## THE NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION (CIO) Registered Charity No: 1193498 Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 THE NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION (CIO) ("NHBKA") Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |**Management**|**Trustees**|**Executive**|**Committee Role**| |---|---|---|---| |GaryHammond|✓|✓|Chairman| |Manuela Natoli||✓|Treasurer| |Malcolm Todd||✓|Secretary| |Oliver Kelly|✓|✓|MentoringOfficer| |Neil Allen||✓|Disease Officer| |Frank Everest|✓||| |Nigel Shipton|✓||| |Laurence Longe||✓|Herts Exec| Bankers: Barclays, Hitchin Branch ## **Objectives** The objects of the CIO are: - to promote and further the craft of beekeeping within the County of Hertfordshire. - to advance the education of the public within the County of Hertfordshire in the importance of bees in the environment. ## **Activities** Our activities in 2024, consisted of many community events where the public could interact with our charity. Our training programme continued its normal in-person format with 25 new beekeepers being trained and supported during the year. During the summer we attended the Letchworth Food and Drink Festival where various members were able to sell their honey products. We run our Bee Awareness Session which is an introduction to beekeeping, this is a lead in to our beginners beekeeping course which was once again fully booked. We continued our outreach programme of talks to various gardening and community groups, educating the public on the importance of bees and the benefits to the environment of beekeeping. In 2024, the surge of the non-native invasive Asian Yellow Legged Hornets (AYLH) subsided with far fewer sightings in England. As an association, we continued our monitoring duties of the AYLH, none were observed in our region. The AYLH will have a very detrimental effect on the environment, mostly felt by beekeepers and the AYLH prey on honeybee colonies. We started a program of education along with offering each member of the association a targeted hornet trap so that we can catch and monitor for AYLH in North Hertfordshire. We took every opportunity to make the public aware of the very real danger these AYLH pose to the environment. ## **Governance** The were no matters that needed any attention. The Trustees have delegated management of NHBKA to an Executive Committee which comprises most of the trustees plus function leads. We met 4 times during 2024. ## **Grants** No grants were given. ## **Annual General Meeting** The next AGM of NHBKA will take place on the 26[th] February 2026 at Sadie Centre, Mind Hertfordshire Network, Letchworth Garden City. Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2024 Income Expense Net Income Membership Fees Member Fee Receivable BBKA Fees Payable HBKA Fees Payable BDI Membership Fees Total £3.677 £3.677 -£2,623 -£268 £2,623 £268 £403 £403 £4,079 £3,293 £786 Training Education and Training Training Total £1,755 £1,755 £439 £439 £1,316 £1.316 Events Events Events Total £45 £45 £60 £60 -£15 -£15 Other Apiaries Equipment Insurance General Administration £72 £72 Donations Sales of Stock Miscellaneous Other Totals £209 £209 £171 £561 -£390 £452 £561 -£109 Net Income £6,331 £4,353 £1,977 ststement of Assets and Llabllltles at 31 Do¢omber 2024 Net Assets Current Assets Notss To The Accounts 1. The Accounts are drawn up on an 'accruals' basis, i.e. matching income and expenditure lo the relevant accounting period, although the related cash receipts or paymenls may arise in a different period. Cash at Bank & in hand £11490 Current Assets Total £11490 Current Llabllltles Creditors Current Llabllltles Total £11490 Net Assets Total ## Notes:- The Accounts were approved by the Trustees on 26th March 2025 and signed on their behalf by: Gary Hammond, Chair.