Trustee Annual Report for the financial year ending 31 December 2024.
Tallarn Green Village Hall. Tallarn Green. SY14 7LJ. Registered number 519252.
Willington and Worthenbury Community Council is the (owner) nominated responsible body for Tallarn Green Village Hall. Helen Pike, as Chairman of the Community Council sits as nominated Trustee on the Village Hall Committee. The Village Hall is run by a Committee, consisting of a Chairman; Deputy Chairman; Treasurer; Secretary; Trustee plus 3 coopted members.
In August 2023, following a specialist report which condemned the hall flooring, the hall closed. Consultation with a number of companies, the Committee agreed to engage a local company to install a sprung wooden floor on an insulated concrete base.
During this period funds were raised via 2 grants plus a Just Giving page. The grants were for £34,747.09 (Shared Prosperity Key Fund Government grant) and £5k (Bernard Sunley Foundation grant) plus match funding from the hall. Additional works were identified during the renovation such as replacing skirting boards, water-proofing a damp gable end wall, redecoration and two window replacements. The original shared prosperity key fund grant offer for the floor replacement (£31,786.69) was incrementally increased to include these additional costs
All works were completed by 8 April 2024 and the Hall was reopened with a Village wide event on 29 April 2024.
The Committee worked to ensure that hall bookings quickly recovered to pre closure levels. This was in addition to regular events held by the Committee, which include Together Tuesdays and a visit from the mobile library every four weeks. This is a coffee morning to bring together local residents. Since the Village public house closed we host a Pop-up bar every two months. Activities such as these add to the income stream of the Hall generated from outside bookings.
The final accounts for 2024 reflect a sound financial position which is a direct result of the Committee’s proactive stance and puts the Village Hall in a healthy state for the forthcoming year.
It must also be acknowledged that funding levels for 2024 were exceptional. This was because we received large amounts of one-off grant funding. If those figures are stripped out then our generated income was £6,271.36., which is the region of the Hall’s normal income.
C Helen Pike
Trustee and Chairman of Willington and Worthenbury Community Council
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the peri¢xl fr 01.01.2024 31.12.2024 Endowment fund5 funds • th• n••r•st R•stricted funds Total funds Last y•ar t• th• n••r•s¢ t ta th• rh•ar•5t£ • th• nMr••t£ t• th• nr•S1£ A1 Receipts Donatw)n5 4484 Hall hire Event ino)me Grant- Sh8fBd WDspIty Fund Grant- 88mard Sunley Fourvjation 34.747 34747 Sub total{Gn>ss income forAR 6,123 39.747 45,870 4,705 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table>. Sale olold bench8s 149 149 Sub total 149 149 rotal rncwpts 6.271 39.747 46.018 4.e69 A3 Payments ElectrKaty ter 262 Insurance MaintenarK l operkn'ThJ cost Grant mwntrship Event ense Acb"vÉs. Londina5s atsJ lsoktson grant Repk¢xm8nt fb)or and asgyiatsd rkS 901 713 1,018 10 1.018 10 10 31 31 2.013 43.613 1.123 2,366 2,013 43.613 Sub total 1644 45,626 4B,270 4.584 A4 Ass¢t and inveslment purchases. (see table) Sub total 46.626 48.2TO Net of recwptsl(payments) 3.627 4.879 -2.261 A6 Cash funds last year •nd Cash funds this year end 16.274 16,036 2.013 17,286 16,036 386 Unrestricted RestsiGt•d funds Endovmient funds funds to rnar•stt t• e B1 Cash funds Cash at Bank 14765 Petty Cash 270 Total cash funds 16.036 •y)n$))
lunts funds t• n•r•81 £ loption•l) Cost Cuff•ntvlu• B4 Ass•ts r•tain•d for tho oharity's own us• Fund tsThkh iknbMy 86 Li*bilili•s SvJned by one or iwo trustees on behal of all the trustees Date of approval SnatUre Print Name e 14 Pi Ilr- 271101iJ-
I nd ependent examiner’s report to the trustees of Tallarn G reen Village Hall
I re po rt t o th e tru ste es o n my exa m i n ati on of t h e a cc o u n t s of th e Ta l la r n G ree n V i llage H a ll (th e Tru st) fo r th e ye a r e n d e d 31 Decem b e r 20 24 .
Responsibilities an d basis of report
As the cha rity trustees of the Trust you are responsi ble for th e preparation of the accou nts i n accorda nce with the req u ire ments of the Cha rities Act 20 1 1 (‘the Act’) .
I re port i n respect of my exa min ation of the Trust’s accou nts ca rried out u nd er section 1 45 of the 20 1 1 Act and i n ca rryi ng out my exami nation I have followed all th e a p plicable Di rections given by the Cha rity Com miss ion u nder section 1 45 (5) (b) of the Act.
In d ependent examiner’s statement
I have completed my exa m i nati o n . I confi rm that no mate rial matters have come to my attention i n con nection with the exa mi nati on giving me cause to believe that in a ny material respect:
- 1 . a ccou nti ng reco rd s were not ke pt i n res pect of the Trust as req ui red by section 1 30 of the Act; or
2. the accou nts do not acco rd with those records.
I h ave no concerns a nd have come across no other matters i n connecti on with the exa mination to whi ch atte ntion shou ld be d rawn in this repo rt in order to enable a pro pe r u ndersta nd i n g of the accounts to be reached .
Signed
Na me: Edwa rd D awson
The I nstitute of Cha rte red Accou ntants i n Englan d a nd Wa les ACA: 3381 298 Address: 2 Th e Elm s, Ta llarn G reen, SY1 4 7HY
Date: 1 0 Decem ber 2025