2025-08-31-accounts

Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period

From: 01/09/2024 To: 31/08/2025

Charity name: Cobtree Young Farmers

Charity registration number: 1073120

Company number: N/A

Objectives and activities

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|||| |---|---|---| |SORP reference| |Summary of the purposes of|Para 1.17|To advance the education of members of the| |the charity as set out in its|Young Farmers' Club in agriculture, home crafts,| |governing document|country life and related subjects and to advance| |the social welfare of the members by providing| |the facilities for recreation and fulfilling leisure| |time occupations. To enhance members' lives| |and assist in the development of their spiritual| |and mental wellbeing, self-reliance and| |individual responsibility so that they may grow| |to full maturity as individuals and members of| |the community.| |Summary of the main|Para 1.17 and|The Club owns and rears livestock on its own| |activities in relation to those|1.19|farm unit. This involves the members in animal| |purposes for the public|care and welfare and gives an understanding of| |benefit, in particular, the|farming and food production. Members are| |activities, projects or services| |wholeheartedly involved in preparing and| |identified in the accounts.| |showing their animals in the public arena of| |agricultural shows which teaches the members| |dedication, organisation, communication and| |teamwork. This has the added value of| |educating and inspiring the general public about| |the Young Farmers and of where their food| |comes from. The members also have a busy| |programme of competition, crafts, sport and| |social as part of the National Federation of| |Young Farmers' Clubs| |Statement confirming|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have had due| |whether the trustees have|regard to the Charity Commission guidance and| |had regard to the guidance|are clear that the Club meets high standards of| |issued by the Charity|benefit to members and the public.| |Commission on public| |benefit|

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SORP reference

Policy on grant making	Para 1.38
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	The club does not currently use social investment as a means of funding, but it may be considered in the future for a partcular project if the club can demonstrate the justfcaton of the funding and show it can make the necessary repayments
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Saturday, plus administraton work in the evening and feeding of the clubs livestock during the week. The club also has an advisory commitee which is made up of around 8 volunteers, who also give up many hours to help run the club. Parents of members and friends also contribute a number of hours around specifc events and necessary maintenance projects.
Other

Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	The beneft to members is immeasurable and proven in their development as young people. They grow in self-confdence and self-awareness and are able to share their knowledge in the public arena. The beneft to the wider public is tangible where the members perform at shows and events. Members come to the Club from various backgrounds, mostly from local towns and the growth of their knowledge of country maters is huge.

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Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set

Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other

Financial review

Financial review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	Income £38701.44 Grant Income £33899.00 Grant Expenditure £30356.91 Non Grant Expenditure £28084.30
	Para 1.22	Generally all money received is invested in the running of the club, its actvites and agreed projects. However, the club aims to keep a small reserve to enable the club to contnue for at least 6 months through any period of uncertainty
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	Reserve account £12536.152
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	The trustees have no concerns at this tme, the club has regular income and is well managed by a team of leaders with a wide base of experience.

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Members donations, Grant funding from local trusts and societies. Para 1.47 The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.46 Investment policy and objectives including any

social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Other

Structure, governance and management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document: for example,trust deed, memorandum and articles of association etc	Para 1.25	None
How is the charity constituted? for example limited company, unincorporated association, CIO	Para 1.25	Being part of the Natonal Federaton of Young Farmers Clubs, we are under the Kent Federaton of YFC's consttuton, as an unincorporated associaton. The club has its own consttuton based upon the specifc open club consttutonprovided byNFYFC.
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	The trustees are appointed at the annual AGM, afer discussions held by the clubs advisory commitee. New appointees are discussed through the advisory and in consultaton with the club leader and current trustees.

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Para 1.51 Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties

Other

Reference and administrative details

Charity name	Cobtree Young Farmers Club
Other name the charity uses	N/A
Registered charity number	1073120
Charity’s principal address	D. Blake (Current Treasurer) 20 Albert Street Maidstone Kent ME14 2RN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Colin Leggat	Trustee		Cobtree YoungFarmers Club
	PhilipLoveland	Trustee		Cobtree YoungFarmers Club
	Mark Essex	Trustee		Cobtree YoungFarmers Club
	Mark Johnson	Trustee	May2025 onwards	Cobtree YoungFarmers Club
	Jill Darby	Trustee	April 2025 onwards	Cobtree YoungFarmers Club
	AndyWilde	Trustee	January2025 onwards	Cobtree YoungFarmers Club
	Dena Blake	Trustee	October 2025 onwards	Cobtree YoungFarmers Club

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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity	N/A
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects	N/A
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets	N/A

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Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)

Club President – John Norris Club Leader – Mark Essex Treasure – Dena Blake moving to Andy Wilde Club Secretary – Georgie Luck Safe Guarding Officer – Jill Darby ~~OC~~ Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information ~~OS~~ Declarations

The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Philip Loveland

Position (for example Trustee Secretary, Chair, etc)

11.10.2025

Date

Current (card) Account IN

82010412

	Month	Balance
September	01.09.24	362.94
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
		287.32
Totals

Current (card) Account OUT

Month	Balance
September	362.94
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August 31.08.25
	287.32

completed 28.09.25

From Membership Donations A/c End 285

1450 250 2260.57 1100 1000 1151 980 640 1100 2234.11 325 1250 £13,740.68

Farmacy/Viovet/Crovect/Tanner/Holmfield/Animalscans/Barkersanimalhealth

204.1

84 160.03 219.02 £667.15

From Reserve A/c End 337	N/A	Meat Sales
750		178.97
4736.65		27
1040
350
3075
580
300
2600
3550.16
2000
2074
£21,055.81	£0.00	£205.97
Lillico Attlee	Speedgate	McVeigh Parker/West Country
522.6
472.99
557.29	180
485.08	180
354.05	220
333.35
537.22	240
637.71	220
789.93	220
873.12	260	801.16
904.22		45
511.53	285
£6,979.09	£1,805.00	£846.16

Live Stock	Company Scheme Donations	N/A
350
175	301.82
770
	305
	71.13
350
500
£2,145.00	£677.95	£0.00
Shearer/Scanner/Tags	Shows/Christmas Party/Meetings	Materials
	160.86	219.74
	245	96.69
	122.2	84.08
		42
60	40.14	14.99
62.4	27.36
150.86		54
	38.6
	184.49	442.69
	497.81
	217.92
£273.26	£1,534.38	954.19

N/A	Uniform	Shows/Prize Money
		140
	696.57
		45
	60
	36.93
	400
£0.00	£1,193.50	£185.00
Farm Insurance (NFU)	Grant Spend	To 82020337
148.82	749.99
1525.85	1654
	1040	770
		305
	2975
		1000
		2447
	20304	7000
	2409.92
27.39
	1224	300
1702.06	30356.91	11822

Easy Fund Raising/Donations (Mark E)	Gift Aid
300
350
319.28
600
300
1329.31
300	2447.2
600
300
300
£4,698.59	£2,447.20
Vets - West Point	Cesspit Clearence
15
15
453.99
15
15
136.19
15
222.02
885.54
379.97
15	190
251.02
2418.73	190

N/A	N/A	Grants	Cash Depoist
		26000
			100
£0.00	£0.00	£26,000.00	£100.00
Leggat Farming (cake)	Boar/Bull Rental	Fallen Livestock (Offens)	Uniform
			1892.58
		60
551.6
350			190.5
		72
	400		300.11
371
1272.6	400	132	2383.19

Pay backs/Misc/Rejected Payments Subs into wrong account

946.32 £946.32 £0.00

Haylage / Lovejoy/Various	Butchers (ken Ballard)
856	118.32
	113.82
516
516
516
548
205
315
607.5
4079.5	232.14

Total Monthly
£3,168.97
£5,840.47
£6,032.74
£1,700.00
£1,655.00
£4,571.00
£2,889.31
£29,818.33
£4,300.00
£6,171.20
£3,525.00
£3,724.00
£73,396.02	73758.96

Kent Levy KCFYFC/Membership/Tshirts	**Livestock Trans **	Money Paid Out
		76.08
1382.65		209.98
	50
	50	76.56
		107.98
		18
		34.69
715
	384
2097.65	484	523.29

To	81605285	British Gas/YU Energy	Fuel/Tractor/Tyres	**Showtime Supplies **	Total Monthly
		67.2	88.97		£3,023.58
		91.14			£5,807.12
	154.74	90.72			£6,065.70
		63.75	48.81		£1,460.64
		75.08			£2,278.42
		110.75			£4,193.05
		123.44			£2,974.00
		161.57	45.8		£4,139.10
		71.11			£29,393.18
	31.5	80.68	94.93	658.74	£7,112.03
	100	82.83			£3,555.75
		76.58			£3,469.07
	286.24	1094.85	278.51	658.74	£73,471.64

Balance Sheet

2023-2024		2024-2025
£362.94	CurrentAccount	287.32
£656.45	Sub/MembershipAccount	243.06
£12,536.13	ReserveAccount	18233.79
£46.52	PettyCash	119.6
£13,602.04	Yearend (31stAugust2024)	18883.77
2023-2024	Income
£10,625.00	Membership Donations	13850
£2,863.68	GiftAid	2447.2
£1,710.53	CompanyScheme Donations	677.95
£4,055.47	Other Donations	13144.59
£500	Shows Donations (Edenbridge)	1000
£220	Show Prize Money	185
£10,400	Grants	33899
£5,980.34	Sale of Livestock	6481.25
£710.00	Sale of Meat	670.97
£666.44	Refunds	0
-	Insurance Claim	0
£70.32	Interest allaccounts	144.48
£70.00	GeneralMisc/Cash Deposit	100
£37,871.78		72600.44
2023-2024	Expenditure (out)
£1,449.36	Insurance	1702.06
£2,665.77	National&CountyLevy/Membership	1382.65
£1,848.89	Electricity	1094.85
£344.92	GrantSpend	30356.91
£80.00	Subs refund	0
£914.30	Purchase of Livestock& Rental	400
£874.75	Animalfeed Cake (cows)	1272.6
£6,182.64	Lillico (sheep& Pigsemergencycows)	6979.09
£5,472.00	Straw/Hay/Haylage	5884.5
£145.07	SheepShearing/Scanning	273.26
£1,475.41	Animal Welfare/Vet/Medicine	3085.88
£48.00	Fallen Livestock	132
	Butchers	232.14
£1,843.55	Materials	1800.35

Hayley Brook 04/12/25