Chairmans Report July 2024 The new Abel Alarm system is now fully functfjonal. If we have an alarm thev wlll contact a) Clare Barrett~Bee b) Me c) any other trustee. Please note they will require you to state the password which is PRESTBURY I had to purchase spare bulbs for the sts8e lighting projertors. £240 for slx I However the problem is they We very hard to locate as they a now obsolete. Following complalnts about unreliability.I have fitted another amplffier to our P A System which I found in one of our many cupboard5. It is very old but simpler to use than the rldlculous modern systems which have lots of apps you don't need. Insurance. I was about to renew our insurance for the year when I noticed, in the small print, that the underwriters do free , desk top, valuations. This valued our buildin8s at £2.5m compared with the 2012 valuation of £1.5m. This is a get out they use, after a blg claim, to say we were 60% underlnsured. The policy was rfrwritten at the hlgher value and the premium Is now £2960 (£2129) uture. The accounts show our Charlty IS trading reasonabty profitsbly this year. Our Bank balance is currently standing at £85k so there is room for donations rf required. I hope you will approve our annual donation to the successful Prestbury Youth Pantomime. This payment is for the hire of dry space for their costume storage they need after the dosure of Ford House. This brought our totsl Charity donation5 towards the youth of our village prior to Covid to £53,000 Including £7k towards the PPC playground and £22k to C of E primary schools. During Covld we got £28k support from Cheshire East which paid for all our ancient roots to be re-slated. Post Covid we Still support the Panto group and have donated £IOk to the School for phonlcs learning which I gather is going well. Our energy costs are down slightly due to the milder wlnter and the new radlant heaters in the Club Room have been welcomed at very little electricity usage. Mlnor items Boilers serviced, PAT testing done, Hall and Club floors to be arnished In August, weed5 sprayed 3 times but still grow, ON Ilne banking drama, still not got Jim fvlly approved, playlng fields not mowed for some reason
Gas & Electric £7,038 General admln & btsjkkeeplng £6.0 Insurance £3.018 Qeanlng £1,305 Waslyoom consumables £614 Profit and Loss Prestbury Willage Hall For the year ended 31 March 2024 5.9ffj.OD 29JY.L3 173SS.15 1,589.VJ 4566 4,4n.0g I50• 5.4CQ.IXI 4V17AJ 49J•laS Grnm Prr•ft 4V17.13 01.25 Admlnlstradve Costs 4S3 *ldiry R•palrJ& Maintan•iK• x(ooo IA) c19 Ilwth & Malnteii 234AI 71•J¢m ioJs&as Prlnth¢& StatloAVy JSJ8 64728 402.17 Operatlng Profft
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