


|||Names and addresses|ofadvisers<br>(Optional<br>information)|ofadvisers<br>(Optional<br>information)|
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|T|s|ofadviser<br>Name||Address|
|Name||ofchief executive or names||ofsenior staff members<br>(Optional<br>information)|
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||Description<br>ofthe charity's||trusts||
|||Type ofgoverning<br>document||Constitution|
|||How the charity<br>is constituted||Charitable<br>incorporated<br>organisation|
|||Trustee selection methods||Initial trustees came fonvard as volunteers<br>from the community.<br>Additional<br>trustees to be interviewed<br>and appointed<br>by a properly<br>constituted|
|||||meeting ofthe trustees|
||Additional<br>governance<br>issues|||(Optional<br>information)|
||You may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where<br>relevant,<br>about:|||Ths running<br>ofthe library by a management<br>group was taken on from<br>Leicestershire<br>County Council (LCC) on 23 May 2016.LCC granted a 10<br>year lease to Kibworth<br>Beauchamp<br>Parish Council ("KBPC")for a<br>peppercorn<br>rent with the day to day operations<br>being the responsibility<br>of|
||~|policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction|and|the management<br>group and volunteers.<br>The Kibworth<br>Community<br>Library<br>Charity was incorporated<br>on 27 March 2018and took over the running<br>of|
|||training<br>oftrustees;||the library from the management<br>group with the members<br>ofthe|
||~|the charity's<br>organisational<br>structure<br>and any wider<br>network<br>with which the charity<br>works;||management<br>group becoming the initial trustees ofthe charity. The funds<br>that had been generated<br>by the management<br>group were then transferred<br>to the charity for use by the charity for its purposes.<br>The library was part funded<br>by grants from LCC in cash which ceased with<br>effect from 31 March 2022. Over time the Charity must develop<br>its own|
||~<br>~|relationship<br>with any related<br>parties;<br>trustees'<br>consideration<br>of||income generation<br>streams to ensure future sustainability.<br>We have recruited<br>and manage over 30 additional<br>volunteers<br>to help us<br>deliver library services for the communities<br>of Kibworth<br>Beauchamp<br>and<br>Kibworth<br>Harcourt.|
|||major risks and the system||We are part ofthe Leicestershire-wide<br>network of35Community<br>Managed|
|||and procedures<br>to manage||Libraries ("CML's) and Trustee representatives<br>meet quarterly<br>with|
|||them.||representatives<br>from a cluster of5 local CMLs, attended<br>by LCC Support|
|||||Officers.|
|||||The challenges<br>we face will be:|
|||||~<br>identification<br>ofand access to other sources offunding<br>and|
|||||development<br>ofsustainable<br>income generation.|
|||||~<br>succession<br>planning<br>and retention<br>oftrustees and a volunteer|
|||||workfo res.|
|||||~<br>Replacement<br>ofthe current<br>library<br>building as it is coming towards|
|||||the end of its life. Additionally,<br>it is too small for the needs ofthe|
|||||communities<br>that it serves which have grown significantly<br>in the|
|||||50+years since the library was built.|
|||||~<br>Adjusting<br>toa post-pandemic<br>operating<br>environment<br>and replacing|
|||||volunteers<br>that have concluded<br>that the<br>are unable to continue.|





|||~<br>Increased maintenance<br>and repair costs due to the age ofthe||
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|||building<br>we occupy.||
|||~<br>Dealing with the significant<br>increase<br>in gas and electricity costs||
|||when our current fixed price contracts expire<br>in 2023.||
|||~||
|||~||
|||1.To advance the education<br>ofthe general<br>public in Kibworth||
|||Beauchamp<br>and Kibwarth<br>Harcourt and the surrounding<br>area,<br>in||
|||particular<br>but not exclusively,<br>by the provision<br>ofa volunteer-run||
|||community<br>managed<br>library<br>providing<br>access to community<br>education||
|Summary<br>ofthe objects ofthe<br>charity set out in Its<br>governing<br>document||and opportunities<br>for learning.<br>2.To promote for the benefit ofthe residents<br>of Kibwoith<br>Beauchamp<br>and Kibworth<br>Harcourt and the surrounding<br>area the provision ofa public<br>library for recreation<br>and or other leisure time occupation<br>of individuals||
|||who have need ofsuch facilities by reason oftheir youth, age, infirmity|or|
|||disablement,<br>financial<br>hardship<br>or social and economic circumstances|or|
|||for the public at large<br>in the interests ofsocial welfare and with the object<br>of im<br>rovin<br>the condition<br>of life ofthe said residents||
|||The main activities undertaken<br>for public benefit<br>in relation ta the||
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>activities<br>undertaken<br>for the<br>public benefit<br>in relation to<br>these objects (include within<br>this section the statutory<br>declaration<br>that trustees<br>have||Charity's objects are:<br>1.Operation<br>ofa public lending<br>library and associated activities and<br>Services;<br>2. Provision ofresources and ITfacilities; and<br>3.Delivery of recreational<br>and educational<br>events and services for the<br>benefit and enjoyment<br>ofthe local community||
|had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission<br>on public<br>benefit)||The library has become an integral part ofthe community,<br>engaging<br>effectively<br>with other local groups and organisations.<br>The Trustees declare that we have had due regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity Commission<br>on public benefit and confirm that all||
|||our operations<br>and activities are in accordance<br>with such guidance.||
|Additional<br>details ofobjectives||and activities (Optional<br>information)||
|||The Charity is not a grant-making<br>organisation.||
|||Apart from bank deposits the Charity does not currently<br>hold any<br>investments.||
|You may choose to include||||
|further statements,<br>where||Dur volunteers<br>make a signiTicant and much-valued<br>contribution<br>to the||
|relevant,<br>about:||successful<br>running<br>ofthe library and the Charity<br>is dependent<br>on and||
|~<br>policy on grantmaking;||very grateful for their commitment<br>oftime, help and support.||
|~<br>policy programme<br>related||The Charity has no employees<br>and none ofthe trustees or volunteers|is|
|investment;||paid or remunerated,<br>other than the reimbursement<br>ofreasonable||
|~<br>contribution<br>made by||expenses and expenditure<br>on behalf ofthe Chadity.||
|volunteers.||||





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||C t gor'.00||D iciln|||funds<br>to nearest 0||to|funds<br> nearest||0||funds<br>to nearest 0|
|81Cash|funds||Market Ha*orough||Suwing Society|34,471||||20,'I||60||
||||Lloyds Sank|||7,004||||||||
||||Caahln|hand||||||||||
||||||Total cash funda|42/000|||20,100|||||
||||(sglfw haullces||nah receipts ecd psnwflie|||||||||
||||||recollet(a))|||||||||
|||||||Unrestricted||Restricled|||||Endowment|
|||||||funds|||funds||||funds|
||||Dntails|||to nearest 0||to|nearest||0||to nearest 0|
|82Other|monetary assets|||||||||||||
||||Dntnite|||Fund to which<br>asset baton||Cast (opgonal)|||||Cunent value<br>o tlonal|
|83Investment||assets||||||||||||
||||Dataits|||Fund towhich<br>asset heron s||Co|(o|o||I|Cllnerit value<br>o tlonal|
|84Assets retained for the|||Fum turn rcdurss||and Sliniw||||||7,001||611|
|charity's|own|use||||||||||||
|||||||Fund lowhich||Alllount||drrs|||When due|
||||Details||||||o|na|||o<br>0|
|65Liabilities|||UtWiies|||unn<br>usted||||||200||
||||Waste|coteuion||Unreslricud||||||20||
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of00the trustees||||Signature|||Print|Name|||||Date of<br>a<br>rove(|



