CHAIRWOMANS. REPORT 2024 Ladies & Genfjemen, l am very ploased to welcome you all to cKJr AGM mccting this evening and to see $0 many of you here. Opening Hours & Footfall We are sti11 opening in our usual shfft pattem. Monday. Tuesday arKI SatLFrday mofflings. Thursday arbd Friday afternoons. We have had ancxher challeTh3ing year. Over the last Christmas period we wanted to check what our footfall would be, we could only open-up for a couple of days. because of how Ihe Bank holidays fdl. Unfortunately, our fwtf<111 didn't increase by much. Our f(￿(fall fell over the summer period. in line with other libraries, probabty because of the Worfd Cup matthes. Also, Ihe Coffee Zone numbers have fallen. due to the Dementia Hub not meeting on fvlondays anymore. In spiie of this slight downturn. our overall footfall figures have incTe8sed from last year. As we orqanise rn￿e evenls. we are exF¢cting to sce those numbers in￿aSe agaifi. We have still had to close the library or restTrGt the hours we are open but this has gol better monlh on month and 1¢ s rnore volunteers come on board and are trair)ed. we will hopefully get back to being able to fulfil our contraded hours. We said last year that we werc hoping to be able to change the times we open, we still wish to do this, once 4VC have a reasonable lovcl of active volunteer5 in place. Nothing can happèn without p￿Per CCK15ultstion Mth our users and pennIss￿n from LCC. Wc are continu ing with our Lunchtime Talks on Wednesdays, we've had 3 since last October, looking fmvard, it is likely they be on an ad-hoG basis. I have included a graph in the rewt which gives you a visual of visitor numbers so that you can see how we are progressing. The graph is for the year Oct 23 to Sept 24. Library Visitor Numbers 500 4ty) ic Grants & Fund Raising Earlier thi5 year. to cover the ¢J)Ide5t months. V￿ were kncky enough to ￿ awarded a 90vemment 9rant to becx>me a 'Warm spa￿., which was a great h¢lp in hclping us pay some of our energy bi115, we have applied again for a grant. hoping it will be awarde(I, The Parish C¢)uTrg1 has wntinued wtth t￿rr support in payiry for ground maintenance costs. I would like to ackn(Y•Aed9e arKI thank the Parish Council for their continued support. This year we oontinued with the Blaby Lottery and we now hav¢ a regular numbL¥ of tickèts scdd every week where a pErtsniage of thc money comes directty to the library. we are re￿ivIng an average £35 pei r(Kfftth as a sour¢e of income. unfiYLunately a little less than last y&w. We rent out the b'bfary space to indmduals tor edu¢aiional and weii-being putP05e5. whith brings us some W￿1¢0me revenue, we aro in the prD¢ess of rcviewing Lxtr pricing strucbjre for this space to bring US into line WTth other venu¢s in the village. Wc still reTrt gazebos Iwhith we have obtained Ihr(wgh grants) and table$ to indivKluals or groups within the village. We are also ￿viewIng this pricing structure. We $¢ hopir>g to rE5tart Friends Membership Stherne (whith has beell on for 3 couplp tsf years), we continve io se]1 donated tt)ok$ which has ahvays proved very ptspular véjlh our ￿stomers, SO this wnts'nue$ 10 t* a good revenue stream for u5. We have continued to build on the furbd-faising methods th31 WÈ use: usually sell vegetables donated frDm the local allotment holders, due to the very wd weather this year there hasn.t becn a lot of producé. Any donate(Y books that yve onnot sell be￿USe of Ihe4r condil'on we sell for a small fee to World of Books. we have also identsfi¢yY a[￿her sourtse t)f income from 8 ¢ompany called WeBuy8ordinators job. Thanks to OLtr out-goiTVJ Secretary sieve G￿ave5, and Welrx7me to our i[k￿MIng Secretary card￿ WatsoTrwSenior_ Thank5 atso to our wlgoing Tre￿￿t Sharon Pallison weltrJme 10 our ifvctyning Treasurer Susan Jenkins. Thanks to Margaret. Sue arKI Diana who run the Coffee Zone every Monday. and last bul by no means least, to Vic Htswell. who has decidèd 10 Step th)wn after 8 years with us, thank you so much ts all you have done. 18190 vfdni to say a special thank you to Lorraine Ja¢kson for all hpr help this y8ar. tt h&% bEen invaluable. The past year has sgen many changes again. n•v ¢ommittoe members arbd roorganisation of Ihe librdry, which will hopefully be compleied by Ihe end of this yèar. I ￿1)ill￿ like lo reassure yOLt that these are not chan9es for changes sake. Our management is 1ry1ftg to mak¢ th8 libory pr¢)¢ess&s mor¢ St￿aMIl￿e and ensure that every¢ng ig trained t¢ 8 high level, hor*fully this will make each one of you more ty)mfortable witn whai we are asking YOU to do. Chan9es to the library layout have been made so that can fulty compty with tho Disability Ad and adhere to Health and Safety Regulations. Qn 1" JanLEary 2024 we saw Our new Dts) Polity activaied, which meant that No dogs ex&Pt A55i5tance dogs were allowed in the library. This seems to be V•rsrking well, aFthough I'm sure that one dog has suddenty become an assistance dog, WI￿) said you couldn't teach an old dog ngw trt¢ksl I want to tsk2 some time to acknowledge all our volunteers who help in so many ways - eiher that's behind the counter, (aeanirKJ, sorttng tM)oks, o)ffee mc￿1n9, and events. As 8 eommiiiee we a￿ so appreiJ3tsve ol what you ali do. Tho ojnlinucd suwcss of this library is a great achievemcnt and a re81 credit to you all and when we wO(k well together. things can only get bettcr. You shoukl all take great F*rs(K￿l pride and enjoymeDI in what wc are achieving. So finalty, for all of you whether you are volunteers and'tr Friends of the Library we are very grateful for your continucd sUPPOrt. and the cofflments and su99estions that encOur￿)e us to keep runniry the library Servi￿ and to continually kcep reviewino and adding new adivTties and events. Marfefbe Chapman November 2024 Sapcote Community Library Registered tharity Number". 11674% Church Street, Sapcote. Legcestershire, LE9 4FG Tel: 0116 3053674 (opening hours only) ommuni ibra Sapcot L•MMUN Libra Financial Report for the END OF July 2024 This is the Financial Report for Sapote Communrty Library for the peric*Y up to 315t July 2024 INCOME Leicester County Council Warm Spaces Grani Sapcote Parish Council Gftyjnd Maintenan Membership Fees frryn Friends of Ihe LI￿ £ 750.IXI £ 1,595.00 £0. DDnatK)ns £ 50.58 Blaby Lottery £ 436.GO Savings Bank Interest £ 1,196.82 World of Books £ 52.85 Gazebo Hire £ 130.IX* Charity T￿1 Library room Hire £ 24A2 £ 78.00 Knrtb"ng Group Book Sales £ 373.50 £ 439.40 VetyPl¥rt Sales Library Talks £ 13.50 £ 290_00 Coffee Moming £ 953.53 Library Book Holds £6&50 Photocopier Library Fines £ 7725 £ 82.05 Blind Books £ 11100 LCC Payment £ 679.64 £ 4.$0 TOTAL INCOME £ 7,405.44 Sapcote Community Library Registered Chartty Number." 1167496 Church Street. Sap¢oie. Leitestwshire. LE9 4FG Tel: 0116 3053674 (opeDin8 hour5 onlyl wvn¥_SaPCQtecommunitylibrary.org-uk Sapcot ¢￿AMuNIT Libra EXPENDITURE Insurance £ 157.00 Electnctty £ 9)6.1$ £ 667.71 Water £ 47&46 Garden Mairrtenat £ 1.595.00 CleanitWSupplieS £ 267.11 Waste Ctsllecti¢>n Blaby £ 22104 Security Aanns £ 69.00 Proutkastle Fire Al5￿$ £ 14&00 1sljuuld bt Expenses For Refreshmerfs Wèb Site £ $04.90 £ 0.00 nd()w Cleanirbg £ 64.63 Rings £ 162_00 Initial T￿let5 t 57.50 Mise Staiionarylvarious £ 1,280.$6 B￿ler Servi £ 0.00 Donaty'on to Blooffl GtDUP £ 40.00 Premises Repairs £ 147.50 Card Machine Fees £1.49 TJk Fges £ 120.00 TOTAL EXPENDITURE £ 6,882.05 Sapcote Community Library Re8i5tered Charrty Number. 1167496 Church Street, Sapcote. Loicestorshire. LE9 4FG Tel- 0116 3053674 (opening hour5 only) wrfM.sapcotec4)mmunitylibrary.or&uk Sapcote Il>klf4WNItY Librar PAGE 3 SUMMARY INCOME £ 7.405.44 EXPENDITURE £ 6882.05 NET PROFIT £ 523.39 BANK BALANCE AS AT 31.07.23 (freasurer Account) £ 1403A9 (Online Saver) (Fixed Term opened 01108r22) £ 35000.00 99.4S £ 8857.41 DESK TAKINGS TOTAL £ 45360.35 BANK BALANCE AS AT 31.07 24 (freasurer Account) (Online Saver) {Fixed Tetm opened 0110812022) £ 654.93 £ 10,043.51 £ 35.000.1)O DESK TAKINGS £ 143.52 CHARITY BOX £ 24.82 TOTAL 2024 £ 45,866.78 19109124 CHAPMAN S PA￿lsoN Chalr Treasur*r Signed:. Date:. 21 [,, K2LÈ Lplioi14 S JENKINS Date:. SèFXQf¢ Lily47 FiD#n¢ial Re ort ￿lO￿th endin 202312024 It has L.hallenging ycar for thc l.ibrary: with C1￿1g¢S to volunteer personncl, including & Voluntccr C.oF0rdin￿llI￿r (thd d)angcs to that Tol¢), the rt%ignation of th¢ S¢LTetsry attd ak) etMCrg￿cY ¢￿ing being hcld with LCC tr)1 lo 'stead}' thc ship . FIr￿2￿ClaI1Y th¢ libTYry achieved a ptofit fvT th¢ year of £523.39 (shuuld have ￿￿en £379.i9 as onc Prou(l¢¥tle irti(oice was und Tbtst paid ulltil aftcr 315t Jvly}. This is s1&mifi&￿tlY whcn profit lotsll¢yJ £1025.59. Wc movd utilitie% in April 2024 from smart￿￿t Gas and EON (Electric) to Yu EncTgy. Wr have 4igmed a thr￿ yQ47r wntrELci arHI art I￿ping this will keep these costs undLr ¢XIn￿lI fot tht for￿￿b]C flltL￿C. Our Buildings insurdnc¢ wsus rtstlaiIicd thc sanic: as did our First 4 FI￿ alld Pry}UdtL￿le scrri¢e cDsts. Wt have inVc￿¢J in a fv"w' new tables and a ncw noticeJx)ard this Y￿ to improv¢ ihe f2cti lities at th LibraTr', w¢ll purchasing Lego arA in1.￿tmcnf into th¢ provÈsion of a Lrgo Club. Wc rclxivd a Warm Spaccs GThAnt trtrm LC:C totslling £750.00 Ihis year which has hLIp¢4 w'ith sas aJuI ele£tric c05t5. Bluby IA)ttery doik2tions gav¢ us itsC(J1￿c of £416.50 wbi¢h 1% on th £544.50 ¥•t¢xI last vw and J() ￿,11￿ bcing promotc(I furlher to maKin]i5c this str¢Am. Book salc5 tota]IrI con]munitV 5rryi￿. The Knitting Group al￿ rL7naittS popular and gavc all incom¢ o f £37J.50 (slightly dowD (In last year). RODM HITC inrOvDe was dowTL from L176.rKp l*st year t<1 just £7g.lJ) this yf4T. mgty watit to look into th¢ T¢?stsnS for this_ Bank iDtcrc5t have be£rA g[￿)d thi5 y¢aT ?ncI we receii,d intcrc* pavrn¢nts of £l.196.82 wlll. cb ed¥ a really &i￿lfiCallt imp8Èt on the figures for th¢ yw. Wilhrjut this, thc LIb￿ry would have made a loss so this nccd5 tv b¢