## **LEIGH-ON –MENDIP RECREATION FIELD MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE**
## **CHAIR’S REPORT FOR AGM May 2024**
We have had a busy and exciting year at the rec, with grants achieved from the National Lottery, the Garfield Weston Foundation, LoM Parish Council, Whatley Quarry, the Halecombe Community fund, the Sperring Charity, and the Somerset Association of Local Councils Health and Wellbeing Fund. We also benefitted from the sale of prints and paintings by Mike Bloxham , a special tea by author Lizzie Leigh and the Nursery Rhyme trail organised by Vik Batten
We are grateful to all our sponsors and all that helped within the village to put on events to raise funds for “THE CORONATION PARK” which is now open and giving pleasure to many of the young people in the village.,
This was a massive undertaking for our small committee and I would like to extend my gratitude to them for their dedication for this project and especially David who worked so hard to secure the grants.
One of the grants we had was used to buy hedging for areas in the park. We put out a plea for help to plant this and we were totally over whelmed by the number of villagers who came to help.
We still have more equipment to install in the park and this will be completed this summer.
## **Cricket**
It is with great sadness that we learnt that the Leigh cricket team has folded. Cricket has been taking place for many decades on the Rec and I know I am not alone when I say we will miss it greatly.
## **Tuesday Night Bowls**
Bowls on the rec. continued last summer, with a few more members joining in.
This is a fun session that anyone can join, it gives people the opportunity to meet new people get some gentle exercise and, most importantly, have fun!
If you would like to participate, it will start early May. Times 6.30 to 8pm Tuesday evenings.
## **Football**
Coleford Athletic Youth Football Club are continuing to use the field and we are delighted to hear they will be making more use of the field next season and during the summer with 4 teams playing.
## **Fund Raising events**
We have continued with our monthly bonus ball draw and we thank everyone that has contributed to this.
Vanessa very kindly ran the Wreath making workshop at Christmas, and people again went away with their wonderful creations.
Thanks also to Des and Wendy Worley for running the excellent, (if challenging!), quiz night.
## **Finance**
Our finances are currently in a healthy position, but most of our reserves will be spent on the new park and community space.
## **Village Day**
Due to the absence of the village fair last year the Rec. committee hosted a smaller event on the Rec. We are pleased to say that it had a lovely fun feel and I thank all that helped to make it so.
## **Events for your calendar**
6[th] June Lighting of the beacon to celebrate D- day at dusk.
8[th] June Opening of Coronation Park , with special guest, BBQ and bar.
20[th] July village day.
11[th] August Family day and car rally.
## **Upkeep of the field**
This continues to be a very big task especially with the addition of the Coronation park and the committee do their best to keep this in hand. We do however need and accept any help in this area. So if you have any spare time we would be very grateful for any help that is offered. Please just contact any member of the team for job suggestions. There are a lot of things going on behind the scenes, such as all the secretarial jobs completed by David, financial affairs completed by Denis and general maintenance of the field and club house completed by the committee and fellow villagers. Also thanks to Frank who continues to do a lot of the donkey work at the Rec and to Matthew Bennett that pushes his trusty mower over the park and pump track.
## **Dogs**
## A polite reminder that the Rec is **a DOG ON LEAD AREA ONLY sadly there are some people who think this rule does not apply to them.**
We kindly ask that all dogs are on leads and dog mess is picked up in the rec. field and everywhere else in the village.
Thank yous to:-
Vanessa Barnes and all her family for continuing with the wreath making workshops at Christmas. To All that helped plant the hedging.
To All that helped at the village day
To All that have helped organise events
All those that pick up rubbish and generally care about the Rec.
All the committee
The current committee members that help keep the Recreation field a very special place are:-
Vicky Higgins - Chair
David Pattison – Secretary Denis Pattison- Treasurer Alan Dagger Ty SchlechterMartin Carter
Leigh on Mendip Recreation Field Management Committee
## Registered Charity No 279013
## Accounts for 2023
|**Income**
Hiring
Cricket
540.00
Football
400.00
Yacht storage
120.00
Bowls
70.00
WI
10.00
Clubhouse
10.00
Fund raising
Bonus Club
670.00
Quiz
515.44
Centenary
509.65
Wreath making
265.96
Treasure Hunt
169.00
Coronation
361.03
Fun cricket match
196.00
Grants & Donations
Lottery
55158.00
_National Lottery Community Fund - RC SW Region_
Garfield Weston Foundation
10000.00
Ralph & Irma Sperring
2000.00
SALC
1750.00
Whatley Quarry
1500.00
Parish Council
1500.00
Sale of prints
1287.38
Cookswood
1000.00
Gift Aid
213.10
Amazon
29.59
Other
1.00
78276.15
**Outgoings**
Coronation Park (_formerly Open Space_)
Equipment
86185.20
Sign
48.00
Insurance
1309.23
Electricity
236.88
Water
201.53
Surveys
Fire
48.00
Repair & maintenance
Service of boiler
102.00
Other
937.87
Other expenses
1.00
89069.71|**Income**
Hiring
Cricket
540.00
Football
400.00
Yacht storage
120.00
Bowls
70.00
WI
10.00
Clubhouse
10.00
Fund raising
Bonus Club
670.00
Quiz
515.44
Centenary
509.65
Wreath making
265.96
Treasure Hunt
169.00
Coronation
361.03
Fun cricket match
196.00
Grants & Donations
Lottery
55158.00
_National Lottery Community Fund - RC SW Region_
Garfield Weston Foundation
10000.00
Ralph & Irma Sperring
2000.00
SALC
1750.00
Whatley Quarry
1500.00
Parish Council
1500.00
Sale of prints
1287.38
Cookswood
1000.00
Gift Aid
213.10
Amazon
29.59
Other
1.00
78276.15
**Outgoings**
Coronation Park (_formerly Open Space_)
Equipment
86185.20
Sign
48.00
Insurance
1309.23
Electricity
236.88
Water
201.53
Surveys
Fire
48.00
Repair & maintenance
Service of boiler
102.00
Other
937.87
Other expenses
1.00
89069.71|**Income**
Hiring
Cricket
540.00
Football
400.00
Yacht storage
120.00
Bowls
70.00
WI
10.00
Clubhouse
10.00
Fund raising
Bonus Club
670.00
Quiz
515.44
Centenary
509.65
Wreath making
265.96
Treasure Hunt
169.00
Coronation
361.03
Fun cricket match
196.00
Grants & Donations
Lottery
55158.00
_National Lottery Community Fund - RC SW Region_
Garfield Weston Foundation
10000.00
Ralph & Irma Sperring
2000.00
SALC
1750.00
Whatley Quarry
1500.00
Parish Council
1500.00
Sale of prints
1287.38
Cookswood
1000.00
Gift Aid
213.10
Amazon
29.59
Other
1.00
78276.15
**Outgoings**
Coronation Park (_formerly Open Space_)
Equipment
86185.20
Sign
48.00
Insurance
1309.23
Electricity
236.88
Water
201.53
Surveys
Fire
48.00
Repair & maintenance
Service of boiler
102.00
Other
937.87
Other expenses
1.00
89069.71|
|---|---|---|
|||78276.15|
|||86185.20
48.00
1309.23
236.88
201.53
48.00
102.00
937.87
1.00|
|||89069.71|
|**Reconciliation**
End 2022
Cash held
Bank account
Total
End 2023
Cash held
Bank account
Stock
Cheques issued
Outgoings less income
Decrease in funds|555.71
23570.94
24126.65
742.21
16062.58
82.70
-3554.40
13333.09
(89069.71 – 78276.15)
=£10793.56
(24126.65 – 13333.09)
=£10793.56|
|---|---|
## **Comparison with previous years**
|**Income**
Hiring
Cricket
Football
Bowls
Tai Chi
Clubhouse etc
Yacht storage
Sub-total
Fund raising
Bonus Club
Whist drive
Wreath making
Fun cricket
Fair
Other
Sub-total
Grants & Donations
VAT
Interest|2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
540
490
490
245
490
450
225
450
400
400
350
300
350
150
70
70
95
150
160
58
35
20
10
54
34
20
120
120
120
120
120
120
185
120|
|---|---|
||1150
1090
1109
700
1144
740
570
628|
||670
700
710
630
670
690
620
620
10
215
257
241
266
461
390
85
537
558
575
196
128
132
167
137
155
288
423
386
416
493
1555
455
83
507
114|
||2687
2032
1232
715
1890
1986
2529
1468|
||74439
7545
17852
1154
560
11
9092
71
365
2
1
1|
||78276
10667
20193
2569
3034
3287
3182
11554|
|||2023|2022|2021|2020|2019|2018|2017|2016|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Outgoings**||||||||||
|**Annuals**||||||||||
|Rent to PC||1|||2|1||1||
|Insurance||1309|1277|1221||1202|1153|1447|796|
|Lottery license||||20||20|20|20|40|
|Playing Fields|||||||||15|
|Sub-total||1310|1277|1241|2|1223|1173|1468|851|
|**Utilities etc**||||||||||
|Electricity||237|236|196|168|183|178|208|90|
|Water||202|49|78|101|112|149|115|57|
|Gas/petrol||111||214||||||
|Sub-total||550|285|488|269|295|327|323|147|
|**Surveys**||||||||||
|Play area insp’n|||144|72||54|54|54|54|
|Fire||48|71||15||115|165||
|Tree report|||||84|||||
|Sub-total||48|215|72|99|54|169|219|54|
|**Repair & maintenance**||||||||||
|**Field**||||||||||
|Grass||250|||||||15|
|New goal posts||166|||||160||102|
|Playground|||||||85|||
|Mower repair||332||446|202|101||||
|Bench/fence/signs||||105|18|246|19|67||
|Tree work||||950||||||
|Hedge trimming|||30|40|50|||||
|Sub-total||748|30|1541|270|347|264|67|117|
|**Clubhouse**||||||||||
|Parts to fix boiler||||||||||
|Service of boiler||102|102|264|96|96|404|132||
|Elec inspection|||634|||||||
|Decoration||||700|18|||||
|Lighting|||||50|||||
|New door|||||269|8||27||
|Sub-total||102|736|964|433|104|404|159|0|
|Other R & M||79|142||||||250|
|**Projects**||||||||||
|Pump track etc||||40|904|||16291|
3046|
|Refurbishment|||211||||259|||
|Coronation Park||86233|1315|54||||||
|Shelter|||5353|||||||
|Sub-total||86233|7020|94|904|0|259|16291|
3046|
|Other expenses|||26|22|10|7|29|9||
|COVID19|||||66|||||
|||89070|9589|4422|2053|2030|2625|18536|4465|