## **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 “ “ “ **TAR** March **2012** 1 “ - 8 Robert Sloss 9[Pauline ] Standbridge “ - 10 David Thomas “ 11 Kathleen Tonks “ 12 Michael Walsh “ 13 Tom Wilson “ 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) **TAR** March **2012** 2 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)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - 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** **TAR** March **2012** 3 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)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## Section D Achievements and erformance p **TAR** March **2012** 5 ## 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. **TAR** March **2012** 6 ## **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)** |You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant about:
•
the charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising);|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| |---|---| |•
how expenditure has|Government Grant.| |supported the key objectives|| |of the charity;|| |•
investment policy and|| |objectives including any|| |ethical investment policy|| |adopted.|| ## **Section F Other optional information** **TAR** March **2012** 7 ## **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 **TAR** March **2012** 8 **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| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||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|| ||||||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| ||||||| ||||||63,404.55| ||||||| ||||||-12,369.11| ||2,000.00
400.00
400.00|||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| |---|---|---| |||**51,961.17**| |||65,596.68| |||**-13,635.51**| |||| |||**51,961.17**| |||**______**| Note; Other income is made up of £10,000 grant plus donations from Members **----- Start of picture text -----**
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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0 Our Constitution does not require us to have an examiner’s/auditor’s report. Our accounts are prepared using SAGE. They are checked by a retired Bank Manager. His comments were that the accounts were very well prepared ,easy to check and all in order.