## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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Period start date Period end date
01 04 2021 31 03 2022
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Friends of Marsden Library
Other names
FOML
charity is known by
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**Charity name** Friends of Marsden Library **Other names** FOML **charity is known by Registered charity** 1168781 **number (if any) Charity's principal** Marsden Library **address** Mechanics Hall Peel Street, Marsden **Postcode HD76BW**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year entitled to appoint trustee
(if any)
1Diane Barkley Chair
2Jenny Hemming Publicity Officer
3Mike Binns Secretary
4Gail Ward Treasurer
5Sheila Bates
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6Taru Sinclair
8Anne Barnes
9Janette Martin From 20 September 21
1Rachael Payne From 18 October 21
0
1Sue Pilkington
1
Gary Godolphin
Mary Snaddon
Mavis Buckley To 20 September 2021
Dot Lord To 5 August 2021
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Not applicable
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
**Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed and elected by members Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
- **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** Not applicable
- You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties; trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The object of the CIO is to support the continuation of a library service in Marsden for the benefit of the residents of Marsden and the surrounding area, and in so doing to provide **Summary of the objects of** facilities for education, recreation, leisure time, occupation and social interaction with the **the charity set out in its** object of improving the personal development and conditions of life for the residents. **governing document**
The main activities of the FOML relate to the promotion of library use and include: A website and other social media Membership **Summary of the main** Events and activities to promote library use to under 18s **activities undertaken for the** Events and activities to promote library use to adults **public benefit in relation to** Fundraising events and activities **these objects (include within** Submission of funding applications to support events and activities to promote the library **this section the statutory** Joint events with other organisations, eg Huddersfield Literature Festival **declaration that trustees** Publicity to promote library use **have had regard to the** Publicity to promote Kirklees organised library events **guidance issued by the** Publicity to promote the opportunity to volunteer in the library **Charity Commission on public benefit)**
These events are planned and co-ordinated by the trustees at our monthly meetings. In developing the programme of events and activities the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include Not applicable further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related
- investment;
- contribution made by
- volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
**Our** activities were limited this year due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. We were able to put on some physical events, recommence meeting in person and we produced our annual calendar. We were also able to get involved with some collaborative events most notably initiating the first celebration of Yorkshire Day in Marsden
**Website and social media** - maintained and updated with news about on line access to library services and plans to re-open post lockdown: www.friendsofmarsdenlibrary.org.uk Twitter and Facebook - @MarsdenLibrary
## **Marsden Calendar - 2022**
- May – 31 July 2021 - entries open on the website for the submission photographs for the competition to produce images for the annual Marsden calendar that includes information about the library service and local events
- Selection of winning photographs and production of the calendar 7 August -September
- Exhibition of winning photographic entries for the calendar – in the Mechanics entrance hall from 24 September 21
- Calendars on sale – from 24 September 21
- Stall at Jazz Festival – 9 October 21
- Stall at Christmas Fair – 4 December 21
## **Local Writers events**
30 July 2021 – Amanda Huggins and Sarah Linley
10 March 2022 – Rob Vincent – Colne Valley A history of the Pennine landscape
## **Collaborative events**
30 July – 1[st] August – Yorkshire Day – collaboration with Marsden Community Trust and Walkers are Welcome
4 November 2021 – An evening with Fettle Animation
- 12 December 2021 – Huddersfield Literature Festival – Amanda Owen – Yorkshire Shepherdess
## **promoting volunteering in the library**
9 March 2022 – volunteering opportunities in Marsden Library
## **Section E Financial review**
The Charity does not hold any reserves
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in** The Charity has no funds materially in deficit **deficit**
**Further financial review details (Optional information)**
Principal sources of funds are from sales of annual calendar You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: Income from these sources has funded the activities listed in Section D
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); The Trustees assess that the charity is a going concern and is likely to
- how expenditure has supported continue to be so for the next financial year. The charity has no permanent the key objectives of the charity; financial commitments, the charity only commits expenditure within its
- investment policy and objectives financial means, it has retained its ability to fundraise, even during the pandemic. The board of the charity has capacity to maintain the activities of
- including any ethical investment the charity and to effectively oversee its governance
- policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s) Position**
**Date**
Diane Barkley Michael Binns Chair Secretary 12/12/2022
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Charity Name No (if any)
Friends of Marsden Library 1168781
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01.04.2021 31.03.2022
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Funds at end of last year 5,652 - - 5,652 -
Petty Cash 119 - - 119 -
Library donations and Calendar sales 4,261 - - 4,261 -
Events 46 - - 46 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
10,078 - - 10,078 -
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
G
Total receipts 10,078 - - 10,078 -
A3 Payments
MCT Room Hire 330 - - 330 -
Printing 20 - - 20 -
Calendar/Marketing design 1,136 - - 1,136 -
Misc expenses 209 - - 209 -
FOML donation to MCT 3,500 - - 3,500 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 5,195 ] - - 5,195 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 5,195 - - 5,195 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 4,883 - - 4,883 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 4,883 - - 4,883 -
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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Print Name
Gail Ward
Michael Binns|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Current value**
**(optional)**
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**Current value**
**(optional)**
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**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
12.12.2022|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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