## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 April 2022 Period start date To 31 March 2023 Period end date Charity name: NARBOROUH AND LITTLETHORPE COMMUINITY LIBRARY Charity registration number: 1167677**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Provision of a public library service for**
**recreation and/or other activities, by the**
**Provision of books (of all types)**
**Access to reference material**
**Free use of computers & internet**
**Access to photocopying &**
**printing**
**Provision of out of hours groups,**
**both for educational & social**
**purposes**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Library has remained open to the public**
**for its regular hours, when book loans,**
**printing and photocopying and public**
**computers are all available, as well as**
**being a source for local information.**
**Our regular out of hours groups have**
**continued running successfully.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The library trustees are aware of & have**
**regard to the Commissions Public**
**Benefit Guidance in relation to their**
**decision making.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **Without all of our volunteers,**
Para 1.38 **encompassing many different roles, the** Contribution made by **library service could not function.** volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The management team and trustees**
**continued to have combined meetings.**
**We also invited group leaders to some**
**of our meetings to gain their input. We**
**were not able to recruit an Events**
**Coordinator but despite this managed to**
**continue running successful fundraising**
**and social events. We would still**
**however welcome an individual**
**dedicated to this role. Although our**
**advertising did not attract anyone to this**
**position, we did manage to recruit more**
**volunteers both to work in the library**
**and also people interested in becoming**
**a trustee.**
**Our Digital Drop-in group continued to**
**be very popular. The Busy Hands group**
**continued to meet and produced some**
**very imaginative and colourful displays**
**for inside and outside the library. We are**
**lucky to have some very skilled crafters.**
**Wriggly Readers is now a well-**
**established group for pre-schoolers and**
**runs weekly. The adult Book Group met**
**monthly and was soon oversubscribed.**
**Towards the end of the year, a Board**
**Games group was started. We value the**
**outdoor space in front of the library**
**which has become a focal point in the**
**village. Volunteers tended the garden**
**and we often had displays by local**
**school children as well as by our own**
**Busy Hands group.**
**We found that the library is increasingly**
**being used as a meeting place for**
**various agencies with their service**
**users. Various other agencies (e.g.**
**Police Beat surgery) also asked if they**
**could hold drop-in sessions for local**
**people which we were happy to**
**accommodate and advertise. Our**
**outdoor book sales and other sales are**
**popular, weather permitting.**|
**We are gradually becoming recognised as a place for the whole community to visit, to enjoy and make good use of the facilities. The new bench installed outside the library has been well used and much appreciated by the community.**
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**In June 2022, the li**
**Wriggly Readers gr**
**children and their p**
**same month, a Boo**
**started.**
**We started a regula**
**group in February 2**
**These have continu**
**successfully along**
**out of hours group**
**We held a “Thank Y**
**in January 2023 for**
**“Friends” of the lib**
**opportunity for vol**
**another and put “N**
**was much apprecia**|**brary started a**
**oup for pre-school**
**arents/carers. In the**
**k Club was also**
**r Board Games**
**023.**
**ed to run**
**side our other regular**
**s.**
**ou” social afternoon**
**our volunteers &**
**rary. It was an**
**unteers to meet one**
**ames to Faces”. It**
**ted.**|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Our books, plants**
**outside continued t**
**raise the profile of t**
**“big” raffles selling**
**tickets (at £1 each).**
**donated by local bu**
**Our Friends (of the**
**continued to be su**|**& other sales held**
**o raise funds and**
**he library. We held 2**
**between 600 & 900**
**All the prizes being**
**sinesses.**
**library) scheme**
**pported.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Not applicable**||
|Other||||
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**In June 2022, the li**
**Wriggly Readers gr**
**children and their p**
**same month, a Boo**
**started.**
**We started a regula**
**group in February 2**
**These have continu**
**successfully along**
**out of hours group**
**We held a “Thank Y**
**in January 2023 for**
**“Friends” of the lib**
**opportunity for vol**
**another and put “N**
**was much apprecia**|**brary started a**
**oup for pre-school**
**arents/carers. In the**
**k Club was also**
**r Board Games**
**023.**
**ed to run**
**side our other regular**
**s.**
**ou” social afternoon**
**our volunteers &**
**rary. It was an**
**unteers to meet one**
**ames to Faces”. It**
**ted.**|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Our books, plants**
**outside continued t**
**raise the profile of t**
**“big” raffles selling**
**tickets (at £1 each).**
**donated by local bu**
**Our Friends (of the**
**continued to be su**|**& other sales held**
**o raise funds and**
**he library. We held 2**
**between 600 & 900**
**All the prizes being**
**sinesses.**
**library) scheme**
**pported.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Not applicable**||
|Other||||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The library was in a stable position as of**
**31st March 2023. The current account**
**held £13,571.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The library maintains a level of reserves**
**to ensure long-term financial**
**sustainability. The library no longer**
**receives (as of 31 March 2022) financial**
**support from Leicestershire County**|
|||**Council (LCC) but in its first**
**‘independent’ year, fund-raising and**
**donations kept the library in a strong**
**financial position.**|
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£21,210**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The library is in the fortunate position of**
**having a healthy current account**
**balance and sufficient reserves to**
**support it, if needed, over the next five**
**years.**|
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Fund-raising (profit) included monies**
**from:**
**Summer 2022 Raffle - £823**
**Quiz Night Sept 2022 - £302**
**Winter 2022 Raffle - £586**
**Quiz Night March 2023 - £363**
**In addition, the library received money**
**raised from our Groups’ session fees**
**(e.g. £1 per attendee) - £687.**
**The library received Section 106 grant**
**money from LCC (£392). This was used to**
**cover the start-up costs for the Wriggly**
**Readers Group, e.g. purchase of sensory**
**books; toys; toilet seat; infant tables and**
**other equipment.**
**The library received a £240 grant from**
**Blaby District Council to purchase a**
**SumUp® card reader (to facilitate cashless**
**payments at the library counter).**
**A £1000 donation was received from a**
**former local resident.**
**£500 was donated by ASDA as part of**
**their Green Token Giving Programme**
**charity scheme.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not applicable**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Now that the charity has been in place for**
**seven years, new trustees & management**
**team members are needed. There is**
**currently a lack of volunteers willing to**
**take on the “running” of the library.**|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Incorporated**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by existing trustees following**
**formal application**|
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees **As a Community Managed Library (CML) we have a dedicated support team from** The charity’s organisational **Leicestershire County Council for the** structure and any wider Para 1.51 **provision of a “living” library service.** network with which the charity works Relationship with any Para 1.51 related parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Narborough & Littlethorpe Community Library|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1167677|
|Charity’s principal address|Station Rd
Narborough
Leicester
LE19 2HR|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Helen Huston|Chair|||
||Sarah Peck|Treasurer / Joint
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||Clinton Ingrams|Data Protection|||
||Margaret Watkins|Joint Secretary|||
||Patricia Foster-Lutz|Safeguarding|||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets Not applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the Not applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
Margaret Watkins **Full name(s)** Helen Huston
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Joint secretary **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Narborough and Littlethorpe Community Library
On accounts for tho year
ondod
Charity no
(if any)
31 March 2023
1167677
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charty ('Ihe Trust") for the year ended 3110312023
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation
bas1$ of report of the accounts in acLordar)co with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 1.the Acf'l-
I report respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my 8xamination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission
under section 145(5}Ib) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no mal8rial matters have
come lo my attention
in connection with
the examination which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material
respect..
2ccounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord wth the accounting records
Independent
examlnerfs statement
I havg no concems and have come across no oth8r matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable 2
nderstanding of t
oun
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(he brackets if they do not apply.
Slgned:
Dale:
Namè:
Relevant profassional
qualificatlon(sl or body
lif any):
Address:
IER
October 2018