Category: Residents association

2026 Contribution Collection on Sept. 5th

Thanks for your support in 2025; we hope that you can be as supportive this year. Also we would like to thank residents who have already made their 2026 contribution; it is much appreciated.

We will be at the entrance of Ashefield on Saturday September 5th, 2026 from 10am to 2pm and available to collect contributions directly for the annual upkeep of the estate. You can also meet members of the committee, get involved, and ask questions.

The requested contribution is just €30 this year. You can see how this money is spent on estate upkeep from this website – we publish our accounts each year.

Our IBAN is IE02 MURU 99100 233253004 if you prefer that option instead.

We hope you can contribute as every euro is needed to fund the upkeep of the estate each year and without your help, we would not be able to do it.

2026 Ashefield Residents Contribution Collection

Thanks for your support in 2025 and we hope that you can be as supportive this year. Thanks once again to those that already made their 2026 contribution either via PayPal, bank transfer, or direct to a committee member.

The collection is summarised as follows.

  • Residents Contributions; €1,481
  • Westmeath County Council Grant €450
  • Mullingar Credit Union Grant & Dividend €205

The full accounts for 2025 are available online at www.ashefield.com. As most of you know the requested contribution of €20 went unchanged from 2013 to 2024. We reluctantly increased the request from €20 to €30 per house over the last two years. Even with this increase, the requested contribution is the cheapest in Mullingar where €50 to €100 is typical in most estates.

The cost cutting the grass in the estate was €2,068 in 2024 whereas the total amount collected was €2,136. Due to the increased contributions of the residents, we took in more last year than we spent in 2025. Therefore, we can leave the requested 2026 contribution unchanged at €30, so thanks again everyone. 

To make things easier we have also set up a PayPal account on www.ashefield.com into which your contribution may be paid. Payment may also be made directly to committee members for which a receipt will be issued.

Our IBAN is IE02 MURU 99100 233253004 should you prefer to use bank transfer as a method.

We would encourage this method as it means that your contribution is received in full; as PayPal deduct a charge from each payment.

Your contribution is very important. It falls back on us as a community to maintain and improve the common areas such as the green areas within the estate. We are sure you will agree that the estate’s green areas provide both a valuable and relatively safe play area for the estate’s children and their friends.

We realise that time is precious, so therefore we appreciate all and any help you can give. This can involve calling on retailers to collect abandoned shopping trolleys or picking up litter in your area.

Kind Regards

Ashefield Residents Association

2025 Accounts

Ashefield Residents Association publishes its statement of accounts each year. In 2025, we started with an opening balance of €968.18. Maintaining the common areas – specifically grass cutting – comprised all the expenditure throughout the year apart from a small amount of tax due to dividends as well as the account fee. We ended the year with a balance of €1036.

If you contributed, sincere thanks to you. We also wish to thank Mullingar Credit Union and Westmeath Co. Co. for their grant awards. As you can see from the accounts, it is not possible to cover the essential common area grass cutting costs without their and your generous help. If you wish to help with the costs for 2026, please consider donating securing via our Paypal link on this website or via a bank transfer.

The IBAN for Ashefield Residents Assocation is IE02MURU99100233253004

Please remember to note your house number in the payee message so we know who contributed and can issue a receipt. Receipts are issued automatically via Paypal if using that option.

Reminder: 2023 AGM is on Wed July 12th at 8pm

Dear Residents,

The 2023 AGM of Ashefield Residents Association takes place on Wednesday July 12th at 8 p.m. via the Zoom platform.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed towards the 2023 common areas upkeep costs. If you haven’t already, please use the ‘Buy Now’ button on the right to donate. We really appreciate your donations which go directly to funding grass cutting and other upkeep works for the common areas in the estate.

Click the link to join the meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81912465299?pwd=QmdLcXlZSEN4L2VNMU8vTEdlbEllZz09

Passcode: K2x13j

Please note that you will need a Zoom account to join the meeting. If you don’t already have an account, please allow for a few minutes to set one up before the meeting starts.

Agenda:

  1. Overview of work done over the year
  2. Financial update
  3. Election of committee
  4. Any other business

Annual donations due

Hello residents and friends,

We are collecting annual donations for 2023 to cover the upkeep costs of the common areas of the estate that are the responsibility of all us residents. The bulk of the annual cost is grass cutting for all the estate common green areas.

As with previous years, we try to keep the cost to the absolute minimum. The accounts summary for the residents association is published on this site for transparency and visibility.

The suggested donation per household is €20 – unchanged from previous years despite the rapid rises in living & energy costs.

We can accept payment securely via Paypal or in person to a committee member. Please note that Paypal deducts a charge from the donation and this amount has increased. We have been forced to add a €1.50 handling charge per donation to cover that. Click the ‘Buy Now’ button to donate.

Thanks again for all your support from Ashefield Residents Association

2017 Accounts Summary

Residents,

We would like to make you aware of the 2017 accounts statement for Ashefield Residents Association. In 2017, a net figure of €1,612.85 was received and the overall expenditure was €1,582.07. At the end of December, 2017, the closing balance in the Ulster Bank account was €2,165.20 and the closing balance in the Credit Union account was €2,106.59. Details of the individual transactions are as follows:

2017 Accounts Statement

Thanks to all the residents and Westmeath County Council for the continued support; it’s greatly appreciated

2017 AGM Announcement

Dear Residents,

The 2017 Annual General Meeting of Ashefield Residents Association will be held in the Newbury Hotel, Green Bridge, Mullingar on Tue 01 Aug 2017 at 8:00 PM

Items for discussion include:

  • Presentation of the 2016 Accounts (available on this website ashefield.com)
  • Maintenance and remedial works in the coming year.
  • Security and vacant houses
  • Laneway between Ashefield and Abbeylands

We would welcome your attendance.

In addition to the AGM announcement:

Thanks for your support in 2016 and we hope that you can be as supportive this year.

Ashefield has a website, e-mail address, Twitter account, and a Facebook page to help you keep up to date and to contact us. We encourage you to use these to stay in touch with both the residents association and other residents. The committee comprises of unpaid volunteers – your neighbours, who are willing to spare some time.

With a view to continuing the work the Resident Association Committee Members will be circulating in the coming weeks. We are requesting a contribution of €20 per household (Unchanged from 2016).To make things easier we have also set up a PayPal account on this website www.ashefield.com into which your contribution may be paid.

Cutting the grass in the common area and other minor expenses cost approximately €1600 in 2016. (Accounts available on www.ashefield.com).

Your contribution is very important. It falls back on us as a community to maintain and improve the common areas such as the green areas within the estate. I am sure you will agree that the estate’s green areas provide both a valuable and relatively safe play area for the estate’s children and their friends.

We realise that time is precious so therefore we appreciate all and any help you can give. This can involve calling on Tesco to collect abandoned shopping trolleys or picking up litter in your area.