## **Shefford Saints Football Club (Juniors)** **Financial Statements For the year ended 31st May 2024** ## **Registered Charity Number: 1124471** ## **Shefford Saints Football Club (Juniors)** ## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For The Year Ended 31st May 2024** ||Page| |---|---| |General Information|1| |Report of the Trustees|2 to 3| |Examiner's Report|4 to 5| |Statement of Financial Activities|6| |Balance Sheet|7| |Notes to the Financial Statements|8| ## **Shefford Saints Football Club (Juniors)** ## **General Information For The Year Ended 31st May 2024** |**STATUS**|An unincorportated|small chairty| |---|---|---| |**OFFICERS:**|D. Coles|Co-chairman| ||S.Moore|Co-chairman| ||S.Knight|Deputy Chairman| ||L.Hammer|Honorary Club Secretary| ||T. Hyde|Treasurer| ||M. Roberts|Discipline Secretary| ||L. Needham|Kit & Equipment Manager| ||S. Starling|Football Lead Officer| ||K. Coles|Child Welfare Officer| ||S.Winch|Membership Secretary| ||A. Purves|Pitch Allocations| |**ADDRESS:**|The Trustees|| ||Shefford Saints Football Club (Juniors)|| ||c/o 9 Palmer Close|| ||Shefford|| ||Bedfordshire|| ||SG17 5EE|| |**REGISTERED NUMBER:**|1124471|| |**ACCOUNTANT:**|Graeme Purvis ACA|| ||Ratio Business Services Ltd|| ||10 Mardley Hill|| ||Welwyn|| ||Hertfordshire|| ||AL6 0TN|| Page 1 ## **Shefford Saints Football Club (Juniors)** ## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES** **For The Year Ended 31st May 2024** The trustees present their report with the independently examined financial statements of the trust for the year ended 31st May 2024 ## **THE TRUST** The charity was established on 12th June 2008 with a constitution adopted on 11th May 2008. The objectives of the club are: To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing football (facilities meaning land, buildings, equipment and organising football activities) for the boys and girls of Shefford and the surrounding local towns and villages To advance the education of children, young people and people with disabilities, whether or not undergoing formal education. ## **TRUSTEES** The Club is administered by an Executive Committee made up of members from the Club, together with ex officio officers of the Club, as may be appointed from time to time. The members of the Executive Committee are elected at an AGM of the club and remain in office for a period of one year. No person may hold more than two positions at any time. Three members of the Committee form a quorum for meetings. The trustees who comprised the Executive Committee and held office during the period were:- D. Coles S.Moore S.Knight L. Hammer T. Hyde M. Roberts L. Needham S. Starling K. Coles S. Winch A. Purves Page 2 ## **Shefford Saints Football Club (Juniors)** ## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES** **For The Year Ended 31st May 2024** ## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBLITIES** Law applicable to charities in England and Wales require the trustees to prepare financial statement for each financial year which give true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing the financial statements giving true and fair, the trustees should follow best practice and: - (a) select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - (b) make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - (c) state whether applicable Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; - (d) state whether applicable Accounting Standards and Statements of Recommended Practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; - (e) prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonalbe accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to both ascertain the financial position of the charity and ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable law. They are also responsible for safegurading the assets of the charity and hence for taking responsible steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. ## SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES Dated 21/03/2024 Page 3 ## **Shefford Saints Football Club (Juniors)** ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Members of the Club** We report on the accounts of the Club for the period ended 31st May 2024, which are set out on pages 1 to 8. ## **Respective responsibilities of club officers and the examiner** The officers of the Club are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act)) and that an independent examination is required. As such, it is our responsibility to: - examine the accounts under secton 145 of the Charities Act; - to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act); and - to state whether particular matters have come to our attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner's report** Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. The examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Club 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 officers concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be in an audit and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. ## **Shefford Saints Football Club (Juniors)** ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Members of the Club continued…** In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention: (1) which gives us reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the officers have not met the requirements to ensure that : proper accounting records are kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and accounts are prepared which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act; ## OR (2) to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Graeme Purvis ACA Ratio Business Services Ltd 10 Mardley Hill Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 0TN Date : 21/03/2025 ## **Shefford Saints Football Club (Juniors)** ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For The Year Ended 31st May 2024** |**Incoming Resources from generated funds**
**Activities for generating funds**
Membership Fees
Tournaments
Club & Kit Sponsorship
Fundraising & donations
Community Football
**Voluntary Income**
Gift Aid
**Investment Income**
Bank Interest
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Resources Expended**
**Charitable Activities**
Kit
Equipment
Training Gear & Clothes
MUGA Hire
Trophies
Pitch Hire
Pitch Maintenance
Affiliation Fees
Referees Fees
Tournament Costs
Presentation Day
Admin, Print & Post
Independent Accounting Review Fees
Insurance
Fines
Manager Training & Checking
Community Coaching
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Total Net Incoming/(Outgoing) Resources**
Total Funds at 31 May 2023
Total Funds at 31 May 2024|**Year to 31st May 2024**|**Year to 31st May 2024**|**Year to 31st May 2023**| |---|---|---|---| ||**£**
62,553
7,973
23,783
3,417
2671
10,984
23,976
5,713
6,713
33,419
7,862
9,515
4,618
2,762
6,493
1,051
12,692
2,500
330
698
823
3,268
3,575|**£**
100,397
10,984
427
111,808
126,008
(14,200)
37,205
**23,005**|**£**
**£**
54,969
21,386
14,988
2,553
1846
95,742
0
-
104
95,846
13,164
8,359
162
22,936
0
8,448
7,495
3,696
6,001
14,550
9,739
495
330
703
932
3,010
4,645
104,665
(8,819)
46,024
**37,205**| 6 ## **Shefford Saints Football Club (Juniors)** ## **BALANCE SHEET At 31st May 2024** ||**Year to 31st May 2024**|**Year to 31st May 2024**|**Year to 31st May 2023**|**Year to 31st May 2023**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**CURRENT ASSETS**|£|£|£|£| |**Cash at Bank**||||| |Current Account|4,503||6,131|| |Deposit Account|18,502||31,074|| |||23,005||37,205| |**Net Current Assets**||23,005||37,205| |**TOTAL NET ASSETS**||23,005||37,205| |**RESERVES**||||| |Opening Balance||37,205||46,024| |Movement||(14,200)||(8,819)| |||23,005||37,205| These financial statements were formally approved and adopted by the Trustees. Date 21/03/2024 7 ## **Shefford Saints Football Club (Juniors)** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements** ## **For The Year Ended 31st May 2024** ## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Accounting convention** The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting and Reporting by Charities, SORP 2005, issued in March 2005 and the Charities Act 1993 (as amended by the Charities Act 2006). The charity's size entitles it to prepare its accounts on a receipts and payments basis, and it has therefore chosen to do so. ## **Incoming resources** Income is included in the accounts on a receipts basis. ## **Resources expended** Expenditure is included on a payments basis ## **2. RESERVES** |Opening Balance
Surplus/(Deficit)|**Main Fund**
37,205
(14,200)
**23,005**|**TOTAL**
37,205
(14,200)
**23,005**| |---|---|---| 8