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2025-08-31-accounts

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 04506510 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1096171

Trustees' Report and Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

for

St Mary's College Sports Development Company (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

St Mary's College Sports Development Company

Contents of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

Page
Trustees' Report 1 to 3
Report of the Independent Auditors 4 to 6
Statement of Financial Activities 7
Balance Sheet 8
Notes to the Financial Statements 9 to 14

St Mary's College Sports Development Company (Registered number: 04506510)

Trustees' Report for the year ended 31 August 2025

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Significant activities

The principal activity of the Company is the advancement of the education of the pupils of St Mary's College by the provision of sports facilities and for the provision of facilities for healthy recreation for the general public with particular regard to the needs of the young, infirm and aged.

The Trustees have complied with the duty in Section 17 (5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have regard to the guidance published by the Charity Commission about Public Benefit.

Public benefit

The Company, through its sports facility known as "The Academy" is a fee charging charity and as such the trustees have a duty to ensure that the Academy provide activities that further its charitable purposes for the public benefit. The aims and purpose of the charity, as registered with the Charity Commission are:

The provision of a gym, dance studio, sports hall and various fitness classes to the community and young people.

The Academy is committed to providing these facilities for the local population and encouraging a healthy lifestyle for young people and the community that use the Academy, in pursuit of the aims of the charity. Staff at the Academy have been trained to provide exercise programmes as part of a previous GP referral programme.

The main customer of the Academy is St Mary's College who use the facility almost exclusively during the day, until 4pm, for the benefit of young people at the college. After 4pm a variety of sporting activities are available for young people, such as table tennis and trampolining, through clubs that use the Academy and provide instructors, and also through activities organised by the school. The school also provides free use of the gym at any time to young people between the ages of 16 and 19 in education at the college.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Charitable activities

The Academy is located on the site of St Mary's College and the college has various sports facilities including a sports hall, 4G pitch and multi use games courts. Lettings for the schools' facilities are managed through The Academy and therefore staff costs for managing the leisure facilities are apportioned between the Academy and school.

Income from the use of the facilities by external users and sports clubs has increased it is now above the levels seen prior to the Covid 19 pandemic. Operating expenditure decreased from 2024 levels with employee and utility costs. This has resulted in a surplus for the year of £37,928 (2024: deficit £27,714).

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Investment policy and objectives

There are no restrictions on the charity's power to invest. The investment strategy is set up by the Trustee Board with professional assistance and is reviewed annually. It takes account of income requirements, risk profile and future expenditure of the charity.

Reserves policy

The trustees seek to maintain a level of free reserves (that is funds not tied up in fixed assets and restricted funds) that enable the charity to sustain its operation over a period when the income generation may be curtailed temporarily or permanently. The trustees consider the most appropriate level to be 6 months expenditure on charitable objectives and management of the organisation.

FUTURE PLANS

The Trustees annually review the activities of the charity to ensure that the objectives are being achieved.

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St Mary's College Sports Development Company (Registered number: 04506510)

Trustees' Report for the year ended 31 August 2025

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Constitution

The company is limited by guarantee. The liability of members in the event of the Company being wound up is limited to £1. The Company was incorporated on 8th August 2002 and registered as a charity on 24th February 2003.

The Company is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

The Trustees are recruited by the Trustees of St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust of which St Mary's College, Hull is part. New Trustees are given such information and training as they require to fulfil their duties.

Organisation

The trustees meet on a regular basis to administer the company. They are supported by the Finance Manager and staff of St Mary's College who manage the day-to-day operations. The staff are employed by St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust and recharged to the Company.

Risk management

The trustees are reviewing the major risks to which the charity is exposed. Internal risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorising transactions and projects and to ensure consistent quality of delivery for all the operational aspects of the charitable Company. These procedures are periodically reviewed to ensure that they still meet the needs of the charity.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number

04506510 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

1096171

Registered office

St Mary's College Cranbrook Avenue Hull East Yorkshire HU6 7TN

Trustees

Mr P A Fearnley Mrs S Teasdale (Chief Finance Officer) Mr D Laws

The trustees are also directors under Company Law. One third of the trustees retire by rotation and being eligible offer themselves for re-election at the Annual General Meeting. The trustees are appointed by the Trustees of St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust of which St Mary's College is a part.

Auditors

RSM UK Audit LLP 2 Humber Quays Wellington Street West HULL East Yorkshire HU1 2BN

Bankers

National Westminster Bank plc 34 King Edward Street Hull HU1 3YN

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St Mary's College Sports Development

Company (Registered number: 04506510)

Trustees' Report

for the year ended 31 August 2025

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees (who are also the directors of St Mary's College Sports Development Company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law, the trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law).

Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

AUDITORS

The auditors, RSM UK Audit LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 11 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

Mr D Laws - Trustee

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of St Mary's College Sports Development Company (Registered number: 04506510)

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of St Mary's College Sports Development Company (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31 August 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees' Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of St Mary's College Sports Development Company (Registered number: 04506510)

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. The objectives of our audit are to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding compliance with laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, to perform audit procedures to help identify instances of non-compliance with other laws and regulations that may have a material effect on the financial statements, and to respond appropriately to identified or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations identified during the audit.

In relation to fraud, the objectives of our audit are to identify and assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud, to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud through designing and implementing appropriate responses and to respond appropriately to fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit.

However, it is the primary responsibility of management, with the oversight of those charged with governance, to ensure that the entity's operations are conducted in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and for the prevention and detection of fraud.

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud, the audit engagement team:

As a result of these procedures we consider the most significant laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the financial statements are FRS 102, Charities SORP (FRS 102), Companies Act 2006, Charities Act 2011 and the charitable company's governing document. We performed audit procedures to detect non-compliances which may have a material impact on the financial statements which included reviewing the financial statements including the Trustees' Report and remaining alert to new or unusual transactions which may not be in accordance with the governing documents.

The audit engagement team identified the risk of management override of controls and as the area where the financial statements were most susceptible to material misstatement due to fraud. Audit procedures performed included but were not limited to testing manual journal entries and other adjustments, evaluating the business rationale in relation to significant, unusual transactions and transactions entered into outside the normal course of business, challenging judgments and estimates.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of St Mary's College Sports Development Company (Registered number: 04506510)

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Richard Lewis (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of RSM UK Audit LLP 2 Humber Quays Wellington Street West HULL East Yorkshire HU1 2BN

Date:

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St Mary's College Sports Development Company

Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 August 2025

Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Charitable activities
3
Charitable activities
191,499
Investment income
2
1
Total
191,500
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
Charitable activities
153,572
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
37,928
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
67,499
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
105,427
Restricted
funds
£
11,295
-
11,295
11,295
-
-
-
2025
Total
funds
£
202,794
1
202,795
164,867
37,928
67,499
105,427
2024
Total
funds
£
168,443
-
168,443
196,157
(27,714)
95,213
67,499

The notes form part of these financial statements

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St Mary's College Sports Development Company (Registered number: 04506510)

Balance Sheet

31 August 2025

Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
8
67,142
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
9
10,224
Cash at bank
44,833
55,057
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
10
(16,772)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
38,285
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
105,427
NET ASSETS
105,427
FUNDS
11
Unrestricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS
Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2025
Total
funds
£
67,142
10,224
44,833
55,057
(16,772)
38,285
105,427
105,427
105,427
105,427
2024
Total
funds
£
63,238
6,252
15,506
21,758
(17,497)
4,261
67,499
67,499
67,499
67,499

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 11 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

Mr D Laws - Trustee

Mr P A Fearnley - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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St Mary's College Sports Development Company

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The charitable company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemption in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland':

Income

Income represents grants and donations received, vending income and usage of the facility excluding value added tax. Income relating to specific periods is apportioned over the accounting period to which it relates. All other income is recognised when the charity is entitled to it and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Government Grants

Government grants are recognised at fair value when there is reasonable assurance that the company will comply with the conditions attaching to them and the grants will be received. Grants related to purchase of assets are treated as deferred income and allocated to the profit and loss account over the useful lives of the related assets. Grants related to expenses are treated as income in the profit and loss account in the period they are receivable.

Resources expended

Expenditure is charged on an accruals basis, inclusive of irrecoverable VAT. Direct charitable expenditure comprises those costs directly incurred in pursuance of the company's charitable activities and where the cost rightly belongs to more than one activity an appropriate proportion. Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Long leasehold - in accordance with the property Plant and machinery - at varying rates on cost

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Income received from Sport England and similar organisations are separated and treated as restricted funds. Expenditure incurred in relation to the restricted funds is calculated in accordance with the claims for funding made by the Company.

Going concern

The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.

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St Mary's College Sports Development Company

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 August 2025

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Financial instruments

Financial instruments are classified and accounted for, according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as either financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

2. INVESTMENT INCOME

3.

4.

Interest receivable - trading
INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Activity
School usage
Charitable activities
External usage
Charitable activities
Vending and catering
Charitable activities
Grants
Charitable activities
SUPPORT COSTS
2025
£
1
2025
£
123,127
52,648
15,724
11,295
202,794
2024
£
-
2024
£
113,504
39,528
15,411
-
168,443

Governance costs £ 1,398

Charitable activities

The audit fees for the company is carried by St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust (Trust). The Trust has a controlling influence of the company. The audit fees are disclosed in the Trust accounts.

Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:

Governance costs

Governance costs
2025 2024
Charitable Total
activities activities
£ £
Accountancy fees 722 583
Office costs 676 1,937
1,398 2,520
5. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
2025 2024
£ £
Depreciation - owned assets 6,046 5,482

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St Mary's College Sports Development Company

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 August 2025

6. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 August 2025 nor for the year ended 31 August 2024.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 August 2025 nor for the year ended 31 August 2024.

7. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

8.

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Charitable activities
Charitable activities
Investment income
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
Charitable activities
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
COST
At 1 September 2024
Additions
At 31 August 2025
DEPRECIATION
At 1 September 2024
Charge for year
At 31 August 2025
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 August 2025
At 31 August 2024
Unrestricted
fund
£
168,443
-
168,443
196,157
(27,714)
95,213
67,499
Long
leasehold
£
2,972,221
-
2,972,221
2,930,670
2,097
2,932,767
39,454
41,551

Restricted
fund
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Plant and
machinery
£
258,750
9,950
268,700
237,063
3,949
241,012
27,688
21,687

Total
funds
£
168,443
-
168,443
196,157
(27,714)
95,213
67,499
Totals
£
3,230,971
9,950
3,240,921
3,167,733
6,046
3,173,779
67,142
63,238

Expenditure amounting to £200,804 was incurred prior to the incorporation of the company and is included in fixed assets.

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St Mary's College Sports Development Company

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 August 2025

9.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade debtors
VAT
Prepayments
10.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade creditors
Amounts owed to group undertakings
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
11.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
General fund
TOTAL FUNDS
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Revenue Grants
TOTAL FUNDS
Comparatives for movement in funds
Unrestricted funds
General fund
TOTAL FUNDS
At 1.9.24
£
67,499
67,499
Incoming
resources
£
191,501
11,295
202,796
At 1.9.23
£
95,213
95,213
2025
£
6,246
2,521
1,457
10,224
2025
£
2,298
11,109
331
3,034
16,772
Net
movement
in funds
£
37,928
37,928
Resources
expended
£
(153,573)
(11,295)
(164,868)
Net
movement
in funds
£
(27,714)
(27,714)
2024
£
1,376
3,672
1,204
6,252
2024
£
714
10,246
-
6,537
17,497
At
31.8.25
£
105,427
105,427
Movement
in funds
£
37,928
-
37,928
At
31.8.24
£
67,499
67,499

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St Mary's College Sports Development Company

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 August 2025

11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
TOTAL FUNDS
Incoming
resources
£
168,445
168,445
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(196,159)
(27,714)
(196,159)
(27,714)

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:

Net
movement At
At 1.9.23 in funds 31.8.25
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 95,213 10,214 105,427
TOTAL FUNDS 95,213 10,214 105,427

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Revenue Grants
TOTAL FUNDS
Incoming
resources
£
359,946
11,295
371,241
Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(349,732)
10,214
(11,295)
-
(361,027)
10,214

12. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with the controlling Trust as the company's results are consolidated into the Trust's Financial Statements for the year.

The ultimate controlling party is St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust (Registered number: 09023802), a company registered in England and Wales. Its registered address is St Mary's College, Cranbrook Avenue, Hull, HU6 7TN.

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St Mary's College Sports Development Company

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 August 2025

13. COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE

The company is limited by guarantee and therefore it has no share capital. The liability of members is limited to £1 each. The total number of members at 31st August 2025 was 3 (2024 - 3).

In the event of the Company being wound up, the unrestricted fund and any excess of income over expenditure is not to be distributed to the members, but all property of the Company after the settlement of debts shall be transferred to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough.

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