– Dra$ Report from the trustees DBVH May 2025 v2
Thank you for coming to this year’s AGM for the Village Hall.
For those who don’t know me -I’m Janet BuBerworth, and I am Chair of the Trustees and of the Management Group for the Village Hall.
When we secured the legacy grant for the village hall rejuvenaIon project in 2020, we spoke of the ambiIon and vision for the hall to once again be at the heart of the community. At the Ime the hall was in poor repair and wasn’t being used. The transformaIon in just a few years has been amazing it’s been quite a journey – and what a journey!
The Trustees are very grateful for all of work that Treasurer MarIn Boniface has done and conInues to do to look aQer the finances for the hall. The regular detailed monthly reports that MarIn provides show that financially the hall is very healthy and things are excepIonally well managed.
Pell, who amongst many things, leads a team of volunteers looking aQer the community café and community events.
management group member Tony Lee, the hall couldn’t funcIon. They are community champions and deserve special thanks.
The bank balance is healthy, the fabric of the building is good and the future is looking bright.
With regular bookings for clubs, acIviIes and meeIngs the hall has become a well-used venue. We are so fortunate to have people who give their Ime to organise a calendar of varied social events that include monthly community signing, regular quiz events, popular table top sales, barn dances, summer fetes and the Christmas Fayres and the Community café that happens every Friday aQernoon – run by the community for the community.
We’re really pleased that the hall is now a Well Being Hub” and used as a venue for “Wellbeing” events by Wychavon District Council. We’re also very happy to be providing an access point to the local Villager magazine and to Neighbourhood Plan informaIon via the Village Hall website.
It has been wonderful to be part of the hall’s remarkable journey back to “good health”; it couldn’t have happened without the people who have made it happen. Some people have done loads, and loads have done some.
The achievement is remarkable! Thanks go to MarIn and Tina for all they do to keep the hall in good heart, each and every day; to Tony for being part of the Management Group and to Sheila for her work as Trustee. I also need to thank the gate shuBers, the hall users, the cake bakers, the members of the Village Hall community, Kelly who keeps things clean and Idy, our Allen, who is our external auditor and to everyone who supports the hall in anyway. Thank you all for all you do.
The next stage of the journey is about removing/reducing some of the dependency on key people so that we build resilience into the day to day running of the hall to try to ensure that things are good and strong so that the hall remains in good heart, and is there for the community for many years to come. We need more people to step forwards and learn more about running the hall so that we have conIngency. At the moment we have 3 Trustees and 4 people in the management group - 2 people do the bulk of things and there’s just 5 people involved in total. CriIcal risks/ ConIngency planning for the hall is progress and we are very conscious that we need more people to be part of the management team to keep this hall in good heart – this has become even more important as Tina has recently told us that aQer 8 years of dedicated service it’s Ime has come for her to stand down from the Management Group during the next 12 months, so the clock is Icking.
If you know anyone who might be interested in becoming involved, please ask them to speak to Tina, MarIn or to me. We are running a drop in open evening event for people to find out more about clubs, acIviIes and events at the hall and also to find out about becoming more involved in running the hall; please help us to build resilience and help us find some people to join the management group so we can ensure the hall stays in good heart for years to come.
Thank you for all you do.
| DBVH Year end A/Cs 2024-25 | |||
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| End of year accounts from Drakes Broughton Village Hall 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 |
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| INCOME | |||
| £497.10 £699.99 £10,897.80 £21,327.02 £1,320.00 £1,481.79 £888.44 £0.00 £805.36 £7,706.38 £176.40 |
CLOSING BALANCES 31/03/2025 | ||
| Current Account £2,163.40 Savings Account £5,772.24 32 Day Notice A/c £45,975.36 Petty Cash £271.83 Total @ 31/3/25 £54,182.83 Includes Café float of £9.93 |
£2,163.40 £5,772.24 £45,975.36 £271.83 |
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| £54,182.83 | |||
| CLOSING BALANCES 31/03/2024 | |||
| Current Account £6,489.26 Savings Account £10,234.02 32 Day Notice A/c £20,173.14 Petty Cash £392.92 Total @ 31/3/24 £37,289.34 Includes Café float of £55.02 |
£6,489.26 £10,234.02 £20,173.14 £392.92 |
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| £37,289.34 | |||
| £45,800.28 £37,289.34 |
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| CLOSING BALANCES 31/03/2023 | |||
| Current Account £2,370.83 Savings Account £21,100.09 Petty Cash £306.70 Total @ 31/3/23 £23,777.62 Includes Café float of £28.30 |
£2,370.83 £21,100.09 £306.70 |
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| £23,777.62 | |||
| CLOSING BALANCES 31/03/2022 | |||
| Current Account Savings Account Petty Cash Total @ 31/3/22 |
£4,783.47 £26,631.79 £113.05 |
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| £31,528.31 | |||
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