Tideswell and District Voluntary Youth Club
st st - Trustees Report, 1 August 2020 31 July 2021
Chairs Report
The building work on the new Community Hall started in August 2020. There were issues early on with the retaining wall at the back of the plot which had been excluded from the plans but which was found to require additional strengthening and a requirement for additional concrete for the foundations. This used a large amount of the contingency sum at the start of the building work. It also significantly delayed the main build until the New Year when the steel frame was erected and building work started in earnest.
The lottery grant secured in early 2020 was finally signed off after ‘minor changes’ to the sub-lease had been agreed by the County Council and the Lottery. The monies could then be drawn down from March 2021 onwards.
Considerable work was undertaken in March 2021 to register the Air Source Heat Pump under the Governments Non Domestic Renewable Heat Initiative (RHI) as the scheme closed at the end of March 2021 but applications for an extension could be made before that date. The extension was granted until end of March 2022.
An additional grant application was made to the Better Derbyshire Dales Fund in May 2021 to change the lighting in the main hall to a track system rather than pendant lights. The application was successful and the monies paid in advance of the purchase of the lighting.
Fund raising has been on hold with due to the restrictions on events due to Covid.
By the end of July 2021 the block work was complete with the stone work almost at the eaves level at the front and gable with the roofer poised to start in the next couple of weeks. The building work is significantly behind schedule.
Finances
Income
During the financial period (August 2020-July 2021), fundraising has been on pause.
The group has been fortunate in receiving an additional £20,000 from the Garfield Weston Capital grant Fund to cover the unforeseen issues with the retaining wall and foundations mentioned above. Other Income has been a drawdown of the Lottery Community Fund, a payment from the Co-op Community Fund and the payment from Better Derbyshire Dales Fund for the lighting. Covid has precluded normal fundraising activities.
Expenses
Expenses have included payments to the builder (c.£122,000), the architect for contract management and other professional fees (ie structural engineer for calculations on the retaining wall) £8600. A deposit for the air source heating system and the architects fees for amending the drawings to incorporate the changes, £7,630. Works connected with a BT open reach telegraph pole £1,560. Other costs include the charge for electricity to the site £526 (to be refunded) and storage of a donated kitchen (£370).
Overall balance, Income was £57,323.57 and Expenditure £140,656.19.
Deborah Willoughby 30.03.2022
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