Treasurers Report for the PDCC February 19th 2024 Accounting year Oct 1 st 2022-30th September 2023 I" ve now been the treasurer of the PDCC for a whole year. I don. t have an accounting background so, to get the accounts readyforthis AGM, I had to learn basic accounting and how to use a spreadsheet. I. ve even had to grasp the concept of double entry bookkeeping! So this year has been a sharp learning curve. This wouldn- t have been possible withoutthe help and support of Graham Leigh, Nancy Hitchin and Jan Thorn. So a big thankyou to them on my behalf. As you will see from this years Financial Summary, our end balance is considerably less than at the end of 2021- 2022. If you look at building repairs and maintenance- you get a clue as to whythis is. As planned in 2021-2022, thisyearwe completely refurbished all the toilets and sinks. This has put us in a good position to promote ourweekly source of income-our regular hirers. It will hopefully also help to attract more weekend hirers . The income from the latter hirers has increased steadily over the year. Hire income overall is slightly up over the last f inancial year. Our continuing popularity with hirers is in no small part due to the extreme cleanliness of the Centre, and the
welcoming environment, both down to our Centre Co- ordinator Jane Lockwood. I would like to thank her on behalf of all the PDCC Trustees. Fundraising through our own organised events is a bit more variable. Although all events have made a profit, some seem less popularthan previously. eg coffee mornings, and we will monitor this. The Open Garage event proved popular. and the plant stall was a great success. The Mini-music Festival, which we have never held before, was a brilliant event attended by many from the village, and made a very good profit. It will be repeated this summer. Seeming anomalies in this years figures, compared to last years, can be explained in the followingways- Turbine income- Lastyears figure of £12,378 proved to be the result of payments from 2021-2022 arriving late because of a disruption in meter reading, which is carried out by PDCC volunteers. 2021 . s income was only £1,107.A normalyears income seems to be between £6,000 and £6.5000. Meter reading is now regular and reliable. Water charges- It appears that we used a lot more waterthis year compared to last- £420 compared to £96. The reality is that the Water Company were only
charging £8 per month in 21-22, which was too low for our usage. This year the D.D. was changed to £38per month, with the result that we now have £140 credit. Consequently, our D.D. has now been reduced to £6 per month. I will monitorthis so it does not happen again. To summarise, we have invested in the renovation of the building, which has placed us in a good position to attract hirers during 2024. Hopefullythe re-surfaced car park, to be paid for out of 2023-2024 income and a grant, will help with this. We will continue to fundraiser over the next few years to hopefully replace this years expenditure. Valerie Firth (Treasurer PDCC)