Chairs Report – Year ended March 2024
“It’s not the view, it’s what you see.” The Centre as a collection of buildings may not be beautiful, however the experiences that are gained through accessing it more than makes up for this.
It has once again been refreshing and reassuring that locally based youth organisations, both formal and informal have returned to the Centre with repeat bookings slightly up on the previous reporting year during the spring, summer and autumn of 2023, ensuring children and young people have been able to access the Centre and many resources it has to offer.
The local Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) has continued with its academic year bookings, however the local Emotional & Behavioural Unit (EBU), had to reduce their booking by one session due to financial pressures and demands on their service.
Once again maintenance, repairs and improvements were carried out from mid-May through to late October, which specifically included securing plastic sheeting to all the washroom walls and toilets to give them a fresh new look and feeling as well as making them far more practical to keep clean and hygienic. Throughout the late spring and early summer months various indoor and indoor spaces of the centre have undergone light maintenance and redecoration to ensure the user-friendly environments for schools and other informal learning organisations have fresh and clean spaces and areas to work within.
“It is the job that is never started that takes the longest to finish”
Once again, in my capacity as Chair of HOT, my gratitude goes out to the all the Trustees and volunteers, without whose loyalty, dedication and passion for the Centre it contuse to thrive and offer an extraordinary learning environment for all those that access it, taking away new skills, friendships and very important social knowledge. We must look to the future, remain positive, harvest our strengths, acknowledging there will be challenging times ahead, however the dedication, loyalty and passion for the outdoors will ensure these challenges are met as and delt with as learning out comes and who knows what tomorrow will bring.
Stu McFarlane Chair & Trustee Herefordshire Outdoor Trust 28 April 2024.
Herefordshire Outdoor Trust; Charity number; 1101608.
Registered address; Dinedor Outdoor Centre, Dinedor, Hereford, HR2 6PD
Incorporating; Dinedor Outdoor Centre
DINEDOR OUTDOOR CENTRE 2024 End of Year Statement
Assets
for insurance
Liabilities
Cash £ - Investments £ - Inventory £ 16,614.90 Supplies £ 450.00 Machinery £ 5,400.00 Buildings £ 163,562.00 Equipment £ 800.00 Improvements £ 12,000.00 £ 198,826.90
Accounts payable
| Maintenance payable | £ 10,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Deposits | 0 |
| Insurances | 3000 |
| Rent | £ - |
| Corporation Tax / Rates | £ - |
| IT / WEB | 500 |
| materials / supplies | 2500 |
Income
Expenditure
| From Hire | £ 6,118.90 |
|---|---|
| From Schools | £ 29,366.80 |
| Grants | |
| Donations | £ 400.00 |
| Deposits | |
| Sales | £ - |
| elec | £ | 1,040.86 |
|---|---|---|
| gas | £ | 213.51 |
| water | £ | 194.48 |
| maintenance | £ | 8,108.21 |
| instructors | £ | 10,600.00 |
| services | £ | 114.90 |
| consumables | £ | 255.70 |
| Equipment | £ | 882.83 |
| Insurances | £ | 2,969.90 |
| Refund | £ | 232.00 |
| IT / WEB | £ | 316.11 |
| cleaning | £ | 1,970.00 |
| materials | £ | 1,833.85 |
| fuel | £ | 311.22 |
| waste | £ | - |
| admin | £ | 364.00 |
| £ 29,407.57 |
£ 35,885.70
Total income
Total Expentiture £29,407.57 Profit /Loss £ 6478.13
B/F: 31/03/23 £ 12,790.66 from bank statement C/F: 01/04/24 £ 18,655.55
Signature C Baggot Date Sunday 08 September 2024
DINEDOR OUTDOOR CENTRE 2024 End of Year Statement
Assets
for insurance
Liabilities
Cash £ - Investments £ - Inventory £ 16,614.90 Supplies £ 450.00 Machinery £ 5,400.00 Buildings £ 163,562.00 Equipment £ 800.00 Improvements £ 12,000.00 £ 198,826.90
Accounts payable
| Maintenance payable | £ 10,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Deposits | 0 |
| Insurances | 3000 |
| Rent | £ - |
| Corporation Tax / Rates | £ - |
| IT / WEB | 500 |
| materials / supplies | 2500 |
Income
Expenditure
| From Hire | £ 6,118.90 |
|---|---|
| From Schools | £ 29,366.80 |
| Grants | |
| Donations | £ 400.00 |
| Deposits | |
| Sales | £ - |
| elec | £ | 1,040.86 |
|---|---|---|
| gas | £ | 213.51 |
| water | £ | 194.48 |
| maintenance | £ | 8,108.21 |
| instructors | £ | 10,600.00 |
| services | £ | 114.90 |
| consumables | £ | 255.70 |
| Equipment | £ | 882.83 |
| Insurances | £ | 2,969.90 |
| Refund | £ | 232.00 |
| IT / WEB | £ | 316.11 |
| cleaning | £ | 1,970.00 |
| materials | £ | 1,833.85 |
| fuel | £ | 311.22 |
| waste | £ | - |
| admin | £ | 364.00 |
| £ 29,407.57 |
£ 35,885.70
Total income
Total Expentiture £29,407.57 Profit /Loss £ 6478.13
B/F: 31/03/23 £ 12,790.66 from bank statement C/F: 01/04/24 £ 18,655.55
Signature C Baggot Date Sunday 08 September 2024