BEACON HILL SPORTS ASSOCIATION Trustees, report 2024125 Welcome everybody to this AGM of the Association. For those new to the Charitable Trust I would juBt like to remind you of our governing instrument Oiir purpose is to provide and maintain a village hall and sports and recreational facilities for the residents of the four parishes of Wickham Bishops, Great Totham, Great and Little Braxted. The charity was founded on 10 January 1928, over 97 years ago. It is therefore just over 2 years to our ￿ntenary. We hope to be celebrating this in a big way. More on this in due course. There have been several changes to the Board of Trustees since the 2024 AGM. Resignations and appoinlments In March 2025, Stewart walla￿ stepped down as a Trustee and John Rayment handed over the baton for the Bridge Club to Eleanor Dash in November. In August, Bryony Rochester, Tennis Club representative stood down due to work commitments and recently handed over to Tim Eacott. We give thanks to the outgoing Trustees for their time and commitment and welcome Eleanor and Tim to the Board. I should also mention and give thanks to Ken Matten who has had to take a break from active participation until further noti￿, but we hope to see him back soon. Management of the Charity First of all I would like to thank Nicole Carter. our Secretary, for the professionalism and enthusiasm with which she carries out her role. The four Committees have been fully operational during the year. They are Property and Facilities Management, Finance and Investments, the Fund Raising Committee and the Comrnittee for Strategy. I would like to thank David Croom, who chairs the Propety and Facilities Management Committee. Alongside David, Graham Finch a publicly elected Trustee, and other committee members ensure our propcrtics are well maintained. Anthony Groves, a volunteer, continues with us in his role as Webmaster for which we are very appreciative_ I continue to chair the Finance Committee but we are looking for more volunteers to join the Fund Raising and Strategy Committees. During the year, I was able to hand over hall booking services to Sara Gocdwin, another volunteer, and l am pleased to advise that she is managing this area extremely well. We also have the services of Kim Obank, who has started up a Facebook page for BHSA and does a splendid job of keeping it up to date. Last but not least, I give thanks to Robert Brown who, voluntarily, provides his services as an electrician. All the Trustees are also volunteers and I would like to reiterate my thanks to all for their time and support. In addition to the volunteers mentioned above, on behaw of the Charity, I would like to thank Andrew Goodwin, director of Meadow Brook SeNices Ltd, and his colleagues for the monitoring and Maintenan￿ of the Hall, and John Bewley who provides janitorial setvices for the Hall. Fund raislng There were no fund raising events held since the last AGM and the Jazz Club did not donate to the BHSA in the year. Financial perforniance The accounts for the year ended 30 September 2025 show a £3.591 deficit for the year. The increase in rents from Clubs operating on the field includes rents for earlier years. This follows agreements reached with the Football and Tennis Clubs to change the basis of charging for use of their locats'ons from 2021122 onwards. Hall bookings were maintained at 2023124 levels. Fund raising activities included the last few re￿[pts for the Quiz held last October. the profft from which had been reported in last yearfs Trustees, Report, along with £410 transferred from the 200 Club's bank account following the decision to cease this lottery in November 2024. Investment income had increased by 21 % compared with the previous year, reflecting the benefrt from the change in investments in the portfolio in 2022123. Field outgoings increased this year following essential tree Works at the field for safety reasons. As light and heat costs reduced, this resulted in deereases in annual costs for both the field and the hall this year. This was further improved by the refund received from the claim for overcharging VAT in previous years by our energy supplier. There is still a further eleven months period awaiting settlement to complete the claim for VAT overcharging by YU Energy. The investrnent portlolio continues to be monrtored by Finance Committee members. Independent Examiner I would also like to thank Bambi Harrison for being our Independent Examiner of the accounts again this year. Up