West Country Hawks Wheelchair Rugby Club
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Annual Report – Financial year end 5 April 2025
Basic Details
Charity Name: West Country Hawks Wheelchair Rugby Club Registration Number: 1153979 Constitution Adopted on: 15 April 2009 Registered Office: Brook Cottage, Sampford Courtenay Trustees: Mr R Masters Mr P Smedley Mr A Simmons Mr J Blake-Turner (resigned 3 June 2025)
Structure and Management
The club is managed directly by a committee elected from its members, which comprises for the year 2024/25:
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Chairman (A Simmons)
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Secretary (V Smedley)
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Treasurer (P Smedley)
These posts are open to all club members
The trustees (as named above) are recruited from the Wheelchair Rugby and wider Rugby community with the aim of ensuring an ongoing knowledge of delivering a competitive sports club to its members in a safe and secure environment for all abilities.
Current Membership: 15
Activities and Objectives
Carrying forwards its aims from inception, the club has continued to strive to provide an on-going resource for the local disabled community though provision of a successful sporting resource, linked to its several years direct experience of the physical and mental benefits of involving disabled members of the community with team sport. To this end the club maintains weekly training sessions, competes nationally in GBWR tournaments and supports club players within the GB team development structure. The club also continues to promote and publicise its activities within the South West in an attempt to reach as many interested individuals as possible.
All activities are organised and supported by unpaid volunteers.
For the reporting period (financial year end 5[th] April 2025), the trustees believe the actions of the charity have met its objectives and thereby complied with the duty in section 4 of the 2006 Act to have due regard to guidance on public benefit published by the Commission.
Achievements and Performance
Overall the club has had a successful year building its membership, range of activities and profile.
The main club weekly training session at the Plymouth Life Centre (Monday), has been maintained and expanded with further club members.
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West Country Hawks Wheelchair Rugby Club
All teams have competed successfully within the national leagues throughout the year.
Financial Review (Please see club accounts for current year.)
The club is supported by monthly subscriptions from its members and charitable grants on an ad hoc basis (generally for specific equipment requirements).
Main costs for the club are:
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Hire of training facilities
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Transport of equipment
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Ongoing chair maintenance
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Competition fees
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Professional training (Coaching, Safeguarding etc.)
A positive cash reserve is maintained within the club current account and managed by the charity trustees.
At the end of the club financial period 2024-25, there is no further planned expenditure over and above those costs as detailed above.
Statement Prepared by:
Peter Smedley (Trustee)
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees Charity Name Westcountry Hawks Wheelchair Rugby Club ~~e~~ e ~~e~~ On accounts for the year Charity no ended 5 April 2025 (if any) 1153979 ~~ee~~ Set out on pages 5-6 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ~~po~~ I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 05/04/2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Date: 03/02/2026 Signed: ~~Lc~~ Name: Mr Jon Westley FCA ~~O~~ e Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Thompson Jenner LLP 1 Colleton Crescent, Exeter, EX2 4DG
IER
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
IER
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| WESTCOUNTRY HAWKS WHEELCHAIR RUGBY CLUB | 1153979 | ||||
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| Receipts and payments accounts | CC16a | ||||
| 06/04/2024 05/04/2025 To For the period from J |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds |
Endowment | Total funds | Last year | ||
| to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||
| A1 Receipts | |||||
| Member Subscriptions 3,950 - - Fundraising - bucket collections 2,390 - - Sponsor Payments 500 - - Claire Milne Trust funding for member chair - 4,000 - Event hosting 7,009 - - Exeter Foundation Fund 1,313 - - Mark Mason funding for member chair - 8,281 - Other donations 982 - - Sported Grant 2,000 - - Sub total(Gross income for AR) 18,144 12,281 - === |
3,950 2,390 500 4,000 7,009 1,313 8,281 982 2,000 30,425 |
3,950 2,390 500 4,000 7,009 1,313 8,281 982 2,000 30,425 |
3,950 96 - - - 1,000 - - - 5,046 |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 18,144 12,281 - 30,425 5,046 —===== |
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| A3 Payments | |||||
| Club training hall hire | 2,755 - - |
- | 2,755 | 2,755 | 1,584 |
| Spares and repairs | 643 - - |
- | 643 | 643 | 349 |
| Card payments system subs | 130 - - |
- | 130 | 130 | 34 |
| Website subs Website development |
192 - - 500 - - |
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192 500 |
192 500 |
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| GBWR Competition and member payments |
5,060 - - |
- | 5,060 | 5,060 | 3,921 |
| Event costs | 2,861 - - |
- | 2,861 | 2,861 | - |
| Other competition costs | 871 - - |
- | 871 | 871 | 982 |
| Club memberships | 50 - - |
- | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| **Sub total ** | 13,062 - - |
- | 13,062 | 13,062 | 6,920 |
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Milne trust funded chair payment - 4,000 - Mark Mason funded chair payment - 8,378 - Sub total - 12,378 - SSeS |
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4,000 8,378 12,378 |
4,000 8,378 12,378 |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
13,062 12,378 - 25,440 6,920 5,081 (97) - 4,985 (1,874) (97) 97 - - - 10,069 - - 10,069 11,943 15,054 - - 15,054 10,069 ===== |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Restricted | Endowment | ||
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| Categories | Details | funds | funds | funds | |
| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||
| B1 Cash funds | Club current account Total cash funds — |
15,054 - - - - - - - - 15,054 - - === |
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| (agree balances with receipts and payments | |||||
| account(s)) | OK | OK | OK | ||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Restricted | Endowment | ||
| funds | funds | funds | |||
| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ===> |
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| B3 Investment assets | Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - - Details ——=_= |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
Details Wheelchair rubgy chairs Trailer = |
Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) WCH Charity - - WCH Charity - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - === |
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| Fund to which | Amount due | Amount due | When due | ||
| Details | liability relates | (optional) | (optional) | ||
| B5 Liabilities | - - |
- - |
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| - | - | ||||
| - | - | ||||
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Print Name | Date of approval |
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| Peter Smedley | 15/01/2026 |
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