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MILBORNE PORT HISTORY & HERITAGE GROUP

CHARITY COMMISSION NO: 1186468

PERIOD: 01.06.2022 – 31.05.23

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT

Contact Address:

68 Foliat Drive Wantage Oxfordshire Mob. No: 07480 143678 Email: lynharrison.mjh@gmail.com

Trustees:

Harold Clarke (Chair) Appointed:28 September 2021 Stephen Charles Underwood Appointed:18 November 2019 Marilyn Joy Harrison (Secretary/Treasurer) Appointed:18 November 2019 Lesley Wray (Historian) Appointed:18 November 2019 John P Fanning Appointed:18 November 2019 David James Roberts Appointed:18 November 2019

Structure:

The Trustees , meet twice a year to discuss matters pertaining to the Charity Commission and are responsible to them. The six Trustees were originally five founder members of the Milborne Port History & Heritage Group but we have now appointed an additional Trustee who has shown a particular interest in the management side.

The Committee , which meets every 4 – 6 weeks and deals with the general running of the group ie making decisions on membership and admission to talks charges/donations, also speakers, visits etc and decisions relating to the Museum along with making recommendations to the governing body of Trustees.

Activities & Objectives:

The aim of the Milborne Port History & Heritage Group is ‘To share the history of the village, preserve our heritage & foster a sense of community for the future’.

To achieve this, we now have a museum to which many locals have donated items of interest to the village and local area, this is open regularly during the summer months and also on request from members of the public.

Our activities include: a monthly ‘speaker’ evening and we provide visits to places of interest and guided walks around the village.

Benefits & Achievements:

We have provided a safe storage place ie the Museum and we have been given and/or loaned various papers, photographs and artefacts and which are available to anyone who wishes to see them. It is quite clear that many people are glad to know that their items will be available

to future generations. Our ‘oral history’ is growing with more of the older generation showing an interest in recording their village memories and our 6[th] booklet has now been published which is entitled: A Village Native – The Life & Work of Fred Pearce (in his own words) edited by Dr Lesley Wray

We have created an inventory of all that has been loaned/donated over the year which is currently in the process of being updated. We have also introduced a system of recording donations or loans to the Museum and our archives.

Although we have decided not to proceed with the Accreditation process we are taking many of their suggestions and using them to benefit the smooth running of the Museum and are in regular contact with the Somerset Museum in Taunton to use their archives and expertise.

The amount of material on our website: milborneporthistory.org.uk, is increasing as is the number of people joining adding comments and items of interest to our Facebook page. Our monthly speaker meetings are proving very popular and are attended by approximately 40 – 60 people each month.

We have a database over approximately 150 people who are contacted each month to update them on future events.

We continue to make strong links with the local Primary School which has included a visit to the school and also a class group visiting the Museum where we laid on a special exhibition of old/new toys and books.

This year we secured a visit to the local ‘big house’ – Ven House, which was extremely popular with our members and their friends

Financial:

We are in a good position financially even though we are entirely reliant on donations and membership subscriptions.

There are no debts or reserves, just our Treasurer’s Account with Lloyds Bank. No funds are held as a custodian trustee.

Marilyn J Harrison Secretary/Trustee 10 February 2024

Milborne Port History Heritage Group Accounts 1 June 2022 -31 May 2023

DATE 01.06.22 06.06.22 09.06.22 10.06.22 13.06.22 27.06.22 27.06.22 04.07.22 04.07.22 08.07.22 08.07.22 11.07.22 02.08.22 08.08.22 19.08.22 04.11.22 24.11.22 25.11.22 05.12.22 04.01.23 23.01.23 13.03.23 21.04.23 24.04.23 12.05.23 12.05.23 16.05.23 15.05.23 16.05.23 17.05.23 30.05.23	DEPOSITS Membership Ven House Ven House Ven House Ven House Deposit 500048/talk Deposit 500048/talk - cheque Membership Ven House Deposit 500049 - membership Deposit 500049 - Ven House Ven House & Membership Deposit 500050/Ven House Cash/Other Membership Deposit 500051 - various donatons Deposit 500052 - Sept/Oct talks Church Booklets Booklets Postage Deposit 500053/talk/sales Deposit 500054/talk/Christmas Fair Deposit 500055/talk/membership Deposit 500056/talk/membership Deposit 500057/Membership/talk/sales Membership Membership Donaton Membership Membership Membership Booklets Sale Donaton	AMOUNT £16.00 £15.00 £30.00 £15.00 £30.00 £231.50 £15.00 £16.00 £60.00 £20.00 £45.00 £31.00 £136.60 £16.00 £177.83 £219.50 £7.50 £4.50 £321.00 £231.60 £146.00 £115.00 £285.80 £16.00 £18.00 £20.00 £25.00 £25.00 £18.00 £25.00 £100.00	DATE 09.06.22 10.06.22 13.06.22 27.06.22 28.06.22 02.08.22 12.08.22 18.08.22 23.08.22 1.09.22 07.11.22 08.11.22 18.11.22 09.12.22 03.01.23 28.02.23 28.02.23 16.03.23 11.04.23 26.03.23 10.04.23 12.05.23 28.04.23	Expenditure Church House/Projector Hire Remous Ltd: Newtown Booklet Inv 57106 M J Harrison - Printer Ink SOMP Stall at Fete Church House/Kitchen Hire M Fisher - Ven House SSE MJHarrison/Lesley:Flowers/Refreshments Church House - Kitchen Hire MPCS - Computer Services SSE SOMP Christmas Tree Website Services FOMPL - Stall at sale Church House - Hall Hire Inv. LET0712 SSE SSE/Final account and closure BGL - Electricity - DD Lesley Wray/Tea towels & Bags Cheque incorrectly writen (see 102) Insurance Policy/replacemant cheque BGL - Electricity - DD Remous Ltd: St Johns Reprint Inv 59936 Total Expenditure 22 - 23	AMOUNT £22.00 £167.00 £44.19 £15.00 £11.00 £930.00 £101.95 £53.09 £8.00 £66.00 £110.64 £10.00 £50.00 £10.00 £203.00 £272.65 £91.79 £55.86 £96.50 £192.04 £22.86 £243.00 £2,776.57	Ch. No
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