## **CHAIRMANS REPORT 2025** 

## **Overview of the Training Apiary.** 

During 2025 the Training Apiary housed two colonies which proved to be productive. From these colonies we harvested a total of 133 one-pound jars of honey. The honey was sold and the proceeds were used to supplement the associations income. Unfortunately, only one of these colonies survived the winter. Ideally we need 5 to 6 colonies in the apiary to give us the scope to cover the training we are hoping to undertake. 

## **Apiary Garden Maintenance.** 

The garden at the Training Apiary is now consistently well maintained, thanks to the dedicated efforts of a group of volunteers. Their work has greatly improved the appearance and functionality of the apiary grounds. 

## **Members shop Performance.** 

The member’s shop has enjoyed a successful year with particular success in the sale of sugar. This has contributed positively in both the association’s finances and the support offered to beekeepers. Many thanks to the volunteers who run the shop. We are currently in February which means the shop is closed. On Saturday March 7th the shop will open but on Winter opening times which means the shop will only open if you have contacted me before 5 pm on the Friday before and requested the shop to be open, otherwise the shop will not be open. 

## **Association Membership.** 

The number of association members has remained at a constant level throughout the year. This stability reflects the ongoing interest and commitment to our members. 

## **Communication and support.** 

The membership WhatsApp group has become an invaluable resource, especially for new beekeepers. It has enabled the sharing of knowledge and timely advice, fostering a supportive environment for all members. In view of this, the committee is investigating the option of using a similar format to deliver our monthly newsletter making it more informative and an efficient means of communicating with our membership. 

## **Committee Activity.** 

The association committee has maintained its numbers and continued to function extremely well as a cohesive group. The committee’s teamwork has been instrumental in the association’s smooth operation. We have one or two places left if you would like to join us. However, if you do, please remember 



you will be expected to take on at least one, or maybe more jobs involved in running the association. We are a very active committee. 

## **Monthly Meetings.** 

This year the monthly summer meetings were relocated to the Training Apiary. This move has worked well, allowing meetings to focus more on practical aspects of beekeeping which has been well received by members. 

## **Conclusion.** 

In summary, the Burton & District Beekeeping Association has enjoyed a successful year in 2025 with steady progress in a number of key areas and strong engagement from both members and volunteers. I would like to convey my sincere thanks to all of you involved in our association 

CHAIRMAN - BURTON AND DISTRICT BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION 

## **D W COATES.** 



## **Burton & District Beekeepers Association** 

## **Finance report year ending 2025.** 

## **Overview:** 

- We ended the year with a profit of £5,614 (last year had a loss of £3,749) 

- Total cash in the bank as of 31[st] December 2025 was £13,283 (£7,669 last year) 

- There is just one restricted account for the Nestle apiary, with a value of £826. 

## **Income: £17,575** 

Largest sources of income were: 

- Memberships £5,600 

- Training £425 

- Shop £5,650 

- Show takings £2,769 

- Consolidated Charities grant £2,370 

## **Expenditure: £11,961** 

Largest costs were: 

- Capitation £2,454 

- Stock for shop £3,562 

- Shows £2,395 

- Apiary maintenance £1,769 

We have taken in less money this year compared with last year, £17,575 vs £20,000. This can be attributed to less shop sales and only running 1 training course in this year. 

Our expenditure has been better though at £11,961 vs 23,955. 

EFB has also greatly reduced the amount of honey from the apiary, which means less income from sales. Hopefully this will greatly improve this year. 

As stated in last years report, we are now paying rent to the RSPCA which cost us £365. We however have no responsibility to maintain the meadow. 

The shop continues to do well thanks to Dave and all the volunteers that run it on Saturdays. 



## **Shop P&L** 

|Purchased stock|£3,561.94|
|---|---|
|opening stock balance|£10,232.20|
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|closing stock balance|£10,810.13|
|Cost of sales|£2,984.01|
|Total sales|£5,650.45|
|**Profit for year**|**£2,666.44**|
|Of which:||
|sugar sales|£346.00|
|extractor hire|£20.00|
|**Shop sales**|**£2,300.44**|





||**Charity Name: Burton & District Beekeepers Association**|**Charity Name: Burton & District Beekeepers Association**|**Charity Name: Burton & District Beekeepers Association**|**Charity Name: Burton & District Beekeepers Association**|**Charity Name: Burton & District Beekeepers Association**|**No: 11782**|**68**||**CC16a**||
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||||||||||||
||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||||||
||**For the period from**||**01/01/20**|**25**|**To**|**3**|**1/12/2025**||||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest**<br>**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|Memberships|**£5,599.93**||**£0.00**||**-**||**5,600**||**6,021**||
|Training Fees|**£425.00**||**£0.00**||**-**||**425**||**1,498**||
|Shop (incl. Sugar)|**£5,650.45**||**£0.00**||**-**||**5,650**||**8,915**||
|Meetings|**£393.50**||**£0.00**||**-**||**394**||**440**||
|Raffle|**£104.00**||**£0.00**||**-**||**104**||**317**||
|Donations|**£2,417.10**||**£0.00**||||**2,417**||**540**||
|Shows|**£2,768.96**||**£0.00**||||**2,769**||**2,443**||
|Other/Misc|**£216.50**||**£0.00**||||**217**||**32**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br>**17,575**||**-**||**-**||**17,575**||**20,206**||
||||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||14||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_ **|**17,575**||**-**||**-**||**17,575**||**20,206**||
||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|Capitation|**£2,454.00**||**£0.00**||**-**||**2,454**||**2,383**||
|BDI|**£408.25**||**£0.00**||**-**||**408**||**439**||
|Apiary Maintenance|**£1,769.08**||**£0.00**||**-**||**1,769**||**6,348**||
|Stock for shop|**£3,561.94**||**£0.00**||**-**||**3,562**||**10,471**||
|Meeting Expenses|**£319.68**||**£0.00**||**-**||**320**||**399**||
|Shows|**£2,394.79**||**£0.00**||||**2,395**||**2,699**||
|Training Expenses|**£31.40**||**£0.00**||||**31**||**587**||
|Bank Charges|**£55.34**||**£0.00**||**-**||**55**||**-**||
|Rent & Rents|**£365.38**||**£0.00**||**-**||**365**||**-**||
|Miscellaneous|**£302.50**||**£298.78**||**-**||**601**||**629**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**11,662**||**299**||**-**||**11,961**||**23,955**||
||||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||||
|**_Totalpayments_ **|**11,662**||**299**||**-**||**11,961**||**23,955**||
||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**5,913**||**-               299**||**-**||**5,614**||**-                 3,749**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**£6,544.12**||**1,125**||**-**||**7,669**||**11,419**||
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**12,457**||**826**||**-**||**13,283**||**7,670**||
||||||||||||
||||||||||||
|**Section B Statement**|**of assets**|**and liabilities at**||**the end of the period**|||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||
||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B1 Cash funds**|Unrestricted||||**12,457**||||**-**||
||Nestle Apiary||||**-**||**826**||**-**||
||||||**-**||||**-**||
|||**_Total cash funds_**|||**12,457**||**826**||**-**||
||(agree balances with|receipts and payments account(s))|||OK||OK||OK||
||||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||
||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||||
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|Training aipary||||Restricted||**35,760**||**26,179**|<br>7.50%|
||Equipment||||Unrestricted||**796**||**415**|<br>15%|
||Cups and Awards||||Unrestricted||**2,188**||**1,435**|<br>10%|
||Library||||Unrestricted||**498**||**259**|<br>15%|
||Stock for sale||||Unrestricted||**10,810**||**10,810**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**||**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**||**When due**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**||||
||||||||**-**||||
||||||||**-**||||
||||||||**-**||||
||||||||**-**||||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees||Signature||||Print Name|||Date of approval||
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