Bembridge Community Library Church Road Bembridge Isle of Wight PO35 5NA ## **Trustees Annual Report January 2022** ## **Period Covered: 1/4/20 – 31/3/21** This is a short report as during the period covered the Library Trust was firstly not active for reasons set out below and then subsequently impacted by the pandemic. Full details of the objects of the Trust and the Trustees can be found on the Charity Commission Website. As set out in the previously submitted Report the Trust did not sign a lease for the Library Premises from the Isle of Wight Council until August 2020. The active period of operation of the Trust for the purposes of this report is therefore August 2020 – March 2021. During this period the operation of the Library was severely impacted by the Covid 19 Pandemic. As a result the Library was either closed to the public or operated restricted opening subject to social distancing and other relevant safety precautions. As can be seen from the accounts the main income received during the period of the report was from the Covid 19 Restriction Grant. The Library building is split into two parts, namely the main Library area and a secondary area which, during the period of this report, was occupied by the Bembridge Heritage Society. At the time the Library took on the lease it entered into an Agreement with the isle of Wight Council to take on a lease of the Heritage Society part on the departure of the Heritage Society from the premises. As of 31st January 2022 the Heritage Society have given up possession but the Agreement has not yet been put into effect for the Library to take control of that section of the Library. Jonathan Bacon Chair of Trustees 31[st] January 2022 BEMBRIDGE COMMUNITY LIBRARY Ii¢wJe& A¢¢M•t-24th J•ly202Q t•Jlst Mirch 2021 19n• Fre% 1228 k s￿¢￿ 58 H24L PyArr 'Phowapying 1,697 Gr4its Receiytd Trlining covi[￿l¥Re$tri £ 9.669 544 0tr*rfj￿L% 9109 J6 l•¢ereJt Retthtd.. Bank TOTAL INCOME TOTAL EXPETr4DITUiIE 6J3) BEM UBRARY aUi.>Js 1 LI2 IIK& EXP2f21 Tim Woodcock Bookkeeping & Accounts Service T.W.Woodc¢xk The Old Cottage, UpperGreen Road. St Helens, Ryde, Isle of Wight, P033 1 UQ BEMBIUDGE COMMUNITY LIBRARY CHARITABLE tNCORPORATED ORGANISATlOTht. 01983 872519 Registered Number 1179944 07737 315116 Ind¢peDdent Examintr's Report E tim.woodc0ck@uwclu￿net I retM)rt to the on my ¢xaminthon of th¢ accounts of the alx>vc Charity for the year ended 31. M8reh 2021. Rts sibi]ities Ind of R As the chariry trNSte￿ you are yttp)nsible for the pepartion of the xcounts in accordance ith the Clwities Act 2011 (tr Ad l report in resFect of my examination of the Society's t