# BLACKFORDBY OLD SCHOOL R« 

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2025 

## BLACKFORDBY OLD SCHOOL ROOM CONTENTS OF THE ACCOUNTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2025 

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|Trustees Annual Report||2|
|Independent Examiners Report||4|
|Detailed Income & Expenditure Account||5|
|Balance Sheet||6|
|NotestotheAccounts||7|



The information contained within the financial accounts detailed on pages 1 to4 is intended for the AGM of Blackfordby Old School Room only. No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from action as a result of the information contained within these accounts can be given to any party. 

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## BLACKFORDBY OLD SCHOOL ROOM INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 

## TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2025 

## Charity name: Blackfordby Old School Room 

Charity registration number: 521395 

## OBECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES 

Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document 

The Old School Rooms are to be held on Trust for the purposes of physical and mental training and recreation and social, moral and intellectual development through the medium of reading and recreational rooms, library, lecture classes, recreation and entertainments, or otherwise as may be found expedient for the benefit of the inhabitants of Blackfordby in the County of Leicester and its immediate vicinity without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions. 

Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. 

The Charity lets out the premises to a number of groups based in the village for the purposes of education or entertainment as set out in the governing document 

Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit 

The Trustees follow the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit 

## ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE 

Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. 

The Charity has with the assistance of grants from the National Lottery, Bernard Sunley Foundation, North West Leicester District Council, East Midlands Airport and Ashby Town Council together with donations from a number of individuals in the village and fundraising events has been able to fund the refurbishment of the premises so that they will be available for use as a community facility for the foreseeable future. 

The Trust has been able to provide a number of community groups with cost effective facilities to enhance village life. 

## FINANCIAL REVIEW 

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period 

The Charity has strong reserves able to cover a number of years operating expenditure and sufficient 

Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held 

Reserves are held to cover operating expenditure and unforeseen maintenance and refurbishment 

## Amount of reserves held 

Unrestricrted reserves as at 30th April 2025 were £75,190 

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## BLACKFORDBY OLD SCHOOL ROOM 

## INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2025 

## FINANCIAL REVIEW 

## Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern 

The Trustees do not have any issues with the charity being a going concern 

## STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT 

## Type of governing document 

Trust Deed 

How is the charity constituted? 

## Unincorporated Association 

Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees 

All Officers and Committee Members are elected annual at the General Meeting 

## REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILSs 

|Charity name|Blackfordby Old School Rooms|
|---|---|
|Registered charity number|521395|
|Charity’s principal address|Blackfordby Old School Rooms|
||Main Street|
||Blackfordby|
||SWADLINCOTE|
||DE118AB|



## Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity 

Trustee name Office (if any) 

|Alistair Moore|Chair|
|---|---|
|Katherine Moore|Trustee & Treasurer|
|HazelMaryO'Connor|Trustee|



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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

Signatures Kh r= \CLA0O AX Full names Alistair Moore Katherine Moore Position Chair Treasurer 

Date 16th December 2025 

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BLACKFORDBY OLD SCHOOL ROOM 

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2025 INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT 

Report to the trustees/ members of Blackfordby Old School Room 

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30th April 2025 

Set out on pages 5 to9 

| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30th April 2025. 

As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

## Responsibilities and basis of report 

| 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, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## Independent examiner's statement 

| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention 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 * the accounts do not accord with the accounting records | 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. 

## Signed: Name: 

## Thy aut David Graham Maitland 

Relevant professional pe 4 Bsc FCA qualification(s) or body (if any): 

Address 

158 Malvern Crescent, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 2HW 

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## BLACKFORDBY OLD SCHOOL ROOM 

## INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2025 INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT 

Report to the trustees/ members of Blackfordby Old School Room 

On accounts for the 

year ended 30th April 2025 

Set out on pages 5 to9 

| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30th April 2025. 

As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

## Responsibilities and basis of report 

| 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, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## Independent examiner's statement 

| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention 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 thi - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records | 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. 

## Signed: 

## Name: 

## David Graham Maitland 

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): 

Bsc FCA °¢ 

Address 158 Malvern Crescent, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 2HW 

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## BLACKFORDBY OLD SCHOOL ROOM INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2025 

||Year|to|Year|to|Year to|Year to|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||30 April|2025|30 April|2025|30 April 2025|30 April 2024|
||Ordinary||||||
||Activites||Refurbishment||TOTAL||
||£||£||£|£|
|Income|||||||
|Rental Income||5,035|||5,035|5,011|
|Donations and Fundraising /||3,814||1,081|4,895|3,002|
|Grant Income||0||17,144|17,144|0|
|Grant Income - restricted||||20,000|20,000||
|Bank Interest||166|||166|61|
|||9,015||38,225|47,240|8,074|
|Expenditure|||||||
|Insurance||595|||595|538|
|Repairs & Cleaning||1,124|||1,124|509|
|Fixtures & Fittings||53|||53|650|
|Electricity& Gas||1,213|||1,213|1,472|
|Event/Fundraising|||||||
|Expenses||107|||107|333|
|Rates / Water||269|||269|198|
|Sundries||1,121|||1,121|479|
|Professional fees||||5,877|5,877|3,176|
|Bad Debt Provision||295|||295||
|||4,777||5,877|10,654|7,355|
|Depreciation|||||||
|Depreciation Costs||1,864|||1,864|586|
|||1,864||0|1,864|586|
|Excess of Income over|||||||
|Expenditure before capital||2,374||32,348|34,722|133|
|Capital improvements||||57,857|57,857|0|
|Net income over|||||||
|expenditure||2,374|(25,509)||(23,135)|133|



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## BLACKFORDBY OLD SCHOOL ROOM BALANCE SHEET 

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2025 

|||As|at||As|at||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||30th April||2025|30th April||2024|
|||£|£||£|£||
|FIXED ASSETS||||||||
|Tangible assets||57,306|||1,312|||
|||||57,306|||1,312|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||||||
|CASH||||||||
|Current Account||2,437|||32,456|||
|Reserve Account||14,753|||25,061|||
|GoFund Me Account||0|||1,035|||
|Cash in Hand||72|||112|||
|||||17,262|||58,664|
|DEBTORS||||622|||491|
|||||17,884|||59,155|
|CREDITORS: Amounts due|within 1 year|||||||
|Accruals and deferred income||0|||(20,000)|||
|||||0|||(20,000)|
|NETCURRENTASSETS||||17,884|||39,155|
|NETASSETS||||75,190|||40,468|
|CAPITAL AND RESERVES||||||||
|Prioryears excess of income over||||||||
|expenditure before capital|expenditure|||40,468|||40,336|
|Excess of Income over Expenditure before||||||||
|capital expenditure||||34,722|||132|
|RESERVES||||75,190|||40,468|
|Signedby<br>fl.We||||||||
|.||Alistair Moore|||Chair|||
|AMO|AKR|Katherine Moore|||Treasurer|||
|on16thDecember2025||||||||



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BLACKFORDBY OLD SCHOOL ROOM NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS 

FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2025 

## 1 Accounting Policies 

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the Financial Statements are as follows: 

## a. Basis of accounting 

The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1st January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102 and the Companies Act 2006. 

Blackfordby Old School Room meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transactional value. 

## b. Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis 

The Trust reported a reasoanable surplus for the year and has transferred funds to the Property Fund which represents those reserves which are invested in property. The Trustees believe that this does not adversely affect the Trust and on this basis the charity is a going concern. 

## c. Incoming resources 

All incoming resources are included in the Income & Expenditure Account when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income. 

Grants are recognised when the matching expenditure is incurred. 

Voluntary income is received by way of donations and gifts and is included in full in the Income & Expenditure Account when received. 

Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included in these accounts. 

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the Bank. 

## d. Fund accounting 

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any purposes of the Trust. Designated funds are unrestricted funds which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside for a specific purpose. 

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BLACKFORDBY OLD SCHOOL ROOM NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2025 

## e. Resources expended 

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates. 

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. 

All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the Income and Expenditure Account ona basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly; others are apportioned on an appropriate basis. 

## f. Tangible fixed assets and depreciation 

Individual fixed assets costing £100 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a stright line basis as follows: Buildings - 15 years Fixtures & Fittings - 7 years 

2 ‘Fixed Assets 

|‘Fixed Assets||||
|---|---|---|---|
||Buildings|Fixtures &||
|||Fittings|Total|
||£|£|£|
|Cost||||
|At 1 May 2024|0|3,908|3,908|
|Additions (See Note 2)|57,857|0|57,857|
|Disposals|0|0|0|
|At 30 April 2025|57,857|3,908|61,765|
|Depreciation||||
|At 1 May 2024|0|2,596|2,596|
|Charge for period|444|1,419|1,863|
|Eliminated on disposal||0|0|
|At 30 April 2025|444|4,015|4,459|
|Net Book Value||||
|At30 April 2025|57,413|(107)|57,306|
|At1May2024|0|1,312|1,312|



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3 Refurbishment Expenditure incurred during £ 

## BLACKFORDBY OLD SCHOOL ROOM NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS 

FOR THE YEAR TO 30th APRIL 2025 

||BMI Design|||1,998||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Construction Design|||2,022||
||Approved Building Control|||1,350||
||Heaton Engineering|||1,224||
||Jacks Contruction|Main Contractor||56,108||
||Hedera Screens|Porta-loo Cleaning||63||
||Ramsell & Watkins|Electrical Works||525||
||Tony Torissian|Alarm re-commissioning||444||
|||||63,734||
|4|Debtors||2025||2024|
||||£||£|
||Debtors||917||491|
||Less: Bad Debt Provision||(295)|||
||||622||491|



## 5 Capital Commitments 

As at the 30th April 2025 the outstanding sums due in relation to the refurbishment are £nil (2024 £57,857) 

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