**To** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 04 2021 31 03 2023 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1157846 Friends of Burford Library **Charity's principal address** Burford Library 86a High Street Burford **Postcode OX18 4QF** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Veral Marshall|Chair||| ||Jan Cohen|Treasurer||| ||Maureen Percival|Secretary||| ||Anne Youngson|||| ||FelicityZiegler|||| ||Rachel Read|||| ||Elizabeth Deverson|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Foundation Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed to serve for terms of three years Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To maintain the continuing operation of Burford Library for the benefit of Burford and district. To encourage and facilitate the use of the Burford Library’s facilities by pupils of the local schools and all local children. To develop the role of Burford Library as a community hub open to all sections of the local population. **TAR** March **2012** 2 As often as possible story time is held in the library for pre-school children to encourage the use of the library facilities and to encourage reading. Once a month an adult reading group meet in the library to discuss a book, and use the library facilities, i.e. ordering books, using the computers, etc. We hold occasional “Meet the Author” sessions when a visiting author comes along to promote a new publication. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** Various other events are arranged and held in the Library for the benefit **public benefit in relation to** of the local community and to encourage the use of the facilities. **these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** The Charity would like to acknowledge and especially thank the hard work and commitment of the people who have volunteered their time to man the library for several hours each week. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Engaging with the residents of Burford and the surrounding villages to promote the use of the library via “Meet the Author”, exhibitions, and group meetings. Help with computers problems and family history. Two major events have taken place this year to raise funds and awareness of the facilities available at the library, and we are always looking for new ideas to encourage engagement with the library. Provide volunteers to open the library or support library staff. **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** To hold reserve funds an amount that the trustees consider sufficient to **Brief statement of the** engage staff for two years, at the present time this would amount to **charity’s policy on reserves** approximately £4500 Also, from time to time to be in a position to add to the library’s book stock via donations to the Oxfordshire Library Service **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Jan Cohen **Full name(s)** Janice Carol Cohen **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc) Date** 27/04/2022 **TAR** March **2012** 5 ||**Charity Name**

**Friends of Burford Library**
|**Charity Name**

**Friends of Burford Library**
|**Charity Name**

**Friends of Burford Library**
|**No (if any)**
**1157846**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
4/1/2022|**To**|Period end date
3/31/2023|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**
Fund Raising
**882**
Subscriptions
**338**
Gift Aid
**78**
Donation
**500**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,797**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 1,797**
**A3 Payments**
Magazine Subscription
**329**
Competition Prize
**120**
Oxfordshire CountyCouncil
**2,188**
FundraisisngExpenses
**217**
LibraryCrafting
**30**
Oxfordshire County Council - Book Fund
**500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 3,383**
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**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 3,383**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 1,586**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**16,391**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 14,805**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
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**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**882**
**338**
**78**
**500**
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**1,797**
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**120**
**2,188**
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**500**
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**-**|**882**|**705**| |||||**338**|**338**| |||||**78**|**69**| |||||**500**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**1,797**|**1,112**| ||||||| ||||**-**
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**-**|**329**|**156**| |||||**120**|**28**| |||||**2,188**|**693**| |||||**217**|**170**| |||||**30**|**-**| |||||**500**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**3,383**|**1,048**| ||||||| ||||**-**
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**-**|**- 1,586**|**64**| |||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**||**16,391**|**16,013**| |||**-**||**14,805**|**16,077**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Balance as per Bank 31/03/2023
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
J. Cohen
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**14,805**
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**14,805**
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OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name
Janice Carol Cohen
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**funds**
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**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||J. Cohen|Janice Carol Cohen|4/27/2023| |||||