Soberton Village Hall Charity Number 1184016 Financial Statement For Year Ending 31st December 2023
| Year Ending December | Year Ending December | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2023 | |
| Hall Revenue Account | ||
| £16,181.75 | Hiring Receipts | £14,432.50 |
| £2,527.12 | Other Income | £1,105.06 |
| £18,708.87 | Total Income | £15,537.56 |
| £12,889.23 | Total Expenditure | £16,277.09 |
| Surplus\Deficit for Year (Hall Revenue Account | ||
| £5,819.64 | Expenditure vs Total Income) | -£739.53 |
| Account Balances at 31 December | ||
| £73,373.87 | SV Current Account | £47,791.34 |
| £0.00 | High Interest Account | £25,000.00 |
| £282.00 | Cash in Hand | £125.00 |
| £73,655.87 | Total of Funds | £72,916.34 |
SOBERTON VILLAGE HALL
’ – CHAIRMAN S REPORT April 2024
This report has been produced to update our hirers and villagers on how the Village Hall has fared in the previous year.
As we reported last year the committee felt it was important to re-establish bookings after the pandemic rather than hit them with increased costs due to the spiralling energy costs. We’re please to say the hirers have, in the main, returned but it has resulted in a loss for the financial year but with energy costs reducing we now expect the Hall to return to a healthy position. Our Treasurer, Bob, regularly reviews our running costs.
Our purpose is to provide an asset for village life and we feel that has continued.
We have regular hirers providing opportunities to the village including - Bridge, Children’s dance, Pilates for recovering patients, Soberton Players twice yearly productions, Table Tennis, Pilates exercise, Folk Association of South Hants and newly introduced Adult dance exercise classes.
On top of this we provide excellent facilities for Village weddings, Wakes and Parties for all ages. This last year alone included around twelve parties.
We have recently installed a large projector screen which we hope will be a useful facility, be it for Players, commercial presentations, weddings, Parish Council meetings and of course many of the village Societies.
Looking to run the Hall as greenly and economically as possible, we are working with Suzanne White, the local Green Party candidate, in reviewing our heat loss plus options for Solar panels, batteries and heat pumps, and including looking at any grants that may be available.
We continue to operate as a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) with a set of trustees. A reminder that the Village Hall trustees are all unpaid and I thank them all for helping to run the Hall in such a professional manner – Sue, Bob, Katie, Rachael, Jane, David, Chris and Ben.
Thanks to all those who use the Hall and we’re always open to new hirers. If you have any thoughts on how facilities could be improved to the benefit of the village please talk to any of the committee.
Pete Woodacre - SVH Chairman