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Trustees Report to the members for year ended 31/03/2023
Our charitable aims are:
For the public benefit
The advancement of amateur sport by promoting the game of bridge for
the benefits of the residents of Preston and the surrounding area; the
provision of facilities for the learning, teaching and playing of bridge for
the benefit of the residents of Preston and the surrounding area with the
object of improving conditions of life.
During the year we have carried out the following in
accordance with our aims:
Face-to-face assisted play continues to be well supported however there
is always room for others to join in, contact Christine or any member of
the Committee or Trustees if interested.
During the past year we have carried out the following according to our
aims:- Re introduced Monday afternoon under NGS 10 play sessions,
built up attendance at the Tuesday evening supervised play but
Unfortunately, because of lack of students, we have no new total
beginners coming forward for lessons - this remains a continuing concern
for the club.
Club competitions
The Gibb, Parkinson, City Cup & jean Bilsborrow competitions all
commenced in September 2023.
Online Bridge
There are currently no ‘Preston only’ online bridge sessions however the
committee is looking into the possibility of introducing a real bridge
session sometime in the Autumn. Preston has continued its participation
in a Lancashire wide partnership. There are online sessions available to
all Preston members. You need to be an EBU member to take part and
the cheapest way to do that, is to remain a member of Preston Bridge
Club (£15 per annum).
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This year we have promoted our services to
the people of Preston
by:
Our website is our current means of promoting the club and promotes our
facilities, lessons, and novice sessions to all who might want to learn more
about Contract Bridge and to experienced players who may want to join
us.
A message from the Chair
REPORT FROM CHAIR OF THE TRUSTEES - APRIL 23
The change in the landscape wrought by Covid continues to reverberate
around Preston Bridge Club.
Attendances are well down on pre-pandemic levels with little sign of
improvement. This is despite the Stirling efforts of Christine and others
running Monday and Wednesday afternoon sessions and Friday
evenings. There has been little increase. So far the finances of the club
are in a healthy state as we have received lottery money and a rent
reduction. This will not continue. Next and subsequent years without a
substantial increase in footfall and/or an increase in revenue the Club will
be running at a loss. Volunteers and ideas are sorely needed.
The Jubilee Pairs in June 22 was a success and we hope we can run
more events to try and increase Club attendance. We hope you as
members will support these.
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Treasurer’s Report to the Trustees and Members
At the year end there is a surplus of £13323 which is £4819 above budget. This leaves a balance in the bank account of £49146. The member’s account is at £1663 owed to members so net balance is £47393.
The seemingly good result was achieved because of a £10000 grant secured by Andrew Petrie from the lottery and us spending considerably less than budget.
A new budget has been prepared and current forecast is for a loss of £3348 and unless we can improve our earnings by increasing either participation in sessions or more sessions this will continue. In future years this will be slightly worse as we still have six months of reduced rent from the diocese.
Budget and accounts included.
Bill Alston
Treasurers Report Year End 31 March 2023
## Committees Report to the Trustees and Members
We are now running 3 club playing sessions per week plus the Gibb/ Parkinson comp. once a month on the 2nd Monday of the month.
Monday afternoon at 1pm, for members under level 10 on the EBU grading system.
Wednesday afternoon at 1pm, open to all.
Friday evening at 7pm, open to all.
We would welcome more players to any of these sessions ( please let me know if you would like to attend and need a partner ) and at the present time Wednesday afternoon is our best attended session. ( tele. 01772 640959 ).
We are also running our improver/supervised play session on a Tuesday evening at 7pm and would welcome any members who feel they would benefit from a relaxed playing session where they can ask questions ( as they arise ).
We need more volunteers for the committee and as Trustees and if you are interested please let me or any member of the committee know.
Christine Club Committee Chair
**Accounts year ended 31[st] March 2023**
## Accounts Preston Contract Bridge Club Y.E 31/03/2023
||2022/23|2021/22|
|---|---|---|
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|Table Moneyand Membership|£9,452.56|£13977.87|
|Bank Interest|£82.57|£2.90|
|Room Hire|£300||
|Grants|£10,000||
|LOP Income|£919.30||
||||
|**Total**|**£20,754.43**|**£13980.77**|
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|Rent|£3750||
|Repairs and Improvements|£105.19|£425.80|
|Housekeeping|£455|£31.19|
|Online Bridge Costs|£433|£4683.45|
|Donations|||
|IT Costs|£389||
|Internet Telephone|£512.64|£503.76|
|Accounts System|£240|£240|
|Competition Entries|£48|£48|
|EBU & LCBA|£935.84|£1465.41|
|TeachingCosts|||
|Bridgewebs|£73.20|£73.20|
|Insurance|£391.75|£798.50*|
|Alarm Maintenance|£97|£96|
|Misc||£100|
|**Total**|**£7430.62**|**£8465.31**|
||||
|**Surplus**|**£13323.81**|**£5515.46**|
*Insurance cost variation is due to 2 years Insurance being paid in 2021/22
## **Bank Balances**
Brought forward £ 35823 Surplus £ 13323 Carried Forward £ 49146 Members Account £-1753 Net £ 47393
## **Budget 2023 to 2024**
||**Q1**||**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Totals Year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Income**|**Budget**||**Budget**|**Budget**|**Budget**|**Budget**|
|Membership||£1,500.00|£30.00|£30.00|£30.00|£1,590.00|
||||£1,550.0|£1,550.0|||
|Table Money||£1,550.00|0|0|£1,550.00|£6,200.00|
|LOP Earnings||£200.00||£600.00||£800.00|
|Lessons and Supervised|||||||
|Play||£550.00|£550.00|£550.00|£550.00|£2,200.00|
|Competitions net||||||£0.00|
|Room Hire||||||£0.00|
|Bank Interest||||||£0.00|
|Grants and donations||||||£0.00|
|Hosting Events||||||£0.00|
||||**£2,130.0**|**£2,730.0**|||
|**Totals**||**£3,800.00**|**0**|**0**|**£2,130.00**|**£10,790.00**|
|**Expenditure**|||||||
||||£1,875.0|£2,500.0|||
|Rent||£1,875.00|0|0|£2,500.00|£8,750.00|
|Repairs and Improvements||£250.00|£250.00|£250.00|£250.00|£1,000.00|
|Housekeeping||£200.00|£200.00|£200.00|£200.00|£800.00|
|Internet Telephone||£130.00|£130.00|£130.00|£130.00|£520.00|
|Insurance|||||£420.00|£420.00|
|Equipment||£200.00|£200.00|£200.00|£200.00|£800.00|
|Furniture/Furnishings||||||£0.00|
|Electronics and|||||||
|Consumables||£50.00|£50.00|£50.00|£50.00|£200.00|
|EBU &LCBA||£220.00|£220.00|£220.00|£220.00|£880.00|
|Teaching Costs||||||£0.00|
|Volunteer Expenses||||||£0.00|
|Software and Web||£80.00||||£80.00|
|Catering||£30.00|£30.00|£30.00|£30.00|£120.00|
|Publicity||||||£0.00|
|Accounts system||£60.00|£60.00|£60.00|£60.00|£240.00|
|Prizes||||||£0.00|
|Stationery and Postage||£30.00|£30.00|£30.00|£30.00|£120.00|
|LCBA Membership||||||£0.00|
|Club Handbooks||||||£0.00|
|Playing Cards||£30.00|£30.00|£30.00|£30.00|£120.00|
|Fylde League and other|||||||
|comps|||||£48.00|£48.00|
|Misc Expenditure||||||£0.00|
|Petty Cash||£10.00|£10.00|£10.00|£10.00|£40.00|
**£3,085.0 £3,710.0 £3,165.00 0 0 £4,178.00**
**£14,138.00**
**Totals**
variance
**£635.00 -£955.00 -£980.00 £2,048.00 -£3,348.00**
## **Surplus/Deficit**
Note for Independent Examiner
In view of the small amount of income exc grants and small number of transac�ons the trustees have decided that an independent examina�on isn’t necessary