Ventnor Community Shed seeks a Treasurer, as our current Treasurer hopes to stand down at the end of 2025.

Ventnor Community Shed (VCS for short) is a not-for-profit community group based in Ventnor, at Boniface Fields, Leeson Road.

VCS is open to anyone over the age of 18.

Current membership is 46.

This is a group for people interested in creative and practical matters.

On-site facilities include a well-equipped workshop, access to hand tools for use on site and on loan, and instruction in using them, a tearoom and refreshments, quiet outside spaces, a woodland area and the opportunity for gardening and woodland maintenance. The group is run by its members as volunteers, and the treasurer is a member of the committee of six which meets formally three times a year and makes decisions about the running of VCS. Turnover is currently ~£6,000 a year.

VCS has been active at its current site at Boniface Fields since 2019. It offers its members space and practical advice for personal projects, and the opportunity to participate in joint projects which benefit the local community. The group is sociable, inclusive and informal.

We intend to apply for charitable status as a CIO, to protect and develop the group in the long term.

Skills

The Treasurer has specific responsibility for:

• recording all financial transactions using an Excel spreadsheet

• paying in money received

• raising invoices

• paying bills

• recording membership subscriptions (liaising with the Secretary)

• reporting to the committee regularly

• reporting to the Annual General Meeting

• raising any concerns about the financial affairs of VCS with the committee.