
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  01 November 2022 To 31 October 2023** 

## **Charity name: Llanteg Village Hall** 

## **Charity registration number: 518213** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The Trustees shall apply the clear income<br>and property of the Charity for charitable<br>purposes for the general benefit of the<br>inhabitants of the local communities<br>including:-<br>The relief of the aged, impotent and poor,<br>The relief of distress and sickness,<br>The provision and support of a Village Hall<br>for improving the conditions of life in the<br>interests of social welfare, for recreation<br>and other leisure time occupation, and<br>The provision and support of educational<br>facilities.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The relief and support to our communities<br>is focussed on social engagement and<br>interaction through our Village Hall.  As<br>such the foundation of the Charity is the<br>provision, maintenance and improvement<br>of a fit for purpose and sustainable Village<br>Hall to provide facilities for a wide range of<br>community activities including:-<br>Two short mat bowls teams,<br>Art and Craft groups,<br>Community library and reading group<br>A Garden Club,<br>A Walking group<br>Indoor games evenings,<br>Regular coffee mornings,<br>Winter quiz evenings,<br>A Coronation tea party, and<br>A summer show.<br>During the year significant effort was spent<br>on physical improvements to the Village<br>Hall focussed on reducing our operating<br>costs and reducing our carbon footprint to<br>improve our sustainability.  We were very<br>fortunate to obtain several grants to<br>support our efforts.|





|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Throughout the year the Trustees have had<br>due regard to the guidance on public<br>benefit through a continual focus on what<br>the Charity is established to achieve and<br>how the activities of the Charity bring<br>benefit to our communities.  All our<br>Trustees sit on our Management<br>Committee and through this they continue<br>to influence, guide and control the<br>furtherance of the Charity’s purposes to<br>ensure that everything we do is for public<br>benefit.<br>At no point have we departed from the<br>guidance.|
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|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The Charity does not make grants.|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|The Charity does not engage in social<br>investment.|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|All of our activities are run by volunteers.<br>We have a nucleus of around 20 regular<br>volunteers across our user groups and<br>Management Committee.<br>This year we provided match funding to<br>one of the grants that we received for<br>supply and installation of solar powered car<br>park lighting through volunteer time and<br>effort.  This equated to 100 hours of<br>volunteer time and free use of equipment<br>and materials which combined equated to<br>£2500 to match the grant of circa £10,000.|
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## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference 



|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The Charity has sustained all the long term<br>community user groups at the lowest cost<br>possible by continually looking at ways to<br>reduce operational expenditure.  The<br>Charity was able to attract a number of<br>small grants to help fund the following<br>improvements to the Village Hall during the<br>year:-<br>Replacement of outdated boiler with new<br>high efficiency boiler and new controls,<br>Replacement of all external windows and<br>doors with modern double glazed units,<br>Addition of external insulation and new<br>render to two thirds of the external walls,<br>and<br>Supply and installation of solar powered<br>car park lighting.<br>With the support of grants we also ran<br>several additional events during the<br>2022/2023 winter where we also provided<br>free food and beverages to help our<br>community through the cost of living crisis.<br>We also distributed free staple food items<br>through free draws at the events, as well as<br>donating unwanted items to a local food<br>bank.|
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|During the year we raised £1,094 in<br>donations for charitable purposes with<br>beneficiaries selected in relation to local<br>needs/connections including:-<br>The Autism Society,<br>Tenby First Responders,<br>DEC Turkish & Syrian Earthquake,<br>Marie Curie,<br>Macmillan,<br>Young Onset Dementia,<br>Cardiac Risk in the Young, and<br>Pembrokeshire Action to Combat Hardship.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Income for the year - £50,617<br>Of which grant income – 43,306<br>Expenditure for the year - £49,323<br>Of which grant expenditure – 39,120<br>Total Hall Funds - £19,361<br>Of which restricted funds - £4,742|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Any annual operating surplus is held as<br>reserves using a deposit account with our<br>bank.  These reserves are held to ensure<br>the long term viability of the Charity, with<br>sufficient cover for unforeseen or abnormal<br>costs such as sudden high energy prices or<br>urgent maintenance needs.<br>All grant funding and bequests are classed<br>as restricted funds and are identified<br>separately to meet the requirements of<br>grants and bequests.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Total reserves £19,361 of which £4,742 are<br>restricted funds.|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/a|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|None|



|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit<br>Para 1.24<br>Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit<br>Para 1.24<br>Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23|None<br>None|
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|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Grants,<br>Reduced rate rentals from community user<br>groups,<br>Commercial user full rate rentals, and<br>Donations.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|N/a|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Loss of the Village Hall – protected through<br>insurances,<br>Increased running costs – mitigated<br>through recent focus on hall improvements<br>to reduce carbon footprint,<br>Loss of users – mitigated through highly<br>active volunteers and Management<br>Committee developing new and varied<br>activities, and<br>Loss of volunteers – mitigated through local<br>recruitment, mentoring and retention.|





Other

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Trustees incorporated as a body|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|New Trustees are either selected by the<br>existing Trustees or via nominations at the<br>Annual General Meeting, as and when<br>deemed necessary to ensure the<br>continuance of the Charity.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Llanteg Village Hall|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|518213|
|Charity’s principal address|Llanteg Village Hall<br>Llanteg<br>Narberth<br>Pembrokeshire<br>SA67 8QE|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Simon Lander|Chairman|||
||RoyJames|Vice-Chairman|||
||MaryMegarry|Treasurer|||
||Carol Lander|Secretary|||
||Susan James|Vice-Secretary|||
||TonyBrinsden||||
||Jill Roberts||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/a held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|Accountant<br>(Annual<br>inspection<br>of<br>accounts)|Carwyn Morgan|Ashmole & Co<br>The Old School<br>The Quay<br>Carmarthen<br>SA31 3LN|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Simon Antony Lander **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc) Date** 23/07/2024 



|**Income and Expenditure Account 1/11/22- 31/10/23**|**Income and Expenditure Account 1/11/22- 31/10/23**|||**21/22**||
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|Income|Room Hire<br>|3,896.00||2,873.00||
||Newsleter<br>|475.00||720.00||
||Grants<br>|43,755.68||4,263.01||
||Donatons<br>|1,094.24||587.42||
||Sundry Income<br>|520.42||||
||100 Club<br>|600.00||482.00||
||Jubilee|||673.80||
||Bank Interest<br>|276.01||13.59||
||||50,617.35||9,612.82|
|Expenditure|Maintenance<br>|2,610.09||1,389.82||
||General<br>|162.87||||
||Newsleter<br>|544.00||542.00||
||LHP/Utlites<br>|2,241.04||2,406.40||
||Cleaning<br>|611.67||||
||WiFi<br>|227.14||554.40||
||Insurance<br>|1,194.30||1,288.66||
||Admin<br>|173.10||465.09||
||Projects - Own funds<br>|748.79||-||
||Projects - Grant funding<br>|39,646.90||2,537.21||
||Jubilee|||673.10||
||Events<br>|353.99||||
||Bank Charges<br>|70.40||60.21||
||Donatons<br>|739.64||337.00||
||.||49,323.93||10,253.89|





Operating surfeit/(deficit) 1,293.42 (641.07) 



Opening Balance Receipts 

|Current Account|540.07|81,763.48|
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|Deposit Account|17,527.24|41,331.69|
|||**Cash at Bank**|
||Made up of:|Restricted Fun|
|||General Funds|





Withdrawals Closing Balance 

||80,936.55|1,367.00|
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||40,865.20|17,993.73|
|||**19,360.73**|
|nds||4,741.74|
|s||14,618.99|





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Room Hire
Newsletter
Grant5
Donations
Sundry Income
100 Club
Jubllee
Bank Interest
3,896.00
475.00
43,755.68
1,094.24
520.42
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2.873.00
720.00
4.263.01
587.42
482.00
673.80
13.59
276.01
50.617.35
9,612.82
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Maintenance
General
Newsletter
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Cleanlng
WIFI
Insurance
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Events
Bank Char8e5
2,610.09
162.87
544.00
2,241.04
611.67
227.14
1.194.30
173,10
748.79
39,646.90
1,389.82
542.00
2.406.40
554AO
1,298.66
465.09
2.537.21
673.10
353.99
70.40
60.21
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739.64
337.00
49323.93
10.253.89
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1393.42
1641.071