**Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended April 5[th] 2025 Reference and Administrative Details Charity name:** Coltman Area Community Assoc **Charity registration number:** 515435 **Principal address:** Maurice Rawling Community Centre Bean Street Hull HU3 2PU ## **Trustees during the year:** Andy Pea Mark Hogben Paul Wells Peter Doncaster **Bankers:** Virgin Money ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The charity is a registered charity governed by its constitution. The trustees are responsible for the strategic direction, governance, and financial oversight of the charity and meet regularly to review activities, finances, and future plans. Trustees are appointed in accordance with the charity’s governing document. New trustees receive an informal induction, including an overview of the charity’s activities, finances, and safeguarding responsibilities. The trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. ## **Objectives and Activities** The charity exists to serve the local community by providing a welcoming, accessible community space and delivering activities that promote wellbeing, inclusion, creativity, and social connection. During the year, the charity focused on: - Providing a safe and inclusive community hub - Supporting individuals and families experiencing isolation or hardship - Delivering creative, social, and wellbeing activities - Working in partnership with local organisations, volunteers, and community groups In planning activities, the trustees have considered how each activity contributes to the charity’s purposes and benefits the public. ## **Achievements and Performance** During the year, the charity delivered a range of community-based activities and services, including: - Regular use of the centre by community groups and local organisations - Creative and cultural activities open to people of all ages - Supportive sessions providing warmth, refreshments, and social connection - Outreach work engaging individuals who may otherwise be isolated The centre continued to be a valued local resource, offering affordable access to space and activities and supporting community-led initiatives. Trustees are pleased with the growth in participation and the strengthening of local partnerships over the year. ## **Financial Review** The charity’s total income for the year was **£26,298** . Income was generated through a combination of: - Donations and grants - Room hire and other trading activities - Community fundraising and small-scale income-generating activity Expenditure was primarily directed towards: - Delivering charitable activities and community services - Maintaining and operating the community centre - Essential governance and administration costs The trustees consider the charity’s financial position at year end to be stable. The charity holds modest reserves to ensure it can continue operating and respond to shortterm challenges. ## **Reserves Policy** The trustees aim to maintain a small level of unrestricted reserves to cover essential running costs and provide financial resilience. At present, reserves are kept under regular review and reflect the charity’s scale of operations and ongoing commitments. ## **Risk Management** The trustees have assessed the main risks facing the charity and have taken steps to mitigate them. Key risks include financial sustainability, reliance on volunteers, and rising operating costs. Mitigation measures include: - Careful budgeting and monitoring of income and expenditure - Diversifying income streams where possible - Strengthening partnerships and volunteer support - Regular review of health and safety and safeguarding arrangements ## **Plans for Future Periods** In the coming year, the trustees plan to: - Continue developing the centre as a welcoming, inclusive community hub - Build on existing activities and partnerships - Explore additional funding opportunities to strengthen sustainability - Celebrate significant milestones in the charity’s history and community impact - Continue improving governance, systems, and facilities where resources allow ## **Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities** The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and Charity Commission guidance. The trustees confirm that, so far as they are aware, there is no relevant audit or examination information of which the charity’s independent examiner is unaware, and they have taken all reasonable steps to ensure that the examiner is aware of any relevant information. **Approved by the trustees on:** 30- 01-2025 **Signed on behalf of the trustees:** (Chair of Trustees) **Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** ~~rr a ee~~ **Section A Receipts and payments** **CC16a** |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||| |Lettings||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| |Hull Labour||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| |Bridgegroup||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| |Polingstation||**400**|**400**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**400**||**600**| |AMC-CCH(church)||**1 360**|**1 360**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**1 360**||**1 316**| |filipino Church||**720**|**720**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**720**||**-**| |ad hoc booking||**590**|**590**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**590**||**-**| |grants||**-**|**-**||**23 187**|**23 187**||**-**|**-**||**23 187**||**4 662**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**3 070**|**3 070**||**23 187**|**23 187**||**-**|**-**||**26 257**||**6 578**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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**_Total receipts_ 3 070**
**23 187**
**-**
**26 257**
**6 578**
~~——————~~|||||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||| |utiiityand water||**2 695**|**2 695**||**2 031**|**2 031**||**-**|**-**||**4 726**||**6 526**| |micellaneous|||||**200**|**200**||**-**|**-**||**200**||**203**| |event funding|||||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**1 051**| |TV licence||**161**|**161**|||||**-**|**-**||**161**||**159**| |Waste management||**451**|**451**||**220**|**220**||**-**|**-**||**671**||**162**| |Bank charges||**18**|**18**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**18**||**-**| |IT equipmentgrant||**-**|**-**||**4 743**|**4 743**||**-**|**-**||**4 743**||**-**| |phone and wifi||**225**|**225**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**225**||**220**| |winter warmer||**-**|**-**||**2 306**|**2 306**||**-**|**-**||**2 306**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **||**3 550**|**3 550**||**9 500**|**9 500**||**-**|**-**||**13 050**||**8 321**| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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**_Total payments_**
**3 550**
**9 500**
**-**
**13 050**
**8 321**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 480**
**13 687**
**- 13 207**
**- 1 743**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**3 251**
**- -**
**3 251**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**2 771**
**13 687**
**- 16 458**
**- 1 743**
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~~SSS55=~~|||||||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**935**
**-**
**1 900**
**13 687**
**-**
**-**
**2 835**
**13 687**
Agreement Error
OK
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**funds**
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**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 ## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** ## **Scott Henderson Housing Manager Goodwin Development Trust** ## **In the course of my examination:** I have _not_ identified any matters giving me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect: - proper accounting records have not been kept, - the accounts do not agree with the accounting records, or - the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011. ## **Conclusion** On the basis of my examination, **nothing has come to my attention** that causes me to believe that the accounts for the year ended **[Accounting year end date]** do not give a true and fair view of the charity’s financial activities, **except as noted above** . ## **Independent Examiner’s Name: Scott Henderson** **Signature:** **Date: 31/1/26** **Address: 40 Boundary Way, Hull, HU4 6DQ** **Qualifications or Relevant Experience (optional):** **1[st] Class BA hon Youth and Communities Studies** **Main responisilities: Overseeing social housing and community developments projects, including delivery of projects, managing budgets and staff management.**