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Annual General Meeting - 2002

Annual General Meeting held on 16/10/2002 12:45:25 at The Abbey Community Centre

Present:
A F Wigram (in the Chair), The Hon. Sally Wigram, Mrs Tracy Pernice (Secretary), Frank Tett (Accountant), Ms Avril Hanning

Apologies:
Sukie Hemming, Herschel Post

Minutes:
1. The notice of the meeting was stated.

2. The minutes of the previous meeting was read by all the trustees in advance. The Minutes was signed by the Chairman as being true and correct.

3. Chairman called upon Mr Frank Tett a representative of the auditors Messrs. Spiro Tett & Company to read through the Annual Accounts.

4. The Chairman stated that the annual accounts and directors’ report for the period ending the 5th of April 2002 have been in the hands of the members of the company for the statutory period and wanted to know whether there was any queries in regard to this. The Chairman asked Frank Tett to go through the Annual Accounts. Frank Tett went through the Accounts page by page and explained the figures in a very straightforward way. AW explained to NW the reason why the donation given by the band trust had not been entered on this year’s accounts because the donation was given after the financial year end.

The Chairman received the Auditors report and the approval of the accounts.

Mr Tett said that there had been a substantial increase in the income. Sally Wigram said that the accounts was done in a very straightforward way and that it was easy to read. The Chairman explained that many individuals give one off donations and this was not always something which could be relied on in the future. Mr Tett suggested that for subsequent years that the schedule of page 7 of the Annual Accounts be produced to show the percentages on the right hand side to make it easier to read.

NW asked about the student fees and AH explained that the average fee is about £20- £30 paid by the students. SW said that this was the great thing about a small charity is that we can keep the cost down. The Chairman said that 75% of the students have an income of less than £200 per week. AW said dependant on funding students might have to raise their own funding in the long term for the course.

AW also mentioned that we had to build up our relationships with Local Councils. The Chairman explained how difficult it was to get any information from these councils and that they were extremely inefficient and most of them did not know what they were doing.


5. The Chairman proposed that Sally Wigram who retires
by rotation in accordance with the articles and is eligible for re-election be re-elected as trustee of the company.

Tracy Pernice seconded the resolution. All present were in favour.

The Chairman declared the resolution as carried.

The Chairman proposed that Herschel Post who retires in rotation in accordance with the articles and is eligible for re-election be re-elected as director of the company.

Sally Wigram seconded the resolution. All present were in favour.

The Chairman declared the resolution as carried.

The Chairman proposed the election of Nicholas Wallop as a trustee of the Charity.
Sally Wigram seconded the resolution. All present were in favour.

The Chairman declared the resolution as carried.


6. The Chairman stated that the next resolution is that the remuneration of Messrs. Spiro Tett & Company, the company’s auditors, be fixed by the directors for the ensuing twelve months.

Tracy Pernice seconded the proposal.

The Chairman put the resolution to the meeting.

The Chairman declared the resolution carried.

7. Any other Business

SW asked whether we still had the difficulty of obtaining the students like we did last year. The Chairman explained that the difficulty now is with funding and that we are getting a steady increase with students. SW suggested that we should concentrate on the private companies who are doing work for the boroughs.


8. The Chairman closed the formal meeting.

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