Chairman’s Report for 2021 Annual General Meeting When I look back the 2020 AGM, when we sat outside the Centre on a warm evening in August, under COVID restrictions, little did I think this year’s meeting would be held under similar conditions. It has been a difficult year for the trustees, having to wrestle with economising in the face of no income, maintaining the building, and making improvements where we could. We ensured that regular servicing was carried out to keep the building and equipment safe. Prioritising other tasks led to some difficult debates, but we managed to draw up a list of short, medium and long-term projects. I thank all the trustees for their input which means we are in a good position going forward, and also our two employees who have been understanding and adaptable to our changing requirements. Tom Wheeler, our secretary, is our COVID lead, reading all the Government updates and developing methods to ensure we could open the building when allowed and keep everyone safe. The pandemic meant we could not stage any fundraising events, but we were fortunate to benefit from government grants and the furlough scheme for employees, and emerged from the latest lockdown in a reasonable position. This has enabled us to set aside some money in reserves for long term projects and renewals. I would like to thank Vickie, our Finance Officer, for managing the accounts and ensuring we received all that we were entitled to. We will be reviewing our prices in October, having maintained them at the same amounts for three years, and there will be some small increases. A very generous donation has funded new wall-lights in the St Nicholas Hall, and bollard lighting at the entrance driveway. Most of our regular groups resumed when they were permitted, all working within COVID rules, and we are grateful for their co-operation. As I write, we still await the return of some groups, but we are holding their bookings. It has been a difficult time for them and their members, many of whom were shielding for a long time. We have a wonderful group of volunteers without whose help we could not provide our regular social activities (Coffee Shop, Friendship Lunch, Sunday Social, Tea Dance, Village Cinema, Village Voice) and larger events. They are looking forward to getting back to the Centre in the next few weeks. Lastly, I want to thank the Gardening Group, led by Freda, for their hard work over the past year which has enhanced the outside space. They have had to contend the local muntjac and rabbits, hence fencing around most of the beds. Looking forward, we have a new club for children just started, there are some super events coming up, and we are working on celebrations for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year. Sue Payne July 2021 INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ERSINGHAM VILiAGE CENTRE AS%XIATION We report to the trustees on our examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. on pages 2 to 4. As the charity trustees of the Trust, you a￿ ￿sponSible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the ACVI. We have completed our examination. We confimi that no material matter5 have come to our attention in connection with the examination which gives us cause to believe that in, any material respect- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records We have no concerns and hove come across no other matters in connection with the examination to whith attention Should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandin8 of the accounts to be reached. M C Mallett Accountants Limited Chartered Certified Accountants 4 Hiltons Lane St. German5 King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3EZ Date IIKL*IE*J4DEmFX4TURE Hlrfng Inc￿ 5.917 L035 740 L295 Expenses L314 ar￿ma IncomA Exper 43) 192 3.512 1.2 12 FundraI￿n11ncc￿ne ￿￿Exper￿eS 23 316 11727 lJJ7 Donatior 747 spOr￿r$h G￿rnMentarI lor*A￿lI￿r1￿COwOGr 21701 39,396 E