Trustees’ Annual Report 2024
Evans Public Hall, known as Llanpumsaint and Ffynnonhenri Memorial Hall, Llanpumsaint SA33 6BZ
Charity Commission Registration Number: 255109
The purpose of the charity is to provide a well-maintained hall, meeting room, kitchen, bar, storage rooms and external toilets for the benefits of the inhabitants and visitors to the Llanpumsaint community.
As a result of recent investments (see details below), the hall has become a very attractive place to hire and is now a well-used resource in the community. The hall has around 450 regular users per month, associated with the weekly short mats bowls club, line dancing, circuits and social hub, and the monthly singalong, quiz and the bar. The hall is also busy most weekends with one-off private bookings. It is also used by the village primary school for concerts and sporting activities.
Annual financial review for 2024
The financial year of 2024 (1 January – 31 December) was significantly different from previous years.
In 2024, the hall was fortunate to receive significant grant funds from Brechfa Forest Wind Farm Community Fund amounting to £162,277. This enabled the hall to create an extension which included a public toilet, wheelchair accessible toilet, shower and changing room, and a much-needed large storeroom for hall use. Within the main building, the kitchen was upgraded and a dedicated space created for a bar. Additional support was received for broadband services and a seated fitness class. The Fund has enabled significant improvements to take place which would have been impossible to fund from our own resources.
The hall continued to raise funds through hall bookings and social hub subscriptions, totalling £7,208. Fund raising events (the Funday day, tribute night, vintage night and Christmas fair) generated a further £2,799.
Total expenditure amounted to £116,284. Most of the expenditure (£97,810) was associated with the grant-funded activities (extension, kitchen and bar). Hall-related activities accounted for £18,474 with insurance £2,497, utilities (heating, electricity, water) £1,753, hall maintenance and cleaning £4,055, social hub £1,948, and other expenses. The net deficit on hall-related activities was £6,952 which reduced the closing cash balance to £19,844. In addition, there was £6,445 in a savings account.
Significant expenditure relating to grant-funded activities have continued to take place in 2025.
Structure and trustees
At present, the charity is managed by six trustees and four advisors – all of whom live in the community. The hall committee meets, on average, once every two months to oversee the administrative, financial and practical work associated with the upkeep and maintenance of the hall and associated facilities. No serious incidents were experienced during the year.
Trustees in 2024
Pamela Jones, Chair Catrin Eldred (resigned January 2024) Mathew Jones, Vice Chair Elfed Davies (resigned September 2024) Ann Rook, Treasurer and Booking Clerk Janet Taplin (resigned September 2024) Clare Bishop, Secretary David Icke (joined September 2024) Ann Pettitt
t& Hdl-urt6.Lll.Z5 ft•t 7YO 7JQAThTr Ttht•Nlb OIH JJaK 05FL Js I45Br1d• Trin5fertofvj•4%q 4v7.èl 47T. LW XK Tth L17J È71& CPF+