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Financial Reports and General Mee琀椀ngs.
Finances
stability and understanding. Some have a level of
commitment equivalent to a full-}me job. Andy
Looking back on the last day of the calendar year
Thompson is in his 12th year as Chairman, bringing
over the preceding 12 months, there is a feeling of
a calm and balanced perspec}ve to all situa}ons.
some sa}sfac}on that our opera}on is solvent, in
Trevor Rowlan became Treasurer in 2006, records
good shape and in good heart and has made a
every 昀椀nancial transac}on for both Companies,
promising start to the 2024 / 2025 昀椀nancial year.
provides banking services, bookkeeping for the bar,
Finances are always important and, although our
monthly accounts, annual forecasts and year end
results for the year ended 30th September 2024 are reports and accounts for the AGM and Companies
s}ll provisional and unaudited, we can say that
House. And that is just the }p of the iceberg.
TMWA Ltd has achieved a break-even result and
Similarly, Alan Bishop is fundamental to the
TSSSC Ltd, our Community Amateur Sports Club,
func}on of the clubhouse, responsible for the bar,
which manages the clubhouse and grounds on
the kitchen, building services and maintenance. He
behalf of the Rugby, Cricket and Hockey Clubs
is Membership Secretary, publisher of our
showed a de昀椀cit of £6.8k, before consolida}on of
magazines and newsle琀琀ers& His spare }me is
the individual results of those Clubs. This can be
commi琀琀ed to the Mitres. The Chairmen of the 4
covered by our reserves.
main Clubs have key roles on the Commi琀琀ee and
ensure an informed balance to decision making.
TMWA9s main income streams are from the bar,
which 昀椀nished this year strongly, from subscrip}ons
and from the contribu}ons towards ground
What did we do?
maintenance of the Cricket and Rugby Clubs. The
annual costs for ground maintenance now total
AGMs
some £50k, shared between our two Companies
The AGMs were held at Sanderstead on 23rd May
TSSSC raises its income from the hire of clubhouse 2024.
facili}es for keep-昀椀t, parking, par}es and other
We welcomed Trevor Sto琀琀en as a director of
events, the hire of sports 昀椀elds for football and
TMWA Ltd. Trevor has been running the 400 Club
training and it receives contribu}ons from Hockey
since 2006. He replaces Warwick Jones who
and Mitres. Much of this goes to cover clubhouse
stepped down to focus on his responsibili}es with
u}li}es, cleaning and maintenance.
the John Whitgiv Founda}on and governance of
We gratefully acknowledge the contribu}on of the Trinity School, aver 10 valuable years on Council, in
John Whitgiv Founda}on, who generously provide recogni}on of which, Warwick was appointed as a
the lease for our grounds on very advantageous
Vice-President of the Associa}on, to acclama}on.
terms. We par}cularly value the support we
The exis}ng o昀케cers of both Companies agreed to
receive from Trinity School in encouraging leavers
stand again and were duly re-elected. Both
to join our ranks every year.
mee}ngs were brief and unevenvul, which can be
interpreted as an expression of sa}sfac}on by the
members.
Management
We can be proud that our team manages to hold
together a complex business, comprising several
di昀昀erent sports and cultural communi}es, amicably
sharing common facili}es, with a minimum of
con昀氀ict. Most striking is the fact that we are an
organisa}on run by volunteers and so there are no
execu}ve salaries to pay! It is also notable that all
have a long history as members which provides
Bar
In February, we were taken by surprise by the
resigna}on of Ian Walsh aver 17 years as Bar
Steward and we thank him for his service and wish
him success in his new venture. We have been
fortunate to secure the services of Stuart Clarke and
Claire Lamb, who have been well received and with
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