2024-08-31-accounts

SCHOLAR GREEN COMMUNITY VILLAGE HALL

INCOME & EXPENDITURE FOR PERIOD 1 SEPT 2024 TO 31 AUG 2024

EXPENDITURE

INCOME

Cleaning Heating, Lighting and Water Improvements and Repairs Miscellaneous Insurance Broadband Excess Income over Expenditure Balance as at 1st September 2022 Cash in Hand Bank Current Account Business reserve Account Plus Excess Income Over Expenditure	2,496.00 3,658.53 4,720.00 2,131.47 1,172.16 311.87
	14,490.03 68,797.18
	83,287.21
	0.00 45,455.92 886.27
	46,342.19 68,797.18
	115,139.37

Organised Lets	13,971.26
Outside Lets	1,831.00
Party Lets:	1,503.75
Grants:
Odd Rode PC	1,500.00
Interest	12.94
Donation	16.00
Fundraising
Functions	1,396.53
Bernadette
Collection	932.50
Legacy Ian
Malcolm Cadman	62,123.23
	83,287.21
Balance as at 31st
August 2024
Cash in Hand	0.00
Bank Current
Account	114,240.16
Business Reserve
Account	899.21
	115,139.37

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Ch8rity 5,.lknr',o On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) 31" /¥ug 2024- £14-i52 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended sij o%1 2ozkF Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report 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. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention sed below) 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 Independent examiner's statement 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. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: IER October 2018

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February 2025

Scholar Green Community Village Hall is a charitable trust, looked after by volunteers

Work completed since the last newsletter : (Jan 2024)

• The roof repair at the junction between the storeroom and the access toilet is to be repaired soon, new lead flashing is required, it was repaired with an asphalt type substitute many years ago,(after the lead flashing was stolen) which has now worn out, and the coping stones have loosened.

• We now have updated estimates for the main hall floor, and associated follow up works. Our application to the Big Lottery Fund was unsuccessful. Following feedback from the BLF were told that it was a good application, but that there was on overwhelming number of applications for the Cheshire East area and they had to pick out the applications that would benefit most people. Following the Covid outbreak there were lots of applications from food banks, before and after school clubs, warm space clubs etc. It would seem that a village hall with over 1000 visitors a month, that needs a major structural repair and new floor is not a priority.

• New Gas Boiler installed July 2024 after the old (20yrs) one came to the end of its life.

• Work under consideration:

Main Building:

We hope to go ahead with replacing the main hall floor and foundations this summer, following a very generous donation from Mr Ian Cadman who once lived in Wavertree Avenue. He left money in his will for the benefit of the village hall. We are very grateful for this, we would not be in a position to be going ahead with the work at this point without his generosity.

Grants received and used for improvements: Odd Rode Parish Council

The Parish Council gave us £1500 to go towards the new floor, and we are allowed to keep it in reserve until the work is completed. (Parish Council grants usually have to be spent within the year)

Bookings and Activities at the Hall

The Fruit and Produce Show in September 2024 and the December Advent Event were again successful community events. The Art Group held their weekend exhibition in October. And the Mothers Union Christmas Bazaar was a success. There were several Quiz evenings which were well attended and very popular.

Bookings in general are good. The puppy training is to be reinstated in April, on Monday evenings from 6.30 to 7.30, by appointment only, see the Facebook page for more details, or the notice at the entrance to the village hall.

Monday and Friday evenings are available for hire, as well as daytime spaces on some Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays after 11.30am. Weekend bookings continue to be popular for both children’s and family parties and other activities.

We are always looking for volunteers, both at a professional and a practical level.

If you could help in any way, by joining either the Friends Group or the committee, we would be extremely pleased to hear from you. The maintenance of the village hall is a continuous and expensive task; any savings we can make will be used for the improvement of the hall and helps to keep the hire costs down.

The hall is managed by volunteers and we need more of them to share the tasks.

The committee is extremely grateful to all who help at the village hall in whatever capacity, whether doing jobs or helping at the various volunteer led activities. The committee needs to know what the users of the hall want from the hall. Are you happy with the way it is run? If not, we need you to tell us. Contact your group representative or any committee member, their details are at the end of this newsletter.

If you are considering a family celebration or get together, the hall is available at weekends and during the daytime most days.

To hire the hall, which is available at modest rates, please contact any committee member or find the booking details on the website, www.scholargreenvillagehall.co.uk where you can download a booking from, or email [e-mail] or find us on Facebook at Scholar Green Village Hall

Scholar Green Village Hall is a Charitable Trust looked after by volunteers. The management committee is made up of group representatives, elected and co-opted members, and elected officers

Committee meetings are usually held monthly according to availability. The elected officers until the next AGM (24th Feb 2024) are

Chairman	Andrew Shaw	07812717084
Treasurer	Ian Baileff	01782 772926
Secretary	Linda Morley
Bookings	Marion Simpson	01782 784011 [e-mail]

REGULAR ACTIVITIES at SCHOLAR GREEN VILLAGE HALL

Day	Group	Contact
1st Monday in the month 2pm to 4pm	MOTHERS UNION	Barbara Jones 01270 874774
Mondays 6.30pm to 7.30pm	PUPPY TRAINING Need to pre book	Widerness Walks Contact Sophia [e-mail]
Tuesdays 8.15am to 9.15 9.30am Pilates 10.45am to 11.30am	PILATES WITH /KATE Pilates Pilates DDMIX DANCE Aerobic dance class	Kate 07746 202179 Contact Kate for availability
Tuesday 1.15pm to 3.45pm	NIMBLE FINGERS Friendship and Crafts Lots of crafts and good company	Frank & Marion Simpson 01782 784011
Tuesday 5.00 to 8.00pm	GENESIS DANCE TROUPE Boys and girls from walking age to adult	Lucy07549231311 Mandy 07512 006154
Tuesdays 2ndand last Tuesdays in the month	SLOW FOLK MUSIC An opportunity for instrumentalists to get together andplay	Kathryn 07775 517196
Wednesday 7pm to 9pm (Sept to April)	ART GROUP	Dave Evans 07970 166 423
Thursdays 6.30pm to 7.15 pm	BELLY DANCING ladies from ages 18 to 80+	Marineann Griffiths 01270 877211 07582 023168
Thursdays 7.45pm to 9.45pm	RODE HALL SILVER BAND	rodehallband.org.uk
Fridays 9.15am to 10.15am	BABIES & TODDLERS Parents /Carers	Find Scholar Green Baby and Toddler Group on facebook
Sunday7pm to 9pm	RODE HALL SILVER BAND	rodehallband.org.uk