## **BURWELL COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE**
## **THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS / TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR, 01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025**
Charity: Burwell Community Sports Centre
Charity Registration Number: 1147828
Address: Burwell Sports Centre, Buntings Path, Burwell, Cambridge, CB25 0DD
## **Structure and Governance**
BCSC is a charitable company limited by guarantee. The company number is 07752933.
The directors/trustees oversee the management of the sports centre. They employ a manager and supporting staff to operate the centre. Directors/trustees are recruited locally, usually by an open invitation for nominees or volunteers. A representative of Burwell Parish Council, the minor local authority, has sometimes attended board meetings in a non-voting capacity. A representative of one of the centre’s largest users, Soham Roller Hockey Club, also attended board meetings in a non-voting capacity during the year.
The following directors/charity trustees served throughout the year
Martin O’Leary
Helen McMenamin-Smith
Quentin Cooke
Flora May Waterhouse
Helen McMenamin-Smith stepped down as chair in October 2024. Quentin Cooke succeeded her as chair.
Valerie Rout resigned as a Director / Trustee in September 2024.
Ivan Stiff also resigned in September 2024, having served the Centre for a number of years in various capacities including being a maintenance volunteer, Director, and former Chair. He sadly passed away shortly after resigning from the Board.
The following directors/charity trustees were appointed during the year:
Paul Webb was appointed in September 2024, having previously attended as a representative of the Parish Council in a non-voting capacity.
Victor Le Grand was appointed in March 2025.
## **Activities during the year**
We were able to run a full programme of weekly activities throughout the year. This included play sessions for parents and toddlers in conjunction with Cambridgeshire County Council; junior badminton coaching and roller skating; ‘Mature and Active’ exercise sessions for over 55’s, including badminton, Tai Chi and carpet bowls; and new targeted exercise programmes in collaboration with the Cambridgeshire ‘Healthy You’ public health strand. Independent clubs and groups also continued to run very strong programmes for a range of age groups and ability levels in dance, roller hockey, badminton, table tennis and football (excepting in the case of football a period when there were technical problems with the surface of the outdoor pitch, which were resolved in November 2024).
These activities, which draw very largely from Burwell and surrounding villages, contribute significantly to the health and wellbeing of the community, and pricing is kept at affordable levels for all programmes to ensure that they are accessible to as many people as possible.
## **Financial Report**
Turnover for the year was £116650. This is the highest figure of annual earnings ever recorded for the centre, resulting from the continuing popularity and development of the programme. Bank interest received amounted to £963. Costs including depreciation totalled £108,095, resulting in a surplus of £11,852. Staff costs were £58,604, representing 50% of turnover. Electricity costs - which had risen sharply in the previous year to £20,366 - dropped back to £11,272, following the installation of LED lighting to all main areas..
The centre operates two reserve funds, neither of which is currently restricted as the funds have been generated from annual surpluses and unrestricted grants. At yearend funds held in the astro reserve account were £30747, and in the maintenance reserve account £29,108. The Current Account balance was £6,873
A business bank loan (which helped to finance the earlier expansion of the exercise studio) carries a fixed rate of interest of 2.5%. The balance outstanding of the loan at 31/03 2025 was £6,000.
## **Other matters**
There were no serious incidents at the sports centre
No employee earned over £60000 in 2024/2025.
Victor Le Grand
Treasurer and a Director of Burwell Community Sports Centre
|BURWELL COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE
A company limited by guarantee in England and Wales
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31/03/2025
INCOME
2025
£
Total earnings for year
Grants received
Bank interest recerived
TOTAL INCOME
LESS EXPENSES
Staff costs
58604
Fees to coaches
4740
Building maintenance
1485
Astro maintenance
1050
Electricity
11272
Heating oil
2923
Office expenses
1146
Insurance
2556
Refreshments
4052
Equipment
529
Equipment rental
473
Licence fees
830
Cleaning services
7230
Cleaning materials, recycling
and waste collection
1390
Business rates
1288
Water charges
468
Loan interest
211
Finance charges
810
Professional fees
117
Professional subscriptions
60
Accountancy
245
Training
183
Travelling expenses
294
Other expenses
32
Bad and doubtful debts
370
Depreciation
5737
TOTAL EXPENSES
108095
NET SURPLUS FOR YEAR|Charity reg no. 1147828
Company no
7752933
PAGE 1
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
116650
115623
2334
0
963
827
119947
116450
53367
4800
5684
1040
20366
2723
790
2959
4345
339
515
789
7434
1428
1035
468
324
1002
135
60
245
120
340
0
432
1786
108095
112526
112526
11852
3924|Charity reg no. 1147828
Company no
7752933
PAGE 1
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
116650
115623
2334
0
963
827
119947
116450
53367
4800
5684
1040
20366
2723
790
2959
4345
339
515
789
7434
1428
1035
468
324
1002
135
60
245
120
340
0
432
1786
108095
112526
112526
11852
3924|
|---|---|---|
|||3924|
Charity reg no 1147828 7752933 PAGE 2
BURWELL COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE A company limited by guarantee in England and Wales ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31/03/2025
|FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION
Buildings
Cost at 01/04/2024
Less grants received in previous years
Floodlit all-weather pitch
Cost before improvements
Less grants received in previous years
Less depreciation given
Cost of improvements in 2022/2023
Less grant received
Less depreciation claimed previously
Depreciation claimed this year £17214 x 15% =|£
409910
293826|£
409910
293826|
|---|---|---|
||116084
127239
109193||
|||18046
18046|
|||0
42214
25000|
|||17214
2296
14918
1148
13770|
Depreciation in respect of pitch improvements is to be claimed over a 15 year period
## Equipment, furniture and fittings
|Equipment, furniture and fittings|||
|---|---|---|
|Equipment
Furniture
& fittings
Rate of depreciation
25%
25%
£ £
Value at 01/04/2024
287
1626
Additions this year
1066
16444
1353
18070
Less grants received
1066
0
287
18070
Less depreciation
72
4517
Value at 31/03/2025
215
13553
DEPRECIATION FOR YEAR
Floodlit all-weather pitch
Equipment, furniture and fittings
Total depreciation this year|Total
£
1913
17510||
||19423
1066
18357
4589
13768
1148
4589
5737||
|||5737|
|BURWELL COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE|||Charity reg no|1147828|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|A company limited by guarantee in England and|Wales||Company no|7752933|
|ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31/03/2025||||PAGE 3|
|BALANCE SHEET|||||
||2025|2025|2024|2024|
||£
|£|£
|£|
|Fixed assets|||||
|Buildings||116084||116084|
|Floodlit all-weather pitch (astro)||13770||14918|
|Equipment, furniture and fittings||13768||1913|
|||143622||132915|
|Current assets|||||
|Cash at bank|||||
|current account|6873||6308||
|astro reserve account|30747||30297||
|maintenance reserve account|29108||38294||
|Cash in hand|486||941||
|Debtors|11199||9374||
|Prepayments|319||98||
|Stock|||||
|refreshments|757||691||
|heating oil|950||400||
||80439||86403||
|Less|||||
|Creditors|3323||5932||
|Loan|6000||10500||
||71116|71116|69971|69971|
|||214738||202886|
|Capital Account|||||
|Balance brought forward||202886||198962|
|Add net surplus||11852||3924|
|Balance carried forward||214738||202886|
These accounts and financial statements for the year ended 31/03/2025 have been prepared by the treasurer of Burwell Community Sports Centre, M J O'Leary. He is a director of the limited company and a trustee of the registered charity.
## **Independent Examiners Report on the Accounts of Burwell Sports Centre**
## **Year Ended 31 March 2025**
The trustees of Burwell Sports Centre are responsible for the preparation of the accounts, and 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 needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act), and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
My 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 presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items of disclosure in the accounts, and seeking explanation from you as trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention which:
- gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements to:
- keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
- prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act; have not been met; or
- in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
Stuart Hunter FCCA 2 The Leys Burwell Cambridgeshire CB25 0DZ
Dated: 31 July 2025