Bradford Disability Football Club
Charity number 1158017
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023
Bradford Disability Football Club
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Contents | Page |
|---|---|
| Trustees' report | 2 to 4 |
| Examiner's report | 5 |
| Receipts and payments account | 6 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 7 |
| Notes to the accounts | 8 to 9 |
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
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Bradford Disability Football Club
Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2023
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors
| The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: | The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: | The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Dates |
| Paul Squires | President | |
| Steve Parr | Chair | |
| Lindsay Richardson | Vice-chair | Resigned 30 April 2023 |
| Andrew Clayton | Secretary | |
| Kenneth Knights | Treasurer | |
| Jayne Winn | Fundraising Officer | |
| Elizabeth Robinson | Welfare Officer | Resigned 30 April 2023 |
| Sandra Stead | ||
| Tracy Cliffe | ||
| Deborah Parnaby | ||
| Steve Parnaby | ||
| Gillian Whittle | ||
| Mark Lightowler | ||
| Katrina Butler | Appointed 30 April 2023 | |
| Amanda Wilson | Appointed 30 April 2023 | |
| Charity number | 1158017 | Registered in England and Wales |
| Registered and principal address | ||
| 7 Chapel Close | ||
| Crossroads | ||
| Keighley | ||
| BD22 9AD | ||
| Bankers | ||
| HSBC | Santander | |
| PO Box 45 | Santander Business Banking Operations | |
| 47 Market Street | Sunderland | |
| Bradford | SR43 4FW | |
| BD1 1LW | ||
| Independent examiner | ||
| Stephen Procter | ||
| West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO | ||
| Stringer House | ||
| 34 Lupton Street | ||
| Leeds | ||
| LS10 2QW |
Structure, governance and management
The charity is governed by a constitution adopted on 1 January 2001 and as amended 23 May 2014.
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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Bradford Disability Football Club
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
To relieve the charitable needs of disabled people in particular but not exclusively by the provision of facilities for playing football.
The charity's main activities
The current activities of Bradford Disability Football Club (BDFC) are to pursue, promote and implement opportunities for disabled people in football by:
Actively increasing the number of disabled people playing football.
Actively promote awareness of equality.
Link with current local and national initiatives.
Provide advice and assistance to other potential partners.
Raise the profile of disabled football.
Public benefit statement
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit.
Achievements and performance
It’s been another good year for the club in many ways. Our adult membership has grown but in particular I want to say a few more words about our junior group. Recruiting junior members has always been a challenge for the club but this year it’s really starting to take off so thank you in particular to Steve and Debbie Parnaby for all the good work in getting our membership up.
We know social events are important to our members so we are proud to have been able to organise an event at least once per month last year, many of our trustees get involved in organising these but special thanks must go to Sandra and Lindsey for all their hard work.
Our financial situation is pretty good but every year the club requires significant funding, much more than the subs our members pay so we are always grateful to businesses who sponsor us whether it be large or small amounts. We also apply for funding for grants and thankfully one of our trustees, Jayne is pretty good at it!
Another of our key achievements was the appointment of our new Head Coach Indy Aujla. We have been very lucky to recruit Indy, he has a wealth of experience in football having played and coached at a very high standard both in England and Belgium, he also has lots of experience working with people with disabilities. Indy’s job is to get the very best out of each of our members no matter what their level is, make members experience fun and enjoyable and help to develop our younger coaches and members who want to progress into coaching in the future. I can genuinely say Indy is already making a positive difference to our club.
Once again, we hosted our very successful annual tournament in September with over sixty teams taking part from across the country, we believe this is now one of the largest disability football tournaments in the country.
Financial review
The net receipts for the year were £4,031, including net receipts of £4,629 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £598 on restricted funds.
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Bradford Disability Football Club
Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves at the year end were £40.346. The trustees review the reserves level in conjunction with the annual events and expected income and expenditure for the year to ascertain that there is sufficient unrestricted funds to ensure continuity of service to the members, six months running costs are retained in reserve as a minimum.
Approved by the board of trustees on 11/07/2023
Ken Knights (Trustee)
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Bradford Disability Football Club
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Bradford Disability Football Club
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 6 to 9.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity 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 charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
Stephen Procter
17/07/2023
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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Bradford Disability Football Club
Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Notes 2023 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants and donations (2) 14,028 Fundraising 2,087 Memberships 625 Subscription fees 8,224 Clothing and kit sales 256 UK trips and events 5,392 Northern Ireland trip 4,330 Bank interest 14 Tournaments 1,620 Sponsorship 600 Other income - Total receipts 37,176 Payments Clothing and kit costs 1,947 Coaching costs 7,790 Equipment - Marketing 308 First Aid - Professional fees 360 Social events 7,988 Administration 50 Telephone 342 Insurance 300 Trips 4,128 Training - Venue hire 1,671 DBS checks 58 Registration fee costs 695 Tournament costs 3,305 Volunteer expenses 108 Travel 3,388 Other expenses 109 Total payments 32,547 Net income / (expenditure) 4,629 Fund balances brought forward 35,717 Fund balances carried forward (3) 40,346 |
2023 Restricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 598 - - - - - - 598 (598) 2,178 1,580 |
2023 Total funds £ 14,028 2,087 625 8,224 256 5,392 4,330 14 1,620 600 - 37,176 1,947 7,790 - 308 - 360 7,988 50 342 300 4,128 - 2,269 58 695 3,305 108 3,388 109 33,145 4,031 37,895 41,926 |
2022 Total funds £ 18,295 1,786 50 5,983 1,311 4,426 - 1,765 - 87 33,703 7,205 3,140 25 223 1,020 330 4,146 74 311 - - 285 2,857 60 150 2,547 - 2,010 419 24,802 8,901 28,994 37,895 |
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Bradford Disability Football Club
Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 31 March 2023 2023 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 40,096 Cash in hand 250 Total cash funds 40,346 Liabilities Northern Ireland trip - accomodation Northern Ireland trip - ferry costs Independent examination |
2023 Restricted £ 1,580 - 1,580 |
2023 Total £ 41,676 250 41,926 £ 10,700 368 594 11,662 |
2022 Total £ 37,791 104 37,895 |
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 11/07/2023
Ken Knights (Trustee)
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Bradford Disability Football Club
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2023
1 Accounting policies
Basis of accounting
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
Taxation
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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Bradford Disability Football Club
Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2023
| 2 Grants and donations Scope Tony Rampton Trust Locala Mediacom Sovereign Healthcare The Football Foundation Yorkshire Sport Other donations 3 Restricted funds Sovereign Healthcare The Football Foundation Yorkshire Sport |
Balance b/f £ 1,580 363 235 2,178 |
2023 Unrestricted funds £ 10,444 1,750 1,500 - - - - 334 14,028 Receipts £ - - - - |
2023 Restricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - Payments £ - 363 235 598 |
2023 Total funds £ 10,444 1,750 1,500 - - - - 334 14,028 Transfers £ - - - - |
2022 Total funds £ - 2,500 - 5,850 3,200 1,713 1,305 3,727 18,295 Balance c/f £ 1,580 - - 1,580 |
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Fund name Purpose of restriction
Sovereign Healthcare Towards the costs of venue hire. The Football Foundation Towards the costs of venue hire. Yorkshire Sport For venue hire, mobile phone and coaching costs.
4 Related party transactions
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
Trustee remuneration and benefits
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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