## **MCMA Chairman’s Annual Report 2023/24** This has been our sixth year of continued transport service for the local community which is very rewarding for all of us who are involved in providing the facility. During the year we have continued to provide two shopping trips on the first and third Mondays to Wrexham plus one trip to Nantwich on the last Tuesday each month. Also we have continued to provide a service each Wednesday for the Malpas Community Kitchen, each Thursday for OPAL and each Friday for Friday Friends. In addition to these commitments we have trialed a shopping trip to Boughton Park, Chester which was successful and we are now working with the local Air Cadets ATC 16 based at The Bishop Heber School and we have provided an occasional service for Malpas Music Club to visit selected evening concerts. Last year I reported that we are operating with a new board of Trustees and I am pleased to say that we have been able to build on the success of the previous one to a point which was highlighted by our treasurer Tony in his year end report that it is the best in the last three years including the cost of repairs, increase in insurance plus the cost of replacing the damaged shed at the Heber. Extra funding has come in the form of £1000 from Malpas PC and £500 from No Mans Heath PC and I am working on a possible new form of sponsorship which was brought to my attention as a good idea at a meeting with Threapwood PC. The only issue that is currently concerning me and my fellow Trustees is that in my 22/23 report I was pleased to report that we had 9 qualified drivers helping to fulfill our regular commitments however, during the year we are currently operating with only 5 as two of us have had health problems, one has retired and one is only available during the winter months. A local advert has gone out in My Village News and we are actively searching amongst our friends, acquaintances and local media for any potential new drivers. With regard to more fundraising I am going to rewrite to the local companies who didn’t respond to my appeal letter last year and maybe introduced a new sponsorship idea that was suggested to me at my Threapwood PC meeting? During the year Safeguarding, Risk Assessment policies, Actions in the event of an Incident/Emergency and an accessible list of next of kin for all drivers have been put in place and all of these must be reviewed along with our Reserves Policy each year. In September last year building work started at the Bishop Heber which resulted in us having to find new parking facilities for the bus elsewhere. I approached friends John and Charlie Hughes at The Hampton Smithy and they very kindly agreed that we could use their secure premises in their yard until we were able to return to the Heber which happened in February. We were very grateful and as a gesture of our gratitude we presented them with a £50 voucher to enjoy at the Firestation Café! In early December our member Tony organized two very good First Aid evenings at the Malpas Young Persons Centre to which all drivers and PA's were invited. The courses were well attended and very well run by members of the Tarporley and Tattenhall First Responders and consequently another box ticked relative to the security and safety of our passengers. Finally, I have emphasized during the year that one of my objectives is that we all operate as a team whether Trustee, Driver or P.A. and during the year we have held joint meetings, the First Aid courses and invited all to attend our quarterly meetings with a good deal of success and going forward something to develop and build on. So I am very grateful to all of the team whatever part {or in Tony’s and Phil C’s cases parts!} they contribute to the successful not for profit rural transport service that we provide for our local community. ## **David Paton – April 2024** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Malpas Community Minibus Association 1176599
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period
01/04/2023 To 31/03/2024
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations - 4,275 - 4,275 1,100
Fees for services - 5,814 - 5,814 2,509
Other receipts - 248 - 248 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ - ] 10,337 - 10,337 3,609
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts - 10,337 - 10,337 3,609
A3 Payments
Operating expenses - 5,204 - 5,204 4,664
Training - 162 - 162 937
Advertising and stationery - - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ - ] 5,366 - 5,366 5,601
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Minibus - - - - -
Storage shed - - - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments [ - ] 5,366 - 5,366 5,601
Net of receipts/(payments) - 4,971 - 4,971 - 1,992
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - 9,008 - 9,008 11,000
Cash funds this year end - 13,979 - 13,979 9,008
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 07/06/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Bank balance
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Minibus
Storage shed|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**13,979**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,979**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Malpas Community
Minibus Association
**41,512**
Malpas Community
Minibus Association
**287**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 07/06/2024 2