THORNTON COMMUNITY CENTrE JML96 PlayGrtYJp ftTG 74&LYI erownles 9,19D 20.03 YO8 FOl&StTrek Spm5Uub P¥i15hCoundlJ￿l11e PPL PPS I¥L￿k5 27L20 £596.66 I￿&?7 IA)) Oaworth&Tlhynton P4rfth C¢wn NBBC Coronaiim Gr4ilt HBB¢Ru¢*l¢owd 6r•ryt ryJ L361JS 405 4￿57.23 Furtdr*slni AMI￿n$r￿lIe DEP051fACCI)JNTII1TE￿sr ÉL470. £37.54 WATER J*L TESfS&WATEAIIEATUI¥MI £ISL75 LAPKÉ AT ao/c4122 CA5M IN IL CURRENT Accoupn 17015AI ¢vosrrAccouKr £74711 CASH IF4 TrIAND CUAREKFAttouwr TOTAL cQiTCtrl CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trust8 Thomton Communty Centre On accounts for the yoar endad 2023 Chartty no Ilf any) 521506 Sot out on pag•s I report to the trustees on my examin*'on of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year eThJed 30104r2023. Responslbiliti•8 and A8 the ¢hanty trustees of the Trust, are responsib58 for the preparation bfi•l8 of rnport of the accounts in acLxYtsnce with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I report in resp*¢t of my examination of the TwsY8 acmints caffb8d out under Section 145 of the 2011 Act and in caryying out my examination, I have followed the aFplicable Direction8 given by the Chanty Commission under secaion 14515)(b) of the Act. Indèpendent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no m8teri81 mattern have examinefs statement come to my attentK)n in conneclion with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect". a¢¢ountsng record8 not kert in accordance with section 130 of th8 Act or I have no COn￿m9 aThl h*4e come auo8s no other matters in (a)nn8Ction ¥￿th the examinats.on to which attenb'on should be drawn in order to enable diNJ of the a¢o)unts to be reac￿. Sign•d: Dat•: Rèlevant professional qualificatlonls) or body (If any): Addross: tQ¢FI£L Ic IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem {see CC32. Independent examinatMM of charty accounts.. direcaions and guidance for examiners). Give hern brlof details of any ftems that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018 ## ## |||**SORP reference**|**SORP reference**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Summary of the purposes of**
**the charity a s set out in its**||**Para 1−17**||**Ourgoverning document is a 99−year**
**Lease and Trust Deed betWeen Bagworth**| |**,**
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**governing document**||||**and Thomton.P.arish Council and Thornton**| |||||**Community Centre which requires us to:**| |**.**
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**pay the annual rent in advance each**| |**..**
•••„keep,the||||**year;**
**premises, including**| |||||**−**
**fiureS and fittings, in good repair**| |||||**and condition;**| |||||**•**
**keep the premises insured against**| |||||**loss or damage fire;**| |||||**•**
**notassign the premises except to**| |||||**newtrustee(s);**| |||||**•.**
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**ensurethe premisesarefor the use**| |||||**of local residents irrespective of**| |||||**political, religious or other**| |||||**,**
**beliefs/opinions.**| |**Summary of the main**
**activities in relation to those**||**Para 1.17 and**
**1.19**||**The main activities that benefit the local**
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**Thornton Play Group −offering**
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**MarIcfield & ThorntontheatreGroup**
**Thornton Brownies Troop;**| |||||**•**
**Regular Quiz Nights throughout the**| |||||**year**| |**.**||||| |**Statement confirming**||**Para 1.18**||**Trustees have received a copy of the**| |**whether the trustees have −**||**−**||**guidance on Public Benefit: rules for**| |**had regard to the guidance**||||**charities and take this into account when**| |**•idaied by ihe Charitsr '−' '**
**Commission on public**|**'"•**|**−−•**|**−**|**−making decisions affecting the operation of**
**the Trust's business, e.g. undertaking**| |**benefit**||||**essential works and other projects.**| ## |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**You may choose to include further statements**
**SORP reference**||**where relevant about**|| ||**Para 1.38**|**N/A**|| |**Policy on grant making**|||| ||**Para 1.38**|**N/A**|| |**Policy on social investment**|||**_**| |**including program related**|||| |**investment**|||| ||**Para 1.38**|**N/A**|| |**Contribution made by**|||| |**volunteers**|||| |**Other**||**N/A**|| |**Achievements and Performance**|||| ||**SORP reference**||| |||**During the last year we have undertaken 2**|| |||**major works programmes:**|| |**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity,**|**Para 1.20**|**•**|**Replacement of external drainage**
**due to collapsing pipework which, if**| |**identifying the difference the**|||**left untreated, could have led to the**| |**charity's work has made to**|||**closure of the Centre and loss of a**| |**the circumstances of its**
**beneficiaries and any wider**||**•**|**valuable community resource;**
**Refurbishment of the 50−year old**| |**benefits to society as a**|||**main toilet facilities This included**| |**whole.**|||**creating an extra toilet cubicle**| ||||**thereby bringing them up to modem**| ||||**day standard and creating an area**| ||||**fit for purpose for all who use the**| ||||**Centre.**| ## ## |**Achievements against**||**N/A**| |---|---|---| |**objectives set**|**Para 1.41**|| |**Performance of fundraising**||**N/A**| |**activities against objectives**
**set**|**Para 141**|| |**Investment performance**||| |---|---|---| |**against objectives**||| ||**Para 1.41**|**N/A**| |**Other**||**N/A**| ## |**Review of the charity's**|**Para 1.21**|**As the deadline for the Annual Trustees**| |---|---|---| |**financial position at the end**
**of the period**||**Report is before the date of our end of year**
**financial report an actual figure is not yet**| |||**available. However, we began the year with**
**a balance of £74,718.87 and now have (as**| |||**at 13/02/2024) £58,368.30**| |**Statement explaining the**|**Para 1.22**|**We do not currently have a Reserves**| |**policy for holding reserves**||**Policy. However, given the considerable**| |**stating why they are held**||**outlay on the recent external pipework and**| |||**toilet refurbishment projects and ongoing**| |||**upgrades proposed for the future, this is**| |||**now under review.**| |**Amount of reserves held**|**P−ara 122**|**Nil**| |**Reasons for holding zero**|**Para 1.22**|**Until recently our account has always had**| |**reserves**||**sufficient funds to undertake any essential**| |||**works.**| |**Details of fund materially in**|**Para 1.24**|**N/A**| |**deficit**||| |**Explanation of any**|**Para 1.23**|**Parish Council annual grant was £10,000**| |**uncertainties about the**||**for Year 2019−20 but has been reducing by**| |**charity continuing as a going**||**£1,000 per year. This annual grant will**| |**concern**||**cease at Year 2029−30.**| ## |**ou may choose to include furt**|**her stateme**|**nts where **|**relevant about**| |---|---|---|---| |||**•**|**Annual Parish Council grant;**| |**The charity's principal**||**•**|**Local Authority Rural Council Grant;**| |**sources of funds (including**
**any fundraising)**|**Para 1.47**|**•**|**Income from private hire of**
**premises;**| |||**•**|**Donations from affiliated groups;**| |||**•**|**Donations from individuals.**| |**Investment policy and**|||| |**objectives including any**
**social investment policy**|**Para 1.48**|**N/A**|| |**adopted**|||| |**A description of the principal**|||| |**risks facing the charity**|**Para 1.46**|**Eventual loss of Parish Council Grant**|| |**Other**||**N/A**|| ## |**Description of charity's**||| |---|---|---| |**trusts:**||| |**Type of governing document**|**Para 125**|**Lease and Trust Deed**| |(trust deed, royal charter)||| |**How is the charity**|**Para 1.25**|**The charity is an unincorporated charity.**| |**constituted?**||| |(e.g unincorporated||| |association, CIO)||| |**Trustee selection methods**
**including details of any**|**Para 125**|**Trusteeship is open to any person over the**
**ageof 18yearsand who is a resident of**| |**constitutional provisions e.g.**
**election to post or name of**||**Thornton.**
**A non−resident may be elected as a**| |**any person orbody entitled**
**to appoint one or more**||**representative to a group affiliated to the**
**Community Centre.**| |**trustees**||| |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**| |---|---| |**You may choose to include further statements where relevant about**|| |**Policies and procedures**|**N/A**| |**adopted for the induction**|**Para 1.51**| |**and training of trustees**|| |**The charity's organisational**|**N/A**| |**structure and any wider**|**Pam 1.51**| |**network with which the**|| |**charity works**|| |**Relationship with any**
**related parties**|**Para 1.51**
**N/A**| |**Other**|**N/A**| ## |**Reference and Adminis**|**trative details**| |---|---| |**Charity name**|**Thornton Community Centre**| |**Other name the charity uses**|**N/A**| |**Registered charity number**|**521506**| |**Charity's principal address**|**Thornton Community Centre, 175 Main Street, Thornton,**| ||**Coe!vine, Leicestershire, LE67 1AH/**| ## |**Trustee **|**name**|**Office **|**(if**|**any)**|**Dates **
**year**|**acted **|**if not for whole**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Mary Gibson**|**Elected Chair &**||**Board of trustees**| |---|---|---|---| ||**Representative**||| ||**Trustee for Friends**||| ||**of St Peter's Church,**||| ||**Thornton**||| |**Paul Muller**|**Elected Vice−Chair &**|**October 2023 to date**|**Board of trustees**| ||**Representative**||| ||**Trustee of Markfield**||| ||**& Thornton Theatre**||| ||**Group**||| |**Tadeusz**|**Elected Treasurer &**||**Board of trustees**| |**Dobrowolski**|**Trustee**||| |**Gill Tapping**|**Elected Trustee**||**Board of trustees**| |**Maureen Shaw**|**Representative**||**Board of trustees**| ||**Trustee for Thornton**||| ||**Yoga Group**||| |**Coral Booth**|**Non−voting**||**Board of trustees**| ||**Representative for**||| ||**Thornton Playgroup**||| |**Lyn Branston**|**Non−voting**||**Board of trustees**| ||**Representative for**||| ||**Thornton Brownies**||| ## ## |**ame of trustees holding titl**|**e to property belonging to the ch**| |---|---| |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |**Mary Gibson**|| |**Paul Muller**|| |**Tadeusz Dobrowolski**|| |**Gill Tapping**|| |**Maureen Shaw**|| ## |**Funds held as custodia**|**n tr**| |---|---| |**Description of the assets**|**N/A**| |**held in this capacity**|| |**Name and objects of the**|**N/A**| |**charity on whose behalf the**|| |**assets are held and how this**|| |**falls within the custodian**|| |**charity's objects**|| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |INCOME||||EXPEND|I|T|URE||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**_ROOM HIRE_**|||**£4,262.23**|**_MAINTENANCE_**|||||||| |||||Annual Cleaning &||Products|||**f**|**3,988.96**|| |**_DONATIONS FROM AFFILIATED GROUPS_**||||Electrical Work||||||9,378.07|| |Play Group|||**£8,780.00**|Garden Maintenance||||||**460.00**|| |**M U G**|||**800.00**|Window/Guttering Cleaning|||||**f**|**745.00**|| |FOSP|||**250.00**|Decorating||||||7,550.00|| |Brownies|||100.00|Toilet Refurbishment||||||**9,190.00**|| |||||Site Survey/Plans||||||**1,508.00**|| ||||||||||||£32,820.03| |||||Licenses|||||||| ||||9,930.00|TV||||||**158.46**|| |**_DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS_**||||Lottery and Amusement||||||**20.00**|| |Yoga|||360.00|PPL PRS (Music)|||||**f**|**271.20**|| |Forest Trek|||125.00|Domaine Registration||||||**147.00**|| |Sports Club|||**187.50**||||||||| |Parish Council Jubilee|||250.00||||||||£596.66| |||||Insurance (Public|Liabilities)||||||£1,368.77| ||||922.50|**_MISCELLANEOUS_**|||||||| |||||Lease 2023||||||1.00|| |**_GRANTS_**||||Telephone/Internet|||||**f**|**512.10**|| |Bagworth & Thornton Parish Council|||£7,000.00|Subscriptions|||||**f**|**194.00**|| |HBBC Coronation Grant||•|500.00|Bookings Administrator||||||**1,364.35**|| |HBBC Rural Council Grant||**f**|**3,000.00**|Miscellaneous Purchases||||/Jubilee|**f**|**982.18**|| |||||Locksmith/Curtain||Cleaning||||**498.00**|| |||f|**10:500.00**|Cathedral Hygiene||||||**405.60**|| |||||Donation||||||**100.00**|| |**_MISCELLANEOUS'_**|||||||||||.4,057.23| |Fundraising|||489.75|**_UTILITIES_**|||||||| |Amazon Smile •|||**15.54**|ELECTRICITY||||||**£1,470.69**|| |DEPOSIT ACCOUNT INTEREST|||£37.54|GAS||||||**£2,468.62**|| |||||WATER||||||**£196.63**|| |||||ANNUAL TESTS &|WATER|||HEATER SERVICE||**£864.75**|| ||**TOTAL INCOME**|**f**|**26,157.56**||||||||**5,000.69**| |||||**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|||||||**£43.843.38**| ||||||||•|•|||| |||||||.|||||| |**BALANCE AT BANK**||||**INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE**|||||||**−€17,685.82**| |BALANCE AT 30/04/22|||**£92,404.69**||||||||| |CASH IN HAND|||**£4.12**||||||||| |CURRENT ACCOUNT|||**£6,795.49**|INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE|||||||**−£17,685.82**| |DEPOSIT ACCOUNT|||**£85,605.08**|TOTAL**B/F** Balance 30/04/22|||||||**£92,404.69**| |**TOTAL BROUGHT FORWARD TO 2022/23**|||**£74,718.90**|**TOTAL BALANCE ON **|||**30/04/23**||||E74,718.87| |**CASH IN HAND**|||**£4.12**||||||||| |**CURRENT ACCOUNT**|||**£12,072.13**||||||||| |**DEPOSIT ACCOUNT**|||**E62,642.62**||||||||| |**TOTAL**|||**£74,718.87**||||||||| |I **certify that this balance sheet and **|**supporting documents have been **|**audited by me and **||**found correct**|||||||| |**Signed**|**(D. Woodward)**|||**Date**
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