2024-10-31-accounts

ENPALS TRUSTEE REPORT

1[ST] November 2023 to 31[st] October 2024

• A grant was received from Chase Manhatten Community Fund of £2000 to be used towards the provision of a Accessible Toilet for Garden Room & library users ….thanks Lionel for the introduction

• Income was limited to BH lottery ticket sales and plant/book sales ….thanks Paul and library staff

• A grant was made to purchase materials for the newly formed Art Club

• In addition a grant was made for a Theatre Trip for the childrens’ book group.

• Signage and a notice board were funded to raise public awareness of the Library Garden Room

• Once again it was perceived the library could be under threat of closure so Paul visited Colehill Library to understand how this library operated using volunteers and he reported back to the Trustees after his visit as to the implications of Enpals taking over the running of Ensbury Park Library from BCP in the event of withdrawal of BCP Funding

• The library has bee re-regsisterd as a “Community Asset” which will enable Enpals to have a major input if closure is threatened

• It is pleasing to note that the use of the Garden Room has increased significantly this year and justifies the aspiration of funding the toilet .

• We are awaiting a site meeting with Tony Currie ( BCP Building Surveyor) & Graham Brown ( Library Line manager) following a recent E Mail from Lynda Anderson (Head of BCP Library Dept)

• Ward Councillors have been involved in the project and are looking at using CIL funds to assist the project.

• Talbot Village Trust have been contacted and we are awaiting a telephone discussion before making a formal application for funding ( Promised Jan 2025)

• CAN form as been submitted so Enpals can call upon the is organization for advice in the future.

• It was disappointing that even with five Trustees it was not proved possible for to have a trustee in attendance to support the library staff with library activities.

• Similarly the Nov AGM could not take place as only two trustees were at the meeting .

• This is an area where we need to clarify our role as Trustees and raise the profile of Enpals at library events …..and perhaps separate the need for library volunteers to augment library staff from our role as Enpals Trustees .

Prepared by

Geoff Budden

• 1[st] Nov 2024

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1	INCOME
2	DATE	DETAILS	FUND RAISING	EP BOOKLET	LIF MONEY	DONATIONS	LOTTERY
3
4	14/11/2023	BH Coastal Lottery					20.00
5	14/12/2023	BH Coastal Lottery					15.00
6	18/12/2023	Xmas Fair	133.00
7	20/12/2023	JP Morgan Chase				2000.00
8	9/1/2024	BH Coastal Lottery					12.00
9	13/02/2024	BH Coastal Lottery					15.00
10	12/3/2024	BH Coastal Lottery					12.00
11	4/4/2024	BH Coastal Lottery					12.00
12	8/5/2024	BH Coastal Lottery					15.00
13	15/5/2024	Plant/Books Sale	169.66
14	11/6/2024	BH Coastal Lottery					12.00
15	9/7/2024	BH Coastal Lottery					12.00
16	13/8/2024	BH Coastal Lottery					15.00
17	10/9/2024	BH Coastal Lottery					12.00
18	15/10/2024	BH Coastal Lottery					15.00
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21
22
23
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25			302.66	0.00	0.00	2000.00	167.00

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1	EXPENDITURE
2	DATE	DETAILS	EVENT EXPENSES	DONATIONS	INSURANCE	GARDEN ROOM	MISC
3	22/4/24	Theatre Grant(CBG)	120.00
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12			120.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
1	BALANCE SHEET 2023/24
2		Income						Expenditure
3	OpeningBalance	786.93
4	Fund RaisingEvents	302.66					Event Expenses	120.00
5	EP Booklet						Donations
6	LIF Money						Insurance
7	Donations	2000.00					Garden Room
8	Lottery	167.00					Misc
9
10	Totals		3256.59					120.00
11
12							BANK	3136.59
13
14			3256.59					3256.59