Hamsterley Trailblazers Annual Report 2024/25 The Queen's Award forvoluntary Service TAAILBLAZEA
Finances
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Opening Bank Balance: £57,391.05
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Closing Bank Balance: £63,780.17
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Main Movements :
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Income:
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Increase in club kit due to 21st Birthday Hoodies
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Donations includes £349 of Gift Aid, PY donation of £24k D Holloway excluding this a decline of 5%
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Expenditure:
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NBD UK Ltd £636.00
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Zurich Insurance £351.34
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Sam Turners Stihl Bush cutter BMX £766.48
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Youth Coaching includes - Hollie Vayro £600
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First Aid Training £852.00
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Coaching Training £555.00
Membership
• 418
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£18 Family Membership
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£12 Individual Membership
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£10 Youth Membership
TftAILBLAZEA What have the Trailblazers achieved in 2024/25?
MTB Youth Coaching
• 8 groups ranging from Green to Black
- Core skills and grass roots training Green – Red+
• Strength conditioning, advanced skills and race preparation. Black
28 Active coaches / Leaders + our amazing support team looking after kit and refreshements evey session
DMBinS Conference ree om l7 •L7 DIR PROJECT I TB TRAINING & CERTIFICA TION Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland Customised Award in MTB at SQA Nat 5 Level,
2 EINISH Flying the colours TAAILBLAZEA
Hammers Jam i oth May 2025 HAMMERS 111M In5pirai cyclÉs tt ALL RIDERS TftAILBLAZEA
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Volunteer Trail Building
• K-Line • Accelerator / Nitrous • Gorse Lane • Fixed the start of Oakey Cokey • Eyes open maintenance • Transmission (next slide)
Transmission - Transformation DofE and NCD
The Kaye Graham Award For Endeavour Winners awarded for 2024/25
- Green Ben Brown
• Green + Rowan Sharp • Blue Nydia Taylor
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Blue +
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Red
Daniel Brown
Toby Sharp
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Red Intermediate Frazer Mathie
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Red +
Darcy Smith
- Black
Matthew Russell
- Overall Winner Oli Talks
Dates for your Diary
❖ Trail building every 3rd Saturday of the month 10am start
❖ Youth Coaching every 1st Saturday of the month 10am and 12pm start
❖ Intermediate trail rides, (not a lot of interest this year – any volunteers?)
❖ Club Meetings – (formal) on Zoom
❖ Trailblazers Big Weekend (TBC)
❖ Club Rides (See Facebook page for updates)
What’s next?
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The New Trail
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1.5km Long
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On Track laying the foundations
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£73,000 committed so far between FE and HTB
What do we need to finish it?
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Another 680 tonnes of material (£20,000)
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Lots of volunteers to make it happen
A big thanks to all our partners in 2024/5
‘And anyone else we missed’
Hamsterley Trailblazers Committee
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Chair
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Alex Talks
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Vice Chair
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Oliver Graham
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Emma Graham
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Treasurer
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Shaun Rogers
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Secretary
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Welfare Officer – Helen Barron
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Member - Andy Raine
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Member - James Dods
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HAMSTERLEY TRAILBLAZER ACCOUNTS Year Ended 31st December 2024
INCOME & EXPENDITURE
| Income Membership Club Kit Grants Events Donations (inc Gift Aid) Youth Coaching BMX TOTAL Income EXPENDITURE Club Kit Admin Trails Training Events Youth Coaching BMX TOTAL Expenditure Net Profit for Period |
Total FY 2024 |
Total FY 2023 |
Deviation from PY |
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| £ 2,566 2,057 0 0 1,862 2,898 2,316 |
£ 1,762 1,332 750 175 25,963 2,861 3,832 |
46% 54% -100% -100% -93% 1% -40% |
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| 11,700 | 36,675 | -68% | ||
| 691 932 0 1,407 147 704 1,429 |
4,677 805 1,925 2,034 1,430 560 1,977 |
-85% 16% -100% -31% -90% 26% -28% |
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| 5,311 | 13,408 | -60% | ||
| 6,389 | 23,267 | -73% | ||
D Holloway Donation £24k included in PY Donations Includes £349 of Gift Aid 1,963 -5%