Good evening and welcome to the A G M
I will start by talking about the sad passing of Paul Weir. Paul as many of you know died suddenly just before Christmas and is greatly missed. Paul did a lot of work operating the bookings and doing several other tasks that we discovered when they weren’t done!
This created something of a crisis as we urgently had to keep things running and yet again committee members stepped up to cover and attempt to fill the enormous gap left by Paul’s passing.
In discussion with Di (Paul’s wife) we hope to commemorate Paul’s contribution with a permanent memorial at the hall.
Around the Christmas period we were able to attract some extra volunteers crucial in helping the committee cope with managing the hall and dealing with a seasonal surge in bookings.
I took over bookings for a few months, Gary then took it over until a couple of weeks ago where Chris is now operating the diary.
Nev throughout is there operating the computer booking system raising invoices, paying bills and keeping us on the straight and narrow. Given my health situation I am personally grateful for Gary and Chris helping with the bookings.
Also in the last year Julia our long term cleaner decided to retire and we are very fortunate to have found Debbie and ??? They do an excellent job.
Also in the last year we were able to find Terry who as caretaker makes another crucial contribution taking a number of tasks freeing up volunteers.
We also have contracted with Tickford security to service and support the burglar and fire alarms as well as the CCTV. We are very pleased and impressed with them on the couple of occasions they have been on site. Also the CCTV software that they helped us with works very well and is really useful not least when opening or closing or reviewing if there are any incidents we need to investigate.
Earlier this year we also replaced the floors in the toilets and kitchen. This was a major project having to plan removal of equipment, removal of old flooring new coatings, re installing of equipment while users of the hall were inconvenienced as little as possible.
I have to say that the support we had from many people all working to Neville’s detailed plan was heartwarming. On several occasions people turned out to do the work needed that day even providing tea and biscuits to keep us going.
The floor is not quite the colour expected but should last a long time.
Unfortunately we have had some issues surrounding the play equipment.
A complaint via Tilsworth parish council came to our attention about the swings and slide. We took some action including taping off the slide to attempt to stop any use. This was ignored and we later received a notice from health and safety officials threatening to close the facilities unless action was taken over the slide, and a perceived area underneath the swings (even though the swings had been removed) which was deemed a trip hazard. The complaint was we believe from a Tilsworth resident who also had started a misleading petition in the Anchor pub purporting to be from Tilsworth PC without making contact with us or the PC. This has been withdrawn and is not the way to get things done.
After some discussion including whether to remove the equipment all together a subset of the committee made an excellent repair under health and safety time pressure to address the issues. We also made direct contact with the health and safety officer for him to approve the actions taken and remove the threat of closure.
We are discussing with Tilsworth PC the status of the play equipment and the roles needed going forward.
Neville will report on our financial status where we are in a healthy position although some expenditure is needed soon on things such as redecoration, heating controls etc.
Overall a challenging but successful year but without the support and efforts of the committee members and in some cases their spouses and family we would not be able to operate and provide a facility that we can all be proud of.
Dave Spikesley Chairman
Stanbridge and Tilsworth Community Association
Income and Expenditure Account Year Ended 30 April 2023
| Previous Year 2021/2022 £ Income 31,737 Hall Lettings 2,407 Fund raising events 20,131 Donations / Grants 2,500 Football Pitch Fees 2 Bank Interest 56,777 Total Income Expenditure 0 Capital Outlay 13,646 Hall Running Expenses 2,743 Repairs and Renewals 377 Fund raising events 4,309 Field / Pitch Maintenance 21,075 Total Expenditure 35,702 Net Income/(Expenditure) for the Year Accumulated Income 17,179 Opening Balance 35,702 Total Movement in Year 52,881 Closing Balance R Represented By 17,326 Balance at Lloyds Bank Current Account 35,555 Balance at Lloyds Bank Deposit Account 52,881 Total Fund |
Current Year 2022/2023 £ 31,410 0 28 0 90 |
|---|---|
| 31,528 | |
| 0 18,634 14,027 160 5,523 |
|
| 38,344 | |
| (6,816) | |
| 52,881 (6,816) |
|
| 46,065 | |
| 10,420 35,645 |
|
| 46,065 |
G. McGregor GMcG Accountancy Chartered Accountants 21 Tilsworth Road Stanbridge Bedfordshire LU7 9HT
25 September 2024
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