COLCHESTER AND DISTRicf YOUNG FARMERS CLUB Income and Exenditure Accounts for the year ended 31st August 2025 In my opinion the accounts give a true and fair view of the state of affairs at the 31st August 2025 and the excess of Expenditure over Income for the year then ended. S J Davies Bridge Farm 8assetts Lane Willingale Ongar Essex CM5 OQL l October 2025
COLCHESTER AND DISTRICT YOUNG FARMERS CLUB Income and Exenditure Accounts for the year ended 31st August 2025 2025 Income Subscriptions Haryest Supper Activities Foam Party Clothing Changing money over from Natwest io Lloyds Charity fundraising Bank Interest 1.296.50 9,212.07 2,518.20 2,103.71 1.160.84 i0,IC.(Kj 4.818.27 ILKI.56 £ 31,310.15 Expendlture Affiliation fees Harvest Supper Activities Foom Party Clothing Changing money over from Natwest to Lloyds Charity donations Note I 1,321.Cw) 3,484.50 3,189.60 1,645.47 2,323.14 10.101.50 2,842.55 £ 24,907.76 Surplus for the year ended 31 August 2025 £ 6,402.39 Note I Charlty Donations Tom Bowdid8e - Fundraised 2023124 Tom Bowdidge - Fundraised 2024125 242.55 2,6(Kl. £ 2,842.55
Cokhe5ter Youn8 FarmÈrsAGM Mty 29rf September 2025 e 19..30 lar 20 The Sw4M Inn Th¢ street, Colthesier C06 20 MINLITES Ileéiin8 started e 20fj) 1.0 CHAIRMANS WELCOME Hello everyone, thank you all for Corn1 Apc408iEskn the snwll ven, weweren't expectir¥ this rnany people. Hopefu you all Ilke each other os it is • bit cozy In hefel 2.0 AThENOeES Mary Tod O•vid Huni Ollie Reed Maddle ead Jess Goadchlld Marcus Boiley ilan 8urdorf Aflo Foster Mltch Towler Ethan Hardl Harry Silgers Kris Saunders Gwitim Saunder5 &Je rod Kat Tod Ollit Wea%rs Erin 8owTh Ryan Bown Tash Anief Scott Attm¢re Emily D•vis Paula Pllcher Jeremy Freeman Tallon A¥try Rudd Lthyla Squlre Millie PeriylD 1.0 APOLOGIES OF A8SEWCE Harriet Barron Emlly Frtnch Wlll D4vs Lity Heard Mary RICrdSon Ellle Johnston Chèrlotte CtXIOII O APOLOGIESOF LATENESS Kris Saunders Brandon Turner 5.0 TO RECEIVE MINUTES FOR THE iAST AGM HELDOPI IJP4 SEPTEMBER 2024 Minutes have been passed around nd siined off as trut and correct. &0 CHARITY CHEQUE PAESEiifAnON As you will all know. our charity for thi5 year is Level Best and l Y¢uld like to lCorne Abby lson who h•veioined ustonilht to receive our donation. I'd like to thank them lor invitift8 us. eadier thi5year to have a look around thelr tentre and café In Colchpsttr, to find out a bil aboth irn and how the morw we Iiised will be used. I'm very pleased to say tt thfouth the ChrLstms tree coll£twTh•fvJ f4ffli off ow barrowwe have raised a total ol £1.SW for Level Best. Y.0 YOUNG FARMER AWARDS The Keenest MernbErAwr& l•ldthe She•&This ptrsonlolned the committee haaythrough lèst ye•r to take overihe cgmpetitKins role and to share socièl medi• with Erin. They have always beon erKoura8irK¥others to get involved in activities and events as well as Vttiweverfie irwow in TikTok darKts. The Prolqrt Oll¢ Reed•nd Eth Oown-This year has been f•ntsstk for fvndr•iS1lOf0Ur thosefi ¢haritles. To athieve this amount of lundr•isin8tskesa k>t of tirnr ind ellort togryanise. Therelore, Erifi ènd Ollle eq¥01 derve th55 ward for their achSe¥ements. 8.0 TO RECEIVE AND ADOPTThE REPORT-CHAIRMAN 202*25 Thank you all frK attendin8 our AGM. After 2 years 45 Chairman thi5 IS the mott prewred I ever been for a report as I have written labout an hour •gol.. l knpe I ha¥erft missed Ire(m. It's been 3 great year for CokhesterY0u Farmers. The club has grown th plenty of membets comin8 throu8h and now even 8ettin6 Invofvedwithcomn)ittee. A real relief for sorneof vs older k)t who have exhausted all our ideas over the lastlew year511 look forward to seeingmany new ideas take shape with a and younyr cornmittee.
Our proude# achievernent for the year has got to befundr4iw. Alongwrth rai5in8 El.51Xl for Level Best we a150 had a
8reat compost run raising £2.6(Ki for our lifetime chartty Tom Bowdidge Youth(aer FoUndatn which ol course has
close link5 Wth Colchester Yourrf Fafmers with Torn hirnself b•"ng a rnemr asll as his pafÈllts and sister. A hu8e
thanksto Erln and Olliefor organi5in8thÈse Lwentsandio all the memberslor 5htsvAn8 UP to help txjtl
WÈ helped run the tearrn$ at Show whKh ran very sm¢JotNy. Welldme to Hdly PilchÈrfor belnz a part ol organlslnK
thatl Tu8 of War had its ups and downs. 8 ¥try stror start at Prelims. Unfortvnotety. our boys team 8Ot complacent
Show CpetitIOn didn't end so well for us! 8ut li was 8¥eat to see a gir15 amd boys team competin8 a8aSn. I hope noxt year
btyth teams will have better luck now we hève a few new member5 •iound to help. thank you to Sue and Katie Tod and
Ryan 8own for coachin8and h05tin8U51
Our foam party madea rrfurn, late on the r. As the last party before 1veSt break. it wa5 a 5harne to see the ltsw
attendance. PartlcuL4rly knowin8 how rnuch work we put into 5ettin8 up. Next year we need to encour4Ke more partyin8
and drlnkln& and I'rn sure I cin now say that as an ex
LIA TOW RÈ Sua boak Ad¥isary A(fvi50ry Advisary Gerieral Members Mbtch TovAer Me anBi Stott Attrnere Ryan Bown K•tie Tlxl Ollie Weavers 7allon Av Dawd Hunt Jess Goodchild Arlo Foster vvy Rudd Tallofi Avery Ollie Weavers T3llon Ave kott AttmerÈ Katie Tod David Hunt 15.0 ELEcnoN OF REPRESENfATIVES TO COUNTY COMMrrrEES Will Davies & Har Mitch Towler Will Da¥ie5 Ill Da¥les & Arlo Foster Uhf He•rd Ma Tod Erln Bown & Krbsswmdus Charflt R¢ed M•ddie Sh¢•d ers Maddyd 5head Maddie Shead Ollie Reed David Hurbt Ma Tc Katie Tod David HtsTht Oll Reed Eiin Bown Kris Saunders Arto Foster David Hvnt Katie Tod Tallon Ave Jes5 Goodthild kott Attmere Ethan Hardin Dawd Hunt Competition5 Countryside Shc Presslm Porefits & Subsultyws Fut)dralsln Re C5H 5otl4 Medl• 16.0 ANY MOTION5 FOR DEOSION 17.0 WELCOME BYTHE NEW CHAIRMAN Hello a11. as some of you I wlll be awaylor thr•t nnthS but I he fvll faith In Éthan for running the flub whllst I'm mt here. Wt have kKked off the year with some Bood rneets. Thank you to Llly for hosting an outdoor rnovle nisht, we thought we'd h•ve to cancel due to hi8h wiTrJs but 8lJd we didn't. We also held a roundersand pizza nwht We've had • few new members sign up, who seem to be settlin8 in well. I'd11ke to say a .1 thanks to everyone who was on committee last year, e5peci•lly D•¥id ind Mbryfor do1 Chalrman 5ecretiry for the p•st two ye•rs. 50, Li¥yy who has been Treasurerfor the past three year5. Obviously a bi8 thanks to those v4ho afe on comrnlttee tht5 yeai, I'm lookin8 lo11 to the y¢ar ahead. I'd Ilke to say to those on committee, whlch I have mem10d before. if everyone does th•f wlè properly It m•es It • lot easler for tveryont else. But most IMrt1ntty. iys abotst haTrin8 hjn. 18.0 TO C014FIftM TME DATEOFTrIE 14EXT AGM Monday 28th Septernber 2026 19.0 ANY OTHEA OUSINES5 Emtly Dovis Hello everyone, I'd just1Ske to Introduce mysdf. l am your county¢h•ir. P•ul• runs cwntyoffice and Jeremy Is your County Pre5ideni. Thank you to Oavid arKI Maryfor rurffjlw Cokhesief Youn8 F•rm¢rs fof twoyears. Please femember there Is ChalrmaThs party this weekend. tryto dre$5 up fty this141hO£toberl We alse have Show metini¢omin8 up18th OrtobÈTI Pleèse don't for8et we have the Tr money pot- the rnorey there 15lus¢ for youn8 fam)ers to se for anythini ihat will help you pro8ress. We can lund anythin8 larminl rted, If that's helpln8you wlth • HGV litenct, unlverslty etc. If you need any help or advict from County, please lust ask. We do need to impmve on our attend¥e thi5 #1. Ollle Reed Events COMI up.. Chairman5 Party On tl 4thOrtober- I'd like lo see evtryono there. Dod8eball competftion on the 231d October. Arlo is or8ani5inB a trainirwht readyfor IL Meetln8dosed @ 20:35 O•te sed