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|Objecti||v|es and|Activiti|es||
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|ummary|of||the purposes of||Para 1.17|he aims ofthe Group shall be to retain|
|he charity||as set out||in its||and expand our Community<br>Library<br>in its|
|oveming|document|||||roie as a community<br>hub for Newbold|
|||||||erdon, Barlestone and surrounding|
|||||||illages.<br>Building on previous successes|
|||||||ewill bring together local groups and|
|||||||individuals<br>from all parts ofthe community,|
|||||||providing<br>opportunities<br>for learning,|
|||||||development,<br>recreation and shared|
|||||||xperiences.<br>Our Library building<br>should|
|||||||be atthe heart ofour community,<br>seen by|
|||||||IIas valuable, sustainable<br>and accessible,|
|||||||su<br>ortin<br>irn<br>roved social cohesion.|
|Summary|of||the main|activities|Para 1.17and 1.19|Providing a book lending service|
|in relation|to||those purposes|||Providing<br>public computers<br>and internet|
|orthe public|||benefit,|in||ccess|
|particular,|the activities,|||||Hosting freellow cost events such as Tots|
|projects or||services identified||||ales, Knit and Stitch, Local Family History,|
|in the accounts.||||||Dementia Support, Scrabble Club.|
|||||||Providing<br>affordable<br>room hire to local|
|||||||oluntary<br>groups that run social events|
|||||||uch as Film events and afternoon tea|
|||||||essions with a nominated s eaker.|
|taternent||confirming||whether|ara 1.18|he trustees are aware ofthe guidance|
|he trustees|||have had regard t|||issued by the Charity Commission<br>on|
|he guidance|||issued by the|||public benefit|
|harity Commission||||on public|||
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|You ma|choose|to include|further statements|whe|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||ORP reference||
|||||Nla|
||||Para 1.38||
|Policy on|grant making||||
|Policy on|social investment||ara 1.38||
|including|program|related||N/a|
|investment|||||





||||||he library|is completely<br>dependent|on its|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Para|1.38|olunteers,|who carry out all necessary||
|ontribution|made|by|||sks to keep the library operational.|||
|olunteers||||||||
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|Achie|vem|ents<br>and Per|formance||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||RP reference||
|||||uring 2021/22, the Library has gradually|
|||||tarted to recover from the impacts ofthe|
|||||Pandemic,<br>though ashortage ofVolunteers|
|ummary<br>ofthe main<br>chievements<br>ofthe charity,|||ara 1.20|has meant that it has not been possible to<br>return to full pre-Pandemic<br>opening<br>hours.|
|identifying|the difference the|||ur Library has however wherever<br>possibl|
|arity*s|work|has made to the||provided services and activities to the|
|rcumstances||ofits||community.<br>The challenge<br>has been to|
|beneficiaries||and any wider||ncourage more members ofthe|
|benefits to society as a whole.||||community<br>to return to regularly<br>using the|
|||||cilities.|



|You ma<br>c|ho|ose to include f|urther stateme|nts<br>where relevant about||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||ur initial objective was to maintain||
|||||xisting levels ofservice and availability|of|
|chievements||against|ra 1.41|e library service and its facilities to the||
|bjectives set||||local community.<br>This has been achieved||
|||||nd we continue to build on this for the||
|||||ture, though progress has been||
|||||dversel<br>affected b<br>the<br>andemic.||
|||||Nla||
|Performance<br>offundraising<br>ctivities against objectives set Para 1.41||||||
|Investment|performance||ara 1.41|||
|gainst objectives||||||
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|Review ofthe charity's|Review ofthe charity's|Review ofthe charity's|Review ofthe charity's|Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21|Our initial objective was to ensure|||
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|inancial|position|||at the end of||||ufficient reserves were held so that in||the|
|he period||||||||unlikely event ofreceiving no income we|||
|||||||||ould still cover all ofour operating|costs,||
|||||||||iven that grants from from Leicestershire|||
|||||||||unty Council would cease in INarch 2022.|||
|||||||||a result ofreduced opening and|the||
|||||||||radual<br>return ofvarious activities,|income||
|||||||||has reduced significantly.<br>However|the||
|||||||||ovid grant received has eased the|||
|||||||||pressure for the next couple ofyears. At|||
|||||||||ear end 4years' operating costs were|||
|||||||||held.|||
|tatement||explaining|||the|policy|Para '-22|o hold a minimum<br>ofone years operating|||
|or holding||reserves stating||||||osts.|||
|h<br>the||are held|||||||||
|mount|ofreserves held||||||Para 1.22|48,825.00|||
|Reasons|for holding zero||||||ara 1.22|NIa|||
|reserves|||||||||||
|Details of||fund materially||||in|ara 1.24|Nla|||
|eficit|||||||||||
|Explanation|||ofany||||ara 1.23|None at present|||
|ncertainties|||about the charity||||||||
|ntinuin||as a||oin|concern||||||
|Additional|||information|||(optional)|||||
|You ma||choose to include further statements||||||where relevant about|||
|||||||||iven our currently<br>healthy financial|||
|||||||||position, Our Library is not currently|||
|he charity's<br>principal sources<br>ffunds {including any|||||||Para 1.47|ctively fundraising.<br>Our principal<br>comes from room hire, and general|income<br> trading||
|ndraising)||||||||rising from the sale ofdonated<br>items||and|
|||||||||charges associated with providing<br>a|||
|||||||||Libra<br>service.|||
|||||||||Reserves are held in a Savings account|||
|||||||||hat gives the best return within the|terms||
|investment|||policy|and||||nd conditions that are the most beneficial|||
|bjectives||including<br>any social||||||othe library.|||
|investment||policy||adopted|||||||
|||||||||shortage ofvolunteers<br>tooperate|the||
|||||||||library as well as sufficient volunteers||to|
|description|||ofthe principal||||ara 1.46|meet required<br>standard ofgovernance.|||
|sks facing|||the charity|||||risk register has been drawn<br>up and||is|
|||||||||reviewed.|||
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|Descri|tion ofcharit<br>'s trusts|||||||
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|ype of|governing<br>document|Para 1.25|Constitution|||||
|How is the charity constituted?||Para 1.25|Charitable|Incorporated|||Organisation|
|rustee|selection methods|ara 1.25|New members||are|invited tojoin the Board||
|including|details ofany||ofTrustees|by|the|existing Trustees and||
|constitutional<br>provisions e.g.|||ormally confirmed|||by|them|
|lection|to post or name of any|||||||
|person|or body entitled to|||||||
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|You ma|ch|oose to incl|ude fu|rther stateme|nts<br>whe|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Nla|
|Policies|and|procedures||||
|adopted|for the induction||and|||
|raining|oftrustees|||||
||||||N/a|
|he charity's<br>organisational<br>structure<br>and any wider||||ara 1.51||
|network|with|which the charity||||
|orks||||||
|Relationship||with any related||Para 1.51||
|parties||||||
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||ha|name|||ur Libra|Newbold|Newbold|Verdon|
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|Other name the charit||||uses|||||
|R|istered charit||number||1164233||||
||harity's|principal|address||parkenhoe/Main||Street||
||||||Newbold|Verdon|||
||||||Leicester||||
||||||Leicestershire||||
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||Names ofthe charity trustees who||
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||manage the charity||
||rustee name|&ce ifan|
||Nigel Trotman|Chair|
||ohn Welford|olunteer Co-ordinator|
||Ricky Bell|Premises Manager|
||Ruth Camamile||
||o Renner||
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|||||~|s|~||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||Unrestricted<br>funds|||Restricted<br>funds|Endowment<br>funds|Total funds|Last year||
|||||||tothe|naarsst|f|tothe nearsst 6|tothe nearest 6|tothe nearest 6|tothe nearest R||
|A1 Receipts||||||||||||||
|Donations and Grants|||||||5,113|||||||
|Fundraising<br>Events||||||||||||||
|General Trading||||||||||||||
|Room Hire|||||||1,168||||||370|
||||||||||||||75|
|Bank interest||||||||||||||
|Sundries||||||||||||||
|Sub total(Gross|income||||forAR)||6,S99|||||35,532||
|Asset and investment|||||sales,|||||||||
|see table).||||||||||||||
||||Sub total|||||||||||
|||Total|||receip|||||||35532||
|A3 Payments||||||||||||||
|Cost offundraising||||||||||||||
|insurance||||||||||||||
|Lighting and Heating|||||||||||1,66S|1,669||
|Rates||||||||||||||
|Repairs and Maintenance|||||||6,405||||5,823|5,823||
|Teiephone and internet|||||||||||||622|
|ster and sewerage||||||||||||||
|ebsite (itseezm and||ThreeRings)||||||||||||
|||||||||410||||||
|Legal costs||||||||||||||
|||||Sub tote||||||||||
|4Asset and investment||||||||||||||
|purchases, (see|table)|||||||||||||
|||||Sub tote||||||||||
||Total||paymen|||||||||9|36|
|Net ofreceipts'(payments|||||||4747|||||26|296|
|A5 Transfers between|||funds|||||||||||
|A6 Cash funds last year|||||end||53|573|||53573|27|277|
|Cash funds this||||year en|||||||48826|53|573|






