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Hawkesbury Upton Hall Committee
Report for the year 2012
I would like to again thank the committee for their dedication and work over the past year.Taking into account the current economic climate we are in, I think the Hall has managed to do well to retain all the standard hirers and maintain a good level of income and still at very reasonable & competitive hire charges.
We have not been as busy this year with private hires for functions and bars and even had to cancel our own Fun Day in the summer due to bad weather. However one successful fundraiser that was held in the autumn, the Motorcycle event, did raise a very good income that managed to cover the lack of functions earlier in the year.In March we had another successful Breakfast fundraiser and all monies added to the Hall Improvements fund. The Drama group were successful in obtaining a grant to help pay for some new stage curtains, further fundraising still required for new tabs and lighting.
This year we produced a wish list of larger tasks that are required to be achieved over the medium term and these were added to the wish list over the year and are listed below:Crockery; Lee’s Lights; Playground repairs; New Kitchen; bench for playground; Stage Curtains, Stage Curtain Tabs, Stage Lighting; Resurface Car Park.
Of these tasks we completed the purchase of 120 place setting of crockery, Christmas Lights now managed by the Hall and paid for by the Parish magazine, Playground repairs completed & Stage Curtains purchased leaving the ongoing list as: Resurface Car Park; New Kitchen; Bench for Playground; Stage Curtain Tabs & Stage LightingLooking forward to the coming year, again we continue to search for grants to help our funding raising alongside our own fundraising activities. Hopefully these efforts will enable us to complete many of the items on our wish list as well as the general day to day Hall maintenance requirements.
Treasurer's summary report below provided by Mick Bendeaux.
Once again our letting fees and bar profits virtually covered our day-to-day running costs. Unfortunately there were fewer functions wanting a bar so those profits were down by about £1,000 this year contributing towards an excess of expenditure over income of £1,703. The other main increase in expenditure was oil, although the 2011 amount was somewhat falsified by a credit balance from 2010 being carried forward and thereby reducing the 2011 figure. The figure for 2012 was a true representation of the oil costs. There were a couple of one-off expenses in 2012 - the refurbishment of the carpark for £904 which was offset by a grant for the majority of this cost, and the refurbishment of the Hall floor for £1,140. There were donations received towards the cost of this exercise from the Summer Skittles league and the Buffs
Thanks again to everyone.
Angelo Sauro, Mick Bendeaux & Fiona Steeds
Chairman, Treasurer & Secretary