TRUSTEES REPORT AGM 31st March 2022
I was appointed as Chairman a year ago on a ‘Zoom’ meeting held remotely due to COVID lockdowns, so it is good to be meeting around a table face to face with life hopefully beginning to return to normal.
It has been another quiet year for CCF with no significant applications for funds, but there has been some income gratefully received from the Open Gardens Weekend and the Fete. Hopefully income will continue to grow, although there is no Open Gardens this year (being bi-annual) and also Dorset Knob Throwing has been cancelled which has in the past provided a significant sum. Fortunately, we have a very healthy balance in the bank, but just need to be aware that we can’t always rely on income form village events and may need to think about this for the future.
Barbara Evans has been active working in the background trying to get a better understanding of Easyfundraising, Nectar Points, and various grants that might be available to the village. The CCF is an ideal and very necessary ‘vehicle’ to apply for grants, which has made me think that rather than for us to be just be a charity that administers funds and loan applications, we should maybe more pro-active in initiating projects or directly helping others with advice as well as providing funding. Normally funds from other charities are only available for a specific project, so it could be useful to have an ongoing project from time to time. As I have said, we currently have adequate funds, but perhaps we should be looking at future projects being part funded from other sources.
A small group of trustees have been working on an initiative to help raise the profile of the CCF in the village and to provide an understanding of what we aim to achieve. We will discuss this further at our meeting and I feel very positive regarding the event that is being organised for May and look forward to a good result.
At our last meeting in November, it was suggested that we should come up with a project that involves and provides something for teenagers in the village. I have explored the possibility of Outdoor Exercise Equipment being installed in The Community Space and despite making some very good progress have been thwarted at the final post by a ruling from the local Health and Safety Officer. I will report on this separately in the meeting but have found it to be a very useful exercise in learning for myself and confirms my belief that we should more actively be involved in future projects that benefit the village.
The CCF is quite unique in being a registered charity and something that very few villages benefit from. It is down to us as trustees to ensure that whilst maintaining funding we respond to changes and new challenges. Thank you all for your support in the last year and I look forward to another year that might see more activity post COVID.
Patrick Nelson Chairman
Statement of Receipts and Payments for Annual Return. Cattistock Community Fund
| 1 | Jan 21 to | 1 | Jan 20 to | 1 | Jan 19 to | 1 | Jan 18 to | ||
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| 31 Dec 21 | 31 Dec 20 | 31 Dec 19 | 31 Dec 18 | ||||||
| Receipts: Donations | |||||||||
| and Gift Aid | |||||||||
| easyfundraising | £ | 127.39 |
£ | 127.65 |
£ | 186.29 |
£ | 160.52 |
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| Localgiving.com | £ | 1,820.05 |
£ | 1,097.59 |
£ | 138.87 |
£ | 270.71 |
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| Amazon Smile | £ | 23.00 |
£ | 12.92 |
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| Dorset Council Impact Grant | £ | 998.47 |
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| Cattistock Fete | £ | 1,000.00 |
£ | 2,000.00 |
£ | 3,000.00 |
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| Open Gardens | £ | 1,500.00 |
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| Dorset Knob Throwing | £ | 5,200.00 |
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| Community Lunch Raffle | £ | 88.64 |
£ | 207.00 |
£ | 179.00 |
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| Other one-off donations | £ | 220.00 |
£ | 30.00 |
£ | 20.00 |
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| Total Receipts | £ | 4,779.08 |
£ | 2,266.63 |
£ | 7,752.16 |
£ | 3,610.23 |
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| Payments | |||||||||
| Grants and Donations: | |||||||||
| Cattistock Community Space | £ | 4,000.00 |
£ | 2,500.00 |
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| Cattistock Community Lunch | £ | 50.00 |
£ | 50.00 |
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| Cattistock WI | £ | 50.00 |
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| Cattistock Armistice Weekend | £ | 550.00 |
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| Cattistock Village Website | £ | 234.99 |
£ | 205.00 |
£ | 1,165.00 |
£ | 700.00 |
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| MN& Cattistock Football Club | £ | 975.00 |
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| Cattistock PCC | £ | 275.00 |
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| Christmas Gift Packs for Vulnerable Villagers | £ | 250.00 |
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| Digital Champions | £ | 998.47 |
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| Easter Gift Packaging | £ | 95.51 |
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| Village Meal by Volunteers | £ | 113.23 |
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| Village Information Board | £ | 711.82 |
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| Total grants and donations | £ | 2,154.02 |
£ | 455.00 |
£ | 6,465.00 |
£ | 3,850.00 |
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| Administrative costs: | Localgiving annual membership | £ | 192.00 |
£ | 96.00 |
£ | 96.00 |
£ | 96.00 |
| Wallis Agency (Design) | £ | 42.00 |
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| Printingand marketingcosts | £ | 64.50 |
£ | 296.89 |
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| Total administrative costs | £ | 298.50 |
£ | 96.00 |
£ | 392.89 |
£ | 96.00 |
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| Reconciliation | Total Payments | £ | 2,452.52 |
£ | 551.00 |
£ | 6,857.89 |
£ | 3,946.00 |
| Net Receipts/(payments) | £ | 2,326.56 |
£ | 1,715.63 |
£ | 894.27 |
-£ | 335.77 |
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| Cash in bank and in hand at beginning of year | £ | 17,044.99 |
£ | 15,329.36 |
£ | 14,435.09 |
£ | 14,770.86 |
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| Surplus/(Deficit)forperiod | £ | 2,326.56 |
£ | 1,715.63 |
£ | 894.27 |
-£ | 335.77 |
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| Cash in bank and in hand at end of year | £ | 19,371.55 |
£ | 17,044.99 |
£ | 15,329.36 |
£ | 14,435.09 |