## **Chair’s report to Devon Weavers Workshop Annual General Meeting 25[th] April 2026** 

I’d like to welcome everyone who has made the effort to attend this AGM. I’m always surprised by how many people do come each year, I think the shared lunch is the draw! 

This will be my last AGM as chairperson, having served for 6 years and with a new 6 year lease agreed with the landlord. 

When we proposed taking on the lease for unit 9 as well as unit 8, the landlords agreed to vary our lease to make that commitment for 3 years. This was to give us time to evaluate whether the extra financial liability was sustainable for us long term.  We set the objective to break even this year, which we have not quite achieved, as Jackie will explain in her report. However, the trend is very much in the right direction (even if due to a generous donation) and we have only used a very small portion of our reserves, to balance our income and expenditure. 

The new lease is for 6 years with a break clause at year 3. The rent will increase over the 6 years so we will need to be careful in our spending and ensuring that our income generation continues to improve. 

The workshop depends on the active participation of everyone, within each person’s capacity. Signing up to clean the workshop once a year, helping for half a day with a beginner’s course, at the children’s tent at Bovey craft fair, or at Birdwood House and of course, taking the odd course to improve your skills- all these things help the workshop increase the public’s awareness of the craft and ensure the smooth running of the workshop for members. 

This year we helped over 200, mainly but not exclusively children, create a bookmark during the 3 days of the Bovey Craft Fair. We started 20 new weavers on their weaving journey with our beginner’s courses, many of whom I am happy to say, have joined us as associates and are using the workshop facilities. We have helped the spinners improve their skills through the carding course. We hope to continue offering a variety of opportunities for members to spin, dye weave and make- with the support of members days/ courses. If there is something you would like to learn, or could offer to teach, please talk to one of the committee. 



I’d like to thank the trustees and members who have supported me in the role of Chair, especially Ann Bullied who was our secretary for many years.  I would also like to thank Jane Unwin who is stepping down as a trustee. Jane supported Jill Davies with advanced courses then managed the organisation of advanced courses and took on responsibility for beginner’s courses. Her contribution has been much appreciated. 

I must not forget to thank Val Bird for offering to become a trustee and having seen how the trustees group works, is willing to step into the role of chairperson. 

Succession planning has been a drum I’ve been beating for a number of years! We need a few more people willing to be charity trustees who might in time, allow others to step back, as the new trustees take on roles in that group. 

Margaret Cushen DWW chair 2026 



## `TAX` 

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## `Mrs J Thomas` 

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Ashprington
Totnes
Devon
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> `Date: 30 March 2026` 

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DearJackie
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## `DEVON WEAVERS WORKSHOP` 

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`2. Insurance[includes payments] to the Association of Guilds of Weavers,[Spinners][and] Dyers[for][the][year][ending][31][December] 2024[and][a][payment] for the year[ending 31][December] 2025. No provision is included[in][the][accounts][to] recognise the[prepaid] amounts.` 

`3. The accounts[show][ that][there][ was][a][deficit] of[£956] reducing the Fund[balance] to £75,828.` 

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## `Independent Examiner's Report` 

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## `Independent examiner's statement` 

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## `DEVON WEAVERS WORKSHOP` 

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(Registered[Charity]-No[1108423)]
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## `Receipts & Payments Account For the Year Ending 31 October 2025` 

|`INCOME`|||||||`2025`||`2024`|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|`Subscriptions`|||||`full`||`8,671 full`||`8,303`|
||||||`assoc`||`2,750assoc`||`2,907`|
|`Course fees`|||`adv`|||`9,434`||`14,250`||
||||`beg`|||`8,050`||`5,250`||
|`Fees outstanding from 2023`||||||||`1,200`||
||||||||`17,484`||`20,700`|
|`Printing`|||||||`8,785`||`7,503`|
|`Sales/misc`||||||||||
|`Journal`<br>`Donations & `|`Legacy`||||||`5,085`<br>`1,978`||`436`<br>`2,272`|
|`Deposit account`|||`interest`<br>`total`||||`44,754`||`42,120`|
|`EXPENDITURE`|||||||`934`|||
|`Purchases`|||||||`21,354`||`21,450`|
|`Rent & service `||`charges`|||||`1,779`||`2,754`|
|`Electricity`|||||||`677`||`523`|
|`Internet`||||||||||
||||||||||`269`|
||||||||`96 ess`|||
|`Running costs`||||`1ess`<br>`2oth`|||`3,149 oth`||`3,707`<br>`867`|
||||||||`1,898`|||
|`Insurance/Affiliation`|||||||`265`||`161`|
|`Journal/mags/books`|||||||`1,318`||`1,017`<br>`186`|
|`Exhibi/fairs`||||||||||
|`Admin (treasurer))`|||||||`7,392`||`8,027`|
|`Course expenses`|||||||`6,397`||`5,509`|
|`Payments`<br>`to`|`sellers`|||||||||
|`Paypal& Card `||`charges`|||||`450`||`450`|
|`Accountancy`||||||||||
||||||||`45,709`||`44,921`|
||||`total`|||||||
||||||||`-956`||`-2,800`|
|`Deficit`<br>`transferredto General Fund`||||||||||
|`Notes.`|||||||||`01/11/2024`|
||||||||`£9,192.82`|||
|`Bank account`||`(Lloyds Business a/c)`|||||`£6,259.24`||`31/10/2025`|
||||||||`-£2,933.58`|||
||||`Net transactions`||||||`01/11/2024`|
|`Bank Account`||`(Lloyds Business Saving)`<br>`transfer`<br>`from `|||`Current`||`£15,601.94`<br>`£0.00`|||
||||||||`£134.58`|||
||||`Interest`||||`£15,736.52`||`31/10/2025`|





## `Devon Weavers` 

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StatementofAssets&Liabilities
As At 31October2025
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|||`2025`||`2024`||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|`Tangible Assetsat cost`||||||
|`Fixtures`<br>`& Fittings`||`6,579`||`6,579`||
|`Plant`<br>`and Machinery`||`3,418`||`3,418`||
||||`9,998`||`9,998`|
|`Current Assets`||||||
|`Monetary`<br>`Assets`||||||
|`Devon VNeavers Workshop`||`6.259`||`9,193`||
|`Devon Weavers`<br>`VWorkshop Savings account`||`15,737`||`15,602`||
|`Charity 180d Notice Base Rate Tracker`||`43,835`|`65,831`|`41,991`|`66,786`|
|`Net Assets`|||`75,828`||`76,784`|
|`Represented`<br>`by`|`Unrestricted`<br>`76.784`|`Restricted Designated`|`Total`<br>`76,784`||`76,784`|
|`Fund Movementadjustment`|||`-956`|||
|`Deficit/`<br>`Surpus this year`<br>`Balance`<br>`c/f`|`-956`<br>`75,828`|`0`|`75,828`||`76,784`|



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