Notes:
Firstly, thanks to trustees for attending this evening and also for their contributions over the past 12 months. These have ranged across a wide area from opening up the building when required, turning off the alarm!, removing accumulated waste and being involved in various larger pieces of work that have required diverse skillsets. In each case, thanks for these efforts and for continuing to support the Village Hall in what is often a bit of a thankless task.
Away from the trustees, I’d also like to place on record thanks to Sarah who continues to manage the ‘business as usual’ side of the Hall in an excellent manner and Jenni who continually manages to pull everything together and ensure that as a group things move forward to successful conclusions. Thankyou.
I’m not going to issue an hours lecture as this meeting contains trustees that have at least as much experience as I do and in many cases have a much stronger understanding of the mechanics of the Village Hall. However, a couple of observations if I may…..
Firstly, the primary objectives of the Trustees is to ensure that the Village Hall remains in a condition fit to deliver a service to the community. A facility such as ours should be continually going through a period of maintenance based improvement whilst delivering (in my opinion at least) a service at the most reasonable possible cost. With the reserves that we have I don’t believe we should ever be looking to secure a significant profit, more maintain an even keel and use money made from bookings, grants etc to fund improvements that benefit the users. I’m therefore really pleased with the annual returns that show a very small loss of under a £1000 yet includes the 2025 Insurance cost in advance. In my opinion, this is where we should be, running along and taking care of ourselves without looking to maximise profit and potentially put people off from using this impressive facility.
Highlights for the year have been numerous:
Lighting improved in the Dixon Hall, Work on the exterior of the building (thanks Ashley) Drainage issues resolved (thanks Len), Fencing work, hedge cutting and maintenance all completed as required. Energy review held
All this, and others I’ve more than likely forgotten, along with the usual housekeeping required for a building such as this. Having worked through these things, I think the minimal loss incurred speaks volumes for how the Hall is being managed and for 202526 I think the conclusion I’d draw is the importance of continuing this work and making improvements as we need to. Whilst the money we make will fund much of this, we shouldn’t be afraid to also use part of our reserves if the need arises as the money is there to be used positively. This doesn’t mean that the next 12 months should see a change in approach, more a reminder that should the inevitable big ticket item come up (heating for instance) we do have the means to make a lasting improvement. Thanks
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