REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 05462878 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1109865

Report of the Trustees and

Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

for

Thornton Hough Community Trust Limited

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

Page

Report of the Trustees

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Independent Examiner's Report

6

Statement of Financial Activities

7

Balance Sheet

8

Notes to the Financial Statements

9

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The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The Charity is a public benefit entity. The objects of the Charity are such exclusively charitable purposes as the Trustees in their absolute discretion shall from time to time determine in order to further the charity's purposes for public benefit. Such broad objects allow the charity to support a wide range of local community improvement projects, currently and in the future.

The trustees have given due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Achievement and Performance

The time has arrived again where I look back on the past year pointing out the highlights and recognising the challenges. October is usually a quiet month as we put plans in place for a very significant event that the Trust takes the lead on, the annual Remembrance parade which is attended by the Mayor of Wirral, local MP, councillors, uniformed organizations, members of the village club - past and present, the school and the local community. Once again the parade was led by members of the Port Sunlight Lyceum Brass Band and we were very fortunate that Sgt Francis agreed to be our flag bearer. The event was very well attended by members of the community which is always refreshing. Revd Barrett led the outdoor service with the remainder of the service taking place within All Saints' Church followed by refreshments served by the uniformed organizations in the Parish Hall.

Following last year's AGM on the 20th November we moved straight into Christmas mode, once again getting the trees sponsored on the Green and around the village, selling the 18th tree on the 27th November. Last year we spent a considerable amount on the trunk wraps and for 2024 we enhanced the tree wraps spreading them further up into the branches and adding new festoons to the trees at the corner of Radley Drive. Once again we want to record our thanks to all the sponsors and individuals who donated to help light up the village for Christmas. The end of the year was quite an exciting time in the village with the filming of the spoof drama Fackham Hall - mildly chaotic scenes around and about but an opportunity to celebrity spot! Last year's display was really festive and with the addition of the postbox topper in Radley Drive the village looked great.

The Christmas Evening event took place on the 29th November in the WI Hall, as ever enjoyed by all, a super evening of carols with music from the Port Sunlight Lyceum Band accompanied by the traditional mulled wine and mince pies.

Into the new year our ongoing battle with the council to permanently reopen our toilet block on the green continued with a attendance at the Tourism, Communities, Culture and Leisure Committee at the council to answer questions and put our case forward, representatives attended 2 council meetings with several follow up meetings with councillors and residents attending a meeting on site to help emphasise the need for the facility. This was all positively received by councillors. Following the meetings council officers were asked to put together costs involved, these have only just come to light and are currently being reviewed.

The plight of St Georges' Church also continued through the year, Dr Patterson attended our February meeting answering questions and explaining the plans, this is still no further forward but we are trying to help move the process along, in the mean time the former church looks sad and is falling further into disrepair. We are pressing for swift action.

Some good news in February, although slightly out of our area, was the start of the installation of traffic lights at the junction of Upper Raby Road and Raby Park Road, this work was as a result of decades of campaigning by Pauline Fielding finally coming to fruition.

The whole nation commemorated VE Day on 8th May such a poignant occasion honouring the sacrifice made by so many eighty years ago.

Our own campaign to improve road safety started to see the process of speed limit reductions throughout the village being implemented, the actual work being done in late summer. Many months of negotiations and meetings, offering suggestions and persuasive arguments resulted in WBC agreeing to reduce the speed limit from 50mph to 40mph for the full length of the B5136 including liaising with our neighbouring council CW&C. WBC also undertook a junction improvement scheme at the Rocklands Lane junction adding kerbing and new marker posts.

A number of litter picks have taken place during the year under the initiative "Love where you live" this is a great exercise bringing locals together to help tidy our area. Revd Barrett coordinates the litter picks.

During the course of the year Community Speed Watch has been in action at least once each week, on each occasion that the group has operated they have "clocked" a significant number of drivers breaking the speed limit, however with regularity and diligence we hope that the message is getting across to drivers who pass through the village. We further hope that with new speed limits in the village drivers will pay heed and that overall speeding will see a reduction. Sincere thanks to the dedicated of team of volunteers who undertake this initiative. Articulated vehicles still pass through the village but the Trust has actively engaged with companies to try and reduce the numbers and are further liaising with the council on this issue.

Fundraising activities

The Wirral Egg Run took place on 30th March, our usual sales of refreshments and breakfast butties went down well - we sold out before the bikes started to arrive! It was a gloriously sunny day.

On July 20th we saw the annual Wirral Classic Car Club Rally who this year were celebrating their 25th anniversary, we served our usual refreshments of cakes, strawberry scones and drinks but this year as the cars were gathering on the Green in time for lunch new we added our barbecue - this was professional operated by the chef and staff from Thornton Hall Hotel who volunteered for the day. It was an amazingly successful day raising almost £1,000 for the Christmas Lights appeal, again it was a sell out.

As the summer progressed into Autumn the whole annual cycle began again with the launch of the Christmas Lights appeal and the selling of trees to sponsors.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

The fundraising activity has been modest in the past few years, although it continues to fund a few grant requests and maintains our objective of enhancing the village for all to enjoy. For the year ended 30 September 2025 there was a excess of expenditure over income for the year of £391 (2024 - (£1,801) ). As at 30 September 2025 there were total retained funds of £14,712 (2024 - £15,103).

Reserves policy

The Trustees have an agreed reserve policy of £5,000.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

FUTURE PLANS

The trust will continue to be a vehicle for residents to turn to when they need assistance, whether that be in an advisory capacity or to draw together parties concerned with the issue at hand.

As the only community group in the Clatterbridge Ward the Trust is well positioned to lobby our local councillors who regularly attend Trust meetings questioning them on issues and asking for their support.

The Trust will continue to actively encourage new members and to carry on working to enhance our beautiful parish assisting both members and non-members when they most need it.

Our webpage can be viewed at www.thctrust.co.uk and we also have a facebook page - Thornton Hough Community Trust.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

Thornton Hough Community Trust Limited is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 25th May 2005 and registered as a charity on 6th June 2005. The company is established under a Memorandum of Association which set out the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

As set out in the Articles of Association, at the first Annual General Meeting all the Trustees shall be subject to retirement. For every Annual General Meeting, thereafter one-third of the Trustees shall be subject to retirement by rotation. Those who have been longest in office, since their last appointment or reappointment will be subject to this requirement. If the vacancy left by a retiring Trustee is not filled at the meeting, the retiring Trustee will be reappointed if willing to continue.

Induction and training of new trustees

New Trustees will be briefed on their legal obligations under charity and company law, the content of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the committee and decision-making processes.

Risk management

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

The Trustees regularly review the Charity's policies, systems and controls to ensure that there are no risks to which the Charity may be exposed.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number

05462878 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

1109865

Registered office

c/o DJH Chester City

Military House

24 Castle Street

Chester

Cheshire

CH1 2DS

Trustees

A Lyons

K Young

V M Arthur

M Chessall

J P A Davies

P L Webster

G N Dale

I Bywaters Director (appointed 20.11.24)

Company Secretary

K Young

Independent Examiner

DJH Wirral & Chester Limited

Military House

24 Castle Street

Chester

Cheshire

CH1 2DS

Bankers

HSBC Bank PLC

31 High Street

Neston

Cheshire

CH64 9TU

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 18 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

G N Dale - Trustee

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Thornton Hough Community Trust Limited ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 September 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

1.	accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

2.	the accounts do not accord with those records; or

3.	the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

4.

the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Steven Mark Greensill

DJH Wirral & Chester Limited

Military House

24 Castle Street

Chester

Cheshire

CH1 2DS

18 November 2025

30.9.25

30.9.24

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

Total

fund

fund

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

1,646

-

1,646

5,096

Other trading activities

2

6,356

-

6,356

1,142

Total

8,002

-

8,002

6,238

EXPENDITURE ON

Charitable activities

General fund

8,393

-

8,393

4,437

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

(391

)

-

(391

)

1,801

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

15,103

-

15,103

13,302

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

14,712

-

14,712

15,103

30.9.25

30.9.24

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

Total

fund

fund

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

7

-

-

-

300

Cash at bank

14,862

-

14,862

14,953

14,862

-

14,862

15,253

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

8

(150

)

-

(150

)

(150

)

NET CURRENT ASSETS

14,712

-

14,712

15,103

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

14,712

-

14,712

15,103

NET ASSETS

14,712

-

14,712

15,103

FUNDS

9

Unrestricted funds

14,712

15,103

TOTAL FUNDS

14,712

15,103

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 30 September 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

(a)	ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b)

preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 18 November 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

G N Dale - Trustee

1.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Thornton Hough Community Trust is a registered charity and a company, limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (Company number 05462878). The company number and registered office address can be found in the Trustees report.

The financial statements the individual entity only.

The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the company, rounded to the nearest £1.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. The charity does not financially account for gifts of time by volunteers. Should there be any material tangible gifts then they will be accounted for at valuation.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

2.	OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES

30.9.25

30.9.24

£

£

Classic car event

908

354

Xmas event

5,080

704

Egg run

368

84

6,356

1,142

3.	NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):

30.9.25

30.9.24

£

£

Independent Examiner's Fee

216

198

4.	TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 30 September 2025 nor for the year ended 30 September 2024.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 30 September 2025 nor for the year ended 30 September 2024.

5.	STAFF COSTS

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

30.9.25

30.9.24

Directors

8

-

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

6.	COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

fund

fund

funds

£

£

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

5,096

-

5,096

Other trading activities

1,142

-

1,142

Total

6,238

-

6,238

EXPENDITURE ON

Charitable activities

General fund

4,437

-

4,437

NET INCOME

1,801

-

1,801

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

13,302

-

13,302

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

15,103

-

15,103

7.	DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

30.9.25

30.9.24

£

£

Other debtors

-

300

8.	CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

30.9.25

30.9.24

£

£

Accrued expenses

150

150

9.	MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Net

At

movement

At

1.10.24

in funds

30.9.25

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

15,103

(391

)

14,712

TOTAL FUNDS

15,103

(391

)

14,712

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming

Resources

Movement

resources

expended

in funds

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

8,002

(8,393

)

(391

)

TOTAL FUNDS

8,002

(8,393

)

(391

)

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net

At

movement

At

1.10.23

in funds

30.9.24

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

13,302

1,801

15,103

TOTAL FUNDS

13,302

1,801

15,103

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming

Resources

Movement

resources

expended

in funds

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

6,238

(4,437

)

1,801

TOTAL FUNDS

6,238

(4,437

)

1,801

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:

Net

At

movement

At

1.10.23

in funds

30.9.25

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

13,302

1,410

14,712

TOTAL FUNDS

13,302

1,410

14,712

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming

Resources

Movement

resources

expended

in funds

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

14,240

(12,830

)

1,410

TOTAL FUNDS

14,240

(12,830

)

1,410

10.	RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 30 September 2025.