We hope you are staying safe and well. 2020 has been a testing time for everyone as St Mellion is currently in its second lock down – with no golf permitted.
As there is a new management team in place at St. Mellion and we wanted to update you on how the Timeshare operation is being managed.
Howard Jones, the Managing Director of St Mellion has overall responsibility for everything that involves the St Mellion property and development. He reports directly to the Australian parent company and is not involved with the Crown Golf operation.
Iain Wylie is the new Head of Destination, responsible for all aspects of day to day operations and involved in the development of the property. He has effectively replaced Mark Webster who resigned in September.
The new Finance Manager is Hanna Garraghan, recently recruited. Your Committee is delighted that St Mellion now has full autonomy over its own finances, rather than relying on the systems and people at Crown Golf head office. She faces a huge task in bringing together the accounting and reporting of the business so that it provides regular reliable financial information.
We are pleased to let you know that Steve Moss will be able to spend most of his time on the Timeshare operation and his knowledge of the people and the history will help the new management team understand the issues.
Your Committee has been concerned that in recent months the level and timeliness of communications with St Mellion on Timeshare matters has been well below the standard experienced in the past, some of which can be attributed to the impact of COVID 19.
The planning application passed in the early part of this year is going to be radically amended and most of the changes are in line with the Committees thinking and objections to the original scheme. Obviously, the impact of the two lockdowns has driven St Mellion to concentrate on delivering those aspects of the scheme which are sustainable and cost effective.
Iain Wylie has made it clear that he does not see Timeshare as a key element to the overall St Mellion business now and expects it to continue to decline in this regard. Nevertheless St Mellion has to honour the terms of the Lease.
We have had to defer the usual Annual Meeting until the first quarter of 2021 to make sure we offer Owners the right opportunity to ask questions and hopefully, be present in person. The Statutory Accounts for the company managing the Timeshare funds are not yet available so we expect these to be ready for distribution in the New Year
We hope that you can spend Christmas as you would wish and enjoy a better 2021 than 2020.!
Andy Martin
Chairman,
St Mellion Time Owners Committee
www.smtoa.co.uk
Iain Wylie
Head of Destination,
St. Mellion
i.wylie@st-mellion.co.uk