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|Trustees'|Trustees'|Annual|Report|Report|for|the period|the period||
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||Period|start date|||Period|end date|||
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|From|01|pril|2022|To|31|!March||I2023|
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||Names ofthe charity|trustees who man|age the charity||
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||Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for whole<br>ear|Name ofperson (or body) entitled<br>to appoint trustee (ifan|
||Linda Marshall|Chairman||TFOFL Members|
||Stephen Robson|Vice Chairman||As above|
||Andrew Weatherby|Treasurer||As above|
||Stephen<br>Bilbie|||As above|
||Janet Earwaker|||As above|
||Ruth Hughes|||As above|
||Fran Hutchinson|||As above|
||Jennifer McNair|||As above|
||Philip O'Reilly||1/4/22 to 29/6/22|As above|
|10|Jill Richardson|||As above|
||Kathy Rudge|||As above|
||Bernie Stribling|||As above|
|13|Wendy Whiting|||As above|



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|||The main activities<br>undertaken<br>for public benefit<br>in relation to the|The main activities<br>undertaken<br>for public benefit<br>in relation to the|Charity's|Charity's|Charity's|
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|||objects are:|||||
|Summary<br>ofthe main||1.Operation<br>ofa public lending<br>library and associated<br>activities <br>services||||and|
|activities undertaken<br>for the||2.Provision<br>of resources<br>and ITfacilities, delivery|of recreational||||
|public benefit in relation to||and educational<br>events and services for the benefit and enjoyment|||||
|these objects (include within<br>this section the statutory||ofthe local community<br>3.Provision<br>offacilities for user groups<br>and other|hirers.||||
|declaration<br>that trustees|have||||||
|had regard to the guidance||The library has become an integral<br>part ofthe community,|engaging||||
|issued by the Charity||effectively<br>with other local groups<br>and organisations.|||||
|Commission<br>on public|||||||
|benefit)|||||||
|||The Trustees declare that we have had due regard to the guidance|||issued||
|||by the Charity Commission<br>on public benefit and confirm|that all|our|||
|||operations<br>and activities are in accordance<br>with such guidance.|||||
|Additional<br>details ofobjectives||and activities (Optional<br>information)|||||
|||The Charity is not a grant-making<br>organisation.|||||
|||The Charity does not currently<br>hold any investments.|||||
|You may choose to include<br>further statements,<br>where<br>relevant,<br>about:||Our volunteers<br>make a significant<br>and much-valued<br>contribution<br>to the<br>successful<br>running<br>ofthe library and the Charity<br>is dependent<br>on and<br>grateful for their commitment<br>oftime, help and support.<br>The Charity has no employees<br>and none ofthe trustees<br>or volunteers||||is|
|~<br>policy on grantmaking;||paid or remunerated,<br>other than the reimbursement<br>ofreasonable|||||
|~<br>policy programme<br>related||expenses<br>and expenditure<br>on behalf ofthe Charity.|||||
|investment;|||||||
|~<br>contribution<br>made<br>by|||||||
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|Summary|of|the main|Achievements<br>and initiatives<br>ofthe Charity over the last year:|||
|achievements<br>ofthe charity<br>during the year|||~|Retention<br>ofa knowledgeable<br>board of 12Trustees. One trustee<br>resigned<br>at the AGM in June 2022 after 6years ofservice to the||
|||||board.||
||||~|Retention<br>ofa core group of original<br>charity volunteers<br>who have||
|||||been actively<br>involved<br>in delivery of library services during the||
|||||Covid pandemic<br>8 recruitment<br>of2 new volunteers.||
||||~|We also successfully<br>supported<br>2 Duke of Edinburgh<br>Award||
|||||student<br>volunteers<br>this year —one Bronze and one Gold Award.||
||||~|Good relationships<br>8 support<br>among trustees<br>and active volunteers||
|||||—very much a community<br>team effort where everyone' s||
|||||contribution<br>is valued and appreciated.||
|||||Re-established<br>face-to-face meetings<br>ofthe Trustees<br>board from||
|||||April 2022, at the AGM in June and with members<br>and liaison|with|
|||||LCC Support Officers & representatives<br>from the local group of||
|||||Community<br>Managed<br>Libraries.||
||||~|The 7'" Anniversary<br>of the Community<br>Managed<br>Library was||
|||||celebrated<br>with a coffee morning<br>and a sale in March 2023.||
||||~|A staged return to our pre-pandemic<br>public opening<br>hours of 15||
|||||hours per week, starting<br>at 13hours from April 2022 and increasing||
|||||to 15hours from September 2022 - Monday<br>&Thursday||
|||||afternoons<br>and Friday &Saturday<br>mornings.<br>Screens at the public||
|||||counter and in the public computer<br>room have been retained.||
|||||Librar<br>erformance:||
||||~|Total library books issued<br>in the year<br>1 April 2022 —21 March||
|||||2023: 10,990||
||||~|Total number<br>of new library joiners: 251||
||||~|Total number<br>ofactive borrowers: 463||
||||~|The Reading Agency's<br>Summer<br>Reading<br>Challenge 2022 attracted||
|||||106children<br>aged 4-11 years to take part with 81 completing|the|
|||||challenge<br>to read 6 books over the school summer<br>holidays.||
||||~|The weekly<br>Little Ducklings<br>Story Time was extended<br>to include a||
|||||Stay-&-Play session 8 several sales of books, toys and bric-a-brac||
|||||also took place this year, fundraising<br>for the charity.||
||||~|A weekly<br>Knit 8 Natter Drop-In session was increasingly<br>well-||
|||||attended.||
|||||While several of our pre-covid user groups have not returned,|new|
|||||initiatives<br>include a Baby Sensory and Baby Massage franchise||
|||||who started<br>regular<br>room hire this year and New Life Church|began|
|||||a weekly free 'Lunch at the Library' for the local community<br>to||





||||We are a not-for-profit<br>organisation<br>and|We are a not-for-profit<br>organisation<br>and|all|funds|received or generated|received or generated|
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|Briefstatement||ofthe|directly support the purposes<br>of|the Charity||and|sustainability|ofthe library.|
|charity's|policy|on reserves|Surpluses<br>generated<br>are carried <br>and running<br>costs in subsequent|forward<br>years|towards<br>our on-going<br> and we seek to retain|||liabilities<br> sufficient|
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|Income and Expenditure||||||
|Incoming resources||||||
|Incoming resources from generated||funds:||||
|Voluntary<br>income|||1|1,383|1,170|
|Activities for generating|funds||2|567|3,972|
|Investment<br>income|||3|139|33|
|Pundraising|||4|3,487|1,569|
|Total incoming resources||||5,576|6,744|
|Resources expended||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||5|13,018|10,646|
|Cost offundraising|||6|15|176|
|Governance<br>costs|||7|942|880|
|Total resources expended||||13,975|11,702|
|Net outgoing resources for the year||||(8,399)|(4,958)|
|Unrestricted<br>funds brought|forward|||113,635|118,593|
|Unrestricted<br>funds carried|forward||11|f105,236|6113,635|





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|FRIENDS OFFLECKNKY LIBRARY|FRIENDS OFFLECKNKY LIBRARY|FRIENDS OFFLECKNKY LIBRARY|||
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|NOTES TO THK FINANCIAL STATEMENTS|||||
|FOR THE YEARENDED 31STMARCH 2023|||||
|1|VOLUNTARY INCOME||2023|2022|
||Donations received||908|898|
||Membership<br>fees||240|50|
||Market Harborough|Lotto|235|222|
||||K1,383|K1,170|
|2|ACTIVITIES FOR|GENERATING FUNDS|||
||State aid from L.C.C.|||3,846|
||Room hire||328||
||Library services||239|126|
||||6567|K3,972|
|3|INVESTMENT INCOME||||
||Cash deposits||||
||Co-op Bank Plc - Instant access savings account interest||2139|233|
|4|FUNDRAISING||||
||Refreshments||975|33|
||Book sales||540|80|
||Sundry income<br>Photocopying<br>Plant and jam sales<br>Bag sales<br>Duck food sales||376<br>502<br>290<br>9<br>56|180<br>393<br>202<br>21<br>198|
||Events|||462|
||Hamper<br>and other raffles||247||
||Toast Office books||70||
||Tombola||152||
||Greeting card commission||128||
||Logo items sold||75||
||Wool sold||67||
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|OR|THE YEAR ENDED 31STMARCH 2023|||
|---|---|---|---|
|5|CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|2023|2022|
|Water||481|227|
|Repairs and maintenance<br>Cleaning k rubbish removal||4,622<br>1,563|3,350<br>1,410|
||Insurances|751|721|
||Light 8r, heat|5,601|4,938|
|||113,018|E10,646|
||COSTS OFFUNDRAISING|||
||Refreshment<br>expenses|11||
||Duck food purchases<br>and bags<br>Logo merchandise<br>purchased|4|61<br>115|
|||f15|6176|
|7|GOVERNANCE<br>COSTS|||
||Online rota system subscription|145|145|
||Accountancy|594|570|
||Paypal charges<br>Other expenses|23<br>180|165|
|||8942||
||TANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS|||
|||Fixtures k||
|||furniture||
||Net book value at 1 April 2022|||
||Additions<br>at cost|||
||Depreciation<br>provided<br>for year|||
||Net book value at 31March 2023|||
||CASH AND BANK|||
||Cash deposits:<br>Co-op Bank Plc - Instant access savings account|100,725|105,587|
||Co-op Bank Plc - Current account|4,088|12,873|
||Paypal account<br>Cash and cheques in hand|66<br>357|175|
|||E,105,236|f118,635|
|10|ACCRUALS|||