficatlon(s) or body
{If any):
Add￿$.
IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only c•m￿ete rf the exanxner needs to hvJhlight matters of concem (see CC32.
Independent examination ￿ chaiity accwnts.. dire(#ions arKI guidan￿ for
exaniners).
Glve here brlef detalls of
any ttems that tho
examlner wlshes to
dlsclose.
14Z
IER
October 2018 .

Eatsdon and Wellfield Community Association
2022/2023 Accounts
For all organisatlons, it is important to have the relevant and proportionate controls in place covering its
financial and other matters induding both current and future operational issues. These controls Indude
those carried out by the management of the assooation. the records in place and havlng those
Sndependenly verified.
The A550ciation's records have been tested within the period March 2022 to February 2023 and there are
no areas of concem or matters to ralse with the Comm4ttee.
The work carrled out Induded".
Bank and cash balances from the preNrfous accounts for 202V22.
The format of the cash book In use.
8ank reconclllations throughout the finanoal year.
Involces and Income.
Maintalnin8 agreed operatlonal balances
A programme of contlnuing improvements for the ￿ntre and community
Seeklng external fundin8 where possible
Notin8 the good prattices arlslng from the re￿nt pandemic
The Independent test checkin8 at Committee meetin85
Dlscusslons again took place at the stsrt of the financial year with regard to the plans for the year glven the
easin8 of restrlctlons from the pandemic and the commitments of the centre itself e.&, heat
recovery/ventllation system. The format of the cash boovaccounts continues to be improved upon over
recent years and these contlnue to provlde the necessary information for both accountlng and
mana8ement information, in line wlth the requlrements of the Charity Commission and for other
mana8ement purposes.
The audlt testln8 Induded examination of documents relevant to amounts and disdosures In the accounts
and notes. Thls evidence was suffident to 8lve reasonable assuran￿ that the accounts and notes are free
from materlal mlsstatement as well as demonstratin8 that there are adequate and effectlve controls in
pla￿.
In my oplnlon the audlt work carried out falrly represents the sltuation of Earsdon and Wellfield
Community Association for the year ended 28 February 2023 and wlll allow for the subsequent completlon
of the Charities Commission return. The Assooation has a satisfactory finandal situation and has again
financed projects, many with a much lesser 8rants contributlon, to provide improvements mainly with
re8ard to health and safety re air quality and economies on utility charge5.
The finandal position at the yearryend provides the stsbility required under the 8uidelines in terms of
reserves compared with running costs, whith gives an encoura8in8 Position for the 2023124 accounts.
Malcolm Wilkinson
4July 2023