Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 01 2020 31 12 2020 T From o
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Bury Athenaeum
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 521057
Charity's principal address Moss Street Bury Lancashire Postcode BL9 0DF
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for Trustee name Office (if any) whole year Kathleen Bray President 1 2 Philip Kos Vice-President Hon. Secretary 3[Edgar ] Glucksman 4 Janet Gander Hon. Treasurer 5 Andrew Gill 6 Geoff Brown 7 Tony Sargeant
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
Elected annually by the body of the membership as a whole
Ditto Ditto Ditto
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- 8 Robert Sloss
9[Pauline ] Standbridge
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- 10 David Thomas
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11 Kathleen Tonks
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12 Michael Walsh
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13 Tom Wilson
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Chair of Holding 14[Neville ] Edmondson Trustees 15[Joan Abbott ] Holding Trustee “ 16[David Peters ] Holding Trustee “
Elected by the Holding Trustees
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Neville Edmondson – Holding Trustee
Joan Abbott – Holding Trustee David Peters – Holding Trustee
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Trust Deed supplemented by a Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
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Unincorporated Charitable Trust How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company) Elected annually by the membership Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
The charity’s objective is the diffusion of knowledge for the moral, intellectual and cultural benefit of the residents of Bury and its vicinity. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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To meet the objectives, the charity facilitates a number of different activities. These currently include bridge, diverse board games, embroidery, philosophy, creative writing, conversational French, an archaeological group and a Widows association. The charity actively seeks to expand the number of available activities. Each year (dependent on the deemed level of any surplus income) the Trustees also make available funds for grants to other local charities which broadly meet its own charitable objectives. Over the years, many different local charities have benefitted from grants. During each year, specific charity events are organised where the proceeds go to nominated local charities.
Summary of the main activities The charity is run entirely by volunteers. undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and erformance p
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Section D Achievements and erformance p
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
During the early part of the year, one or more of the activities described above were taking place at the charity’s premises every weekday, providing a valuable outlet for Bury residents. Over 350 residents took part in these activities.
However, from the end of March onwards the venue had to be closed due to the Covid pandemic and no activities were possible. The charity normally makes a number of grants available to different external local charities. The grants were temporarily suspended during the year due to pandemic issues.
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Section E Financial review
Via its Holding Trustees, the charity has ownership of a Grade2 listed Brief statement of the charity’s building, which dates back to the mid19[th] century. Maintenance costs for policy on reserves such a building are potentially very high and accordingly the charity hold significant reserves to ensure that all potential future contingencies can be met in full. For example, in recent times asbestos has had to be removed from a cellar area, outdated toilet facilities revamped and the fire alarm system overhauled .The total cost from these items alone was over £26,000.Possible significant ( and costly) work on the roof of the building is foreseen in coming years Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)
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The charity’s principal sources of income are annual membership fees together with additional fees associated with participation in individual activities. At their discretion, the Trustees can waive fees for young people and those experiencing hardship. There was a major reduction in the additional fees resulting from the closure of the venue. This was some extent offset by a £10K Local |
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Section F Other optional information
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Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)[K Bray ] Full name(s) Kathleen Margaret Bray Position (eg Secretary, President Chair, etc) Date 30/09/2021
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BURY ATHENAEUM INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
| INCOME 2020 Subscriptions Activity Simultaneous pairs Charity events Trustees Cup Bury Hospice Other Charities Children in Need Sims LCBA Teams of 8 Catering Tuition Room hire Interest received Other income TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURE Insurance LCBA subs Administration Software subscription Consumables EBU Club Affiliation Fee EBU P2P EBU Director training EBUTA Subs Simultaneous pairs LCBA teams of 8 Saturday expenses Catering expenses Christmas events Tuition Repairs and renewals Cleaning Premises expenses IT Cleaning service Services Waste disposal Water Gas Electricity Postage Internet charges TOTAL EXPENDITURE SURPLUS Donations Trustees Bury Hospice Children in Need Samaritans Red Door Early Break NET PROFIT/LOSS FOR THE |
6,551.00 9,643.67 0.00 0.00 1,059.88 1,664.90 985.00 469.56 11,244.00 31,618.01 3,447.44 202.23 619.49 325.95 27.00 2,496.85 100.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 208.32 671.45 0.00 900.00 185.04 317.52 14,320.14 138.02 1,531.54 3,003.22 28,519.21 3,098.80 2,800.00 298.80 |
INCOME 2019 Subscriptions Activity Simultaneous pairs Charity events Trustees Cup Bury Hospice Other Charities Children in Need Sims LCBA Teams of 8 Catering Tuition Room hire Interest received Other income TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURE Insurance LCBA subs Administration Software subscription Consumables EBU Club Affiliation Fee EBU P2P EBU Director training EBUTA Subs Simultaneous pairs LCBA teams of 8 Saturday expenses Catering expenses Christmas events Tuition Repairs and renewals Cleaning Premises expenses IT Cleaning service Services Waste disposal Water Gas Electricity Postage Internet charges TOTAL EXPENDITURE SURPLUS Donations Trustees Bury Hospice Children in Need Samaritans NET PROFIT/LOSS FOR THE YEAR |
916.00 566.60 166.40 |
6,884.00 32,342.00 286.00 1,649.00 100.00 4,528.22 3,232.00 1,560.00 387.43 66.79 |
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| 136.24 276.03 1,367.83 835.23 14.64 373.25 |
136.24 498.94 1,725.82 1,637.68 40.79 341.26 |
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| 51,035.44 | |||||
| 3,406.60 746.34 559.15 1,461.91 25.00 5,971.49 0.00 0.00 225.60 96.00 705.58 2,025.28 264.30 3,266.95 356.86 382.66 31,345.82 278.64 7,905.64 4,380.73 |
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| 63,404.55 | |||||
| -12,369.11 | |||||
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1,000.00 166.40 100.00 |
1,266.40 | |||
| YEAR | -13,635.51 |
BURY ATHENAEUM INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
| Skipton 2 Year Bond Skipton 1 Year Bond Lloyds TSB Cash in Hand Profit and Loss Reserve bfwd Profit / Loss for Year Hon Treasurer___ Auditor________ |
2020 28,415.53 Skipton 2 Year Bond 11,184.16 Skipton 1 Year Bond 12,407.81 Lloyds TSB 252.47 Cash in Hand 52,259.97 51,961.17 Profit and Loss Reserve bfwd 298.80 Profit / Loss for Year 52,259.97 _______ __ Auditor____ |
2019 28,078.59 11,051.54 11,872.41 958.63 |
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| 51,961.17 | ||
| 65,596.68 | ||
| -13,635.51 | ||
| 51,961.17 | ||
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Note; Other income is made up of £10,000 grant plus donations from Members
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Trustees Yorkshire Building Society £2,581.68 Yorkshire Building Society 1385.34
M&G £0 M&G 5140.58
Figures supplied by N. Edmondson
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