– Hambleton Strollers CIO Annual Report 2024 25
Ron Kirk, Hambleton Strollers Chair summarised the year:
1 All Centres operating well.
- 2 Increased number of walkers and walk leaders.
3 We are always looking for new volunteer walk leaders.
4 The more leaders we have enables an area to organise shorter or slightly longer walk, thus catering for the wishes of all participants.
5 We are always looking for new areas to promote the walks.
6 Thank you to all the walker leaders, without their commitment we could not function.
7 We are in a sound financial position for the next two or so years.
8 Thanks to all the trustees and to Claire for all their support and work.
End of year figures: The number of individual people walking has risen this year by 64, attendance of those people is up by 345. Volunteer hours have risen this year due to our having plenty of Walk Leaders willing to help on the walks. We would expect this figure to plateau over the next year or two - see table.
We have trained 8 new Walk Leaders this year.
Three newsletters have been produced for the volunteer Walk Leaders, giving them updates and information. We hope people find them useful.
We have had 12 enquiries via the Ramblers website over the past year enquiring about our walks. The relationship with Ramblers continues to be good. We have a dedicated member of staff at Ramblers, Will Heckford, who is very good at keeping in touch with us and keeping us abreast of new developments within Ramblers.
Our coordinator attends numerous meetings with North Yorkshire Sport and the Ramblers which keep us up to date with the developments on the Ramblers website and the Assemble area where volunteers can access their training. One recent change Ramblers have introduced is the removal of compulsory face-to-face Walk Leader training. However, Hambleton Strollers will continue some form of face-to-face training for our new walk leaders.
Our coordinator has visited Bedale, Easingwold and Thirsk walks this year and will aim to get to Stokesley/Great Ayton soon.
Our coordinator recently attended a volunteers fair in Bedale with the help of Rob and Gill Dixon from the Bedale group. Hopefully we may have attracted some new walkers if not any new volunteers.
| Hambleton Strollers All Towns |
Hambleton Strollers All Towns |
Summary Sheet 2024-25 | Summary Sheet 2024-25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Walkers Period 1 |
Walkers Period 2 |
Walkers Period 3 |
Walkers Period 4 |
Individual People atending walks throughout the year |
| Bedale | 21 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 26 |
| Easingwold | 35 | 40 | 32 | 36 | 41 |
| Great Ayton | 26 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 33 |
| Northallerton | 73 | 77 | 61 | 67 | 66 |
| Stokesley | 34 | 38 | 33 | 33 | 42 |
| Thirsk | 48 | 44 | 41 | 53 | 49 |
| Villages | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 43 |
| 300 | |||||
| Town | Atendances Period 1 |
Atendances Period 2 |
Atendances Period 3 |
Atendances Period 4 |
Total Year |
| Bedale | 134 | 126 | 116 | 141 | 517 |
| Easingwold | 274 | 270 | 229 | 251 | 1024 |
| Great Ayton | 122 | 198 | 198 | 169 | 687 |
| Northallerton | 410 | 407 | 400 | 442 | 1659 |
| Stokesley | 246 | 251 | 207 | 242 | 946 |
| Thirsk | 329 | 348 | 297 | 332 | 1306 |
| Villages | 40 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 131 |
| Total | 6270 |
| Town | Volunteer Hours Period 1 |
Volunteer Hours Period 2 |
Volunteer Hours Period 3 |
Volunteer Hours Period 4 |
Total Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedale | 52 | 50 | 48 | 48 | 198 |
| Easingwold | 82 | 86 | 92 | 94 | 354 |
| Great Ayton | 40 | 52 | 54 | 48 | 194 |
| Northallerton | 104 | 104 | 130 | 120 | 458 |
| Stokesley | 52 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 214 |
| Thirsk | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 416 |
| Villages Total |
15.75 | 11.25 | 16.5 | 6.75 | 50.25 |
| 1884.25 |
Hambleton Strollers CIO
Income and Expense by Category
From 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2025 (in GB Pounds)
| Category (Income) | |
|---|---|
| Grant | 5,000.00 |
| Interest Paid | 380.06 |
| Total Income | 5,380.06 |
| Category (Expense) | |
| Fees Paid | -4,500.00 |
| Gift | -40.00 |
| Insurance | -109.48 |
| Ramblers Subs | -2,500.00 |
| Refreshments | -629.95 |
| Subscriptions | -184.66 |
| Total Expenses -7,964.09 Total: -2,584.03 |
Account Balances
Opening Balance at: 01/04/2024 | Closing Balance at: 31/03/2025
| Bank | Opening | Closing | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyds TSB | 10,398.73 7,648.22 -2,750.51 |
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| UTB 1 Year Bond 2023 | 5,000.00 0.00 -5,000.00 |
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| UTB 1 Year Bond 2024 | 0.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 |
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| UTB 1 Year Bond 2025 | 0.00 5,326.48 5,326.48 |
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| UTB 2 Year Bond 2023 | 5,160.00 0.00 -5,160.00 |
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| Bank Total | 20,558.73 17,974.70 -2,584.03 Total (Opening): 20,558.73 Total (Closing): 17,974.70 Total (Difference): -2,584.03 |