CHAIRWOMANS, REPORT 2025
Ladies & Genllemen.
l am very pleased to Wel￿Me you all to our AGM this evening and to see so many of you
here.
Openlng Hours & Fooffall
We are still opening in our usual shift pattem. Monday, Tuesday and Saturday mornings,
Thursday and Friday aftemoons.
We have had another challenging year. Over the last Christmas period we decided to close
the library lo give us chance to re-organise the book shelving, we were dosed for a total of 8
days induding 2 bank holidays, which has impacted our footfall. Once again, our fooffall fell
over the sumff£r period, in line with other libraries. Also, the Coffee Zone numbers have
fallen. As we organise more events, we are exF)ecting to see those numbers increase again.
We have still had to close the library or restrict the hours we are open but this has got better
month on month and as more volurrteers come on board and are trained, we will hopefully
get back to being able to fulfil our contracted hours.
We are hoping to continue with our Lunchtime Talks on Wednesdays, looking forward, it 18
likely they will be on an ad-hoc basis.
I have induded a graph in the report which gives you a visual of visitor numbers so that you
can see how we are progressing. The graph is for the year Oct 24 to Sept 25.
Library Visitor Numbers
350
300
250
200
150
loo
50
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Grants & Fund Ralslng
Eartier this year, to cover the coldest months, we were lucky enough to be awarded a
government grant to become a 'Wann Space,, which was a great help in helping us pay
some of our energy bills. The Parish Council has continued with their support in paying for
the ground Maintenan￿ costs. I would like to acknowledge and thank the Parish Council for
their continued support.
This year we continued with the Blaby Lottery, and we now have a regular number of ticket3
sold every week where a per￿ntage of the money comes directly to the library, we are
receiving on aye￿ge £15 per month as a source of income, unfortunately considerably less
than last year.

We rent out the library Spa￿ to individuals for educational and well-being pur￿Ses, which
brings us some welcome revenue.
We still rent gazebos (which we have obtained through grants) and tsbles to individuals or
groups within the village.
We have restarted our Friends Membership Scheme (which has been on hold for a couple of
yeaFS), we continue to sell donated books which has always proved very popular with our
ustomers. so this continues to be a good revenue stream for us.
We have continued to build on the fund-raising methods that we use, we usually sell
vegetables donated from local allotment holders and this year we have had a lot of fruit
donated by villagers. Any donated books that we cannot sell because of their condition we
sell for a small fee to Wortd of Books, which this year has become an even smaller fee, we
still continue to sell to a company (alled WeBuyBooks, which gives us a better price for
some of the other books we receive. We continue to use some of our donated books for 'A
Blind Date with a Book,, this is not an all-year project bLrt has proved to be very popular. All
of these bring in small armunts but nevertheless they will help us to continue running the
library.
This year has seen the Christmas Wreath and Easter Wreath making evenings, the
children's Easter event bring in some welcome revenue as does the Monday aftemoon
Knitting Group. Unfortunately, our new Lego Club has lain dornant for a few months but we
are hoping to restart this in the near future. Thanks to all of you that take part.
Susan as our treasurer will confirm later what our current financial status is.
Building
This year we have been successful in getting LCC to pay and replace our front door and its
surrounds, the new door style is to be a sliding dcx)r. The new front door should be fttted
sometime in the new year. The style of our new front dwr may mean that we will have to
change our other exit door in the kitchen, this door has no outside locks, which will need to
be rectified. We will need to get quotes and may have to apply for a grant to enable us to do
this. You will have noticed that yet again, the inside layout of the library has changed, our
final phase of change took place over the Christmas dosure, as prev50usly stated. We have
spent quite a lot of money on electrical checks and general upkeep of the library which have
been necessary to comply with Heatth & Safety Regulations. Our 10-year lease wilh LCC is
up for ￿neWa1 in July 2026.
Marketing
As you know we decided to discontinue the library website, which saved us money that we
could spend on other things. We were hoping to be able to set-up a new website for free,
we are sttll hoping to do so, watch this space! We slill advertise in the Shamford News, the
Sapcote Star, the C(>op, local hair dressers, the library and on Facebook.
Events
Summer Reading Challenge- this yearfs numbers were slightly better than last year but still
very low with 29 taking part but only 14 children completing the challenge (48Yo), last years
was 40 % . It may be that it coinaded with other events taking place in the village, the
Committee did plan on attending the school assembty to promote it. as other libraries do, we
did manage to contact some nuTseries and hopefully next year we will get the chance to
attend the school assembty to try and en(x)urage an increase in the number of children
partiGipat'ng.
Christmas Wreath and Easter Wreath making evenings, the children's Easter event were all
well attended. The Valentines 'Date with a BOOK event which was ongoing through
February.

VoluntserJ
l am pleased that we have managed to recnjit 7 new volunteers this year and that we have
some others in the pipeline. I would like to welcL)me them all to the team. Unfortunately, our
9th birthday celebration in July didn't tske pla￿ due to a communication problem, please
make a note in your diary for next year. it should take place around 26 July. This year as
last. we have been trying to get all votunteers up to date with their training needs. As the law
changes and to m￿t the requirements of our Insuran￿ policy, all volunteers are required to
do this. In this last year volunteers have now been required to complete online courses that
they can do at home or at the library. Proof of completion is required. Help is on hand if
needed. Our new library operations system came online in January, which meant everyone
needed training, thank you to my fellow trainers, Carol and Pat for taking the time to do this.
We also have one Duke of Edinburgh student volunteer who completed his bronze and silver
award with us and has now moNed on to a bigger library to complete his gold award, we
have another D of E student who has completed her bronze award and is continuing with us
to complete her silver. Thank you, Carol for your efforts to cover all shifts and recruiting new
volunteers, and for bringing in new ideas.
A couple of other special mentions, firstly to Carolyn Watson-senior, who covered empty
shifts this year, some at very short notice. To Jean Kirkland who has taken on the role of
Bookings Officer, to Michelle Jenkins who has taken on the role of Buildings and
Maintenance Officer.
The past year has seen many changes again, nett committee members and reorganisation
of Ihe library, which is now completed. I would like to reassure you that these are not
changes for changes sake. Our management committee is trying to make the library
processes more Streamline and ensure that everyone is trained to a high level, hopefully this
will make each one of you more comfortable with what we are asking you to do. Changes to
the library layout have been made so that we can fully comply with the Disability Act and
adhere to Health and Safety Regulations.
I want to take some time to acknowledge all our volunteers who help in so many ways -
whether that's behind the scenes, behind the counter, cleaning, sorting books, coffee
morning, and events. As a committee we are so appreciative of what you all do.
The continued success of this library is a great achievement and a real credit to you all and
when we work well together, things can only get better. You should all take great personal
pride and enjoyment in what we are achieving.
So finally, for all of you whether you are volunteers andlor Friends of the Library we are very
grateful for your continued support, and the comments and suggestions that encourage us to
keep running the library Servi￿ and to continually keep reviewing and adding new activities
and events.
Marfene Chapman
November 2025

Sapcote Community Library
Registered Charity Number: 1167496
Church street, Sapcote. Leicestershire, LE9 4FG
Tel: 0116 3053674 (opening hours only)
wwwsapcotecommunitylibrary@gmail.com
Sapcot
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Librar
Financial Report for End of July 2025
This is the Finanaal Report for Sapcote Community Library for the period up to
31" July 2025
INCOME
Blaby District Council Warm Spaces Grant
£ 500.00
TOTAL GRAKfs FROM PUBLIC SECTOR
£ 500.00
Blaby Lottery
£ 296.50
World of Books
£ 42.97
Revival Books
£ 194.64
Donations
£ 525.85
Knit & Nat
£ 343.50
Talks
£ 160.00
Sales Invoices
£ 216.00
Misc
74.61
Raffle
£ 54.(K)
Bank Interest
£ I￿70.61
TOTAL
£ 4.27&68

DESK TAKINGS
Reservations
53.60
Fines
60.34
Refreshments
£ 405.75
Photo Copier
46.75
Book Sales
407.85
Veg/Plant Sales
Donations
5.50
106.34
Heritage Group
17.90
Lego Club
Talk/Wreath Making
6.00
725.00
Raffle/Easter
104.20
Printer Voucher
3.50
TOTAL
£ 1,942.73
GRAND TOTAL
£ 6.221.41

Sapcote Community Library
Regstered (harity Number: 1167496
Church StreeL Sa￿Ote, Leicestershire, LE9 4FG
Td- 0116 3053674 {opening hours only)
wwwsapcotec(Mnmunitylibrary@gmail.com
Sapcot
CgMMUN
Libra
Financial Report for End of July 2025
This is the Financial Report for Sapcote Community Library for the period up to
31" July 2025
EXPENDITURE
Volunteer Expenses
£ 828.34
Electricity
£ 915.18
Gas
£ 692.66
Water
£ 462.43
Cleaning
£ 188.80
Talks
£ 510.00
Security
£ 138.00
Misc:
ASHWELLS
£ 96.00
PROUDCSTLE
£ 840.00
MIDLAND FIRE
£ 650.00
WOODWARD
£ 528.00
RIDDLE
£ 500.00
TAYLOR ROOM RETURN
£ 24.00
Cash Payments=
Monthly Cleaning
£ 52.49
Milk
1.45
GRAND TOTAL
£ 6.427.97

Sapcote Community Library
Registered Ch*ity I￿rnber: 1167496
thurch Street. SaI￿ote. Leicestershire, LE9 4FG
Tel: 0116 3053674 lopening hours only)
wwwsapc0￿Mun1tyllbrary@￿aIl.cOM
Sapcot
COWAUN
Librar
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SUMMARY
INCOME
£ 6,221.41
EXPENDITURE
£(6,427.97)
NET PROFIT
£ (206.56)
BANK BALANCE AS AT 31.07.24 (CURRNT AccouKrr)
(SAVINGS ACCOUNT)
( FIXED TERM SAVINGS)
DESK TAKINGS
654.93
10,043.51
£ 35.000.00
143.52
CHARITY BOX
24.82
TOTAL 2024
45,866.78
BANK BALANCE AS AT 31.07.25 1CURREKf ACCOUKn
(SAVINGS AccouKn
(FIXES TERM SAVINGS) £ 35.000.00
DESK TAKINGS
199.74
396.36
10.064.
TOTA 2025
45,660.22

TOTAL SUMMARY
YEAR END 202>Z024
£45.866.78
YEAR END 202*2025
£45,660.22
LOSS 2025
£ 1206.56)