## **2025 Annual Report and Accounts for Tadcaster Community Library Registered Charity number 1168957**
## **Introduction**
The Trustees' Report and the Accounts of The Tadcaster Community Library for the year ended 31 March 2025 were approved at the Annual General Meeting by the Trustees on 1 November 2025. The accounts have been prepared to comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting by Charities (Revised 2015).
## **Constitutional and Legal framework**
Tadcaster Community Library is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
## **Trustees and Management**
Responsibility for the management of the business of Tadcaster Community Library is vested in the Management Committee, which includes the trustees of this charity.
The following people were trustees during the year and at the date this report was approved: Michael Clark
Sara Gamble (formerly Gott) Alison Wadsworth Terence Welsh Keith Mallaby – appointed 20 March 2025
## _Appointment and induction of trustees_
New trustees are appointed by the continuing trustees. There are established procedures for the induction of each trustee to ensure that they are aware of the responsibilities of a trustee and the ways of working within the charity.
## **Aims and Objectives**
The objects of the CIO are
(1) To advance the education of the general public in Tadcaster and the surrounding area, in particular but not exclusively by supporting the provision of a lending library;
2) To further or benefit the residents of Tadcaster and the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents.'
Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes, which are not charitable in accordance with [section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005] and [section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008
## **Review of the year’s activities and summary of the main achievements during the year**
During the period of this report the organisation has continued to run volunteer operated sessions with advisory input from North Yorkshire Council. Training for new volunteers is ongoing in the systems and processes and North Yorkshire Council periodically offers training to new volunteers. In
addition, we have face to face training for new initiatives undertaken by members of the management committee and a part-time self-employed contractor.
During this period Tadcaster Community Library has received funding of £800 from North Yorkshire Council in recognition of services offered at the library to assist citizens accessing Council services, as there is no council presence in the town. In addition, we received a grant of £1000 from our councillor’s locality budget to assist with the heavy costs of heating the building. We are registered for Gift Aid and reclaimed our Gift Aid on the donations we received from donors eligible to donate Git Aid plus small cash donations.
## **Statement of Responsibilities of the Trustees of Tadcaster Community Library**
The Board of Trustees is responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy, at any time, the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable Accounting Standards and Statements of Recommended Practice. The Board is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of Tadcaster Community Library and hence for taking responsible steps for the prevention and detection of fraud or other irregularities.
## **Information**
Further information about the charity can be obtained from the principal address: 9 Calcaria Road, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9HH
|**TADCASTER COMMUNITY LIBRARY**|**TADCASTER COMMUNITY LIBRARY**|**TADCASTER COMMUNITY LIBRARY**|**TADCASTER COMMUNITY LIBRARY**|
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|**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**||||
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|||**2025**|**2024**|
|**TRADING ACCOUNT**||||
|**Receipts**||||
|Grants||1800|2951|
|Charges||4138|2987|
|Room Hire||1048|736|
|Events||938|1278|
|Donations||1284|779|
|Miscellaneous||616|553|
|Gift Aid||197|218|
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|**Total**||**10021**|**9502**|
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|**BUILDING**
**IMPROVEMENT**
**ACCOUNT**||||
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|**Receipts**||||
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|Grants||**6570**|**0**|
|||||
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|**Total**||**6570**|**0**|
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|**TOTAL**||**16951**|**9502**|
|**TRADING ACCOUNT**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Payments**||||
|Utilities||3010|4656|
|Repairs and maintenance||1298|1888|
|Water||178|169|
|Waste Collection||115|107|
|Office Supplies||268|283|
|Cleaning||100|100|
|Insurance||96|96|
|Professional Expenses||59||
|Event expenses||562|772|
|Volunteer co-ordinator
contract||4800|4800|
|SundryItems||205|439|
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|**Total**||**10691**|**13310**|
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|**BUILDING IMPROVEMENT**
**ACCOUNT**||||
|**Payments**||||
|Goods and services||5765|0|
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|**Total**||**16546**|**13310**|
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|**Net Receipts/Payments**
**for theyear**||**136**|**(3808)**|
|**Cash funds brought**
**forward at 1 April 2024**||**13188**|**16996**|
|**Cash funds carried**
**forward at 31 March 2025**||**13324**|**13188**|
Notes to the Annual accounts
1. _Trustees' remuneration and expenses_
No Trustee received any remuneration during 2024/25.
No expenses were paid to trustees during the year for travel, telephone and the general reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of the Charity.
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