Issue - meetings
Accounts 2017/18
Meeting: 17/01/2019 - Cobtree Manor Estate Charity Committee (Item 60)
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Accounts 17-18, item 60 PDF 1 MB
- Appendix 2 - Letter of Representation 17-18, item 60 PDF 367 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the report of Mr Paul Holland which summarised
the main points from the audit undertaken on the Annual Report and
Financial Statements by the UHY Hacker Young, the appointed
external auditors to the Trust.
It was noted that:-
·
The total funds of the Trust had reduced
slightly.
·
The Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA)
included a deficit of £54,825 which reflected the writing off
of the sum due from Mytime, the Golf
Course Contractor.
·
The SOFA also reflected a small reduction of
£17,922 in the value of the Charifund investment and an upward movement of
£35,194 in the value of fixed assets held.
·
The final value of the write-off of the Mytime debt within the accounts had reduced from
£48,125 to £24,062 which reflected the value to the
Trust of the in-kind services to be provided by Mytime as part of the settlement of the disputed
sum.
· The accounts included a debtor for the VAT due at the end of March 2018.
In response to comments from Members, Officers undertook to:-
·
Request that the Auditors remove the reference to
Kent County Council under the ‘governing object
section’.
·
Include the 17/18 visitor figures for the
Cobtree estate on Page 4 of the
accounts.
·
Discuss with Planning Solutions the use of
‘active greys, recently retired’ under target audiences
for future visitor offers and request that they reconsider the
terminology as Members felt this was offensive and not
meaningful.
·
Amend ‘Tyland
Farm’ to ‘Tyland
Barn’ and check why this does not have a valuation figure
against it.
·
Check whether the Gate Lodge and other properties on
the estate are under a repairing lease.
·
Request Property Services provide an annual
condition survey report to the Committee on the properties that are
leased.
In response to an enquiry by a Member, Mr John Foster, the Interim Head of Regeneration and Economic Development advised that the planning application for the new Golf Course buildings was due to be considered by the Planning Committee on 21 February 2019.
RESOLVED: That
1.
The Report and Financial Statement for 2017/18 be
approved and submitted to the Charity Commission subject to the
changes identified by the Committee being made.
2. The Letter of Representation, as amended by the Committee, be approved.
Voting: Unanimous