Registered Charity Number 803261 ST JOHN'S coL￿V￿lTy A&SOCIATION TRUSTEES. REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENtS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 21123 ST JOHN'S COMMUYITY ASSOCIATION CONTENrs PAge Legal and administrariv¢ infonnauon Trustee5' report Independ¢n¢ euminevs rcport Statement of Finonciai Aciivities Balance sheet Notes to the r]nancial stat¢m¢nts ST JOHN'S COMMUNrrY ASSOCIATION LEGAL AIID ADMtNISTRATIVE INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 51 AUGUST21123 Trustees The cbarity is maE)a8ed by its tllLSt¢es. T￿¢ twstees serving dwing the yw aJJd since ibe year end were as follows.. Martin Kiteley TTacey Hewett J¢ann¢ Haigh Kirsty Duguid Julie Murray Sue Clcmmts Neil Clcments Chairman Brian Htwitt Tr¢osxreT Kirsty Duwid Secretary to Trustee5 Elizubeth Taylor Reglstered Charity Number 803261 GoverDing document Coustitution adopted 8 March 1990 as am¢nded 5 September 1995 and 23 November 1995 Objects per governAng document l To promote the benefit of the St John's area and the nei8hbotthood withtsut distinction of sex or political, reli￿oll$ or other opti(pn$ by associating the local authorities in a eommon effort to advance education and io provid¢ faciliii¢s in th¢ inteie5t of social welfar¢ fot rccreatithn and leisure time occupation with the objects of improving the conditions of life for Ihe said i*habiiants. Il To maintain and manage th¢ community Centre or to co.operate with aDy local slatuiory authority in the i￿aIntenanCe manatrement of such a Centre for activities promoted by the association and its constituent bodie5 furtherance of the above objects. Regl$t¢red offke St John's Road. Hitchin. Hertfordshir¢, SG4 9JP Independent Examirter Mark Hj¢rtz¢N H W Associates Limited, Porknill House, Pornnill Lane Hiichin, Hertfordshire. SG5 IDJ Bank¢rs HSBC Bank plc l Market Pla¢t, Hitchin. Herfordshirc. SG5 1 DR ST JOHN'S COMMuyrrY ASSOCIATION TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE IFAR EJVDED 51 AUGUST21123 The trustees are ple&std to present theirreport together with the financial statements of the elwity for the year ended 31 Au8USt 2023. Legal and adrninisrdlive infomiation sei ow on page I forms part of thss report. The fmancial statenients complywith the charity's Constitstion. Ihe Charities Aci 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by chariti￿.. Staternent of R¢comm¢nded Practice opplicable to ¢hariii¢s preparing their Aeeounts in accordance with the Financial R￿orting Standard opplic&ble in ihe UK and Republic of Ereland IFRS1021 (effective I" January 20191. Structure, GovernaTh¢e and LVIaDagement St Jobn'5 Con]munity Association is & registered charity 8ov¢rn¢d by its Constitytim St Jobn's Community A$￿￿lation 15 tun by a team of TEUStees based in the UK. Tn￿￿£$ are recruited from those wilh ￿ ititerest in ruDDiDg the Centre that provid¢5 buildinJo facilities and services, helps young ¢hildr¢t) and people with disabilities and does the general charitable work ITJ ¥rt5. cuItt)re. heritagt and other areas. As set out in the Constityti¢)n the board of trustees shall comprrse of 4 Offjcers. narnely th¢ Hon. Chainnan. Hon. Vice Chairma￿, Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Secreiary, and a tninimuJn of 5 other elected mernbers, who meet re8ularly to administer the thanty. Objectives of St John's Commllnlty Assoetstlo To promot¢ the benefits of the inhabitsnts of the St John's area the neighbothood without distinction of sex or political, religious or other OPilliOllS by associating Lhe local autborities iti a ¢onm)ott effort to advance educatioij glid to pmvide faciliti¢s in tht interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure tirne o¢cupation with the objectives of improving the conditlons of life for the said inhabitants. To mainr2itt and manage the CommutsityCtAtre or to Co-operate with any local authority in the maintenance and manageTn¢llt of su¢h a Centr¢ for a¢tiviii¢s promoted by the Association and its constituent bodies in the furtherance of the above objecis. PublAc beneflt The tNstees acknowled8¢ the requir¢m¢nt to demonstrate ¢1¢grly thai it must have charitable purposes that arc for thc public bEnefi¢. Detai15 of activities forthe public benefit are d¢s¢ribed in th¢ above pardgraphs, The trusoes Confim) that theyhave paid due regard to the Clwity Colbrnission guidan¢e on pubLi¢ benefit before d¢¢idin8 whai activiii¢s the charity should undertake. Fin#Delal reTAew Reyerves and lttvestment policies G¢neral Fund £2.70412022,. £3.398) All monies receiv￿ are Bivcn for the purpose of meeiing the chariry's objcctives stt out in the Constiwtion. ST JOHf+4'S COMMuYf￿ ASSOCIATION TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST2023 Risk Th¢ Twstees do not believe that St John's ComrnuniLy Association is subject io any substsniial iisks beyond the liabilities disclosed in th¢ annual r¢port. Twste¢s ensur¢ appropriate us¢ of funds, and their saf¢suard policy is up to date. A risk assessment policy and risk assessmeni register have been prepared and are r¢vi¢wed on a regular basis. A¢coMntants A resolution will b¢ pmp05ed at the AGM that Mark Hj¢rtz¢n of HW Asswiat¢s Limited b¢ re-appointed as Independent Exarniner for the ensuiDg y&qr. Statement of Trnstee$' Responslbl]Stles Chariry law requires ihe tNstees to prEpare a ￿￿[ees, annual report and accounts in accordallee with applicabl¢ law and United Kinodom Accounting Standards {Uniied Kin(Tdom Generally Accepted Accountintr Practieel. The law applicable to chariiies in England omd Wal¢s requires the charity Trugtees to prepaTC accounts for each financial year which give a tnje and fair view of the stale of affairs of the charity and of the incoTning ]rsources alld application of resources for that period. In prcparin8 those accounts. thE Trustees aTe Tequired to.. select $UiLqble *counting policies alld then apply them cottsi$tently' Observe the rnetbods and principles in the ch￿ltieS SORP.. make judg¢rn¢nts and e$timate$ thar are reasonable anil pwd¢nt', state whether applicable UK Accounting Standard5 havr b¢¢n followe(L subject to any departures disclosed and explain¢d ID the r]naTrcial str1￿ll¢￿t￿. aTLd prepare ihe financial st2(emenrs on the going cotkcern b￿1$ uJle$s it is ll)appropriate to presume that the chariry will continu¢ Jn operation. Th¢ trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time tbe rin&n¢ial position of the ch¥ity and which enable them to •Jsure that the finan¢ial statem¢uts ¢omply with the ChBriti¢s Act 2011. Statsin¢uts of Re¢oiThnended Pra¢tice 2nd the pro￿$10￿5 of the Con3titt]tion. The Itustees are also re$ponsibl¢ for sarc.￿lardints the &s$et$ of the charity and for their proper Application as required by charity lttw, and hence for taking reasonable steps for the P￿ell￿On at)d detection of fraud and other irregularities. Approved by the trnstees and signed on their behalf by.. B H¢wAtt Chairman Febrnary 2025 INDEPEYDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES ON THE UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS OF ST JOHN'S commuN￿y ASSOCIATION I report to the charity tnjstees on my examitlation of the accounts of St John'$ C¢)mrnunity Association (the chorityl foT the year ¢nd¢d 31 August 2023. Thi5 ￿Port is made 501ely to the charity's tNsle¢s. ￿ a body, in accordance with section 154 of the Charities Act 201 I. My inde￿ndertt examiner's Work has been undertthcn so that I miBht stst¢ lo the charity's Irustees th05¢ Tnatters l am required to state to them in an independent examiner's report and for no other pury)se. To the fi]Ile5t extent pemiitted by law, I do noi accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than charity. the charity's membws as a body and the charity's trustees as a body for my independent examitter's work, for this repo¢ or for the opinions I hav¢ fonned. Re5PODslbllfitles *nd b8sls of report As the charity trnstees of st John's ComTnunity Association. you are responsibl¢ for the preparntioD of the accounts ITL accoTdan¢e with the requirem¢nts of the Charities Act 2011 {thE Act). I reptsrt in r¢5pert of my ¢xatnination of your charity's accounts as Carried out under section 145 of the Charities Ati 2011 Ith¢ Act). In carrying out my examination I havo followed all the applicable DiiECtions giveTJ by the Chariry Commission under section 145{51(bl of the Act. Independent exa￿1￿￿r,5 Statement I have completed my examination. l ¢onfJmi that no matters have eoTlle to my attention in connection with the ¢xaminaiion giving tne cause to believe tl]at in any material respeci.. accounting records wcre not kept in respect of ihe ¢h#rity as requiTcd by section 130 of th¢ Aci; or the accounts do not accord with those rccerds: or the accounts do not comply with the accounting re(wirem¢nis concernino the fonn and contcnt of accounts sei out in the ChaTitie5 (Accounts and Repms} Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a trne and fair view which is not a matter considered as pan of an independent exarninatson. I have no concerns and have corne across no othermatters in connection with the ¢xamination to which attention should be dras*m in this report in order to eJ)&ble 8 proper und¢rstandiTLg of the accounts io b¢ reached. 9