Puddletown Village Hall Treasurer’s Report – February 2025
Introduction:-
2024 was a year in which we spent a lot of money on Hall improvements which have been well received by users. We also changed our gas supplier from SSE to Octopus Energy.
Expenditure: –
Running costs continued to increase. Exceptional expenditure was:-
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About £11,000 on the solar panels (The Parish Council’s contribution was paid direct to the installers);
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Replacement of the kitchen fire door for about £1,600;
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Treating leaks in the Library roof at £630;
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Replacing the lounge carpet tiles with vinyl sheet for about £3,900. It is so much easier to keep clean.
Income: –
Letting income was up, mainly due to the increase in charges from January. This income exceeded routine running costs by about £1,800.
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Solar panel costs were met from a grant of £11,500 from the National Lottery Community fund.
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An anonymous donation of £1,000 was made towards the lounge flooring cost.
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The rest of our expenditure (about £2,800) came from reserves.
The Future:-
Our electricity supply contract with British Gas Lite expires at the end of January 2025 when we will switch to Octopus Energy who are so much easier to deal with. A few of our regular users seem to be stopping their activities which will reduce income unless new hirers are found. We will need to monitor this carefully to ensure we can still meet our commitments.
Chris Leonard
PUDDLETOWN VILLAGE HALL BALANCE SHEEf AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024 2023 Recel 2024 General Income Hire of hall Library- Rent Santander Bank Interest CAF Scottish Widows Bank Interest Refunds Uncleared deposit from 2023 Unpresented cheques 9,405.00 1,213.00 259.59 209.57 10.820. 959.33 346.26 379.37 357.97 40.LX) 11,087.16 12,902,93 Donations 840.¢X) Puddletown Area Parish Counal National Lottery CommLJnity Fund Anonymous- towards Flooring Hire of Tables 11,500.CMJ i(hJo.00 iO.(M) 840.00 11,927.16 12,510.C 25,412.93 Sub totsl 31 Dec.22 7,543.35 32,708.63 23,435.46 63.687.44 Balances at bank Santander CurrentAccount Santander Savings Account CAF Scottish Widows 90 Day Notice 31 Dec.23 7,801.46 32.968.22 23.645.03 64,414.71 75,614.60 Totsl 89,827.64
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