A.G.M. Minutes https://email.bt.com/mail/index-rui.jsp?v=MX_3.11.0.7 **From:** mike hooper **To:** Avon valley Trustees **Date:** Jan 21, 2026 3:45:14 PM ## **Subject: A.G.M. Minutes** Minutes of the 5th. Annual General Meeting of Avon Valley Shed. Held at the Sports Social Club, Fordingbridge Recreation Ground. 10:00am Wednesday 17th December 2026. Apologies were received from Jamie, Alan Stockley and Bob Mellors. ## 1). 23 members were present, as recorded in the Attendance Book. 2). Members were welcomed to meeting by Chairman Gary Knight. He reminded everyone that the meeting would be followed by a Quiz before we relocated to the Forde Inn for the Shed Christmas Lunch. Gary introduced the Trustees to the members and explained that Paul Dennis had resigned from his position as Trustee. 3). Minutes of the previous A.G.M. Mike Hooper gave a summary of the minutes from last year. These were unanimously approved. There were no matters arising from them. 4). Report by Chairman Gary Knight. See attached report. ## 5). Report by Treasurer Malcolm Connolly. See attached report. The Treasurer proposed that, given the financial stability of the Shed, the annual membership fee should be reduced from £24:00 to £20:00. Peter Taylor seconded this proposal. Following a frank and open exchange of views by members the proposal was defeated by 23 votes to zero. There were no abstentions. Members thanked Malcolm for his work as Treasurer and for the clarity of his report. They welcomed the opportunity to see the financial returns which will be sent to the Charities Commission. ## 6). A.O.B. a). Members welcomed the tremendous progress in the construction of the new building, which has become known as Shedquarters. Matters of access, organisation of internal space and security were discussed. Members were assured that the potentially slippery access ramp would be replaced, in large part by the spoil from our own drainage works. b). Trustees were asked to investigate the viability of an automatic electronic lock or phone/fob system. Either of these could allow monitored access for all members. c). Chris Dennis invited other members to get involved in running the Shed website. The opportunity for this will come with the installation of internet access in the new building. He proposed moving our website to a commercial site. Members were positive about this and felt there were good learning opportunities for members in these developments. The members thanked the Trustees for their work. Meeting closed 11:15pm MH Sent from my iPad l of I 3010112026, 11..43 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |Accrued expenses
Trade creditors
Buildings
Large items of machinery
Power tools
Hand tools
Other assets
Assets retained for the Shed's own use
Investment assets
Other moneta assets
Stocks/•oods for sale
Debtors
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Cash
0
Current account
Cash funds
Categories|Signature|Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £|Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £|0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restricted
Total current
funds
Period
0
0
01
**1,67**
60
0
1,613
to nearest £
to the nearest £
Print Name
KL\iCri
-
1-1
I
Date of
a royal|0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restricted
Total current
funds
Period
0
0
01
**1,67**
60
0
1,613
to nearest £
to the nearest £
Print Name
KL\iCri
-
1-1
I
Date of
a royal|0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restricted
Total current
funds
Period
0
0
01
**1,67**
60
0
1,613
to nearest £
to the nearest £
Print Name
KL\iCri
-
1-1
I
Date of
a royal| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||1,613||0||| |||0||0||| |||60||||| |||1,672||01||| |||0
0
0
0
0||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||Print Name||| ||||||KL\iCri
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