East London Communitysports Association (ELCSA) Chairperson's Statement December 2024 The year 2024 marks 44 years of successfully organising and delivering rugby and many other sporting activities using facilities at the MemoriaL Park E15. ELCSA. working in partnership with the London Borough of Newham (LBN), continues to be fully engaged and committed to the provision and management of facilities for amateur organised sport and recreation at the Park. covering a wide variety of clubs and associations, and involving local people. Sports users cover 55 different sports clubs and societies, with a wide diversity of age, ethnicity, and gender, regularly usingthe facilities in the Park and atthe Clubhouse building. These users include 8 x rugby union. 15 x youth football, 16 x adult footbaLI. 3 x American football. 2 x Frisb8e, 1 x rugby league, Gaelic football, Camogie, and cricket. In addition to the Park, the facilities at the Clubhouse building provide accommodation for changing, catering, and hall hire for meetings and functions. Access is excellent to both the Park and the Clubhouse being located very close to the majortrain interchange at West Ham Station, and the 8lte has good parking provision. The building also has a Strength Ambassadors gym. The Charity had three primary objectives this year. 1) To build up and support sporting activity in the Park afterthe disruption to organised sport during the Covid pandemic. This has been demonstrably achieved. 2) The new building providing permanent storage, physiotherapy accommodation and administrative off ices has been compLet8d and handed over to user groups. 31 The new trustees were appointed and have est8bLished their respective roles and respongibiLities within the ELCSA organisation. Initiatives for the future will focus on improving the sports facilities in the Park to meet demand, and looking to improve energy use efficiency by investing in low energy LED floodlight fittings for the grass and 3G pitches. Looking forward to 2025. the Charities objectives are to continue to work with the local community and sports clubs to encourage partlGipation in Sport and recreation in the Park. A particular opportunitywill be to engage with the people who will soon be occupying the 4000 new homes currently being built adjacent to West Ham Station. An important priority will be to further develop our partnership with the London Borough of Newham under the umbrella of a continuation of the current Service Level Agreement (SLA) contract. To conclude: I would like to thank my fellow Trustees for their continued voluntary commitment and enthusiasm to the work of ELCSA, for the support given by local residents to the work we do to ensure the sport facilities in the Park are fully utilised, and for ourworking partnerships wilL aLI sports club users to ensure the Memorial Park Gontinues to be a thriving local sports and recreation hub Joseph Gillin Chair East London Community Sports Association
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl ' members of EAST LONDON COMMUNITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION On accounts for the year 31 st March 2024 ended '. Charity no (If any) 1011654 Set out on pages . I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110312024 Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of basis of r8port the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act") I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention 'n connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the aGGounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statemant I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in Gonnection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: 19 10I1242SI Name." Paul J Charles Relevant professional FMAAT qualification{s) or body (if any).. IER October 2018
Address.. BERKELEY COACH HOUSE WOODS HILL.BATH BA2 7FS Section 8 Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of conrn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts". directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief detsils of any items that the examlner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe period from 01.04.2023 31.03.2024 Section A Receipts and payments unStriCted funds to the ngarest Endowment funds to the neare¥t £ Restrtrted funds Total funds Last year to the wrest £ A1 Recei to the areSt £ to ngaTesl £ Club Hi)use Other Revenue Don8tions & Subsidlos Otlier donalk)ns E2St London Ru 7,051 3,289 14,000 8,410 7.980 7.051 3.289 14,000 8,410 7,815 2,275 21,300 8.640 7,200 Sub total(Gross income forAR) A2 Asset and Investment sales, 40,730 40,730 47,230 Sub total Totalrecolpts 40.730 40,730 47,230 A3Pa ments Bank fees L$ el & Professional GovernAnc8 c8$8 Ll ht & Heat Insurance Dlr8Ct Chadt Malnt8nanco BDL Interln7 Don8llons 118 118 252 252 233 143 728 764 726 764 Sub total 25,4B6 25,486 63.990 A4 Asset and investment purchases, Isaé tablo) club house s end 191474 191 474 Sub total 1g1.A74 191.474 Totalpayments 216.960 216.960 63,990 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers b9tW99n funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash fiinds thls yoar ond 176,230 176,230 16,760 191.474 191,474 S.244 15.244 16.700 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrostri¢f•d funds to nearest £ Restrfcted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ r.21euorieb' B1 Cash funds to Marost £ tkposit Account 850 Curront Account 1,541 Totalcash funds 2,391 CCXX R1 accounts Issi
Unrestricted funds lo rare51 £ 67,164 R8strfctad funds Endowment funds to n8arasl £ to rnar9St £ [btl) and prepayrrénl Fund to whl¢h •8$gt Details CoBt lopt101) Currfjnt valuo loptloml B3 Investmont ass8t$ Fund to whlch a88•1 Detall aubhous$ E881 London Co•t l(ytlornll Current valup lonol B4 Assets ratalned for thè Charty's own use 709.098 Fund to whl¢h Ilablllty relat•s SO.287 Imion due loptlonall LJètalls Local Authorfty B5 Uabilitios Icpflonall HSBC 22,031 Signed by one or twstees on behalf of all the tnJsle&s SKJnature Prinl Name Date of approval CCXX R2 accounts ISS} 1510212025