Whiteparish Village Store and Post Office

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Whiteparish Village Storeand Post Office

• 1811 to 2011?

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This Evening

• Background
• Improvements we have made
• Issues faced
• Condition of shop
• Size and layout
• Volunteers
• Options considered
• The way forward?
• Questions

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Background

• Group set up 4 years ago
• Tasked with securing its long term future
• Set up a Limited Company
• Set up a separate Management Team
• Turnover almost doubled
• Saved Post Office from closure

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Income and Expenditure
Details shown as guide to performance exact
figures can be obtained from Companies Accounts.
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Improvements

• Several minor improvements
• Introduced new ranges of produce and services
• New Chiller Units and Freezers
• Air Conditioning installed
• Built a new Storage Facility
• Introduced new Accountancy and Stock Tracking
  Systems

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Issues

• Shop Condition
• Poor Access
• Fabric of building is under stress
• Size and layout
• Hours able to operate
• Electricity supply and safety issues
• Facilities, such as toilets and storage

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Issues

• Volunteers (all unpaid)
• Over 20 people give time free
• Up at 530 to open
• Treasury management
• Payroll management
• General Manager
• Banking
• Board and Management Team

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Issues

• Biggest Issue faced.
• WE HAVE NO SECURE TENURE!

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Options Looked At

• Do nothing
• Strip out and re-build
• Re-locate
• Extend
• Buy Out
• Extend or
• Re-build

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Buy Out Redevelop

• Village has ownership via Registered Charity
• New building provides
• Safer Access
• Disabled Legislation met
• Wiring, facilities and running costs are better
• Additional services and goods
• Fresh Produce
• Coffee shop
• Fresh meat
• Larger range local produced goods

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How Do We Pay For It

• Overall cost of scheme is
• 1,100,000
• Achievable by
• Building 3 affordable homes at rear
• Use capital to Buy Out shop
• Raise 300,000 via markets / local bond issue
• Income gained via
• Shop rent (already being paid)
• Rental Income from two flats above shop
• Increased turnover and sales

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Way Forward

• Planning Issues
• Scheme 1 - just outside the development boundary
• Scheme 2 - Redesign can meet requirements
• Deemed backland development
• Vehicular access not quite meet Highway standards

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We need your support !!

• Its Our Village
• Its Our Shop
• Its Our Future

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Options Looked At

• Housing Associations
• Two Housing Associations approached
• Radian (Part of Swaythling Housing Group)
• Wiltshire Rural Housing Association
• Inadequate funding from
• Government
• HAs Own Funds
• Needed larger capital injection from Shop

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Organisational Structure

• Retain Whiteparish Village Store Limited
• Duties to run Shop on commercial basis
• Day to day running
• Rent out flats
• Set up Devco Village Store Limited
• Ring-fences liabilities
• Build three houses
• Redevelop shop and flats
• Set up Whiteparish Village Charitable Trust
• All Villages asked to buy 5 share
• Money raised buys share of Whiteparish Village
  Shop Ltd
• Eventual profits from shop used for benefit of
  Village

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Any Questions ?