2025-05-31-accounts

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WHITE STAR FC

Annual report and financial statement for the year ended 31/05/2025

CHARITY NUMBER: 1139243 COMPANY NUMBER: 6596950

Administration Information _______2 Structure, Governance and Management_____3-4 Aims, Objectives and Activities_______5 Trustees Report_________6 Achievement________7 Financial Review and Future Plan______8 Statement of Financial Activities _____9-10 Independent Examiner’s Report_____11 Acknowledgement ___________12

Legal and Administrative Information

Directors/Trustees

Abdullahi Mohamed Chairperson
Ali Garre Secretary
Abdirahman Mohidden Treasurer

Registered office

28 Church Road

London

N17 8AQ

Bankers:

HSBC UK
1 Alder Mans Hill Palmers Green

London

N13 4YE

Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document:

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 19 May 2008 and registered as a charity on 01 December 2010. The company is governed by Memorandum and Articles of Association.

In order to meet our aims and objectives we also have internal governing policies and Procedures such as:

Health and Safety policy
Equal opportunity policy
Volunteers policy
Confidentiality Policy
Child Protection Policy

The above procedures and policies are reviewed annually.

Appointment of Trustees:

The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purpose of charity law and under the company’s Articles known as members of the Management Committee under the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association the members of the

Management Committee are elected to serve for a period of three years after which they must be re-elected at the next Annual General Meeting.

Trustee Induction and Training

Most of our Trustees are familiar with the practical work of the charity, having been encouraged to take up the “workshops and training”, new Trustees are encouraged to attend a series of training sessions to familiarise themselves with the charity and the context within which it operates. The new Trustee member will get the following:

The most up to date Charity Commission booklets.
The governing document.
The Policies and Procedures file.
The Annual Report.
The minutes of Trustees meetings
Contact Details of trustees.

Risk Management

Our management committee has the overall responsibility of the risk management of the organisation. They have the power to consult external organisations or consultants on risk management. The Trustees have a risk management strategy, which compromises: An Annual review of the risks the charity may face. The establishment of systems and procedures to mitigate those risks identified in the plan. The implementations of such procedures designed to minimise any potential impact on the charity should those risks materialise.

Responsibilities of Trustees:

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the end of the financial year and of the incoming and outgoing resources for the year ended. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of error, fraud and other irregularities. Trustee board members are expected to follow the good governance including Understanding their role, ensuring delivery of organisational purpose, working effectively both as individuals and a team, exercise effective control, behaving with integrity and being open and accountable.

Organisational Structure:

The White Star FC has a management committee of three members who meet quarterly and are responsible for the strategic direction and policy of the charity. The committee has three key members from a variety of professional backgrounds relevant to the work of the charity. The Chairperson is responsible for ensuring that the charity delivers the services specified. The Treasurer is responsible for all aspects of financial management, working closely with other members of the trustees to safeguard the organisation’s finances. The Secretary is responsible for the day-to-day operation management of the Centre, individual supervision and ensuring the team continue to develop skills and working practices in line with good practice.

Volunteers:

White Star FC has seventeen volunteers who run the daily activities and implement the organisational administration. White Star FC provides volunteers training to improve the quality and consistency of our services. Ensuring we cater for a diverse range of volunteers and their needs. Building our reputation as an organisation committed to supporting and developing our volunteers. Help us to secure funding from trusts and foundation, government and service users. Reward volunteers for their commitment and involvement. Provide volunteers with pathways to work or study opportunities.

Our mission:

To improve the lives of disadvantaged, underprivileged and marginalised children and young people from African/Caribbean and other minority communities.

Our Vision:

Our vision is to support children and youth from minority communities to become good citizens who achieve good quality education, financial independence, self-confidence and social inclusive within the multicultural society.

Our Aims:

To promote sport and fitness in London
To raise awareness of sporting and leisure facilities and achievements
To Encourage children and young people to participate actively in sport
To improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people
To divert young people from crimes, drugs and violence

Charity objectives:

The main objectives of the Association are defined as follows:

To enhance and promote education and social inclusion of children and young people from ethnic minority communities through sport and personal development
To promote and encourage health and wellbeing of children and young people form ethnic minority communities
To assist in the development of young people through training and employability so that they become valuable members of the community.

The Charity’s Activities includes:

Organising sports training, matches and tournaments
Youth club services
Youth Mentoring Services
Education for children

Chairperson Report

On behalf the board of trustees, I am pleased to submit the annual report for the year ending 31[st] May 2025. I would like to acknowledge the efforts of our volunteers and trustees who have worked continuously to provide vital services to children and young people in Enfield, Haringey and other boroughs. Our aim was to reduce negative impact that drugs, gang-culture and crime have on young people. We helped many children and young people to live better, healthier, away from the harms caused by addiction, and antisocial behaviours.

It is with great pleasure and honour for me to present this annual report. The White Star FC had a successful year. I was pleased to see the significant difference that our sport activities have made to the disadvantaged children and young people. Our organisation continued to deliver its prime mission of improving their lives of many disadvantaged children and young people by providing football training, organise football tournaments, provide mentoring services and participate in the local leagues.

The Association supported more than 350 children and young people. The projects have improved football skills, self-confidence, reduced isolation and social exclusion, improved health and wellbeing of children and young people.

Our Association had a successful year, through the tremendous teamwork of the trustees, volunteers, community leaders, intellectual and professionals. I am encouraged by the positive feedback from members and guests who can readily see the changes we have made that have given the club a real lift in enthusiasm and confidence about the future. The trustees and volunteers have worked so hard and without the dedication of my fellow committee members, it would have been an impossible task. The club has many supporters, and their support enables us to provide football training and tournaments to children and young people from minority communities.

On behalf of our members, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to our members and supporters who supported our organisation to overcome the financial difficulties we experienced. I’d also like to thank Haringey and Enfield Council for the great support, advice, guidance and the most useful information and training programmes they regularly provide to our organisation.

I’d like to extend my thanks to the supporters that have helped us to work in this challenging environment that allows us to meet the needs of our members more effectively. I wish the board and the Association the success for the next year.

The Report was improved by the trustees on 09/09/2025 and signed on the behalf by

Abdullahi Mohamed Chairperson

Achievement and Performance

Charity Activities:

More than 350 children and young people take part in football training and tournaments. The sport project improved self-confidence, self-esteem, reduced isolation and offending behaviour, greater connections with school, stronger peer relationships, greater family attachment and more frequent interactions with parents, more restraint in avoiding risky behaviour and greater involvement in volunteer work.

Football training sessions:

Monday (17:00 – 19:00)
- Tuesday (17:00 – 20:00)
- Wednesday (17:00 – 20:00)
- Thursday (17:00 – 20:00)
- Friday (17:00 – 20:00)
- Saturday (09:00 - 17:00)
- Sunday (10:00 - 16:00)

We provided enjoyable training sessions that improved children’s social skills, confidence, health and wellbeing. Children really enjoyed the selection of training sessions which contributes to their healthy lifestyle. We provided a wide range of sport activities that helped children develop control of their bodies. We noticed during the sport activities children learned key values such as: honesty, teamwork, fair play and respect for one another. These highlighted the impact of the project on the children’s social and moral development.

The project supported more than 350 children aged 6-16 from African/Caribbean descent and other ethnic minorities; most of whom live in disadvantaged areas of Enfield or Haringey. We provide these children and young people with access to enjoyable sport activities and an access to youth centres that made them feel happy, less lonely, increased their self-confidence, wellbeing and transformed the lives of many children.

This year we’ve had the privilege of taking young people from our community to Portugal for a football tournament. Local kids from our neighbourhood got to experience different cultures which had a lasting and positive impact. We hope to continue to show kids new experiences in which we hope can broaden their horizons.

This year, we continued with our girls' only football sessions, offering two training sessions each week. For next year, we aim to increase participation numbers for girls’ football and continue enhancing skill development for the girls' football program while also introducing competitive opportunities.

Our plan is to expand the Sports activities we are offering to the children to help more children and young people to achieve healthy and safe lifestyle outcomes. We will continue to provide this valuable project to reach more children and young people across Haringey, Enfield and neighbouring boroughs to offer them a wide range of sport activities and football tournaments to meet with friends and contribute to community life. We will ensure the sport activities will be available to all children from disadvantaged backgrounds by advertising it in local schools and neighbourhoods.

Financial Review

Reserve policy:

As a charitable company we are committed to sustainable development for both risk management and sustainable services. The trustees examine the Charity’s reserves each year. The trustees are planning to create three months’ worth of running cost as a reserve to be available in case of delays to funding. This will help the organisation to be sustained in the long term.

Our plan:

The charity plans the following in future periods:

To provide early intervention education classes for children and young people
To create youth forum and encouraging young people to work together to address the challenges that are facing people from ethnic minority communities.
To enable greater participation in community activities for children and young people who would otherwise suffer from social exclusion
To improve partnership working with other local organisations to help us reach more children and young people.
To carry out an ongoing community consultation with our members and the wider community to establish what services they need most.
To secure a sustainable future for our services and to ensure that the next generation has increased opportunities

Financial Activities for the year

Ended 31[st] May 2025

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total funds	Total funds
	funds	funds	2025	2024
Incoming Resources	£	£	£	£
Grants		48748	48748	30020
Donations and membership fees	169433		169433	75177
Total incoming Resources	169433	48748	218181	105197
Resources explained
Sports Equipment	36486	3482	39968	24759
Refreshments/food	1124	14200	15324	13100
Venue hire	53736	4250	57986	35905
League/tournament fee	25844		25844	9837
Mentoring/Tutoring	3201	16230	19431
Legal fee	1026	900	1926	550
Telephone and IT	2185		2185	709
Bank charges	73		73	65
Volunteer Expense	20331	9686	30017	21409
Total Resources Expended	144006	48748	192754	106334
Net incoming Resources	25427		25427	(1137)
Fund Balance B/F	4290		4290	5427
Fund Balance C/F	29717		29717	4290

Balance Sheet as of 31[st] May 2025

	2025	2024
Current Assets
Cash at Bank and In Hand	29718	4290
Debtors
Net Current Assets	29718	4290
Unrestricted Funds	29718	4290
Restricted Funds
Total funds	29718	4290

For the year ended 31/05/2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with provisions of applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.

The accounts were approved by the trustees on 09/9/2025 and signed on their behalf by:

Abdullahi Mohamed

Chairperson

Acknowledgement

The White Star FC and its committed management committee would like to thank all partners and members that supported our organisation to ensure the existence of the organisation and the success to deliver services for its needed clients. We are pleased to continue our good relationship with other charitable organisations in Haringey, Enfield and various agencies in the Boroughs and the excellent exchange of information and support.

We wish to thank all the volunteers of our organisation as, without their help and hard work, a lot of the achievements in the past year would not been possible. Also, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the Management and Sub-Committee who give so freely of their time and effort. We would also like to thank the staff who have worked hard and been responsible for the achievements and developments of the organisation.

With the financial support of our members and donors we were able to help our disadvantaged members and make difference in their lives of many children and young people, raise their aspirations, maximising their skills and enable them to achieve their full potential.

It is through their support that we are able to continue to strengthen our programs, and to develop new and innovative projects to serve our community and continue to advance our mission of maximising the skills and talents of our children and young people to become independent, successful and achieve their full potential.