04-11-2022, 10:08 AM
THE AUSTIN SEVEN CLUBS' ASSOCIATION
Past Presidents: Donald Doughty, Stanley Edge,
Bert Hadley, Freddie Henry, Bob Wyatt 1
Committee Meeting
held on Zoom
Sunday 16th October 2022 at 9am
Present
Nick Turley Chairman
David Cochrane Vice Chairman / Pram Hood Register
Paul Lawrence Secretary
Mike Costigan Editor
Hugh Barnes Archivist
Peter Hales Registrar
Roger Brown Webmaster
David Mawby Insurance Liaison / Fabric Saloon Register
Howard Wright Editor (new)
Harry Hales South Wales Austin 7 Club
Howard Annett Austin 7 Owners Club / Magazine Distribution
Stewart Robinson Pre-War Austin 7 Club
Steve Clarke On-Line Austin 7 Club
Paul Maulden Norfolk Austin 7 Club
Peter Lawson Essex Austin 7 Club
Michael Tabeart Devon Austin 7 Club
John King Dorset Austin 7 Club
Roly Alcock Hereford Austin 7 Club
Roger Price On-line Austin 7 Club
David Charles Special Register / Cornwall Austin 7 Club
Rick Bishop Midlands Austin 7 Club
Chris Roberts Bristol Austin 7 Club
Mick Ward Tickford Register / CA7&VCC
David Rock-Evans Vintage Austin Register
Peter Morgan Austin Ex-Apprentice Association
1. Apologies for Absence
Phil Baildon Historian
Chris Heeley Treasurer
Ruairidh Dunford Advertising Co-ordinator / Scottish A7C / GE
Chris Charles IT Consultant
Andy Lowe Midlands Austin 7 Club
Janet Edroff PWA7C (North Herts Centre)
Sarah Mason Cornwall Austin 7 Club
David Aylmore Devon Austin 7 Club
Alan Billington On-Line Austin 7 Club
Jim Blacklock Arrow Register
Charlie Plain Jones 750 Historic Formula
Derek Sheldon Rosengart Register
Nigel Barfoot Austin Ex-Apprentice Association
2. Introductions
A roll call was conducted, and attendees identified.
3. Minutes of Last Meeting
Agreed as accurate – Unanimously agreed.
4. Matters Arising
David Charles appeared in both the present and apologies list. He confirmed that he had given apologies.
5. Herbert Austin Legacy Awards -Peter Morgan
Thanks for the invitation to your meeting. I also have to thank Nigel Barford, an ex-Apprentice for initiating it. My name is Peter Morgan and I am one of four Trustees of a newly formed Herbert Austin Legacy Award Trust. I am an Austin ex-Apprentice of 1960 - 1965 vintage and I spent 42 years in various forms in the British motor industry. I was also a one-time proud owner of an Austin 7 but that was a very long time ago.
My reason for attending is not to tout for business, although there may be some interest in what I am about to present, but to give you an update on the progress of our trust. It’s a trust that has a strong link to your club namely Herbert Austin, Lord Austin of Longbridge, brilliant and farsighted engineer, founder of the Longbridge factory in Birmingham, creator of the Austin 7, a wonderful little car that introduced motoring to the working man and woman. An engineering entrepreneur at least as influential as Henry Ford without possibly the world-wide recognition.
Herbert Austin knew the success of his business depended on the skill and innovation of his engineers and established a training scheme in 1918 for the continued supply of engineers to his business. The Austin Apprenticeship scheme was born and the Ex-Apprentices Association formed in 1936, really as a fellowship club and to keep friendships going. Over 7000 Apprentices were trained up to 2005 when production at Longbridge stopped.
The principle aim of our Herbert Austin Legacy Trust is to encourage young boys and girls to consider careers in engineering and enable awards to be presented in perpetuity. Two awards are proposed:
- Excellence in practical engineering skills
- Excellence in engineering innovation
Each award will be £1000 in cash value and the money provided by the trust fund will be financed by subscriptions from Ex-Apprentices and people associated with Longbridge, including I have to say, that wonderful little car of yours.
To date we have over 65 supporters willing to subscribe a minimum of £52 a year. This ensures enough funding to get started and pay out the awards when we get to that stage. So, what is the current status of the Trust?
We have established a small charitable trust with a formal constitution legally checked and agreed. The small charity trust is a minimum amount of administration load, as we only have a small amount of people involved.
We have appointed 4 Trustees, of which I am one, and will have an initial membership of 12 people including the trustees. The objectives and rules meet legal requirements and financial arrangements are underway to receive funds into a dedicated bank account.
Discussions are underway with colleges, universities and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers concerning process and location of awards. We are keen to make it centred around south Birmingham, the home of Longbridge and Lord Austin.
A leaflet has been produced describing the background and the purpose of the Herbert Austin Legacy Award Trust (This leaflet was distributed before today’s meeting).
If there is interest being expressed by the Austin 7 Club members please make contact with our Trust Chairman Mike Sheehan email address is:
Mikesheehan32@outlook.com
Comments:
Rick Bishop asked if the Award was intended for general engineering or just motor engineering. Peter explained it was for general engineering not necessarily linked to the motor industry.
Rick Bishop said the Ex-Apprentices are getting older so what provisions have been made going forward as we lose the Ex-Apprentices. Peter explained there are 1000 Ex-Apprentices on the register at the moment but they are aware of the effect of age so one of their aims will be to ensure the Trust has perpetuity and a long life. It might well be that the Trust goes on longer than the Ex-Apprentices Association.
David Cochrane asked how they were going to publicise to potential applicants and how they would be selected. Peter explained that at the moment it’s word of mouth and they have recruited from friends that were Ex-Apprentices or had a close association with Longbridge, such as former managers. Coming to meetings like this one might prove useful. Peter explained that two awards at £1000 each doesn’t require a massive amount of income and they have calculated that with 65 people donating a minimum £52 a year each that can continue to give the awards out. If they get bigger than that they can do more awards.
David Charles asked if they had talked to Chris Clarke at Lanchester Poly, who have something similar going. Peter said he didn’t know but the Chairman may have done so. He will take note of it.
Howard Wright asked if it would be possible to have something (less than 400 words) to put in the Association Magazine. Peter said he could do something and have it ready for March 2023.
6. Officer’s Reports
Chairman – Nick Turley
I just want to focus on the Centenary that we’ve just had because frankly that achieved beyond the hopes that we all had. It was all very positive and very successful, there’s no question about that. The thing that is just amazing to me, looking forward to the future, is it has really demonstrated the energy that exists within the Austin Seven world.
I think for those people that think we are all getting older (which we are of course) and we are all dropping dead (which we are and always have been ever since we can remember), the thing I would like to point out is that there are an awful lot of new people in the Austin Seven world who are coming from a completely different direction from the direction we did when we first joined the Austin Seven fraternity, that is to say they are not all 17 or 18 years old like we were when we came into it, in fact very few are because they can’t afford it. There are a lot who are 50 for example who are joining the Austin Seven world for the first time because they can afford it and are looking for a new direction. I would say to everyone not to underestimate the number of new people and it is up to us club members from all over the world to make the Austin Seven world attractive to these people. We must be creative and think outside the box to look for future directions and not just do what we have done in the past. There are lot of big challenges there, even challenges that might ask questions like what is the future direction of the Association? It mustn’t just be a chat group that gets together every now and then, we must have a purpose. The centenary gave us real purpose - the Centenary was fabulous!
I would like to once again thank the huge team that made the Centenary possible. That was teamwork at its best, there’s no question about that. I’ve never mentioned people’s names and I’m not going to as there as so many of them, it’s impossible. The effort everyone made was fantastic, even to people who did things without being asked like the people that picked up the litter at the end to make sure the Austin Seven fraternity left a good impression
Comment – No Comments
Secretary – Paul Lawrence
I would echo what Nick said about the Centenary. I think there is no doubt at all that the Centenary was an unprecedented event which was ‘world class’ and I think it’s really important that we all appreciate it would never have been possible without the Association. We did extremely well to deliver such a fantastic event. One of the things I’d like to say is how it has brought the Austin Seven clubs and people closer together. A lot more people know more names and faces and are friends now and I think that can only be helpful for the Austin Seven movement going forward. I think we should all congratulate ourselves for that.
However, now the work of the Centenary is behind us it’s time for us to concentrate on the business of supporting the Austin Seven movement in the ‘Regular Season.’ There is still a lot of work to do in the clubs to make sure we are getting the right people in, enthusing them, and allowing people to enjoy their cars. The Centenary did take a lot of work and effort but now it’s done and behind us and we can concentrate on the work that didn’t stop but may have had to take a back seat whilst the Centenary was being organised.
I’m please to say that Howard Wright from the South Wales club will be taking over as Editor of the Association Magazine so an official welcome to Howard for taking on the role and an official thank you to Mike Costigan for doing such an excellent job for us.
At the next AGM in April 2023 we will be looking for a new Advertising Co-ordinator to take over from Ruairidh and the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Insurance Liasion Officer roles will also roll-over at that point.
There is a potential hand-over for Treasurer as Chris Roberts, who is here today representing the Bristol club, is in negotiations with Chris Heeley. There are one or two things to iron out there but thank you to Chris for considering the role, we really do appreciate your support with that.
Comments:
Hugh Barnes commented that the Archivist position will also change at the next AGM and he’ll talk about that later.
David Cochrane asked for confirmation that the three-year period can be extended for another three years and Paul confirmed that yes, this is the case
Treasurer – Chris Heeley
Period July to September 2022
Main expenses came in the form of expected magazine production costs. The printer has issued a quotation for future magazines, it is understandably higher but not massively so. However, every penny that goes on to each magazine erodes our income over time. It may be that we need to look at a modest increase next year to avoid having to make a larger hike in the future.
Cash in Current Account (Lloyds) at 30th September 2022 is £23,302.86 (and excludes monies in the 2022 event account which is managed separately by David Lucas). I understand that David continues to have some small incomings and outgoings from this account, but at some point it will be amalgamated back into the day-to-day account.
I have completed the annual invoicing of all member clubs at the end of September/start of October. The values are therefore not shown in the accounts with this report. The number of ‘undelivered’ emails and responses to say that ‘this person has moved on’ have been minimal – do please let me know if your invoice has not arrived or if you have had a change of treasurer since last year - send me an email to treasurer@a7ca.org and I will put this right.
Thank you to Howard Annett for diligently keeping the postage costs down, and for mailing the majority of our magazines out, particularly the overseas ones, where it would be very easy to just send everything with one carrier and at great expense. Howard always goes the extra mile to make sure we get good value, so thank you.
I must also express my thanks to the Centenary event organising team. The event itself was an absolute triumph (oops, probably the wrong word). I can honestly say that I have not heard a bad word about it. Given, it was a ‘closed’ ticket-only event, so perhaps the only criticisms that I did hear were from those disgruntled at not getting a ticket. The organisation of the event would have been entirely different, and most likely less successful if general or uncapped admission had been allowed. The form it took allowed for costs to be controlled very tightly, which was my main worry all along. The current account figure mentioned above is healthy purely because of the way that the purse for the event was tightly controlled and I am extremely grateful to all involved.
During my time as treasurer, I have built up a few years worth of spreadsheets and cashbooks. We took action to address our falling income a few years ago. I believe that we now need to have a think about how to increase our presence generally with a view to selling more magazines. The magazine is our only source of income. Back in 2017, we were selling over 3,600 per quarter (3,649 for 2017A). This has steadily fallen over the intervening years and this year we have invoiced for just over 3,000 per quarter, the 2022C being 3,011.
I would welcome discussions on how to promote our clubs to new Austin 7 owners. I see a lot of assistance given on social media to new owners, mostly technical. Could it be that this instant advice on hand from all over the country stops people feeling the need to join their local club? Could we get something written that explains how the Austin 7 operates – explain what the A7CA is and does and how it ties in with the member clubs – and post this on the A7CA Facebook page regularly through the year and copy it to forums such as Austin 7 Friends? Any other thoughts or ideas??
My usual reminder: Please can you make sure that any cheques are addressed to The Austin 7 Clubs Association. Lloyds sometimes rejects cheques that do not match this exactly.
The Accounts can be seen at Appendix 1
Comments
None
Advertising Manager – Ruairidh Dunford
Nothing significant to report for this meeting
Comments – None
Archivist – Hugh Barnes
With the dust having settled from the Centenary event and a bit of down-time to gather breath, the work of the Archive has started to return to its normal pattern.
The Archive collection itself provided quite a bit of material used at Moreton, so after the Pop-Up Museum was dismantled, there was still quite a bit of work to do to get that all back to Lubenham and sorted and filed back into its rightful location. That work is now largely complete.
Much of the day-to-day work of the Archive – digitising, cataloguing etc. pretty much came to a halt over the last year or more, so there is quite a backlog to deal with. Most recently I have been working with Chris Charles to enhance the images of the engineering drawing we hold with those produced by Nick Turley. These will replace many lesser quality images that very much pre-date the Archive project. The help of both people is acknowledged. I have also taken the opportunity to rationalise the collection and have removed several duplicate images. I am also taking the opportunity to enhance some of the descriptions and take note of the order of images as they are displayed to make that more sensible. That work is ongoing but should be completed soon.
There are a number of important donations yet to be dealt with, including the personal photo album of Ral Appleby, mechanic to the racing team, kindly donated by Rick Bishop whose wife, Christine, was Ral Appleby’s niece. Already, those photos have provided images not seen before revealing aspects of the TT cars, for instance, that were unknown and have allowed more accurate rebuild of a particular car.
Robert Foreman donated a series of three photo albums from 1926, ’28 and ’29 of the annual holiday of Fred Pring, a delightful set of holiday snaps in various parts of the country that Fred and his wife toured in their Austin 7.
Ken Cooke, who sadly passed away recently, almost as a last act, donated a lovely print of Herbert Austin signed and dated ‘Christmas 1933’ and was his Christmas gift to Freddie Henry. It was passed to Ken through Freddie’s daughter. Although in relatively good condition, it really needed some conservation work – particularly to do with the framing – and has been passed to Lance Sheldrick to undertake that.
More time has been spent going through the generous donations of Adli Halabi (who’s recent passing should also be noted with sadness). As I mentioned in my last report (January 2022), some of these materials are both historically important and in a rather poor state. One particular item, Gunnar Poppe’s personal photo and press cutting album from the 1929-31 era, is particularly in need of conservation/restoration. In its current state, it would not be possible for people to view and handle it. As a result, I have taken the decision to spend the remaining funds ring fenced to the Archive, some £2000, to have the album professionally restored. A significant undertaking but a necessary one. The work is being undertaken as a private commission by a couple of Cambridge College conservators who I know, so we can be sure of top quality work. Having spent a number of hours in discussion with them, going through each page, talking about what is needed for each photo and newspaper cutting, it is a huge amount of work.
The above goes to show that such donations are truly the life blood of the Archive. It is something that has increased in recent years and I give my heartfelt thanks to the generosity of so many people.
Looking ahead, I am very keen to restart the tradition of Open Days at Lubenham and, as I write this, one is being arranged. I am delighted to report that the position of Archivist going forward looks to be secure and more will be reported on that in 2023. With extra hands now ‘formally’ part of the Archive team, the intention is to start opening the Archive to visitors one day a month. It may also be that we will be able to undertake research for people, possibly for a small fee to add to Archive funds. The Archive needs to continue to grow and give a better service to Austin 7 owners (and others, as it has proved) in the future.
This does bring me back to a topic I raised in my last report. For the Archive to continue the work it has been doing, to purchase materials and to deal with the increasing amount of important material that is being donated, funding must be secured. Again, there will be more about the future plans for the Archive in 2023, but I can tell you that a new team has been put together who will be working on a ten-year plan for the Archive, for which likely costings will be included.
Comments:
Hugh Barnes - An archivist has been identified to take over at the next AGM and someone identified to take over after that. A ten-year plan will be presented at the AGM which will also include costs.
Hugh said he and Chris Heeley keep in contact closely about finances for the Archive. Money had been ring-fenced but that has now been used so at the moment there are no funds left. Hugh asked the committee to consider making an interim advance of £2,500 to keep the work of the Archive going from now until the AGM next April for conservation and acquisition costs.
David Cochrane said that we had done well with the Archive and asked if Chris Heeley is happy with the £2,500. Hugh explained that he hadn’t had the chance to speak to Chris Heeley but he believed that having had sight of the finances the Association could afford this. Nick Turley confirmed that the Association could definitely afford it if we choose to. David Cochrane said he was in favour of it.
Rick Bishop said that he thinks we should vote on it and say that providing it’s ok with the Treasurer we go ahead with it.
A unanimous vote followed, and the motion was carried.
David Cochrane asked if there was a regular allowance budgeted for the Archive within the annual budget and if not, shouldn’t we consider this?
Nick Turley agreed that we should and suggested that we wait until we see Hugh’s ten-year plan so we can consider how much it is really going to cost so we can make that decision on a carefully worked out scheme.
Editor – Mike Costigan
2022D has been printed and should be in the hands of individual clubs by now – if not, then they are working the way through Howard Annett’s distribution system. This has completed my tenure of the Editor’s chair, and I am pleased to report that a successor has stepped forward for 2023A. I would like to thank all those who have helped me over the last four years and trust you will also actively help the new Editor in the future.
Howard Wright, who is presently the Editor for the South Wales A7 Club, has agreed to take over for the next three years and I wish him well. I shall hold his hand when necessary to ensure a smooth take-over and look forward to seeing the results of his efforts; but please note that he is proposing to hold the position for just three years – we need to keep this in mind and actively campaign for his replacement; those three years will pass all too quickly!
Comments:
Mike Costigan said that 2022 D is either with Howard Annett or Howard may even have distributed it by now. He said this was the end of is tenure and he thanked everyone who had helped him with his task. It had been very enjoyable and not at all difficult. He wished Howard Wright well in the future and said he will help him if necessary. He pointed out that Howard has said he would like to do it for 3 years so we need to be alert to that and not wait for 2 ½ years to identify a replacement.
Hugh Barnes said the Association is beginning to embrace the concept of term limits and that the Association is beginning to realise they are not a problem and a scary thing but what they actually do is bring in fresh blood, fresh ideas and new energy and keep the life of the Association much more vibrant. This is what we need to keep doing. Nick Turley supported this view.
Howard Annett said Chris Heeley mentioned that a lot of funding comes from sales of the magazine but we only send to nine overseas clubs at the moment. When the magazine is printed they seem to print a lot of ‘overs’ so what he intends to do is send a magazine with a letter to everyone else listed in the back of the magazine who doesn’t actually received one at the moment. This may result in us being able to sell more magazines.
Mike Costigan said that at the Centenary he spoke to an American who is a member of both American clubs and he wasn’t aware of the existence of the magazine. Mike showed him one and his reaction was ‘why don’t I get it?’
Nick Turley said that means we need to do a marketing survey of the distribution of the magazine.
Webmaster – Roger Brown
Following the Centenary Event, the organisers are building a photo library with every car that attended on file. Many photos are already to hand, but there are some cars entered for which no photo has yet been found. I have posted a list of these cars on the website with an appeal for owners to help fill gaps in the record. Also following the Centenary Event, the list of entries has been compared with the Register and about 200 of the 1000 cars attending are not on the Register.
As far as the front page of the website is concerned it’s got very prominent links to the centenary page and they’ve not changed at all since the event so I think it’s time to take them off.
In the last 30 days the website has received more than 1000 hits, the chassis register seems to be the most popular page accounting for about one third of traffic.
Comments
A vote was taken and it was unanimously agreed that a list of the registration numbers of the missing cars should be posted on the website with an invitation to the owners to use the online form to add them to the Register. The same process will also be followed for the Prescott Festival if a list of registrations is available.
Hugh Barnes said it was a good idea but will only be successful if we advertise it and suggested that Nick Salmon is approached to see if he can send out an email to those who attended the Centenary because then all the people that were there will be alerted to this.
Nick Turley suggested that Nick Salmon was contacted and Roger Brown agreed to do so.
Registrar – Peter Hales & Roger Brown
Acting Registrar duties carried out by Roger Brown between August and September 2022
Roger Brown:
I was able to cover for the Registrar’s incapacity during August and September. It was fortunate that I already had an up-to-date copy of the Register master file so was able to get up and running quickly. It has highlighted the need to have the Register set up in a manner that enables unplanned handovers to be achieved more easily than by exchanging equipment of physical media. I think that a cloud-based solution such as Dropbox should be investigated, with access keys held by at least two Association Officers to be released when circumstances need it.
Comments – None
Hugh Barnes suggested that the Excel master file could be dropped into Dropbox and that will solve the problem.
Registrar – Peter Hales
There has been a steady trickle of new cars on the register, 25 to 30 in the past Quarter. After the Centenary I was rushed into hospital and had to have brain surgery. The way the Register works at the moment is that it is held on a laptop provided to me and at the end of every month I update various copies into a drop box account and send a copy to Roger (Webmaster) so the search engine on the website can be updated.
It was fortunate that just before the Centenary I sent Roger an updated copy and it was also fortunate that since I had taken over as Registrar I hadn’t updated any passwords so Roger was able to go on the online email account and see all the requests for update.
I think it’s highlighted the need to make sure that at least a couple of Officers have copies of email accounts and, as Roger mentioned, if the master copy was held somewhere on the cloud numerous people could access it if they had the password. That would make us more resilient. I do use Dropbox but I just dump things in there, I don’t actually know how to go in there and see it.
Comments – Hugh Barnes explained that you keep the base file in Dropbox and people who have access to the file will have it synchronized to a copy on their devise. If they update it Dropbox automatically synchronises the updates they have made to the copy in the cloud which solves the problem. An off-line conversation will be held about this matter.
Insurance Liaison officer – David Mawby
Over the last few months I have been in communication with a member who unfortunately was run into by an uninsured driver. They had been in touch with RH insurance and were concerned about their Box saloon being written off and losing their registration number, as they had owned the car for a very long time.
After putting Emma Airey in touch with them, and having a few emails and phone calls with them myself, the outcome is that they have been paid out in full for their car, minus the excess, allowed to keep the salvage, their registration document has not been affected and they have now started the repairs on the car.
I have let Emma know how pleased they have been with the service from RH.
Apart from this I have had no other issues reported to me.
Comments – Mick Ward asked if many cars a Moreton had to call on their breakdown services. David said that he was not aware of anyone having to use it.
7. A7CA Stand at the Classic Motor Show, NEC
Nick Turley explained that the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) had offered the Association use of some space on their stand at the Classic Motor Show at the NEC in November. This was discussed and a vote taken as to whether the Association should take up the offer. As a result of this vote it was decided not to take up the offer, particularly as the Pre-War Austin 7 Club and the Midlands Austin 7 Club already had a presence at the show.
8. Contribution to A7 Prescott Festival
A discussion was held about the Association making a donation towards the Parkinsons charity that the Austin 7 Festival at Prescott supported. Nick Turley proposed that £1000 should be given.
13 votes were in favour, 6 were against one there was one abstention. It was therefore decided that a donation would be made.
9. AOB
David Cochrane made a suggestion that we could have an Officer post to promote the Association to new Austin Seven owners. It was agreed that David would look into this and bring any proposals to the AGM next April
Hugh Barnes suggested that the Association should produce a photograph album for the Centenary. It would be the sort of book that we would make up ourselves and get printed. Hugh planned to do one for the Archive and thought it could also be offered to others. It wouldn’t be a fund raiser, but something done at cost plus postage. It was agreed this sounded like a good idea and Hugh will look into it further,
10. Date of Next Meeting
Sunday 8th January 2023.
Appendix 1
Austin 7 Clubs' Association
Financial Report 1st January to 30th September 2022 £
Balance 1 January 2022 Current a/c 37,950.35
Receipts January-September 2022
Magazine sales 996.00
Sale of back numbers 4.00
Subscriptions for 2021 40.00
Magazine distribution recharged to clubs 0.00
Receipts Warwick DVD 0.00
Advertising 0.00
Interest received 0.00
Receipts for Jack French Garage project 0.00
Sale of binders 220.00
Insurance payouts 0.00
Archive sales 51.83
Digital Archive receipts 0.00
Other misc income 5,896.83
Production Changes book 0.00
Centenary Sticker receipts 696.08
RH/A-Plan adverts receipts 0.00
Total receipts 7,904.74
Payments January-September 2022
Magazine print and layout costs 7,879.76
Magazine distribution (postage) 2,012.37
Production Changes book 0.00
Centenary sticker costs 1,953.33
Subscriptions (ie FBHVC) 30.00
Jack French Garage project costs 660.00
Room hire for meetings 0.00
Binders costs 0.00
Insurance 2,446.14
Archive costs 532.50
Archive purchases 275.64
Digitisation of Archives project 0.00
Website cost 230.20
RH/A-Plan rebated payments 0.00
Officers expenses 6,457.29
A7CA contribution to Jack French Garage project 0.00
Total payments 22,477.23
Account balances at the end of September 2022
Total Balance Lloyds Current Account 23,302.86
Payments April to September
Magazine postage reimburse H Annett 346.47
Atwell Wilson revised lease legal fees 660.00
Treasurers meeting meal C Heeley 42.55
Magazine printing Jump D&P 2,250.00
Dropbox Hugh Barnes reimburse 95.88
Archive Purchase reimburse M Costigan 7.08
Treasurer postage reimburse stickers 19.05
Treasurer postage reimburse stickers 1.65
Subs FBHVC 30.00
Archive purchase reimburse H Barnes 12.99
Treasurer postage reimburse stickers 2.55
Centenary Rally inform commissioners 40.00
Jump Postage 2022B 325.00
Jump Postage 2022C 325.00
Archive purchase and postage M Costigan 94.45
Archive purchase reimburse H Barnes 60.00
Web domain reimburse D Charles 230.20
Treasurer postage reimburse stickers 20.38
Jump Magazine print 2022C 2,230.00
Mark Rose, VAT advice 240.00
Brainstorm 2022C layout 450.00
Magazine postage 2022C, adverts, Edge book 363.99
Past Presidents: Donald Doughty, Stanley Edge,
Bert Hadley, Freddie Henry, Bob Wyatt 1
Committee Meeting
held on Zoom
Sunday 16th October 2022 at 9am
Present
Nick Turley Chairman
David Cochrane Vice Chairman / Pram Hood Register
Paul Lawrence Secretary
Mike Costigan Editor
Hugh Barnes Archivist
Peter Hales Registrar
Roger Brown Webmaster
David Mawby Insurance Liaison / Fabric Saloon Register
Howard Wright Editor (new)
Harry Hales South Wales Austin 7 Club
Howard Annett Austin 7 Owners Club / Magazine Distribution
Stewart Robinson Pre-War Austin 7 Club
Steve Clarke On-Line Austin 7 Club
Paul Maulden Norfolk Austin 7 Club
Peter Lawson Essex Austin 7 Club
Michael Tabeart Devon Austin 7 Club
John King Dorset Austin 7 Club
Roly Alcock Hereford Austin 7 Club
Roger Price On-line Austin 7 Club
David Charles Special Register / Cornwall Austin 7 Club
Rick Bishop Midlands Austin 7 Club
Chris Roberts Bristol Austin 7 Club
Mick Ward Tickford Register / CA7&VCC
David Rock-Evans Vintage Austin Register
Peter Morgan Austin Ex-Apprentice Association
1. Apologies for Absence
Phil Baildon Historian
Chris Heeley Treasurer
Ruairidh Dunford Advertising Co-ordinator / Scottish A7C / GE
Chris Charles IT Consultant
Andy Lowe Midlands Austin 7 Club
Janet Edroff PWA7C (North Herts Centre)
Sarah Mason Cornwall Austin 7 Club
David Aylmore Devon Austin 7 Club
Alan Billington On-Line Austin 7 Club
Jim Blacklock Arrow Register
Charlie Plain Jones 750 Historic Formula
Derek Sheldon Rosengart Register
Nigel Barfoot Austin Ex-Apprentice Association
2. Introductions
A roll call was conducted, and attendees identified.
3. Minutes of Last Meeting
Agreed as accurate – Unanimously agreed.
4. Matters Arising
David Charles appeared in both the present and apologies list. He confirmed that he had given apologies.
5. Herbert Austin Legacy Awards -Peter Morgan
Thanks for the invitation to your meeting. I also have to thank Nigel Barford, an ex-Apprentice for initiating it. My name is Peter Morgan and I am one of four Trustees of a newly formed Herbert Austin Legacy Award Trust. I am an Austin ex-Apprentice of 1960 - 1965 vintage and I spent 42 years in various forms in the British motor industry. I was also a one-time proud owner of an Austin 7 but that was a very long time ago.
My reason for attending is not to tout for business, although there may be some interest in what I am about to present, but to give you an update on the progress of our trust. It’s a trust that has a strong link to your club namely Herbert Austin, Lord Austin of Longbridge, brilliant and farsighted engineer, founder of the Longbridge factory in Birmingham, creator of the Austin 7, a wonderful little car that introduced motoring to the working man and woman. An engineering entrepreneur at least as influential as Henry Ford without possibly the world-wide recognition.
Herbert Austin knew the success of his business depended on the skill and innovation of his engineers and established a training scheme in 1918 for the continued supply of engineers to his business. The Austin Apprenticeship scheme was born and the Ex-Apprentices Association formed in 1936, really as a fellowship club and to keep friendships going. Over 7000 Apprentices were trained up to 2005 when production at Longbridge stopped.
The principle aim of our Herbert Austin Legacy Trust is to encourage young boys and girls to consider careers in engineering and enable awards to be presented in perpetuity. Two awards are proposed:
- Excellence in practical engineering skills
- Excellence in engineering innovation
Each award will be £1000 in cash value and the money provided by the trust fund will be financed by subscriptions from Ex-Apprentices and people associated with Longbridge, including I have to say, that wonderful little car of yours.
To date we have over 65 supporters willing to subscribe a minimum of £52 a year. This ensures enough funding to get started and pay out the awards when we get to that stage. So, what is the current status of the Trust?
We have established a small charitable trust with a formal constitution legally checked and agreed. The small charity trust is a minimum amount of administration load, as we only have a small amount of people involved.
We have appointed 4 Trustees, of which I am one, and will have an initial membership of 12 people including the trustees. The objectives and rules meet legal requirements and financial arrangements are underway to receive funds into a dedicated bank account.
Discussions are underway with colleges, universities and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers concerning process and location of awards. We are keen to make it centred around south Birmingham, the home of Longbridge and Lord Austin.
A leaflet has been produced describing the background and the purpose of the Herbert Austin Legacy Award Trust (This leaflet was distributed before today’s meeting).
If there is interest being expressed by the Austin 7 Club members please make contact with our Trust Chairman Mike Sheehan email address is:
Mikesheehan32@outlook.com
Comments:
Rick Bishop asked if the Award was intended for general engineering or just motor engineering. Peter explained it was for general engineering not necessarily linked to the motor industry.
Rick Bishop said the Ex-Apprentices are getting older so what provisions have been made going forward as we lose the Ex-Apprentices. Peter explained there are 1000 Ex-Apprentices on the register at the moment but they are aware of the effect of age so one of their aims will be to ensure the Trust has perpetuity and a long life. It might well be that the Trust goes on longer than the Ex-Apprentices Association.
David Cochrane asked how they were going to publicise to potential applicants and how they would be selected. Peter explained that at the moment it’s word of mouth and they have recruited from friends that were Ex-Apprentices or had a close association with Longbridge, such as former managers. Coming to meetings like this one might prove useful. Peter explained that two awards at £1000 each doesn’t require a massive amount of income and they have calculated that with 65 people donating a minimum £52 a year each that can continue to give the awards out. If they get bigger than that they can do more awards.
David Charles asked if they had talked to Chris Clarke at Lanchester Poly, who have something similar going. Peter said he didn’t know but the Chairman may have done so. He will take note of it.
Howard Wright asked if it would be possible to have something (less than 400 words) to put in the Association Magazine. Peter said he could do something and have it ready for March 2023.
6. Officer’s Reports
Chairman – Nick Turley
I just want to focus on the Centenary that we’ve just had because frankly that achieved beyond the hopes that we all had. It was all very positive and very successful, there’s no question about that. The thing that is just amazing to me, looking forward to the future, is it has really demonstrated the energy that exists within the Austin Seven world.
I think for those people that think we are all getting older (which we are of course) and we are all dropping dead (which we are and always have been ever since we can remember), the thing I would like to point out is that there are an awful lot of new people in the Austin Seven world who are coming from a completely different direction from the direction we did when we first joined the Austin Seven fraternity, that is to say they are not all 17 or 18 years old like we were when we came into it, in fact very few are because they can’t afford it. There are a lot who are 50 for example who are joining the Austin Seven world for the first time because they can afford it and are looking for a new direction. I would say to everyone not to underestimate the number of new people and it is up to us club members from all over the world to make the Austin Seven world attractive to these people. We must be creative and think outside the box to look for future directions and not just do what we have done in the past. There are lot of big challenges there, even challenges that might ask questions like what is the future direction of the Association? It mustn’t just be a chat group that gets together every now and then, we must have a purpose. The centenary gave us real purpose - the Centenary was fabulous!
I would like to once again thank the huge team that made the Centenary possible. That was teamwork at its best, there’s no question about that. I’ve never mentioned people’s names and I’m not going to as there as so many of them, it’s impossible. The effort everyone made was fantastic, even to people who did things without being asked like the people that picked up the litter at the end to make sure the Austin Seven fraternity left a good impression
Comment – No Comments
Secretary – Paul Lawrence
I would echo what Nick said about the Centenary. I think there is no doubt at all that the Centenary was an unprecedented event which was ‘world class’ and I think it’s really important that we all appreciate it would never have been possible without the Association. We did extremely well to deliver such a fantastic event. One of the things I’d like to say is how it has brought the Austin Seven clubs and people closer together. A lot more people know more names and faces and are friends now and I think that can only be helpful for the Austin Seven movement going forward. I think we should all congratulate ourselves for that.
However, now the work of the Centenary is behind us it’s time for us to concentrate on the business of supporting the Austin Seven movement in the ‘Regular Season.’ There is still a lot of work to do in the clubs to make sure we are getting the right people in, enthusing them, and allowing people to enjoy their cars. The Centenary did take a lot of work and effort but now it’s done and behind us and we can concentrate on the work that didn’t stop but may have had to take a back seat whilst the Centenary was being organised.
I’m please to say that Howard Wright from the South Wales club will be taking over as Editor of the Association Magazine so an official welcome to Howard for taking on the role and an official thank you to Mike Costigan for doing such an excellent job for us.
At the next AGM in April 2023 we will be looking for a new Advertising Co-ordinator to take over from Ruairidh and the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Insurance Liasion Officer roles will also roll-over at that point.
There is a potential hand-over for Treasurer as Chris Roberts, who is here today representing the Bristol club, is in negotiations with Chris Heeley. There are one or two things to iron out there but thank you to Chris for considering the role, we really do appreciate your support with that.
Comments:
Hugh Barnes commented that the Archivist position will also change at the next AGM and he’ll talk about that later.
David Cochrane asked for confirmation that the three-year period can be extended for another three years and Paul confirmed that yes, this is the case
Treasurer – Chris Heeley
Period July to September 2022
Main expenses came in the form of expected magazine production costs. The printer has issued a quotation for future magazines, it is understandably higher but not massively so. However, every penny that goes on to each magazine erodes our income over time. It may be that we need to look at a modest increase next year to avoid having to make a larger hike in the future.
Cash in Current Account (Lloyds) at 30th September 2022 is £23,302.86 (and excludes monies in the 2022 event account which is managed separately by David Lucas). I understand that David continues to have some small incomings and outgoings from this account, but at some point it will be amalgamated back into the day-to-day account.
I have completed the annual invoicing of all member clubs at the end of September/start of October. The values are therefore not shown in the accounts with this report. The number of ‘undelivered’ emails and responses to say that ‘this person has moved on’ have been minimal – do please let me know if your invoice has not arrived or if you have had a change of treasurer since last year - send me an email to treasurer@a7ca.org and I will put this right.
Thank you to Howard Annett for diligently keeping the postage costs down, and for mailing the majority of our magazines out, particularly the overseas ones, where it would be very easy to just send everything with one carrier and at great expense. Howard always goes the extra mile to make sure we get good value, so thank you.
I must also express my thanks to the Centenary event organising team. The event itself was an absolute triumph (oops, probably the wrong word). I can honestly say that I have not heard a bad word about it. Given, it was a ‘closed’ ticket-only event, so perhaps the only criticisms that I did hear were from those disgruntled at not getting a ticket. The organisation of the event would have been entirely different, and most likely less successful if general or uncapped admission had been allowed. The form it took allowed for costs to be controlled very tightly, which was my main worry all along. The current account figure mentioned above is healthy purely because of the way that the purse for the event was tightly controlled and I am extremely grateful to all involved.
During my time as treasurer, I have built up a few years worth of spreadsheets and cashbooks. We took action to address our falling income a few years ago. I believe that we now need to have a think about how to increase our presence generally with a view to selling more magazines. The magazine is our only source of income. Back in 2017, we were selling over 3,600 per quarter (3,649 for 2017A). This has steadily fallen over the intervening years and this year we have invoiced for just over 3,000 per quarter, the 2022C being 3,011.
I would welcome discussions on how to promote our clubs to new Austin 7 owners. I see a lot of assistance given on social media to new owners, mostly technical. Could it be that this instant advice on hand from all over the country stops people feeling the need to join their local club? Could we get something written that explains how the Austin 7 operates – explain what the A7CA is and does and how it ties in with the member clubs – and post this on the A7CA Facebook page regularly through the year and copy it to forums such as Austin 7 Friends? Any other thoughts or ideas??
My usual reminder: Please can you make sure that any cheques are addressed to The Austin 7 Clubs Association. Lloyds sometimes rejects cheques that do not match this exactly.
The Accounts can be seen at Appendix 1
Comments
None
Advertising Manager – Ruairidh Dunford
Nothing significant to report for this meeting
Comments – None
Archivist – Hugh Barnes
With the dust having settled from the Centenary event and a bit of down-time to gather breath, the work of the Archive has started to return to its normal pattern.
The Archive collection itself provided quite a bit of material used at Moreton, so after the Pop-Up Museum was dismantled, there was still quite a bit of work to do to get that all back to Lubenham and sorted and filed back into its rightful location. That work is now largely complete.
Much of the day-to-day work of the Archive – digitising, cataloguing etc. pretty much came to a halt over the last year or more, so there is quite a backlog to deal with. Most recently I have been working with Chris Charles to enhance the images of the engineering drawing we hold with those produced by Nick Turley. These will replace many lesser quality images that very much pre-date the Archive project. The help of both people is acknowledged. I have also taken the opportunity to rationalise the collection and have removed several duplicate images. I am also taking the opportunity to enhance some of the descriptions and take note of the order of images as they are displayed to make that more sensible. That work is ongoing but should be completed soon.
There are a number of important donations yet to be dealt with, including the personal photo album of Ral Appleby, mechanic to the racing team, kindly donated by Rick Bishop whose wife, Christine, was Ral Appleby’s niece. Already, those photos have provided images not seen before revealing aspects of the TT cars, for instance, that were unknown and have allowed more accurate rebuild of a particular car.
Robert Foreman donated a series of three photo albums from 1926, ’28 and ’29 of the annual holiday of Fred Pring, a delightful set of holiday snaps in various parts of the country that Fred and his wife toured in their Austin 7.
Ken Cooke, who sadly passed away recently, almost as a last act, donated a lovely print of Herbert Austin signed and dated ‘Christmas 1933’ and was his Christmas gift to Freddie Henry. It was passed to Ken through Freddie’s daughter. Although in relatively good condition, it really needed some conservation work – particularly to do with the framing – and has been passed to Lance Sheldrick to undertake that.
More time has been spent going through the generous donations of Adli Halabi (who’s recent passing should also be noted with sadness). As I mentioned in my last report (January 2022), some of these materials are both historically important and in a rather poor state. One particular item, Gunnar Poppe’s personal photo and press cutting album from the 1929-31 era, is particularly in need of conservation/restoration. In its current state, it would not be possible for people to view and handle it. As a result, I have taken the decision to spend the remaining funds ring fenced to the Archive, some £2000, to have the album professionally restored. A significant undertaking but a necessary one. The work is being undertaken as a private commission by a couple of Cambridge College conservators who I know, so we can be sure of top quality work. Having spent a number of hours in discussion with them, going through each page, talking about what is needed for each photo and newspaper cutting, it is a huge amount of work.
The above goes to show that such donations are truly the life blood of the Archive. It is something that has increased in recent years and I give my heartfelt thanks to the generosity of so many people.
Looking ahead, I am very keen to restart the tradition of Open Days at Lubenham and, as I write this, one is being arranged. I am delighted to report that the position of Archivist going forward looks to be secure and more will be reported on that in 2023. With extra hands now ‘formally’ part of the Archive team, the intention is to start opening the Archive to visitors one day a month. It may also be that we will be able to undertake research for people, possibly for a small fee to add to Archive funds. The Archive needs to continue to grow and give a better service to Austin 7 owners (and others, as it has proved) in the future.
This does bring me back to a topic I raised in my last report. For the Archive to continue the work it has been doing, to purchase materials and to deal with the increasing amount of important material that is being donated, funding must be secured. Again, there will be more about the future plans for the Archive in 2023, but I can tell you that a new team has been put together who will be working on a ten-year plan for the Archive, for which likely costings will be included.
Comments:
Hugh Barnes - An archivist has been identified to take over at the next AGM and someone identified to take over after that. A ten-year plan will be presented at the AGM which will also include costs.
Hugh said he and Chris Heeley keep in contact closely about finances for the Archive. Money had been ring-fenced but that has now been used so at the moment there are no funds left. Hugh asked the committee to consider making an interim advance of £2,500 to keep the work of the Archive going from now until the AGM next April for conservation and acquisition costs.
David Cochrane said that we had done well with the Archive and asked if Chris Heeley is happy with the £2,500. Hugh explained that he hadn’t had the chance to speak to Chris Heeley but he believed that having had sight of the finances the Association could afford this. Nick Turley confirmed that the Association could definitely afford it if we choose to. David Cochrane said he was in favour of it.
Rick Bishop said that he thinks we should vote on it and say that providing it’s ok with the Treasurer we go ahead with it.
A unanimous vote followed, and the motion was carried.
David Cochrane asked if there was a regular allowance budgeted for the Archive within the annual budget and if not, shouldn’t we consider this?
Nick Turley agreed that we should and suggested that we wait until we see Hugh’s ten-year plan so we can consider how much it is really going to cost so we can make that decision on a carefully worked out scheme.
Editor – Mike Costigan
2022D has been printed and should be in the hands of individual clubs by now – if not, then they are working the way through Howard Annett’s distribution system. This has completed my tenure of the Editor’s chair, and I am pleased to report that a successor has stepped forward for 2023A. I would like to thank all those who have helped me over the last four years and trust you will also actively help the new Editor in the future.
Howard Wright, who is presently the Editor for the South Wales A7 Club, has agreed to take over for the next three years and I wish him well. I shall hold his hand when necessary to ensure a smooth take-over and look forward to seeing the results of his efforts; but please note that he is proposing to hold the position for just three years – we need to keep this in mind and actively campaign for his replacement; those three years will pass all too quickly!
Comments:
Mike Costigan said that 2022 D is either with Howard Annett or Howard may even have distributed it by now. He said this was the end of is tenure and he thanked everyone who had helped him with his task. It had been very enjoyable and not at all difficult. He wished Howard Wright well in the future and said he will help him if necessary. He pointed out that Howard has said he would like to do it for 3 years so we need to be alert to that and not wait for 2 ½ years to identify a replacement.
Hugh Barnes said the Association is beginning to embrace the concept of term limits and that the Association is beginning to realise they are not a problem and a scary thing but what they actually do is bring in fresh blood, fresh ideas and new energy and keep the life of the Association much more vibrant. This is what we need to keep doing. Nick Turley supported this view.
Howard Annett said Chris Heeley mentioned that a lot of funding comes from sales of the magazine but we only send to nine overseas clubs at the moment. When the magazine is printed they seem to print a lot of ‘overs’ so what he intends to do is send a magazine with a letter to everyone else listed in the back of the magazine who doesn’t actually received one at the moment. This may result in us being able to sell more magazines.
Mike Costigan said that at the Centenary he spoke to an American who is a member of both American clubs and he wasn’t aware of the existence of the magazine. Mike showed him one and his reaction was ‘why don’t I get it?’
Nick Turley said that means we need to do a marketing survey of the distribution of the magazine.
Webmaster – Roger Brown
Following the Centenary Event, the organisers are building a photo library with every car that attended on file. Many photos are already to hand, but there are some cars entered for which no photo has yet been found. I have posted a list of these cars on the website with an appeal for owners to help fill gaps in the record. Also following the Centenary Event, the list of entries has been compared with the Register and about 200 of the 1000 cars attending are not on the Register.
As far as the front page of the website is concerned it’s got very prominent links to the centenary page and they’ve not changed at all since the event so I think it’s time to take them off.
In the last 30 days the website has received more than 1000 hits, the chassis register seems to be the most popular page accounting for about one third of traffic.
Comments
A vote was taken and it was unanimously agreed that a list of the registration numbers of the missing cars should be posted on the website with an invitation to the owners to use the online form to add them to the Register. The same process will also be followed for the Prescott Festival if a list of registrations is available.
Hugh Barnes said it was a good idea but will only be successful if we advertise it and suggested that Nick Salmon is approached to see if he can send out an email to those who attended the Centenary because then all the people that were there will be alerted to this.
Nick Turley suggested that Nick Salmon was contacted and Roger Brown agreed to do so.
Registrar – Peter Hales & Roger Brown
Acting Registrar duties carried out by Roger Brown between August and September 2022
Roger Brown:
I was able to cover for the Registrar’s incapacity during August and September. It was fortunate that I already had an up-to-date copy of the Register master file so was able to get up and running quickly. It has highlighted the need to have the Register set up in a manner that enables unplanned handovers to be achieved more easily than by exchanging equipment of physical media. I think that a cloud-based solution such as Dropbox should be investigated, with access keys held by at least two Association Officers to be released when circumstances need it.
Comments – None
Hugh Barnes suggested that the Excel master file could be dropped into Dropbox and that will solve the problem.
Registrar – Peter Hales
There has been a steady trickle of new cars on the register, 25 to 30 in the past Quarter. After the Centenary I was rushed into hospital and had to have brain surgery. The way the Register works at the moment is that it is held on a laptop provided to me and at the end of every month I update various copies into a drop box account and send a copy to Roger (Webmaster) so the search engine on the website can be updated.
It was fortunate that just before the Centenary I sent Roger an updated copy and it was also fortunate that since I had taken over as Registrar I hadn’t updated any passwords so Roger was able to go on the online email account and see all the requests for update.
I think it’s highlighted the need to make sure that at least a couple of Officers have copies of email accounts and, as Roger mentioned, if the master copy was held somewhere on the cloud numerous people could access it if they had the password. That would make us more resilient. I do use Dropbox but I just dump things in there, I don’t actually know how to go in there and see it.
Comments – Hugh Barnes explained that you keep the base file in Dropbox and people who have access to the file will have it synchronized to a copy on their devise. If they update it Dropbox automatically synchronises the updates they have made to the copy in the cloud which solves the problem. An off-line conversation will be held about this matter.
Insurance Liaison officer – David Mawby
Over the last few months I have been in communication with a member who unfortunately was run into by an uninsured driver. They had been in touch with RH insurance and were concerned about their Box saloon being written off and losing their registration number, as they had owned the car for a very long time.
After putting Emma Airey in touch with them, and having a few emails and phone calls with them myself, the outcome is that they have been paid out in full for their car, minus the excess, allowed to keep the salvage, their registration document has not been affected and they have now started the repairs on the car.
I have let Emma know how pleased they have been with the service from RH.
Apart from this I have had no other issues reported to me.
Comments – Mick Ward asked if many cars a Moreton had to call on their breakdown services. David said that he was not aware of anyone having to use it.
7. A7CA Stand at the Classic Motor Show, NEC
Nick Turley explained that the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) had offered the Association use of some space on their stand at the Classic Motor Show at the NEC in November. This was discussed and a vote taken as to whether the Association should take up the offer. As a result of this vote it was decided not to take up the offer, particularly as the Pre-War Austin 7 Club and the Midlands Austin 7 Club already had a presence at the show.
8. Contribution to A7 Prescott Festival
A discussion was held about the Association making a donation towards the Parkinsons charity that the Austin 7 Festival at Prescott supported. Nick Turley proposed that £1000 should be given.
13 votes were in favour, 6 were against one there was one abstention. It was therefore decided that a donation would be made.
9. AOB
David Cochrane made a suggestion that we could have an Officer post to promote the Association to new Austin Seven owners. It was agreed that David would look into this and bring any proposals to the AGM next April
Hugh Barnes suggested that the Association should produce a photograph album for the Centenary. It would be the sort of book that we would make up ourselves and get printed. Hugh planned to do one for the Archive and thought it could also be offered to others. It wouldn’t be a fund raiser, but something done at cost plus postage. It was agreed this sounded like a good idea and Hugh will look into it further,
10. Date of Next Meeting
Sunday 8th January 2023.
Appendix 1
Austin 7 Clubs' Association
Financial Report 1st January to 30th September 2022 £
Balance 1 January 2022 Current a/c 37,950.35
Receipts January-September 2022
Magazine sales 996.00
Sale of back numbers 4.00
Subscriptions for 2021 40.00
Magazine distribution recharged to clubs 0.00
Receipts Warwick DVD 0.00
Advertising 0.00
Interest received 0.00
Receipts for Jack French Garage project 0.00
Sale of binders 220.00
Insurance payouts 0.00
Archive sales 51.83
Digital Archive receipts 0.00
Other misc income 5,896.83
Production Changes book 0.00
Centenary Sticker receipts 696.08
RH/A-Plan adverts receipts 0.00
Total receipts 7,904.74
Payments January-September 2022
Magazine print and layout costs 7,879.76
Magazine distribution (postage) 2,012.37
Production Changes book 0.00
Centenary sticker costs 1,953.33
Subscriptions (ie FBHVC) 30.00
Jack French Garage project costs 660.00
Room hire for meetings 0.00
Binders costs 0.00
Insurance 2,446.14
Archive costs 532.50
Archive purchases 275.64
Digitisation of Archives project 0.00
Website cost 230.20
RH/A-Plan rebated payments 0.00
Officers expenses 6,457.29
A7CA contribution to Jack French Garage project 0.00
Total payments 22,477.23
Account balances at the end of September 2022
Total Balance Lloyds Current Account 23,302.86
Payments April to September
Magazine postage reimburse H Annett 346.47
Atwell Wilson revised lease legal fees 660.00
Treasurers meeting meal C Heeley 42.55
Magazine printing Jump D&P 2,250.00
Dropbox Hugh Barnes reimburse 95.88
Archive Purchase reimburse M Costigan 7.08
Treasurer postage reimburse stickers 19.05
Treasurer postage reimburse stickers 1.65
Subs FBHVC 30.00
Archive purchase reimburse H Barnes 12.99
Treasurer postage reimburse stickers 2.55
Centenary Rally inform commissioners 40.00
Jump Postage 2022B 325.00
Jump Postage 2022C 325.00
Archive purchase and postage M Costigan 94.45
Archive purchase reimburse H Barnes 60.00
Web domain reimburse D Charles 230.20
Treasurer postage reimburse stickers 20.38
Jump Magazine print 2022C 2,230.00
Mark Rose, VAT advice 240.00
Brainstorm 2022C layout 450.00
Magazine postage 2022C, adverts, Edge book 363.99