WELLESBOURNE VILLAGE HALL
Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31.12.2021
The problems with Barclays Bank, when we could not access our accounts, were finally resolved in March 2021 after over a year of complaining. The catalogue of mistakes by the bank was endless. They transcribed names incorrectly, misplaced letters and documentation, gave wrong advice, passed us from one department to another, ignored requests for changes to be made, started using out of date postal and email addresses and making unreasonable demands on some of our more elderly trustees. Always, they wanted our response immediately and closed the case if they did not receive it by return but wanted up to six weeks to carry out their own actions. We received in all £200 in compensation.
With the arrival of vaccines and the lessening of the pandemic, the use of the hall slowly grew throughout the year although many organisations remained cautious about returning to normal meetings. This was reflected in our income from hirings which was just over £7,000, double the previous year but still less than half 2019. Expenditure was also lower than normal but about £1,000 more than income so we had to take from our reserves. However, government grants to reduce the impact of Covid have helped to boost the reserves.
The Managers met twice during the year. In the summer, the Parish Council undertook the major task of relaying the entire car park adjoining the Village Hall, including demolishing the old Youth Club building. Unfortunately, the result was that the hall was flooded when there was heavy rain as the drainage to the car park was inadequate. On the first occasion it flooded, there was also a leak in the roof so there was doubt as to whether the car park was the cause. The roof leak was repaired and the second time it flooded there was no doubt about the cause. The contractors came and dug the drains to the car park deeper, but to no avail. The hall flooded for a third time, this time the contractors put in supplementary drainage and this appears to have solved the problem, although there is still an issue with rising damp in one part of the hall wall facing the car park.
At the second meeting of the managers, the plans for refurbishing the kitchen were revived with the aim of carrying out the work in August 2022. The first step was to seek a grant towards part of the cost from the Parish Council, and the Trustees will use some of the reserves and approach other sources of funding for the remainder.
LD 17/08/2022
Wellesbourne Village Hall Community Account
Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended 31st December 2021
| Unrestric ted Funds |
Restricte d Income Funds |
2021 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | ||||
| Hire Charges | £7,169.75 | £0.00 | £7,169.75 | £3,332.75 |
| Grants and Donations | £507.82 | £0.00 | £507.82 | £14,374.1 8 |
| Refunds | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £100.00 |
| Account Transfer | £8.13 | £0.00 | £8.13 | £125.00 |
| Bank Compensation | £75.00 | £0.00 | £75.00 | £0.00 |
| Total Income | £7,760.7 0 |
£0.00 | £7,760.7 0 |
£17,931. 93 |
| Expenditure | ||||
| Caretaker's Wages | £2,872.71 | £2,872.71 | £2,326.50 | |
| Hire Charges Refunded | £0.00 | £0.00 | £325.00 | |
| Legal Fees | £600.00 | £600.00 | £0.00 | |
| Insurance | £764.67 | £764.67 | £743.85 | |
| Rent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Rates | £135.91 | £135.91 | £52.00 | |
| Water | £520.88 | £520.88 | £687.87 | |
| Electric | £1,260.00 | £1,260.00 | £2,054.69 | |
| Gas | £957.14 | £957.14 | £1,495.89 | |
| Repairs and Maintenance | £1,267.99 | £1,267.99 | £4,761.97 | |
| Refurbishment Costs | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| SundryExpenses | £244.36 | £244.36 | £723.27 | |
| Total Expenditure | £8,623.6 6 |
£0.00 | £8,623.6 6 |
£13,171. 04 |
| Net Income | -£862.96 | £0.00 | -£862.96 | £4,760.89 |
| Total Funds Brought Forward |
£8,975.09 | £4,214.20 | ||
| Total Funds Carried Forward |
£8,112.1 3 |
£0.00 | -£862.96 | £8,975.0 9 |
| 2020 | ||||
| Wellesbourne Village Hall Active Save Account |
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| Statement of Financial Activities |
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| Year Ended 31st December 2021 |
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| Funds | 2021 | |||
| Income |
| Interest | £1.19 | £1.19 | £7.51 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Income | £1.19 | £1.19 | £7.51 |
| Net Income | £1.19 | £1.19 | £7.51 |
| Total Funds Brought Forward |
£11,923.1 1 |
£11,923.1 1 |
£11,915.6 0 |
| Total Funds Carried Forward |
£11,924. 30 |
£11,924. 30 |
£11,923. 11 |
Wellesbourne Village Hall Combined Accounts
Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended 31st December 2021
| Combined Accounts Statement of Financial Activities Year Ended 31st December 2021 |
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|---|---|---|
| Total Funds | ||
| 01/01/20 21 |
31/12/20 21 |
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| Wellesbourne Village Hall Community Account |
£8,975.09 | £8,112.13 |
| Wellesbourne Village Hall Active Save Account |
£11,923.1 1 |
£11,924.3 0 |
| Total Funds Carried Forward |
£20,898. 20 |
£20,036. 43 |