KNUCKLAS COMMUNITY CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT 2022 -2023
Charity
The Knucklas & District Community Centre is a registered charity number 1191123. The centre is owned by the Beguildy Community Council and leased to the Management Committee, which is responsible for the running of the site. The committee meets bi-monthly.
Current trustees are: Suzy Pardoe-Bouchard, Ann Jones, Rachel Lee and Petra Ford . Kevin Jones is moving out of the area and has indicated that he will be stepping down from the Community Centre. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kevin very much for all his work and contributions to the Community centre. I know he has been involved from the beginning of the new community centre from refurbishment and took over as chair when Avril stepped down. We will miss his input into the centre.
The Management Committee consists of the Trustees and Gareth Davidson, Jo Lewis, Neil McKinnon and Dave Beavan. The treasurer is Petra Ford.
Activities
The after effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are still with us and we are still trying to build up the usage of the hall back to it’s pre pandemic numbers. Regular users are the Craft Club, the Teme Valley Gardening Club and Baptist Church. The Baptist church held summer craft clubs which were very successful. There is now an auction held regularly. There was a very successful Halloween party held last October and the Knucklas Castle Community Land Project (KCCLP) held The Wassail in January in the Community centre.
The 3[rd] annual Knucklas Fete was organised by KCCLP in July, despite the awful weather, people turned up, the hall was very well utilised both with the kitchen and stalls inside.
During the winter we provided a weekly warm space, as somewhere to come that was warm and have a cup of tea and a chat.
Hall
There have been some major improvements to the hall:
- We were successful in obtaining a grant from the windfarm application to complete the exterior doors. So now all the outside doors have been replaced for uPVC.
KNUCKLAS COMMUNITY CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT 2022 -2023
- We were also successful in our application for installing a patio area outside the back of the community centre. We are just waiting to hear from the builder about potential start times.
We have moved our web site hosting company to a different company and this has been managed by Simon Taylor of Powys Websites, who manages the Knighton sites also. We are hoping to look at redesigning the website to be more up to date and user friendly in the new year.
I’d like to thank Mike Powell, handyman, for continuing to deal with minor maintenance jobs, reading the meters and repairs.
Finance (See account document for details.)
Knucklas & District Community Centre Registered Charity 1191123 First registered 2nd September 2020 Acting for Beguildy Community Council Under a lease dated 1st October 2020 Statement of Receipts & Payments for the period 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024
| Receipts | 30,017.97 |
|---|---|
| General Funds | |
| Grants | 15,470.46 |
| Hall Receipts | 2,653.88 |
| Solar Panels | 1,410.39 |
| Meter Receipts | 70.00 |
| Total General Funds | 49,622.70 |
| Grant | 15,470.46 |
| Total Restricted Funds | 15,470.46 |
Total Recipts
| Payments | |
|---|---|
| General Funds | |
| Maintenance & Cleaning | 962.82 |
| Utility Charges | 1,580.22 |
| Administration | 142.50 |
| Licences | 348.40 |
| Miscellaneous | 3,010.80 |
| Total General Payments | 6,044.74 |
| Restricted Funds | 4,310.00 |
| Total Restricted Payments | 4,310.00 |
| Total Payments | 10,354.74 |
| Surplus Receipts | |
| Surplus receipts for the period | |
| 1/4/23 to 31/3/24 | 39,267.96 |
| Bank balance as at 31st March 2029 | 38,740.99 |
| Cash in hand | 526.97 |
| Total Funds as at 31st March 2023 | 39,267.96 |