BLHS Accounts l August 2024- 31 July 2025 BirrERNE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY ACCOUNTS I AUGUST 2024- 31 JULY 2025 INCOME EXPENSES 2024 2025 2024 2025 8,705.82 Sum Up 135.25 Sale of wood planes 258.47 Stripe 245.27 Paypal 14,010.73 Cash banked 2,091.50 Donations 90.00 Shed club - tool storage 2,296.26 Toy aurtionslauctions 5.70 Calendars 1,578.60 Meetings income 660.10 Flea market 18.50 Collertion 200.00 Adverts 271.14 ELT Clothing recycle 140.00 Vintage Cash Cow 1,121.00 Mernberships 400.35 Mis¢ellaneoLts cheqtjes 353.10 World of Books 18.53 Easy Fund Raising Rate Rebate 8,140.03 4,968.53 Storage (Philspacel 132.23 Rates 797.60 Gas 2,608.87 Electric costs 231.22 Water 202.21 Bank charges 147.13 Sum Up fee5 801.00 Magazine costs 150.00 Postagelstationery 12,000.00 Rent 85.17 Chubb Alarm maintenance 968.29 Wool wholesalers 160.40 Website 920.49 Insurance 1,808.83 Expense5 - reimbursed 394.00 Speakers 324.48 Books 685.00 Printing 504.00 Accountancy 275.00 Hall rent 135.25 0-Day/celebrations etc 42.50 Cakes/raffle prizes 133.70 Christmas ¢ards/c31endars CCLA Trf Spitfire celebrations Paypal 341.33 685.41 1025.95 2,866.58 160.89 182.93 135.29 686.83 o.oi 13.105.07 412.00 180.00 312.61 605.21 12,000.00 85.17 345.45 179.59 889.56 49.68 61.00 1.791.00 150.00 291.23 340.00 261.14 510.00 379.24 275.00 382.60 5,CQO.00 375.¢ 32.600.32 0.00 25,558.70 28,475.90 26,647.10 Bal at 118124 Plus Income for the year Sub Totsl less experses bal at 3ty7125 11,590.25 25,558.70 37,148.95 26.647.10 10,501.85 Bal on CCLA alc at 3117125 92.134.38 MaryAbaham Treasurer
CCLA <2,13¥ 8 G'L)01) INVI:.S'I'MI=. N'r Statement of Account Mrs Maryj Abraham Bitterne Local History society I Peartree Avenue Bitterne Southampton S0197RD 000008 16 September 2025 Account name.. Account numbeF'. Statement period.. BirrERNE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIErY C03065083-001 3110712024 to 3110812025 Account summary Total valuation as at 31 August 2025 Total valuation as at last statement at 31 July 2024 £92.445.71 £83,177.65 Holdings as at 31 Auyist 2025 Fund namé Valug COIF Charities Deposit Fund £92.445.71 Total value £92,44%71 Transactions for the period from 31 July 2024 to 31 August 2025 COIF Charities Deposit Fund Transaction dat* Transaction type Income Reinvestment Amount IGBPI 0¥0812024 £355.54 03109f2024 Income Reinvestment £346.71 02nott024 Income Reinvestment £333.96 04nif2024 Income Reinvestment £343.19 03hz12024 Income Reinvestment £323.47 Correspotjdence 2ddre&s'. PO Box 12892, Dutllnow. Essex CM6 gDL clientsetvices@ccla.co.uk FreephorLe 0800 022 3505 MWW.ccla.co.uk Fund &icvmentRrion iiavailableArwww.ccli.co.ukljnv¢%Tm¢nLK orrnxy tEqUC5ttJ from Lwrcliertt StrwitC5tEim. TclepknttE EllAre Etsed. CCLA Fuhd Lllnid (repstro I1hd and Wiks, NLK ¥7350391 Isaurhorised sndr¢gyLirdby the P1claI CoTrducrAvthority. Re815r¢reJ 2d55, Ah¥l tJrt¢,tundon EC4K SAts. P3%e l of3
Transaction date TransaetSon typ• Amount IG8PI 0310112025 Income Reinvestment £330.65 0410212025 Income Q&investment £330.48 04103Q025 Income Reinvestment £291.62 IY0312025 Deposit ,000.00 02/0412025 Income Reinvestment £330.34 02/05/2025 Income Reinvestment £324.15 031c612025 Income Reinvestment £32621 0210712025 Income Reinvestment £301.31 0¥0712025 Income Reinvestment 0.34 04/0812025 Income Reinvestment £320.09 The average Fund yield for this period was 4.46% p.a.14.56% p.a. on balances over fj5 million) Interest for the period is as follows.. Month Date paid 0310912024 02no12024 04ni12024 03I2D024 0510112015 04102f202S 0410312025 oJ0412025 Method Amount {4 DestlAOtion Aug 2024 Sep 2024 Fieinvestment E346.71 C03065083-001 einvestment 33.96 C03065083-001 Oct 2024 Reinvestment £343.19 C03065083-001 Nov 2024 Reinvestment £323.47 C03065083-001 Uec L024 (2einvesEmenL £330.6 C03065083-WI Jan 2025 rieinvestment £330.48 C03065083.WI Feb 2025 r4einvestment £291.62 C03065083-001 Mar 2025 r4einvestment E33034 C03065083-001 Apr 2025 oW0512025 0310612025 0807/2025 080712025 0410812025 OV09A025 rieinvestment 24.15 C03065083-001 May 2025 Fleinvestment £326.21 C03065083-001 Jun 202S Reinvestment £30131 CO5065083-001 lun2025 Reinvestment 00.34 C03065083-001 Jul 2025 Reinvestment £320.1 C03065083-001 Aug 202S Rèinve5lment £311.33 C03065083-001 PaRe 2 of 3
Treasurers Report BLHS 2025 SHOP We have again had an eventlulyear,with moniesf rom thevast numbersof donated itemsthatwe have from t shop, and sell to our many customers. We never quite know what's comingin and going out.1 We banked £ £ 13,105.06 the ca5htakings18nd meetings moneyland Sum uplcard machine) £ 8,005.72 as so many more customers use cards now. A grand total of the years takings is £.21110.78 We have lost ihe trade at the Mercaniile Flea markets in December 2023 which was a shame as a good littte trade. lantook some cameras down to Paikers inwoolston injune 2025 and made £150.00 that day. We have also had a few new incoming placesfrom auction houses Mainlywessex Auction Rooms andthe Pump Rcxjm swanmore.we have made allthe enquiri&8torsellingon Ebaywithtwoof our members sowaitingtoget crackj.rg on this. All outlets are useful. Our Charityshop keeps us afloat but takings thisyeai are very low especiallythrough the summei months. We have managed to keep trade going with the shop openings but our team of volunteers have been depleted considerably.we would welcome any helpers end volunteers- even a slot once a week could help sort clothes and keep the custorners happy. As lan has mentioned we have had a few markets through the year. in the Bitterne Precinct which is good and keeps us rsoticed. It's always amazingthe amount of people that don't know where our shop isl The markets keep 8 small amount of money ticking over. We continue to use the East London Textiles (known to the shop as IELT) tyjt they pay such poor return on huge amounts ol clothing, it seems a crime to let itgo. We onlyget 05p a kilo atpresent and so the overall amountfor ourtinancialyear isonly£40.78. We need to look at other companies. Itried the clothingbank here up the road in Bitterne, but it only paid £3 fortwo bags ot clothes, which is hardly anything. The World of Books is our recycled books and at present EOY figuresare£353.10. Again,we get pittancefor the collection reallyandthe company h8s gone paperless, so I'm really not happy withthis as I feelit's not correcL We had a letterfromthem to saythe rates of collection isreducingfrom 4p a kiloto 2p, as from February2025.1 know lan did look into another company but only provided sacks forthe books which would have got crushed easily. At least with the World of Books (now known as shopia80I they are collected in black sturdy boxes. We havestarted sellinga few bitson Vintagecash Cow and on myrecords Bt present we havetaken£140 (with a little more in the 24125 accounts.) Jill Abrahams started the ball rolling. and it's a mixture of items. but not breakable. I feel that they don't give the real value but it helps clear items, like brassware, broken jewellery, watches and old cameras. We arejustthinkingabout tryingvinted as it seemstosell clothesand allsorts. Kevin Jenks. on our committee. is willing to wve it a go. We are thankfulfor SteveAdamssellingour books, items and otherbits connected withthe Heritage Centre as he uses Stripe, and Easy Fundraising.At presentfor24125 issmallamountsfor sellingthe items but soon rn8kes good little source of income. It gathers to is £522.27 with this set ot companies. I know he deals with marN widespread addresses and even abroad occasionally. We siarted renting one of our new containers behind the shop in the Community Cornef to our Bitterne Men's ShedGroupat 8 minimal rent8S Its onlyhalf the Container, as mentioned by lan. We feelthatthisis a Commurmty Project and the Soton Council have pushed them into a corner since building th8 naw houses, replacing tl Methodist Church in Whites Road.Theystartedon 2nd February2024. MONTHLY MEETINGS As lan has mentioned we have had some superb speakers this financial year and its rewaTdinEwhen we S a full house. I really think the whole area around us. other Local History Groups. has a good supply of different subjects. We are lucty to have thisfacility and I do to tryto help Steve get an up-to-date notice of meetings. We havetaken £OOO,OOfor ALLthese meetings includingthe doortakings. refreshments, book sales. pampletsand sometimes photos, pics and of course the raffle. Thank you to all that come along. bring raff le gifts and support us in manyways.
On our Guest Night I helped lan. as we stilldon't have a secretary, gave us a chance to welcome so many local businesses. our regularspeakersand our sponsors forour aifverts inthe magazine. Even our printerjohn Buttler came, thank you to everyone attending. Thank you too for 811 the rnembers that have sUPPOrted all these meetings. land to our Vice President Peter Richardsfor bookingthese speakers) I thinkl enjoyedthe guest night and the evening of the Spitfire Makers Ch8¥ltable Trust as particularly enjoyable. WE h8vethe Riverside Concert Band coming in December, it will be special and a lovelytimeto end the year. I booked thern for Botley History groupand so enjoyable.There is24 in the barbd includingflute players so please come andsupportthem and thewhole Society- OUR OWGOING BILLS The utilitiesbillsarefrighteningas Rent. Raies.Waterandbasic livinghas increased so much.ouf Electric, Ga& Waterand Ftat Electric have Bmassedto £ 4054, . We still haveto pay overall insurarbce £920.49which I did try to change last yearwith the A-plan insurance at Eastleigh, and got a slightly better deal than the year before. I have just decided to try to change the electric supply and have changed the main electric to Octopus, so we see how the charges have halved. On finishingthis report. I would liketo thank allwho helped in manyways.we need to encourage more helpers, members. f riends and the wider public to join us. My thanks go to Kate Martin and Pam West for their help. I would like the have the opportunity to help out with the many tasks with the society, and really would like to stand down from the Treasurer. We are hoping Katie Dyerwillt8ke overthe post, and ease her intothe postiti as there is many parts to the 'treasury' position Pleasethink about our thoughts about whatour societymight do for thefuture. We can't stay at 231 for ever8S its getting in such a state and we will need a great deal of help if we ever move. MaryAbraham Treasurer 2025