## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 04 2022 31 03 2023 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1165052 **Charity's principal address** Library Lingdale East Goscote, Leicester **Postcode LE7 3XW** EAST GOSCOTE COMMUNITY LIBRARY ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||John Malpus|Chair||Trustees| ||Liz Pizer|Treasurer||Trustees| ||Angela Malpus|Secretary||Trustees| |||||| ||Louis Wassell||Sept 2022|Trustees| |||||| |||||| ||Barbara
Liversedge|School Co-ordinator||Trustees| ||KittyNyul|School Co-ordinator||Trustees| ||Jean Calder|||Trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** |**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |---|---| |N/A|| ||| ||| **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser **
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**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Foundation Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened Trustee selection methods meeting of’ the Charity trustees. (eg. appointed by, elected by) ln selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. East Goscote Parish Council is allowed one member to be a Trustee. ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** Initially, volunteers were initiated and trained by Leicestershire County You **may choose** to include Council trainers. The knowledge gained is now cascaded down to other additional information, where volunteers. relevant, about:  policies and procedures We have a Trustee Committee currently of 7 members who manage the adopted for the induction and library. The Parish Council currently have no representative but are training of trustees; allowed one member.  the charity’s organisational Leicestershire County Council have appointed officers to support all structure and any wider Community Managed Libraries in the county. network with which the charity works; - We are a member of a CML cluster group who have quarterly meetings to -  relationship with any related discuss/assist each other when problems occur. - parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** The objects of the ClO are (1 ) The advancement of education for the public benefit by the provision **Summary of the objects of the** of a community library service for the residents and the wider community **charity set out in its** in East Goscote and the surrounding areas; **governing document** {2} To promote for the benefit of the residents of East Goscote and the surrounding areas the provision of a public library tor recreation and or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such **TAR** March **2012** 2 facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said residents, to provide these services to the public without discrimination on the grounds of sex, age, disability or other protected characteristic. Free loan of books and use of computers. Preschool and School visits to the library. Issue of dog bags. Organise events for all ages. Sale of second hand items for fund raising. Attendance at other groups events to promote the library. By providing a continuation of the library service we have received many thanks from residents along with many donations. . **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **TAR** March **2012** 3 The Trustees, after consultation and discussion, apply for appropriate grants for what is required. We have 19 volunteers who give up their time to run the library. Without these volunteers, the library would not be able to continue. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: We have policies approved for every eventuality and need. We also have a set of Risk Assessments available for the volunteers to study. - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and erformance p **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## Section D Achievements and erformance p We have continued to raise funds in a number of ways. We also work **Summary of the main** with the Parish Council in order to organise events for the local residents. **achievements of the charity during the year** The number of library members has been lower than we would like due to COVID. Recently, some new furniture and heaters have been acquired. Several Grants have been sourced to enable the above to happen. **TAR** March **2012** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** We currently have no reserves. Our balance is low and the County **Brief statement of the** Council is reducing their subsidy therefore there is a need to be more **charity’s policy on reserves** careful with our expenditure and more fund raising is essential. **Details of any funds materially** N/A **in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** Income **£4071.69** You **may choose** to include Expenditure **£7176.45** additional information, where Overall Balance **£31507.80** relevant about:  the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);  how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;  investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **TAR** March **2012** 6 **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**ed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**|**’s trustees**|**’s trustees**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**John Kenneth Ashley Malpus
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