Bay Trust Radio
Trustees Report
Year ending 31[st] March 2024
Our aims for 2023/2024 were:
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1: To be financially self-sufficient.
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2: To involve our service users (patients, staff & visitors).
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3: To be a good organisation to volunteer for.
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4: To work in partnership with the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust and Blackpool
Teaching Hospital Trust.
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5: To increase the number of volunteers.
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6: To increase availability of our services.
We have met these aims by:
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1: Being financially self-sufficient.
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2: Engaging with the patients the best we could since Covid-19
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3: Looking after our volunteers giving advice during the year.
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4: We have worked closely with the hospital trusts.
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5: We have increased the number of volunteers.
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6: Increased our listener base over the period by introducing a new app.
How the Station will move forward in the next financial year:
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1: Continued support from The Station Inn and long may that continue.
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2: Require each volunteer to raise £100 each per year.
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3: Luckily the equipment is relatively new and unless we have unforeseen problems no equipment will need to be replaced.
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4: In the last 16 years we have invested over £150,000
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5: We have continued being customers of OFCOM @ £100 per year – there is a possibility of local small-scale DAB in the Future.
John Williamson, Trustee.
Many thanks to all the volunteers for the time that you have given up helping our radio station continue broadcasting.
This is our 46th annual report and as a charity 2023/24 it was an unbelievable year with the Station raising a lot of funds for our charity. we had to change the way we operated our charity in covering our operating costs during the financial year.
A lot of challenging work has been going on behind the scenes during 2023/2024 with the new Myriad V6 Software and the launch of our Amazon Skill:
Margaret Woodcock, Treasurer & Trustee.
We have had an excellent year with the support of the Station Inn who’s donations of over £5,000.00.
We take pride in maintaining adherence to our budgets for 2023/2024. As a charity, we consistently ensure that our accounts are scrutinised monthly to stay within our budgetary constraints for the year.
Bay Trust Radio
Profit And Loss Account
For the year ended 31 March 2024
| 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Income | Donations | 4,700 | |
| Grant | 3,862 | ||
| HMRC Gift Aid | 781 | ||
| Interest | 1 | ||
| 9,344 | |||
| Expenses | APP | (480) | |
| Broadband & Telephone | (681) | ||
| Entertainment | (201) | ||
| UKRP and Dot Bay Radio | (155) | ||
| Equipment | (198) | ||
| Insurance | (458) | ||
| Leaflets | (123) | ||
| Membership Fees | (597) | ||
| Monthly Subscriptions | (635) | ||
| Production Work | (147) | ||
| Repairs and Maintenance | (676) | ||
| IRN/SKY News | (696) | ||
| Staff Training and Welfare | (362) | ||
| Fleeces plus VAT | (1130) | (6,539) |
How we spent our funds during the year:
We covered our operating costs which have increased this year due to the cost of living so hopefully next year the increases should not be as high and better for our charity.
Claire Lambert Trustee.
I am once again extremely proud of our station and volunteers for showing resilience and tackling every obstacle we come across. Without our volunteers our station would not be what it is today, and I just want to say a massive heartfelt thank you. We have been blessed this year, having been supported by The Station Inn and I hope that we can continue working together in the future.
A special thank you goes to John Williamson and our Committee for their continued hard work, and I look forward to seeing what the coming year will hold, and hope that we continue going from strength to strength.
James Pardoe Trustee
It has been a challenging year for the station, but we have kept our heads high and worked hard throughout.
We've operated as a station as well as bringing us new opportunities.
We've thrived as a station bringing in new volunteers and doing fundraising events throughout the year.
We have a lot to look forward to next year and the whole team should be very proud of themselves.
Reference and Administrative Information.
Charity Name: Bay Trust Radio
Charity Registration Number: 1193959
Operating Address:
Bay Trust Radio, Westmorland General Hospital, Burton Road, Kendal, Cumbria. LA9 7RG
Board of Trustees:
Ms Claire Lambert: Chairperson and Secretary
Mr John Williamson: President and Vice Chair
Mrs Margaret Woodcock: Treasurer
Mr James Pardoe: Engineer
Executive Committee:
Mr Graham Curry: (Blackpool)
Mr Keith Wright
Honorary Members:
Craig Robinson, Nigel Dyson, Mark Elliott, Val Armstrong
No members received any reward during the year.
Banks:
Barclays Bank PLC.
Cumberland Building Society
Skipton Building Society.