**To**
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date 01 04 2024
Period end date 31 03 2025
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
Friends of Burford Library
**Other names charity is known by**
1157846 **Charity's principal address** Burford Library 86a High Street Burford **Postcode OX18 4QF** ~~—~~
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1157846
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Veral Marshall Chair 2 Jan Cohen Treasurer 3 Maureen Percival Secretary 4 Anne Youngson 5 Ann Morris 6 Rachel Read 7 Elizabeth Deverson 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~Oe~~ **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**
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|**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**
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## **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 of **public benefit in relation to** 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. Three 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** 27.05.2025
**TAR**
March **2012**
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**from**
**1157846**
**Friends of Burford Library**
01/04/2024
31/03/2025
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**Friends of Burford Library**
01/04/2024
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**Friends of Burford Library**
01/04/2024
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**1157846**
**Friends of Burford Library**
01/04/2024
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**Friends of Burford Library**
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**1157846**
**Friends of Burford Library**
01/04/2024
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**1157846**
**Friends of Burford Library**
01/04/2024
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**Friends of Burford Library**
01/04/2024
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**Friends of Burford Library**
01/04/2024
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~~ee~~|**CC16a**
~~_~~||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Total funds**|**Last year**||
||**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||
|Fund Raising|**1,234**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,234**|**1,331**||
|Subscriptions|**313**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**313**|**313**||
|Gift Aid|**214**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**214**|**87**||
|Donation|**40**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**40**|**245**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**1,801**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,801**|**1,976**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**1,801**
**-**
**-**
**1,801**
**1,976**
~~—————~~||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|Magazine Subscription|**352**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**352**|**341**||
|Competition Prize|**65**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**65**|**15**||
|Oxfordshire CountyCouncil|**2,570**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**2,570**|**3,473**||
|FundraisisngExpenses|**186**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**186**|**289**||
||||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**95**||
|Oxfordshire County Council - Book Fund||||||||||||
||||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**500**||
|Crafting/expenses|**10**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**10**|||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**3,183**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**3,183**|**4,713**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**3,183**
**-**
**-**
**3,183**
**4,713**
~~—————~~||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 1,382**
**-**
**- - 1,382**
**- 2,737**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**12,067**
**- -**
**12,067**
**16,391**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**10,685**
**-**
**- 10,685**
**13,654**
~~SSSS~~||||||||||||
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Balance as per Bank 31/03/2025
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
J. Cohen|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**10,685**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,685**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Janice Carol Cohen|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||J. Cohen|Janice Carol Cohen|27.05.2025|
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