cI￿lty regis￿110￿ nurnber.. 702464 Mollington, Backford & District Village Hall The Five Village5 Hall Annual R¢FK)rt and Financi81 Ststements for the Year Ended 30 Septcmbcr 2023 Mollington. Backford & Distriet Village HAII Contents Trustees, Report.... .................................................-..-................................ ......................................... Independent Examiner'5 Report to the trustees of Mollington. Backford & Distrirt Willage Hall.......... statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2023.. Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2023............................................................................................... Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2023....................................... 10 Page 2 Mollington. Backford & District Village H911 Trustecs, Report The trus￿ present the annual report iogethcr w'ith th¢ flnattciat stst¢ments ofthe charity for th¢ year ended 30 September 2023. Objectives and *etivities ()bjeets and￿1￿5 The object of the chariry is the provision aDd maintenance of a village hall for the use of the residents ofthe are4 io ben¢fil wiihoui di5tinciion of poliiical. religious OT oiber opinion& including us¢ for.. lal meetings. lecrure5 and classes. and Ibl other torn￿ of recreaiion atld leisure-iime ￿ruPatIon. wilh the objttt of imw)vin8 the ci)ndiiions of life for ihe residents. Objertives, slrnlwes ort1￿.11eS Our objwtives are to ¢n¢oura¥e youth and faD)ilie5 to engage in aciivities togeEber io itnprov¢ skills, wellbeing and cohesion: to minimise ihe sense of i￿latIOn of Éhe elderly through engagement with the rest of the communiry: to sigt]ÈfLcantly in¢rca5e the uiilisation of the space by locals. fundraiser5 and volunteers., the asse5smeni of user need5 by both physical and digitsl meaDS SO &S to wniinue to tnc¢t their need& Public bener The provision of the new village hall is now b¢tLer suiied to provide benefii to all I1￿4] residents. The iru5tees confirn1 thai they have complied with the requirements of seciii)n 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to hav¢ du¢ regard io ihe public b¢n¢fi1 guidance published by ihe Charity Commission for En8land and Wales. Page 3 Mollington. Backford & District Village Hall Tru5tees' Report Reference and Administrative Det*ils Trnsiees MTS Rosemary Grncc Sedgwick ICh8irl Mrs Karen Vaughan Sibson Mr5 Judy Pairicia Morgan Mr Mich&el John Cheers Mr Andrew Harknes5 Mr John Fielding Mr Michael Antotty Jones Mr Mark Hockedy PriDcip&l Office Villagc Hall. %tati()n Roa Lea-bv-Backford Cheshire CH16 Charitv Rtgistr•tioD Yumber 702464 B*nkers LloydsTSB Chesler Foregaie Street Independeni Examiner Wirral AcLouriling Ltd 15 BTinlcy Clos¢ BrornEorough Wirrdl CH62 6EB Page 4 Mollington, BAckford & District Village Hall Financial iTrstrnments I)bje£'li￿5 ondpolicies The Charity's a¢ii%'ittes exwse it lo a number of flnancial risks including cr¢dii risL cash flow risk and liquidily risk. The ch￿]ry does not us¢ d¢rib'aiftve financia] for sprtujaiive purp)￿& njk In￿reSt bearing assets and liabilities are held ai fixed ra* io ensure certainty of ush flows. Credii nsk The Chariry's principal fllwicial assets are bank balan¢e5 and wh. Page 5 Mollington. Backford & Distrfftct Village Hall Trustees, Report Statement of Trnsttts. Responsibilities The rtwiees are resw)nsible for preparing the [n￿l¢es. rewn and the financial statements in accordance with ihe Unired Kingdom Accounting Standards (Uniied KiDsdorn Gen¢raily Accept¢d AcLounting Praciicel and applicable law and regulalioos. The law applicablt to chariiies rquires the trustees to prepare financial siatements for each fllJanci81 year which give a true and fair view of the stste of affairs of the chariry aud of th¢ incoming r¢sources and appIl￿tion of rcsourres of the charity for that period. In wcparing the5¢ fllwicial staicmellts, the tsiJ51ees 8re rquimt to.. seleci suitable a¢countiug FKJlicies and then apply them consisi¢nily' observe the meth(xLs ond principlcs in the ClJan"lics SORP: rnake judgements and ¢siimaie5 that are reasonable and prudent: state whether appli¢able accounting siand8rds bave been followe4L subjecr io any tnaterial departures dis¢losed and explained in the financial stslem¢nts: and prepare th¢ financial statements on ihc going concern basis unless it is inappropriate io presume that the charity will contiFtu¢ in busine￿. The trustees are reS￿nsible for keeping proper attouniing records that disclose ￿lth reasonable accuracy at any time the financial w>sition of th¢ Charity and enable th¢m ￿ ensure that the financial statements comply wi(h the Charilies Aci 2011, Ihe applicable Chariiies IAccounts and RewEtsI RegulatjODS. and the provisions of the consiiwtion. The tnLStees are a150 responsible for safeguarding the ass¢ts of the charity and hence for taking re&sonable $*p5 for the preN'¢niion and detection of fraud and otheT I￿egUlarl1]e$. The annual report was approved by the tru￿¢¢5 of ihe chan.ty on ￿ NJ rf 2023 aud signed on its bel￿1[ by.. Rosemary Gra¢e Sed8wick Page 6 lollin￿On, Backford & District I:illAge Hall Independeni Examinerfs Report io the trusiees ot Nlollington. Backtord & Disirict lillage Hail I on accounTs of ct4n¢i for cl1￿ 211 J12.7 M.hKh ajr oul on pws.S to 10. R(ipr£is)f ￿j￿￿91b1I1l7¢1 of #nd C%arni￿r T1￿ In151ccs,?rc re￿￿1b￿ foi th P￿1%￿all0￿ oj" Llr ￿Coun5. Tlr imqiTs Co￿1￿[ tlw an audll is ffquired for ikns i.car unthr scfflion 14417 i of CItyrnic5 .4ci !l)I I Iilr 2hl 1 4cii ikni an i1¥k￿￿'1￿ c￿1111￿11￿ li Is mi ￿%FX)￿5ihl7lts to.. *couThs uAk.r **ixTrii 14$ of1￿ 2111 l Aci. 14515Mbi of Ilx. •ii11 .4a. aiml to iiheiher rmnirul.Ir nkincr5 Iwc co￿¢ io mi B4Jii of indwndent cilunlner'i report Mi eiAmit¥kfl