## **THORNES JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB** ## **Trustees Report 2022-23** Increases in playing numbers reported in 2021/22 continued into the 2022/23 season and income from members subscriptions increased by some £11000 in the year. To meet with increased costs e.g. grounds maintenance, the club agreed to increased members’ subs by £10 to £160 per year that accounted for £2000 of this increase in income. Recruitment into our younger age groups remained very strong with the majority of the Kickers players (5-6 yrs old) recruited in 2021/22 progressing into our under 7s in 2022/23. The club was especially pleased to report a new girls team at under 13 being established halfway through the season. The club had been looking to develop girls only teams in recent times and although the majority of the new players came “on block” from another club, a number of new players were also recruited. This allowed us to apply for funding from Barclays Bank (£500) who were offering grants to develop girls football. Unfortunately a wet autumn / winter had a significant negative impact on the fitness of our pitches and a high number of games were lost to the weather from as early as late October 2022 until March 2023. The major issue the club has faced over a number of years is that all of our pitches have no drainage. This season we started to engage with the Football Foundation over the possibility of securing grant income from them to enable us to implement effective an drainage system. Through discussions with our local councillors we were able to secure a commitment of matched funding. The next step was to work with Professional Agronomists who would design a detailed specification on the ideal drainage system for the site as required by the Football Foundation. We hoped to complete this during the 2023/24 season although this will mean half of our pitches ultimately being “out of action” whilst the new drainage system settles down. From a fundraising perspective the club was able to hold our annual small-sided football tournament in June 2023. The event was very successful both on and off the pitch where a financial surplus of £4300 was reported. Additionally our Christmas raffle supported club funds to the extent of £1100 and a further £1900 net income was generated through four car boot sales held during the year. Together with the continued successful tuck shop the club’s robust financial performance despite significant increases in costs to include clubhouse utilities, winter training facilities, playing kit and grounds maintenance ( the club uses professional grounds contractors). Nevertheless whilst the club looks only to cover its costs, a small financial surplus of £3632 was reported in this year’s accounts. These funds will be used, amongst other things, to maintain our members subscription levels at 2022/23 levels moving into the 2023/24 season. The club was keen to put this in place in the face of significant increases in the cost of living faced by all of our members families. The club will use its financial reserves to fund further cost pressures it will no doubt face during the year as detailed at the beginning of this paragraph. As is the clubs tradition the year came to a close with us holding our annual presentation day where all our teams reflected on yet another successful season, despite the challenges of the weather reported above, and we all looked forward to the new season. THORNes JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY 2022 TO 30 JUNE 20ZJ IN ME AND EXPENDIT R THE PERI D.ALLACC INCOME EXPE140rrvRE 3596fy.￿ InsUl8llCO5 1609.W Lew Fees ngAS 914.13 844gJ 1298. 2099. 667.26 Ratnes 16231 379 Pr•¢•nthn DJy2021 F￿esent&￿Tr Day2022 Presenwn Day2023 R8fr8sh FuAdlaLling £￿)ts S61 Prnsgnlknn DJy2021 Preyentaban Day3)22 846.66 PresenWon Day2023 9392 75 Réli8shThnL8 Fun0rn￿rt9 Event• I12.￿ Fin¢$ ISl&thl I380.￿ Xmas Ra 3175.(n WknterTr*Dh Kit & Equwer Gèl8 2021 Ggla 2022 6W.65 G8la 2023 44.10 ck*ns 0d¥èlChjbtK￿e (hTIcé IWA9 2380n7 * 3852.76 T05m 683.th) 1gJgJ 346nO 242.(X) WJ33FO 12803n5 1031S1* 13469.51 1592 Xm85 Ra Fa)htyHir• Isg G￿# 2021 G8la 3)22 G8la 2023 B*)k Interest Wak8T￿Id c￿￿￿1. SupwtGTant Foundatson FWlb*lFwnoawn Glam keis Krt Under95 Car Bwi S*s 8*¢￿￿GI2￿ U13 G* 5179 14610J 2365.32 3r23￿ 6397.86 14TVJ YAqOi¥J 159CI)LO FWlb*l FtewmioAUbn Gl*n 35.W knkeisK 396.70 Ramp PtEes 3S36.08 Tralnty Cwses wa￿GrantU13 ir& I￿.(￿> 1610m 39).67 IT 8151¥J TOT￿ INCOME IWOOA4 Tor￿ EXPEK•ThLIRE I￿21￿8 65018.63 BAL￿4¢£ BFIIDI JULY2022 7Sf.JY 32213.24 SU8 TOTAL iQi&W TO 101363.72 LESS E