## HOPE MANSELL
VILLAGE HALL
ANNUAL REPORT 2020 - 2021
## HOPE MANSELL
## VILLAGE HALL
## HOPE MANSELL VILLAGE HALL **ACCOUNTS 01/02/2020 TO 31/01/2021**
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RECEIPTS
Balance as at 1st February 2020 £
Coventry Building Society 7,176.41
Pub night 75.44
Hall hire 50.00
Building society interest 119.58
Local authority grant 10,000.00
17,421.43
PAYMENTS £
Electricity 334.32
Keys 10.00
Village Hall refurbishment 54.99
Lotteries renewal 20.00
Insurance 360.84
Donations 60.00
Balance as at 31st January 2021
Coventry Building Society 16,581.28
17,421.43
These figures appear as they appeared on the charity’s
auditors RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT,
31st January 2021 (Aubrey & Co., Ross-on-Wye,)
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Charity number: 1187970
## SPENDING (YEAR 2020-2021)
The spending this year has been severely curtailed by Covid 19 restrictions and the subsequent limited use of the village hall. The only assets purchased were some keys cut and a 10 litre water urn, the last item in the scheduled refurbishment.
Ongoing costs included insurance, accounting, electricity and water. Cleaning and routine maintenance are usually carried out by Trustees and volunteers, at no cost.
Despite the lack of opportunity to raise funds in 2020 the financial health of the charity is sound thanks to a grant provided by Herefordshire County Council.
We are confident that our credit cash balance is sufficient to fund the expenses of running the hall for the foreseeable future.
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## HOPE MANSELL
## VILLAGE HALL
## INCOME[*] SHOWN AS PERCENTAGES
Pub Night February **1%** Herefordshire polling station **1%** Interest **1%**
> Herefordshire grant **97%**
*Figures are for the financial year from the 1st of March 2020 to the 28th February 2021
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Charity number: 1187970
EXPENSES [*] SHOWN AS PERCENTAGES
Keys cut 1%
Lotteries renewal 2%
7% 10ltr water urn
Insurance 2020-2021 43% 7% Donation to
British Red Cross
EDF electric bill 40%
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## HOPE MANSELL
## VILLAGE HALL
## CHARITY AIMS
Hope Mansell Village Hall is a charity whose object is the provision and maintenance of a village hall for the use of the inhabitants of the parish of Hope Mansell, without distinction of political, religious or other opinions. Its use being for entertainment, meetings, lectures and classes and other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the people of the parish.
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Charity number: 1187970
## EVENTS
The Hope Mansell Village Hall charity provides regular well-attended events to support and entertain the village community. These functions include an annual summer fete, pop-up pub nights, themed food nights - feeding up to 40 people - and coffee mornings & book sales. The hall is occasionally hired out for local social evenings and fitness classes and a local dog walking group uses the village hall as its starting and finishing points.
Herefordshire council also hires the hall as a polling station for general, local and Police Commissioner elections.
As a result of COVID-19 however, these events were curtailed dramatically and, for the period 20/21, the hall was not used for any public events.
## FUND RAISING
Funds are raised in a number of ways:
- Profits from the annual village fête
- Profits from pub nights
- Profits from dinner evenings
- Profits from coffee mornings and cake sales
- Polling station income from general, local and Police Commissioner elections
## GOVERNANCE
The trustees hold meetings four or five times a year to discuss issues in relation to the hall and its use for the community. During the Covid pandemic the committee held meetings using the internet platform Zoom.
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# HOPE MANSELL