2026-02-28-accounts

Lune Valley Beekeepers Charltable Incorpor)ted Oryanlsatlon Reg No: 116775 UNE VALLE BEEKEEPER Trustees. Report for the y•ar end•d 28th Febru•ry 2026 2025-2026 has been a dIsap￿)IntIng year for our organisatth. Although m•mb•rshlp has ￿ntInUed to grow. memter partidpatlon In our planned actlvw has dedlned slgnlflcantlv. Our newsletter, publlshed morthly, was sha￿d wlth a number of other dub5 In the UK and atroad vla eBe8s, nd contynued to be well regardej and re￿Ived. One of our four objettlves Is to rnlse awareness •m(￿9St the goneral publlc of the value& the envlronment and thÉ economy of toes ano other polllnators. To thls end we gave slgnltlcantly more tslks and workshops to s¢hool$, youth and adult organlsatlons. Unfortunatelyi due to lack of member sUp￿rt. we have teen unable to a￿pt most Invftatyons to attend Icol show5, fetes and 9alas. We did, however, swe è very successful annual Open Day. Malntalnlng our aplary slte has proved challffjglng and our wlldfiower meadow has become overgrown. The very varlable weather throughout last year was not kond to otsr apiarlès and many of our colonle5 have struggled. Indement weather also dlsrupted many of our planned apiary Intefventyons and prnttical tralnln9 sesslons. A number of slte m•lntenance se551ons and sodal meeUng5 were not well supportJ by members. Durjng 2025 we stsrr8J to set up our second club aplary on 8 slte whlth Is belng devdoped Into an outdoor, envIronM￿tal educauon cwttre. Bey￿￿ instslNno two hlves, atrrwtty wlthout bees, no furttter progress has been madé. We cvntlnue to have an Invofvemeftt wlth FoodFutures. a Nerth Lancashlo based organlsatlon whose obJertlve5 are to encouraoe more people to develop healthy diats by growlng more of thelr own f4>)d uslng organlc growing methods. Our contrfbutlon Is to try to ensure that thelr plans and stratsgles Involve approprlate provLslons ft pjlllnators. Our plans for maklng local people aware of the ￿Sk5 W by the Fthntlal arrfval of the Ydlow Leggéd A51an hornet and oryanising a local trawng and monitoft'ng prograrnme a￿ now well (levelop&d and we have rKelved prant to support thls. At the of thls Club year, our last hvo founder trustees, Fred and Glenls Ayres. will be stepplng down alter 10 years Of SeThI￿. In late January V￿ held a General Meetlng to enable m•nbets to all of our actlvltles and ¥sass whkh contlnue to attratt vlable sUPPOrt. The meetlrg was not well attended but the majortty of th¢Jse present felt that th organlsatlon should corttrnue as a reglstere(I chaflty. Two members volunteered to O￿oMe trustee5 and wlll b• fomially app)Inted in Mèrch. At thls tlme the trustees plan to drclslate to member5 their plans for going forward. Dr Fred J Ayres, Chalrnian of Tnjstees. Mrs Glen15 Ayres Trustee Mr ' tr(Cthcl 20 1

LUNE VALLEY BEEKEEPERS Charitable Incorpororated Organisation Reg No: 1167727 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT Year to 28th February 2026

Year 2024-2025 for comparison

INCOME 960 Subscriptons 972 486 Insurance 551 2625 Course fees 970 5132 Sales of goods 3472 302 Donatons 94 504 Gif Aid 1128 851 Fund raising 246 0 Grant income 600 10860 Total income 8033 EXPENDITURE 262 Site costs 403 98 Apiary 1 costs 31 298 Apiary 2 costs 206 0 Meadow costs 0 4522 Cost of sales of goods 2947 130 Display materials 462 2097 Course costs 247 874 Insurance 589 621 Web site 621 155 Other items 447 21 Meetng costs 154 420 Accountancy 240 9498 Total expenditure 6347 £1,362 Operatonal surplus for year £1,686 727 Depreciaton for period 1250 2727 2000 Loss of stocks of bees 1500 2750 -£1,365 Loss for period -£1,064
	972 551 970 3472 94 1128 246 600
	8033 403 31 206 0 2947 462 247 589 621 447 154 240 6347
		2750
		-£1,064

Membership at 29th February 2026 60

For annual return: Income Type Donatons and legacies 972 94 1128 600 2794	Charitable Actvites 551 970 3472 4993	Other Trading Actvites 246 246

Total 97 551 97 347 112 24 60 803

LUNE VALLEY BEEKEEPERS Charitable Incorporated Organisation Reg No: 1167725 BALANCE SHEET as at 28th Febrary 2026

Year 2023-2024

for comparison

		FIXED ASSETS	**As at 01.03.25 **	Additons Depreciaton As at	Additons Depreciaton As at	Additons Depreciaton As at
3964		Containers & Fitngs	3964	0		0	3964
1580		Exhibiton equipment	1580	29	316		1293
2578		Equipment & tools	2578	200	695		2083
2390		Hives & stands	2390		239		2151
					1250
10512		TOTAL FIXED ASSETS					9491
1500		Colonies of bees					557
		CURRENT ASSETS
	285	Stocks of goods for re-sale		210
	594	Debtors		1163
	1040	Cash at Bank		694	2067
	1919
		CURRENT LIABILITIES
	-1240	Pre-payments		785
	0	Creditors		180	965		1102
679		NET CURRENT ASSETS
£12,691		TOTAL ASSETS					£11,150
		Represented by:
	750	Trustees' Loans				0
1357	607	Members' Loans				0	0
		ACCUMULATED FUND
	10836	As at 1st March 2025			12214
	1543	Less: Loss for period			-1064
12379							11150
£13,736							£11,150
	We certfy that this Balance Sheet and Income			and Expenditure Account
	show a true and fair view of		this organisaton's fnancial positon.
Signed:				Signed:
		Dr Fred Ayres, Trustee		Mrs Glenis Ayres, Trustee
Signed:				Signed:
				Mr Robin Sykes, Trustee
Date: