Charity Registration No: 524178
Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust
Charity Registration No: 524178
Annual Report and Financial Statements For the period ended 31 March 2024
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Charity Registration No: 524178
Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust
Table of contents
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| Legal and administrative details | 4 |
| Trustee Report | 5-6 |
| Auditors Report | 7 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 8 |
| Balance Sheet | 8 |
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Charity Registration No: 524178
Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust
Reference and Administrative Details
Charity Registration Number: 524178 Registered Office: Welfare Hall Off Bridgend Road Llanharan CF72 9RA Trustees: Martin Liney Sarah Liney Maria Thomas Judith Stolzenberg Diane Slater Gary Watkins (Resigned)
Bankers: Unity Trust Bank PO Box 7193 Palentry Road Wilenhall WV1 9DG Independent Examiner: Anne-Julie Walker
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Charity Registration No: 524178
Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust
Trustees’ Report for the period ended 31 March 2023
The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their Annual Report and Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2023.
Reference and administrative details
Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust (“the Charity”) is a charitable Trust registered and in Wales.
The Charity is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under registration number: 524178.
The registered address of the Charity is Welfare Hall, off Bridgend Road, Llanharan CF72 9RA
Statement on public benefit
The objectives and activities, achievement and performance sections of this report clearly set out the activities which the charity undertakes for public benefit.
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty of the Charities Act 2006.
Objectives and activities
The objectives of the Charity as defined are:
The provision and maintenance of a recreation centre playing fields including children’s play area, sports pitches (rugby and football) Green space in Llanharan and Bryncae, Community Activities.
To achieve the charities objectives, the charity focuses activities on providing a good quality facility for all to benefit from.
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Management
All positions within the charity are on a voluntary basis and no expenses are paid.
The charity during 2023/24 had approximately 9 volunteers.
Achievements and performance
The Trust has again experienced another exceptionally busy year, seeing more improvements
The Trust is grateful to the community council for funding via CIL funding the upgrade of floodlighting on the pitches. This has been a long-term project, and hugely benefits all users of the ground.
Fundraising has been excellent, this is down to the hard work of Trustees, who continue to ensure the Trust and its users are pivotal within the community.
The hall continues to benefit from upgrades such as widening of internal doors.
Financial
The charities income for the year was £131,010 which mainly derived from a grant.
The expenditure of the charity stands at £162,470
Grants
£90,023 Llanharan Community Council
£540 Energy Grant
Trustee Report
The Trustees wish to pass on their grateful thanks to Martin & Sarah Liney who manage the hall and grounds on our behalf. It is without doubt that both are the driving force to the day-to-day success of the facilities. They wish to pass on thanks to their fellow board of Trustees, who continued their work during the year.
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Board of Trustees
Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities
The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the position of the charity.
In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
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Observe the methods and principles in the charities SORP
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State where applicable UK accounting standards have been followed; subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
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Prepare the financial statements
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the transactions by disclosing with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial p0osition and ensure that the financial statements comply with charities Act 2011, the charity accounts and reports regulations 2009 and provisions of the Trust deed. The trustees are also responsible for the prevention and detection of fraud and all other irregularities.
In so far as the Trustees as aware:
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There is no relevant information of which the charities independent examiner is unaware and
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The Trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the independent examiner is aware of that information.
This report was approved by the Trustees on 31[st] May 2024 and signed on their behalf by:
Signed: (Treasurer/Trustee) Name: SARAH J LINEY
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Charity Registration No: 524178
Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust
Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2024
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the period ended 31 March 2024 which are set out on Page 8
Respective and responsibilities of the trustees and examiner
As the charities trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in the accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the act”)
I report in respect of my examination of the Trusts 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 charities commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiners statement
I have completed my examination; I 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:
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The accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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The records did not accord with the accounting records or
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The accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities accounts and reports Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of the independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in the report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Anne-Julie Walker
Signature: [AWalker ]
Dated: 15/05/2024
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Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust
Statement of Financial Activities
For the period 1[st] April 2023 to 31[st] March 2024
| Account | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | ||
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| Expense | Income | Expense | Income | |
| Income | ||||
| Fees income | 34,970 | 20,838 | ||
| Grant | 90,564 | 41,907 | ||
| Fundraising | 5,158 | 7,893 | ||
| Interest earned | 318 | 174 | ||
| Total Income | 131,010 | 70,812 | ||
| Expenditure | ||||
| Project | 111,366 | |||
| Buildings & Grounds | 44,352 | 43,095 | ||
| Insurance & Legal | ||||
| Fees | 3,457 | 2,299 | ||
| Furniture | 2,711 | 1,205 | ||
| Other expenses | 512 | 202 | ||
| Bank Charges | 72 | 72 | ||
| Advertising | 0 | 110 | ||
| Total Expenses | 162,470 | 46,984 | ||
| Net Income | [31459] | 23,828 | ||
| Balance Sheet | ||||
| 31.03.24 | ||||
| Asset | Liability | |||
| Deposit Account | 20420479 | 6,088 | ||
| Current Account | 20375634 | 310 | ||
| Debtors | 2,739 | |||
| HMRC (VAT) | 318 | |||
| Creditors | 11,963 | |||
| Nett | -2,508 |
Balance Sheet
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