Melrose Community Association 597 Abbey Road Basingstoke Hampshire RG24 9ES Telephone 01256 420676 Email:Melrosehall2@gmail.com 

Registered charity No: 104454 

## **Chair Persons Report 2025** 

## Dear Friends 

This year has had its major ups and downs, unfortunately we lost our chair who has been a volunteer at this building over 30 years. He is greatly missed. 

We also lost our long term Saturday hire, however this has opened up Saturdays for us to hire for family parties of most age groups. 

Our solar panels have been installed and are working fantastically and have significantly reduced our electric bill during the summer. 

Due to a grant we were able to totally refurbish our toilets. Which included installing a stoma sink. 

As you may be aware as you walk past our building we are in the process of refurbishing our garden we were able to install the bench seat at the side of the building and replant our flower beds. Hopefully in the coming year we will be able to enlarge on the range of fruit, vegetables and flowers that we grow and be able to tidy up the bed at the rear of the building. 

Our funday this year attracted more people and more than income than any other year and hopefully we can build on it. Our Popley Little People have we managed consistently open four mornings a week. And hopefully will do so for the next year. Also our bingo has gone from strength to strength and gained new members this year, the average age is 70. The food bank and the free soup on a Monday attracts people in need. The race nights are consistently greeted with enthusiasm by the people that attend. 

Looking forward we hope to expand our Christmas dinner to more people and refurbish the building were needed. 

Chair Person/ The Committee 

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|unsecured grants 23/24|£|34,927.49|||||£|34,927.49|
|national lottery|3|1,085.97|||-£|1,385.97|-£|300.00|
|basingsto & Dean|e|879.20|£|55,453.48|-£|19,823.52|£|36,509.16|
|4 lanes|||£|250.00|-£|243.93|£|6.07|
|small grants|||£|200.00|||ie|200.00|
|Pride<br>in Place|||2|10,500.00|-£|11,232.00|-£|732.00|
|Community Infrastruction|||||-£|14,754.00|-£|14,754.00|
|sustanability|||||-£|7,034.68|-£|7,034.68|
|total|3|36,892.66|£|66,403.48|-£|54,474.10|£|48,822.04|




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|||23/24|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||recived||spent||difference||
|unsecured grants 23/24|£|34,927.49|||||£|34,927.49|
|national lottery|3|1,085.97|||-£|1,385.97|-£|300.00|
|basingsto & Dean|e|879.20|£|55,453.48|-£|19,823.52|£|36,509.16|
|4 lanes|||£|250.00|-£|243.93|£|6.07|
|small grants|||£|200.00|||ie|200.00|
|Pride<br>in Place|||2|10,500.00|-£|11,232.00|-£|732.00|
|Community Infrastruction|||||-£|14,754.00|-£|14,754.00|
|sustanability|||||-£|7,034.68|-£|7,034.68|
|total|3|36,892.66|£|66,403.48|-£|54,474.10|£|48,822.04|




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Income Jun-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Sep-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Dec-24 Jan-25 Feb-25 Mar-25 Apr-25 May-25 totals Occational Hire £ 515.00 £ 449,00 £ 875.00 £ 325.00 £ 750.00 £ 188.00 £ 72.00 £ 713.00 £ 220.50 £ 874.50 £ 70.00 £ 5,052.00 Regular Hire £ 2,477.00 £ 2,776.25 £ 4,012.00 £ 3,597.58 £ 3,167.00 £ 3,861.16 £ 3,270.70 £ 4,792.25 £ 5,259.00 £ 3,065.00 £ 3,539.00 £ 4,724.00 £ 44,540.94 Center activitie £ 288.50 £ 765.50 £ 429.00 £ 535.50 £ 1,054.19 £ 697.10 £ 489.81 £ 627.50 £ 851.00 £ 499.00 £ 739.01 £ 1,019.50 £ 7,995.61 B&DBC Grant £ 6,850.00 £12,130.48 £ 21,925.00 £ 4,640.00 £ 9,508.00 £ 55,453.48 ~ 4 lanes Trust £ 250.00 £ 250.00 Grants (small) £ 200.00 £ 200.00 Membership £ 3.00 £ 8.00 £ 11.00 Misc £ - £ - Totals £ 10,130.50 £16,121.23 £ 26,616.00 £ 9,651.08 £ 4,554.19 £ 5508.26 £ 13,856.51 £ 5491.75 £ 6,823.00 £ 3,784.50 £ 5,152.51 £ 5,813.50 £ 113,503.03 c # Out goings £ - Staff £ 4,692.80 £ 235.87 £ 5,948.97 £ 2,835.17 £ 229.01 £ 5,923.33 £ 201.17 £ 2,756.96 £ 5,598.82 £ 74.30 £ 6,079.07 £ 2,987.25 £ 37,562.72 Cleaning mats £ 843.04 £ 1,950.02 £ 418.58 £ 647.40 £ 702.93 £ 387.34 £ 1,309.67 £ 1,371.76 £ 518.13 £ 8,148.85 services £ 5,070.16 £ 76.98 € 942.15 £ 1,227.29 £ 825.31 £ 8,141.89 maint £ 9,960.00 £15,193.00 £ - £ 868.89 £ 34.89 £ 368.34 £ 308.58 £ 52.27 £ 1,514.00 £ 245.80 £ 28,545.77 Equipment £ 11,304.00 £ 546.59 £ 11,850.59 ins. Meber.Licences £ 35.00 £ 785.16 £ 1,682.07 £ 109.23 £ 21.00 £ 2,632.46 Centre Activities £ 42.35 £ 399.52 £ 153.93 £ 142.36 £ 11842 £ 362.36 £ 194.24 £ 180,33 £ 16.25 £ 130.21 £ 241.11 £ 1,981.08 Funday £ - Deposit returns £ 200.00 £ 35.00 £ 165.00 £ 330.00 £ 530.00 £ 165.00 £ 235,00 £ 165.00 £ 235.00 £ 2,060.00 petty cash £ 92.05 £ 100.00 £ 192.05 Training £ 98.00 £ 24.00 £ 122.00 print& stat. £ - Expenses £ - Sundries £ 313.37 £ 21.14 £ 334.51 £ - Totals £ 15,738.19 £17,813.41 £ 11,683.69 £ 15,205.91 £ 2,660.62 £ 6,731.92 £ 2,624.56 £ 5,222.46 £ 856837 £ 1,714.34 £ 8813.59 £ 4,794.86 £ 101,571.92 ~ Grants (small) £ 200.00 re 200.00 » Pride in place £ 10,500.00 -£ 11,232.00 -£ 732.00 “.sustanability _ 71342.36 -2183.57 -£ 835.20 -E 1,929.20 -£E 744,35 -£ 7,034.68 ~ B&DBC £ \6,850.00 ‘£12,130.48 £ 1142500. £ 4,640.00 £ 9,908.00 £ 44,953.48 ~ B&DBC ~£ 15,193.00 -E 1,838.72 -£ 878.80 -£E 1,913.00 -£ 19,823.52 ™ 4 lanes trust £ 250.00 £ 250.00 ™ 4 lanes trust -£ 90.00 -£ 153.93 -£ 243.93 ~ nat lottery -£ 350.40 -£ 708.80 -£ 175.20 -£ 151.57 -£ 1,385.97 community 'Infrustruc -£ 10,114.00 -£ 4,640.00 -£ 14,754.00 


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