## **Hindley ARLFC - Trustees Annual Report (TAR) for 2024 25** 

## **Objectives** 

As always, this year’s main objective was to increase participation by young people and adults of the town to build and further benefit the community to increase our cooperation with St Peters Pavilion to provide a safe and welcoming environment for all. 

## **This year summary of objectives and achievements.** 

Last year we rebranded the club from HINDLEY ARLFC to HINDLEY STAGS for our male teams and HINDLEY HINDS for our female teams, this was a massive milestone in our club history, this has been a massive success we have seen our numbers increase and increase interest in the clubs activities. We continue to promote inclusion for all allowing all our players and parents to feel a valuable member of our club. The social cohesion coming from this is good to see and giving the youth of today a positive and health activity in their spare time is very important. 

During the year we continued to work hard on our continued growth in terms of playing numbers following the rebrand we found many new players wanted to join our club and our numbers increase by over 20%. 

The club's objectives to be the best at the lowest cost are being achieved, indeed we maintained our monthly subscriptions to help our members with the cost-ofliving crisis. This as a non-profit organisation run by unpaid volunteers is our proud achievement. 

Continued development of our coaches and volunteers providing L2 coaching qualifications along with first aid and food hygiene courses. 

The facilities are being well maintained and further works to improve the facilities are in progress. 

Local business still support the club, their contributions help the club immensely and we aim to reciprocate this with exposure to all our members of their services. 



## **Financial review** 

Starting the year with a balance over £20,147.16 we expected our retained funds to drop, we also carry much more stock in the club shop, we continued to invest in new equipment providing each team with new balls and first aid equipment. 

Opening Lloyds Balance: £ 20,147.16 Closing Lloyds Balance £ 10,191.12 Total income: £ 114,507.72 Total expenditure: £ 129,119.20 Outstanding Monies at Y/E £ 4,655.44 

Increase / (decrease) of funds on year (£9,956.04) 

## **Projections** 

Looking towards the 2025 season we will continue to supply kit to new players and run the club shop we will be collecting sponsorship for the new Kits for the start of the 2026 season so would expect to end the 2025/26 accounts in a much healthier position. We are going to invest in a new club management platform that will undoubtably add to our efficiencies. 

We continue to use the GOCARDLESS system to collect our memberships by DD who then pay these monies directly into the Lloyds account (for a small collection fee per transaction). This the increase in efficiency of collection and the reduction in unpaid volunteer’s time is seen as an acceptable and affordable expense to have. This system has also seen a significant improvement with delinquent fees being unpaid in previous years now being paid. 

Cash payments in future will be allowed only in exceptional circumstances or if the full amount due is paid in one go. 

## **Risk Management** 

Insurances are maintained via the RFL and coaches informed how to stay compliant with the rules to ensure coverage is maintained. 



## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES** 

Charity law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the profit and loss of the Charity for that period. In preparing these accounts, the trustees are required to: - 

- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently. 

- Make adjustments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. 

- Prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in operation. 

- The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Acts. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The trustees confirm that the accounts comply with current statutory requirements and those of the Charity’s trust deed. 

Approved by the Board of Trustees on: 27/01/2026 

and signed on its behalf by: Person: Barry Taylor He Position: Chairman 



## **HINDLEY ARLFC 2024/25 ACCOUNTS RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025** 

||**Income**|**Expenditure**|
|---|---|---|
|Bank Interest / Go Cardless Fees|£41.10|£1,394.54|
|Club Membership Fees|£67,702.00||
|Club Registration Fees|£5,561.62||
|Coaching Courses||£2,772.50|
|Equipment||£5,419.99|
|Entertainment||£2,570.00|
|Repairs / Maintenance||£992.63|
|External Training Facilities||£24,100.64|
|Fines||£390.00|
|First Aid / Physio||£1,333.30|
|Insurance||£250.00|
|Telephone||£80.00|
|Printing||£264.00|
|IT Software & Consumables||£1,183.16|
|Kit Sponsorship|£1,300.00||
|Kitchen Income / Exp|£20,917.23|£20,668.95|
|Laundry||£601.20|
|League Fees / Software Subscriptions||£1,721.84|
|Merchadise / Kits Sales|£17,873.05|£60,694.00|
|Misc Expenses||£700.00|
|Trophies / Awards||£2,900.88|
|Referee Fees||£347.89|
|Sponsorship / Grants|£3,907.15||
|Travel||£733.68|
||**£117,302.15**|**£129,119.20**|
|**OTHER INCOME**|||
|Fundraising|£2,460.17||
|Donations|-£5,254.60||
|**TOTAL OTHER INCOME**|**-£2,794.43**||
|**Profit on Ordinary Activities**|-£14,611.48||
|**Outstanding at Y/E**|**£4,655.44**||
|**Overall P/L for Year**|**-£9,956.04**||
|Lloyds Opening Balance|**£20,147.16 1st April 2024**|**£20,147.16 1st April 2024**|
|Lloyds Closing Balance|**£10,191.12 31st March 2025**|**£10,191.12 31st March 2025**|



I have examined the above receipts and payments account for the year ended 31st March 2025 together with supportive documents and vouchers and i believe that it represents a true and fair view of the club’s accounts. 

Witness:-         Paul Barnett 

Chairman:-       Barry Taylor Treasurer:-       Grahame Bentley 

Date:-      30/01/2026 



## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

|**Report to the trustees/**<br>**members of**|Charity Name<br>HINDLEY ARLFC||||
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|**On accounts for the year**|31/03/2025||**Charity no**|1110435|
|**ended**|||**(if any)**||
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|**Set out on pages**|2||||
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/04/2025** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”) . 

I report in respect of my examination of  the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

- **Independent** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have 

- **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

   - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or 

   - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or 

   - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

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. 

## * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ 

**Date:** 27/01/2026 

**Signed: Name:** PAUL BARNETT **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** 

**Oct 2018** 

1 

**IER** 



## **Address:** 

St Peters Pavilion Hurst St Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3DN 

## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

**Oct 2018** 

2 

**IER**