80" Annual General Meeting of Spirewatch 21 May 2024 Held in the Church Room of St Mary's Agenda Chairman's welcome Apologies for absence Minutes of the previous AGM Chairmans report Treasurer's report Upcorningevents Election of officers Minutes of the 7V AGM on Thursday 25- May 2023 ttwas notgd that foUoY4ing a recent inspection of the spire, ropairs are now urgent, so fund ralslng Is key. Atthe beglnning of 2022, we understood that the likely cost of re-leadingthe spire was circa £485.000. As atJ8nuory 2022, our fttnds amounted to É108.IMI. In 2022 there was a concerteo effortto encourage people to sponsor a tile and this enterprise together with incorne from the quiz night. the Spire café and other events. produced an income of circa É20,000, maknngour total funds of £130,000. leaving £355.000 yet to raise. St M8ry's church also had set aside 8 fund of £155.000. towards the spire fund so with a combined fund. less recoverable VAT we now had circa £100,000 yet to find. Spirew8tch will nowturn it's etforts to grant gtving ooanisations to help boost the fund5 as well as continuing to promote sponsoring a tile and eontinuingto promote individu81 fund raising events. Election otofficers in 2023 Chalrm8n: John Carnpbgu Deputychalrmon: NickJone$ Ford Treasurer. Phinehas David. replaclng Roger Newton, who had stood down. Webslte Manager; Sarah Foster Memborship: Jenny Ransom Secretary.. Vanessa Deni¥on
Actlvities during2023: Effort on oontaGtlTrgcharftabia trusts was a major factor resulllng in grants tolalllng £30.500 Our Just Glvlng site produ¢od incorne of £ 11500 and the Gin Chronictes event ralsied around £1,000. Tolal Income in thg yoar was £56,647which is a ro¢ord.. Spirewalch donated £40.IXIOto St Marys. duringthe year. leavlne £137.000 in the Splrewatch funds. of which MOO,000 WIU be donated to ST Mary5 at the rato of £15.000 per monih. Looklng tsack Looking back on the history of The Friends. of St Mary* I Spirewotch- I picked out 2006 as worthy of what was going on at that time. The income raised in 2006 was £9.341. IThis was a reasonably amount when considering the date concerned. The reason for the latelY Large income in thatyear was due to the art exhibition, which did very well- coincidingwth the Harrow School break- meaning many parents purchased works ot art. Other events included a recttal by David Woodcock and an arm chair walk by Don Walter both the art exhibition and Don Walter's talk did verywell financially. Investment income in the year was £811, which was higherth8n previously.
Donations byThe Friend's £5,320 was donated toward the cLeaning ofthe East win¢Jow stonework and glazing. Administration costs and the cost of the Tony Beresford memorial amounted to £3,851. A ihank you to Dawd Grrffiths for auditingthe accounts again this year It was noted that Spirewatch was expectingto provide 8 further £1.180 in earty 21)07. John CampbellTre8surers report.
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