Registered Charity number 700898
BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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| Trustees’ Report | 1-9 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 10 |
| Receipts and payments | 11 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 12 |
| NotestotheAccounts | 13-16 |
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BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The Trustees submit their annual report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024. The Trustees confirm that the annual report and accounts comply with the current statutory requirements, the Constitution and the guidance of the Charity Commission on receipts and payments.
The management of the charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Constitution.
The charity was constituted on the 16° November 1988 and is a registered charity No 700898.
The Trustees during the Year ended 31.12.24 were:
JR Perrin — Chairman P Archer — Vice President and Honorary Treasurer P Crane — Vice President J Y Gallagher — Vice President M J Guard — Vice Chairman Ms B M Longmore - Vice President and Honorary Secretary S C Bent W Dewar M Fisher (resigned 30" April 2024, co-opted 29.07.24) K Hadley (appointed 25.04.23) Ms S Harvey AE Leach R Limbrick G Luxford Mrs S K Perrin D W Thursfield P M Waldron Councillor Mrs S. Billett, Mayor of Bewdley (ex officio) (resigned 13 May 2024) Councillor | Latimer, Mayor of Bewdley (ex officio) appointed 13° May 2024
Mrs Beatrice Grant Lord Lieutenant of the County of Worcestershire was President throughout the year but is not a Trustee.
The principal address of the charity is: The Kenneth Hobson Room 18 Load Street BEWDLEY DY12 2AE
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BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT - continued YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
80th Anniversary
2024 was certainly a busy year for the Society, celebrating in many ways the 80th (Oak) anniversary. As we did, we acknowledged our founder members who, in May 1944, were still experiencing the difficulties arising from World War II but who nonetheless had the foresight to anticipate the special need for vigilance as a mood of change threatened the cultural and architectural heritage of our lovely town. We also celebrated the Society’s significant achievements of the past 80 years.
Sadly, our first major anniversary event, a Keynote lecture by Lord Digby Jones, had to be cancelled owing to a heart complaint Digby had suffered just prior to the date arranged in June. However, we followed up in July with a Garden Party at Sue and Richard’s house in Park Lane when, out of the blue, the weather was perfect. | was able to recount to the large attendance a history of the Society following which we gavea toast to the Society. An anniversary cake was then cut by the Mayor, Councillor lan Latimer. | was later presented by Jim Parker with a beautifully handcrafted plaque fashioned by him from Wyre Forest Oak to mark my 22 years as Chairman.
Celebration Daze
The undoubted piéce de résistance in our celebrations was a collaboration with life member, Robert Plant, for a concert which took place in St. Anne’s Church over two nights in September. On the Friday impressionist Alastair McGowan headlined the evening with a virtuoso performance of mimicry and music. He was supported by the fiddle player, Ruth Angel and the folk singer songwriter, Deborah Rose. On the Saturday night, Robert Plant and his band, Saving Grace, featuring Suzi Dian, played to a sold-out audience. They were supported by a musical trio from London called Burr Island. The whole evening was universally held to be sensational and, thanks to Robert’s generosity in his support for the event, the concert raised £9,500 which was donated on Robert’s instruction to various local charities. The accompanying financial accounts show the donations in detail.
Annual Dinner
This event in November served asa finale to the anniversary celebrations and with 98 attending it marked a record since St. Georges Hall was refurbished in 2013. We were delighted that our President, Beatrice Grant, and her husband Andrew, could attend. Also attending were the High Sherrif of Worcestershire, Charles Moyle JP and his wife Henrietta and our MP Mark Garnier OBE. Also attending were our members, John Byng, Chairman, Wyre Forest District Council, and his wife, Barbara. Our honoured guests were the Mayor, lan Latimer JP, and his Mayoress, Cat Banks. During the proceedings our member, Robert Smith, was named the Society's first Community Champion, and in recognition of this award was presented with a gold medal and a framed citation from the President. There was also a surprise for myself when the President handed me with a second gold medal in recognition of my time as Chairman for which | was deeply honoured. There then followed an interesting and amusing talk by retired judge, Bill Barry. The evening concluded with the presentation of a bouquet to Sue Perrin, organizer of the dinner.
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YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Wribbenhall Flood Defences
Work continued apace during the year, but not without disruption to the town caused by the one-way traffic system over the bridge. We understand that, notwithstanding considerable disruption caused by a number of floods and lots of uncharted subterranean obstacles, completion remains scheduled for Autumn 2025.
Cherry trees at Sainsbury’s
In keeping with the policy of promoting cherries as part of the town heritage the Society donated and planted four fruiting cherry trees within the perimeter of the newly completed Sainsbury’s store in Dog Lane car park.
Town Centre Audit
Under Graham Luxford’s leadership we undertook another close look at the townscape. Since the previous audit in 2018, we noted a general worsening in the appearance of some properties, but it’s very pleasing to report that subsequent to the audit several properties received some major attention, particularly 15 Load Street (Ex. Grape Tree), 54 Load Street (VWWyre Forest Books), 8 Load Street, ( Rajah Restaurant) 3 Severnside South (ex. Fishing Tackle shop) and St. Anne’s Church. We were also pleased that some paving repairs were carried out by the County Council (although more are required).
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St. Anne’s Church
As part of the Government levelling up agenda, the Parochial Church Council (PCC) was awarded £167,000 from the Shared Prosperity Fund to undertake repair works, some cleaning of the church’s exterior (the east elevation) and to start feasibility design work on the interior community hub proposals. Much of the former work was completed during the year and the visual improvement is a joy to be held. It must be said that the Society has long been lobbying for this to happen, and we salute the PCC and in particular, Rob Smith, for finding a solution to a very problematic exercise, both in physical and financial terms. More funding is required to complete the above projects, but we remain optimistic.
Buildings at Risk
Progress in the restoration of properties identified by the Society and others as being at risk is mixed. The excellent refurbishment of the former fishing tackle shop is most pleasing and work at Ribbesford House continues albeit there is a long way to go yet. Lack of any progress at all at the Old Workhouse in High Street and at Bewdley‘s Telford Bridge is most disappointing.
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BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY
_TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT- continued YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Bewdley Museum, Guildhall and Jubilee Gardens
After the turmoil surrounding the above facilities, it is pleasing to note that the Museum is going from strength to strength following WFDC’s most welcome commitment by the new administration. Indeed, the Trustees of the Friends of Bewdley Museum decided during the year that, such was the support now being given, they had no longer an active role to play in the Museum’s future and resolved to wind up the group. Well, this is all good news but our experience over the years, tells us not to be complacent and the recent news that Worcestershire is likely to move to a unitary council regime is perhaps an indicator that we must remain vigilant for unwelcome developments.
Dowles Graveyard
The working group, which is co-ordinated by Bill Goodall, continued to do excellent work in improving the appearance of this little gem. | would like to thank Bill and his helpers for their considerable efforts and for the support of the PCC. It is testament to their work that we see many complimentary remarks about the graveyard on social media demonstrating that it is now a beautiful and peaceful place to visit. During the year, the Society committed £500 to help with maintenance and equipment most of which will be spent in 2025.
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Balsam Bashing
The ninth annual bash took place over several days in the summer. This year, in response to notable changing environmental patterns, a different strategic approach was adopted with signal success. A perennial challenge is to deal with reseeding from winter flooding. Relying primarily on a committed group of seasoned volunteers this year we were able to increase the number of our bashing sessions and target them at short notice where most needed. The result was that Himalayan Balsam was largely removed from priority areas central to the town. The extent of our reach now includes both banks of the river down to the bypass and upstream a little way beyond Dowles Bridge. It also includes Dowles Brook below Dry Mill Lane. The cumulative effect of our efforts over the years is plain to see in the relative absence of the accursed weed in that area, which is starkly apparent in contrast to the rest of the middle Severn. We thank Steve Bent and his fellow volunteers for their hard work.
Summer Outings
In July Sharon Harvey organized a somewhat ambitious excursion to Highclere Castle in Berkshire to help celebrate the 80th anniversary. She was rewarded, however, with a full coach attendance of 51 members and friends. Despite heavy rainfall which curtailed tours of the garden, the guided tours of the wonderful castle and the Lord Caernarvon/Howard Carter Egyptian exhibition easily made up for that. We were generously presented with a signed copy of Countess Caernarvon’s book At home at Highclere. Entertaining at the real Downton Abbey, to mark our anniversary. In September, we visited (not for the first time) Powis Castle, on this occasion organized by Eddie Burton. Once again, a full coach enjoyed the treasures and wonderful artwork the castle had to offer as well as the impressive Clive of India museum.
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The Wyre Retinue
Following on from the success of the event in 2023 we again sponsored a two-day free-to-thepublic historical event in Bewdley Museum in September to mark National Heritage weekend. The Wyre Retinue, a local re-enactment group, entertained with demonstrations of life during the War of the Roses.
Cherry Fayre
This annual event in conjunction with Bewdley Museum was once again organized by Sharon Harvey and, as usual, attracted much attention. Our Stall showcased the history of our cherry orchards and our cherry trees, nurtured in Sharon’s Garden, sold well.
The Stall
At the Christmas Lights Festival, the Society’s stall organised by Sharon Harvey was once again located in St. Anne’s church and it proved to be a successful occasion for us. Bill Dewar took the stall to an exhibition of focal community organisations organised by the University of the Third Age at the Harriers Club in Kidderminster.
Lectures
During the year the following lectures were held in St. George’s Hall. They were all well attended and much enjoyed.
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In October, as a partner of Bewdley Festival, we provided sponsorship which helped to promote some interesting talks.
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The Bewdley School Foundation
The Society now has two directors on the Bewdley School Foundation. In 2024 Martin Guard joined Barbara Longmore as a representative on the Board. Foundation Schools are different from community schools in that they are run by their own governing body, which employs the staff and sets the admissions criteria. The land and buildings of the Bewdley School are owned by the charitable Foundation. During this year the main issues the Foundation has addressed were related to the transfer of the land and buildings of the old Bewdley Leisure Centre from Worcestershire County Council to the School Foundation, and the siting of the proposed Bewdley Heating Energy Centre at the school. If the proposed energy scheme goes ahead, the schools on the Stourport Road and the Leisure Centre will be the first to benefit from it.
Development Control
Bewdley Town Council NeighbourhoodPlan
Good progress was made during the year; in particular the additional public consultation survey was carried out in February/March, which generated over 700 replies, a very good number. Disappointingly, however, was a weighting in the responses from the more elderly residents of Bewdley. Later in the year, the Town Council voted in favour of continuing the exercise and allocated an additional budget of £7000 to cover further consultancy work, which was considered necessary to producea definitive piece of work acceptable to the Government's appointed inspector. Completion is now anticipated in 2026, 11 years after the work on this commenced. The Society is represented on the Town Council's Steering group by Tony Leach, Jock Gallagher, Richard Brine and myself.
Ribbesford House
Plans submitted by the owners to substantially increase the number of flats and cottages in the development (21 flats, 4 cottages) caused some alarm to the local residents and we were invited to attend a meeting they called. We recommended that the residents form a residents’ association and an objection to the plans as they stand was lodged by the Society.
Catchem’s End, Habberley Road and Stourport Triangle developments (212 units)
Construction on the first two sites mentioned above gathered pace during the year. The triangle development commenced in December. The historic wall on the Kidderminster Road was partially rebuilt in accordance with the agreement we reached with WFDC and the developer but it was disappointing that the original Bewdley coping bricks manufactured by Skey were deemed to be unusable.
Rowing Club
Ambitious plans to expand the clubhouse and facilities were unveiled and viewed by the | Society. No formal application has been submitted as yet.
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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT- continued
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
20 mph Zone
County Councillor Dan Morehead kindly accepted the Executive Committee’s invitation to address us in March to discuss the traffic scenario in Bewdley and in particular proposals for a 20-mph zone in the town centre. It’s been getting on for 10 years since the idea was first promulgated and at last the Council has obtained the necessary approvals. Public consultation took place in early 2025 and implementation is expected later in the year. Some feel that the zone should be extended in places beyond the Conservation Area, but the Society’s view was to get this in place and to, perhaps, lobby for extensions at a later date. Dan also discussed the problematical traffic problems in High Street and the Council’s pledge to instal EV charging points.
Other developments
All planning applications affecting the Conservation Area, plus some others, were examined, and our views communicated to the relevant authorities, where appropriate. We are also vigilant in looking for breaches of planning permission and lobby accordingly. I'm grateful to Tony Leach for being our lead on the Planning and Town Centre SubCommittee; Tony often attends either in person or digitally the District Council Planning Committee and Cabinet meetings. Sue Perrin and | attend some Town Council and Town Council Planning Committee meetings.
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The Hobson Room
We continue to enjoy the use of this facility at 18 Load Street thanks to the generosity of Paul Crane who lets us have it rent free.
Newsletter
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Jock Gallagher continues to produce excellent Newsletters four times a year. His skills were particularly useful when it came to reporting on the Celebrity Daze events. | continue to receive lots of compliments from our members.
Floodlighting of the Baldwin Statue
This project has proved to be much more problematical than envisaged and progress unfortunately is slow. We hope that an approach via a new contractor will speed things up.
Civic Voice (CV)
The good news is that the £90,000 stolen from CV was recovered from the thief through process of law, putting our umbrella organization on a much better financial footing. It is recalled the Society paid 5 years of subscriptions in advance (£2,500) in 2022 to assist with CV’s precarious cash flow. It is admitted however that resources have been limited and made worse by the resignation of the founder CEO, lan Harvey, who moved on during the year. A replacement has been appointed in 2025. As regards the West Midlands Amenity Societies’
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YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 pipil pe sip gg Association (WestMasa), Barbara Longmore and | attended the March meeting in Moseley and | attended the November meeting in Pershore.
Annual General Meeting
The AGM was held as usual in April in St. George’s Hall and was presided over by our President. Opportunity was taken to make this a special occasion by kick starting the Anniversary celebrations with the help of some light refreshments. With the exception of Lord Watson, who had moved away from Bewdley, and Martin Fisher, the members of the Executive Committee (EC) and the Officers were duly re-elected. Martin was subsequently co-opted back on the EC while Eddie Burton our Minute Secretary was elected to the EC at the AGM.
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Our figures in 2024 were inflated somewhat by the Celebrity Daze transactions. While the surplus arising from this event was fully dissipated in most worthwhile charitable donations a surplus of £950 from the Bar, which offered very reasonable prices, and which was run by the Society, contributed to the Society’s resources. | am most grateful to my son-in-law, William Stelling and his immediate family for working jolly hard on the two nights to achieve this. With the ever-increasing cost of postage we contacted members who live outside of Bewdley and do not therefore have their Newsletter delivered by hand and asked them if they would in future receive it electronically by email. We are grateful to those who either agreed or who kindly made a cash donation. Overall there was a trading break even position although our investments gained in value by £557. Restricted funds of £10,194 are earmarked for flood lighting of the Baldwin statue and other community projects. At the year-end total unrestricted funds were £13,263 evidencing that the Society’s finances are in good shape.
Obituary
We were saddened by the news that our member, Louise Edginton, had passed away in May at the age of 94. Louise had an amazing record of public service having served long spells on all three local authorities. She was one of only a handful of people in modern times to receive the Freedom of the Town/Borough of Bewdley.
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YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Thanks
| have mentioned and thanked some of our members in this report who have supported us and | would especially like to thank our Hon Secretary, Barbara Longmore, our Hon. Treasurer, Peter Archer and his partner Margaret Gillam, Sheelah Bolam, Membership Secretary and Eddie Burton, Minute Secretary and Jock Gallagher, Newsletter Editor; they all work very hard for the Society. There are many more to thank including the Executive Committee members and a small army of Newsletter deliverers, we are grateful to them and to all the members for supporting us.
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BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY Registered Charity number 700898
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
| Notes | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total Funds | |
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| Funds | Funds | Funds | 2023 | ||
| 2) | £ | £ | £ | ||
| RECEIPTS | |||||
| Voluntary Receipts | 1 | 3,744 | - | 3,744 | 4,569 |
| Charitable Activities | 2 | 12,353 | 11,050 | 23,403 | 8,060 |
| Investment Income | 3 | - | 241) | 211 | 151 |
| 16,097 | 11,261 | 27,358 | 12,780 | ||
| PAYMENTS | |||||
| Charitable Activities | 5 | 9,109 | 11,036 | 20,145 | 8,384 |
| Other | 6 | 6,993 | Ne | 6,993 | 5,781 |
| 16,102 | 11,036 | 27,138 | 14,165 | ||
| Excess (payments)/receipts | _(5) | 225 | 220 | (1,385) | |
| Cash Funds at 1 January 2024 | 1,767 | 9,969 | 11,736 | 13,121 | |
| Cash Funds at 31 December | 1,762 | 10,194 | 11,956 | itde7 S36 | |
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BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY Registered Charity number 700898
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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|Investments|4|44,501|eS|44,501|10.944|
|Cash|at Bank and|in|hand|1,762|10.194|11,956|441,736|||
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Approved by the Committee And $j ae 8 behalf (ee 4) R Perrin - Chairman =Hon Treasurer
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BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY Registered Charity number 700898
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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|Funds|Funds|2023|52023|
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|1.|Voluntary|Receipts|
|Membership|subscriptions,|Life|
|Membership|subscriptions|&|Gift Aid|3,113|=|4,127|is|
|Donations &|Legacies|631|-|442|-|
|BCARA|he|-|-|-|
|3,744|-|4,569|-|
|2.|Charitable|Activities|Receipts|
|Annual|Dinner|4,032|-|3,181|-|
|Merchandise|Sales|369|-|684|-|
|Lectures|and|Events|1,715|-|1,908|-|
|Outings|2,712|-|1,307|-|
|Cherry|Fair|590|-|430|-|
|Green|Theatre|-|-|550|-|
|Celebration|Daze|-|11,050|-|-|
|Bar Takings|1,595|-|-|-|
|Garden|Party|1,380|-|-|-|
|12,353|11,050|8,060|-|
|3.|Investment|Receipts|
|COIF|Charities|Deposit|Fund|-|-|-|-|
|Bank|Interest|HSBC|-|211|-|‘tom|
|ul|-|151|
|4.|Quoted|Investment|_|
|The|Society|has|held|COIF|
|Accumulation|Units|since|2001|
|Cost|3,930|-|3,930|=|
|Market Value|at|31.12.2023|10,944|-|9,739|-|
|Unrealised|Gain|(loss)|557|-|1,205|-|
|Market Value|at|31.12.2024|11,501|-|10,944|-|
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BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY Registered Charity number 700898
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
| ea | ea | ener | ener | ener | ||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
| Funds | Funds | 2023 | 2023 | |||
| £ | a | £ | £ | |||
| 5. | Charitable Activities Payments | |||||
| Bewdley Festival Limited | 450 | - | 300 | - | ||
| Bewdley Cherry Fair | 122 | - | 189 | - | ||
| Sundry Donations | 60 | - | 50 | - | ||
| Museum Heritage Event** | - | - | 400 | - | ||
| Annual Dinner | 3,450 | - | 3,097 | - | ||
| Merchandise Outings Bridge Roller& St. Signs |
258 2,556 - |
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190 1,228 95 |
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| Sainsburys Cherry Trees | - | - | 284 | - | ||
| Baldwin Exhibition | - | - | 580 | - | ||
| Bewdley Guides | - | - | 500 | - | ||
| Crochet Crew | - | - | 200 | - | ||
| Green Theatre | - | - | 550 | - | ||
| ’ | Dowles Churchyard Renovation | - | - | Ue | - | |
| Dementia Group | - | 2,000 | 54 | - | ||
| Nightstop (Bryony Moore | - | - | 250 | - | ||
| Memorial Beech Tree replacement |
- | - | - | ; | 242 | |
| Bewdley Marching Band | - | - | 100 | - | ||
| Celebration Daze | - | SSR | - | - | ||
| Bar Expenses | 613 | - | - | - | ||
| Bewdley School | 250 | - | - | - | ||
| BewdleyAlmhouses | 210 | 1,000 | - | - | ||
| W.Mercia Womens Aid | - | 3,250 | - | - | ||
| St Basil’s | - | 3,250 | - | - | ||
| Garden Party | 1140 | - | ibeails | _- | ||
| 9.109 | 11,036 | 8,142 | 242 |
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BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY Registered Charity number 700898
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
| CPs | sealoyu | oyu USNSNeeta PMR | PUNE Merc eer | ee | eeeee | eeeee | ae | AEER a | |
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Unrestricted | Restricted | ||||||
| Funds | Funds | 2023 | 2023 | ||||||
| ES | 2 | £ | £ | ||||||
| 6. | Payments—Other | ||||||||
| Room hire | 971 | - | 987 | - | |||||
| Advertising and displays | 165 | - | 468 | - | |||||
| Annual Report and Printing Insurance Sundry costs, Secretarial and Postage Bank charges Speakers fees Kenneth Hobson Room |
2,237 372 949 122 347 200 |
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2,015 308 760 116 341 703 |
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| Flowers & gifts | - | - | 83 | - | |||||
| Champion Medals | 924 | - | - | - | |||||
| AGM Refreshments | 221 | - | - | - | |||||
| Other printing | 269 | - | - | - | |||||
| Lecture sundry costs Balsam Bashing |
33 _30 6,993 |
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- - 5,781 |
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| Funds | Funds | 2023 | 2023 | ||||||
| £ | £ | CS | £ | ||||||
| 7... | Membership Receipts |
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| Memberships Subscriptions |
75 - |
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587 - |
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| Memberships Subscriptions |
- *2,452 2,527 |
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- 2,644 S20 |
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- Includes subscriptions in advance of £375 (£990)
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BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY Registered Charity number 700898
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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8. Restricted Funds
Restricted Funds relate mainly to the Society’s fundraising appeal towards the erection of a statue of Stanley Baldwin plus bank interest received.
9. Celebrity Daze
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| Income | Net Ticket Sales | 11,050 |
| Expenses | ||
| Music license | 306 | |
| Event insurance | 106 | |
| Sundry equipment | 368 | |
| Church Hire | 406 | |
| Wheatsheaf room hire | 200 | |
| Flowers | 150 | |
| 1,536 | ||
| Surplus | 9.514« |
- The Museum Event sponsorship of the Wythe Retinue took place in 2024 but not paid for until 2025.
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