Chairman’s Statement
The Society’s year end has changed to 31 December, to accord with our subscription year and the accounts have been prepared for the 15-month period to 31 December 2024. Over this period, we received cash income of £34,462.76 and had a surplus over cash payments of £6,010.85. The above figures include both the Society’s unrestricted activities and the cashflows of our restricted funds. On an unrestricted basis we had a surplus of £10,058.46 and our restricted funds had a net cash outflow of £4,047.61.
Our main sources of income over the period were Midsummer Malvern, Subscriptions (including eight corporate members for the first time), and our trips, parties and guided town walks. Our talk from Michael Portillo during Midsummer Malvern proved extremely popular, packing the Forum Theatre, as did our Sunday in the Park which followed, for which we would like to thank both the Malvern Hills District Council and the Malvern Town Council for their grants.
During the period our restricted funds were used wisely, with £2,664 spent on grave renovations at Great Malvern Cemetery, and £1,500 spent on further sponsorship of the donkey sheds in Happy Valley.
The Society’s objectives are to conserve, protect and promote the best elements of Malvern's heritage in the built and natural environment, through education, sponsorship and encouragement of high standards of planning and architectural design, for the benefit of our members and Malvern as a whole.
The Society is governed by its Executive Committee made up of trustees who must stand for annual re-election at the Annual General Meeting. During the period there have been a number of changes to the Executive Committee. Stephen Goodenough has stepped down as Chairman of the Planning Committee and been replaced by David Entwistle. Roger Sutton has stepped down as Chairman of the Friends of Malvern Cemeteries and has been replaced by Brian Iles. We have also said goodbye to David Ebsworth as Chairman and Rose Fenn as Secretary. To all those stepping down we thank them greatly for all they have achieved and to those stepping up we look forward to working with them in the future.
We rely on members who are prepared to assist us in our activities. We are always looking for members who are willing to get involved so please do volunteer. I’m sure you will find it interesting and rewarding. We regularly mention opportunities to get involved at our monthly meetings and at the moment we are looking particularly for members with IT experience who could assist with, among other things, our website as we seek to extend our online footprint.
We look forward to what we hope will be an equally successful 2025 and I hope to see many of you on our trips and at our monthly socials and talks.
Michael Pritchard Chairman
MALVERN CIVIC SOCIETY Registered Charity number 1117906 Notes to the statement of receipts and payments
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The current period is 15 months compared to 12 months for the comparative period. The year end of the society has been changed to 31 December to accord with the subscription period which is also the calendar year.
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The statement of receipts and payments represents the history of all receipts and payments from 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2024. There was a surplus of £6,010.85 in the 15 months to 31 December 2024, compared to a deficit of £4,326.25 in the previous year.
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Certain amounts within comparative figures for 2023 have been re-presented to match current period presentation.
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These accounts are prepared on a cash basis. At the year end subscription income of £405.04, which was held in our PayPal account, has not been included in the figures above as it was not considered a cash receipt.
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As at 31 December 2024 cash of £13,666.84 was held in current accounts and cash of £27,298.62 was held in a savings account.
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The receipts from Midsummer Malvern include grants of £500 and £470 from the District Council and the Town Council respectively to help fund the Sunday in the Park.
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Donations paid include £500 to Malvern Priory and £300 to the Autumn in Malvern festival.
Reconciliation of restricted funds
| Allocation of | Allocation of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| interest | interest | |||||
| Balance at 30 | received to 31 | Payments in | Payments out | received to 31 | Balance at 31 | |
| September | December | during the | during the | December | December | |
| 2023 | 2023 | period | period | 2024 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Friends of Malvern Railways | 8,162.76 | 70.54 | 397.35 | 212.00 | 99.02 | 8,517.67 |
| Friends of Malvern Cemeteries | 3,243.80 | 27.89 | 50.00 | 3,134.00 | 20.80 | 208.49 |
| Kay Foundation | 12,668.68 | 137.04 | 1,500.00 | 144.96 | 11,450.68 | |
| Chesterton Fund | 1,052.00 | 9.21 | 12.76 | 1,073.97 | ||
| Dudley Brook Fund | 251.48 | 3.27 | 3.06 | 257.81 | ||
| Interest | 177.51 | -247.95 | 351.04 | -280.60 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 25,556.23 | 0.00 | 798.39 | 4,846.00 | 0.00 | 21,508.62 |
| Accounts prepared by: Accounts reviewed by: |
Rob Carrington Date: Treasurer David Woodward Date: Scrutineer |
12-Feb-25 |
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| 12-Feb-25 | ||
MALVERN CIVIC SOCIETY Registered Charity number 1117906 Notes to the statement of receipts and payments
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The current period is 15 months compared to 12 months for the comparative period. The year end of the society has been changed to 31 December to accord with the subscription period which is also the calendar year.
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The statement of receipts and payments represents the history of all receipts and payments from 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2024. There was a surplus of £6,010.85 in the 15 months to 31 December 2024, compared to a deficit of £4,326.25 in the previous year.
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Certain amounts within comparative figures for 2023 have been re-presented to match current period presentation.
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These accounts are prepared on a cash basis. At the year end subscription income of £405.04, which was held in our PayPal account, has not been included in the figures above as it was not considered a cash receipt.
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As at 31 December 2024 cash of £13,666.84 was held in current accounts and cash of £27,298.62 was held in a savings account.
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The receipts from Midsummer Malvern include grants of £500 and £470 from the District Council and the Town Council respectively to help fund the Sunday in the Park.
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Donations paid include £500 to Malvern Priory and £300 to the Autumn in Malvern festival.
Reconciliation of restricted funds
| Allocation of | Allocation of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| interest | interest | |||||
| Balance at 30 | received to 31 | Payments in | Payments out | received to 31 | Balance at 31 | |
| September | December | during the | during the | December | December | |
| 2023 | 2023 | period | period | 2024 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Friends of Malvern Railways | 8,162.76 | 70.54 | 397.35 | 212.00 | 99.02 | 8,517.67 |
| Friends of Malvern Cemeteries | 3,243.80 | 27.89 | 50.00 | 3,134.00 | 20.80 | 208.49 |
| Kay Foundation | 12,668.68 | 137.04 | 1,500.00 | 144.96 | 11,450.68 | |
| Chesterton Fund | 1,052.00 | 9.21 | 12.76 | 1,073.97 | ||
| Dudley Brook Fund | 251.48 | 3.27 | 3.06 | 257.81 | ||
| Interest | 177.51 | -247.95 | 351.04 | -280.60 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 25,556.23 | 0.00 | 798.39 | 4,846.00 | 0.00 | 21,508.62 |
| Accounts prepared by: Accounts reviewed by: |
Rob Carrington Date: Treasurer David Woodward Date: Scrutineer |
12-Feb-25 |
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| 12-Feb-25 | ||