## **Annual Report for the year 2024-2025 of Bearsted & Thurnham WI** 

We started the year with our new President, Val Keeler and welcomed Sherralyn Franklyn on to the Committee.  At our Committee Meeting in May we welcomed Jane Heeley from Plastic Free Bearsted who was asking local community groups to sign up to be Plastic Free.   We agreed that we would sign-up and reduce our use of plastic and encourage our members to do so too.  Our Recycling Stall which was available each month at our meetings helps members to upcycle unused items that others may like. 

In May we had a Picnic on the Green and during the summer months made use of the Green by meeting each month under the trees when the weather was fine.  A visit to Great Comp Garden in all its glory was enjoyed by several members with lifts provided to those who could not drive.  Once again, we had a stall at Bearsted Fayre with a massive jar tombola as each member had donated a glass jar full of goodies. The proceeds we shared with the Fayre Committee.   We also had a display at the Holy Cross Flower Festival in aid of the roof repairs and this year the theme was Musicals ours being The Wizard of Oz with the Art Group painting an amazing backdrop and all the craft group and members knitting or crocheting flowers which were attractively displayed to tell the story. 

Several activities and events were arranged during the day throughout the year to enable those members who do not like coming out in the evening get together with other members.  We had a Coffee Morning at the Oak on the Green, an Afternoon Tea in September where we had a celebrated cello player, an early Fish & Chip Supper with games, and Lunch Club visits to the Yeoman Pub and the Oak on the Green.  There was also another opportunity for members to enjoy the Pudding Club with several delicious desserts 

During the year we purchased a WI Flag and Jean Collie knitted us a mascot which was called Dorothy the Caterpillar. 

Our members as always have been very generous donating each week and at Christmas for the Salvation Army Food Bank; the Craft Group knitted vests for babies in Sierre Leone, and all members collected Tubs4Pubs for Cancer Research. 

We also supported the Angela Rippon “Let’s Dance” campaign with an afternoon of Line Dancing inviting other WIs and members of the community to join us. Everyone wanting another session in the future. 

Our WI has as part of it’s aims and objectives to educate and train women and girls through our speakers and through the various activity groups.  The Programme Planning group work together to plan the programme of speakers and the Members Evening.   The speakers this year have been wide ranging and interesting from local charities such as Spadework and the Dogs Trust, to our own Bearsted Woodland Trust, Great Mysteries and Conspiracies, Forensic Investigation, Monet the Gardener and Painter as well as William Morris & the Art & Craft Movement. As always members enjoyed a Christmas Party with a roast dinner and accompaniments. 



Each month the Walking Group have found local places to visit such as Cobtree Manor, Bearsted Woodland Trust, West Malling Country Park and several visits to Mote Park.   In April they supported the ACWW Walk the World by asking members to donate towards their work in helping women around the world to be self-sufficient. 

We had a display of Art & Craft work that the members had been doing throughout the year to both highlight their lovely work that had been done but to also encourage new members to join the groups. 

Our Book Group continues to provide members with interesting books to read and a delightful afternoon every six weeks where they can discuss the book and learn from each other. 

Twinning has been on our mind this year especially in terms of outings where we could twin with Kennington WI on some activities.  Several members attended their Bacon Butty morning, and we hope to progress this in the future.   Other members attended a Fashion Show at Boughton Monchelsea WI.   We have also continued to support the West Kent Federation Lifestyle and Art & Craft Days, and 14 members attended the West Kent Annual Meeting. 

The WI Hall is an amazing resource which we can enjoy for meetings and activities and this had a fresh coat of paint, the floors refreshed, together with new curtains which were funded through a generous donation from the estate of Jean Corps.   A refrigerator and microwave were also purchased for the kitchen. 

Unfortunately, our Sunshine Club has been busy taking flowers and cards round to members who have had a spell in hospital or are ill.  We have also celebrated 80[th ] birthdays, and 65[th] wedding anniversaries with flowers.   Sadly, we lost three very long-standing members of our WI this year Anne France, Joan Faulkner and Rosemary Smith all of whom achieved a good age. 

Once again it has been a successful year with average attendance at 34 with numbers increasing recently to 40 and above.  We have also seen an increase in visitor numbers 23 of whom visited during the year, and we hope that they will join us. 



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Charfty numberiif rtyiSter￿}
Bearsted and TIKmham
Federaion
228182
West Kerrt
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FNANCLIL STATEMEiir
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WOMEN
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A1 Re¢eipts
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Last y
Paymonts
L09t y•nr
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1033.17
1.657.41
2.498.17
2,321.51
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1.398.30
1.424.15
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8$.02
220.03
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40.00
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publ￿￿¥
18.50
7.15
69325
586.50
822.76
1214.01
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31.10
28_02
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1.179.44
649.50
1,078.3S
870.09
20.827.37
24.492J1
25.932.28
22.004 56
T(tsl Re¢elFts
25.ts8.43
28.838.$9
T¢*al Paymerts
30A56.08
26,177.35
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1A53.46
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•27.46
615.QO
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A5 Total cash fvnijs briyjghl forward from lastyear (equats**￿￿￿1fAal•I 811
A6 Total cash funds cattknd lornerd at kn yearertd
4A87.65
76 974.51
72.486.88
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£47T.40
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FIMI ￿la￿* ￿ PBrk¢iMmtBwk, uncl*•red ￿m5
4.276.29
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2.233.f6
2,202.06
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70.282.96
766.10
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802 50
72A86J6
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83 Qtherrnuthry ass•ts (*.9. Jnymoneyowed tr) the
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President
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Fknelj
y•ar
P•ym•thts
lo the f6d8rafp)n bi theyear
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year
aty*ar •ntt
1.396.90
1.494.50
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899.5D
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31.00
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602.50
2 127.40
2.291 00
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Art G￿￿P
•nd Take
1.187.40
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760.00
100.00
427.40
166.06
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1.453.46
9T6.06
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earntsd*nd 7hwnham
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22&iS
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144(21 olthe Ch¥ikn P£t2011 1111 A¢iiaThJ tr**) newJ8d.
ex8mn& the accounts 145 crfllje 2011 kn¢
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B•s16 ollnd•pentlentEwkn*s rnport
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l. whrhg￿es re850n8￿ ca￿010 b*¥& fvl. n *ry Il**l rosrt the r￿￿1$".
have (r
2. tOThfftth, in my opTrbn. attth SWI t* dr¥*Tr a twer ￿(￿J￿i% lo r8ach8d.
Comment&.
srgned:
Nam•.'
Date.. 12-4 _2
Aildre55:
ILL

Wl
Charfty numberiif rtyiSter￿}
Bearsted and TIKmham
Federaion
228182
West Kerrt
P￿ase the Wole$ to Fin•nc4lSl•1o￿rt theet statsr￿TrL
theWI
FNANCLIL STATEMEiir
Forlhep*l&d
WOMEN
1&03.24
to
1&03.25
SKtlon A
A1 Re¢eipts
R￿eipts and Payments
To
Last y
Paymonts
L09t y•nr
Recdpt¥ 4t me•tfjngs
1033.17
1.657.41
2.498.17
2,321.51
&Jb8¢rlptlo￿ Eharnl
1.398.30
1.424.15
Commkn Mambo￿. •xpen
8$.02
220.03
Gfft Ald
40.00
Publicotlon8
publ￿￿¥
18.50
7.15
69325
586.50
822.76
1214.01
hJndr*kng
WlfundNlslng
InteRst rvcd¥8d
Pa￿ ￿10 thnBnl 8(￿u￿1
Paij h)tOdèpo¥* artounl
31.10
28_02
Grants and donations
Oth¢rln¢ome
1.179.44
649.50
1,078.3S
870.09
20.827.37
24.492J1
25.932.28
22.004 56
T(tsl Re¢elFts
25.ts8.43
28.838.$9
T¢*al Paymerts
30A56.08
26,177.35
RA$t￿tteLl funds Included In tot
1A53.46
Resirlctedfvndslndudwlln lo181
ents
•27.46
615.QO
Total Roceipts Tthi Paymerts {SunJknslDefi¢ltfw th¢ y•arl
A5 Total cash fvnijs briyjghl forward from lastyear (equats**￿￿￿1fAal•I 811
A6 Total cash funds cattknd lornerd at kn yearertd
4A87.65
76 974.51
72.486.88
AT Tola1re$lnctedfu￿ atY￿r￿￿th¢knledin l(rfalcashluThts •boYe
£47T.40
The Pu￿0¥•$ of th•Wom¥n'8 Injtitutè OW558Uon aro..
lal to ad¥anBe educakn ofwonw ￿ grts for the i) (WI￿t k*knl.' l)1 I￿. 1)ternatb
(s$ues srK¢l In[orta￿,. (h) n¥A%r. drarrw aryj cuthls*cts.' arhl (IM al ofagththjre, crafts. hm ￿L￿n￿S,
sc*rte, h68nh srK*lweltare'.
Ibl to $UStsnable dev8knw*for ttr*fftby'. lfj wes￿￿. cortseNatiJn rKol&lK￿ eftr
8nyw0n￿nI and the pnNkni LL%e 01r￿￿r4 reswce5'. 8rn1 Ilk sust**bb eccwmk and regeneralbn".
1¢) to adv8rr8 forth¢ pubk ber*f('
Idl * athar¢e cdEenshi) for tIE pubk by the y￿lD*.

Wl n•r
8earsl•d a￿l7]m￿n￿rn
Section B
of ag$* and liabililies * the yw *)d
B1 Cash (und8
Last year
Bl.1
FIMI ￿la￿* ￿ PBrk¢iMmtBwk, uncl*•red ￿m5
4.276.29
3.853 73
B1
@aoLakXlotai al yearend
P*JsarryJunrs Pa￿ ￿ to bank bul not<*4rod
L￿￿￿0￿U￿$￿iIttOn but not
L•￿ any(*8quaA $11 Uncknat￿ frnm1￿>￿ar
$frO￿lI
Ib•l•n¢e *t￿.¥
2762•
B1J
$4vlry* id•posita¢wmtbaJant•
P*ty cash In
BIA
2.233.f6
2,202.06
33.26
Hall
33.26
65.178.05
81.5
s* wny fvndJ W as agentky*d•rJO￿1, l.• su￿CrI￿ r¢¢*hT•d ￿*￿￿Yet
alil ty4¢r
70.282.96
766.10
B1.6
Total cash funds
802 50
72A86J6
T6,974.51
Inv￿￿onts flfany)
83 Qtherrnuthry ass•ts (*.9. Jnymoneyowed tr) the
B4 ot￿ra$S0￿ held by the WJ
e.g w hai. other8qupu￿nI
Value
orfolthtl c08t
Icf¢wr
85 Ltsbllttkn3
ts dts8 irThdi?tety bul Th)t pabj. Ord￿ *a fulurn djts. e. .
Dat•
Amount
Signed on behalf of dr tho trustees fftl Committee meAnbers)
Slgnatur•
Datg of appmv41
IS.￿.
President
- s. No￿￿Y
Trusur

Wl n•ne
Secuon C
P*)tes to thè fin￿cial siatemant
C1 Funds recelvgd and paid as agent
Fknelj
y•ar
P•ym•thts
lo the f6d8rafp)n bi theyear
Fed&?￿nI share ofsLtscrtyi
year
aty*ar •ntt
1.396.90
1.494.50
765.50
97.60
899.5D
66.00
Outstand" biDU
Total
31.th)
31.00
tfor*AnJ ff￿m ￿$t
602.50
2 127.40
2.291 00
7e6.1
C2 Eknlls of r¢8trOcted funds
Payments
fjjls ygar
Any ba14n¢•
Iwld atyqarend
this y•ar
Nam• ord￿tr￿t￿)n of ff¢8fiktwl fund:
Art G￿￿P
•nd Take
1.187.40
10D.rx)
760.00
100.00
427.40
166.06
Total
116.06
50.00
1.453.46
9T6.06
477.40
C3 Further detail$ of M a¢ttvHies Ilundralsing lotr
Payments
th1* y•ar
year
A¢tivltfj•s & 8vents IdexripUonl
Totalw act6vJtie5
lundrnislrbg d8scrWon)
Total ￿t￿nd￿90ng
Grants & donations
Tow grants & donations
Oth•rln¢om•l•xp¢ndtturn
Total tsthorin¢omel •xpqnd1￿re
In¢*endentlkJartf*lexsJiThrfsmtr&
Guid•46•on ih• IVIFlnao¢lalSlatrn¢ ts av*W•on theAty417websits

INDEPENDENT FINANc￿L EXAMINER? REPORT
Toth• Tru5ts8s of
earntsd*nd 7hwnham
harfty nvmbqrlWrryl8ttrodl
22&iS
Year￿￿j ...LS -3_
Tho trustsesare reswnsbe fty the prwratr)n of Thotrus* an aud* kYth* ye8runder
144(21 olthe Ch¥ikn P£t2011 1111 A¢iiaThJ tr**) newJ8d.
ex8mn& the accounts 145 crfllje 2011 kn¢
. th& K*ocsdures •) thechwty CorrATh&S￿ (ThJwseui)n 14451(blofthe 2011 Prt
aTrJ
B•s16 ollnd•pentlentEwkn*s rnport
My examiiakn w carrEdow è) accorda[￿eWIh the Drths ￿en ty th8 Ch9tty c(￿n&s￿7n. An kKlud8s a
revbw oftrre accouning rec￿￿￿$ keptby the charty *KI 8 of tt* Tecords.Jt81¥0 nclu¢es
C¢￿￿jer3kn ofany unusu31 c¥ ac¢(XKts, arwj seeki¥ Ircth yw ¥Strust￿$¢C￿¢*ffl￿9 any SUGh
maryers The t￿*jure9￿d￿iak￿ (b not tr* ev1￿$ be rwjred n an a￿J1 CO￿t9U$nllYno op￿V)￿ i8
gritn as tot*tthrts acc￿￿J￿estyrt8 f*vW ￿ therepryt 15 h)*ed kn t￿8 nwter$ sel n the rext &t8lawl.
Independ•ntExamlne¢$ St&2rn•nt
In Con￿￿>1￿ wlh ry exam*iatsn r￿j PAS my**kn. I
l. whrhg￿es re850n8￿ ca￿010 b*¥& fvl. n *ry Il**l rosrt the r￿￿1$".
have (r
2. tOThfftth, in my opTrbn. attth SWI t* dr¥*Tr a twer ￿(￿J￿i% lo r8ach8d.
Comment&.
srgned:
Nam•.'
Date.. 12-4 _2
Aildre55:
ILL