|**WI name**
**Charity number (if registered)**
**Federation**
**FINANCIAL STATEMENT**
**For the period**
Please review the 'Notes to Financial State|**from**
**to**
**31-Aug-24**
**BLEADON**
**1162543**
**Avon**
ment' sheet before completing this Statement.
**01-Sep-23**|
|---|---|
Please review the 'Notes to Financial Statement' sheet before completing this Statement. **FINANCIAL STATEMENT For the period from 01-Sep-23**
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For the period from 01-Sep-23 to 31-Aug-24
Section A Receipts and Payments
Total Last year Total Last year
A1 Receipts A2 Payments
£ £ £ £
Receipts at meetings 875.90 1,055.11 Meeting expenses 3,529.62 2,131.43
Subscriptions (WI share) 1,953.00 2,379.15 Committee Members' expenses - 94.85
Gift Aid - - Pooling of fares / expenses 140.57 95.27
Publications - 14.00 Publications 30.00 81.50
Activities & events 7,510.71 4,698.20 Activities & events 8,060.75 4,317.50
Bleadon Ball - 810.00 Bleadon Ball - 10,434.31
WI fundraising WI fundraising
Childrens Hospice SW (CHSW) 2,273.65 1,633.31 Childrens Hospice SW (CHSW) 218.90 207.50
In bed by 9' fundraiser 7,531.49 - In bed by 9' fundraiser 2,030.19 -
Great Western Air Ambulance - 7,353.63 Great Western Air Ambulance - -
Interest received
Paid into current account - - Insurance 84.36 73.78
Paid into deposit account - -
Grants and donations 20.50 20.00 Donations made 7,650.35 11,066.94
Other income 75.00 Other payments 525.98 638.57
Bleadon Belles Choir 5,158.97 3,552.00 Bleadon Belles Choir 4,516.00 3,405.46
WI-owned hall - total receipts WI-owned hall - total payments
Total Receipts 25,399.22 21,515.40 Total Payments 26,786.72 32,547.11
Designated funds included in Designated funds included in
A3 5,158.97 3,552.00 A4 4,516.00 3,405.46
total receipts total payments
Total Receipts less Total Payments (Surplus/Deficit for the year) - 1,387.50
A5 Total cash funds brought forward from last year (equals last year's total at B1 ) 9,430.95
A6 Total cash funds carried forward at this year end 8,043.45
A7 Total restricted funds at year end included in total cash funds above 789.51
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## **The main purposes of the Women’s Institute organisation are:**
(a) to advance the education of women and girls for the public benefit in all areas including (without limitation): (i) local, national and international issues of political and social importance; (ii) music, drama and other cultural subjects; and (iii) all branches of agriculture, crafts, home economics, science, health and social welfare;
(b) to promote sustainable development for the public benefit by: (i) educating people in the preservation, conservation and protection of the environment and the prudent use of natural resources; and (ii) promoting sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration;
- (c) to advance health for the public benefit; and
- (d) to advance citizenship for the public benefit by the promotion of civic responsibility and volunteering.
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## **BLEADON**
## **Section C Notes to the financial statement**
|**C1**|**Funds received and paid as agent**
**Any balance from**
**Receipts**
**previous**
**year**
**this year**
**£**
**£**
0
2,513.20
0
28.00
0
-
-
2,541.20
**Details of designated funds**
**Receipts**
**this year**
**£**
146.54
5,158.97
5,158.97
**Further details of WI activities /fundraising /other**
NFWI and / or federation raffle
**Total**
_Include additional details that would be helpful to WI members or other readers of_
_the financial statement_
Windsor Castle (receipts partly in last year's accounts)
**Total WI fundraising**
**Other income / expenditure**
IFE audit fees for 2022/2023
**Total grants & donations**
**Grants & donations**
Skittles team fees
Visitors
Surfers against Sewage
Laptop & software
Lloyds bank complaint compensation
Pottery workshops
Bleadon Belles fundraising
In bed by 9 daytime disco fundraiser
**Total other income / expenditure**
**Activities & events (description)**
**WI fundraising (description)**
Birthday meal 22 Feb 2024
_Complete this section with total amounts received and paid_
_over to the federation in the year_
Federation event bookings by individual members
Wells cathedral, Bishop's Palace & Light show
**Total WI activities**
The Newt garden tour & lunch
Bath Races Ladies day
Buckingham Palace
**Name or description of designated funds:**
AFWI Annual meeting (funded 2 members to attend)
Bath meal
Bleadon Belles
Raffles & donations by members
Eventbrite fees
Sumup fees
_Complete this section if the WI had any designated funds_
_during the year_
**Total**
May Supper club
SS Great Britain
Federation / NFWI share of subscriptions
Royal British Legion
Bleadon Coronation Halls
Childrens Hospice SW
Overpayment donated|**Payments**
**this year**
**£**
2,513.20
28.00
-
2,541.20
**Payments**
**this year**
**£**
4,516.00
4,516.00
**Receipts**
**this year**
**£**
-
50.00
910.10
1,119.75
334.00
440.60
357.50
357.50
1,727.00
372.50
372.50
2,199.26
7,510.71
1,037.10
215.00
1,021.55
7,531.49
9,805.14
20.00
0.50
20.50
75.00
75.00
789.51
144.00
**Payments**
**this year**
**£**
1,563.10
25.00
18.00
7,650.35
20.00
2.01
525.98
-
2,030.19
74.90
2,249.09
1,119.75
-
**held at year end**
**£**
0.00
-
334.00
8,060.75
440.60
1,628.00
2,201.30
44.00
-
460.97
**Any balance**
789.51
**Any balance**
**held at year end**
**£**
0.00
50.00
18.50
25.80
7,556.05|
|---|---|---|
|**C2**
**C3**|||
_Independent financial examiner's initials:_ MH
_**Guidance on completing the WI Financial Statement is available on the My WI website**_
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Bleadon M Rewt (Registered Charity Number 1162543) September 2024
Your committge has pleasure in rewtirvJ on Bon Wl's actiwties from September 2023 to Augijst 2024.
Membwshl
Our Wl is still proving Fwulaf Wrth a waitiThJ list. Our funds remain heallhy w)come mainty raised from
membership subs(xiptions. with small amounts trom kn"tch8n and bwk stsll. We have maint8in8d cyjr maximum
membership of 105 membws.. 6 L2di&s resigned. and we lCoMed 6 new lads. After budgeb.ng for this year'5
actlvities, we wJreed Ilk4t we still had on0h reser¥es to r*Juce the 2024 membwship fee by £5 to £43 por person.
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A report reoar¢Jing aclivibes from Septembgr W22 to Njffjust 2023 akry *ith cw accwnts. audllod by our Wl IFE,
warè prasentod to mèmbe
A vole of thank$ was givgn to Vwonka Hoare fty her as President n 2022 10 20ZJ.
Members volsd and Vicky Hart was as Presldenl 2023 to 2024. Tho rest of the 1Mmttt8O was eloctsd
unopposed. Your commlltes and charity trustees lor this year have boen Vi¢ky Hart (Prasidentl, AlOn Chinn
{Sacrètary}, Robin Flavdl (Treasurer), Andrea Htmfdls (A'Slan1 Tre8surwl, Mkhe1 H¥r. Tracy H8ppenstsll,
veroni Hoarg, Kate James, Karen Chme. VlIa Flobwts. Harthh Hen Kovacs and IQM Sugg.
Andrea Hcwe115. Veronl¢a Hoare and Kat8 J26S stepFa ¢Jxn as trust on 6 June 2024. Three new trustees
iolnad this y88r-Alson Chlnn 12 October 2023. Helen K0 4Ayll 24 Suou on 4 Juty 2024.
Our year startad in sgp18mb•r with a enlert8lnlng aThJ enl•*tentr tak John CrocklOrd-H88y about tho
history and impact of'women of Weston. thrc*Jgh the •38s.
At our Octob•r meeting fDllowino our AGM. had a th8nc* lo mo•t our local PCSO vtho gave us a tslk about
Women's safety.
Al Nov•mbfrr'• meeting we all enloyed making a mauame Chrfslm05 gnome18d by Glll HIILS Irom th8 Crafty T•acup.
In November we purchased a laptop for use ty th9 BadOn Wl 5e(xetsry. o much-noeded resource.
AI D•comb•r'• Chrislmas meetiry w8 h1 a cheoge tsstTrr¥J evant. o)nyariffj and math'ng Ghfj8ses from b91
Ihrough to luxury brwds. Mombws shaT•d mkKe ples mwjg by membbrs. Vle were en10rtalnod by Jdan Evans
again this yè¥.
Many thanks lo tho Bl•8don Bdl•8 ra at rarol s•rvlc• In Dewnb•r hokl In BI<$)n vmlage church follow•d
by mulled wlng. mince pl8s and mr• 8J1g at the Qwns kns.
Al January mo8tinq Frgdwlque Wgmore from tho Trus11 Trust camè lo tslk Io us 8t#)ut tho work of the 1¢an
In W05ton. how11 both farnilles and objer people and we can with our donat*Jns of fotra or mnoy.
Over tho years Bleadon Wl has th)n8t•J 3 tonnes olfwj aThJ munllrvJl Thank you to 88v Riddell for bètrwJ our
coordlnalor and dgllvgrlry th• fcv)d every mth.
Al our February fiftegnth birthday meetity V+* relladl on the many athl•vgm8nts of our Wl, had lun plgylng blngo,
wllh dellcbus cu*eakes baked by Hannah RobIns. Thonk yj to Tracy Heppgn8taK ICY organl8lng our lovely
blrthdly m••1 Bt thg Beachlands Hotel this year which was 8ttwthd by 41 ladies.
In March we were iel down al the vffiy18St mknuts by OLW spe8ker, so we r8n a getting to krpx you 81ngo and d qulz.
Agood chance for Mem8 to fSThl out a litt more abcArt aBch othor.
Al our Aprll meetiThJ, our talenied mgmber, Njrrna Atherton. led a pottery wL¥*P wthere we h8d a thar¢c* lo mako
and de¢or4tg a pinch pol. Over 60 pots survived the kiln.
In May we discussed tho resUl10n 'Dontsl Hoalth Matters.. Wè h•J a 9$ th'scuswn foltrwed by a vote. A majority
of members read In favour of the re3dutK•n.
We also ha¢J 8 talk atx)ut Plastlc Free Cunmunkn by DebbiApted is part of the Surfers against Séwage
campalgn. Thls prompled us to dF3cuss vknal a¢tw)ns could lake as a Wl to r8dLKe pLgStk usage ar h¥lp clean up
our communlle$. A littér plck day Is arrw7•I. We d(ed to Ih8 Swl8FS agalnst Sewago tharity in IU of
Debth'$ Speaker's fee.
Al our Jun• rneting wa onioyed 8 keep fft clgss basod on Sthdly bglkoom dance moves by d8nL¥ nstructor
Paula Stitch.
In July we had a fabulcus deM(StratiOn from profes$Kal chefAJny Nan¢ol&s. Th& thame was summer
barbecLE5. We all pick¢d up soff great tip5 and enjoyed &YnpliTrJ the fcrt)d.
Our Wl year was due to end in August V1h a fun sooal al Westorpsuw-mare Crr4uet club Bleadm.
Unfortunatgty, the dreathjl weather $¢LIpred our pkns. arnj tho ewnl had to be pOStFrfM.
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Bleadon Wl Report {Reglstered Charity Number 1162543) September 2f24
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We relnlroduce(l a quartsdy c(ffipetilh)n *ilh a new for the V•lnn8r.
December- Mince pie contest- Maureen Reynokls
arch - 'Eastar eoJ'_ Rcoin Flavdl. June-'From g8rden'_Trnw Heppenstsll
ommu
We er8Cted inspklng pcppy the wwaoe Remwthnc8 Day and a wreath was la*J on beh8N ol
Wl at the Remembrance Se. Members have been buw durlw thg year mawng mcffe wppres and ar8 plannlng '
s(xne post box lokyTS to add to the dplay.
We donated a raffle prize towards the Cry(tI)n Hth Christrnas fiJMlrai8er
MembeT6 have been generous this in daling ck)th8s fr)r tsmili&s in ne1 at 8 I( ththing bank as well 88
our regular donatK>ns to the fc*>Jbank.
Articles aÈ-EvanS Ichair), Alison Hillyer (Treaswer). Di Eliry (Secretary) Bèv
Rlddell IEventsl for all their hard work. Musicd Direclor Naomi Davw and A)mPani$l K8vin Joint have used I1r
consld8r8bl8 èxpertlsg and 8xp8rlgnc8 to help the th06r find n8w music arKi trAJlla tholr nfidence for thelr
perforTnane8s. The 8ell8$ reLenlered the CoMpetiVe woha 8t Ihe Highbridlp festNal re del*Jhted lo be 80 well
received with yome excellent f89dback. LctaHy the Chc¥r very succ•ssful events incluLlvig a Chrislmas singalong
and a summer lea F4ty. Well dorn1gdb8.
A bkJ thank you to K•t8 J8m8s for har Ng8nlsavt of thls y'$ Irty. We vlsttod Wlnd50r Cast, Wo118
Cathedral and the 8ishops Palac4, Bath Christmas Mafkels, Th8 N6wt Gardens and L8dks' Day at B8th R8C8S.
Helen Kovacs and IQM Suog have knnoly agreed to take ovef from Kate io lead 8 new group organlslng lrtps next
year.
We have 8180 enloygd moal$ al Had*s. th8 Quo8n5 Arn thè Stk* Inn. Thank Y( to Su• W•l•rhou8e. Trocy
nd H•lon for Nganlslng the supper dubs.
Our charity this year is The Chiklron's Hospice Southwest ICHSWI. Wo havg lo donate the profrts from ¢yJr
rnonthly rnffltr• to CHSW, abng wilh c4hw th)natKJns and hav8 raisod £1.177. A speual thank you to Norma Ath¢rton
who has b•en runnlno pottery wthshops and has vory 9gnWouY donat•J proffts.
Tho Bl••don B•ll•• cholr have ra a MalfiCant £877 Irom thdr events INS Yr.
OUT main fvndraiser thL8 ygar has baen 'ln t••d by g.. an ovef 30s dayvme event al 8 Iccal nightdub. The event was
sèll out and attracted a k*1 of med4a atten11 lor Blaadon Wl and CHSW In loc*1 & nalbn81 Dwwspapors and th• TV
ws channels. The grand lolal raL8ed by 'ln W by 9. was £5.501
Our ftjndraisina tolal CHSW in 202>2024 was E7S66.
Thank
Finalty, the committee woukl like lo thank all membefs who have SLPK*ted us this year and helFed al meetinos,
organisèd Iha b(K)k stall, made cak8s, mann&J the kntchen. th)r to a1 held wn the raffl8. gw8n to th8 fooo or
Clothing bank, $8t up or eared away the hall., everye'S u)ntritxJlion m4k¢$ 4 dIffgrgn. Wa'd also Ilke to thank
th058 m8mb8rs who have ined the sUgrpS and ¢'r lo keep our Wl active and IhrivirvJ.
We'd ¢$1?1 like lo thank VKky for teing such an S[lIng president, Alison for steppbr¥J up to bo our secretary,
and Kate. Veronlca ar¥J Andrga thoir contrbUin on committee over the yeaT5.
Together we all make a successful Wl. we you will all continue to $LVWrt your Wl n the coming year.
Your Bleédon Wl Committee
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