Presteigne and Norton
Community Support
Cpresteigne
Norton >
Communit
Support
The 31st
Annual Report
st
I" April 2023- 31 March 2024
GIG
NHS
gwidd lÈchyd
Addysgu Powy5
Powy> Teathihg
Hea11h Btsaid
Fundtd
Powys
PAVO

Mana
ement Committee
Hon. Officers
Chairman
Vice Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Independent Verif
Richard Wells
Lynne Wells
Judy Daffern
Moi Gibbons
Stephen Housego
General Committee
Trustee
June Morgan
Steph Griffiths
Stsff
General Manager
Transport Co-ordinator
Shop Co-ordinator
wa￿house Co-ordinator
Cirde Co-ordinator
Sharon Jones
Sharon Jones
Sacha Pickard
Loma Griffithslcarole Brick
Tina Fenton
Funders
We are indebted to the following for their continued 5UPPOrt:
O Powys County Counal (PCC) and Powys Teaching Health Board (PtHB)
O Presteigne Town Council
O Individual donations from members and local supporters/businesses

PRESTEIGNE AND NORTON COMMUNrrY SUPPORT
5 High Street,
Presteigne, Powys
LD8 2BA
Tel Transport: 01544 267961
Email: trans
ort.
ncs.
mail.com
Reg. Charity No 1060479
(presteigne
Norton >
Communit
Support
Chalmw: Rlthard Wells
General Manager.. Sharon Jones
You are cordially invited to the
Annual General Meeting of PNCS
On Tuesday 3 September at 2pm at the Youth Centre, Presteigne
enda
l. Chair's Welcome
2. Apologies for Absence
3. To receive the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting 17 August 2023
4. Matters Arising
5. Chairman's Report
6. To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for year ended 31
March 2024 as submitted to Charty Commission
7. Election of Management Committee for 202412025
8. Any Other Business
9. Refreshments

Prestel ne & Norton Communi
ort
Minutes of AGM Thursda 17 Au
ust 2023
Pr*nt:
Annette Gurr, Liz Minton, Carol Morris, Judy Daffem, Moi Gibbons, Richard Wells, Lynne Wells,
Sharon Jones, Sheila Marshall, Maddy Madden, Sacha Pickard, Anne McAlinden, Angela Bromfield,
John Daffem, Dave Preece, Christine Wells.
Yen Robinson, Carole Brick, June Morgan, John & Janet Vardy, Rolly Bradstock, Lorna Griffiths,
Steff Griffiths.
l. The Chairman opened the meeting at 2pm and welcomed everyone and thanked everyone
for coming. He also asked everyone present to kindly read through each report so that any
questions could be answered, and meanwhile took the opportunity to thank staff and all the
volunteers for their much appreciated hard work.
2. Minutes of AGM held 17 August 2022 were circulated to everyone present, together with
the Chairman's report, the Annual report and Ststement of Accounts for year ended 31
March 2023 (as submitted to the Charity Commission) The Minutes were accepted as
correct (Proposed Liz Minton, Seconded by Sacha Pickard)
3. The Chairman explained the financial position of PNCS and that the charity had improved
significantly. This had been achieved by the combination of income from our charity shop,
warehouse, grants, donations and other fund raising events. The circle had also recovered
from the trials of the past couple of years.
4. The Chairman read through the repots, questions were welcomed.
5. The Annual Report and Ststement of Accounts were then presented. (Acceptance of that
report was proposed by Sacha Pickard and seconded by Lynne Wells) A vote was held and
acceptance was unanimous.
6. Election of Management Committee for 2023124.
a. Present members, having all expressed willingness to serve for 202312024, were
unanimously re-elected. (Proposed Annett Gurr, Seconded by Anne McAlinden) A
vote was held and all Offi￿rS were
re-elected.

7. Any other Business
a. People present received an update on various PNCS matters and questions were
welcomed by the Chairman he reiterated his thanks to everyone. Liz Minton, Sheila
ma￿hall thanked the transport scheme, and both said they wouldn t know what to
do wlthout It.
b. Judy Daffern thanked Richard and Lynne Wells for the pop up Art Shop, it was a lot
of work to organise, but we had good sales, so it was definitely worth it.
8. There being no further business, meeting closed at 3.10pm.

Re
rt from the Chair
Events
Peo
During the period covered by this ￿port April 2023 to March 2024, we had a number of new
volunteers joining us at PNCS, as drivers and helping in the Shop and Warehouse. The new
Warehouse premises are much more inviting and comfortable for everyone and have ￿rtaInty
helped to attratt more volunteers, more donations and more customers.
The ongoing success of The Shopi and in particular the increase in sales at The Warehouse
enabled us to reduce the prices of our transport journey even further in 2023. They are now lower
than they have ever been.
Our robust financlal position also allowed us to purcha* a van during the year and this has
proven to be a very valuable addition to PNCS, both for transferring stock between The
Warehouse and The Shop, and also for collecting and delivering larger items.
At the end of 2023, Carole Brick decided to leave The Circle after a number of years, which we
were all sad to hear. (Carole still working with us at The Warehouse, however, so Is still a very
valued part of PNCS.) Her role at The Qrcle was tsken over by Tlna Fenton, and I am very pleased
to say that the transition has gone very well indeed.
All of our staff, Sharon In the offlce, Lorna and Carole at The Warehouse, Sacha at The Shop and
Tina at The Clrcle, continue to do an excellent Job, supth)rted by numerous volunteers.
Durlng the year we also held a couple of "pop-up" art sales at a shop in town, which was a new
type of venture for PNCS, and this was a very successful fund raising exercise.
PNCS exlsts to serve the community and continues to provide an essential seNice at a very
economical cost. However, it is only possible to do this with the tremendous support that we
recelve. Many people give their time to help us as volunteers, many make very generous
donations to The Shop and The Warehouse, and many spend their hard earned cash to buy items
from us. In particular, we are very grateful to our volunteer drivers. Without them, we could not
operate the transport service at all, regardless of how well we are doing otherwise. On behalf of
all of us at PNCS, I would like to say well done and thank you very much indeed to you all!
Financial
Our accounts for 2023124 show a healthy surplus. Despite reducing the charges for the transport
service, and buying a van, we ￿cOrded a profit of £12,900 and our cash balances increa*d by
over £4,000.
Sales at The Warehouse were up year on year, by £19,969, and The Shop also increased yearly
sales by £3,248. We saw quite an increase in running cost, of course, not only because of our
move to the new premises for The Warehouse, but also an increase payroll cost in line with
inflation, and a higher level of driver expenses due to more miles being driven.
We continue to look for other ways to support the community but are always doing so cautiously.
Although we are in a strong financial position and would like to do more, we are wary of
embarking on any commitment that could undermine the future stability of PNCS in any way.
Richard Wells
Chalrnian

The Circl R
A great time has been had at The Circle this year. We ￿lebrated the coronation amidst having lots
of fun. We continue to have a varied turnout from local towns and villages. Throughout the
summer we had trips out irrelevant of the weather, the volunteers pull together amazingly to
make these things happen.
We had some sad losses thls year, as people are getting on in years, numbers are affected. As
usual The arcle contlnues, It never ends amidst life's chaos.
Funding has become more difficult this year, a huge thankyou to those involved with raising
money, blg thankyou to PNCS for their continued support and help with paying the venues rent
etc.
Also, thank you to our local Spar and a social group in Felindre for their donations. We have also
received private donations and raised money on our stall at Christmas, which is greatly
appreciated.
We have had a lot of fun throughout the year, with lovely Marion doing our monthly singing
group, the fabulous Knighton hand bell ringers, visits from Michael Tavinor playing the piano, and
Banjo Brian. Exercises regularly with our trained volunteer Anne and lots of other games.
In the new year I introduced a new game called Botcher, its similar to carpet boules. It was
amazing as everyone wanted to play. It was a roaring success and thank you to one of our ladies
for proving the equipment. Lots of lovely homemade soups, cakes. Chrlstmas buffet etc have been
eaten throughout the year, thank you to those involved in this.
We play an alphabet game occasionally whist sat around in a clrcle. The topic this one time was
what do we get from attending the Circle -
A- Adventure B-Bananagram Clompany D-Dining/drinks E-Exercise F-Friendship G-Games H-
Happiness I-Interatting J-jolly K-Kindness L- Laughter M-music N-Nice O-opportunltles P-
Poetry Q-Quizzes R-Refreshments S-Socialise/Soup T-Teatralk U-understanding V-varlety
W-wellbeing X-xtra special Y-ynot Z-ZesVZany
December brought an end for Carol Brick as coordinator, a very much valued and loved part of the
Circle. Everyone voiced how sad this was for them as a group and a hard art for me to follow. I
made a whole lot of new friends. Everyone has been kind and supportive in this transition.
A heartfelt thank you from me.
New people have stsrted to join us in the new year, thank you again to the volunteers for
everything they do.
The Circle continues to provide an amazing and essential role in our community- There Is no end
to a circle or what can be achieved within it.
rina Fenton
Circle coordinator

The Warehouse Re
In April 2023, at the start of the financial year covered by these accounts, we had been in the new
premises just three months. We had started with sales substsntially hlgher than In the old
premises. Our con￿rn was, of course, whether this would continue or was It Just the novelty
factor. I am delighted to say that business did continue at a much higher level than before. Sales
for 2023124 were, in fatt, £19,969 (45 % ) higher than 2022123.
The new building is a much more pleasant pla￿ for customers, volunteers and eMploy￿S alike.
General awareness of the PNCS Warehouse has also increased, and we have seen a significant
increase in donations, essential to support the higher sales, of course. We have had many positive
comments about the new premises, and customers are certainly coming from further afield, as are
donations. It also seems that, as awareness grows, we are being contscted more often to assist
with house clearances. This has happened a number of times during the year and has proven to
be a valuable source of donations.
There has been an increase In the number of volunteers In The Warehouse during the year,
undoubtedly encouraged by the nicer workSng environment, and they have been a great a￿et in
these busier times.
We now have three volunteers carrying out PAT testing, Terry, Piet and Stsve, who are dolng a
great job keeplng the constant inflow of electrical goods under control.
During the year we have also had a number of younger volunteers working wlth us as part of the
Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.
We have continued to develop contscts to ensure that we both maximise the income from
particularly valuable items, but also generate some income from items that would otherwi* go
into landfill. In the first case, we often sell items irto the antiques trade that would otherwise sell
for very little in the Warehouse. Advertising item on the internet has also proven to be very useful
in reaching a wider audience. With ￿gard to reducing waste we have, for example, made
arrangements for unsold books to be collected by a resellinglrecycling company. This reduces our
waste and eams in the region of £1,000 per year. It all helps!
The purchase of a van has proven to be a great asset. We can collect and deliver lots of items for
which we would otherwise have had to paid for external transport.
Finally, a blg thank you to everyone who Is Involved In making The Warehouse such a Suc￿ssI
Lynne Wells
Warehouse Trustee

The Sho
Shop figures for this period are £25,026, which sees an increase of £3,248 on last year. The
previous year only saw a year on year increa* of £751.The figures are for the period 2023124 are
the highest on record.
As always, I must thank the volunteers for continuing to gNe their time, without them the shop
could not run as well as It does, so thank you to all involved.
The shop has recently had a fresh coat of paint to keep it looking fresh and clean, this has been
complimented many tlmes.
In the last year the charity has purchased a van enabling us to carry out collections and deliveries
for both the shop and warehouse.
This is proving invaluable as to date the van has carried out roughly 52 collettions and 32
dellveries generatlng cash as dellverles a￿ charged for.
It also means that we can turn things over a lot more quickly as we arrange ourselves with the
customer a time that sults us both wlthout havlng to rely on a third paws convenience, usually
people have to wait no more than a week to have an item delivered or colletted as Lorna and I
usually do thls on Tuesdays whilst the warehouse is covered by a volunteer. This is even quicker if
it's something I can attend to by myself. We deliver to most places locally and have gone as far as
Knighton and Shobdon.
I would finally like to thank Dave and Win Preece who have been supplying us with their lovely
sweet peas for many years.
Sacha Pickard
Shop Co-ordinator

The Trans
rtRe
Our transport scheme has had another successful year. I have entered some infomiation for you
below.
Totsl Miles- 23,609
Passenger journeys made- 554
Hours of driving by volunteers= 818
Hours waiting time by volunteers-516
Members- 176
Powys Primary Care Services journeys {eg...dentists, dOCtc￿5, oFticians)
Welsh Hospitsl journeys (eg...Abergavenny, ￿bowen, Cardiff) -
English Hospital journeys (eg...Hereford, BTham, Leorrin5ter, Telford, Shrewsbjry) = 202
Powys Community Hospitsl journeys (eg...uan(bY,￿eCOn, Buil￿ ￿any11$ Knlghton)
82
169
The Community Transport scheme would not exist without our volunteer drivers, I would like to
say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone in our ex￿lIent team of committed volunteer drivers, without
whom none of these journeys would be possible, and they do so much more than drive. They
really are prI￿lesS. We are still prioritising health joumeys only and are still unfortunately unable
to do social journeys at this present time.
I would also Ilke to say a BIG THANK YOU to Barbara Masterson who helps me in the Transport
Office. She is simply the best.
We receive a small amount of funding from PCCIFrrHB which does not cover the cost of the
Community Car Scheme, the very large part of funding comes from our own Charity Shop and
Warehouse. What an excellent job they do. Thank you to the staff and volunteers for their
excellent support and time which enables our transport to continue at such a low cost service to
our members.
I would also like to say thank you to all of our communty who donate to our shop, warehouse and
transport scheme. It really is much appreciated, and of course keeps this service going.
If you do have any ideas of how we can do more for our members? Or is there something you feel
Is needed In our community that Communlty Support could help with? Please do not hesitste to
call into the office to discuss with us. We'd love to hear from you.
l am recruiting for new volunteer drivers. If you know anyone who might like to do
thisi please ask them to pop into the High Street office for a chat.
Sharon Jones
General Manager and Transport Co-ordinator

Volunteer
Volu
AIit
GET BEHIND YOUR COMMUNITY
GET BEHIND THE WHEEL
We are r•crultlng volunteer drivern to provlde local seniors wlth transportatlon
for vltal madlcal appointments
Do you enjoy driving, and want to make a real dlfference to the lives of your local
community who without our service really struggle to be Independent?
Your volunteering commitment would be flexlble to meet your availability. Even if you have
a half day per week free we would stlll Ilke to hear from you.
Contact us today on 01544 267961
or Call in today to the office at 5, High Street, Presteigne
YOU CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCEI
GIVE AS YOU LIVE DONATIONS
IT'S SO EASY TO DO JUST FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW
1. Search for 'Give as you Llve, on the internet, and click on it
2. Join up by clicking 'Join'
3. Enter Presteigne & Norton Community Support
4. Select 'Us' as your charity
5. Enter your name, email, address and make up a password
Just remember every tlme you shop onllne, go to the 'Give as you Ilve webslte. Log in and stsrt
searching for your online shops. Give as you live will redirect you to your shop of choice. once you
have finished shopping, checkout.
YOUR ONLINE SHOP, GIVES US A DONATION
AS A THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING WITH THEM
Need some help?
Come and see Sharon, who wlll help you get started.
(The website is totally secure and safe)
Or enter th18 Into your '8earch' h
8:Ilwww. Iveas oullve.coml

Cprestelgne
Norton >
Communit
Support
Presteigne and Norton Community Support
5 High Street
Presteigne
Powys
LD8 2BA
Trans
ortEn
uiries & Bookin
Contact Info
Tel: 01544 267961
Email: trans
ncs
mail.com
By using Give as You Live we gain a donation of the
total cost of your online shopping at no-extra cost to
yourself Many stores are signed up as partners of Give as
You Live including Amazon Tesco ASDA and many more.

Unaudited Fininciil Statements for the Year Ended 31 Mar¢h 2024
PreAteigne and NortoD Communlty Support

Pre*Jgne and Norton Communlty Support
Contents of the Financial StstemeRts
for the Year Fnded 31 March 2024
General Inforniatlon
A￿￿￿ta￿ts, Report and CJleMt Approval CertlfleAte
Det41kd Pn)fit and Loss Account
Balance Sheet
Tanglble Fjxed Assets Seheduk

Prestolgne gnd Norton Commmntty Support
Ceneral lafomAtion
for the Year Ended 31 Mareh 21)24
ADDRE&S..
5 High Street
PrcsteignL
Powys
LD8 2BA
Housego Accountsn¢y & T8kntion
Office 10
Broadaxe Business P8
Presteigne
Powys
LD8 2UH
Page I

Fln*n¢lal Ststemeots
for the Year Ended 31 M8reh 21)24
Aeeountants, Report to
PrestelgTh¢ and Norton Community Support
As described below, you have approved the f￿ancIal statements ftir the ye4t Cod￿1 31 March 2024 Bet out on pages
thTce to five. In accordan¢e with your insttudions. w¢ have ¢ompilwJ th¢se unaudited financial 8tatLnnents from the
accounting records. and explanations supplied to us.
14ousego Accountancy & Taxation
Office 10
Br(wlaxe Business Park
Ptesteigme
Powys
LD8 2UH
28 July 2024
Client Approval Certifi¢ate
l approve th¢ finan
prepaTatioo.
statemvnts ar￿ LX)nfiTm that I hav¢ m8d¢ avaiiablc all releV￿t ￿COnts and inf0m￿tiOn for their
RicbaThl Wells
Datc".
PaBe 2

Pre4telgne and Norton Communlty Supwrt
Detalled Profit and Loss Account
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
2024
2023
Intome
Transport- Client I tjjnations
Charily shop- Takings
Generdl (VB)- Cor¢ InL'OrnC
GeneraI (VB) Donations
War¢housc. Sales
ci￿le- Donations
4,998
25.026
5,759
1.420
64242
2,135
6,221
21,778
2,869
40
44273
3.389
103,580
78,570
Olber Ineojne
Govemment grants
Deposit account illlerest
Investsnent account inter¢5t
4,626
250
2,132
4.376
39
(Ai3
7,008
5.018
110588
83,588
Expemdltsre
Rcnl Rates,Uti1itie￿0ffi¢¢
General Office F￿penseS-
Ctrclel Warehousel Trnt￿pOrt/
Shop
Rent & Rates (Shop)
Insuranco
Rent & Utilities (Warehouse)
Genml Warehousc cxpcD
Salaries & National Insurnice
Telepholie
Advertising
Strdff travel. trg & mtttings
Volunteer Drivers
Rent (Circle)
Client Activity Costs (Circje)
Sundry expenses
Commut)ity Drnw Prizes
Donation paid
Accountancy
Depreciation oftangible fixed ossels
4,903
16J8
839
11,680
95
55,907
1,045
120
2,478
7,888
1.780
479
874
532
1.51x1
5,702
1704
776
7,025
24
46,404
1,113
iio
1,075
4,880
1.914
672
751
570
1,750
97.688
78,478
NFT PROFIT
12.9(K)
5.110
P88e 3

Pre5teigne and Norton Communfity Support
Balan¢e Sheet
31 M1￿h 2024
2024
FIXF.D A55ETS
Motor vehicl
8,750
CURRENT ASSETS
TrdtLSPOrt current account
Genernl Gurrent account
Warehous¢ ¢ll￿ent account
Shop cU￿t account
c.ircle cumt 4c¢ount
Business bank inslanl account
Investment account
Pcty Cash balanc¢s
2281
3.167
5.144
278
3,678
26.870
52,735
186
3,011
2,753
&709
5,017
3.617
22.120
50,603
327
100,339
96,157
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Trade ¢￿￿110r$
569
99,738
r4ET ￿E73
108.488
95,588
FINANCED BY
CAPITAL ACCOU
BTought forward
Add
Net PD)fit
95588
90,478
12,900
5,110
108,488
95588
108.488
95.588

Pre*igDe aud iYortOA Communlty Support
Tanglbje Fixed Assets Schedule
31 March 2024
Motor
vehicles
COST
Addit￿n8
10,500
At31 March 2024
0.500
DEPRECIATION
Char8¢ foryear
1.750
At 31 March 2024
1,750
ET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024
8,750
Page 5

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Nity Support
Presteigne and Norton Community Support
On accounts for the year
ended
31st March 2024
Charity no
{if any)
1060479
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity {Ihe Trust.) for the year ended ."
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 (°the Acr).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission
under section 145(5Xb) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives rne
cause to believe that in, any material respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Independent
examiner's statement
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Stephen F Houseg
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
ICPA (Fellow)
Address:
Housego Accountancy & Taxation
Office 10 Broadaxe Business Park
Presteigne Powys LD8 2UH
IER
October 2018

(KARllY
Trustees. Annual Report for the period
Period start date
Day
Month
01
04
Period end date
Day
Month
31
Year
2023
l Year
From
To
| 2024
Reference and administration details
Section A
Charity name
Presteigne & Norton Community Support
Other names charity is known by
Reglstered charity number (If any)
1060479
Charity's principal address
5 High Street
Presteigne
Powys
Post¢oda
LD8 2BA
Names of the charity trustses who manage the charlty
Dates a¢t•d If not for wholo
Trusteo nam
Office (if any)
Name of porson {or body) entitled
toa
nt trustee
Ifan
Richard Wells
Lynne Wells
Moi Gibbons
Judy Daffern
Steff Griffiths
Chainnan
Warehouse Trustee
Treasurer
Secrelary
Trustee
June Morgan
Trustee
10
12
13
14
15
17
18
19
20
Names of the trustees for the charfty. if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name
Datss acted rf not for whole
TAR
Aprll 2009

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional informatlon)
of adviser
Name
Address
Name of chief executive or names of senlor staff members (Optlonal Infonnatlon)
Section B
Structure,
overnance and management
Descrlptlon of the charity's trusts
Constitution
Type of governing document
How the charity is constituted
Charity
Trustee selection methods
lecj aptx)iiiied by. ele.cted I
Elected by AGM att8nd8es
Addltlonal governance Issuos {Optional inforniation)
You may choose to include
additional information, where
relevanl, about:
policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
tralning of trustees;
the charity's organisational
structure and any wider
network wlth whlch the charity
works.,
relationship with any related
parties;
trustees, consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.
Section C
Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in Its
governlng document
TAR
April 2009

Summary of the main
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
thls section the statutory
declaratlon that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefrt)
Additional detsils of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include
further statements, where
relevant, about:
policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related
investment;
contribution made by
volunteers.
TAR
April 2009

Section D
Achievements and performance
Summary of the maln
achiev•m•nts of tho charity
during the year
TAR
Aprll 2009

Section E
Financial review
Brief statement of the
charltys policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially
in deficit
Further financlal review detalls (Optlonal inforniation)
You may choose to include
additional infonnation, whe
relevant about".
the charity's prlncipal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising);
how expendilure has
supported the key objectives
of the charity;
investrnent policy and
objectives including any
ethical inveslment policy
adopted.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
The trustees declare that thoy have approved the trustees. report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Slgnature(s)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretsry, Chair,
etc)
Richard Wells
Chainxan
Date
8.8.2024
TAR
Aprll 2009