## **Pannal Village Hall** ## Station Road Pannal Harrogate HG3 1JG pannalvillagehall.co.uk pannalvillagehall@gmail.com Reg.Charity No. 1055737 (HARITY MMISSION Independent Examinei's Report on the Accounts Section A Independent Examinei'5 Repoil Rtpoii to ol Set oul P4eS trvM••S The tharly's trus*es we for tht ol ihe Ihe chaFIIy's •• *usiee5 cons*kn th￿ is nol ieouired IN kn year se(IKm 144 DI th (h¥rt*s kl 2011 (tt* lh*1￿5 A(0 th4 ￿ Kthpenoeftt exam¥k)tiM ts needt examine a(IM*s undei sef1#￿ 145 01 the abaiilies ACL to lolkMT ihe l•'d the gewal ￿'re(lI¢m gven by the Chaiilv Commission section 145(SMb) ol the CharrtiÈs Acil. and awffy C￿￿￿55￿. An examinath)n ¥Kludes a re¥￿* ol Mrounlity ie(wth kept ￿ the and a conyis(ffj ol the acownis pre5en*d wilh those iecordk N aso ol ￿ wwJ5ual iiems or dwAbosufes th the arml see*w ex(dWws Iru51ee5 cw(ffnlrwJ arry gjth fftji*rs. 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The following matters were presented: - We have taken a 3 year tenancy of the Car Park to save it from falling into the hands of a third party. - Our Community Togetherness Lottery Grant has given us £20,000 to upgrade our A/V and CCTV equipment. - We have redecorated the Main Hall. - We have made our own Video Tour of our Rooms for the Website. - We hosted a sit down banquet for over 90 guests. - Our Booking Calendar remains busy and we have several new activities*. ## **Regular Activities now include:** Balance bike sessions* Rhythm Rugrats* Hartbeeps Puddleducks Meditation courses* Bridge Club Italian classes White Rose Squares Carpet Bowls* Sewing and Quilting Qigong* Pilates Table Tennis Gardening Club Study Group Phonics with Robot Reg Paediatric First Aid* Rainbows Little Yorkshire Dance* Dance lessons Fresh Dance Brownies ## **Community Togetherness Lottery Project** - Our £20k grant is to improve A/V equipment so that we can provide more community activities. - This means more events like Film Nights and Social activities to compensate for the loss of our 2 Village pubs. - So far we have bought a 4K HD projector so we can show high quality cinema for children and family viewing. - We will shortly purchase a 75” HD TV monitor for showing major sporting events etc. - This can also be web enabled for training sessions so delegates can join “virtually”. - We will also improve our CCTV and security systems to meet safeguarding needs. ## **Car Park Update** - A difficult start with some losses but the Car Park has been saved for the community. - We hope that income will cover our costs once the flats are occupied etc. - At least we now have space for our Hall users. - When building works are finished we will try to tidy the whole area. - We also hope to see improvements to the old layby opposite. ## **Looking ahead to 2025** - More community activities and events - Continue to make better use of social media to promote our activities - The Council’s EV Charger programme is due to start in May and we are on the site list. - Tidy up the car park area and planters. - Complete the Lottery Project work. - and of course, do our “day job”....... The Chair displayed a screenshot of the website calendar showing the extent of this month’s activities. The many tasks undertaken by the volunteer committee were listed, in order to highlight the work necessary to maintain this level of activity at the hall. The Chair encouraged those present to consider whether they might be interested in assisting in any way. Anyone with interest was invited to attend and observe a committee meeting without any commitment assumed. ## **Income and Expenditure Account for the year ending 30 September 2023** Copies of the accounts were circulated and the figures displayed on screen. The Chair explained the format of the accounts and the trends that prevailed. Principal features were highlighted as follows: - We achieved £23,191 surplus for reinvestment. - £878 FIT rebate from solar panels. - Utility costs are holding. - Cleaning cost will increase next year - Insurance costs reduced. - Maintenance costs up. - Bar income down a bit despite best efforts - Car Park has cost £1300 but should improve slowly. - Snooker Club continues to improve. ## **Election of Management Committee for the year 2024/25** The list of those Members willing to stand for re-election was displayed as below: Kay Boothby Jayne Dyer Mike Briggs Mel Raine Geoff Catley Bill Sturman Pat Fitzgerald Andrew Yuen Joan Harnby The Chair also gave special thanks to the following additional volunteers undertaking specific tasks for the Hall: Robert Newbould Auditor Paul Harnby Premises John Whitehead Snooker Club Manager Ivor Gamble Setting weekly heating programmes Graham Dowling Newsletter production. Emily Bourke Website maintenance ## **Vote of thanks** Peter Wilson generously complimented the committee on all its efforts and ongoing work, and proposed a vote of thanks.