Stoke City Community Trust
(A Company limit￿ by Guarath)
Compw RewS1￿ No. 04875877
R¢￿e￿d Qwity No. 1104(#)6
A7
14102r2024
cO￿ANIEs HOUSE
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Stoke City Community Trust
CONTENrs
TRUSTFES. ANTrIUAL REPORT
STATEM￿ OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILMFS tN THE F1tEPARATIONOF FINANCIAL
STATEMEKrs
tNDEPENDENT AUDrroR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF STOKE C￿y COMMUNITY
TRUST .
Accoubrr)
13
BALATrKE SHEEr
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sTATEmETr￿ OF CASH FLOWS
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ACCOtsKrtNG POLICIFS
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TRUSTEES. ANNUAL IIEPORT
IIEFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
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COMPANY REGISTrATION NUMBER 0￿5
COMPANY SECRETARY
J Pellit
R Helk) (R&%181￿ 11 Nov 2022)
G Mdlor
D Smith
J Pelli]¥
C Iwelumo
S King
J Morris (MBE)
AUDITOR
RSM UK A￿lltLLP
F¢5tivai Way
STI 5BB
BANKERS
Barclays Bank plc
118 High Street
Nthvcastle•under.Lyme
ST5 Ivr
REGISTERED OFFI
bets65 Stsdium
Stoke on Txgnt
Staffordshi
En￿and
ST4 4F
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Stoke City Community Tn]st
TRUS7EES' ANNUAL REPORT
Trnstees. AttM¥*l Report
The Report and Financial Siatemenl4 vknich Rlak totheYearend￿ 31 Aiigitst 2023. are Ntsented by the
Trustees of Stoke City Commillllty TrusL who *Te also Directs￿ ofthe Charitable Company for Ihe
purposes of ¢harity llw.
Structsre c0ven￿￿ee 2lld Ma
e4llent
Stoke Cty Community Trust is aa>rnpany limiled bYgUara￿ and thes nrthlve sharn witsi. It is
governed by the Mernoranth and Article5 of AsxKiatico dated 18 July 2014 aTMI became aregiste
charity on 28 May 2004.
A reviEWSyStem is in place to monttOT the in¢om< exwjth and Fthance of TTUSL This ensu￿9
that.appropri* mwement informJtion is produtd on a regular boSi5 irt1udl￿ an annual bw. The
budget is approved by the who" also rncet rEgul￿ty to CODsiderthe fllMDcial results and identify
iDlment of Tntsteos
The skillset of the board ofTru5tets is reviewed compartd to the requirernents of the charity to achieve
its objectives. Where there aye gaps. the TnLStees seek to avrni￿aPpOInknCnts of It￿1¥1dUaIS with
the reqlli￿d skills ￿ ¢xperienc¢s by an 0[￿ r￿1￿￿ttl proces%
Trustee iDdudlott trx
All new TnLStees reLeive an induction meeting with the Chair of Tnksttts arml then s￿d time with Ihc
ehatlty'5 management tem observingknw the dwity's objective5 *tht¢v•L Should any additional
speciatised lrnining b¢ r¢quitEd then aFyoptiate training rnt¥ements are in place.
Rtsk mg
ement
The TnLStees review the major iisks * whieh the clty ts ¢xp)wJ . in p8rtscular. Rl&ting to the
operations and fin￿r£s. #Thj satisfied thatSy5t¢n>s and Pr￿ed￿(C5 aTe in plwxtornitigalEany ewosure.
The principal risk.identified by tr* Tr￿le¢S is Safe8U
In additio￿ procedures Iw Ixit in pl¥¢¢ to effjure c(ryliance with hBalth and safety Wlalion for
staff ènd all those who partiripatr in the Tn*'S a¢tivities. A Safeguarding Working Gr￿p en5wes that all
regulations are adheted to with regard to conlttct with thildren ood vulnerable adults.
Reserve4
The TrrJ5*¢s have examiJ*d the ¢lwity's wuiMDeots for resuyes in the light of the main risks to the
Or￿11satiOn. It has established a policy Ithby unrestrictrd fimd4 not CA>mmitted OT invested in tangible
fixed held by lh¢ charity (which equal flee r¢5¢fFes). St￿ld b¢ no than 12 monts of the
unrtstri¢kd staff ¢mployment expendIll￿ of the thrity. Free reserve5 * 31 Aug￿1 2￿ weTe £1.041k
(2022: £982k). In the cufftnt xonomi¢ ¢lim4teth¢ Trustees cortstder it pnxlenl to keep the free reserves at
this level but will reFiew the &￿1¢Y should there ￿ a strnng commercial or oprrattonal reason to do so.
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TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT
IDtsrnalContro
includiD&"
*An Annual Budgd 8pprov&lby the TTuslees
•Regular wn5ider8tion of fmatKial results
*ldentification and managementof risks
of the Public Benefft requirrtnenL
FiDuei41 Review
below:
Restricted In¢om¢:
Uor&strl￿ed Incomv.
Total Jneome:
Tot*1 R£wuTttsExp¢od¢d.
754
I,￿5
1.759
1577
929
1,655
204
982
iJ86
Tot*1 Reserves:
Stok¢ City COMM￿lty Trwst's obj￿￿YeS •rt to promotc any eJ4ri*pwp(w forthe geoeral bBn¢fit of
the eommwiity andin PaTti¢ular th(Ée livingaThl &rossNotth Stsffordthr< Southcheshite and
thesurrounding ar
The TTU5t uses the p)wer and pa%5iOtL&ssociated with the football clubto ajake aposittve difftrence to the
health. wellb2ing artd life outcornes of particip￿ts wtho engage in its progrnmts atyl ¥tivities. All
sessions provide 8 platfonn lo rnluce t4ryiexs topartscipatiOD whilst prnmoti￿ qu￿1￿. divwsity and
inelusioti withinthe comm￿lty.
Th¢ TTUSt's projects 3im tots¢kle ￿KIal is5￿ Incl￿￿￿ mentsl hMielessne4 poverty and
environmentsl. It also scek4 to swrt ￿PIC via sports provisio￿ Co￿pe￿tIOnl ge￿1 wellbeing
ctivttie4 weight managemeni work re¥dy & employM￿t sessiors and community b￿d diversion8ry
activities. &5 well &$ 18rgeted intenTentions irKlwbng po0rxhC￿ belw10￿. erimin8J
¢xploitstioo be￿vethe￿t and traum&
The Trust believes that its influence rtach wlll allow people to rnake ajxisitive difference to th¢it
IMltt4 wellbeing and lifr outcom&s.
s￿181 welfare and life improvemenL 8od consider its main *tiviti4s to fith this a￿ the PTOViSiOD of
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Th¢ Tnst's main adivilies are bekw.
Athi¢VeMe￿ts Perforjnarytt
The Tn￿'S main achievements are based upon itspeople. P&b￿ShIpS aEhJ its impa¢L Its F*rf0llhan￿ is
b&*d wx)n its ability to ¢onfinu¢ to deliver high quglity sehViCeS 4nd iftter4entions to the coromuniti¢s of
providing supwrt to those in ne*
The Trust a committed aTr] skille4J w0￿fOr￿ of 53 fu1l.time¢0ntr￿￿ memt¢£s of 31 wuai
stsfj who atm to engag¢ and iTh5pire Etopk on a daity b&si
The Priority Alws ofthe Tn￿ I￿.
PTiority Area l.Heaith & Well￿￿
Priority Area 2.FAlUCatio￿ FJnploy#bility & Skius
Priority Atea3.Sport & C¢￿￿lty Inclusion
& Wellbe
Oyer the p35t 12 month5 the Health & wellbeiDgdq>UthK￿ Iw ￿tiCed an in¢w io for its
5ervicts and in order to best help the10¢41 commiw. via the Tn￿.5 Nch and infiuence. it has been
es5enti41 to maintoin partn￿3￿1P5 with the Midlands PthTship Foun￿￿ Tru0 IMPFf). Together
Activ& Everyolle's Aeahty StaffoTdkn County CcAllKii North Stsfford5hire Combined Health¢
TIltsL
A good example of this ¢ollaboration w&s the'Slok¢ Social. pmjtti wh￿h is a free everttseld every
Wrjlnesday that provides a safe space for Individ￿￿ to med new peopl4 ty nv* aclivilies. such 18 bin8lX
chair.based exerci￿ and simply to so¢iati* over a cup ofcoffeehe& The evetrtakn hes links with
local servtcffj such ls Hotne Instead and North Stsffordthire Combined Hea￿ in order to Provide an
opportiuiity to allow particirAnts w discuss any health I￿1. home Iivu)8 issu¢s they may h8v< in a relaxed
and infoTinal cnviwnmenL
Throughout the yearthe TrLst delivered avariety of intrnDtion5 sttvices that included:
Stoke Memories (D¢martia Pro￿￿¢)
Walking F&)tb811
A Gknie of Two Hol
Talk Suicid¢
Potter5 tkmentia WelliwGroup (Weekty Meet)
Potte￿ At¥)ut
Longcovid
Mental Wellking {Schools)
Fit FaTkS
Potters He41th Hub
Mums, Fooiball
Aiming HI￿ Adivities
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Edu￿*10
S¢oke City Community Trust is cotThDittsJ d¢livtty of tdi the Siars and ]Mpi￿$ projecty.
The Tn￿t part of a ¢ony)rtiuth that &liV¢￿d th¢ Yoth Employroert *tsl Skilb (YE8) Ploi￿L This
w&$ a collalx)ration PTOj¢¢t b￿Cen V&10￿ OTg8nisthon% includingthe Commimity Renewal Fund 8nd
Stoke-oTrTrent City CounciL delivered in Stoke-OD-Tmll to help 1&24 year olds build tbexr confidence
and skills in preparation fOreduc*io￿ trathing or employmenL
'Keep Stokesmilll￿' was named asthe EFL Ch8mpiortship's Cornm￿1ty Proied of the Season.
The educational work was d¢liv¢Ted to acoo5id¢rabi¢ nwnbtr of schoots Fyoviding important dentsj and
oral health inforniation and rne5sagi￿ This was an initiative developed as a resp￿5¢ to Stoke-on-Trent's
adverse p)sitioTh in to)th abstraction lea￿ tables having ac4)nsiderable PTOFKKtiOD of the city's ¢hildren
sufftring from tooth de¢ay. Each P￿11 ￿ertd￿ theprogr8mme rtteTved a t￿thbn￿ fl￿rid￿b&￿d
ioothpaste and a dentsl eA￿tIonal leafiet for knth pupil F￿ent In orderto assess its iTnpacl pre and
post workshop questiotU￿1reS were t4)mpletsl by Fwthermort. all participating 5ch¢Jols were
en¢ouraged to go'Fi72 Free. and w CO￿1n￿¢ wiihthe d￿￿1 and oral health l¢•mitt& This prnjectwas
provid¢d to the parti¢ipaiits free of charye and due to the ￿rrelatiOn between xxiai deprivation and poor
healthca￿ it priorilized ￿1￿m)IS inthe u10￿ depriv￿ areas of the city.
'Post 16 opti￿.. Whtlstthe TnLfjt eonfjnued is parther5hip with Stokt on Trent ColleN this year it
develO￿d a new with S8TrJb4¢h Hith S¢ky)oVSixih Forni providing fty)tioll development
op￿rtunItieS ftsr foDaieplayers whi15tin edwatio
The fiTStyear of the FOund￿IOn Dewe in Cornmunity F(x)thall Coxhing and deve1q￿ent wimessed the
majority of the sttthts Completil￿the fll5t yearof their COUts&
Th¢ turther and hIg￿redUcatIon player edLUtion pathway5. Th)w iri pkn. should PTOVi(k a rou* for
pupils to further develop theiT skills as players and coache&
Premier League In5Pirts
Youth Employment and Slails (YES) FuThl
Trnineeships
P05t 16 F￿tball & Ed￿atIOn A¢*lemy
The Foundation Degree in Communty Football C(￿1ng aThl Development
AitllingHigh
mrnUDi
The Footho11 and Sports Development teams continue to attract with the Tru￿,5 foottMII.b18ed
activities providit)g a pathway into the Club's Ac•J¢my.
The Internalional Soccer Sdwl programme saw the Tntst m4intwn its ￿l￿10Th$hipS with clubs in Norway.
MalK Finland Canad4 Sweden athl the USA.
In parthership with StaffoTthiT¢ County Council the TnLSt's Aiming High project conlinued to provide
regular activities and short breaks for kKai ¢hi]drni aNI young people aged ¥25 with special edw*ional
neeiVdis•bility (SENDI The progra￿e wa5 deS1￿￿d to b)es¢ ¢hildren atHI young pwple's ¢onfidenc¢
and independenK providing activifies which were to the whok family and othets i]wt wae only ftir
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The w&8 selected to be wt of a on¢ year'TwitMing-L￿. pilot projecL This w&£ targeted to
engage HMP Stoke Heath prtsorn to improve their ITtew. via a cA)mbined f￿tball coaching and
English language courn¢. Those who S￿¢¢¢4 will attaillith a FA Level I Coxhing Awatd a5 weu &8 a
Lev¢1 l Effgiish qualificatio￿ The Trust is aiming for the pilotto be tsucce55 atxl lead to the roll-wt of a
more enhart¢ed scheme in the fublle.
Probation Servtsce (HMPPS) and proftsslonal fwd>all club4 with the objective oftwtnning every prison in
England aTra Wales with a I￿[ f(Mthll Clu￿.
'Petsonal Development Pro￿arnme,. The TrLW aJcd)8 with the Stsffordshire Poli￿ Fire and Crtme
Commi55ioner's Office kd a￿￿1rtiUrn a00r￿ afflI.S￿1al t¢h4Yiorin severnl hot spots
across the cowity.
'My Cty My Shirt.. This was a p•tier5hip with Sti>k¢ City Fo￿ball Club. Faffj for Diversity and the
F(Mrtball suP￿rters Asgxiatirn desi￿d to cekbtate the diva5ity of SC.FC footb￿1 fan&
Throughout4he year the Tr￿ delivered a vAriety of intervakn I￿1 services that i￿lUded.
My Ctty My Shirt
PL Change makers
Holiday & Fc4)d (E
Re5ilienc4 Identity and Sc￿EsteeM (R￿E}
SafeT Stre¢ts
SPACE
So¢¢er S¢hools
• International sc￿e"r Schools
Rw"ooal Taieni Club {Girls)
Wildeats (Girls)
Squad Football (Girls)
Advanced Training & Developrnent Centre
Twinning Project (HMP Stoke Heath & HMPDov¢gate)
Twinning Literxy Pmject GtMP Stoke Heath)
Tbank Yoll for S
Whilst dependent upon the Continuingparti￿iP sUP￿rt of Stoke Cty Fwtball Club and the b¢t365
G￿up. Stoke City Con￿nunIty Trust also rtb¢s heavity onthe sw>wrt of many p8rts)ers and organisatir*ns
in prder to CA)ntinue ¢0 developits three wiority areas. The Tnkst's principat parn￿E5 are the Premier
Le8gue Clwirable Fun￿ the Pr￿1¢1 Leag￿ Professio￿1 F(thallers' ASSOCi*lo￿ ts English Fixxball
Leagtt4 English F4Xttt)all TnLS¢ Stsffordshire Cthmty Coun¢il. Stafford5hire Police Fire and Crime
Commissioner, Cty of Stoke-on'TwentC￿llxtI and the Stsffordshir¢ Football As￿LI110ft.
The B0￿d of Trustees is Indebted0￿ win kn 811 kn WTr￿ have m*Je a Signifi¢gnt ￿￿Tibutir1n to the
again in 2023f24.
The Tn15tees would like to thank the F"ootball Club's Ht4d ofcommimity Adriari Hutst and his staff in the
Community Tn& for their dedication Iwd w0rktht0u￿ut amthEr S￿¢e$$ful wiod.
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Stoke City Comrnunity Trust
S.TATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONsIBILIT￿s IN THE PREPARATION OF
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Tn￿ (who are also tk directo￿ of Stoke City Conynunity Tn￿ (a company limitsl by giwanlee
for the of company law)) *e Te5Fx)nsil>le for pwaritig the TnLSt¢es' ReFY)rt wd the financ
statements in ￿ldance with applicable lawand Unifed KiD8dcon At￿liAti￿ Standards (United Kingdom
Company Ixw requires the Tnjstees to pry#rt fiJ]ancio15tatements for tach finaneial peri(Ml which give &
tru¢ andfairview of thestste ofaif#its of the ¢haritrbie company. of th¢ iw*ming application
of resources including the income and ¢￿￿ndItitr of the chaTttabk compony. for thot p￿1{￿L lft weEwing
selecl 5Uitabk accounti￿ P)li¢ies and the4) 4ply tlTh cO￿lSt￿￿.
state whether applicable UK Accotstttirg Siandwds hv¢ bttn follow&É. subject to any materiaI
the chty will Contin￿ in IM￿1￿C
The Trustee5 are TtsFrf)￿￿l le for keeping proper a¢¢ounting re£ords that dis¢lost with Tea50nable aC¢UTa¢y
at any time the financi￿ position of the charitsbk c(XDpany enable them to eltsure that the financial
statements c(Jmply with the Compantes Act 2￿6. Thry •e also ra9)0￿1ble for Safegu￿ the assets of
the clw¢lxble ¢ompany aThl hen￿ for taki￿ msowble foTtheTrievethn d¢te¢tion of fraud and
other irregularitie
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INDEPEND￿ AUD￿OR's REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ￿roKE crry
commu￿ TRUST
OpillioD
We have auditrd the 9*eM￿ of Stoke Ciry Cirn" uttty Thtst (the'charitsble company.) for the year
¢nded 31 August 2023 which ¢omFftse the slatets1￿of Fitiaticial Activities (includingth¢Swnmary IDCQm¢ and
in¢ludiDg si￿lfiCant accounlin8 p)li¢ies. The fr￿0¢1￿1 reF￿Ing frwnework that h¥ been appli¢d in their
epttton is applicable law and United Kin8&)m Actaffttitig Srandth. including FRS 102 me Financial
Rcporting Standard 4ylith in the LfK and Rewwic of (UDit¢d Kingthm G¢n¢ralty A¢cept¢d
A￿o￿lting Practic¢).
In our OPilliOD th¢ fwaDcial sthterneots:
give a true and fair vivw of the st*e of th¢ ¢baritsble CODW'S affairs ￿ It 31 Aw 21Y23 of its
in￿Ing￿es0uw aod aKoliatroa ofrtSfAUt4 inclwaiDE its intomeand eX￿dI￿rA forthtywth¢D
Basts (or opthlo
We ¢onduaedourwJditin accordaDce with ]nknArlon￿s1atsdard$4)ft Audittsig(UK) (tSAslUK)) and 7wlicable
law. Our rwasi￿IlitieS uTrlerthc6e Stand￿ aTE fillther descnknl in the AudÉÈor's re4*)DSibilities forthe audit
of thE finaD¢ial sfatem¢nts 5ectioTh of fATr rrp)rL We aTE inthpendent of th¢ ¢h#rit¥ble company in •eeordan¢e
with th¢ ethic41 TEquirem¢nts th* relevant to our audit of the fuwKial Aatements ID the UL includiDg the
FRC'S Ethic41 Standth aDd we bave thlfilled otyer ethical T&SP)nsi￿•11r1cs in a￿Vaan￿ with these
requirettients. We believ¢ thatthe alldit¢vidtsttwe hawe obtain¢d is sufficirni knd I￿opTI*¢¢ F￿vide ab&#is
for ow opiDion.
Co#clusions rtl*tlD8 toncern
lft audittn8 the fmancial stsiemail& we have con¢lud&a the trxtees. we of the gotiw concern basis of
Based on the work we have wfMneiL *t Imve identified Itty tiMtrri￿ Uttee￿I￿tses Tel*iD8 ￿ events or
conditions thaL individualty" or colledively. may Cast S)￿lficant on the ch4ritsble ability to
Etsntinue 85 8 going ￿ffl¢Crn for a ￿n(￿l of at least twelve month the financial stat¢ments 8r¢
r¢levantsectiofts of this reF
Otber thformatio
except to the ¢xtent ¢)th¢nvise ¢xplicidy ￿ated in ourrem we Dotexpress fo￿ of assur￿ ¢ODclustiJn
w resp[￿￿1 ility is ￿ re*J the othu stifonDth and iti doti¥ so. •)nsidtr whethet the othtr irtformatioh is
mat£ri41ty inconsistrAt with the fiwcial sWe￿ents LY (wjr knowl¢dge oitsined the cou￿¢ of the audit or
oth¢rwise app¢w5 to be matrriauy misststed If we id¢ntify such mattrial inc(wÈ5t¢ncits or appaT¢u¢ material
iSSthtemeDts. we are reqlliftd w d#enniDe whethu thi5 gives rise to è material missiai¢ment in the financial
swetuents themsel￿. If. b•5d on th¢ WOTk we have w¢ ¢oncJu4k that there 15 • HwterÈal
mi$5tatem¢nl of this other 1Dfonnatio￿ we art required to rwt that fa¢L
We have rtothitigto report inthis regtr
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INDEPENDETr￿ AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF STOKE crry
commu￿ TRUST
o'pinio￿ OA other matters pre￿11)ed by the Comp*Aies Ad2(
In our Opinio￿ b*5ed the WO￿ UDdertaken the c4yJr5e of the audit
th¢ Toformation giv¢D in th¢ Trusrees. vA>i¢b i￿1￿1¢5 the Direc￿Th. R¢w¢ w¢p*ed for the
pwtKJs¢s of company law. ftf the fiDanCi￿. yeu fcr wbi¢b th¢ fo￿}a1 S￿knents ￿ prwarEd is
M&tt¢r>ollvbi¢ti w¢ are rtqlli¥ed to ￿q￿rt by eztwiiiii
In the light of the hJowloJoe and undentsnditig of the cTrAritabk c(rfllpw and its ￿vir{￿nent obtsIn￿ in the
We havenoth1ngt0w￿rt Iwrtofthe followgmatt￿5 wh¢TEth?CanwiesAL*2(K16Trtwir¢&usto rep)rt
to you if. in our opinioft..
from branche5 t&ot visiied by us" or
we have not re£eived all the infomation aDdeXplanatI￿ W¢Twuire for ouraud¢ or
R¢sponsibiliti¢s oftrwlees
As"explaiueAI more fvlty in the Siatanax of Trustres. resp￿￿1]&11ts sd thrt.*)n page 8.the tswsitts (who ayè also
the director5 of the c￿lIable ¢ompaDy for the puryoses of company law) re4￿Sible for th¢ prtparation of
the fmancial ststements and frjr being satisfied thatthey give a tsue attd fair vtew. and forwb ittt¢rnal control as
tontinue a5 a going Conce￿ di5¢105iD$ as applicable, mattevs relatrd to gotng concern and using the going
Concern basis of a¢towrtin8 unless the trustee5 either inknd to liqyNty¢ th¢ ch•itable eompaDy or to ce4S¢
operations. orhave wligit alt•n•tive do so.
Auditor's rtsponsibiliti¢• for th¢ *udli of th¢ fw•nd•l st8twwts
Our obiectiYe5 ar¢ to obtaill rea5(￿ab￿ xsurdDC¢ al￿t whetherthe fiThancial statan¢Dts as a4vbole ar¢ free from
materÈal misstatunw whether due io or elror. issue an a￿AllOr.$ YeFwM th* iDcludes our opinion.
with ISAS (UK) will alway5 detect a m*Eri81 mis8talrnt when it ¢xists. Misstst¢m¢nts ¢au ari5¢ frorn fiaud or
influence the et4bnomie dectsions of ustts on the t*is ofth* fin￿1*1 StskmeDts.
Thtrextsttt to tht %￿dI¢ ¢0oxl¢red t*pblt of dÈtr¢b￿1rrlCUI*rrf4ffj imcludlug frnttd
Inegularities are instantts of non-compIMDf£ with laws ￿ regularl￿ The obje¢tives of ouraydit8re to obtsin
sufficiertt appmptitr audit evidence rewdiD8 compli•Ke with law5 thathave a diffth effect on
th¢ d¢t¢nnJ]￿1on of matsrial amounts and disclosu￿9 TTh the financial Statemen￿ to wform audit prc*edurES
help identify irtstsnee$ of J)On-compliarttt with other laws and rtgulati(Ks mty have 8 material effeecon th¢
fman¢ial 5tstements. aDd to rE5pond aFvowia*ty ty ithiifie4 or gwected non<iMnpliance with laws and
glllations identitsl d￿lti8 the a￿tiL
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INDEPENDEFrf AUDrroRS REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF STOKE crry
COMDAI5NrrY TRUST
In relation to fraud the objectives of (Mjr audit are tr) identify and &ssess the Yisk of matermi misstat¢meDt of the
the prevention znd de￿1￿ of frau
In id¢Dtifying and 4S5e55iDg Tisk% of [nateri￿ respea of itTe2uktti4 iDcludiTrg th¢ audit
¢n¥4ement team:
the tharitsbk compaoy ¢*¢taw in •d ljow the dmritsbk •y 15 cornplying with th¢ kgal and
inquired of mallagernthl knd those ¢btrg&l with 8ofvrln￿. aknut their OWD IdentiGati￿ and
frau¢:
As a result otthese prncethues weconsidtrtr* signifx•nt law5 and fEgul*ions thathave a di1￿1 imP￿t oil
the fmancial 5tatemcDts aT¢ FRS 101 Ch¥ili¢s SORP (FRS 102k Compatties Art 2rJ)6. Cbariti¢s Ac* 2011. th¢
charitable company's govemitig ￿￿￿￿ett¢ kgtslati'on and CFffjrits¢s IPrrtxtion SrKial Inve5tsnent) Act
2016. We perf￿rne41 alldit t￿￿1￿reS tri detsct TrJTrcompliallcu Avhich may ba.ve i matetial irnpxt on the
fitwicial statements which inchtded ]Yviewin8 the fmaEKial swetnents including the Tn*ees' Report ond
The m￿t signific￿1 laws 8Dd TEgul*ioJLS that have ffj ityjirea llnpxt on the financial 5tatemer*ts are those
Tel*ion to Safeguarding and Health and Safety. We Fthtd audit Pr￿ to knquirc of maDa8ement and
those charged with governance whether thE dttirilable COIn￿ 15 c•mplianL% with these law Ond ￿gulationS
The audit ett8agement identified the risk tsfttwnagementOv￿1de of controls as the rnwher¢th¢ fmon¢iai
statements were m051 susceptibl¢ ty TDaterial mis51*iDent due to fraud Audit procth ￿rfonTred included
but were not limited to testing maoual journal entries and other adju5ttneni% evaluating the Iwiness rntii)nal¢ in
¥elation to 5ignifi¢attk Urtusu￿ t[anS&￿￿5 ￿E￿ tf*n5Xtions enttred into outside the nornwl c¢Jur5¢ of business
Reporting Coun¢il'sivebsit¢ at h jlww.fro .¥klaud'
auditovs reporL
iliiieL This descriptiott ftirn￿ ￿t of our
Ux of our report
This teportis rnade solefy to the cFthritableoJmw's rnernb•& a5 in t￿￿dance with Cb4rttr 3 of P
16 of th¢Cwipani¢5 Act2006. audil woth has be¢n urulatkn so thatwe m¥ht state to the clwitsble
company's mernE￿$ those tnauets we to st* to them in aD a￿litor'S rewTrnand for DO oth¢r
p¥jrpc￿ To the fullest extent pennitted by law. we do not acrept or &sssmie Te¥onsiThiltty ￿ anyone otherthart
the ehantable wnwany and the cbarit*bie cortspatty's memTrxr5 a5 a Trxdy..for ourauditwort knthi51epo¢ or
forthe opini¢w we have fLmaL
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INDEPENDENT AUDrroRS REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF STOKE CITY
i¥
COMMUNITY TRUST
ANNA SPENCER-GRAY (Senicff Stabjtryy Auditiy)
For andon behalf otBSM UK AUDITLLP. SiaMLMy Audit
Ch"artered Ac￿￿￿￿rI.ts
Fesriv81 Way
Stoke on Trurt
STI 5BB
Date". 9 2024
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Stoke City Community Trust
STATEMENf OF FINANCIAL A￿￿lEs (Tr4CLUDING INCOME AND
EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)
for the ear endcd 31 Au
2023
2022
rNcoME
28398
Choxitsbk Xmies
751794
1*14335
60301
31923
832
753.701
1,759,161
1fi54.660
(97429•)
17••3n) (1th76A61) {1&35&26}
19J67
19.034
NET fNCOME
19.034
Reco•rcil&Yion offiv
IV12
9814
1.185917
1.166.883
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
y•
lin2
127485 136V17
1.185.917
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t15C5ty.
I,t8S,917.
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Stoke City Community Trust
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
at31A
2023
N(
2022
NET CASH PROVIDED BY
OPERATtNG ACTivifiES
10
142J62)
{170.887)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING
A￿[vIT￿s
Investhiettt inujme
832
Net cash used in inves11￿ activiti¢5
832
CHANGE EN CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS IN THE PEEUOD
(170,055)
Cash aftd cash equivalent at the
b¢ginnin8 of the year
L169•1
1.339.939
Totsl cash and c4sb equivalent at the
¢nd of year
iJ63547
1.169.884
RepreS￿*d by:
Cash It bank
1.169.884
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Stoke City Community Tr￿st
ACCOLTD¥TING POLICIES
at3l A ￿$t2023
TRUST INFORMATtON
Stoke Cty CommwLity Tn￿ is an clLazitsbie Trust (chtitity nwnber I104￿6} lirnited by
guar4ft￿ [egist￿￿ in EDglaDd (compaTIy Dumber 04875877). The Tru￿.$ ¥*ldw 1$ iYA365 Stadium,
Stanley Mathws Way* Stoke on Staffordshirfy E￿dsT4 4EG.
The followi￿ xcounting poltcleshavebeen 3wlied CA)n5ithtly irndealin8with iternswh"KhaTe¢onsidered
material in re￿10￿ tt> the chuity's financial st*emall
BASIS OF PREPARAT10N
.The fin¥n¢ial stat¢m¢nts hav¢ been in a¢¢on1w￿¢ with Ac￿Uth￿n8 8Tr1 Repoiting by Ctwities:
Sta*men¢of R￿mMended Pta¢tice applicable to Charities prepwin8 their accounts ttt ac¢ord8rLe wfftth the
Financial Reporting sta￿lard applicable in the UK aThl Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (efftttive l January
2018)- (Charities SORP (FRS 102)). the Fina￿1￿1 Repxmlrg Standard applicabk in ttw UK ard Republic
of Ireland (FRS 102>and the Companies Act 2￿6.
Stoke City Cornmunty Tr￿51 meets the defjnition of a public t*nefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and
liabilities are initialty recognised 8t historical Costortla￿llOR value unless othenvise stated inthe relevant
accounting p)licy notrs. The financial ststemerts art prepred in 5terlin8 which is the f¢vKtional ¢urrncy
of the Tn￿ Mo￿tary amounts in these ruw￿78] Statell￿ts are rountsl to the neatest £
GOING CONCERN
As ￿ nonnal for all clwitte4 the thrity is deEa*knt w incom¢5treants SO &8 g￿tMonICS which
may not reoceur. The TTUStee5 have reviewed the financial foreG¥5 believe there ue adequate
resources which will t[￿Et the InLStto meet its liabilities for at lea￿ ¢)ne year from the date the fmancial
. statements #re si8ned. Forthis 7t&sory the Tn￿ have adopted the going concern basis in preporing the
finahci81 statemen
tNCOME REC(￿lON
The Val￿ of all resources xuuing charitable company aye rttordtd in the Slatelnemt of FiNncTaJ
Activities as soon as it is Iwlty effjitled to the 1KQTne.￿ th¢ amou￿ can ￿ quantified ￿ wson&ble
accLfdCy. This isdeFrndentonao&ttJal T￿lPt (x cnfort&+leri8htt0ttcei￿ ar¢wnablewtwnty of ￿elpt
and wbetherthe monetary v￿ue ¢4n i* suffi¢iendy Teliably rneasu￿ Whete terms and ¢ondili0i￿IelatlTrg
otherwi* withift its eontrol. irKome is not rwised is defert￿ as * liability uffjil it ts proi*ble that the
required by that ￿nditiOn or is subje£t to unmet coTr1iliL￿ wknlly outside ts control of the recipient charity.
is accounted for &s a liability arhl shown ffi the b￿art¢e sheet&% deferred irwnL Deferred incibme is released
are met
peri(ds concerned and. wljere a￿lICab￿ is 8K¢out*d for as a Iiabilty aThJ sknwn on the $I￿et as
there we no spttific time related Conditio￿ th¢ inc(kne is Th)t deferre<L
All expenditure isaccounted foT(ffi 8nac£nJals basisaTrl Inclthattnl￿IablevAT which cannotbe recovet&i
E￿ndIti￿e h&$ clwified ￿mIer the appmwith he*JinE wTr*Ye costs be dI￿]Y attnbut&l to
ticular heodings (supwrt eosts): Iky have been allcKated kn adivittes on a bft5i5 Ctstsisknt with the use of
Governanct ¢0sts are thc6e costs &ssoci*d with tk governance arrangemts of the ¢h8rÈty which Te]* trj
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Stoke City Community Trust
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
at31 A
2023
DONATED SERVICFS AND GIFTS IN KD4D
The value ofdonatsl Services8￿1g1fts in kiod ￿0Videdl0thEcjty by Siokecity Fwtto]IclubaTedi￿IL*I
reliably me&8ured and are repknl in the Rlated party nokto the financial ststetnents.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
fvfotor vehi¢ks
Offi¢e 04uipment
PIxTrt aThl machinery
25%￿￿ght line
20%￿￿ght line
33JY• 5ti¥ighi lint
A fvll yearof &￿e¢lati￿ is ¢h￿ in the wiTrJof¥uisitiffj •r•l in the p#iod of disp￿￿1.
Unrestrict¢dfiL
(ien¢ral funds 8re un￿¢t￿ fimd& available to the charity for ￿ 8t the dixthion of the tr￿eeS i
furtherance of the se￿] charitable objectives of the ¢1￿]ty and which have not been designated for otheT
purposes.
Restrietdfivds
Restrkcted are subject to restrictions imp)sed by thedohor orby the specifictdiD$ of the ap￿1 under
which are raise& The rntrictions are binding up)n the ¢lwity.
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Stoke City Community Trust
ACCOU￿r￿G POLICIES
at31A
2023
FUND TRANSFER POLICY
At each year it 15 prn¢ti¢e of the TT￿t to Teview all bal4tt&5 to ithtify the res¢icted
projectsthathave ended inthat financial year.
It is the policy of the Tntyl tr￿t any restrKted on ctased prnj4x4 will be transferred into
If there ore any Testri¢ted fut￿ thenthe (ela*d fil￿1 C￿￿8¢1 is refeTroJ to. Ifthetontrnct states
their instnKtion is adh¢Ttd to.
If howeverthewitstdoesnotslipuJ*thatswplusfimdsshouldbEr&wwlondtheTeadingofthe wntract
permits the swplus to be keptthen the SU￿1￿ is trnTL%￿ tots Unrestri¢ted (Gewal) Reserve..
TAXAIION
As a registered charity the Tnjst is exempt ftom incoll￿ and 8air6 falling within Part I l of th¢
Corporation Taxes A¢t 2010 or ￿tIOn 252 ofthe Taxati￿ ofclwgeable Gain5 Act 1992 ts tk extent.thgt
thrse 8re applied to these cJ)aritsbk object
The TnLSt onty has finaKial •sseLS aThl fiDan¢ial liabiliti¢S of a kind qualify as basie financial
.)nStrum¢n￿ Basic financial instru￿ ate initially at Irdttsa¢tiork value and subsequently
measureA at their settlement value.
DebiorJ
Ttade and other debtots ￿l￿A at the 5elllemffit amwnt due after 8Dy tr•le discowrt otrere
Prepayments are valued at the amounl ttt of wtrade dis0x￿ d
Cash at bankandin hand
Cash at bank and cash inharrfl itKlude5 cash sknrt terni highly liquid In￿S1￿Cnts with a slb)rt maturity
of three rnonth5 or less from the date of Wisits￿ or opening of thedep(tsit or similarac￿￿
Cre￿￿or$ aMlprovi¥iorLf
credito￿ and provisiorks aye Whe￿the cTrArity I￿apreSen10bItEati0n resultingfrnm a paM event
that will probably result in the transfer of fimds to a third party a￿a.the amount due to ￿1¢ the obligation
can be measured or WimateA reliably. CTe4litOTS and p￿1$10￿ aTe"JM)rn18lty re4wiseA attheir sdllement
amount after allowin8 foraThy trde discounts due.
CIUTtCAL AccouKnNG ESTIMATES ATr￿AREAs OF Ju￿Em
Estimatrs and judgements are continvalty evalu&al aThl are based on histori¢al eXwie￿¢s￿d thherfacto
assumptions will. by definition. seldom ￿Ual thB fflated a¢DJal rtyJh5. The Tntst do not consider th¢￿ to
be any estimates anda5sumoionsth* have as1gnifi￿Ut risk of causingama¢rI￿ &fJustsknthe Ca￿1￿g
amounts of assets and liabilitie5 with1tt￿ Dext finaThc￿ year.
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Stoke City Community TrL
NOTES TO THE FtNANCIAL STATEME1￿5
at31A
2023
tNCOME: WNATIONS AND LFfjACIFS
2023
2022
DO[￿tionS
28298
INCOME: CHARfTABLE ACTivmES
Total
2022
21n3
Sports Participaiion
Education & Lifelong
Core ¢ostsupF
768.131
532.152
221.552
laOO283
221452
1202.781
281.826
108,iJ)O
9)3
858,631
753.704
I,612￿5
RFSOURCES EXPENDED: CHARJTABLE ACTIVITIES
Total
Total
2022
Sports Patticipatt-oft
Edu&*ion & Lifelong
Core support ¢¢￿ts
iJ28594
204.763
lJ28.$94
20£763
124591
1206.865
276.575
124,-591
18.613
16500
1.533J57
143204
I￿?6￿1
1.635.626
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Stoke City Community Trust
NOTES TO THE FD+4ANCIAL STATEMETrITS
at31A
2023
The clwity 8110¢8*s its Swrt costs to genA activilies urdtss it is 8ppropriate to 8llctate them
bett¥een thefjther clwitable artivilie5 uDlerlthtL The cbaritsble a￿1VIlle5 art Is listed abDVe.
below:
Core xllpprt Core suppxt
21
2022
Consultant Fees
s￿ari<s and social security costs
Pensions
Medical costs
Trdvelling and subsistu*e
Bankcharges
Motor expen5e5
Other experLses
28.140
.411
3.901
2.3Tr)
7,399
296.
1.768
41.471
(40.000)
2JOI
657
2.428
135.686
UArethieted UTuestri¢ted
2022
Professional fees
1&613
16500
NET INCOMING RESOURCFS FOR TIIE PFJUOD
1&6ts
IA500
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Stoke City Community Trust
NOTES TO THE FINANCtAL STATEMETr¥ts
at31A
2023
The avtr8ge numberof p51xts employed(exc]thling tt4L%ttts) dwingthe yearwas 53 (2022: 53).
b) addition to the above, the charity ernployed an average of 31 cawal Staff durin8 the year (2022:
31).
No emolumerrts or exputses wue paid during theyear to trustees (2022: Detsils of emp]oyee
costs are as follows:
21llJ
2022
L176299
9&691
1.160.970
91557
43996
Social security cosfs
P¢Lsion ¢osts
230n
1297.523
The nurni%r of hits anployrts w
21113
2022
No
b) the batQ nOJKK]: £￿.999
s￿ke City Football Club a defined c(￿tribAl0￿ pU￿10ft whi¢h employe&4 of Stoke
City Community Tn￿ ate eli￿ toioi
F¢Tsonnel w&8 £nil (2022: £nil).
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Stoke City Collllnunity Trust
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
at31A
2023
TANfjIBLE FIXED Ass£rs .
Pknnt ¥nd
Total
Cost
At b¢ginni
Di5POsal
59.418
7.649
(3.891)
4J50
71,417
(3.891)
Ai end of ye•r
59.418
3.758
4J50
67.526
Deprectafioft
At beginning
59.418
7.649
13,891)
4J50
71.417
(3.891)
At end of year
59.418
3.758
4JS0
67￿26
Nè¢ book
At 31 Auyst 2023
At 31 Augu￿ 2ffr2
DEBTORS: Amounts failing due withiD one year
2023
2022
Trade debtors
139.160
121.975
54
126,954
36.40Y
9.251
273M9
172.612
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Stoke City Community Trust
NOTES TO THE FtNANCIAL STAIEblENTS
at31Au
2023
CREDITORS: Amowjts fallittgth*within one ye
2023
2022
Tradtrcredtto
Other taxe5 and so¢ial secwity
S031
25033
4L428
97227
2543
24.318
28.913
I(￿.805
16&719
156.579
COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARANfEE
Stoke c.ity c.ommunity Tr& is limited by gilara￿ and xcordingly does not have
share capitsl. Ev¢ry member of the doritsble company undeTtake5 to cthtribule s￿h amount as
Tnay be Tequired Tr)t exceeding £10 in the evart of it beitE wound w while he or sh¢ is a member.
or wiihin one year after he wshe ceases knbe a memixr.
10
RECONcfLIATtON OF OPERATING RESILT TO CASH FLOW FROMI(TO) OPERATING
ACTtvmES
2023
2022
N¢1 in¢oMeJ(ex￿iditiJr￿)
(Deduct) investment incon
Oncrease) in debto
1rtreax1￿￿Tease) irt ¢redtto
19.034
(3A625)
(832)
(AOI,077) (100.917)
14140
(88.172)
Net cash PTovidtrJ (to)opuatin8 aclivilies
(41962) (170,887)
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Stoke City Community Trust
NOTES TO IHE FINANCL4L STATEMENTS
at31Au
2023
li
Atl
At31
2023
Ufvlrestrlciedfvth..
Oewaj fund
981.6f4) l.(M)5.457 (9762Y))
30205 1,041,032
Restrictedfynds..
Spots Participatioti
Educatiort & L.ifelong
Leaming
11.*21
191436
531152
221552
(495508)
lJ39
(204.763) (31544)
49,804
177ffj81
2042S7
753.7ts1
(?￿271) (30.205)
227.-485
TOTAL FLINDS
1.185,917 1.759.161 (1.676.561)
1268517
Atl
At31
Sewemtw Income Expthditttye Tranrferof Augllst
2￿1
2022
Unrestricledfwds..
General fiwd
951.434
929.180 (924.684)
25.730.
Re5trictedfiu¥l5."
Sports Participation
Education & Lifelong
Learning
443.654 (434J67) (3fv661
281,￿ (27A575) 121664)
li.K21
192.436
209.849
215.449
725,480
(710,942) (25.730)
204257
1.166.883 1.654.660 (1.635.626)
lJ85,917
Th¢general fund rewesentsthe unrestricted fuTrJ5 ofthedwityth*aTenotdesi*forp•rticui#r
purPos¢5.
Jlestri¢tedfv
categories
TrapLsfers
During th¢ year there was one SrM)rts Participalion EdU￿10n & LifdoDg Lgarning Fund
that had 0veTSE￿ on and these liabililies W￿￿ met. by sutplus unTesthcttsa reserv¢& The￿ was
also two Educ￿10￿ & Lifelcrf¥ LEarniDg Funds that W $￿pIuS fiu)ds th&t were tranSfe￿d lo the
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Stoke City Community Trust
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
at31A
2023
12
f4Dds
Debtors
Cash atbank￿d in hand
213.169
913.1¥1
(85J24)
fAI520
250,360
(83 J95)
273,689
1.163547
(16&719)
TOTAL NET ASSETS AS AT 31 AUGusf 2023
1,041.032
227.485
1261517
Tot*1
fuDds
Debtors
C8sh at bank and in hand
161197
924.427
(104.964)
10.415
245.457
(51.615)
17L6U
1.169184
(156579)
TOTAL NET ASSEfs AS AT 31 AUGUST 2022
981.6&)
204257
1,185.917
ij
RELATED PARTYTRANSACTIONS
The TnL8tets consider that Stoke City F(￿1 Club Limited is a related F4rty of the charitable
company by virlue of significant infiuenco The charity receives $i￿1ficant financial swort from
the Football Club iti of office space other costs. and this Gift in Kind in re5pert of
SFwifie ¢sthblishnxnt player pErSon￿l time has been estimated at £356.974 (2022:
£267598). which ha5 not be£n in¢luded wilhin the SOFA. During th¢ y¢ar thert were sales ctf
£186.095 (2022: £111.826) madeto Stokecty Football Club Limi*dandat 31 August 2023 £9J99
(2022: £9251) was owe41 Certsin SFecifi¢. d￿leated ￿ and other costs relating to the charity
are recharged These cogstotslled £1S31,653 (2022: £1 J92,420) and *31 Augiist2023 £122260
w¥$ ow¢d to the F(4)ti￿ Club (2022: £125.0W.
The Trusl¢es consider that Stoke City (Plomy) Limi*d is a ￿lated party by virtue of signifi¢8nt
infiuence. During the year there were salBs of £nil (2022: Q719) uwje to Stoke City (Pr￿rty)
Limited and at 31 Aug115t 2023 £nil (2022: was o*YJJ. Other Costs telating to the chanty are
recharged. These ¢osts lo￿led £1.956 (2022: £15.09W aNI at 31 August 2023 £nil was owed to
Stok¢ City (Property) Limited (2022: £27).
Due to the wup structh and SI￿lfiel￿t influenee that the grow) h4 the Tntst#s consider
bet365 GTOUP LimitrA 85 a related party. At the year4nd there w85 an amount due ftom bet365
Group Limited of £3.155 (2022: £nill ThE Val￿ of services pro*idol during the year to bet365
Group Limited WdS £7.592 (2022. £1911)-
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