Chilton Polden Village Hall Trustees Report 2024 Tony Condon
Again 2024 has proved to be a challenging year due mainly to the fluctuating secretaries post and other resignations from the committee. Long serving member Mike Aylmer decided that enough was enough and left after many years’ service.The committee was boosted by the addition of Richard and Ali Finemore, and Pauline Wilton. Initially Ali acted as secretary but found it necessary to resign during the late summer. This has left us requiring a new secretary.
However despite the turmoil amongst the committee, the hall has continued to run successfully as a profitable organisation. During the year the hall has been used for Jennifer Trethewey’s successful and well appreciated Siver Spoon lunches, and it is intended to continue them into 2025.
The hall continues to provide a haven for the well supported Polden Stitchers and the Tai Chi group, and the Cuppa on the Corner provides a good social outlet for the villagers.
Additionally, the committee started a series of bi monthly craft markets late last year, and despite the Christmas Craft fair being cancelled due to red weather warnings, these too have proved to be a reasonable fund raiser, although some more purchasers would be nice The ‘Learning with Miss Floris’ weekly sessions have proved most successful, and I believe there is now a waiting list for the classes. On the downside the WOTO group found it necessary to decamp to Cossington village hall as a result of lack of car parking at our hall, which led to some damage to one of their cars.
The SEED music group contract has now finished and the musicians that met up as a result of this initiative have now formed themselves into a band and are putting on concerts
I have had the honour of chairing the village hall committee for 14 years now, through some turbulent times, negotiating with the diocese to ensure we could continue running this village asset. I believe it is now time for me to hand over the baton to someone with more energy and newer ideas. So as from this meeting, I will be standing down although hope to continue as a committee member to facilitate the changeover. Once again thank you to all the committee members for your continued efforts on behalf of the village and hope that we will have further success in the future.
**CHILTON POLDEN HALL CIO**
Charity No: 1163219
## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024**
|INCOME
Hall Hire Income
Hire of Tables and Chairs
Fundraising Income
Electric Meter
Grants
Bank Interest
OVERHEADS AND EXPENSES
Rent
Light and Heat
Water
Insurance
Hall Maintenance
Cleaning
Fundraising Costs
Subscriptions
Miscellaneous
Licences
**(DEFICEIT) / SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR**
Funds Brought forward
Funds Carried forward
REPRESENTED BY:
Bank - Current
Bank - Deposit
Restricted Funds
Cash Held|Year to 31.08.2023
**£**
**£**
£
£
**3,530**
2,438
**40**
-
**1,276**
1,719
**263**
343
**-**
150
**-**
7
**5,109**
4,657
**100**
100
**683**
815
**255**
149
**528**
522
**715**
368
**200**
259
**417**
497
**-**
100
**163**
138
**155**
-
**(3,216)**
(2,948)
**1,893**
1,709
**6,098**
4,389
**7,991**
6,098
**3,694**
1,928
**384**
384
**2,520**
2,520
**1,393**
1,266
**7,991**
6,098
**Year to 31.08.2024**|
|---|---|
||**£**
**100**
**683**
**255**
**528**
**715**
**200**
**417**
**-**
**163**
**155**|
|||
The above prepresents an true and fair of of the hall's income and expenditure for the year ended 31st August 2024.
Signed by the Chair on behalf of the Trustees on _________________________
A Condon ____________________________ Chair