Trustees, Annual Report for the period
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Poiioo end ￿le
31
2024
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To
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charity namo
The Cropton Rgading Room
Other n*nES charlty ij known by
Cropton Village Ham
Reglslefed charity numb•r lif any)
Gharfty$ prln6ipal addres8
Mount Pleasant, Cfopton
Pickering
North Yorkshtre
Y018 8HL
Namos of the charity tnJstee8 manage the charity
Llat•S •Ct•d If not frji
TruBts• name
Irf ¥ty
Ilrn ol p•Thon lor bodyl enW¢d
Robert
MartinThomas
Chair
Nicola Maria Riley
John Ntholas
William Dyball
Robert E Acon5ey
Dr Rachel Ethej
Mary Fauldir¥J
Brian Hamilton
v￿lI0U9hbY
Vaterie Anne
Monkmaft
Ellie Leary
Treasurer
TnJ$tee
Trustee
Trustee
Trustee
TrLk8tee
1Q
12
13
14
15
16
Names of the tru8ts•s for the Charity, rf any, If(Y •xarnpl•, any custodian tru8to•B)
Nafne
l Dates actèd If not for whole
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Uar¢h 2012

Namos and addres$es of advisers (Optional irrformation)
of adviser
Name
Addr¢$s
A¢¢ounlant
Polty Pearson
Poarson Accountants. 76 Middlecave RC￿1. Mallon. North '
Yorkshire. Y017 7LX
Name of chiel execullv• or names of senlor slaff mwnbefs (Optional infomiatkln)
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ement
Description of th• charlty's trusts
Ci)fJveyance dated 3 Fei¥uary 1949
Type of governing do¢wntrrt
How lh• chanty is
Charrt8bfe Organisation
Tnrntee seleclion meth¢>Js,, Etected annualty at AGM
Additional gov•rnance ISSUH Ioptional inforTnation)
You may choose to irK4ude
additional thab'oru 4there
relevant. at)out".
adopted for the induction and
trainirKJ of tru5tee5;
the charity s organisational
stNcture and any wdef
nelwofk with vthich Ihe dwrrty
relalionship with any re&*ed
partie5,"
trustees. conslderalion of
major risks and the system
ar)J procedwes to manage
Ihem.
Section C
Ob"ectives and activities
A village hall whi¢h is used by the communty for sotsal adp41bes.
meebngs and fete5.
Summary of the objects of the
Charity set out in its
governing docurne
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The charrty orgartises a variety of events for the tenefit ¢1 the whole
pansh vthich aim to be enjoyable. Irrteresbng and Infomiative. These
I ndude regular coffee mornings, talks on subjects such as Itxal history.
events lo commemorate national dales of impjrtance such as cOronat￿n
', parties, VE day commem¢faiions and $0 on. Other s¢xial everts in¢Jude
quiz n￿￿$. ceilpdtrts, Summer barbec￿ and ￿r annua • Car rnlty.
The hall is available fpr hirE by pnvate individua15 aThJ other organtsations
8t a very rnodest charge and is wtdety used by other village organisation3
to hold their regular meets.ngs or furmg raisiry events suth as the Cropton
Wornen'$ Inslilut& and St Gre90ry's Church.
Summary of the maln
xtFvltlos undèrtaken for the
public benefft in relation to
these obie¢ts (include within
this section the statutory
dg¢laration that trust•os hav•
had regard to the guldance
Issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefrt>
OF)PQrttmilies for physical and menial vftllbwrKJ ￿d￿Je weekjy yoga
ciasses and tJ(Ywls night5.
The chasity has a scheme for Ihe donatitx of books and other reading
matwial which are made available for wrchase at the hatl al a minimal
Charge.
trusiees have regard to charty commissicffj guldance on
wblic benefrt dufing the year
Additlonal dotsils of obJxdv•x and acllviti•s Iopttonal inlorniationl
You may choose to itlude
further sL*e[T￿,
relevant, abouL
poIKy on granbnakw)g",
policy programme relaled
investm¢rt.
contntxrtion made by
volunteers.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
Followjng the prewous year's upgrade to the outthr space at the Village
Hall we have continued lo irnprove tho physital conditon of the buiklina
ryth the installation of new ¥￿ndowS around the hall. Decorabon ol the
main hall has been earned out al￿ new a laptop and projector screen
kyovided kn presentatsotKS.
Summary ofthe main
achievernents of th• charlty
dutlng the year
Kitchen facil￿"eS have ￿en improved wrth the instaltsbon of a rw range
rxioker and a range of n•v cookiry equipment whth has greaiiy eased
the catenng Wofk for lorostanding règular events and allowed an
expansion ol the cateriry options whith can be accommodated $4X4al
The number and range of events this year has been expanded and Ihese
have teen very VIEII attended. allowing thè opportunrty for parishioners to
have much more social intetactK)n and communty engagemenl in a
parish which is very rural mighl othwwise be vèry isolatrw,
paftrcu￿lY in the winter morrths.
Towards the end of the y8ar the village came tO9etsr to purcl
Gmall pe¢e ol derelid laThJ on the outskirts of the village. The money
was ra￿ed by donation and this income is ￿flected in tho 2024 accounts.
i The wrchase has Subsequently been completed early M 2025 aTr
volunteers have been carrying out ￿p￿r5 arKI improvements wrth a vtéw
to this arèa becmitng a peac4fid, comrnunal oLrtdO￿ space for all to
enjoy_
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Section E
Financial review
Brief statement of the
charity's policy on ￿$¢￿0$
esepées are held to allow for the ongoing mainlenance of tr* building
and lo Cover ts.ming dsffefences in income and exFendrtu
Detsils of any funds materlally
In deficit
Further financial roy1￿ d•taEI$ (Optional infonnationl
You may choose io Ind￿8
addilj'onal information. whère
relevant abwt..
the ctwily's principal
Sources of funds (incaudiT
any fundraising)-
Ptow expenditu￿ ha5
Supported the key objectives
of the charty.,
investm•nt policy and
obJecfives including any
ethitsl investment Fr•licy
adopted.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustoos, report abo¥e.
Signed on behalf of the chariV¥ trustèès
Slgnature(s)
Full namels) Nicola M ￿.￿Y
Positlon {eg Secretaryk Chair..
•tc) | Secretary
Dat•
1eJ10125
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|r"drrOmnmCOmm$Sl0ru<br>\lllfrormcLenonrouLrs|r"drrOmnmCOmm$Sl0ru<br>\lllfrormcLenonrouLrs|Cropton Reading|Cropton Reading|Cropton Reading|Room||I|<br>SzSSaZ|<br>SzSSaZ||
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|||Unrestricted<br>funds|||Restricted<br>funds|Endowment<br>funds||Total|funds|<br>Lastyear|
|||to thenearestE|||to the nearest e|to the nearest €||to the nearestE||to the nearest€|
||||||||||8,697|5,893|
||||||||||2,399|1,828|
||||||27,890||||27,890|66|
||||||602||||602|602|
||||||||||781|461|
||||||||||101|188|
||||||28,492||||40,470|9,038|
|ffi<br>l(seetablel.||I|||||||||
||rotat receip"|re||l@||f-]||l--Ftd]||l-r^0-56'l|
|vent Costs|||3,780||||||3,780|2,149|
|lnsurance|||1,446||||||1,446|1,305|
|Utilities|||1,63'l||||||1,631|3,052|
|Fire Safetv|||332||||||332|126|
|Lrcences|||r08||||||108|77|
|Repairs & Renewals|||7,U9||602||||8,451|7,209|
|Miscellaneous||||||||||1,083|
||Subtotal||15,146||602||||15,748|15,001|
|rotatpaymert"E]@l<br>^,I;H#i"jff:,:?Ifl:",.'<br>-l<br>A6 Cashfundslast yearend I<br>-l<br>Cashfundsthisvearendl-<br>3,1681||||l-tl<br>l-ET<br> I<br>-l<br> |<br>27,8e01||f--'l<br> F'l<br> <br>I|<br>-l|l-E,z+-,illreil<br>:=<br>I<br>Il-<br> I<br>24,72211-|||





|BStatementofassets andliabilitiesatthe end oftheperiod|BStatementofassets andliabilitiesatthe end oftheperiod|BStatementofassets andliabilitiesatthe end oftheperiod|BStatementofassets andliabilitiesatthe end oftheperiod|||
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|Cateqories<br>BlCashfunds|Details<br>CurrentAccount<br>SavingsAccount<br>Cr"L|Total cashfunds<br>funds<br>tonearestf|funds<br>tonearestt<br>r----l<br>I<br>zr,sgoI<br>r-------<br>l-JI<br>zz,agoI|funds<br>tonearest€<br>:r---------t--l||
||(agree balances|withreceipts and payments||||
|||account(s))||||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted||Endowment|
|||funds|funds||funds|
||Details|tonearestf|tonearest€|-|to nearest€|
|82Other monetary assets|Debtors|||||
||Details|Fund towhich|Cost (optional)|||
|83lnvestment assets||||||
||Details|Fundtowhich|Cost (optional)||Current value|
|84Assetsretainedforthe||||||
|charity'sownuse||||||
|||Fund towhich|Amount due|||
||Details|||||
|85 Liabilities||||||
|Signedbyone ortwotrusteeson<br>behalfof allthe trustees||Print Name|||Dateof<br>aooroval|
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