Hamsterley Trailblazers
Annual Report 2024/25
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**Finances** 

- Opening Bank Balance: £57,391.05 


- Closing Bank Balance:    £63,780.17 

- **Main Movements** : 

- Income: 

- Increase in club kit due to 21st Birthday Hoodies 

- Donations includes £349 of Gift Aid, PY donation of £24k D Holloway excluding this a decline of 5% 

- Expenditure: 

- NBD UK Ltd £636.00 

- Zurich Insurance £351.34 

- Sam Turners Stihl Bush cutter BMX £766.48 

- Youth Coaching includes - Hollie Vayro £600 

- First Aid Training £852.00 

- Coaching Training £555.00 



## **Membership** 

• **418** 

- **£18 Family Membership** 

- **£12 Individual Membership** 

- **£10 Youth Membership** 





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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** 



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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** 

- **Blue +** 

- **Red** 

**Daniel Brown** 

**Toby Sharp** 

- **Red Intermediate Frazer Mathie** 

- **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? 

- The New Trail 

- 1.5km Long 

- On Track laying the foundations 

- £73,000 committed so far between FE and HTB 

What do we need to finish it? 

- Another 680 tonnes of material (£20,000) 

- 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** 

- Chair 

   - Alex Talks 

- Vice Chair 

   - Oliver Graham 

   - Emma Graham 

- Treasurer 

   - Shaun Rogers 

- Secretary 

- Welfare Officer – Helen Barron 

- Member                  - Andy Raine 

- Member                 - James Dods 










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**HAMSTERLEY TRAILBLAZER ACCOUNTS Year Ended 31st December 2024** 

## _**INCOME & EXPENDITURE**_ 

|**Income**<br>**Membership**<br>**Club Kit**<br>**Grants**<br>**Events**<br>**Donations (inc Gift Aid)**<br>**Youth Coaching**<br>**BMX**<br>**_TOTAL Income_**<br>**_EXPENDITURE_**<br>**Club Kit**<br>**Admin**<br>**Trails**<br>**Training**<br>**Events**<br>**Youth Coaching**<br>**BMX**<br>**_TOTAL Expenditure_**<br>**_Net Profit for Period_**||**Total FY**<br>**2024**|**Total FY**<br>**2023**|**Deviation**<br>**from PY**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**<br>2,566<br>2,057<br>0<br>0<br>1,862<br>2,898<br>2,316|**£**<br>1,762<br>1,332<br>750<br>175<br>25,963<br>2,861<br>3,832|46%<br>54%<br>-100%<br>-100%<br>-93%<br>1%<br>-40%|
|||**11,700**|**36,675**|**-68%**|
|||691<br>932<br>0<br>1,407<br>147<br>704<br>1,429|4,677<br>805<br>1,925<br>2,034<br>1,430<br>560<br>1,977|-85%<br>16%<br>-100%<br>-31%<br>-90%<br>26%<br>-28%|
|||**5,311**|**13,408**|**-60%**|
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|||**6,389**|**23,267**|**-73%**|
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D Holloway Donation £24k included in PY Donations Includes £349 of Gift Aid 1,963 -5% 

