Penrhyn Bay Community Library Group Chair’s Annual Report 2022/23 The Trustees details are unchanged. All policies have been reviewed. We are pleased to report that our Library is now fully reopened and that visitor numbers are picking up well. We have reestablished a link with our local primary school, Ysgol Glanwydden, with pupils from Years 5and 6 visiting in groups over three mornings. The Library staff provided excellent sessions covering the pupils’ current topics of Eurovision and Portugal. External groups have all, bar one, returned post-covid and we have a new U3A Poetry group meeting monthly. We are particularly pleased that the BCUHB volunteer-led hearing aid clinic is resuming its monthly visits from June. It has been sorely missed. CREU Conwy are hoping to use our premises for a couple of their group sessions for young people. Library Management have agreed that we can rearrange some bookcases to allow us to make better use of the space for external users. We were very pleased to be involved at the start of the Wales in Bloom judging day in 2022. Many people enjoy our garden and in particular last year’s bumper crop of raspberries! We have installed a fence and gate at the entrance to the back garden to make it safer for young children. Last year we purchased a refurbished photocopier and are pleased with the amount of use it is getting. Since the Sub Post Office next door decided not to have a photocopier it meant there was no photocopying facility in Penrhyn Bay. The Post Office has a list of the Library opening times and directs customers to us for photocopying. The Library staff operate the copier for us during library opening hours. We had a very successful book sale at last year’s Friends of Prince’s Green Funday and raised £430. The balance of the book sale income came from online selling to Music Magpie and Ziffit. We currently have two artists exhibiting in the Library. Our gas and electricity bills cause some concern particularly now that the automatic subsidy has been lifted. We are currently investigating the possibility of Government support which may be available for premises such as ours. We shall continue to be cautious with our spending until we have a clearer idea about the level of these bills. We were fortunate to receive a grant from the Gwynt-y-Mor fund to help with this expenditure. As ever, we thank the Town Council for the financial support we have been given and appreciate the interest shown by the Mayor when she visit ## ALISON BARBARA MULLINEUX (CHAIR) PENRHYN BAY COMMUNITY LIBRARY GROUP FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR 2022-23. £ INCOME 9693.68 BROUGHT FORWARD 21647.64 31341.32 LESS EXPENDITURE 11024.84 20316.48 REPRESENTED BY: CURRENT ACCOUNT 2249.60 RESERVE ACCOUNT 18000.00 PETTY CASH 66.88 ## 20316.48 PENRHYN BAY COMMUNITY LIBRARY GROUP ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31[st ] MARCH 2023 INCOME £ LLANDUDNO TOWN COUNCIL GRANT 6000.00 GWYNT-Y-MOR GRANT 2000.00 SALE OF BOOKS 541.59 STORY SPRINGERS 460.00 U3A FRENCH 147.00 CROCHET GROUP 170.00 BOOK CLUB (1) 158.32 BOOK CLUB (2) 46.00 DONATIONS – MISCELLANEOUS 48.00 U3A LATIN 5.00 BRON DERW A.G.M. 10.00 PHOTOCOPYING 31.00 INTEREST RECEIVED 76.77 9693.68 PENRHYN BAY COMMUNITY LIBRARY GROUP ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2023 EXPENDITURE £ GAS 2183.57 ELECTRICITY 1501.09 WATER RATES 119.41 PUBLIC LIABILITY/CONTENTS INSURANCE 467.40 BUILDINGS INSURANCE 130.32 CCBC FIRE SAFETY CHECK 127.00 CCBC FIRE EQUIPMENT SAFETY CHECK 41.00 DECORATING – INTERIOR 760.00 CARPET CLEANING 245.00 DISPLAY BOARDING 152.53 PHOTOCOPIER PURCHASE 1554.00 REPLACEMENT OUTSIDE SECURITY LIGHTS 474.00 REPLACEMENT GUTTERING 1888.00 GARDEN WASTE COLLECTION 55.00 GARDEN BENCH 199.00 PRESENT – AUDITOR 19.49 GAS SAFETY CHECK AND NEW THERMOSTAT 120.00 GARDEN – PLANTS ETC. 204.21 CONSUMABLES 248.80 STATIONERY ETC. 111.28 EXPENDITURE CONTINUED: GENERAL MAINTENANCE/REPAIRS 396.15 EASTER/CHRISTMAS 25.85 PHOTOCOPYING CHARGES 1.74 11024.84