**CHILTON POLDEN HALL CIO REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1163219**
## **CHAIR’S REPORT - 2025**
Having taken over at the last AGM after Tony stood down, we secured a secretary with Christine coming on board and now have a stable committee.
We have established a full calendar of meetings and planned the highly successful Silver Spoon lunches, led by Jennifer, our valued Treasurer. The bi-monthly craft markets are also growing in popularity, while the weekly ‘Learning with Miss Floris’ sessions continue to be a successful and valuable asset to the hall.
Alan Ball has also joined the committee, so we are at full strength and planning 2026 events.
The ‘Cuppa on the Corner’ every 2[nd] and 4[th] Tuesday Mornings provide fundraising for the hall, we have stitchers every Tuesday afternoon with Yoga with Rache Parker every Thursday and Thai Chi every Friday with Lyn Dickens.
As mentioned Francesc’s Learning with Miss Floris supporting children’s confidence and enjoyment of learning.
In addition to the Parish council holding their monthly meetings in the hall, there has been a number of private hires for private celebrations like birthdays and baby showers.
There are some upcoming community events such as Wreath Making with Lindy Gibbon (supporting the foodbank) and Christmas Bauble Makings evenings with the Playing Field committee which are wonderful festive additions.
Can I say a big thank you to all the committee members whose contributed efforts on behalf of the village are nothing short of fantastic.
Let’s hope we will continue with more success and good time in the future.
Rich Finemore (Chair)
**CHILTON POLDEN HALL CIO**
Charity No: 1163219
## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025**
|INCOME
Hall Hire Income
Hire of Tables and Chairs
Fundraising Income
Electric Meter
Donations
Extraordinary Income
OVERHEADS AND EXPENSES
Rent
Light and Heat
Water
Insurance
Hall Maintenance
Cleaning
Fundraising Costs
Miscellaneous
Licences
Equipment Replacements
**SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR**
Funds Brought forward
Funds Carried forward
REPRESENTED BY:
Bank - Current
Bank - Deposit
Restricted Funds
Cash Held|**£**
**£**
**3,530**
**-**
**1,502**
**263**
**1,250**
**6,545**
**-**
**6,545**
**100**
**923**
**255**
**545**
**1,224**
**184**
**470**
**90**
**162**
**1,761**
**(5,715)**
**829**
**7,991**
**8,820**
**4,355**
**384**
**3,020**
**1,061**
**8,820**
**Year to 31.08.2025**|Year to 31.08.2024|Year to 31.08.2024|
|---|---|---|---|
||**£**
**100**
**923**
**255**
**545**
**1,224**
**184**
**470**
**90**
**162**
**1,761**|£
100
683
255
528
715
200
417
163
155
-|£
3,530
40
1,276
263
-|
||||5,109
-|
||||5,109
(3,216)|
|||||
||||1,893
6,098|
||||7,991|
||||3,694
384
2,520
1,393|
||||7,991|
The above prepresents an true and fair of of the hall's income and expenditure for the year ended 31st August 2025.
Signed by the Chair on behalf of the Trustees on _________________________
R Finemore
____________________________
Chair
## **TREASURERS REPORT - YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
As you can see there has been a steady income over the past year with hall hire and electric meter income stabilising at £3,530 and £263
Fundraising events have been successful with income of £1,502 and costs of £470 giving a net surplus of £1,031 compared to £859.
Donations from the Parish Council and Polden Post helped with the costs of replacing the chairs and curtains.
Turning to expenses, as previously predicted, electric has increased due to the economic climate and our low fixed rate contract ended.
Hall maintenance covers the usual electrical and fire extinguishers inspections, but most of the costs relate to the replacement of the curtains (£1040.00), this does seem high but they are of fireproof standard.
Equipment replacement is mainly the new chairs (£1,695.90)
Overall, I am pleased to report that we have a further surplus this year of £829, thus giving the hall total funds of £8,820 which I believe is an extremely healthy balance for the coming years.