**Registered Charity Number: 1093380** ## **Rossendale United Junior Football Club** **Report and Accounts** **For the Year Ended** **31 May 2021** ## **Rossendale United Junior Football Club** ## **Report and Accounts For The Year Ended 31 May 2021** ## **Contents** |Charity Information|| |---|---| ||Page| |Trustees’ Annual Report|1| |Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts|3| |Receipts and Payments Account|4| |Statement of Assets and Liabilities|5| ## **Charity Information** Registered Charity Number: 1093380 |Registered Address:|22 Albert Terrace| |---|---| ||Bacup| ||Lancashire| ||OL13 8BJ| |Trustees:|Derek Boyden (Chairman)| ||Christopher Shufflebottom| ||Helen Edge| ## **Rossendale United Junior Football Club Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31 May 2021** The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 May 2021. ## **Objectives and activities** The Charity’s objectives are to advance the education of young people up to the age of 18 by providing opportunities and facilities for playing soccer and other games and sports so to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and that their conditions of life may be improved. The Charity operates for the furtherance of these objects through the playing of and coaching in association football. The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the Charity should undertake. The Charity is proud of maintaining its status as a FA Charter ‘Development’ Standard Club. It has extensive partnerships across the football spectrum and community offering football to youngsters from 5/6 years of age up to 18 years of age. There are 16 teams/squads in total at the following ages: U7 (2 squads), U8 (2 squads), U9 (1 squad), U10 (3 squads), U11 (2 squads), U12 (2 squads), U13 (2 squads) and U14 (2 squads). Every one of these teams from Under 7s to Under 14s have qualified managers, coaches, assistants and volunteers who are responsible for supporting their allocated squad. In total, over [30] qualified volunteers support the club’s activities. ## **Achievement and performance** This year has, as for all, been an extremely testing year for the club. The club was closed both at the start of the year and for the second lockdown period between December 2020 and March 2021. However it is testament to all of our volunteers with the club who have all yet again worked tremendously hard in the best interests of Rossendale United Junior Football Club to support and develop all club members enabling our teams to complete the 2021 season. ## **Financial Review** During the year, the club achieved eligibility for gift aid payments as well as securing some grants, and selling equipment no longer in use which helped enormously given a reduction in membership fees and the impact on some of the more traditional fundraising activities. Despite the reduction in membership fees the charity generated a surplus of £14,937 (2020 deficit of £9,196) from total income of £28,781 (2020 £29,596) largely due to a reduction in spending. Expenditure reduced during the year due to Covid-19 social distancing restrictions resulting in the cancellation of the annual presentation and the reduction in training facilities hire costs, pitch and referee fees. It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months expenditure. The Trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure that, in the event of a significant drop in funding, they will be able to continue the charity's current activities while consideration is given to ways of securing additional funding. This, as always, is subject to seasonal variation. However as a result of the cash reserves at 31 May 2021 being in excess of a normal year end the trustees decided to continue to fund the provision of training facilities after the year end as an appropriate use of surplus reserves. The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to major risks. Page 1 ## **Rossendale United Junior Football Club Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31 May 2021** ## **Structure, governance and management** The Trust is an unincorporated associated governed by a constitution adopted 10 July 2000 as amended 2 July 2001, 10 June 2002, 6 December 2002 and 26 November 2020. The trustees who served during the year were Derek Boyden (Chairman), Christopher Shufflebottom and Helen Edge. For a person to be recruited and appointed as a trustee they must be aged 16 years or older and have no conflicting interests with those of the charity. Trustees are appointed and re-elected at the Annual General Meeting. All volunteers must undergo background checks to reassure parents that volunteers are above doubt. The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees on ## **D BOYDEN** .................................................................... Mr Derek Boyden Chairman Page 2 ## **Rossendale United Junior Football Club Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts** **Report to the trustees of Rossendale United Junior Football Club (Charity no. 1093380) on the Accounts for the year ended 31 May 2021 set out on pages 4 and 5;** ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144(1) of the Charities Act 2011) and that an independent examination is needed. The charity trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’) and have elected to prepare the accounts on a receipts and payments basis under section 133 of the Charities Act 2011. It is my responsibility to: - examine the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act ; - follow all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, and - state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement** My examination was carried out In accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** In the course of my examination no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: (SIGNED COPY ON FILE) A RICHARDSON Name: Anthony Richardson Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any): FCA Address: Date Page 3 ## **Rossendale United Junior Football Club Receipts and Payments Account Year ended 31 May 2021** |**RECEIPTS**
Signing on fees and weekly subs
Grants & Donations
Sponsorship
Charity evenings/events
Sale of equipment
Misc.
**PAYMENTS**
League Fees & fines
Pitch expenses & machinery
Trophies & Presentation expenses
Insurance
Kit & equipment
Managers’ course fees
Covid-19 compliance costs
Training & coaching (inc. pitch hire and refs fees)
Bank charges
Misc.
**SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR**
Transfers between Funds
Cash funds at start of year
Cash funds at end of year|2021
£
£
19,815
3,247
1,491
-
2,160
2,068
28,781
787
3,253
16
906
5,650
140
639
1,499
377
577
13,844
**14,937**
12,057
26,994|2020
£
£
22,626
2,950
1,916
338
-
1,766
29,596
5,047
14,279
468
1,038
5,789
850
-
9,940
359
1,022
38,792
**(9,196)**
21,253
12,057|2020
£
£
22,626
2,950
1,916
338
-
1,766
29,596
5,047
14,279
468
1,038
5,789
850
-
9,940
359
1,022
38,792
**(9,196)**
21,253
12,057| |---|---|---|---| ||787
3,253
16
906
5,650
140
639
1,499
377
577|5,047
14,279
468
1,038
5,789
850
-
9,940
359
1,022|| ||||| ||||**(9,196)**
21,253| ||||12,057| Page 4 ## **Rossendale United Junior Football Club Statement of Assets and Liabilities Year Ended 31 May 2021** |Cash funds:
Bank account|2021
Unrestricted
funds
Total
funds
£
£
26,994
26,994|2020
Unrestricted
funds
Total
funds
£
£
12,057
12,057| |---|---|---| Signed on behalf of the Trustees on: HS EDGE .................................................................... Mrs Helen Edge Treasurer Page 5