Chairmans Report 2023/24
This last year has been a good one from the perspective of having a full booking system and also making some significant changes to the hall infrastructure.
From income side of things we were slightly down on 2022/23. The main reason was we lost the regular income from Baby Sensory from August as the lady decided to change days and we couldn't accommodate the change. We did however make most of lost income back with new bookings on Mondays and Fridays and the return of the Pantomime meant we finished the year strong. On a like for like basis (before capital expenditure) we made a small profit of around £1800 which is approximately 18% margin and in my opinion reflects the balance between hire charges and expenses is about correct.
The profit, plus previous years accumulated profit did mean that the decision to upgrade the ceiling tiles was able to be made. Two quotes and some further discussions with contractors meant work was completed in August 2023 with a total cost of £7356. We end the year with a remaining balance of over £21,000 which again is healthy given further projects are being discussed.
We need to thank Cathy for her superb efforts to maintain the hall for all users, plus David Brown and Carol Bertozzi to maintain the garden and flowers which certainly makes the frontage brighter.
I remain indebted to all the committee for their hard work and help especially Hendrika making all the bookings and dealing with front line user problems. Judy and Sarah also take on great roles to keep things running smoothly. I trust all of them will continue.
We were able to agree to have a free broadband supply from Gigaclear to allow us to operate a free community WiFi hub. This is available for any user at the hall to aid with their event or just be able to connect to the Internet. We must broadcast this as much as possible as Gigaclear do have the option to remove access on renewal next summer so any assistance to promote IT would be great.
We are so pleased the Soapbox derby was able to be back on this year and in general we are back to almost full capacity during the week in term time. We are pleased to continue to give all groups a safe and secure venue, and with improvements hall floor and access to the spinney from our car park, we look forward to remaining part of the hub of the Welton community.
Duncan Webber Chair Welton Village Hall September 2024
Welton Northamptonshire Village Hall 2013 Income and Expenditure Account 2023/24
| Income Rentals Donations Grants Fundraising Meters Dividends & Interest Others Total Income Expenditure Cleaner Maintenance / Cleaning Materials Capital Improvements Mobile Phone Equipment Electricity Water Insurance Other Total Expenditure Net Income / (Expenditure) Balance Sheet as at Accumulated Reserves Brought Forward Net Income / Expenditure Year to Date Accumulated Reserves Carried Forward Represented by: Current Account Cash Land and buildings |
B/fwd | April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 July 2023 August 2023 September 2023 October 2023 November 2023 December 2023 January 2024 February 2024 March 2024 YTD |
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| April May June July August September October November December January February March £1,489.50 £388.50 £913.50 £998.50 £739.00 £337.50 £1,247.00 £398.00 £820.50 £1,182.50 £884.50 £924.50 £10,323.50 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £294.00 £205.00 £499.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 |
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| £1,489.50 £388.50 £913.50 £998.50 £739.00 £337.50 £1,247.00 £398.00 £820.50 £1,182.50 £1,178.50 £1,129.50 £10,822.50 £164.00 £201.90 £114.00 £209.58 £60.00 £96.00 £99.00 £183.00 £166.94 £202.00 £187.57 £110.00 £1,793.99 £128.99 £284.52 £156.28 £39.99 £0.00 £255.00 £0.00 £248.99 £0.00 £100.00 £0.00 £269.64 £1,483.41 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £3,678.33 £0.00 £3,678.32 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £7,356.65 £60.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £60.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £391.39 £391.39 £391.39 £391.39 £391.39 £391.39 £391.39 £391.39 £391.39 £391.39 £391.39 £391.39 £4,696.68 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £149.51 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £149.51 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £789.03 £789.03 £0.00 £48.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £48.00 £744.38 £925.81 £661.67 £4,468.80 £451.39 £4,420.71 £490.39 £823.38 £558.33 £693.39 £578.96 £1,560.06 £16,377.27 |
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| B/fwd | April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 July 2023 August 2023 September 2023 October 2023 November 2023 December 2023 January 2024 February 2024 March 2024 |
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| £27,268.18 £0.00 £150,000.00 |