## **UPPER WHARFEDALE MUSEUM SOCIETY**
## Charity Number: 1156656
## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE AND BALANCE SHEET 2023-24**
||**2023-24**|**2023-24**||**_2022-23_**|**_2022-23_**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|INCOME
|£||£|_£ _||_£_|
|Donations|12283|||_14087_|||
|Coffee Morning|408|||_372_|||
|Bank Interest|626|||_4_|||
|Total Income|||13317|||_14463_|
|EXPENDITURE|||||||
|Heating and Lighting|2661|||_2307_|||
|Rates and Water Rates|268|||_546_|||
|Insurance|693|||_735_|||
|Repairs and Renewals|1407|||_2738_|||
|Promotional leaflets||||_1631_|||
|All Other Costs|1129|||_750_|||
|Total Expenditure|||6158|||_8707_|
|Surplus/Deficit of Income Over Expenditure|||7159|||_5756_|
|Less: Depreciation of Fixtures and Fittings|||1356|||_1037_|
|**Surplus**|||**5803**|||**_4719_**|
|**BALANCE SHEET AT 31 MARCH 2024**|||||||
|**ASSETS**
Freehold land and Buildings|||71431|||_71431_|
|Fixtures and Fittings|9328|||_6863_|||
|New Cabinets/shelving|4233|||_3502_|||
|less depreciation|1356||12205|_1037_||_9328_|
|Books and Tapes|||89|||_89_|
|Deposit Account|||15936|||_310_|
|Current Account|||12012|||_24712_|
|**Total**||**111673**|||**_105870_**||
|**REPRESENTED BY**|||||||
|Accumulated Excess|105870|||_101151_|||
|Surplus|5803|**111673**||_4719_|**_105870_**||
R.H.Clare Treasurer
P.Sugden Independent Examiner
21.'12 Mon 2 Sep
10 August 2024 al 71=36
Upper Wharfedale Museum Society.
Annual Report from the Chairman of Trustees and Management Committee.
For the year ending 31st March, 2024.
1. During the year there were 2 meetings of the Trustees and 9 meetings of the
Management Committee.
2. At the last Annual General Meeting, lan Appleyard had indicated that he
intended to step down after 10 years in the role of Chairman of Trustees and
Colin Wilkinson replaced him. Our thanks are due to lan for his service. He
continues as a Trustee.
3. The museum is the only visitor attraction in Grassington and has become more
popular over recent years. This is due in part to 'AII Creatures Great and Small,
being filmed in the village. Visitor numbers were recorded at 21,318 for the 2023
season. This compares with 20,513 in 2022. Out of interest, these figures far
exceed the pre Covid record of 7,216 in 2017.
4. Visitors recorded in the Visitors Book include an increasing number from
overseas. In the period from early July to late November there were 183 overseas
visitor family entries from 32 countries across the world, the majority coming from
the USA.
5. During the year we registered with HMRC for the Gift Aid scheme, but
unfortunately could not take advantage of the Small Donations Gift Aid Scheme
immediately, as we needed conventional Gift Aided giving to lever in that
concession. This resulted in the creation of our'Friends' Gift Aided initiative and
preparation for donation box giving to be Gift Aided. All initiatives are now up
and running and could potentially benefit us by up to £3,000 a year.
6. We embarked on a programme of reorganisation and refurbishment during the
year and thanks are due to lan Oulton and others for this work. It involved major
changes to the 'Farming' room and the purchase of other new display cabinets
which give a much improved appearance and display. The work is ongoing.
7. The fabric of the building remains generally well maintained. However a serious
problem occurred in the 'Kitchen' with water ingress on the gable wall. This
resulted in an extremely wet wall. The saturated lime plaster had to be
removed and a new dehumidifier had to work very hard to reduce water in the
atmosphere and protect exhibits. We eventually managed to yet a builder on site
and the chimney stock has been waterproofed and the water penetration culed.
Some finishing work is still awaited.