C)*rity r¢pstrition nwnthr.. 1139174
Boccia England
(A cotrywny limiled by IMiwrteB)
Anw•l ind Fin•nciil st•t￿r*
thx Yw Endryl 31 M¥ch 2025
Thompwn JrnTher LLP
I Colleton Crcscmt
Exetcr
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BoeclA Englamd
Contents
Ch•lr's Kq)ort
2to3
Tn￿1¢¢< Report
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Siitcm¢n¢ of Trust¢u' R¢sFoMibilAi¢i
Ind¢pendeni Repixt
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stst¢M8￿ of F￿n￿l AclSviti¢i
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Ststenxnl of Flo*
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Ncw io ibe FU￿¢1*] St*Knts
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B•ccl* England
Reference And AdmlnlitratlTre Deta
Ckllr
M•rk Gamon
Chlef EMLTtlve Qffl¢
Will EV￿
R4)bert Athry
Swn•nth& Rock
Mich•el IIAIIw)ffl¢
aui#ophei Ixe
Naemin SyrnorthBais
1139174
Cknrlty Rqlstrldon Nambtr
Cgmp•ny R￿1•¢r•i￿N NTAmb¢r
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Re8tstered ome•
Repm HOUK Hernld W*y
Pe8•Mis Buiin¢M P¥k
C￿111 Donui8ton
Deiby
DE74 2TZ
lad•pendeAI Ex*mlMer
TIry￿n LLP
Chthei¢d Accouni•thts
I Colleton
Ex¢1
F.X2 4W*
Irwin Mitchell LLP
Riwctside E•51 Hou
2 Millmn
Sheffield
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Boccla En8lAnd
Chair'i Report
The ¢hAf pru¢fjts hii stalen￿( ftlr th¢ ye•r ended 3 l Mar¢h 2025.
Annual AttouDtI Amd Trujtee Rtport- Yelr F.ndtd 11 MArth 20214
On behalf of the Board of B¢ccia pk*sed t¢ prMM¢ th¢ A¢¢Ou￿1¥ •od Tn¥ts¢ Rwl for
th¢ yur ¢nded 31 Much 2025.
A$ th¢ Naiional Govcrnln8 Btsjy INGB) for boccii in En¥land ond a le￿stered chanty. we ve resp)nJible for
11 Lsprflj of the sport.-from wrIcoow￿ new ptsyKJ to fflypornn8 th(fj¢ itnvuw foi it the Los
Angclcs 2028 Paralymw'¢ GAmes.
We proudly de￿iThe b(wi• •$ -ll• mojl l*elwslw sporf in il• xvrld . li is • Ipxl crutrd for w￿tle￿ir
but •cceyible lo everyone rel￿ of 184 8eThler, thilty. ¢X dimbility. Its b¢n¢fits for pbysi¢*l mentsl
lib¢ini ￿ rrtofthmd. and wr v¢ to ¢￿11￿ pe*)pk ￿ ￿p￿¢¢ tha
2Q2>2023.' A Ye*r •f Ch*oit
Thts y¢ar brou￿* iipufi¢wrt IT•Nrtion (or B￿¢14 En8land.
In September 2024. •fter ei%hi years Is Chi¢f Executive OITicer, Chris Ralcliff¢ kft the ori•ni511ion 10 bEcome
CEO of UK D￿( Swl. We th•nk Chris iincerEl> for hii le*lernhip *nd wish him well in hi¥ new Tolc
Followi￿ an ext¢nsive T¢¢Nitmthbi pr￿¢￿. th¢ B(*rd appothtyd W￿1 CEO ill O¢iob¢r 2024. H•vin8
jolncd urliLY in th¢ y￿r &3 lIc￿ of Sport. Will brou￿1 Woni knowl* of our &(l￿W￿lty md knle to
TMVC leamknly the role. provldln8 conlinulry w)d frtth leadership.
Towarth tr end of tr* finen¢i•l v•c41ed our offKei 41 Medii HOUK Thi w•s mthle both
to red￿ce COSIJ to reflecl the po#£ovid shift kn￿rds flexQ>le wi>rkin8. While thared workspace
*%'*iliAble It Qlf Iiew re8iStered the Aaff ieam now fworkn Iwly rtTh)trly. Th¢ Tnutsu tr¢ cfjnfidenl thal
thks ehth8e will (￿1 •ffec¢ the quahty of ••rvK¢ lo m¢mb•rn.
S¥eeeM OA Ind Off th¢ Cowl
Thc Plris 2Q24 P￿lYMpiC provided In impoTwII q>porluDiry to rwe th¢ pn)file of b(via. I￿r Bocrla
Iyoleher ¢anw&ign suctH51iilly eng4¢d new iudience4 boo￿0 *Kiil Internet￿￿ drove Iriffic to our
w¢biii¢. •nd aiuactsd volufticcrs to our tvents.
The G•mes iiso a miior $￿keh0kleI evthl hosted il L4Ad Rover'i W•rwxkshiTt he•dqu*ners.
S￿￿7￿￿•51￿6 boceil in such envirKNUn¢n￿ klps w re%h 4uth'M¢o •ThJ the corporal¢
p*thenhip foi div•r$i￿n& our future incomB.
Ai l¥)mc, B(Kcii En8lwxl coiijwl￿ croM*d i*w N•ti(xwl Chury•ioN iii Sheffiekl H￿th¢1￿1 C
w￿￿[5 11 the Umverniry of Wir4vKk. Southern All Sius domimied the Super Lw. Jecuring both Ihe k48ue
lille po$14euMJ cup.
A¢roM the year. 148 pliyuj ¢cthpeted in 16 events held it 10 k)caliw alon81id¢ 56 learns in the NatiOD
Leayje Thue events tre only possible to Ihe dedution of ow vohmtm ¢4Jntrib¥iion
inv9k￿bIl •nd deeply 4)prec￿￿
Ett81ith athle*s ￿ ¢xf¢lld at th¢ UK Championships iu larp, Scotlffirl Ill￿1,&bts inrlthd DC2 ththleie
Rcslmd S•raJ WiDnln8 gold wlth fijrthcr mcdab frjr RkPArd A￿￿trOn% Fay HI￿ aow¢s. Will Arno
s￿lY Sophic and L4Ji$ Saunders a¢ross muliwlc ¢lassifJc*iio
S•dlv. the ￿¢1* comThmity suffend the lom of three nyx1￿l0vtd fiwres.. Gmt Keth Berry, Will
AnM)11. Trir p￿mI been frlt profoU￿lly. md thoughts with their farnilid thd fnents.
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Boccla England
ChAlr'i Report
Gowernlnce. S*(quirdlll%. And S¢•Nd•rth
Our Annual Genernl mee11￿ look place 0# 17 De¢uthr 2024. drawinq stron8 p1￿c1p4ti0n from plarn.
coachts. club voluni¢efS. M¢mbtrF4I¢￿ ￿ld¢￿e of th¢ P￿s1on that drives our ¢0Mm￿ni￿ The TnLqtees
•Jd s¢•ff r•m•in ¢ommitt¢d th• •norw it) •vffy w•y po61ible.
tknin8 th¢ yw. v• our SAfrywdiD8 vnth th¢ •ppoirthXnt of * d￿l￿ted Mf¢TJ•rdi
oth¢¢r We COnt￿lle lo meei the requ￿¢MentS of th¢ NSPCC'S Child Pro*ctioa in Swt Unli INI will ￿brnIt
evide￿¢ kn the Ann Crnft Trus¢ in 202￿2026 the •im of Khi¢vin8 th￿r
'e d¢vel(yd • EKKci14p¢cifi¢ $4fe8uaidlA8 and PM1￿¢￿￿ Children wnrksbop m pArtKrsiup Vj'ith UK
Co•¢hllw. By tAil(xin8 scenvios to the mlitie4 ol bocci4 ueaied • reww¢e th•1 better refi￿￿ the
oXperi•nL￿ of ow p•rticipNnt5.
Ncxl will xee tht fiAI inylen*ntslion of our new minim¥m Jtsndard5 for clths. emwiffji •ll v0h￿l￿n tre
Ippropriaiely ￿ined. Mle8wdin8 and DBS chcckj arc ￿ pljrt. and rljks ￿e well mw8ed within rh**
L*kln8 Ahe•d l• 202>2026
In the ￿ Ahead. Boccii En8l•nd will CO￿tt￿l* lo the th￿e I￿19 at the hetr< of ow Atr4tsiy',
( I l Builth'ng • n4lionwid¢ infrwtructure (Dr Iport.
(2)
publiL aw•ruM¥ uf Ixxcii.
{J) Ensurin8 evu> houRhold with a ph)si¢•lly di￿bI•d thild or yoww per•¢n the oppvrtuuity to pliy
A new four.yw fondiry •w¢¢ment with Sport En8t•nd will tho thtsfi￿I1Ofj Ind <kv•lopm•n¢ of
tlll¢Ncd ￿llYe￿. We will cit•blish ncw Ill¢￿ hubi in •¢ l¢ui three citie4 beiiiwiui8 with • pilot in Brisiol, and
prDvid¢ one41•y trnnin8 C4mps n￿1On¥nde lo support C￿su.n8 ￿1¢1¢$. We will llio I￿r
wlth Boccba UK ￿ wpw¢ Ell81￿ athl¢*% lo •ccw th¢ hi&b¢si l¢vels of
Follow.n8 yuz'i compeiiiion review. the 2025-2026 season Mll ￿0p[ a refreshed s¢Ncture Individu•l
quAlifyin8 eventy will pxuKe unts'l Apiil 2026, while new H¢•thco41 Cup Fall￿1* will offef ￿¢111 &4)d emu8
p14y¢rs chance ltr build ski118 and ¢onn¢¢t with oih¢rs in a welcomin8 enviroiirn¢nL
Tli¢ of Tn￿l¢tI arKI l Rre pru￿1 io be part of B￿¢14 ED8laJMI. With dcdic•iul itAff. ¢ommityryl wolwfftern.
Ind A p•¥ionAle community, we look fonwd w buildin8 on thii yev's proyeJJ and drtvlng ihe Jport forw¥d
In 2025-2026.
Mark GaDnL
Ll]•im￿n •nd tnmthe
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Boccla England
Trujtees. Report
The Irus*a, WI￿ d￿ectOrS for the Purp￿ of conyny ￿w. FYcKnt rep(Kl to¥eth¢T with the
Itsteme￿ of th¢ chvitAble cow4>•ny for the ￿ erthd 31 Much 2011.
The FinwKial Si•teaMi¥ comply •ith the Chiiilies Aci 201 I, the Conyniu Act 21YJ6. the men￿raNjU￿ •r¥J
Articles of As*Kii1K*￿ and A￿)¥o￿n8 Ind Reportin8 by C7￿ll1¢￿', Sial¢m¢nr of R¢¢omm¢nded Pr•¢tKe
plicablc ¢0 ¢haTitiu Fyeparing their K¢4)unts in accorda￿¢ ￿1￿ the FtMrKial Repw Stadard appliable
in thE UK aTrd Republlc of ITeland (FRS 1021 (efftcEive l JInu￿ 2015)
Boc¢i• Ensland ejlablished as & cbiriiknle company ]imi'led by Ruar￿tee ftl0.6823256 (Englond
W•l8$1 in November 2008 ￿ld Kkn'eved cl￿n[￿le Stat￿ (No. 1139174) in November 2010. The Ch￿l￿ble
omp•ny 1> limjled by 8UAriTJiee With¢￿1 having i ihtre ￿p1￿1 the li•bility of the tnembets is imted io £1
••ch. The ¢lbAritsbl¢ ¢omp•ny li 8ov¢rned by Its ArtJ¢la of AMo¢ts¢io
Trwee
The toilory trulees knve ￿Ve￿ the Cott4￿ny I ￿.1 2024
Mr Mxk Oannon (4)pointod 22 Jffjuuy 2022)
Ms Will¢ 7 Much 20251
Mr Owtn (winted 6 Jw)e 2018)
Mr Nthon {regiyKd 31 Aupi 2024)
Mr Chri•tusther L<¢ (ffpp)inted 21 Miy 2019
Mr Kobtrt Aubry (appoiThted17th Noveffthr 2022)
MI Rock (app)intea 21 SepioTrber 2023)
Mr Naemltt SymoTrJs-Bii8 (￿p￿)in1ed 27 April 2023)
Mr Mich￿1 Ballantyne (Ippointed S July 2024)
Tl]e Board of Tru¥tr¢• ￿till¥ll)I￿ lh¢ clwily. Tllr Baaid ii)e¢ts quwterlv •Eid tlKr¢ flve sub comrniti￿,
ovenng soY¢m•n¢e. r¢mUn¢￿K)n. Mminjiiong. audil, financial man￿emen1 and sport.
The Chi¢f EXCCUt￿ 13 app)Inid by th¢ Trwtccs ind tk d*y to thy opeThliong of thc ckwity,
wirhiD dcle8•ted powwg #pprov￿ by the T￿￿¢￿3, th¢ day ¢0 d•y twcm¢n¢. fin￿¢,
ernploynxni, 4tMI sp)rr$ developmem I¢d￿lIe&
TnLStccJ approve the orianuiiion's sd￿rne of Dele8ated Authority alm￿lly. Thii •uth¢)fity
leyeli withi.n the l￿ff teAm WMI P￿￿¢th￿e5 f(Y decision nMkm8.
G•v*rn*Dce *nd Rternltment •fTrniie.
As tlw N￿1(￿1 (lov¢min8 Bady of the of Boo¢iJ in En8lwMI. •ryl with Sport England u i p•rfn•r.
rquircd to ¢omply with th¢ Cod¢ of Swts Govern•o¢¢. We ar¢ fidly ¢ommit*d to rlot only comply with th
letter of the eod¢ but tbe 4Jlrit in which li w*$ create(L We believe tha( higts uf gvvrrnnncc and
conducl lead to better d¢¢iiioii maknn8 rnsure * bentt out(Otne toi the beneficianes of our chanty, Whe￿bY
I meth of the BoArd •dhcre ￿ Bo¢¢i• Ets8knd's Coth of CoAthKI.
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Boccla England
Trustees, Report
Oovernance Cornmittee is thiired by our Senior IndeFthi Dire¢thr Ind ¢oMists aitirely of Irw
'rettorn Ii re8uIArty thrwlh iht >￿t. with spetific nxrfin88 on A4dit. R¢numerniion •nd NnminAi*)n%.
All appoinm￿nts w th¢ bo•rd prin¢wlly by the Nomimtiow Cothrnirt￿. We undwtth •tt
evi¢w of ¢he Skills of the Board ￿￿Ider b(*h th¢ Im￿1￿1¢ tO￿tr tem Jkilli th•1 th¢ board r¢4wir¢i
lo cnablc the or8anisation5 succas. We proKilvely Chalk￿ our3¢1veJ w con3idcT Th wa￿ W¢ Cm Fxke
poiilive acuon to unpmve the d)"vusity on the Bo4rd. Whi131 r￿o￿niStns th•t divmily takes miny IOTM. We
Ire committEd in th'3 wc• publth ￿ Equ•lity & Divetsiiy siiieirKn( on 0￿r website. whith
includts Inform￿ on ITh we Ire doin8 ￿ Mell 48 1 link to our action plm.
D¢p•ndiNd on th• or Ortht rol• we •r¢ re¢niiiiTr8 fot, wmetin%i VK 8pwi•li•i recnJith*ni
con%ulthnts in 04W JUPPXt of en5uiin8 we th¢ talethl availible to join the bwd, We •T¢ 41x) •¢li￿lY
mIn￿Ing medi• on pl•¢fomM w¢b u LinkcdLn to n￿k¢ llx)re vi¥ibl¢. •NI
•c£eMiblc lo a wider rnty¢ of ¢W￿ld￿ta. We uen'l *fr￿d ty ¥point tnLil¢e$ kn thew first board •ppoiutnThL
btlicve thii opem ￿ up lo • wider t4krt pool incre￿% tk diveTJity of thou8ht in ow ¢x¢¢vtiv
Induetl•n and TrAlhln8
All n¢w Tn*t•￿ •n iNkn¢*)n with the B4)ard ChAii And Cbief Exec￿1¥¢. T1*y pmvid¢d with tht
or8•ni•Ation'• G0vm￿¢ M4rnwl %%thi¢h v4riow p)li¢iw, d¢Joym•nli, wduY••.
The B0￿d re8uknrly revie4￿ its ikilli n￿triX lo enAW¢ li has • Bood mix of k￿?￿edge and SKI￿ to
effecti￿lY make deciiions. Trnst¢u r￿e1ve training tlwou8lK*U¢ the either throuth e l¢•rnin8 or throuih
Pr￿ntatio￿ from or A ly)•rd wccusiott plan ij in pl•￿.
Pr&nclpAI A¢tlvltl
The wincipl •dtV1¢i￿ of Bv¢iA EnSI￿d urdertthn for public benefit •rt:
The Pron￿110￿ of Mmmunity PArtic￿￿len in healthy Tkxrtition by the proviiion of equprn¢nl
for the pknyini of bo(cia.
The thn¢¢m¢ni of ed￿11￿1n I￿}￿11￿8 physic41 educ•¢ion th the SP￿ of brf¢ia {reBKdleM of thekr r•ce.
sendu. or dimbilityl by Il* provilion of fa¢ililies ind for ￿Ort ol boc¢M.
Thc r¢licf of tted of ptoplc with disabilrtics by th¢ ptoviiion of fKilitiH Aad ¢qwpnMt for the playin8 of
bocciA.
Thtr of b￿￿•￿ am•l•UT IPOrt by the provision of f*cililiu WMI 4uiprnent ksr the *ort Df
Stralryy
Our itrate8y'. 'Inwvin8 lives ilwwgh b￿Cla., Oljt our vision where w¢ w•nl Io rnsure thil evuyoDe h
oppommiry ￿ 8Ain a positive experience of b(￿1•. Ihr mis5i(m Is 10 ¢r¢ai¢ positiv¢. th818in8, and
¢￿I￿le opportwbiiiu kn phywully dimbld pe¢4)le lo play Ix)cci•
We ￿vI ￿ thrne 80•ts ￿ ￿1P i>ur ViSbti4 th•*t •[*.
An effective. rntionwide ¢onuMnity iNx¢ii infrnsttv¢nn. will focus on rt8tthiTh8 our
¢oirWition slNclwre •nd helpin8 our clubs le￿rn lo plxy.
IKre•scd public #vArenoM of iwi• on ¢thKation •Thl reprtKllth(￿ w ¢rKourige ftxbr¢
peopl¢ to plav, In
Evcry household with 8 sthyslcally di5ablcd thild or yUUT¥ pcrsw kn•$ * chanc¢ iu play bLKEia wliilh
U fwus on mAkmg boecil easy lo xcess. particularly fvr those who ￿ have not yet reached
direct]y.
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Boccla England
Trustees, Reporl
We have created • pl￿ th•1 includes ow lin￿ w itren8then our IAfrasmKttwe whtixt rnsin8 aw•reneu Ind build
to live evtsyone the {v￿r￿niry to Riin a poiilive expenence of b￿¢1
We priwits"w dw)•O •tsnd ￿ bontsfii th• n￿$1 *knd *r• nw)st in h¢•J of our wport. Bw we're alio exeitsd by
wh•1 bo¢¢i4 offu n¥)re wld¢ly 4$ th Inclwive Ind welmmw Jport. To mfyk¢ that h•pp¢n, wt
L4)Iliburnte with •td prupk joinin¥ (QT¥f¥ with voluhw¢n, Kfereu, dub4 iiThthui. •nd
players.
Llltimately, 85 we work t0￿rdS our go•ls. we'll grow plnicipiiiorn r￿mbership. Mtishcrion, Ind diveniry 10
drive home tbe p051tive impxt of bocci• on us Ill. Furth¢[Th￿. by nu]ning Bo¢ci* Engl*￿ effe¢livety, Vlill
be •ble to bttter our mK¢¢ss atMI thy iccounthble over the next l O ye￿. Thii mewu wt'll be 'fit
for purp￿¢, _ ￿01 jtssi now, but in 10 ycars and be￿lAd. W¢ can #chi¢Ye thii ￿ prop¢T mthA•8¢m¢n¢.
ruworjal divu￿rica￿ a i)*cm of busiws 5￿Pport.
Po8¢ 6

2024-2025
ey Highlights
•1 BOCCI
Infrastructure
Competltions
16 com￿till•M kn $6 tearns
10 dlfformt v•rnwi playtyii In
14btlon•l L••yJ•
Clubs / MembershSp
BSrmin8ham Boccla estsbllihed
bywjlunteers from Unlted by 2022 and
SUpp￿ted by Sv¢o Lelsure
compettnl
in IndMthAI
p ayers tofflp•thloni
8 t￿m3
950/
Mlnlmum
Stsndards
launched
for all BE
018E Mernb•r
b5 In EnO¥r
now lInk￿ wlth
th•li local Spwt
*lfJr• Officer
Talent
Relwnch of the
Bocda En8land
Hayer Pathwav
Eniand fundi￿ to
5UPPOrt our 2025 -
2029 Talent Plan
13
competed In the 2024
Natlonal League Flnals
Workforce
Gifted 10 VI
8occia
sets to vlsually
Champlons
Impalred
•CT055 Merseyshk groups & club5
IIIIALS
Partnershlps
contlmwd Sn Mefseyslde.
F¢stfval wlth Redhll
• N•w partn•rsthlp wkh Grnqncth kne3shlrÈ. Nottlnzhanl
Arad￿V Trust
to support vol￿t+•f lood at
Manth•st•r & d•v•lpp•d In
comp•titloni
Derbyshl
• Supported ParalymFd(s
Fanz(Yx amd D15cover O•y•
• N•w ￿rtn•￿￿1pl wlth Troopr. • Try BKd• P4ckays • Supp￿￿ Ace••• Sport wllh
c￿n￿•t? PE & by 2022
Every Household
Public Awareness
secretary of
State for Culture,
Medla and Sport
¥ttended our N•tlofi
Champlonshlps
Qudlfier In
Fundlng secured to
support us In Introduclng
boccia to young people
Boccla Watcher
social medla and
event5 campal8n
dellvered to colnclde
wlth the Par15 2024
Paralymplc Games
•ry lyxt
Operational Effectiveness
CPD spotll8ht profil• trnlrln8 wilon
htld wlth bojrd, Idl ¢+ynp•rty wlde te•m
rwrt belni used to better Edl•iyx•th)n
Ordkn•
H&S worklns
booklni
Iroup In pL4C•
wlth key
Impr0￿m•n￿
re4ised
Created the Safeguardlng &
Protecting Children Bo(di
Sp•¢ific aJuTr• wlth UK Coa(hini
Inlr<Mluced for
Our People
Rttrnilment Included:
Recruited and onboarded a newTfea5(Irer
ili/
N•w CEO
ops plannln8
N•w Heid of Sport
Offic•r
5.year bud8•t
plan cr•¥t•d •nd
Governance and
Safesuardli)8 Officer
Retr￿11 VoluntE¢r
BE a Frlend
Sntroduced

Bo¢ciA Englxnd
Trustrts, Report
A¢hleve)mts
The Chw's report lets out our mijor *hievemenls ill 202&2025 •ThJ our pl•n5 for 2025-2026. In Mdditi'oh. thr.
Key His4lishtJ of2024-25 4r¢ Jet out in the Infoy￿h1C.
We also launch¢d our People Plaa, jets Qui I￿￿ ￿ T￿71 wpport d￿lOP th¢ Do¢¢iA En8l•d
kror¢p￿boLI pwd •rxf volunwy. This plan wlll 8wd• our work provide • fr4mewrk foi
r¢portsn8 prosreH to rt•keholder&
As we extmd our Jin¢ff¢ ttwnks to our volun¢eer4 commitnxnt and dedi￿￿0￿ ejtyure
thit boctii remains * wJ$ittvt. indu•ive. And welcomin8 li￿1.
To •n8urn surt•in•biJity. we Mll brood•n our IQWMD by P￿￿108 fvrAlin8 opporrwiiw
FIn￿ly, w¢ reTraln commltteAI kn milnt•lnl￿ th¢ stsndardi of Tlsk
rin8 that everythEll8 wi do bi deliveryd with intC8Tity WJ •¢ml•iM'lity.
Rlsk M•w•ienM*t
The Tn￿teA enpsider the nmior ritkj to which tht chKity ij tXPOAed each qUArftr bave reviewed n*A
and have pul in pl4c¢ ryil¢mi and Proc￿￿[¢* ￿ m•n•8e tlw
Pubile Beneth
lThe have considered their duiie6 WKler 8eciion 3 of the Chariiiei Aci 2011 and have dci¢rmincd th41
tbey hav¢ complied with tbeir duty lo bave re8ud ts) LhArty LonxllMS￿ll's ott publLC beAehL
when putsuing ibc chariy's ainy •ThJ obJ¢¢tiv¢s.
FINANCE
Prldng polley
It IJ [￿0￿1$¢d in mAny ca•ei our Athlth• •rc finwKi•lly (h'y•d￿rthsed pBrtly hith IIvin8
costs •nd Ihcrcfore our pricing policy reflecl¥ vur ¥wJl¢¥y vf rn¥blin¥ all withhill vur wim1m￿l11y, w.14kvu th¢ii
n￿a￿s, lo lake part in o(r xiiviuu. We ￿11 conljnue to revicw frcs a[llw￿y.
Inveslment poweri •Jd PDlky
M'ith re8vd io Ibquidity rquirements of ts￿￿11￿8 Btxcia Etylind. the have kepl I￿1]￿b￿ funds in
inlerest be•rin8 d<po$it •eeounts and seek to ￿￿"¢¥¢ ra￿ of deposit thi"¢h m*￿h or ex¢eed inflation
asuT¢d by the tetail piiccj itKlex. to wid¢[ econornic ciKumst4n¢¢$ dwbit rntel have be¢n d¢pr¢ss
and io ihb •irn wa5 noi icbleved In the ye4T.
lThe kSoaTd ot. oversem Ihe cash nb•n•8¢nM¢ •Thl ¢fftctsve of the chwtty e•th re*vu.
where il to maximise the wnount of ush invested ¢piinAI l¢vel of Rturn. in¢lth the
investment of the c4arity cuh reserves in the Chanlics Aid Founthtion (CAF) CF•rity Depoiii PIArforn which
provides An optim￿ level of return M well •s enffirin8 flexibility in releA5i4g cash in line with cw pn)jt¢ted
sh flow requiremenls Bocci* Enilthd ¢&xi not •lly stocks or sh•ru.

Boctla England
Truittts, Report
Rtttrvd pfyll¢y aad concern
The tNstees Co￿]der that. the lo the prevAilin8 uKert*iity resultin8 frorn irtre*Aed operitin8 eosls. Ihe
incrctscd ¢tsrnpthtlY¢llCS5 of tk fiThhiJin8 mirkd eowtive to the relAiive fftuiurity of out fiJnthisin8
iplbility. li w*5 Pr￿jE￿I to retsin unMtrici¢d M¢rva quiv￿¢￿1 ￿ 6 nM)nthi opernfimx expcnditiwe or
£250.lK￿ V•thl¢hevrr kn th0 8rnwr.
This policy li rtvywed AMUAlly ￿d next Jrar's Y¢port •caJunts will refl¢¢l a TeviKd poli¢y.
The Tru￿ UThrntrgd•d Merva of £295,617 (2D24'. £310,205) ￿ of 31 rt Mvch 2023, which i% Jusi below
th• tsrg•t o(6 n￿nthS owalms •%p¢nditurn
C*Jr hl•nr¢ *l*c4 ￿ J ljl Much 2025 itrw with o(£295,617.
Boccij Eu8laryl'i fvtxtr*i$in8 is ultim•tety oveneen by th¢ Bo•rt wtth th¢ thy to d•y ddiv¢ry of fimdrn*o8
tivity tbe relpowibility orth¢ CEO the l￿ff
We rn¢tiYtd £S15.396 12024; £575.227) ID 8rknts, dotsAtiON And in kind the put >wr, vwhich '
larg¢t¢d both ￿ 4)¢cific projects •nd in support ofour ¢h•rit•bl¢ obj¢ctivu.
Duiin8 2024 to 2025 ¢WT fvrk4rnisini wKp)rtal by ￿ external conwlthn( Erlon.
supplemented by th¢ •tAff tP•nL
All fiUMlrAi￿￿￿, ¢iiiployal ￿ vvlun¢•y, wc expeclcd to work in linc wilh th¢ fundi•iiin8 Rc8uIAlor'i Code of
Fundriiswg PrKrice, which li uKd As • ￿ferenc¢ pouts d¢velopin¥ n¢w fillMlrwisin¥ xtivily ur
revi¢Mtb8 ¢XISt￿8 *ctsvty. We h•ve no reported ¢ompliAn¢¢ isw¢s continue io reyitw tspd•￿ policies
•Dd procedwts in li￿ with the Code to e4sure ihi compliAnce remains strong. W• qre registered with the
Fundrwth8 Rt8u1*t￿. Bixcith En8l*nd ￿$0 hAS in pIL¢e A FUTh1[￿4 Donalion Aeceptincc Policy.
We do tsot underth dcKbr kn door. hce kn f*¢t ow direci m•Jl fiJndr•isin8 ond public fvndf•is?ng in 8ener•l is
¢wretsily very limited. AJ a re¥ult, the of fi￿￿rI)Sin8 th relAlion lo Yulner•ble peopl¢ li ex￿MelY lunit¢d.
FwJthii%rn work clujcly with irthgrs In th¢ oriAnis•lion lo ihi liuMli•iJirix u)minwiictiiions ve euy to
WJderJi￿¢ reSP￿tfUl of porenuil donor4 provlde clariry about the Irm1 do not mknlead li any waj,
public fvthiiing •Clivity Intte1￿ in the fixuie, the Fundnising M&n4er will develop Buidance for volunte¢Ti
iThl stsff th enswe they uThlernt￿d the itandatds we aim 10 uphold Ind whal lo consider when il conw lo
vuln¢r4ble ppopk aftd fithdrniiin8.
The •re not •vnr¢ of 4ny ¢wl•ints in ￿tio# * f•Mthi•inJ ￿ti¥ll1￿. W¢ knvv cl••r proc•M
Ply and Remuty¢r*tl•n
The or8AniM¢ion hts remun￿1￿￿ •nd perfonnth¢e review poli¢i¢s wl4ch outline *1 pay •Thl
procedurt5 for xitiD8 all itiff ul•ru ply awArds. The Remunerntion Comminte WJTOVCS ftew or
Pri#dp*l ￿kS and uattrtalTh¢ie¥
The Bu•rd ￿1¢￿¥ th¢ ov¢rall R¢ii*er (m • rrythr liilk 4ipelif¢ h4¥ b￿￿ defthed foi specific ffi•k
rAt¢8one4 and 1$ thcludcd in ow Rjjk RegiJfY. The key rlsk Itsntified by the Bo•rd rem•iN the Jbility to T•1
ju￿1¢¢ent in¢om¢ lh[￿h fur,dr•iMng •e¢ivili¢$ lo help fvrther our *r&tegic ambitsollL Bo¢a4
re comwili(m in K¢win8 from INI foullthtions.

Boccfjg England
Trustees, Report
He￿¢b •nd ialety of tmploye*4
The ￿11 bein8 of th¢ Cony•ny'i ell¥loye¢s is Jafe8uxded through itrKi adhuw to hulth Yafety
swthrds. The Safely. He•lih and Welfirc It Work Acl 1989 imp)ses certAin Tequir¢Th*nts on emplojvi
the Conyany 105 t4k¢n the nccew •ction to eTJSLYe Compli￿ with the ACL uKludiry the adqytion of a
Safety stsiemeni Boccix EnRl•nd UfMlert•kes an •nnual heilth ￿)d Mfery Authi.
Tb¢ •Dnwl report •pprov¢d by the tru*¢¢s of th¢ ch•nty on..... . .. . ... ￿ iiped on its bebalf by.
Mark (l￿￿On
P•8e 10

Boccla England
St#lement of Trustees, Ruponslbllltlt4
The tnutea •rt also the directDTh ofBoccii EThg1•￿ f(x the purpw¢s of ¢orwy l•w) ￿e respoNible for
eparin8 the tIw￿, rq)ort the financial slaierneAts in KConlAj￿ wilh w11￿ble Jaw Llnj[e41
Kin8dom AccounlinB Standv& (Unitrd Kin8dom Genernlly A¢cept¢d Account￿@ Prxtice). inrltsdiw FRS
IQ2 'Th¢ fI￿n(la1 R¢portin8 Sland￿d applicable in L4e UK aTrJ Republic of Irclu￿".
Compthy law r4knirtx the tntiteti ￿ pr¢ptre fiMnCI￿ strtemeots for e#h fll*nci•l ytv. Undtt Conw la
th¢ *pprov• tho finaN1￿ K*•merts unlels they ve I￿7$fied ihi &ve a tn* aThl hir view
of thc atatc of affws of Ilic cknntabl¢ wrnpany md of ¢ht in¢omin8 r&wur￿3 •Fpli¢Ation of ￿0￿¢¢&
In¢llldm8 lis in¢ome and exp¢A1itw•, of th¢ ¢brlublc coryy for period In preparin4 thu¢ f￿￿￿1•1
sthlenxnts. the trusteu ue required k)..
t ￿LL•ble •c¢owW wd •pply thun ¢on•ist¢41ty.
obxrye the mdho& And prtiKiple4 in the Ch*ritia SORP..
1141¢ 7Athcthw w11￿1¢ stth$. conynsin8 FRS 102 b0￿ bo￿ follo￿￿, subject to my
deplnurts dtsclLwed wxl eApl•ind in th¢ fINnG1￿ •nd
prepAre the fInWKi￿ #*¢ememts on tbe loitii efjneern buil unlem it is in•pprcyri•le to preNull¢ thi the
ch•rii•ble c(wany will continu¢ in busine￿.
The IThAl¢u are re4Y)￿lI)k hi keepini r*oper ￿countIng that 1th1clo￿ with r¢￿￿n￿le
any lirne the finmci41 pDsiliou of Ihe charil*ble compxiy #nd eNble than lo enwre th#i the finAnci&l ithtemen
corry)ly with th¢ Compllnim A¢1 2fM)6. They are Also Tryjorniblv for o•f¢8wding the of th¢ c￿rI￿b￿
LVLryaUy h¢ll¢¢ fo¢ ￿kIn8 iewuable Jt¢ps for the ￿¢Ve￿IlOn •rMI d¢t¢c¢ion of fraud other Irre￿1*r111¢I.
The reiponiible for ihe m•inleninr.e •r¥J twie8Tity nf the c(ry)rnle arnd financiil informitioft
I￿luded offi th¢ ¢h4rit•bl¢ ¢omp￿11 wthile. L•8i•l*ion 8uvernin8 the prtpatation •nd diMemiMtion of
finAnci•l statem¢nts n¥y differ kiis5•tion in other jurI￿1￿1¢)￿.
Approvryl by th¢ of lh¢ ¢l*rtry on ...
. iip%d on its beh￿r by.,
Mark G•nnoo
P4Rell

Boc¢la England
Independent Ex*mSner'i Report to the trustees DI Boc¢lA EnglAnd {'the Company,)
I rBport ty the chwity on my eXami￿(lOn of the Kcounls Df the Conwiy fDT the ended 31 Ma￿￿
202S.
Re•p•ndbllldes #Md bull of rep•rt
A5 the charity's trwte¢s of the Conyny (UMI •lw its &'re¢tOTS for the of wrnpany law) you
reswnsible for th¢ prep1￿10n of th¢ Kcounts in a¢¢oth¢ with the requiremerfs of the Corywues Act 2(KJ6
{'the 2006 Art.).
H•vin8 JRii>ficd rnyKlf thii thr vf Ihe CwrY￿Y ar¢ Jwt to be audi￿￿ under Part 16 or tt
2006 Aci ￿K1 eliWble for lftdepathni ex4mlnailon. l Teport In resEtti of my exwnimuon of your chariry'j
counts ￿ wried oui ￿der s¢rliDn 145 of the C￿￿11t8 Ad 2011 ('Ihe 2011 Aa'i. In ¢•rrying Dut my
examinlbon I hive followed the Dir¢ciiQni pv¢n by the CThanry CoTrJniMioft uThler xctKbn 145(51(b) of the
2011 Act.
Ixd•pendent ex•wlo•r'i •¢•temMt
Since th¢ Comp•ny'i ￿01$ exceeded £250.(#KI your eXwn1￿ musr be • of a body Iisityj in
section 145 of the 2011 Aci. I confirni thii l im q￿lIfied its uTrdert•kn the eumlmtton bèc•we I a memb¢r
of The Inititute of Chrtesed A¢¢wnl•rtis in ETh8land ind WNlei, thic.h is one of the lisleAI hnAiei
I have cotnpleted exftinirMtioTh l ¢onfinM th•t hv¢ ¢om¢ lo my •tt¢nti¢n in comKction with Ib¢
exami￿ti0ll ￿vI]S cause to Ixlievc.
l •ccountin8 recorth *fTe rx)t kept in re4y¢LI rtf Roc¢i• F.n81&Thl *# required by 386 of the 201)6 Act..
2. the accounts do not accord with those records., or
3. the Kcounts do coryly wlth the ￿o￿tIng rtqulrenxnu of sectlon 396 of the 2006 A¢t otkn th
any reqwremenl thil Ihe Accounts yvc • 'tru¢ ind fair vieW wlb'ch li not i mitta considered as part of
indep¢nd¢nl examimlion: ot
4. Kwunls h•v¢ nui been Pr￿1￿j in •LkVT(l•[￿F wilh Ihr nJeUK)d$ ytinC4pl¢s of th¢ St￿¢￿¢￿1 of
Rec*)rnnX￿ Pr•clice for xcountlll8 and rwlin8 by ¢h*ilies [Ipplicable to Ch￿'tieS prepirinB their
aLCOUrtts im •¢COTdance with the Fin#n¢ial Re￿n1ft8 Stsndard Jpplicible in th¢ UK ind Repthlic of
eland (FRS 102)1
I ha￿ ind hve come a¢r(w no oiher mlrm in COTUKCtign with th¢ rurnl4•iion w ￿l¢b thli
$IM)tsld be dri￿1 in Ihis reporf in OTd¢r ¢0 ¢Tthle i prop¢T undLYstsndin8 nf accounts ￿ bc
FAr Daye ACA FCCA
The Institult of Ch•rt¢red Ac¢owilmt• in Ewland aThJ Wil
I Colleton
Exet¢r
Devon
EX2 4DG
Date lè. 2£>zf•
Pag¢ 12

B￿£1* England
Stat¢m¢nt of Fin￿¢1￿1 Actlvllk$ for ihe Year Ended 31 MArch 2025
(Includlng lllcome and Expendlture Account and statement of I'otal RecoEnised Gafjns
and Losses)
Unr¢¥lrl¢t¢d
R¢strlded
Tot•1
io
N•te
Inc•n* and EDdowmMts frnm:
tknitioN and leg￿le•
Chwlthble •cdvid¢J
13.525
50,558
15,806
501.171
515,396
50,558
15,8C
Oilw llKon
Totsl in¢omc
501871
$90,836
Exp•Adlthr• ••:
R4isin¥ fund
Chwit•ble Ktivili
(20.049}
(83.524
(20.049>
585.395>
(501871
Tothl expeDdituri
103,573
501871
605.444
Nei exFrAkn'Th
Nel JKJvern¢nl iti
14,588
14,588
(14,588)
(14.588)
Re¢•aelll*iio• ol
310,205
310.2Q5
T(rt•] fundo fpfwawd
23
295 617
295 617
The on pa8# 17 to 30 form an inte8ThJ pwl of theK fin￿￿1•1 K*t¢men
Pa8e 13

Boccl* England
Slatement of Fln#nclal A¢tlvlties for the YeAr Ended 31 Mareh 2025
ndudlng Income and Expendlture Aceount and Slalement of Total Recognlsed Gglns
nd Losses)
Prlor yt*r comparitlve
Unrellrkttd
lundi
Reltrkted
lun
Toial
20Z4
i¥ote
IDf•rn¢ and Endowments from:
DoMlKx￿ and le8acie4
Clwitsble ￿livi11¢S
Inv¢slmcnt IncofjKe
Other I￿)n
41.016
54,113
4.650
534.211
575.227
54.113
4.650
8249
Totsl incom¢
534
108.028 I
642,239
Expe•dlture on:
R*ism8 fill
awitsbl¢ Ictiviti
(25.722)
{25,722}
631 IJ5
Tottl expetxlltwt
122.646
534,211
656,857
N¢t eXP¢YKli¢ur¢
14.618
moYem¢tst im funda
{14.618)
(14,618)
R•c•pcllladon of
Totsl broughi forwffil
TO1￿ cwried fomrd
324.823
324.823
310.205
All of the ¢I￿n,tyts i￿1V￿le￿ denve frorn contttwng OFmtsons dvnns the above ttvo pmoth.
The funds breakdown fpr 2024 li ID not¢ 23.
The notrs on p•8d 17 to 30 ft*rni an inlegrnl pvl ofibe* financi•l 8t•trm*nts.
Pale 14

Boc¢la England
(Registration number: D6823256)
Balance Sheet ￿ gt JI M8r¢h 2025
2125
2014
Notr
Flx•d aM•ts
16
1.756
4.689
C4rrent •ixts
Stt)¢
Debio
C4%b •1 bmk afyj in h*
17
18
19
10.122
29,544
J68.944
6.093
27.224
387,617
40¥.610
420,934
Cr¢dlton: Amo•fjts IAllni d•t wllhl• on¢ year
Net e¥rr¢pt
114749
115418
305516
295 617
310205
Ullrertrkt￿ In¢omt
UnT¢Sth¢ted fiTh
310
295 617 ￿05
295 617
310
T•¢•1 fund•
23
FLY Ibe yw J l Mveb 2015 ch￿'ty WM emiijcd lo ex¢wioD frtyn th't uttdet M¢ilon 4n
of th¢ A¢¢ 2006 r•l•titi8 to ¢onwwes.
Directorf r￿Po￿lbIll￿.
Thr nmbers h•v¢ not TEquirYd th¢ ch•rily ￿ 01￿1n •n •wlil of th¢ in quuts'¢)n
Th¢ dir•¢lof¥ KknO￿ld6¢ Iheir 1•W￿lbilIti0ffj for with th• r4uirem•nts of tho A¢i wlth ro4>eei
The fin￿111 511temenu on p•8a 13 10 JO wr* ¥woY•J by the ¢rum4s. Nthorlwl for iwue
-.¥.Liiii< . and on bd￿( by.
M&rk Glor￿n
The on p•8a 17 kn 30 fonn an p•n oftho¢ finthe1￿
Pqe 15

Boccla England
Statement ofC*ih Flowi for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
202$
2024
nowi from operAtlnf I<d￿￿
(14,SAA)
(14.fi18)
Adjujtmenti to tiih fiowi fr•m Itemi
tkpreci•tioTh
Investmcnl incc*Y*
io
2.93)
15.806
2.494
(27.461)
110.7741
Worhlni ¢•pl¢•l
Ilncr¢4s¢YdccTeue in stocks
(Inr¥r•Kyd¢¢retsE in drb*
(Decrt•seyin¢rt•x in credilixi
17
(4.029)
12J20)
(18.350)
17.681
1785
7.104
21703
15.604
20
Nd cuh flowi frnm nptratiry •etsvititA
34.479
ItA¢r¢*t ￿¢¢IV¥bie •Tha iunilx
Purcbue oftwbk fixed
Nel cmh Ilown frLwn ￿¢2￿￿11
I3.￿)6
4,650
16
15.806
698
Nel (d￿y1￿￿￿e in c•th Myd c•th qillvllents
Cuh ¢uh equinknts at l April
(11.673)
387 617
32.120
355 497
Cuh *Trd eqwv•lents •131 M•rGb
387617
l ofthe wh tlowj w¢ d¢rivd conlinuin8 Opu￿10￿ thm'ni th¢ kne two ￿rIods.
The no* on plys 17 ￿ 30 forni ￿ Inkgrnl p•rt of thtK tln•n¢lal
P•8e 16

## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **1 Charity status** 

The charity is limited by guarantee, incorporated in , and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation. 

The address of its registered office is: Regus House Herald Way Pegasus Business Park Castle Donington Derby DE74 2TZ 

## **2 Accounting policies** 

## **Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates** 

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated. 

## **Statement of compliance** 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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)) (issued in October 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006. 

## **Basis of preparation** 

Boccia England meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes. 

## **Going concern** 

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern nor any significant areas of uncertainty that affect the carrying value of assets held by the charity. 

## **Income and endowments** 

All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of the income receivable can be measured reliably. 

## _**Donations and legacies**_ 

Donations are recognised when the charity has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance by the charity before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that these conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period. 

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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## _**Grants receivable**_ 

Grants are recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds and any conditions linked to the grants have been met. Where performance conditions are attached to the grant and are yet to be met, the income is recognised as a liability and included on the balance sheet as deferred income to be released. 

## _**Deferred income**_ 

Deferred income represents amounts received for future periods and is released to incoming resources in the period for which, it has been received. Such income is only deferred when: 

- The donor specifies that the grant or donation must only be used in future accounting periods; or - The donor has imposed conditions which must be met before the charity has unconditional entitlement. 

## _**Investment income**_ 

Interest is recognised once the interest is receivable. 

## **Expenditure** 

All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs. 

## _**Raising funds**_ 

These are costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, the management of investments and those incurred in trading activities that raise funds. 

## _**Charitable activities**_ 

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. 

## **Support costs** 

Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, for example, allocating staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage. 

## **Governance costs** 

These include the costs attributable to the charity’s compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements, including audit, strategic management and trustees meetings and reimbursed expenses. 

## **Taxation** 

The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes. 

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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **Tangible fixed assets** 

Individual fixed assets are initially recorded at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses. 

## **Depreciation and amortisation** 

Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows: 

**Asset class Depreciation method and rate** Office equipment 20% straight line Computer equipment 33% straight line 

## **Stock** 

Stock is valued at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell, after due regard for obsolete and slow moving stocks. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) principle. 

## **Trade debtors** 

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business. 

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the charity will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables. 

## **Cash and cash equivalents** 

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. 

## **Trade creditors** 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the charity does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities. 

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. 

## **Foreign exchange** 

Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate of exchange at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are reported at the rates of exchange prevailing at that date. 

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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **Fund structure** 

Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity. 

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements. 

## **Pensions and other post retirement obligations** 

The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate. 

## **3 Income from donations and legacies** 

|**Donations**<br>Unrestricted / Core<br>**Grants**<br>Peter Harrison<br>Sport England<br>Sport England - EHP<br>UK Champs<br>Sterry Family Foundation<br>Trelborg<br>**TOTAL 2025**<br>TOTAL 2024|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**TOTAL 2025**<br>**TOTAL 2024**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>13,525<br>-<br>13,525<br>41,016<br>-<br>372<br>372<br>2,500<br>-<br>485,316<br>485,316<br>502,201<br>-<br>16,100<br>16,100<br>14,450<br>-<br>**-**<br>8,500<br>-<br>83<br>83<br>1,560<br>-<br>**-**<br>5,000|
|---|---|
||13,525<br>501,871<br>515,396<br>575,227<br>41,016<br>534,211<br>575,227|



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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **4 Income from charitable activities** 

||**Unrestricted**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**Total**|**Total**|
||**General**|**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Membership fees|8,141|8,141|7,475|
|Partnerships contribution|1,979|1,979|-|
|Competition and other fees|12,615|12,615|19,974|
|Product sales|27,823|27,823|26,664|
||50,558|50,558|54,113|



- £50,558 (2024: £54,113) of income from charitable activities was unrestricted. 

## **5 Investment income** 

||**Unrestricted**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**Total**|**Total**|
||**General**|**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Interest receivable and similar income;||||
|Interest receivable on bank deposits|15,806|15,806|4,650|



- £15,806 (2024: £4,650) of investment income was unrestricted. 

## **6 Other income** 

||**Unrestricted**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**Total**|**Total**|
||**General**|**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Royalties received|4,110|4,110|7,298|
|Miscellaneous income|4,986|4,986|951|
||9,096|9,096|8,249|



- £9,096 (2024: £8,249) of other income was unrestricted. 

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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **7 Expenditure on raising funds** 

## **a) Costs of raising voluntary income** 

||||**Unrestricted**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**funds**|**Total**|**Total**|
||||**General**|**2025**|**2024**|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Trading|||19,215|19,215|24,674|
|Courses|||834|834|1,048|
||||20,049|20,049|25,722|
|**8**|**Expenditure on charitable**|**activities**||||
|||**Unrestricted**||||
|||**funds**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total**|
|||**General**|**funds**|**2025**|**2024**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Participation programme||74,558|326,498|401,056|460,144|
|Talent Programme||8,966|175,373|184,339|170,991|
|||83,524|501,871|585,395|631,135|



£83,524 (2024: £96,924) of expenditure on charitable activities was unrestricted and £501,871 (2024: £534,211) was restricted. 

||**Activity**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**undertaken**|**Activity**||
||**directly**|**support costs**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Participation programme|101,997|299,059|401,056|
|Talent Programme|108,398|75,941|184,339|
||210,395|375,000|585,395|
||**Activity**|||
||**undertaken**|**Activity**||
||**directly**|**support costs**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Participation programme|129,736|330,408|460,144|
|Talent Programme|99,041|71,950|170,991|
||228,777|402,358|631,135|



In addition to the expenditure analysed above, there are also governance costs of £6,773 (2024 - £9,994) which relate directly to charitable activities. See note 9 for further details. 

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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **9 Analysis of governance and support costs** 

## **Charitable activities expenditure** 

|||**Unrestricted**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**funds**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total**|
|||**General**|**funds**|**2025**|**2024**|
||**Basis of allocation**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Staff costs|A|11,205|216,246|227,451|263,445|
|Depreciation|B|2,933|-|2,933|2,494|
|Premises costs|B|10,801|20,532|31,333|22,672|
|Insurance|B|-|5,637|5,637|6,886|
|Office Admin costs|B|5,594|620|6,214|4,587|
|Other|B|32,637|24,186|56,823|53,218|
|Consultancy|B|2,353|16,100|18,453|23,298|
|Audit & Accountancy|B|7,374|18,782|26,156|25,758|
|||72,897|302,103|375,000|402,358|



£72,897 (2024: £93,983) of charitable activites expenditure was unrestricted and £302,103 (2024: £308,375) was restricted. 

## **Basis of allocation** 

**Reference Method of allocation** A For human resources based on activity in terms of time taken B 100% of the costs incurred 

## **Governance costs** 

||**Funds**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|
||**General**|**funds**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Independent examiner fees|||
|Examination of the financial statements|3,840|3,840|
|Depreciation, amortisation and other similar costs|2,933|2,933|
|**Total for 2025**|6,773|6,773|
|**Total for 2024**|9,994|9,994|



## **10 Net incoming/outgoing resources** 

Net outgoing resources for the year include: 

|Net outgoing resources for the year include:||||
|---|---|---|---|
||**2025**||**2024**|
||**£**||**£**|
|Audit fees||-|7,500|
|Depreciation of fixed assets|2,933||2,494|



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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **11 Trustees remuneration and expenses** 

No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year. 

The following trustees expenses were reimbursed during 2024-2025: 

## **Mark Gannon** 

£219 (2024: £379) of expenses were reimbursed to Mark Gannon during the year. 

## **Daniel Newton** 

- £Nil (2024: £43) of expenses were reimbursed to Daniel Newton during the year. 

## **Owen Watson** 

- £128 (2024: £Nil) of expenses were reimbursed to Owen Watson during the year. 

## **Robert Aubry** 

- £408 (2024: £194) of expenses were reimbursed to Robert Aubry during the year. 

## **Naeman Symonds-Baig** 

£69 (2024: £140) of expenses were reimbursed to Naeman Symonds-Baig during the year. 

## **Samantha Rock** 

£Nil (2024: £49) of expenses were reimbursed to Samantha Rock during the year. 

## **Lauren Templeton** 

- £Nil (2024: £480) of expenses were reimbursed to Lauren Templeton during the year. 

## **12 Staff costs** 

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows: 

||**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Staff costs during the year were:**|||
|Wages and salaries|214,461|239,155|
|Social security costs|16,031|23,885|
|Pension costs|18,743|24,486|
||249,235|287,526|



The monthly average number of persons (including senior management / leadership team) employed by the charity during the year expressed as full time equivalents was as follows: 

||**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|
||**No**|**No**|
|Charitable activities|4|4|
|Management and administration of charity|3|4|
||7|8|



No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year. 

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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

The number of employees whose emoluments fell within the following bands was: 

||**2025**||**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**No**||**No**|
|£60,001 - £70,000||-|1|
|The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £139,745||(2024 - £73,753).||
|**13 Independent examiner's remuneration**||||
||**2025**||**2024**|
||**£**||**£**|
|Examination of the financial statements|3,840||-|
|**14 Auditors' remuneration**||||
||**2025**||**2024**|
||**£**||**£**|
|Audit of the financial statements||-|7,500|



## **15 Taxation** 

The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation. 

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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **16 Tangible fixed assets** 

|**16 Tangible fixed assets**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||**Office**|**Computer**||
||**equipment**|**equipment**|**Total**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Cost**||||
|At 1 April 2024|13,790|40,890|54,680|
|Disposals|(13,790)|(29,907)|(43,697)|
|At 31 March 2025|-|10,983|10,983|
|**Depreciation**||||
|At 1 April 2024|13,790|36,201|49,991|
|Charge for the year|-|2,933|2,933|
|Eliminated on disposals|(13,790)|(29,907)|(43,697)|
|At 31 March 2025|-|9,227|9,227|
|**Net book value**||||
|At 31 March 2025|-|1,756|1,756|
|At 31 March 2024|-|4,689|4,689|
|**17 Stock**||||
|||**2025**|**2024**|
|||**£**|**£**|
|Stocks||10,122|6,093|
|**18 Debtors**||||
|||**2025**|**2024**|
|||**£**|**£**|
|Trade debtors||7,182|1,500|
|Prepayments||14,096|19,474|
|Accrued income||3,728|1,300|
|VAT recoverable||4,538|4,950|
|||29,544|27,224|



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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **19 Cash and cash equivalents** 

||**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|Cash on hand|34|78|
|Cash at bank|73,692|77,191|
|Short-term deposits|295,218|310,348|
||368,944|387,617|



## **20 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year** 

|**20 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Trade creditors|14,471|41,149|
|Other taxation and social security|3,283|4,120|
|Other creditors|22,167|19,063|
|Accruals|16,061|10,000|
|Deferred income|58,767|41,086|
||114,749|115,418|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Deferred income at 1 April 2024|41,086|25,481|
|Resources deferred in the period|58,767|41,086|
|Amounts released from previous periods|(41,086)|(25,481)|
|Deferred income at year end|58,767|41,086|



## **21 Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts** 

## **Operating lease commitments** 

Total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows: 

||**2025**||**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**£**||**£**|
|**Land and buildings**||||
|Within one year||-|20,356|



## **22 Pension and other schemes** 

## **Defined contribution pension scheme** 

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the charity to the scheme and amounted to £18,743 (2024 - £24,486). 

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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **23 Funds** 

|**23 Funds**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Balance at 1**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Balance at 31**|
||**April 2024**|**resources**|**expended**|**March 2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**|||||
|**_General_**|||||
|General reserve|310,205|88,985|(103,573)|295,617|
|**Restricted funds**|||||
|Sport England|-|485,316|(485,316)|-|
|Sport England - EHP|-|16,100|(16,100)|-|
|Sterry Family Foundation|-|83|(83)|-|
|Peter Harrison|-|372|(372)|-|
|**Total restricted funds**|-|501,871|(501,871)|-|
|**Total funds**|310,205|590,856|(605,444)|295,617|
||**Balance at 1**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Balance at 31**|
||**April 2023**|**resources**|**expended**|**March 2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**|||||
|**_General_**|||||
|General reserve|324,823|108,028|(122,646)|310,205|
|**Restricted**|||||
|Sport England|-|502,201|(502,201)|-|
|Sport England - EHP|-|14,450|(14,450)|-|
|Sterry Family Foundation|-|1,560|(1,560)|-|
|Trelborg|-|5,000|(5,000)|-|
|Peter Harrison|-|2,500|(2,500)|-|
|UK Champs|-|8,500|(8,500)|-|
|**Total restricted funds**|-|534,211|(534,211)|-|
|**Total funds**|324,823|642,239|(656,857)|310,205|



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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

The specific purposes for which the funds are to be applied are as follows: 

The general reserve represents the free funds of the charity which are not designated for particular purposes. 

The Sport England Fund supports delivery of the Whole Sport Plan, focused on developing and promoting the sport, increasing participation and helping those with the talent and potential to improve. 

Sterry Family Foundation funding will allow us to distribute a further 10 VI Boccia Development Packages to organisations working with blind and partially sighted people across England, equipping them with the training and equipment they need to deliver boccia. 

Peter Harrison Trustees have awarded Boccia England a 3 year grant totalling £20,000 towards the core costs associated with building infrastructure in the Northwest and Nottinghamshire to enable more people, particularly those with disabilities, to take part in boccia. 

Funds received are expended for their intended purpose, in most cases within the same financial year. 

## **24 Analysis of net assets between funds** 

||**Unrestricted**||**Total funds at**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**Restricted**|**31 March**|
||**General**|**funds**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Tangible fixed assets|1,756|-|1,756|
|Current assets|349,843|58,767|408,610|
|Current liabilities|(55,982)|(58,767)|(114,749)|
|Total net assets|295,617|-|295,617|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Total funds at**|
|||**funds**|**31 March**|
|||**General**|**2024**|
|||**£**|**£**|
|Tangible fixed assets||4,689|4,689|
|Current assets||420,934|420,934|
|Current liabilities||(115,418)|(115,418)|
|Total net assets||310,205|310,205|



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## **Boccia England** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** 

## **25 Analysis of net funds** 

|**25 Analysis of net funds**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||**At 1 April**|**Financing cash**|**At 31 March**|
||**2024**|**flows**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Cash at bank and in hand|387,617|(18,673)|368,944|
|Net funds|387,617|(18,673)|368,944|
||**At 1 April**|**Financing cash**|**At 31 March**|
||**2023**|**flows**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Cash at bank and in hand|355,497|32,120|387,617|
|Net funds|355,497|32,120|387,617|



## **26 Related party transactions** 

During the year the charity made the following related party transactions: 

## **UK Coaching Solutions Limited** 

M Gannon (Charity Chair since 22 January 2022) is CEO of UK Coaching Solutions Limited who are a supplier for Boccia England. 

A total of £3,512 (2024: £2,576) has been spent with UK Coaching Solutions Limited in the year. At the balance sheet date the amount due to/from from UK Coaching Solutions Limited was £Nil (2024 - £300). 

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