Snodland Communlty A5￿)C1￿-Treasurerf$ Report (revlsed) Year to 3tst March 2025 The As9)jati0￿,$ ￿c(Amts to the 31° Maffh 2025 fftre [r￿e￿￿￿tty F¥ep3r&J •KI 9￿￿onL￿a ty Mr T Athard, &oxJntant of Heme Bay, KenL the l& flnarKial year, the Comrnunity C8)tre has conOnAI to be a W used ¥Mue. Thts has resulbj in a ￿rpluS of £18,721, an ino&3* of £2933 (x) year. This has te￿ athle%vJ as a c( a nUMt￿ rf fattors, IndudirrfJ low P)F￿ditrjre on repairs arkl mairterwrKe, irterest frrm 9Jme rf our bank acco￿ a￿1 the at41tty of thè thwns￿eW Bar Cryany to pay Its annual Mt £5,¢JXJ again this year. FundRlslmJ" As u9Jal a numtw of were C￿7￿1$￿ over the year. irKlIM*r¥J a Chrl*rn& qulz and three Nights. The first rnU￿c nlght fc4knw8J the pattem of kyevths cnes Yhth lnsLrfft￿t tickets terKJ and an ovtr r￿[an￿ on the raffle to break even. F￿10￿r￿j this a r&lical rethlnk cwJrr&l was d&dd&l to lthe ￿Ing$ as Cabaret Nlghts, *ruld indude a (xMJrse meal and whith %￿Uld shrft the emKkngs fmm the art15te to as a wlKAe. Thls has g) far much mre successfvl with vL*thvthlle profft5 With 9Jn* Fecyle cxjmm￿￿Trj that the (xxt d £12 w fjc*et was tco d￿p. As ¥%dl as thls. (aterfThJ was PThiLtsJ for a numter of W￿￿tThJ ￿, athxNJh thls year Ca)tre was rK)t asked to the t￿n9 slyjw In Marth. As a result c( all this, £4380 was rais￿1 w the year cDmpar*l to the £1.971 in pr￿ou5 year, whKJ) was encourdgiThJ. Even so, the message remalns san* . for our c¥ents to te gc&KJ furKlrafjsers, ￿EMI￿r5 ne&J b) gJFSVt trm by either spreadlThJ the w)rd to others, Ij￿ets I￿Se1￿*S tr offerlro Fnze5 raffls Many thanks as ever to wAunteer5, who ￿an and ¢xganl* tlw a￿VI￿eS. On Thjte, merntershlp 5noEas8J ty £175. C•ntre Operatlon: The arn￿jnt of rals&J from hall hlre was on a par wlh the r￿e¥￿￿s y84r totslled £60,323 vthkh was an Increase of £97. ￿ the end of thls flnancial year, tl)ere was ￿me1￿1r￿j like 25 groups rneetiThJ regularly at centre. D159pwxntiThJlyi attempts to hold mothty Fcoj aTx1 Craft Fairs at I￿ CentsE, have mt tsken off 3rkl Tatle Sales have alx* stoml after slx atternpts. ￿ the other hand, the L￿e￿n￿ Lwroe has gen￿trY extra IrKorrE ty offer1ThJ NHS dlnLs regardirKJ Men's Health, Carers and Diat￿t&S. The fee5 rais& from on*off ev￿ts, 9xh as partrs, remain&1 healthy. Chik1w, rats than adulL partieg c￿￿nue to LE very p)pular in tK)th halls. Ce5pIts thls, the th)Wr￿e￿ Bar Company was styll aNe to pay Its annual rent of £5,CKX). A Sum Up caf(1 reader has ac4ulr&l for the Cwtre, x) that ono it is set up the publk can to pay wlsh for other semces run ty the A%￿att.0n (e.9. hire fees, caterin9 ￿ents etcl. E*ttrfdty ttsage conljnues to be a major exFense ￿th the amount ix(ng sFent risThJ to E13,373 an £4037 on pr￿ou5 year. As rate wlth ￿ottiSh Po%%Er is hlghw tr￿n the enJo￿J vlth SSE, we £4191.44 to tbsh Power for their durlTrJ Fe￿n￿ry and March, whlch arTh)unted T￿hlY to an alarrning £60 a day. whi￿ *Eather was rkirtiajlarfy cokj durirty Fel)nJary, It dearfy illustrates the continuirKJ need for all users to te muth thgiknt In thdr use, avoidirKJ wasie Whe￿ FosgLAe and frx strawies to ￿ dl9jjss￿j whith cThsld be eM￿0ve{l to (yjr o¥erall eyns Water and sewage 0)n￿nue tn te a maitir e%￿se over the year rfslng frorn £2653 to É3642. A5 the ¢entre Is a larye bU1￿1r0, It tskes a lot to maintsln and keep in g(xx10th. From a Heath & Safety ViV*wyn¢ the flre alam) Is tested servic&Y &4th year along with the fire ex1JThJuishers1£337) and the PAT t&ThJ of all el&tr(zl equlpment (£216.30). Hans are afcK)t to ena￿e the errErgen¢y Ilghts to te tested more reJuL4rfy ￿th the c4(Jer lights q)erat8J from a grrfJle itth. Extra Ilghts have iw in*all&J In￿de and ￿J￿de the ￿lI&1￿j vtse pjtential tdp hazards have Iken not8J. Tr t% defibrilTator5 319) ￿uIre￿ attenfjon wtth one tdrvJ sent cff reFolr. vthile the ots t*ttwy, whkh atrKJunteJ ts) an totsl ou￿aY of £485.61 A nurnter of repalrs %%Ere reyuiF*I the year. The ¢j￿￿1r0 r¢JJm S[xu￿ a the w trdkllrvJ )￿ne￿ the dd, whth o)st £380. There vfft 619) some Yles that to be ro8￿. 9)rr£ c¢ wthlth teen dditvatdy vandals1£150). The two high ￿11 facir¥J Cemty Rodl that had tEer> sm>thd ty stones fnyfi otswlts finally rOac&l along th w that mlst8J up at a