Aldeburgh Beach Boat Trust 1173337 Trustees Report & Financial Report 20212022
Financial Records 2022
Income & Expense:-
Income Donations Simper £730.48 Expenses. Insurance £588.00 Paint £119.48 Beach Rent (Council) £ 65.00
Reserves :-
Money in hand (B/fwd 2021) £420 Money in hand (C/fwd 2022) £378
No debts
Trustee’s Report
Covid has effected on the donations to the Trust because visitors are simply looking at the boat, 'Four Daughters,' on Aldeburgh beach not giving. The boat is there so that people can realise that Aldeburgh was once an important fishing centre. Many local people and visitors to the area stop and study the boat and her display board, but sadly not many have given any money towards keeping up the boat.
This summer Volunteer Paul Strowger started to paint the 'Four Daughters' which was his fathers old boat in which he also fished. The top plank outside was painted and hull inside and the bottom was tar. In the autumn the cover was again put on to protect the wooden hull from rain water. Last winter the cover collapsed and after this the frame work was redesigned.
The original owner Sid Strowger sadly died in the boat trawling at sea on his own when he was only 48. This family, particularly his four daughters often put flowers in the boat, but this winter one of Sid's grandchildren died and the family held an informal service with about thirty people on the beach beside 'grandad's boat.' A measure of how important these boats were to the families at Aldeburgh.