## St Neot and Warleggan Archive and St Neot Local Historians Charity 

Charity Number 1210806 

Olliver Room    Cott Barn    St Neot   Cornwall   PL14 6NG www.stneotarchive.co.uk stneotarchive@hotmail.co.uk 


## DRAFT 

Minutes of the 2026 St Neot and Warleggan Archive and St Neot Local Historians Charity Inaugural AGM held on Monday February 2[nd] , 2026, in the Sunday School Room Methodist Chapel St Neot, 7.30 pm 

## Present: 

Trustees: Chris Timms, Isobel Harvey, Mim McCormack, John Keast, Martin Eddy. Apologies Jill Thomas 

Members: Barbara Timms, Larry and Lynn File, Harry (Treasurer) and Mary Bennett, Sally Mollard, Julia Holden-White, Nick and Jenny Hart, and Oliver Padel, Zac Leon, Jon EH, Fernley Rowe, Jerry and Bridget Masters, Julia and, 

## Apologies: Elaine Mutton, Haviland Bunt, Jill Thomas 

Minutes previous AGM: The minutes of previous annual meeting had been circulated and were agreed as an accurate record 

Chairman’s  Report: The  Chairman’s  report  had  been  circulated  earlier.  Chairman  Martin  Eddy highlighted the key points of the last 12 months including the revived Wassail, additional events we were involved with, Archive donations, and our finances. He reminded the meeting that we had agreed the purchase of a new printer and computer. Suite 3 had become available, and the Charity had leased it from the Parish Council as display space at no cost to the charity. The lease had now been surrendered. The Chairman thanked the Trustees, archive volunteers, the secretary and the Treasurer for their work in supporting the charity. 

Chris Timms had announced that he wished to step down as Secretary having been in the role for over a decade. He was presented with a bottle of wine and Barbara with a bunch of flowers as thanks for their work. 

Hon. Secretary’s Report: Chris thanked the meeting for their gift. His report had been circulated earlier. He and Barbara had digitized 11,907 baptismal, marriage and burial records which could now 



be viewed on our website. He thanked all the volunteers in the Archive. Work has concentrated on the Olliver and Kent ledgers with booklets published about the Olliver ledgers and one on the Bubonic plague. 

The website received 3892 hits this year and the Facebook page has over 150 followers. Donations continue to be dropped at the Archive including information on the Gedye family and more modern records of St Neot Post Office and shop. 

## Hon. Treasurer’s Report 

Harry Bennet reported that a slight loss of £44 had been made this past year but our balance of £10,120  remains healthy. A bank deposit account had  been  opened  with  the  HTB and  £7000 transferred to this interest-bearing account. Our current Lloyds account is being moved from a community account to a charity account. The annual membership fee is £15 and a gift aid form is to be circulated to the membership. It was agreed that the meeting fees for non-members be raised to £3 per meeting and remain at £1 a meeting for members. The Chairman offered his thanks to Harry for all the hard work in keeping our accounts in good order 

The Chairman proposed and Sally Mollard seconded that the accounts be adopted. All voted in favour. 

## Presentation of the 2026 Programme 

This year’s programme focussed on local settlements and houses. Chris was thanked for his help in assembling it. There were no events in April and May because our meeting day falls on the Bank Holiday. There followed a debate as to whether the date should be moved by a day or a week. 

## Any other business 

Retirement of and reappointment of two Trustees as per the constitution: The constitution states that Trustees  are  appointed  for  three  years  and  should  retire  in  rotation.  Isobel  Harvey  and  Mim McCormack offered their resignations and offered to stand again. The Charity having only been established a year the meeting was content for then to continue serving as Trustees for a further three years. It was proposed by Nick Hart and seconded by Chris Timms that they be reappointed. Nick Hart asked if the Charity was able to adopt additional Trustees. Chairman to investigate. 

The meeting finished at 7.50 pm. 



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## _St Neot Local Historians Charity_ 

_Income & Expenditure Account_ 

_Year to 4[th] November 2025._ 

|||**Year to**|
|---|---|---|
||**4**|**November**|
|||**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**_Income_**|||
|Membership fees||**358**|
|Evening subscriptions||**150**|
|Donations received||**75**|
|Projector Hire||**35**|
|Talks given||**35**|
|Sale of books||**59**|
|Market Teas||**49**|
|||**____**|
|||**761**|
|**_Expenditure_**|||
|Room Hire|**196**||
|Insurance|**286**||
|Stationery|**46**||
|Cost of received talks|**160**||
|Advertising|**10**||
|Website charges|**13**||
|General expenses|**47**||
|Bank charges|**12**||
|Printing cost of books sold|**14**||
|Depreciation|**21**||
||**____**||
|||**805**|
|||**____**|
|(Loss)||**( 44)**|
|||**____**|





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## **St Neot Local Historians Charity** 

## **Balance Sheet** 

_At 4[th] November 2025_ 

||**£**|**£**|
|---|---|---|
|**Fixed Assets**|||
|Printer / scanner||**141**|
|**Current Assets**|||
|Stock of books|**194**||
|Debtors|**188**||
|Cash at bank|**9,830**||
|Cash in hand|**84**||
||**_____**||
||**10,296**||
||**_____**||
|**Current Liabilities**|||
|Creditors|**(317)**||
||**____**||
|**Net Current Assets**||**9,979**|
|||**_____**|
|**Total Net Assets**||**10,120**|
|||**_____**|