Tewin Village

Summer 2025 Update

Our AGM was held on the 1 July and the draft accounts can be viewed within the 'Annual Accounts' section.

Accounts

At last year’s AGM we reported that had we not had the depreciation from the investment in the kitchen and other projects we would have made a good profit. That position hasn’t changed this year. So, although we have made a Gross Profit, we have reported a loss of £1,245 for the 2025 financial year.  The outlook for 2025 is in the hands of Tewin Residents but I suspect we’ll see no real improvement unless we can increase the foot fall so please ask your friends and family and neighbours to use the shop where they can; we really are quite well priced and its almost certainly cheaper than driving to the supermarket for the odd item.

Events

• There have been a number of initiatives to increase foot fall during the last 12 months including beer tasting evenings run by the committee for a local brewery where we sold the stock we bought although unfortunately we have sold little since.  
• We manned a stall at Knebworth's fete in June where we sold Tewin Stores products.  We will also be manning stalls selling similar products at the Tewin Classic Car Show and the Burnham Green fete in late August where as well as increasing our sales, we will raise awareness of the shop & cafe. 
• We have undertaken la number of leaflet drops to all houses in Tewin and advertised where we can. 
• We will be looking to sell our Christmas Hampers in December which all sold out last year - so rememer to book them early.

Volunteering

A mention of course to the many people that provide their goods and services to the shop for free.  We have frequently been the recipients of some fine home grown fruit and veg as well as some beautiful cakes none of which hang around – it is all bought very quickly. 

And on the subject of volunteering, we are looking for some additional volunteers to join our existing team.  Without the time and support of our volunteers, we couldn’t continue to operate and of course a new kitchen now awaits!  Even if you aren’t interested yourselves, please spread the word.  Helping out in the shop is a great way of meeting new people and becoming a bigger part of our wonderful village life.

Finally as always, we wish to thank Bev, our Store Manager for her commitment in running our shop and organising our team of volunteers.