CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES, Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinor's Raport Report to the trustsesl members of i East London Community Sports Association On accounts for the year , 31 st March 2025 pnded , Charlty no 1011564 {if any), Set out on pages . 1012 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust.) for the year ended 31 st March 2025 Responslbilltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of basls of report the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the ACV). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sectlon 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which givos me cause to believe that in. any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordanc8 with section 130 of the Act or the aGGounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent axaminer'8 Statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Pleasg delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Name: Paul J Charles Relevant professional FMAAT qualification(s) or body (if any). | IER October 2018
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ELCSA • EAST LONDON COMMUNITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION Chalrp8rnons Statement January 2026 (for tho Financlal Year 202*25) As we approach 45 years of Rugby at Memorial Park, ELCSA contlnues to lebrate the Tich development of sport in the London Borough of Newham. We continue to work closely with the borough council to facilitale our 60 member ckubs over 15 different sports. ELCSA continues to provide affordable facilities to our member clubs which we subsidise through the commercial operations of our subsidiary companies. These companies provide hlreable venues, and food and beverage servIS for our users and our local community. Hall hire bookings provide affordable events Spa for local residents and our new Offi space is used ft)T local communlty meetings and home school tutoring throughout the week. Within our commercial space we have a very suGc8ssful strength and fftness gym and a °bike h0O1. provlding lessons and testing for °compulsory basic training. ft)r mopeds and motorbikes. As our commercial enterprises expand we can continue to subsidise the cost of pitch hire. Much of the increased commercial operations have been achievable since the completlon of our new building which has now been in use for over a year. Additional storage and physio Spa has been invaluable to our dubs. In addition our repayment of our two business loans, intended to ensure business continulty during the difficult Covid years, are due for Gompletion in January 2026, putting the charty in a strong financial position moving forward. The successful commercial activities of our subsidiary companies, means our member clubs benefitted collech.vely from significant discounts to their pitch hire and hall hire costs over the 2024-25 season. These discounts allow the clubs to focus their limited funding on their core purpfft of growing grass roots sports. ELCSA has also been fortunate enough to benefit from two RFU grants. Both of these grants were provided to improve sporting provision for women and girls Tugby as part of the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025. The first grant of £5000 was for improvements to our women's toilet facilities and the works were completed towards the start of the 2024125 year. The second grant for £10,000 is agreed for improvements to our social spaces, which we are using to improve our small lounge l)ar. Work on this project will take pla in Autumn 2025 with receipt of the grant agreed on ompletion.
Last year we welci)m8d East Enrj Electric, a touth rugby team who have grown to be one of our largest spots groups dufing the summer months and this ypar w61)ave introduced Sofiball to the drL Both of these sports are key to our continued priorlty of promoting a more inclusive sporting envsronment as both sports promote gender dNersity. In addition lo thls ELCSA Cortinues to funij East London Rugby Clubs yOLrth rugby programs w"Jth thelr Minis and Midis program, sthool treach program and their new Gwls Tugby team. Elsewhere in incluslve sport Memojlal Park is now the home ground to elght of the capital's LGBT+ inGIu3ive football teaTn8 who compete in GFSN National Leagu& We are also home to thg London Unity League (an LGBT+ inclusive fDOtbaS1 league) who benefftfrom our sporknng subsidles as Part of an effort to promote sportto communitie8 who tradltionally do not engage Sn taatn sport. We have also seen an Increase partlcipatlgn with ourwalking football dub increasing our engagemont with disability sporl In tny predeGes80r3 last statement as chalr he looked for¥vard to our 2024125 Gharttable prtorltle8.' sing ourengagement the local conwnunty ond memborsports Glubs to encourege p9c1patIon In sport and recre8tlon In the Parr. 11 is clear from the successes outllned above that we are meeting this priority head on. In addition to this we continue to anticipate the fi famlJ598 movin9 in the 4000 new homes Gurrenlty belng bulll adjacent to West Ham 6tatlon and the opportunity th&8e wlll bring. We oontinuo to devolop our rel8tion8hip with the London Borou9h of Nowham through a perit)d that h88 been challenging for the local authority both polltically and fmancially. LBN re(x)gnises the beneffts that volunteer lead organ5satlons brlng to the ¢ommunty and are commltted to enhanclng our relatlonshlp through the contlnued Tenewal of our SeNlce Level agreement and negotlatlon of future leasing aangeMents. We continue to work with LBN on ImproMng our grass pitches and are exploring addiilonal Improvements in the part(. Fujther to tha priorities lald out In last years ststement the trustees have held two strategy to axplow our lorger term goab for Memorlal Park in term8 of our governance. finances and facllibes Smprovem8nts. Our new trust88s are now fully emb8dded withln the govemance structures and we cont¥nue to explore developlng OUT tru8tee skllls and knowledge and expanding our voluntser base. Our new websPte provides a portal for users and the communlty to engage wlth our h13tory and future and our new booklng system alms to maxlmise usage of the facilities, parttGularly Ihe art¢1 pltch. In July 2024 our intsrim Chair. John Haley stood down. John has been involved with M8morlal park slnce the arrival of East London Rugby Club In the late 1970s. He Is a Gustodian of much of the paS history and Is an ffApert on our facilittes and building. John has agreed to continue as trustee of Ihe chaiity so that wo continue to benefrt from his oxpértise. I would like to thank John for his conllnued dedication to community sport in East London. Joseph Giifm Chalr Eagt London Community Sportg Associatlon January 2026
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