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2025-12-31-accounts

WORLD SPEEDWAY RIDERS ASSOCIATION Income & Expense - Detail January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025

Income

Income and Endowments

  1. Members Subscriptions
1. Members Subscriptions
Gift Aid Claimed
Membership Subscription Payments
Membership Subscription Payments - Overseas
Membership Subscriptions - Underpaid/overpaid
2. Donations
Charitable Activities
Special Event
Special Event - Food
Special Event - Raffle
Special Event Tickets
Events
Celebration of Speedway
A Celebration Of Speedway - Entrance Monies
COS Indoor Table
COS Merchandise and Donation Sales
COS Tombola & Rider Prints
Car Boot Sale
Gala Dinner
Gala Dinner - Meal
Gala Dinner - Sponsorship
Gala Dinner - Sponsorship - Gold
Gala Dinner Raffle
Spring Lunch
Spring Lunch Meals
Spring Lunch Other Icome
Spring Lunch Raffle
Investments
Interest Received
Other Sales Income
Museum Sales
Show Sales
Tapes Up Magazine Adverts
Total Income
781
13,745
1,260
230
2,873
254
380
2,365
4,305
440
361
340
268
13,746
2,000
2,250
2,492
4,305
200
629
117
538
137
200
54,217

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WORLD SPEEDWAY RIDERS ASSOCIATION Income & Expense - Detail January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025

Expenses
Expenditure
Charitable Activities
A Supporting Speedway Grass roots 7,000
Ben Fund Support & Contributions 2,050
Charitable Events
Celebration of Speedway
COS - Advertising 1,290
COS - Other Costs 2,140
Leicester Gala Dinner - November
Gala Dinner Guests Costs 935
Gala Dinner Meals 13,440
Gala Dinner Other Costs 3,099
Spring Lunch
Spring Lunch Meal Costs 3,646
Spring Lunch Other Costs 410
The Special Events
Special Event - Bruce Penhall Costs 855
Special Event - Speedway Show 1,100
Charity Management & Administration
Accountancy & Audit 186
Bank Charges 1,213
Depreciation 742
Insurance 2,864
Museum 3,726
Rent 1,500
Website 4,318
E Catering 776
E Christmas Gifts 1,800
E Miscellaneous 1,214
E Mobile Phone 428
E Postage 174
E Printing 219
E Stationary 213
E Tapes Up Magazine

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WORLD SPEEDWAY RIDERS ASSOCIATION Income & Expense - Detail

January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025

Postage - Tapes Up
Printing - Tapes Up
E Travel & Subsistence
Total Expenses
Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Total Other Income/(Expenses)
Net Surplus/(Deficit)
2,279
4,784
945
63,346
-9,130
0
-9,130

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WORLD SPEEDWAY RIDERS ASSOCIATION Charity Commission for England and Wales, No. 1114501 Balance Sheet - Detail

As at December 31, 2025

Fixed Assets

Tangible Assets
Heritage Asset
Heritage Asset Cost
Heritage Asset Depreciation
Other Assets
Other Assets Cost
Other Assets Depreciation
Current Assets
Stocks
Stock
Debtors
Other Debtors
Gift Aid Pending
Cash At Bank And In Hand
Cash - Petty Cash Float
Cash/Undeposited Receipts
Dojo
Paypal
World Speedway Riders Association
World Speedway Riders Association - Premium Savings Account
Creditors
Trading Creditors
Supplier Accounts Payable
Hertfordshire Zoo
Hertforshire Zoo
Other Creditors
Accruals & Deferred Income
Bruce Penhall Donation
Net Assets
Funds & Reserves
Unrestricted General Funds
General Fund
Funds Provided
83,578
-83
3,643
-1,952
965
61
202
111
40
308
1,112
39,000
-96
-32
-5,472
-495
120,890
120,890
120,890

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Charity number 1114501

WORLD SPEEDWAY RIDERS’ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES 2025

The trustees hereby submit the accounts for 2025 as part of their annual report to WSRA members.

As a Speedway Charity we believe we have further supported our charitable aims by making grants of £9.0k in support of both young riders and the Speedway Benevolent fund. This included organising a prize draw for young NDL riders which also helped promote the WSRA by being broadcast live on BSN (a Speedway streaming company).

In addition, we were able to contribute £1.0k (Misc) to help the installation of a permanent statue at the old Wimbledon stadium.

During the year, we held our annual events the Celebration of Speedway, Spring Lunch and Gala Awards Dinner. The guest star for the dinner, World Champion Bruce Penhall attracted a record attendance of close to 300 guests which also went out live on BSN streaming. The popularity of our star guest allowed us to add an additional evening event “An Evening With” that was also well attended.

The urgent requirement to replace the heating system (£3.7k) at the National Speedway Museum left us with a larger than expected deficit which also reflected our decision to hold members' fees unchanged despite large increases in postage and printing costs. The continued printing and Postage costs have forced as to increase the cost of membership from 1[st] January 2026. We still maintain cash reserves equivalent to a minimum of six months expenditure.

We feel the continued initiatives we have undertaken have been successful in countering the previous steady decline of membership due to the advancing age of our members and the decline in popularity of the sport. Our membership numbers were positive this year because of our support for the young rider’s initiative and adding our support to the hugely popular Speedway Show at the National Motor Museum at Gaydon. This also attracted several new rider

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members which has been sadly lacking in previous years. This included some of the top junior riders currently in the sport.

In addition to our 3 annual events, we are hoping to add further events in 2026 to further meet our charitable aims.

We aim to rotate exhibits in the museum; to maintain interest for visitors but the lack of volunteers sometimes prohibits this.

The trustees are extremely grateful for the support of our members who’s increasing membership, allows us to fund new initiatives in supporting our charitable aims.

As a charity we are indebted to the trustees, committee members and volunteers without whom we would not be able to run this charitable association.

Graham Darling

Treasurer

FMAAT

Date: 22/2/2026

Fo! CHARITY COMMISSION | Independent examiner's report on the (Ne) FOR ENGLAND AND WALES accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

: Report to the trustees Shariiy Mame | WORLD SPEEDWAY RIDERS ASSOCIATION | On accounts for the year | 315' DECEMBER 2025 Charity no | 1114501 ended (if any) | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended . 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’). | 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, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and | am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable.

| 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. * Pigase delete the words in the brackets if theydo not apply. Signed: epee Date: | YC |oo 262k Name: | RUTH SPILLER Relevant professional |AAT qualification(s) or body

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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.

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