## **WHITTINGTON VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE**
ANNUAL TRUSTEES REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Registered Charity No. 522785
**Whittington Village Hall Committee Trustees' Annual Report**
Registered Charity No. 522785
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Principal address: Whittington Village Hall Langton Crescent Whittington Village Hall Nr. Lichfield Staffordshire
## Trustees
The trustees who acted during the period were:
|Name|Ofce|Dates acted|
|---|---|---|
|Garry Hyde|Chair|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|John Palmer|Vice-Chair|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|Mal Worsfold|Secretary|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|Lynne Lacey|Treasurer|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|Chris Jones|Booking Secretary|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|Mal Worsfold|User Group Rep.|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|David Patson|Elected|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|Beryl Taylor|User Group Rep.|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|J. Perry|User Group Rep.|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|Sue Barker|User Group Rep.|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|Pauline Stewardson|Co-opted|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|Mike Stewardson|Co-opted|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
|John Hall|User Group Rep.|1/1/2023 12/31/2023|
## Charity's Governing Document
The charity's governing document is dated March 1962
## Objects
To provide a meeting place and recreational facility for the residents of the village of Whittington .
Advisors: Bankers HSBC Lichfield Staffordshire
## Activities and achievements during the year
The hall continued to be maintained and managed by the committee to a high standard.
The trustees have approved the report on 11th March 2024
Mal Worsfold, Secretary
**Whittington Village Hall Committee Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts For The Year Ended 31 December 2023**
Report to the Trustees of the Whittington Village Hall Committee
Registered Charity No. 522785
## Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiners
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 our responsibility 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 our attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner's report
Our 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 we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## Independent Examiner's report
In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention:
1. which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
- (a) to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 41 of the Act
and (b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act.
have been not been adhered to.
2. to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mark Baldwin Chartered Accountant Whittington WS14 9PG
## **Whittington Village Hall Committee Accounting Statements For The Year Ended 31 December 2023**
## **Income and Expenditure account**
|**Income**
Letngs
Rental Income
Fund Raising and Donatons
Grants received
Bank Interest
Total Income for the period
**Expenditure**
Rates, Water & Insurance
Heat & Light
Repairs & Renewals (net of grants)
Statonery & Sundries
Licences
Caretaking & Cleaning
Jubilee party
Trustees' Expenses
Computer and telephone
Advertsing
Bad debts
Bank charges
Depreciaton
Total Expenditure for the period
Surplus of Income over Expenditure|2023
2022
£
£
26,762
26,250
8,500
8,500
550
375
0
5,000
677
77|
|---|---|
||36,489
40,202|
||3,729
3,715
2,027
1,823
14,653
13,752
255
647
416
312
11,813
9,915
0
1,223
720
640
1,280
1,168
0
0
0
0
67
75
1,907
2,244|
||36,869
35,514|
||-380
4,688|
## **Whittington Village Hall Committee Accounting Statements Balance sheet as at 31st December 2020**
|**Fixed Assets**
Village Hall at Cost less Depreciaton
Improvements net of Grants and Depreciaton
Fixtures and Fitngs net of Grants and Depreciaton
Total Fixed Assets
**Current Assets**
Debtors
Current account
Deposit account
Natonal Savings
Cash in hand
**Less : Current Liabilites**
Creditors
Advance bookings
Refundable cautonary fees
Pandemic provision
Current Assets less Liabilites
**Total Assets less Liabilites**
Represented by :
**Capital Account**
As at 1st January
Surplus of Income over Expenditure|2,023
2,022
£
£
1
1
7,602
8,944
3,206
3,771|
|---|---|
||10,809
12,716|
||6,582
6,698
16,444
26,148
20,262
10,061
62,111
61,634
40
1|
||105,439
104,542
-737
-344
-354
-927
-150
-600
0
0|
||104,199
102,671|
||115,008
115,387|
||115,387
110,699
-380
4,688|
||115,008
115,387|
## Notes
## Basis of Accounting
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Entities and the Charities SORP. There have been no changes in the basis of accounting during the period.
## Covid-19 Pandemic
A grant of £5,000 (2021 £24,500) was received from Lichfield District Council during the year. This was to mitigate the income losses suffered by the Village Hall as a result of the pandemic.