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History and current Management

Updated: Jan 31, 2021

By way of background the Weston Club and Reading Rooms is housed in a building (known as 13/14/15 Church Street Weston) which was left in trust by the Reverend John Bond, the then Vicar of the local Parish, in 1859. The terms of the trust indicated that the premises were to be used for the benefit of the Working Men (now People) of Weston for the purposes of social gathering and reading.


The trust stipulated that the Club President would be the sitting vicar/rector of Weston All Saints Church, currently Mark Searle, and the remaining officers would comprise up to four Legal Trustees and a committee of up to 12 members, chaired by a Chairman supported by a Treasurer and a Secretary. The trust would be managed by way of an Annual General Meeting to be be chaired by the President or his nominated deputy and monthly committee meetings chaired by the Chairman.


Each of these meetings have been minuted and the Club Auditor produces annual accounts. The trustees have meeting records going back many years including both AGM and monthly Committee Meeting Minutes.


The current club representatives are:

1) Legal Trustees: Mr Joshua Naish, Mr Robert Rust and Mr Robert Hill

2) Committee Officers: Chairman: Mr Joshua Naish, Secretary and Treasurer Mr Malcolm Cleverley and Derick Stephenson as Accounts Auditor

3) Solicitors: Mowbray Woodward, Queen Square Bath.


The trust ('Club'), which is not listed as a charity, is operated on a non profit making basis and the building is used jointly by:

1) Weston Snooker Club

2) The Life Project (a group of Christian families with young adults who have learning disabilities which formed in 2009 and was registered as a charity and limited company in 2011).

3) Love Weston Library, a volunteer-run community library. The Library operates independently from 13 Church Street with the support of BANES Library and local donations. The club Trustees have granted the library use of the building initially for 4 years for a peppercorn rent.


The trust continues to be viable only by way of operating income derived from Snooker Club members, and rent from tenants. All of the income is set aside for the upkeep and maintenance of the buildings and grounds.


The trustees have no access to other independent finance and there are always more demands on funds than can be met by current income so any additional financial support would be very welcome.

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