MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE BURNHAM HISTORY SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022 

## HELD BY AT MUSEUM ON MONDAY 20 MARCH 2023 AT 7:00PM 

Present:   Margaret  Smith  (Chairman),  Peter  Burton  (Treasurer),  Hilary  Skeens (Secretary), Zoe Bridges, Jennifer Harris and Jeff Edwards (all Trustees) and members of the Society, 

## Apologies for Absence: Will Scarr and Ann Cole 

Minutes of the Previous Meeting: The Minutes for 2022 were approved and signed. The Chairman noted that the Minutes sent to the Membership had a typographical error in the heading which included the word Committee.   This word has been omitted from the copy signed by the Chairman 

## Matters Arising: 

There were no matters arising 

## Chairman’s Address 

The  main  project  in  2022  was  revamping  the  entrance  hall.  We  employed  an independent  museum  consultant,  Emma  Shepley,  to  recommend  updating  our displays . She was very helpful and gave us an action plan to keep us busy for the next few years. We started on the display and entrance This meant changing the layout and taking away the old cabinet. 

We also had a new display about the Southminster Dig which was done by the U3A Archaeology Society . This was funded by a grant which also allowed us to get 3 new cabinets. 

The outing was a boat trip on the barge Victoria from Paper Mill lock on the Chelmer Blackwater canal. It was  perfect weather and very enjoyable even if the scones left much to be desired. 

Talks  started  again  with  in  September  Subjects  were  “The  Commandos”,  “Land round upper Burnham”, and “Medieval Maldon”. 

We combined the Christmas  Social and Stewards’ Thank You event to hold a social with “Guess the artefacts“ in December. 

We now have a card reader and visitor numbers were about the same. 

Sadly, Pat Mullins died suddenly in December and will be missed. We thank Zoe Bridges and Jenny Harris for stepping in and becoming the Ephemera Archivists. 

Thank you to all the stewards and helpers without you the Museum and building would not keep going 

## Honorary Treasurer’s Report 

As there were no questions to the Treasurer, the Reports were approved. Proposed: David Hopkins seconded Shirley Rose 



## AOB 

- Margaret Smith asked if anyone had donated the hoover which appeared in the kitchen just after our old hoover had broken down.   It transpired Andy Heel donated the new appliance 

- The summer outing will be to Ingatestone Hall and as there are only 25 places available  attendance  will  be  on  a  first  come  first  served  basis  once  the invitation has been sent out. 

The meeting closed at 7:15 pm and was followed by a talk on Houses of Burnham given by Zoe Bridges. 



07 June 2023 

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## **BURNHAM HISTORY SOCIETY** 

## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT** 

## 

|**INCOME AND EXPENDITURE**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**STATEMENT**|**GBP**||||
|**INCOME**|2022||2021||
|Members Subscriptions|587.75||391.00||
|Meetings and Members' Donations|403.90||63.13||
|Meetings guests' Donations|0.00||2.00||
|Public Donations|277.72||248.31||
|Essex Community Fund Grant (U3A dig fnds)|7500.00||1530.00||
|Research/family history|32.00||20.00||
|Cole (Lower) Gallery donations|943.42||411.00||
|Fund-raising Events and Activities|0.00||112.50||
|Museum Entrance|1643.01||1190.00||
|Museum sales, books etc|782.60||763.65||
|Interest on COIF Deposit Account|75.41||0.93||
||10250.0|Rosemary|||
|Bequests and Donations|0|Cowland|491.01||
|Easement|50.00||25.00||
|||||Layer Mar|
|Canal Trip Outing|540.00||1467.00|visits|
|Miscellaneous|0.00||121.00|Donation|
||**23085.8**||||
||**1**||6836.53||
|**EXPENDITURE**|||||
|Speakers' Fees / Room Hire|0.00||0.00||
|Subscriptions|115.00||112.00||
|Publicity Advertising and  Website|159.00||0.00||
|Stationery Postage|0.00||0.00||
|Water|239.84||144.45||
|Gas|466.55||1364.67||
|Electricity|738.63||600.29||
|Inspections and maintenance|1296.74||516.04||
|Materiels|405.75||54.99||
|Stock purchases|255.64||438.92||
|||||Consultan|
|Capital expenditure|408.39||1700.00|CIO|
|Loan Repayments|600.00||600.00||
|Canal Trip|405.00||1401.50||
|Insurance|1483.69||1434.64||
|Printing Material|101.02||31.84||
|Sundries/Housekeeping/Refreshments|0.00||0.00||
|Essex CommunityFund Grant spend|4957.94||121.00|Donation|
||**11633.1**||||
||**9**||8520.34||
||11452.6||||
|**Surplus Income over Expenditure**|2||**-1683.81**||
|**Brought forward 31.12.21**|||||
||**11005.2**||||
|**Current Account**|**0**||||
|**COIF Deposit Account**|**7730.44**||||
||**18735.**||||
|**At 31.12.21 Total**|**64**||||
|**Surplus Income over Expenditure At**|11452.6||||
|**31.12.21**|2||||





|||**Total**|**30188.**<br>**26**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Current Account  31.12.22**|||**22382.**<br>**41**|
|**COIF Deposit Account**|||**7805.8**<br>**5**|
||**At 31.12.22**||**30188.**<br>**26**|
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|Signed:||||
|Peter Burton - Hon Treasurer||||
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I have examined the Income & Expenditure Account and it is in accordance with the supporting records and papers of 

the Burnham History Society  for the year ending 31 December 2022 

Signed: 

Jim Cousins FCCA