Scaynes Hill Millennium Village Centre
Chairman’s Report 2022
(Including Buildings Report)
Despite the challenges of the pandemic the centre continues to thrive and is on a sound financial and business footing. Thanks to government grant payments we and were able to pass on some of this support to our regular hirers, they have been very grateful for our help. We are planning to continue building up our reserves to enable us to weather any reduction in income or major repair requirements.
During the year we made plans for some additional investments in the centre. The battery system is to be upgraded but this has been delayed by supply problems due the Covid pandemic. Currently (Summer) we are drawing very little power from the grid and still benefitting from the feed in tariff on power generated. The additional information on our power use is helping identify areas where we can reduce power consumption.
The trustees are looking into upgrading the heating system at some point. This would involve simplifying the control of the heating by zone and potentially changing the boilers and possibly looking again at heat pumps. Currently heat pumps are not considered a good return on investment. This may however change in the future. We have been informed by MID Sussex District Council of a very significant sum of building development money that is ring fenced for the centre. This could be used to install heat pumps.
We have not increased the hire rates and have no plans to do so at this time.
We already have many people who support the centre in many ways both regularly and occasionally. I thank you most sincerely on behalf of the centre – you know who you are!
The centre has returned to the hire levels seen before covid with the usual changes taking place from time to time.
It is hoped that the village will continue to become more involved with the centre and we will use as many volunteers as possible to ensure the centre remains a valued asset in our community. If you can spare some time to support the centre in any way, please get in touch. If you have any skill that you could offer to the centre or know of anyone else who may be prepared to help, please let us know. (i.e., Builder, Window Cleaner, Tradesman, Lawyer, Roofer, Engineer etc.).
It has been a challenging year for the centre, and I am very grateful to those who have supported us.
Chairman
Scaynes Hill Village Centre Trust Annual Income and Expenses Year ended 31 March 2022
| Income Total Hiring invoices Crockery Hire Rental Income Interest Received Solar Feed-in Tariff Income Total Other Income Total Income Expenses Cleaning Contract Cleaning Window / Gutter Cleaning Cleaning Materials Healthcare Cleaning Other Cleaning Costs Total Centre Cleaning Administration Booking Sec./Treasurer Stewarding Total General Expenses Insurance Licences & Subscriptions Rent Bank Charges Total Administration Utilities Supply of gas Electricity Supply Supply of fresh water Waste Water Telephone Waste collection Total Utilities Maintenance and Repairs Total Maintenance Total Purchases Total Maint. and Repairs Total Expenses Income less Expenses Major Capital Expenditure Less : Grants Received Total Net Income / (Expenditure) |
Year Ended 31 March 2022 £ 37,006 168 0 7 1,291 0 38,472 8,125 342 266 589 170 9,492 5,916 0 353 1,061 1,152 100 889 9,471 3,335 1,981 12 (6) 986 100 6,408 2,911 4,353 7,264 32,635 5,837 (3,197) 0 2,640 |
Year Ended 31 March 2021 £ 8,524 0 3,354 20 1,565 19,908 |
|---|---|---|
| 33,371 | ||
| 5,860 456 87 589 0 |
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| 6,992 | ||
| 5,796 0 210 1,026 144 100 114 |
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| 7,390 | ||
| 2,571 1,108 297 250 858 320 |
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| 5,404 | ||
| 4,399 4,999 |
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| 9,398 | ||
| 29,184 | ||
| 4,187 (9,333) 0 |
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| (5,146) |
Scaynes Hill Village Centre Trust Balance Sheet At 31 March 2022
| Accumulated Funds Brought forward Income less Expenses for year ended 31 March 2021 Carried forward Comprising: Cancellations reserve Battery storage system Kitchen cupboards reserve Central heating / boilers reserve General reserves Total accumulated funds Represented by: Current Account Deposit Account Due from Hirers Due to Hirers - Deposits Total |
Year Ended 31 March 2022 £ 46,789 2,640 49,429 1,000 6,000 1,000 30,000 11,429 49,429 7,060 45,000 2,569 (5,200) 49,429 |
Year Ended 31 March 2021 £ 51,935 (5,146) |
|---|---|---|
| 46,789 | ||
| 2,500 3,000 1,000 30,000 10,289 |
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| 46,789 | ||
| 7,009 40,002 28 (250) |
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| 46,789 |