2025-12-31-accounts - Ryton Community Centre

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date D01ay01 January 2025 31 December 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Ryton Community Centre Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 520879 Charity's principal address Cross House Village West RYTON Postcode NE40 3QD

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Malcolm Nicholas Newton			Management Committee
	Winifred Ann Sedgwick			Management Committee
	Erin Rebecca McClymont			Management Committee

	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
	Name	Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charity’s trusts Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Community Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Sought and Appointed by Management Committee Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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Community Centre providing opportunities for local residents/ general public to meet, book rooms for activities or join one of the many sections or user groups. Presently these include Camera Club, Nursery, Yoga Summary of the objects of the Group, Pilates Group, Mother & Toddler Group and Youth Drama Group. charity set out in its governing document All activities at the Centre are open to all to join and benefit from with full disabled access to all facilities. Trustees declare that they have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Close monitoring of regular costs (utilities, cleaning, maintenance) continues enabling the Centre to maintain a sound financial base. Securing a Community Fund (CIL) Grant has enabled the committee to implement major improvements to the fabric and appearance of the facilities available including substantial repairs to roof and guttering to counter water ingress, refitting the kitchen in Cross House to make it suitable for commercial use and fitting out a room in Cross House for use as a Community Room..

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

Management Committee are aware of the Listed Status of the main building and look to maintain a level of reserves adequate to cover perceived repair costs relating to this aspect. Additionally, we look to maintain General reserves at a level to ensure survival of the Centre in the case of enforced closure for a period. Reserves were depleted over the year due to major refurbishment projects but are rebuilding from regular hires of the facility.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

Primary source of Income remains the letting of facilities to local organisations and residents including a long-term lease of Close House itself to a Montessori Nursery.

All expenditure incurred is directly related to keeping the facility available to local and wider communities.
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Alan Ashburner

Full name(s) Alan Ashburner Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc)

Date 20 July 2026.

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RYTON COMMUNITY CENTRE. REG CHARUTY NO. 520879. INCOME/ EXPENDITURE 1.1.25 TO 31.12.25.

Source Amount Totals Destination Purpose Amount GRANTS RECEIVED UTILITIES Coop Grant - £ Gas Supplied 4,295.07 £ Electricity Supplied 4,442.63 £ Sub Total - £ Water Supplied 1,184.00 £ HALL USERS Waste Collection - £ Nursery 20,391.72 £ Sub Total Nursery Waste Contribution 260.04 £ Nursery Electric Contribution 814.67 £ - £ INSURANCE Insurance 3,360.45 £ Parties 370.00 £ CONSULTANCY - £ Camera Club 477.00 £ LEGALS - £ Bravo Performance 1,720.00 £ Batsford Pilates 1,350.00 £ STATUTORY MAINTAINANCE 668.40 £ Baby Hub 582.50 £ EQUIPMENT PURCHASED By The Tyne Fitness 740.00 £ Hendry Pilates 620.00 £ EFFORT COSTS Sundry Hires 185.00 £ Refreshments - £ Materials - £ Neil Christey 440.00 £ Cleaning/ Caretaking Caretaker 1,884.80 £ Cleaning 2,339.96 £ 27,950.93 £ Windows - £ Janitorials 359.87 £ FUND RAISING EVENTS Small Repairs Repairs 1,090.86 £ - £ Major Works 45,627.56 £ - £ DONATIONS Nursery re Kitchen 5,000.00 £ MARKETING 5,000.00 £ CIL Grant Expenditures 0.00 Bank Interest 165.94 £ SUNDRIES - £ 165.94 £ Current £7,419.66 TOTAL INCOMES 33,116.87 £ Reserve 1 £2,700.41 TOTAL EXPENDITURES Brought Fwd. 42,191.80 £ £10,120.07 Surplus Not Pres £65.00 TOTALS 75,308.67 £ Reconciled £10,055.07 I certify that I have examined the books and vouchers of Ryton Community Association and that the above is in accordance therewith and represents a full and fair position Signed. Peter N Milburn 3 February 2026. Alan Ashburner Treasurer	Totals - £ 27,950.93 £	Totals - £ 27,950.93 £	Destination Purpose Amount UTILITIES Gas Supplied 4,295.07 £ Electricity Supplied 4,442.63 £ Water Supplied 1,184.00 £ Waste Collection - £ Sub Total INSURANCE Insurance 3,360.45 £ CONSULTANCY - £ LEGALS - £ STATUTORY MAINTAINANCE 668.40 £ EQUIPMENT PURCHASED EFFORT COSTS Refreshments Materials - £ Cleaning/ Caretaking Caretaker 1,884.80 £ Cleaning 2,339.96 £ Windows - £ Janitorials 359.87 £ Small Repairs Repairs 1,090.86 £ Major Works 45,627.56 £	Totals 9,921.70 £ 3,360.45 £ - £ - £ 668.40 £ - £ - £ 51,303.05 £ - £ 0.00 - £ 65,253.60 £ 10,055.07 £ 75,308.67 £ as at 31 December 2025. 03-Feb-26
	- £			51,303.05 £

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Ryton Community Centre

On accounts for the year 31 December 2025 Charity no 520879 ended (if any)

Set out on pages

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended DD / MM / YYYY .

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.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed 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

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: Peter N. Milburn

Date: 3 February 2026

Name: Peter Neil Milburn Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: 28 Brixham Avenue, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 6XH

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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