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
i*lan 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 D4v*s
Lity Heard
Mary RIC￿rdSon
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 i￿rn and how the morw we Iiised will be used.
I'm very pleased to say t￿t thfouth the ChrLstm*s 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 MernbErAw*r& l•l*dthe She•&This ptrsonlolned the committee ha￿aythrough 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 Vttiwever￿fie irwow in TikTok darKts.
The Prolqrt Oll¢ Reed•nd Eth Oown-This year has been f•ntsstk for fvndr•iS1￿lOf0Ur thosefi ¢haritles. To
athieve this amount of lundr•isin8tskesa k>t of tirnr ind ellort togryanise. Therelore, Erifi ènd Ollle eq¥01￿ de*rve 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 I￿￿re(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(a￿er FoUndat￿n which ol course has
close link5 Wth Colchester Yourrf Fafmers with Torn hirnself b•"ng a rnem￿r as**ll 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 tearr￿n$ 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 C￿petitIOn 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<h•irrnan. A hu8e thJTrk you and well done to Will Oavles, Eth•n
Hardin8 and Harry Si88ers for plannin& srttin4 up •nd Dj'ini. And • th•nk you to the wk•le Si88trs familyfor beln8 klnd
enou8h to host usl
I'm on th* last paragraph don't worryeveryonel Another list of ihankyou's to our club Leader Emily French. VP Harrlet
Barron and SueTod. and our brllllant Club Ple￿denl Scott Attmere. Thy make runnin8 the tlub rnuch e45ier wlth their
previous experlence, use of eqybpment and Venues. ontt8reat ad¥Ke on •ty problems welace onth*mittee whl¢h lu¢kllv
•fe few Ind f•r between.
L•stly th•nk you to my sttretary andjust al>)ut stlll8idlrieTrJ Marylor all the boring ￿1$ that It tokes to keep a fun
club Ilke Colchester runnin& whtlst I take all the Iory •5 Chai¥man. Je￿, I hope that hasn't put you off. And Livvy who h45
now finlshed as Treasurer after 3 ye•rs. that's quite an a£hieY¢mert. frn sure whefi yw agreed to be T•lkn's Treasurer.
you didn't imaglne you would only Iu5t be h•ndiry it over nowl
9.0 TREASURERS REPQRT OFTHE ACCOUNTS
Accounts need to be audited by Sue. We have iaised £1.5CQfor Leb*l 8est £2.6C#) for The Torn 8owdKl8e Found•tion-
all has bten paid to those chariiies.
In the current •¢¢ount we have.. £14.863.
10.0 TO CONFIRM ANNUALSVBSCAIPTION
Annual subscription to remain at £35.
11.0 ELECTION OF PRESIDEMr
Nomlnee- kott Atlrn•re
Proposer- 011￿ Reed
Seconder- Erin Bown
12.0 ELECTION OF VICE PAESIDENT
Nominee- H•rrlet B•rr
Proposer- Mary Tod
Seconder- Ollle Reel
Nominee- Emlty FrerKh
PropD5er- Mary Tod
Seconder- Scoti AttrneTe
13.0 ELECTION OF CLUO OFFIC
ROLE
NOMINEE
Oll1¢ Reed
Ethan Hardi
Jess Goo(khlld
Da¥ld Hunt
Tash Awer
PROPOSER
Oawd Hunt
Ollie Reed
Ma
Tod
Ltyv¥ Rudd
David Huni
SECONDER
Arlo Foster
Mèddle Shead
Maddte 5head
Tallon Ave
Chalrm•n
VI￿ Chalr
Secrets
Treasurer
aub ieldtr
14.0 ELEcfioN OF CLUB COMMITfEE
Pro
rammes
Arlo Fostef
New Members
MaddieShe•d
Tendrin
M4ry Aithards
Ma
Tod
Kris Saunders
KatieTod
Tallon Ave
Ethan Hardin
Maddie Shead

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 n￿nthS but I h￿e 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 lo￿11￿ to the y¢ar ahead.
I'd Ilke to say to those on committee, whlch I have mem10￿d before. if everyone does th•f wlè properly It m•*es It • lot
easler for tveryont else. But most IM￿rt1ntty. iys abotst haTr*in8 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 me*tini¢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 r*￿ted, 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 trainir*wht readyfor IL
Meetln8dosed @ 20:35
O•te
s￿ed