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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**
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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
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£
27,950.93
£|Totals
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£
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
£
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£
668.40
£
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£
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£
51,303.05
£
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0.00
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£
65,253.60
£
10,055.07
£
75,308.67
£
as at 31 December 2025.
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## **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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**October 2018**
**IER**
**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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**October 2018**
**IER**