Trentside LinksAnnual report2011 to 2012 financial year

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Trentside Links ● Annual report 2010

Contents

Chairman's report 3

Treasurer's report 4

Financial accounts summary 5

About Trentside LinksTrentside Links (TL) is the name of the community organisation serving villages near to the River Trent in Lincolnshire. It is a not-for-profit body run by a committee of volunteers from villages in the Trentside area.

The aim of TL is to support and help improve the social life of the community.

We publish a community magazine, also called Trentside Links, every 2 months, starting from January. It is delivered free of charge to over 1500 homes and businesses by a team of volunteer distributors.

Trentside Links has a committee, currently comprising five members, three of whom also form an editorial team (see side panel). Every member of the committee and all members of the distribution team are unpaid volunteers.

Funding for maintaining the website and printing the magazine is obtained through sponsorship and advertising. For the year 2010 only we are part-funded by money from the National Lottery Awards for All scheme.

For more information on our organisation you can contact us as at:

Trentside Links7 Lincoln RoadFentonLincolnLN1 2EP

tel 01427 718837trentsidelinks@yahoo.comwww.trentsidelinks.org

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2012 has been another successful year for our community

organisation building on the strong foundations put down through developing the magazine & website in the previous year.

Trentside Links magazine

Our volunteers have continued to produce a quality, popular publication that is well received by the community. Villagers regularly submit articles and photos and this has brought an excellent balance to the magazine of community & local school news, updates from other local organisations and regular historical articles to allow the community to learn more about their roots. In total over the year 9000 copies of the magazine are produced and I am delighted that we are now self funding for a 24 page publication. We have also launched a subscription service in November which will allow readers to receive a free copy to their Kindle or Kindle app for tablet devices.

I would like to take this opportunity once again to thank the volunteers who work on the magazine as well as our tireless team of distributors who embark on delivering the magazine to readers doors in all weather.

Trentside Links photo archive

The photo archive remains an important central point as a collection for all our photos submitted by readers. We continue to expand the archive month on month and would encourage the community to make use of this free resource. We now have some 1000+ photos in the archive and plan to highlight them in future editions of the magazine. We are also looking to produce a book over the next year so that these photos, maps, scrap books and other interesting information that we hold may be accessible in another format. We would like to thank the Parish Council’s for their kind donations and support.

Trentside Links website

Our website continues to be an excellent window for the world on the Trentside Links region. We receive between 2000-3000 visits per month and continue to receive correspondence from previous residents of the area as well as friends & family researching their own relatives. We plan to review & develop the website further in 2013 and will keep you updated via the magazine.

In summary 2012 has seen the organisation grow from strength to strength whilst keeping focused on our main aim to provide a quality, interesting resource free to the villagers of the Trentside Region.

Jon OliverActing Chairman

Chairman's report

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Accounts - This year has been a good year for the magazine as

we are able to self fund a 24page front and back colour magazine. We finished the year on a £106.46 loss which in the following weeks was quickly made into a profit when late advertising revenue was received. The Trentside links also donated £500.00 towards a new computer that would make the editing and production of the magazine easier. Looking ahead to the new financial year 2012/13 we hope to ask our 7 parish councils for a donation and apply for a £250.00 grant from the community action and volunteering fund. We shall also be contacting the nation lottery heritage fund for monies to help with producing a book about the village’s history using the information, photographs and memorabilia that the public have kindly lent us.

Sue OliverTreasurerTrentside Links Community Organisation

Committee members

Chairman John RedgroveSecretary Emma BarrattTreasurer Sue OliverMember Richard FarleyMember Elizabeth Rose

Distributors

Brampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard FarleyDrinsey Nook . . . . . . . . . . . . . VACANCYFenton (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris EastFenton (2) . . . . . . . . Sue Eyton-WilliamsGate Burton . . . . . . . . . . . Pat HammondKettlethorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne HarrisKnaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemary BurkeLaughterton (1) . . . . . . . . Bob WatkinsonLaughterton (2) . . . . . . . . . . Carol PennyLaughterton (Home Farm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy WillisMarton (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helen GeeMarton (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandra MoodyNewton on Trent (1) . . . . . . . . Gill KymeNewton on Trent (2) . . . . Roger VorbeckPark Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VACANCYStow Park . . . Rodge & Alison BrownlowThorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George CollinsTorksey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth RoseTorksey (The Elms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan & Gill WatsonTorksey Lock . . . . . . . . . . Dennese GoreTorksey Lock (Little London Park) . . . . . .

Maureen Lyons

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Treasurer's report

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Income for financial year

Detail £

Advertising 5092.00

Donations 210.00

Calendar 453

Total 5755.00

Expenditure for financial year

Detail £

Magazine printing 5076.00

Equipment 500.00

Expenses 285.46

Total 5861.46

Summary

balance b/f 1942.03

Income 5755.00Expenditure 5861.46

Surplus 1835.57

Represented by:

Bank account 1835.57

Total 1835.57

Independent auditor - Mr T Brumpton, Dunholme

Financial accounts summary

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