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||Trustee name||Office (ifany)|Office (ifany)|Dates acted <br>ear|ifnot for whole|Name <br>toa|ofperson (or body) entitled<br>oint trustee<br>ifan|ofperson (or body) entitled<br>oint trustee<br>ifan|
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||Mark Howard|Pender|Chairman|&|||Members|||
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||Natalie Bone||||Appointed|15th March||||
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||Robert John|Bowmer|Membership|||||||
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||John Douglas|Gaye||||||||
||Mark Cotterill|Greenstock||||||||
||Penelope Jane Hester||||Appointed|6th Jan 2022||||
||||||Resigned|4th Sept 2022||||
||Richard Henry||||Appointed|3rd August||||
||Cadwallader|Hopton|||2021|||||
|8|Wayne Maurice Winstone||||Resigned|11 Nov 2022||||
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|||||TO ADVANCE EDUCATION<br>AND TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR|THE||
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|I ™~K<br>ut I &<br>governing<br>document||||PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SHERBORNE AREA BYPROMOTING<br>AND<br>PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES<br>(THROUGH<br>EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES)<br>FOR THE APPRECIATION,<br>UNDERSTANDING<br>AND ENJOYMENT OF<br>LITERATURE IN THE BROADEST SENSE.|||
|||||The Trustees observed due regard to the public benefit required||by|
|||||the Constitution<br>of the Society and the Charity Commission|by||
|||||planning<br>to organise and hold events and activities<br>in the|||
|||||Sherborne,<br>Dorset area for people interested<br>in literature<br>in|the||
|||||broadest sense. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic,<br>the Society|had||
|||||decided not to hold any events during the year to31st March 2021|||
|||||but was able to resume a normal<br>programme<br>(subject to|||
|||||conforming<br>with on-going guidance<br>regarding<br>the pandemic)|with||
|Summary ofthe main<br>activities undertaken||for|the|effect from September 2021 with the exception of not being <br>carry out its schools programme,<br>although<br>that has resumed|able to<br>after||
|public benefit in relation to<br>these objects (include within||||the period end date. The Society saw a cautious start to<br>attendance<br>at events<br>in the year under review and is still finding|||
|this section the statutory||||that audiences<br>are not at pre-pandemic<br>levels.|||
|declaration|that trustees||have||||
|had regard|tothe guidance||||||
|issued by|the Charity||||||
|Commission<br>on public|||||||
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|Summary ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity<br>during the year|The Accounts for the year, which are prepared<br>on a receipts and<br>payments<br>basis, show a surplus<br>for the year of 61487. Membership<br>fee income ofC1557was received which, together<br>with a small|
||deficit on charitable<br>activities, accounts for this result.|





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