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)