Lighthouse Hazlemere 2024 Chairperson’s Report
Having successfully run a pilot year in 2023 with a new timetable and venue, Lighthouse Hazlemere seemed set with a workable framework for Summer 2024. However, in early 2024 it became clear that we would not have full access to the school site due to planned building work. The LHH trustees had to make the difficult decision between creating a scaled back holiday club or not running at all in 2024. It was ultimately decided that the daily timetable would be reworked to offer a morning only provision based at Holy Trinity Church and with limited use of the school site.
With the changes to the timetable, we were able to offer:
*Places for between 60 to100 children
*A choice of four workshop options which included craft, sports, performing arts, and a new creative workshop.
- A teaching session delivered by an excellent team of teachers and clergy.
Unfortunately, we were unable to offer the Spiritual workshops which had been an addition to the 2023 timetable.
I would like to thank those who helped to work out a plan for Lighthouse Hazlemere 2024. And to all those who worked so hard during Lighthouse week, with particular thanks to the trustees, management team, teaching and mainstage team, and the workshop leaders.
Lighthouse would not run without volunteers, and in 2024, 88 adults and young people were part of our volunteer team. This enabled us to accept 103 children.
Although our volunteer team faced the challenge of working to a new timetable for the second year in a row, it was generally felt that the smaller number of volunteers and children, along with the shorter daily sessions, created a positive experience for those involved.
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| INCOME AND EXPENDITURE | |||||||||||
| FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31st December 2024 | |||||||||||
| INCOME | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
| Donations from churches | 6,900.00 | 3,300.00 | 1,200.00 | 200.00 | 1,000.00 | ||||||
| Donations – Gift Aided | 4,540.00 | 475.00 | 2,960.00 | 310.00 | 245.00 | ||||||
| Donations – nongift aided | 5,458.75 | 4,885.68 | 1,201.95 | 31.25 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Donations – GASDS | 55.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 725.00 | 4.00 | ||||||
| Donations – Online | 1,093.53 | 5,898.49 | 5,103.21 | 3,281.81 | 1,259.37 | ||||||
| Gift Aid Tax refund | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,258.25 | 757.25 | 311.25 | ||||||
| Miscellaneousgifts | 0.00 | 50.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Shop | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,215.79 | 577.15 | 263.30 | ||||||
| T Shirts | 0.00 | 145.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 81.40 | ||||||
| Lanyards | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Hoodies and Polos | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Total Income | 18,047.28 | 14,755.07 | 13,008.66 | 5,882.46 | 3,164.32 | ||||||
| EXPENDITURE | |||||||||||
| Activities | 0.00 | 1,100.23 | 389.07 | 1,401.13 | 477.02 | ||||||
| Teaching/mainstage | 0.00 | 0.00 | 222.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Tents/staging | 0.00 | 3,718.12 | 2,745.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| School Hire/site | 0.00 | 1,650.00 | 1,753.23 | 1,200.00 | 500.00 | ||||||
| Electrics | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Refreshments(includingBBQ's) | 0.00 | 67.26 | 227.13 | 0.00 | 67.20 | ||||||
| Admin/Lighthouse Central | 5,454.50 | 6,617.77 | 2,314.00 | 7,064.15 | 1,587.30 | ||||||
| Insurance | 60.40 | 297.52 | 459.46 | 419.59 | 369.74 | ||||||
| Fresh | 0.00 | 0.00 | 300.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| American Team | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Shop | 0.00 | 0.00 | 649.39 | 877.08 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Helpers T Shirts | 0.00 | 631.79 | 254.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Lanyards | 0.00 | 0.00 | 360.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| First Aid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 117.64 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Literature | 0.00 | 0.00 | 177.64 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Storage | 361.95 | 997.61 | 1,042.69 | 1,129.77 | 982.00 | ||||||
| Total Expenditure | 5,876.85 | 15,080.30 | 11,012.75 | 12,091.72 | 3,983.26 | ||||||
| Income – (Expenditure) in Year | 12,170.43 | -325.23 | 1,995.91 | -6,209.26 | -818.94 | ||||||
| Balance brought forward | 5,512.82 | 17,683.25 | 17,358.02 | 19,353.93 | 13,144.67 | ||||||
| Balance carried forward to nextyear | 17,683.25 | 17,358.02 | 19,353.93 | 13,144.67 | 12,325.73 | ||||||
| Variance to bank balance | 0.00 |
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