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2025-03-31-accounts

Altofts Community and Sports Foundation Limited ILlmlted by Guarantee) Incorporating Thè BarAt The 8T41 Limited and Alt¢)fts Greenscapes Lknlted Trustees Report and Accounts For The Year Ended 31 March 2025 Registered Charlty Number 1142340

Altoft5 Community and Sports Foundation Limited Trustees Report and Accounts For The Year Ended 31 March 2025 Contents Page Charity information Trustees report statement of trustees, responsibilities Independent Exarninèrs Report statement of financial services Balance sheet Note5 to the accounts 9-10

Altofts Communlty and Sports Foundatlon knmited Trustees Rèport and Accounts Fof The Year Ended 31 March 2025 Trustee5 David Norris David Holmes Michael Honey Joanne Hepworth Pavl Greatorex Lynn Greatorex Neil Greatorex Alfie Norris rimothy Johnson Nigel Widdop John Walley Chair Setretary David Parker Rewstered Office 1st Mary's Road Altofts Wakefield West Yorkshi WF62JH Intjependent Examlner Hawklns 4042 Castleford Iload Normanton West Yorkshire WF62EE 8ankers Vir8in Money 81 Carlton Street Castleford West Yorkshire WFIO IBW Company Reg￿tratIOn Nurnber 07525158 Charity Regi5tratlon Number 1142340

Altofts Community and Sport5 Foundation Limited Trustees Report and Accounts For The Year Ended 31 March 2025 Alms and Oblertlves Our charity's aims as contained in the memorandum of association. are promoting and facilitation of healih. social and communlty-ba5ed opportunities for all residents in the wider Altofts arèa. How our artbvltles delfver public benefit Our activities deliver public benefit through the provision of safe internal communlty space to variou5 groups and also to provide a base for our wtder trading activities. Increa5e5 in both of these types of tssage have seen our facilities being viewewd locally a5 a significant and accepted community asset. This growth in usage has also generated a further increase in revenue generated by hire and through our trading subsidiary. A5 a Charty all profit5 from revenue are invested back into our facilities. bringin8 about a steady improvement in the overall condition of the the facility and leased land. Revenue In(￿ased by over £116,000 in the financial year which has been restricted specifically towards improvement of the football pitthe5. Our Charity continues to be able to demonstrate that our enterprise is sustainable and attractNe to 8rant bodies. Over £129,(K)O of grants were secured in the financial year for improvement purposes. Key community groups that use our facility have been able to 8row their membership 3nd improve their offer to the wider community. These include.. Altofts Juniors Football Club Altofts Community Book Swap Castleford and Dtstrict Lions Altofts Community Cycling Club Castleford Water Polo Club The Briget&eTS Income from room hire and trading activities allows our Charity to meet some of the cost of utility bills which have resulted from the increased usage of our facility. Main Achievements During Year Our main achievement durin6 the year has been further growth In the number of community groups using our facilrty during weekday5. A further achievement was the growth of our Bikes for Refugees scheme which operates bv the donation of used bikes from within the community which are made roadworthy and donated to refugees. The scheme operates from funding received from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Altoft5 Q>mmunlty and Sports Foundatlon Llmlted Trustees Report and Accounts For The Year Ended 31 March 2025 M￿n Athlevements Durfng the Year Altofts Greenscapes Limited. an addltlonal wholly owned trading subsidièry, continues to take full responsibility for the maintenance of sports pitches Dn land leased to our Ch3rity and separating out of the associated financial and technical liabilitie5 associated with such ctivities. Other achievernents have been mainly based upon improvements of the football pitches. Financlal revlew This year has been the most successful year since our charity was establlshed in respect of increased monthly average revenue both from hire of the facilities and trading activities. Plans for luture perlods Plans for future periods our focused in three area5. Firstly, lurthei key improvements to our facility in key areas such as security, 5anitstion and upgraded fixtures and fittlngs. These are aspects which can be funded directty through specilic grants targeted at these areas. Growin8 usage 35 proof of our capability to meet the needs of a widèr number of community groups ts key too being successful in securing such grants. Additional improvements, which cannot be setured through grants will need to be lunded through increased trading and fund ralsing. Secondly, to provide improved community open areas and sport5 Pltthes. Our Charity has reeentlv secured a thirty-year lease on over eight acres of public open space around our facility. This area will require securing significant levels of funding some of which has already bèen secured from organisations such as Wakefield Counul and FCC Waste. Thirdly. the closest to the aims of our charity. is increased usa8e of our lacility and the extemèl land by an increased number of residents within the wider Altofts area. And finally the creation of an active travel hub at Pugneys Leisvre Park and continuin8 improvements on the 8ri8 community hub.

tofts Community and Sports Foundation Limited Trustèts Rèport Ilncluding Dlrertor5' Report and A¢¢ountsl For The Year Ended 31 March 2025 Statèment of TrustÈ*s' RÈsponsibllities The trustees are responsible for preparing accounts in accordance with applicable law and Unlted Klngdom Generally Accepted Accotsntlng Practlce. Company law requires the trustees to preapre accounts afoyeach finanacial year which 8Ne a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and it5 incoming resources and application of resources. including its net income and expenditure for the year. In preaparin8 these accounts the trustees are required to.. select suitable attounting policies and then apply them consistently. make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent,. State whether applicable attounting standafds have been followed, subject to anv rnaterial departure5 disclosed and expalined in the accounts: and prepafe the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume the tharity will ctsntinue In operation. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the finanacial postion of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the account5 comply with the Companie5 Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguardin8 the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps lor the prevention and detection of fraud and other irreoularlties. DAVID NORRIS Si8ned- Trustee PriTht Name- Trustee th Date 25 September 2025

Inde ndent Examlner's Re ort To The Trustees Of tofts Communl and S rts Foundation LÈmited We report on the accounts of Altofts Community and Sports Foundation Limited (Aegistered Charity Number 11423401 forthe year ended 31 March 2025 whlch are set out on pages 6 to 9. Res ective Res nsibllltles of Trustees and Examitter The charity'5 trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for thls year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Artl and that an independent eK3mination is needed. It is our responsibility to= examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charlties Act to follow the procedures laid down in the general Dtrections given bv the Charity Commission l under section 14515llbl of the Charities Act I, and to stste whether particular matters have come to our attention. Bas15 of Inde ndent Examlner's Statement Our examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts p￿sented with those iecords. It also includes consideration of any unusual item5 or disclosures in the acounts and seekin8 explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be requirèd in an audit, and toftsequently no opinion Is giveft as to whethef the accounts present a'true and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Inde endent Examiner's Statement In connection with our examination. no matter has come to our attention.. 111 which gives us reasonable Cause to believe that any material respecL the requirements.. to keep accounting retor(ts In accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Act,. and to prepare accounts which a¢¢ord with the accounting records and comply wlth the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met, tsr 121 to which, in our oplnion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the account5 to be reached. Hawkin5 Normanto Date

Altofts Community and Sport$ Foundation knmlted Statement of Financlal Artivitie5 For The Year Ended 31 March 2025 2025 Tgtsl Funds 2024 Total Funds Restrfrted Fixed Asset Fund5 Unrestrl¢ted Funds Income Donatlons Grants Room Hire Other Income Income from Trading Companies 41,018 13,184 12,402 41,018 128.835 12.402 39,640 7,273 12.801 59 336.445 115,651 329.599 329,599 Totsl Inc<xne 396,203 115,651 511,854 396,218 Expendlture Cost ot tharitable artI￿tIeS Refurbishrnent costs Donations Cycling Trading companies costs Sundry expenses Amortisation Depreciation 11,074 115,651 126,72S 18,661 3,096 277,287 118 306 8,220 296,796 68 306 8.425 296.796 68 306 8,425 316,669 115,651 432,320 307,688 Mana8ement and administatlon costs Administation fees Consultancy fees Bookkeeping 8ank charges Loan Interest 55.080 55.080 43,454 lo,￿0 4.800 4,228 292 4.800 3,135 191 4,8￿) 3,135 191 Total Expendlture 379,875 115.651 495,526 370,462 Net movement in funds 16,328 16,328 25.756 Funds brought forward 171.231 171.231 145,475 187,559 187,559 171,231

Altofts Q>mmunity and Sports Foundation Llmlted Ba13nte sheet As at 31 March 2025 Ntste 2025 2024 Tan8lble Assets Fixed assets 45.954 50.023 Cuffent Assets Stock Prepayments Cash at bank Cash in hand 11,470 S,004 154.069 5.796 176,339 8.477 5,974 122.284 9.631 146,366 Current liabilities Creditor5 amounts fallln8 due within one year 33,4￿) 19,825 Net current assets 142,939 126,541 Total assets 188.893 176.564 Creditors.. amounts falling dué after more one year 1,334 5,333 187,559 171,231 Funds Unrestricted Fund5 187.559 171,231

Altofts Community and Sports Foundatlon Llmlted Balance Sheet As at 31 March Z025 The dlrectors are satlsfied that the company is entitled to exemption under Section 477 of the Companie5 Act 2(￿6 and that no member or members have requested an audit pu¥suant to Sectlon 476 of the Act. The directors acknowledge thelr responsibility for lil ensuring that the company keeps proper accounting records which comply with Sectlon 386 of the Companies Act 2(M)6,. and lill preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at the end of the finanacial year and its profit or loss in accordance with the requirement5 of Sections 394 and 395 of the Companies Art 2006. and whith otherwise comply with the requirements of the Att relating to the accpounts, so far as applicable to the company. Approval of the Jccowts The accounts were approved by the board of the tru5tee5 Qn and signed on thelr behalf bv= DAVID NORRIS Print Name Signed Trustee Date 25" September 2025

Altofts Community and Sports Foundation Limlted Notes to thè attounts For thè year eryled 31 March 2025 Statutory Inforniatlon Altofts Community and Sports foundation ￿MIted is a charitable private limited company limited by 8uarantee. registered in England and Wales. The ¢ompany'5 registered number and re&'stered office address can be found on the Company information pa8e. Accounting pollcles Basls of accounting The accounts have been prepared under the historical eost convention unless otherwise stated in the relevant notes to the accounts. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice.. Accounting and Reportin8 by Charities IFRS1021, the Financial Reportin8 Standard IFRS1021 and the Companies Act 2QJ6. Income Recognition Income is recognised once the charitable cornpany has entitlement to the income. it is probable that the incoTne will be received and the amount of incorne receivable can be measured rellably. Donations are reco8nised when they are received. Expendlture Recognition abilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the tharitable comp3ny o that expenditure, it 15 probable that settlement wlll be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. All expenditu￿ is accounted for on an accruals basis. Leasehold Land The Charitable company obtained a thirty lease on on 8 Acres of land. This will be written off over the period of the lease. Tanglble Flxed Assèts Depreciation has been tsltulated to write off the value of the fixed assets over their experted etonomic lives. The rates applied are as follows. Fixtures, fittin85 and equipment

Altofts Community and Sports FoundatSon Llmlted Notes to the accounts For the year ended 31 Marth 2025 Tangible Fix*d Assèts Leasehokl Fixtures, Land Fittin85 and Equlpment Total Cost or valuation At l April 2024 Additions Disp05als At 31 March 2025 9,188 77,968 4,662 87,156 4,662 9,188 82.630 91.818 Depreclation At l Aprsl 2024 Depreciation for year Released on disposals 918 306 36.215 8,425 37.133 8.731 1,224 45,864 Net book value At 31 March 2025 7,964 37.990 45,954 At 31 March 2024 8.270 41.753 50,023 Creditgrs: amounts falling dve with in one year 2025 2024 Bank Loan Trade creditors Social security and othertaxes Atcruals Inlerfund 4,CKIO 5,735 2,548 4.360 16,757 4,000 9.169 2.836 3,820 33,4 19,825 Credltors.. amounts falllng due after more than one year 2025 2024 Bènk Lo3n 1.334 5,333 io