Chairman’s Report 3 August 2022
David Rattue resigned as Trustee (and Chairman) at the AGM on April 2022.
Martin Smith resigned as Treasurer but remained as a Trustee.
Mary Carr was voted in as new Chairman and Alan Matthews as new Treasurer – both existing Trustees.
Martin Smith died on 28 July 2022. He will be hugely missed by the Committee and has kept the Community Centre running for many years, in addition to being Treasurer.
The Trustees are actively seeking two new Trustees and two people have expressed an interest in joining.
They have employed someone to be responsible for maintenance, caretaking and cleaning.
The Lunch Club continues to thrive under Denise Sayers. There are currently 24 members and it is hoped to increase this number in the coming months, as there are several people who have expressed an interest in joining. (The numbers have been deliberately held down to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19.) As always, it is a problem to find drivers but so far we have managed to do so.
The Transport Office operates on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings and continues to provide a useful service, although it is not nearly as busy as it was pre-Covid. Again, finding drivers can be difficult.
Our letting income has not returned to what it was before Covid-19 and this, together with the reduced number of lunch club members, resulted in a deficit for the year. A Government Covid grant of £2,667 helped to reduce the deficit.
However, the Reiss Trust was wound up during the year and made us a final grant of £40,000, which resulted in a healthy surplus for the year. This has consolidated our finances for the future.
We are hoping the letting income will increase as activities return to pre-Covid activity, but it seems to be taking a longer time than anticipated.
Going & District Communitv Centre Trust Registered Charity 1001)005 Receipts and Payments Account- Year ended 31" March 2022 2021 2022 Recei ts 6,856.92 General Hire of rooms and facilities 4.700.00 Donations 00 Medical Transport 856.46 Bank Interest 20,708.00 Government Covid Grants 33 121.38 Sub totsl Lunch Club Clients Donations Sub total 11,719.69 43,400.00 47.00 481.35 2,667.00 58315.04 4,792.75 0.00 186.00 186.00 4 792.75 33 307.38 Total Receipts 63 107.79 ments 14,927.50 General Rent including arrears Buskness rates Water Electricity Gas Telephone Insurance Cleaning Repairs and maintenance Administration Safety checks DBA checks Garden Letting Refunds Volunteer's reception Boiler& Maintenance Covid -19 precautions 12,687.50 172.50 129.85 416.02 643.37 382.96 616.18 1,117.65 456.40 23.00 62.40 121.32 455.96 410.25 415.16 590.88 1.309.20 281.58 340.00 20.00 49.00 57.00 51.50 52.00 176.80 284.80 l9,439.45 376.80 17,188.13 Lunch Club Meals Organiser 2,272.70 5 298.00 5,208.00 5,208.00 24 647.45 7 570.70 24 758.83 Total Payments 8,659.93 SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR 38,348.96
GORtN'G & DISTRICT COMNIUNITY CENfRE YRUST Regisiered CharitN' 1000005 Balanc¢ Sh¢¢t as at 3 1st March 2022 Cuttent Assets ?021 £36,298.72 £993.52 2022 £14.557.20 TSB Instant Acce55 TSB Trea5urei £1.007.39 £9.11 £287.06 TSB Lunch Club £io.000.00 £50.00 Cambridge & Counties Bank £70.404.56 Cash in hand £0 £47.629.30 £85,978.26 Represented b5.: Accumulated fund £38.969.37 Brought FornTrard Surplus for the year £47.629.30 £8.659.93 £38.348.96 £47,629.30 , Fund carried forward £85.978.26 urer I certifv that the aiKJve Balance Sheet and attached Receipts and Pavments Account are in accord8mce with books and records of the Goring & District Community Centre Trust as presented to me. D W James FCA k-