SYRESHAM VILLAGE HALL ANNUAL REPORT 2023 

Syresham  Village  Hall,  Main  Road  Syresham,  a  CIO  charity  with  the  registration number 1160674, has now been open for almost 5 years. The hall is owned and run by the CIO. The hall is insured by Zurich, and our cover includes all the appropriate liabilities, including that of our members and trustees. 

Our aim is the provision and maintenance of a village hall for the inhabitants of Syresham  and  the  surrounding  area,  without  distinction  of  gender  or  political, religious or other opinions. It is used for meetings and classes and other forms of recreation and leisure activities and events, with the aim of improving the lives of the aforementioned inhabitants. As I have said many times before, it is important that we remind ourselves of this at all times, so that we continue to ensure that we fulfil this aim. 

The last year has seen the village hall resume its normal activities. Our regular users resumed their meetings and we held our annual Scarecrow Festival and Art Exhibition. Our weekly Coffee Shop continued to thrive, thanks to the rota of volunteers who bake cakes and run the event each week. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for the excellent service they provide, not only to the village hall, but the village too.  I would also like to thank our Booking Clerk Gary and his assistant Steph for the excellent work they are doing. They have increased the number of hall users and it is certainly thanks to them that we have a very healthy diary of ‘What’s On’ and forthcoming events. 

I would also like to thank all of the Village Hall Trustees for the great work they have done to support and maintain the hall during the last year. 

Our accounts are in a very healthy state and have been prepared by our Treasurer, Gill Swinford, and audited by Cathy Corns, and I thank them both for this.  We have continued to promote the hall on our website www.syreshamvillagehall.co.uk and our thanks go to Keith Watts for managing this website. Our fantastic sound system is working well, as indeed is our upgraded broadband. Our hearing loop system requires some improvement and we are working to remedy this in the near future. 

The village hall is very aware of the need to reduce our carbon footprint and support the village’s efforts to counteract climate change. We now have a large blue recycling bin for the use of our hirers and a facility to recycle clothes for the village to use. We continue to look at the installation of electric vehicle charging points in the car park and solar panels on the hall roof. 

Our cleaner Yvette Gardner has continued to clean the hall and I thank Yvette yet again for the excellent work she has done during the year. 

We were very pleased to hold an event in the hall during the Coronation Weekend to thank the volunteers for all the time and effort they give to the village, in order to ensure that our community continues to thrive. We will be holding our Scarecrow Festival on 24[th] and 25[th] June and we have our Art Exhibition planned for 13[th] – 15[th] October. We look forward positively to what promises to be another busy and interesting year for the village hall and we thank everyone for their continued support. 



## **Syresham Village Hall Registered Charity No 1160674 Income and Expenditure Account 1/4/22-31/3/23** 

|**Income**<br>Regular Lets<br>S Essame<br>1,536.75<br>Bowls<br>720.00<br>Mums and Tots<br>532.00<br>Friendship<br>196.00<br>Gardening Club<br>112.00<br>History<br>298.25<br>S Mitchell<br>308.13<br>Taekwon-Do<br>1050.00<br>Seidokan<br>984.00<br>Gems<br>169.00<br>5,906.13<br>Other Lets<br>Misc Lets<br>8,704.45<br>TYS<br>965.16<br>9,669.61<br>Fundraising<br>Coffee Shop<br>5,631.08<br>Scarecrows<br>2,536.50<br>Art Exhibition<br>1,184.00<br>9,351.58<br>Miscellaneous<br>Deposits held<br>4960.00<br>Bank Interest<br>136.97<br>30,024.29|**Expenditure**<br>Utilities etc<br>Electricity<br>6040.19<br>Insurance<br>826.52<br>Water<br>566.13<br>Licences<br>414.70<br>Websites<br>510.08<br>Phone/Broadband 1653.53<br>10,011.15<br>Running Costs<br>Cleaner<br>1,920.00<br>Cleaning Materials 282.77<br>Fire Safety<br>318.53<br>Maintenance<br>355.91<br>Alarm Systems<br>1,383.20<br>Air Source Heating177.24<br>Grass cuts<br>600.00<br>Recycle Bin<br>760.10<br>Sundries<br>244.00<br>6041.75<br>Fundraising Expenses<br>Coffee Shop<br>443.10<br>Scarecrows<br>715.11<br>Art Exhibition<br>729.70<br>1,887.91<br>Miscellaneous<br>Deposits repaid<br>4,870.00<br>Display Boards<br>1,467.00<br>Defibrilator<br>1,638.00<br>Glasses<br>74.37<br>8,049.37<br>Income over Expenditure<br>4,034.11<br>30,024.29|
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## **Syresham Village Hall Registered Charity No 1160674** 

Balance as at 1/04/22 Balance as at 31/03/23 Current Account 10,836.68 Current Account 14,742.17 Deposit Account 56,891.79 Deposit Account 57028.76 Cash in Hand 31.84 Cash in Hand 23.49 Income over Expenditure 4034.11 71,794.42 71,794.42 

Signed 

Mrs G Swinford Treasurer 

I have checked the Village Hall accounts for the year ending 31[st] March 2023 and find them to be a fair and accurate representation of the transactions undertaken. 

Signed 

Ms C Corns 



# **Auditor’s Report to Syresham Village Hall For the Financial Year 2022 - 2023** 

## **11[th] May 2023** 

I have reviewed the account for Syresham Village Hall and signed them. 

I think though that you do need some control over the cash from the Coffee Shop, some checking of amounts received and banked. 

Catherine Corns