## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] January 2023 Period start date To 31[st] December 2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Desford Library Community Hub**
## **Charity registration number: 1175964**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The provision of a public library and the**
**surrounding area**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The provision of a public library for**
**recreation and/or other leisure time**
**occupation of individuals who have a**
**need of such facilities by reason of their**
**youth, age, infirmity or disablement,**
**financial hardship or social and**
**economic circumstances for the public**
**at large in the interests of social welfare**
**in Desford and surrounding areas**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees aim to provide public**
**library facilities to advance the**
**education of the public in Desford and**
**the surrounding areas**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers
Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Following the constraints place upon us**
**by the Covid Pandemic, the Trustees are**
**proud to report the following actions of**
**the past year:**
**The Wills Project scheme initiated by**
**the Rural Community Council to**
**support residents to prepare CVs for**
**work and education activities**
**Assisting young people in their work**
**to achieve the Duke of Edinburgh**
**award**
**Continuing the activities of working**
**with Parents/Guardians in enabling**
**pre-school children to have a taste**
**for early learning in our Wriggly**
**Readers sessions**
**The library provides a facility for the**
**Local Area Co-ordinator of Social**
**Services, Leicestershire County**
**Council, enabling residents to have**
**confidential meetings in their own**
**locality**
**Enabling the Knit and Natter Club to**
**meet in the Library on every**
**Thursday. In conjunction with the**
**Desford Tapestry Group they have**
**been instrumental in skilled stitching**
**of the Tapestry – a historical image of**
**life within the Parish of Desford. We**
**have also agreed to be the base for**
**the finished tapestry when it is not**
**being shown in other venues**
**throughout the Parish and beyond.**
**We have regular liaisons with the**
**Primary and Secondary schools**
**within the area. We are presently**
**working with the Secondary School**
**on a mosaic project. Artwork from**
**each of the schools is regularly**
**displayed within the library**
**The library has been used as the**
**base for the newly created Heritage**
**Walks. We were instrumental in**
**gaining grant support to enable 16**
**Heritage Boards to be sited around**
**Desford Village. We acted as the base**
**for the successful 2-day Heritage**
**Festival that received over 10,000**
**visitors**
**The library was the base for the**|
**successful Scarecrow Festival held over 3-days on August Bank Holiday.** **The library is the base for the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group who are now working on a review of the made Neighbourhood Plan. We will facilitate the public viewing and consultation of the Plan Review** **During the year the library has been used by 2 local Book Clubs. Although recently one of these clubs meets in a private house** **The library was used for the book launch for Caroline Wessel titled “Beaumanor War and Peace”** **The library is the base for the Desford Parish Council, enabling residents to have direct access to their local Council** **The library keeps a village diary and acts as a noticeboard for local activities**
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**The trustees offer support to all newly**
**created groups within the vicinity, and**
**we are proud that the new created**
**Heritage Group use the library as their**
**meeting venue. In a short period of time**
**they have created a set of heritage**
**boards around the area and are now**
**researching further heritage boards**|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Net deficit as of 31st December 2023 is-**
**£11,142.11**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to cover maintenance**
**costs or repairs to the building**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£47,415.92**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**No deficit**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Grants from local council and**
**businesses**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The cost of repairs required to the**
**building and increasing costs of heating**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Foundation Model Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees must be a natural person**
**appointed and agreed by a resolution**
**passed at an officially convened**
**meeting. In appointment of a trustee, the**
**trustees will consider skills, knowledge**
**and experience needed for the effective**
**administration of the CIO. There will be**
**at least three Trustees with no maximum**
**number**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**We act as a signposting venue for**
**groups within the area to promote their**
**own particular activity.**
**We maintain a village diary for local**
**groups/organisations**|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**We provide the venue for the Barns**
**Charity for their trustee meetings and**
**for the delivery of their tours to the**
**Barns Charity Trust Fields**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Desford Library Community Hub|
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|Other name the charity uses|Desford Library|
|Registered charitynumber|**1175964**|
|Charity’s principal address|Desford Library
Main Street
Desford LE9 9JP
Leicestershire|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Colin Crane|Secretary|||
||Anna Regan|Chair|||
||Patricia Crane||||
||Jane Snookes|Treasurer|||
||Chris Martin||||
||David Claricoates||||
||Steve Reeves||||
||Richard Miles||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Colin Crane **Full name(s)** Colin Crane
**Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
29/10/24
**Desford Library Community Hub Accounts 1st January 2023 until 31[st] December 2023**
|**Totals for 2023**||
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|Total Income 2023|**£7945.25**|
|Total Expenses 2023|**£19,057.31**|
|Net Deficit 2023|**£11,142.11**|
|Assets|**£47,415.92**|
## **Desford Library Community Hub Expenses 1[st] January 2023 until 31[st] December 2023**
|**Expenditure**||
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|ADT Security|£744.53|
|Property maintenance|£1102.95|
|Bank charges|£60.40|
|Gas and Electric|£9241.36|
|Expenses reimbursed|£209.73|
|Insurance|£586.49|
|Cleaning|£1275.00|
|LCC waste disposal|£674.85|
|IT system|162.00|
|Heritage Grant repayment|£4557.11|
|Heritage Grant Expenses reimbursed|£442.89|
|**Total**|**£19,098.39**|
## **Desford Library Community Hub Income/Donations 1[st] January 2023 until 31[st] December 2023**
|**Income**||
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|Desford Parish Council|£6,000|
|Book sales and fines|£556.18|
|Hire of library|£30.00|
|Bank Interest Received|£730.52|
|Donations|£628.55|
|**Total**|**£7956.28**|