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

**From** 1 January 2023 **To** 31 December 2023 **Charity name:** Hathersage Memorial Hall **Charity registration number:** 520541 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP<br>reference||
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|Summary of the purposes<br>of the charity as set out<br>in<br>its<br>governing<br>document|Para 1.17|The purpose of the Charity is the provision<br>and  maintenance  of  Hathersage  Village<br>Hall for the use of the inhabitants of the<br>Parish  of  Hathersage  and  its  immediate<br>vicinity without distinction of political,<br>religious, or other opinions, with the object<br>of improving the conditions of life for the<br>saidinhabitants.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities  in  relation  to<br>those  purposes for  the<br>public<br>benefit,<br>in<br>particular,  the  activities,<br>projects<br>or<br>services<br>identified<br>in<br>the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The hall shall be used for meetings,<br>lectures, classes, and other forms of<br>recreation  and  leisure  time  activities,  as<br>well as available for private hire.|
|Statement<br>confirming<br>whether the trustees<br>have  had  regard  to  the<br>guidance  issued  by  the<br>Charity Commission on<br>public benefit.|Para 1.18|The trustees of Hathersage Memorial Hall<br>are aware of the Charity Commission<br>guidance on public benefit and have taken<br>it into account when making decisions on<br>behalf of the charity.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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||SORP reference||
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|Policy ongrantmaking.|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Policy on social<br>investment including<br>program related<br>investment.|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers.|Para 1.38|The trustees of Hathersage Memorial Hall<br>and  members  of  the  hall  management<br>committee volunteer their time for free to<br>ensure that the hall facilities are<br>maintained  and  improved  and  that  the<br>charityremainsfinanciallyviable.|
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the<br>charity, identifying the<br>diference the charity’s<br>work has made to the<br>circumstances of its<br>benefciaries and any<br>wider benefts to society<br>as a whole.|Para 1.20|Hathersage  Memorial  Hall  is  a  popular<br>venue for community events. As well as<br>regular users, such as Hathersage Choir,<br>Hathersage  Players,  Hathersage  Parish<br>Council, Baby and Toddler group and the<br>U3A, other events such theatre, cinema,<br>live music, yoga, singing, badminton,<br>pickleball,  community  parties,  weddings<br>and birthdays are held almost throughout<br>the  year.  The  Hall  also  regularly  hosts<br>groups of climbers and walkers. It is at<br>the  heart  of  what  makes  our  village  a<br>great place to live. Most large events are<br>in the Main Hall but there are two smaller<br>adjoining halls, the Lawrence Hall and the<br>Sampson Hall, that are also opened up to<br>add more space for bars and<br>entertainment. There is a fully equipped<br>kitchen and male and female toilets and<br>onewitheasy access.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set.|Para 1.41|A  major  objective  for  the  management<br>committee for 2023 was to raise money to<br>refurbish  the  toilets.  This  was  achieved<br>through a successful application of £8470<br>from the National Lottery Community<br>Fund.|
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|Performance of<br>fundraising activities<br>against objectives set.|Para 1.41|In addition to the funds from the National<br>Lottery Community Fund the hall received<br>a grant of £500 from Councillor Alasdair<br>Sutton to help refurbish the toilets. The<br>hall also received several generous<br>donations of money from Jumblies<br>(£2000), an organisation, which organised<br>regular jumble sales in the hall,<br>Hathersage<br>Players<br>(£150)<br>and<br>Hathersage and Outseats Church Charity<br>(£200).|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives.|Para 1.41|The hall has money in a COIF Charities<br>Deposit  Fund.  This  is  a  UK  Common<br>Deposit Fund managed by CCLA<br>Investment Management Ltd, which is the<br>largest  manager  of  charity  funds in  the<br>UK.  CCLA  was  formed  in  1987  and  is<br>owned by investment funds of three client<br>groups  –  churches,  charities  and  local<br>authorities.  The  COIF  Charities  Deposit<br>Fund is designed specifcally for the<br>charity  sector  and  is  categorised  as  a<br>short-term Low Volatility Net Asset Value<br>MoneyMarketFund.At the end of 2023|





the  amount  in  the  fund  was  £15,943 which attracted net interest of £675 over the year. Other 



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>fnancial position at the<br>end of the period|Para 1.21|Hathersage Memorial Hall had a surplus<br>of  £15,230  at  the  end  of  2023  (income<br>£34,197, expenditure £18,967). Much of<br>this surplus will be used to refurbish the<br>toilets and thiswillstart earlyin 2024.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding<br>reserves stating why<br>they areheld|Para 1.22|An  approximate  amount  of  one  year’s<br>worth of expenditure is held in reserve to<br>use in the event of unforeseen repairs and<br>maintenance ofthe building.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|The sum of £15,943 is held COIF Charities<br>DepositFund as areserve.|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially<br>indefcit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a<br>going concern.|Para 1.23|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds<br>(including any<br>fundraising).|Para 1.47|The principal source of income in 2023<br>was from lettings of the hall (£22,877).<br>Grants  and  donations  amounted  to<br>£11,320 in 2023 and interest from the<br>COIFCharitiesDepositFund£675.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted.|Para 1.46||
|A description of the<br>principal risks facing the<br>charity.|Para 1.46|The  principal  risk  facing  Hathersage<br>Memorial Hall is damage or wear-and-<br>tear  to  the  building  structure  that<br>requires extensive expenditure.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing<br>document.|Para 1.25|Hathersage Memorial Hall has a<br>constitution that was last formally<br>approved at the Annual General<br>Meeting on the 7 March 2015 and is<br>regularly<br>reviewed<br>by<br>the<br>management committee.|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|According<br>to<br>the<br>constitution<br>Hathersage Memorial Hall was<br>declared a trust on 19 May 1930. The<br>Parish Council of Hathersage (HPC) is<br>the Custodian Trustee of the Charity<br>and the land, with the building is held<br>in  trust  by  HPC  for  the  Charity.  All<br>documentation relating to Hathersage<br>Memorial Hall has recently been<br>reviewed by a representative of Rural<br>Action Derbyshire (RAD) an afiliate of<br>Action with Communities in Rural<br>England  (ACRE),  who  indicated  that<br>no changes to these arrangements or<br>governing documentswererequired.|
|Trustee selection<br>methods including<br>details of any<br>constitutional provisions<br>e.g. election to post or<br>name of any person or<br>body entitled to appoint<br>one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are identifed and appointed<br>by the management committee.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees.|Para 1.51|New Trustees are provided with the<br>Charity Commission Charity Trustee<br>welcome pack:<br>(https://www.gov.uk/government/<br>publications/charity-trustee-welcome-<br>pack).|
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|The charity’s<br>organisational structure<br>and any wider network<br>with which the charity<br>works.|Para 1.51|Hathersage<br>Memorial<br>Hall<br>Management  Committee  consists  of<br>Elected  Members  appointed  at  the<br>AGM,<br>Representative<br>Members,<br>appointed from not more than seven<br>user groups and no more than two Co-<br>opted members, from individuals<br>deemedft by the committee.|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties.|Para 1.51|N/A|
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 



|Charityname|HathersageMemorial Hall|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity<br>uses|N/A|
|Registered charity<br>number|520541|
|Charity’s principal<br>address|Oddfellows Road,<br>Hathersage,<br>Hope Valley<br>S32 1DU|





## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5|**Trustee name**|**Ofice (if**<br>**any)**|**Dates acted if not**<br>**for wholeyear**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||PhilipBenson|Treasurer|||
||Mike Pullman||||
||Marion Codd||||
||Heather<br>Rodgers||||
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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 

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

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|N/A|
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|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf<br>the assets are held and<br>how this falls within the<br>custodian charity’s<br>objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements<br>for safe custody and<br>segregation of such<br>assets from the charity’s<br>own assets|N/A|



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

|**Type of adviser**|**Name**<br>**Address**|**Name**<br>**Address**|
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|Independent<br>Auditor of the<br>account|Brian<br>Wood|East Midlands Audit Services Ltd<br>(https://emasltd.co.uk)|
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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 

N/A 

## **Other optional information** 

N/A 



## **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)** Philip Benson ~~es~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc)** ~~a~~ **Date** 26-03-2024 ~~a~~ 



**Hathersage Memorial Hall** 

**Hathersage Memorial Hall 520541 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 **To from** ~~ee ee ee ee~~ 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 


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|Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|
|Total funds|Last year|
|funds|funds|funds|
|to the nearest      £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|
|A1 Receipts|
|Lettings|22,877|-|-|22,877|21,066|
|Grants|8,970|-|-|8,970|-|
|Donations|2,350|-|-|2,350|2,400|
|Interest|675|-|-|675|155|
|Misc Refunds|-|-|-|-|500|
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|34,872|-|-|34,872|24,121|
|Sub total|(Gross income for AR)|
|A2 Asset and investment sales,|
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|——————|Total receipts|34,872|-|-|34,872|24,121|
|A3 Payments|
|Utilities|6,216|-|-|6,216|5,397|
|DDDC Waste Management|738|-|-|738|711|
|Insurance & Music Licence|3,536|-|-|3,536|2,824|
|Broadband and phone|701|-|-|701|461|
|Repair & Maintenance|2,346|-|-|2,346|6,659|
|Cleaning|3,981|-|-|3,981|-|
|Sundries|1,449|-|-|1,449|499|
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|Sub total|18,967|-|-|18,967|16,551|
|A4 Asset and investment|
|purchases,|(see table)|
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|Sub total|-|-|-|-|-|
|—|Total payments|—————|18,967|-|-|18,967|16,551|
|Net of receipts/(payments)|15,905|-|-|15,905|7,570|
|A5 Transfers between funds|-|-|-|-|-|
|A6 Cash funds last year end|-|-|-|-|-|
|Cash funds this year end|===>|15,905|-|-|15,905|7,570|

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

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>NatWest Current Account<br>COIF Charities Deposit Fund<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>#VALUE!<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**36,109**<br>**-**<br>**16,080**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**52,189**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>PhilipBenson<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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## **Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Hathersage Memorial Hall Charity No 5520541** 

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of Section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply.  It is my responsibility to examine the accounts under Section 43(3) of the Act and to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 43(7) (b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of examiner's report** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners.  An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.  It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts,  and  seeking  explanations  from  you  as  trustees  concerning  any  such matters.  The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. 

## **Independent Examiner's statement** 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements 

   - to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 41 of the Act and 

   - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and 

   - to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met, or 

2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached, 

(Signed)    BRIAN WOOD 

Qualification: D.M.A. Address: Amberley,  298 Smedley Street,  Matlock, DE4 3LH Date: 05.03.2024 

