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Registered Charity 1012683

Wingham Recreation Ground

Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended March 31[st] 2022

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The Wingham Recreation Ground

Contents

Charity Information	Page 3
Trustees’ report	Page 4
Treasurer’s report	Page 5
Independent Reviewer’s Report	Page 6
Statement of Income and Retained Earnings	Page 7
Balance Sheet	Page 8
Note to the Unaudited Financial Statements	Page 9

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Charity Information

Trustees Ian Pettman Gary Watkins Chair Ian Pettman Committee Members Bettina Braun Adam Cork Paul Cork (Deputy Chair) Russell Graydon (Parish Council) David Rothschild (Treasurer) Emma Shaw (Secretary) Gary Watkins Charley Watkins Rupert Williamson Address The Pavilion Wingham Recreation Ground Goodnestone Road Wingham CT3 1AR Independent Reviewer Andy Joiner

About The Recreation Ground & Club

The organisation was registered with the Charity Commission in 1964 with the principal goal of:

‘Promoting the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of Wingham, Kent and the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions by associating the local authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said Inhabitants.’

The management committee is formed of: the chairman, a treasurer and secretary, a Parish Council representative, two members of the public selected at the Annual Parish Assembly and representatives from the various groups who use the facilities of the Recreation ground ie: Football, Cricket, Tennis, Bat&Trap, darts etc.

Funds are largely generated from membership subscriptions to our Sports and Social Club and sales through the bar in the Pavilion. This is all run by volunteers, we have no paid staff. The Pavilion is open to sports clubs using the village and has changing rooms and showers.

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Trustees Report

The impact of Covid was material at the start of our year in April 2021 and the effects were still lingering at the end of summer. Many sports simply didn’t get off the ground even when restrictions were lifted. Despite this, we believe that we have stayed true to the objectives set for us in 1964. We thank the committee for their service for the year.

On the other hand, the grounds continued to be well used by the public. These are looked after and maintained by the contractors Harmen and Harmen which means that they are kept to a high standard. This year a couple of trees had to be felled on advice due to disease. The grounds are used by many during the whole year, by families and children using the play area and the sporting sides, with cricket and bat and trap in the summer and football in the winter. We find that many people come from further afield not just Wingham itself. We also welcome many dog owners and we do welcome them but we suffer from the perennial problem of dog foul not being cleaned up by irresponsible owners. This is particularly unpleasant for the sports people and spectators who have to be careful on the grass. We really need to find a solution but it alludes us and many like us.

We have had no specific incidents of vandalism to the club house and only a few minor incidents on the grounds such as lighting of fires and littering. However, due to unsocial behaviour reported to the Parish Council over the last few years the Parish Council with the consent from the management committee have placed two CCTV cameras at the recreation ground which are monitored 24/7 for any anti-social behaviour or any other abnormal behaviour in and around the grounds.

We are particularly conscious of expenses as prices rise. In the year we have had to increase prices and almost certainly will need to do so again, we only have to hope that this doesn’t impact our takings too severely. Too add to this worry our membership is down,our Sunday football side folded early in the season with a loss to us of £500 in membership fees and takings behind the bar. We were fortunate to be able to secure two new football teams to use the pitch and bar facilities later in the season.

Bookings for the hire of the club are rather slack and we hope that we may be able to increase usage, particularly in summer months. We are keen to encourage more sports to use our facilities.

Maintenance expenses have been rising, we had to replace some shutters and repair some of the roofing. The expense of keeping our water heating compliant with LP08 regulations. (avoidance of legionella) We will be looking to replace our boiler which should reduce both gas costs and satisfy most of the LP08 requirements without further expense. We will shortly be updating our electrics, again to conform to statutory requirements. Our pool table has now got new felt and side cushions for the pool players.

During the Covid lock down track and trace data was recorded in line with Government guidelines, we have now removed all of people’s data and shredded all info.

The club as we all know rely heavily on voluntary workers to assist with the running of the club which helps in keeping our profits in good shape without them we couldn’t function as a club its much appreciated.

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Wingham Recreation Ground – Finance Report 2021-2022

Thanks to the generosity of the Dover District Council and the Wingham Parish council what could have been a disastrous year has actually been reasonable. The Sports and Social Club, closed for much of the year, received Covid grants from the DDC which enabled it to pay the expenses of running the pavilion. Additionally, we received £1,300 from our Parish Council to help with the recreation ground itself.

Cumulatively, we have been able to enhance our building fund which we hope to use to extend the club house and offer women’s changing facilities and possibly other community benefits.

We must be grateful to various people and organisations who donated their time and money to helping keep these costs down. A local firm paid for a re-vamp of the car park, Russell Graydon helped with hedge maintenance and Ian and Aaron Pettman did a lot of work on fencing.

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Wingham Recreation Club Financial Activities

April 2021 - March 2022 £

Bar sales Donations and legacies Games Machines Revenue Sales of Equipment Total Income Bar Equipment maintenance Card Fees Stock for Resale Subscriptions and Licences Telecoms Total Cost of Sales Gross Income Cleaning Club House Health and Safety Club House Insurance Club House Repairs & Maintenance Electricity Gas Office/ Administrative Expenses Printing, Postage and Stationery Software subscriptions Supplies Water Club House Expenses Ground Maintenance Recreation Ground Insurances Rent & Rates Recreation Ground Expenses Total Expenditures Net Operating Income Club Grants Recreation Ground Grants Interest earned Other Income Net Income	Apr 2021 - Mar 2022 Apr 2020 - Mar 2021
	16,099 9,254 1,781 2,245 469 216 530
	18,879 11,714 2,305 603 174 100 8,153 4,730 609 619 484 449
	11,726 **6,501 **
	7,154 5,213 214 92 990 1,076 394 383 2,113 1,087 1,023 920 634 647 184 37 26 146 10 772 660
	5,734 5,674 631 840 393 383 83 1
	1,108 1,224
	6,842 6,898
	312 -1,685 10,667 10,000 1,300 1,200 4 9
	11,971 11,209
	12,283 9,523

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Wingham Recreation Club Balance Sheet

As of March 31, 2022 £

Tangible assets Bar Equipment Furniture and Fixtures Total Fixed Asset Cash at bank and in hand Stock Net current assets Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Trade Creditors Accruals Commitee Expenses Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Net current assets Total assets less current liabilities Total net assets Charity funds Opening Balance Equity Retained Earnings Surplus/(Deficit) Total Charity funds	As of Mar 31, 2022 As of Mar 31, 2021
	1727 1235 3619 3619
	5345 4853 53176 40133 1227 700 54403 40833 1666 220 248 0 86 0 1999 220 52403 40612 57749 45466 57749 45466 36132 36132 9334 -190 12283 9523 57749 45466

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Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements

1) Tangible Assets

Prior years have not incorporated any depreciation of assets – this will commence in the year to March 2023 but the organisation is confident that the current valuation is a true reflection of market value.

2) Cash at Banks

The sum includes £40,069 of funds ring-fenced for pavilion expansion.

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