## ## ## ## ## ## ||||||SORP reference|SORP reference|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary
the charity
governing||ofthe purposes
as set out in its
document||of|Para|1 17|The objectives ofthe club are established
in
the constitution
which was approved
by the
trustees on August 29a 2014.The object of
the club isthe promotion
o(community||| ||||||||participation
in healthy
recreation|for the|| ||||||||benefit ofthe inhabitants
of Southampton||| ||||||||and the surrounding
area by the|provision|of| ||||||||facilities for athletics and athletic|related|| ||||||||activities.
In setting our objective|and|| ||||||||planning
our activities the trustees have||| ||||||||given careful consideration
to the Charity||| ||||||||Commission's
general guidance|on public|| ||||||||benefit||| |Summary
activities||of the main
in relation tothose|||Pare
1 19|1 17 anger|||| |purposes
for the public
benefit,
in particular,
the
activities, projects or services
identified
in the accounts.|||||||The club is managed
by a Management
Committee
which meets regularly
throughout
the year. For the year ending 30 September
2020 the Committee
held six full meetings||| ||||||||which included
the 2019AGM.||| ||||||||Serving Committee
members
through
the||| ||||||||year were:||| ||||||||Tracey Jones||| ||||||||Mary Axtell||| ||||||||Tim Hall||| ||||||||Debbie Callaway||| ||||||||Diane Reavey||| ||||||||Stuart Saint||| ||||||||Elizabeth
Pugh||| ||||||||Zoe Bond||| ||||||||David Blackman||| ||||||||Michael Coker||| ||||||||Jon Tilt||| ||||||||Nicci Bolinger||| ||||||||The club has an open member's|policy and|| ||||||||membership
ofthe club is open|to anyone|| |||||who is ekgible to join an athletic club under| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||the rules of England
Athletics. The club| |||||charges a membership
fee and the| |||||committee
strives to keep these fees at an| |||||affordable
level.| |||||Last year the club invested
in new| |||||membership
software
which continues
to be| |||||very successful
in automating
the reporting| |||||and accounting
of all new membership| |||||applications,
saving volunteer
time and also| |||||allowing
effective communications
to all| |||||members
through
the LoveAdmin
portal.| |||||The year has been dominated
by the impact| |||||of COVID-19 and the club's energies have| |||||been focussed on providing
appropriate| |||||responses
and actions
to meet government| |||||guidelines.| |||||Despite this overall membership
levels have| |||||remained
good with 373competing| |||||members.| |Statement||confirming|Para I 18|All the charity trustees are volunteers,
and| |whether|the trustees have|||have regard to the public benefit guidance| |had regard||to the guidance||when carrying
out their duties, whether
in| |issued|by|the Charity||administration,
safeguarding
and in the| |Commission
on public||||provision
and facilitation
of athletic related| |benefit||||activities for members| |ou ma
c|ho|ose to|include fu|rther statements|rther statements| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORP reference|| |||||Para|1 38| |Policy on|grant making||||| |||||Para|1.38| |Policy on|social investment||||| |including|program||related||| |investment|||||| |||||Para|1.38| |Contribution||made|by||| |volunteers|||||| |Other|||||| ## |Achievements|Achievements|against||Para|1 41|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |obiectives set||||||||||||| |Performance||of fundraising||||||||||| |activities against objectives||||Para|1 41|||||||| |set||||||||||||| |Investment|performance|||Para|1.41|||||||| |against objectives||||||||||||| |||||||Athletic Achievement|for|2019/20||||| |Athletic Performance|||&|||||||||| |Achievement||||||||||||| |||||||In a normal
year Southampton|||Athletic||Club|| |||||||would
celebrate
its athletes||and volunteers||||at| |||||||the annual
awards
evening.||The Club's athletic||||| |||||||year ending
in autumn|2020 was far from|||||| |||||||normal.
Despite the challenges|||of|the year,||the| |||||||missed competitions,|with|creative||solutions||to| |||||||coaching
and training|through||the|year,|the|| |||||||club has an impressive|list|of|Athletic|||| |||||||Achievements.||||||| |||||||The information
here|was sourced|||from|'The|| |||||||Power of 10Website'|and|directly||from|the|| |in a very difficult
year for Southampton
AC|| |---|---| |throwers,
with
all outdoor age-group|| |championship
competition
cancelled,
the junior|| |athletes
in particular
had limited
opportunities,|| |but produced
some great performances
to|| |achieve
multiple
PB's and impressive
National|| |rankings,
which
has provided
the motivation|to| |keep up their training
through
the challenging|| |winter
months,
hopefully
in preparation
for a|| |successful
summer
season
in 2021. Notable|| |achievements
were from:|| |Joshua Douglas
UK U20 discus ranking
—1st;|| |Anna Merritt
UK U20 hammer
ranking
—3rd|&| |discus - 11th;|| |Brad Jenvey
UK U20 javelin
ranking
- 4th;|| |Jessica Bennett
UK U20 hammer
ranking|| |11th;|| |Elizabeth
Adamson
UK U20 discus ranking-|| |10th;|| |Olivia Austin
UK U17 discus ranking
- 4th;|| |Gracie Jenvey
UK U17 hammer
ranking
- 8th;|| |Jasmine
Larsen
UK U17javelin
ranking
—7th;|| |Travis Scottow
UK U15 shot ranking
- 2nd &|| |discus
—4th;|| |Jacob Axtell
UK U15javelin
ranking
- 4'"|| |In addition,
Chris Scott won a bronze medal|| |in the Senior British Championships
in|| |September
2020 in the discus|| ## ||||||it would
normally
be the committee's
policy to| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||allocate approximately
3096 of the operating| ||||||surplus
arising
in the year to the forward| ||||||funding
reserve,
however
on the assumption| ||||||that athletic
activity
will be able to| ||||||recommence
from the start of the summer| ||||||season, the costs that will be payable,
which| ||||||will also include
league hosting
and travel costs| ||||||(f9,221 in 2019)are expected to exceed the| ||||||expected
income from subscriptions,
open| ||||||meetings
and donations,
once all the payments| ||||||delayed
from the previous
year are completed.| ||||||The Club currently
has a surplus
position
in the| ||||||General
Reserve accounts
which
will| ||||||comfortably
cover the deficit, and enable the| ||||||Cub to absorb the subscription
reductions
and| ||||||keep the fees at the same
level to support
our| ||||||members
in this challenging
year.| ||||||We will be undertaking
a review of the charity's| ||||||internal
financial
controls
during
2020-21 and| ||||||also have an ongoing
review of our expenses| ||||||policy to ensure that we continue to strike a| ||||||balance between
supporting
the athletes
in a| ||||||sustainable
way that avoids a loss in a normal| ||||||accounting
period
(not affected
by Covid-19| ||||||pandemic)| |Statement||explaining|the|Para 1.22|The purpose ofthe reserve headings
are as| |policy
stating|for holding reserves
why they are held||||detailed
below:| ||||||General
Reserves
- At the discretion of the| ||||||management
committee
these reserves
are| ||||||available to use in the future on capital| ||||||projects or to fund the ongoing
activities of the| ||||||club as required;| ||||||Forward
Funding
Reserve - This reserve
is set| ||||||aside to meet any major or capital expenditure| ||||||ofthe club that may be incurred
in future| ||||||periods. This expenditure
is of a non recurrent| ||||||or cyclical nature
and
is not intended
to be| ||||||used to cover the ongoing
daily activities of| ||||||the club.| |Amount
of reserves
held|Amount
of reserves
held||Para|1 22|Fixed term deposits —unrestricted|Fixed term deposits —unrestricted|E7t,g16| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Cash at bank|at 30/9/2020 —unrestncted|| ||||||263,059(restricted f1,005 from donations)||| |Reasons for holding
zero|||Para|122|Not applicable||| |reserves|||||||| |Details of fund matenally||in|Para|1 24|Not appkcable||| |deficit|||||||| |Explanation
of any|||Para|1.22|Not applicable||| |uncertainties
about the|||||||| |chanty continuing
as a going|||||||| |concern|||||||| |Additional
information|(optional)||||||| |You ma
choose to include||further statements|||where relevant|about:|| |The chanty's
principal|||||||| |sources of funds (mcluding|||Para|1 41|||| |any fundraising)|||||||| |Investment
policy and
objectives including
any|||Para|1.46|||| |social investment
policy|||||||| |adopted|||||||| |A description
ofthe principal|||Para|1 46|||| |nsks facing the charity|||||||| |Other|||||||| ## |Structure, Governa|n|ce|and|Manag|ement|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Description
of charity's||||||||||| |trusts:||||||||||| |Type of governing
document|||Para|1.25|CONSTITUTION|||||| |How is the charity|||Para|1.25|CHARITABLE INCORPORATED|||||| |constituted?|||||ORGANISATION|||||| |Trustee selection methods|||Para|\ 25|Trustees are appointed|||by|the management|| |including
details of any|||||committee|of the|club|or by|members|ofthe| |constitutional
provisions|e.g.||||club at the|Annual|General||Meeting|| |election to post or name|of|||||||||| |any person or body entitled||||||||||| |to appoint one or more||||||||||| |trustees||||||||||| |Additional
information|(optional)|||||||||| |You ma
choose to include||further statements|||where relevant about:|||||| |Policies and procedures||||||||||| |adopted
for the induction||and||||||||| |training
oftrustees||||||||||| |The charity's
organisational||||||||||| |structure
and any wider|||Para|1 51||||||| |network
with which the||||||||||| |chanty works||||||||||| |Relationship
with any related|||Para|1.51||||||| |parties||||||||||| |Other||||||||||| ## ## ## ## ##