MERSEA COMMUNITY SUPP0RT
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 18 JUNE 2024
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
I am proud and pleased to report that this has been another successful year for our Charity. This is my ninth Annual Report, and next year, 2025, we will be celebrating 10 years since becoming a registered charity.
At the end of March 2015 our annual turnover was just over £8,000 and at the end of March this year you will have heard that the turnover was well over £34,000. Grants given out 9 years ago totalled £600, and during this last financial year we were able to help no less than 9 local organisations by handing over £5,210. The Grants we awarded included 10 new kits for Proud of Mersea, training for Beach Lifeguards, lifejackets for the Rowing Club, autumn planting for Refresh Mersea, repairs to City Hall Church and St Peter & Paul Church, two replacement benches at the Monkey Steps, a grant to cover the cost of testing the disability equipment at Camp Jojo and a substantial donation to the Porch Pantry. Some of the money we raised has been spent on maintenance and during the last year we replaced the ramp to the main entrance, replaced the old wooden doors on the Bric a Brac garage with a roller door and installed a wall extractor in the kitchen.
Of course we are not here just to raise money for other charities and organisations, we are here to support the community of Mersea Island in whatever way we can and this includes the various events that we organise here in our Community Hall. Our regular teams of volunteers turn up week in week out to run the Lunch Club on a Tuesday, the Fish and Chip Lunch on a Friday and the weekly Coffee and Bric a Brac Sale on Saturdays. Our Coffee Craft group continues twice a month and the Monday Afternoon Social, our latest venture, is proving to be a great success with local residents enjoying tea and cake alongside a game of cards or a jigsaw puzzle. Unfortunately the monthly volunteer meeting with a speaker was no longer viable and we are replacing it with the occasional social evening. Our Mobility Equipment Loan Service is as demanding as ever. We have a new organiser, Jan Grass and we are grateful to her for taking over this daunting task. We now have a dedicated mobile phone for residents to ring if they require equipment and this can of course be transferred to another volunteer when Jan is on holiday, providing a continuous service. The service continues to be widely used and is much appreciated by the Community.
As well as our 8 Trustees, we now have over 40 volunteers but there is room for more, not necessarily to come in each week but to cover holidays and illness. There have been occasions just recently where we have been “short staffed” and it would be a shame if we had to cancel some of our activities. I know retired people are really busy nowadays as there are so many leisure pursuits available BUT if you know of anyone with a few hours to spare who might be willing to come along to help please point them in our direction.
Judith Wingar
MERSEA COMMUNITY SUPPORT Regtstered Charity No 1163377 ACCOUNTS for the period 0110412023 to 3110312024 INCOM EXPENDrruRE Saturday Coffee Club Supplies for Coffee Club 4437 1188 Tuesday Lunch Club 7920 Supplies for Lunch Club 3614 Friday Fish and Chips 7854 Supplies for Fish 8nd Chips 8905 Monthly Meetings Monthly Meeting Expenses 75 Bric a Brac 4021 Bric a Brac Expenses 518 Xmas Craft Fair Grants (see notes) 5210 Coffee Craft Club 227 Coffee Craft Club Expenses Car Boot Parking 140 Sundry Expenses 854 Public Donations (see notes) 1148 Cleaning 451 Mobility Equipment Donations 2259 Insurances 562 Rent from Hire of Hall 5618 Hall Equipment (see notes) 4364 Community Open Day 164 Mobility Equip Expenses 442 Monday Social 190 Communty Open Day 160 Interest 126 Supplies for Wann Space 11 Misc 110 Utilities 1855 Hall Rental Sundry Expenses 17 Hall Maintenan 845 Excess Income 5547 Totsl Totsl £34623 I have examined the accounts of Mersea Community Support and from the records see4 confirm these to be a true record Fior, Audrto-, 1rs IIivitrf..Ae Silllth
MERSEA COMMUNITY SUPPORT Registeted Charty No 1163377 31 March 2024 01 April 2023 Balance at Building Society 34873 Balance at Building Society 40830 Balance at Barclays Bank 4010 Balance at Barclays Bank 4040 Cash in Hand 1098 Cash in Hand 638 Cash Floats 220 Cash Floats 240 Excess Income 5547 TOTAL £ 45748 TOTAL 45748 Notes to be read in con unction with the above accounts Grants Paid Out Proud of Mersea Refresh Mersea Mersea Rowing Club Lifeguards W Mersea Re Benches Old City Hall Camp Jo Jo Moses Basket W Mersea Parish Church Total £350 £100 £560 £500 £1200 £1000 £500 £500 £500 £5210 Public Donations In Memory ofAlan Bird £100 In Memory of Graham Thurgood £200 In Memory of Eric Kidman £50 Kevin & Andrew Lily £400 Beach Hut Association £250 Mersea Events £150 Sundry Donations £38 Total £1188 Hall E ment- Ma Concrete Ramp New Boiler Garage Doors Wall Fan Locks and Keys or S endin £730 £497 £1755 £360 £300
MERSEA COMMUNITY SUPPORT Regtstered Charity No 1163377 ACCOUNTS for the period 0110412023 to 3110312024 INCOM EXPENDrruRE Saturday Coffee Club Supplies for Coffee Club 4437 1188 Tuesday Lunch Club 7920 Supplies for Lunch Club 3614 Friday Fish and Chips 7854 Supplies for Fish 8nd Chips 8905 Monthly Meetings Monthly Meeting Expenses 75 Bric a Brac 4021 Bric a Brac Expenses 518 Xmas Craft Fair Grants (see notes) 5210 Coffee Craft Club 227 Coffee Craft Club Expenses Car Boot Parking 140 Sundry Expenses 854 Public Donations (see notes) 1148 Cleaning 451 Mobility Equipment Donations 2259 Insurances 562 Rent from Hire of Hall 5618 Hall Equipment (see notes) 4364 Community Open Day 164 Mobility Equip Expenses 442 Monday Social 190 Communty Open Day 160 Interest 126 Supplies for Wann Space 11 Misc 110 Utilities 1855 Hall Rental Sundry Expenses 17 Hall Maintenan 845 Excess Income 5547 Totsl Totsl £34623 I have examined the accounts of Mersea Community Support and from the records see4 confirm these to be a true record Fior, Audrto-, 1rs IIivitrf..Ae Silllth
MERSEA COMMUNITY SUPPORT Registeted Charty No 1163377 31 March 2024 01 April 2023 Balance at Building Society 34873 Balance at Building Society 40830 Balance at Barclays Bank 4010 Balance at Barclays Bank 4040 Cash in Hand 1098 Cash in Hand 638 Cash Floats 220 Cash Floats 240 Excess Income 5547 TOTAL £ 45748 TOTAL 45748 Notes to be read in con unction with the above accounts Grants Paid Out Proud of Mersea Refresh Mersea Mersea Rowing Club Lifeguards W Mersea Re Benches Old City Hall Camp Jo Jo Moses Basket W Mersea Parish Church Total £350 £100 £560 £500 £1200 £1000 £500 £500 £500 £5210 Public Donations In Memory ofAlan Bird £100 In Memory of Graham Thurgood £200 In Memory of Eric Kidman £50 Kevin & Andrew Lily £400 Beach Hut Association £250 Mersea Events £150 Sundry Donations £38 Total £1188 Hall E ment- Ma Concrete Ramp New Boiler Garage Doors Wall Fan Locks and Keys or S endin £730 £497 £1755 £360 £300