CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the trustees Bndgend Town Football Club On accounts for the year ended 3151 March 2025 Charity no (if any) 1158594 Set out on pages 2to7 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty ("the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and basis As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the of report accounts in accordance with the ￿quIrernents of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounls 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 examinefs I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have statement come to my attents'on in connection wrth the examination {1)ttse￿ di￿10￿￿") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities A¢ or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable reqU1￿ments con￿mIng the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ttrue and fairf view which is not a rnatter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no cOn￿mS 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 accnunts to be reached. se delete the wonls in the brnckets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 71 sr£E£r CP31 4A2. IER ## [BRIDGEND ] TOWN FC Trustees Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2024-2025 ||**Page**| |---|---| |**Trustees Annual Report**|2-3| |**Legal and professional Information**|4| |**Statement of Receipts & Payments**|5| |**Statement of Balances**|5| |**Restricted Funds Receipts and Payments**|6| |**Notes to the Accounts**|7| Page 1 ## TRUSTEES’S ANNUAL REPORT The trustees present their report, along with the financial statements of the Club, for the year ended 31[st] March 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out on page 7 and in compliance with the Club’s Constitution and applicable law. ## **TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES** Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the Club’s financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Club will continue to operate. The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Club and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Club and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. ## **EXERCISE OF TRUSTEES’ POWERS** The Trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission. ## **GOVERNANCE AND ORGANISATION** The Club registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and is governed by its Constitution, adopted in June 2014. The names of the trustees holding office during the year to which these accounts relate are given on page 4. The trustees are appointed at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) The trustees meet on a regular basis during the year to discuss and administer the affairs of the Club. Reports on Club activities are made to the entire membership of the Club at its AGM. ## **CHARITY OBJECTS** Bridgend Town Football Club is a grassroots community based club, operating in Bridgend. We cater for teams from Under 6 through to senior football. We are a fully inclusive community club, providing for the development of Football and the health & wellbeing of all our members. ## **REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES** During the 2024/25 season, the Club has run 11-year groups participating in the Bridgend Port Talbot Junior Football League (U6s to U16s). The club is in the process of setting up a new U6s team and potentially a Junior team (U17s to U19s) to continue the growth of the club. The Club has continued to grow its girls team with over 30 girls now registered for Bridgend Town. The girls participate the local HUB leagues at U7s, U8s and U9s ages. The are 5 registered coaches across the girls teams with the plan to continue to growth into next season Page 2 The club decided not to hold a fun day again this year, as prior year, and instead looked to alternative methods for fundraising. ## **FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS** The club is looking to add a Juniors team which will mean that the current U16s team can continue to play football for the club before moving into Senior football. The club is working with Bridgend council and FAW leads in trying to secure a long term home pitch. The aim is to ensure that the Seniors have a pitch which meets requirements if the club 1[st] Team was to be promoted out of its current league. ## **FINANCIAL SUMMARY** The accounts have been prepared for a 12-month period for the financial year end to 31[st] March 2025. The principal source of funds for the Club remains the membership fees paid by its members, representing 96% of total receipts during the period. Members fees have increased significantly from last year due to having an extra age group, the growth of girls and increased player numbers across a number of mixed age groups. As of 31 March 2025, the Club holds £4,953 (2024: £13,172) in general funds. The Trustees consider this to be an appropriate level of reserves based on the activities of the Club. ## **RESERVES POLICY** It is the policy of the Club to maintain sufficient unrestricted funds (the free reserves of the Club) for the effective management day to day of the Club’s finances i.e., to cover costs of playing football and purchase of kit and equipment, as well as being able to respond to emergency needs which may arise from time to time. ## **RISK MANAGEMENT** The trustees have put in place several policies and procedures relating to areas of risk in connection with various aspects of the Club’s activities. ## **TRUSTEE APPROVAL** This annual report has been approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by: Mike Gardner ____________________ Chairman Date 19.06.2025 Jamie Wilson ____________________ Secretary Date 19.06.2025 Page 3 ## LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION ## TRUSTEES DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR AND AT THE DATE OF THE TRUSTEES REPORT |**Name**|**Appointed**|**Resigned**| |---|---|---| |Michael Gardner|22 February 2017|| |Richard Edwards|1 June 2018|| |Marc Cheverton|25 July 2022|| |Jamie Wilson|25 July 2022|| ## CHARITY REGISTRATION Registration number: 1158594 Registered Office: Suite 7, 5-7 Court Road, Bridgend, CF31 1BE ## BANKER NatWest Bank plc, 28 Adare Street, Bridgend, CF31 1EN. Page 4 ## STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2024 (12 MONTH PERIOD ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2024) |**2024**|**2025**| |---|---| |**Total**
**£**
**Receipts**
**28,325**Membership fees
**6,911**Gift Aid
**3,600**Sponsorship
**7,710**Grant funding
**1,485**Miscellaneous income
**0**Donations and fundraising
**48,031**Total receipts
**Payments**
**17,808**Pitch and Training facility hire
**601**Referee fees
**1,460**Tournament entry fees
**17,849**Kit and equipment
**4,112**Player presentations and trophies
**2,000**Coach training and education
**1,648**League costs and SWFA fines
**0**Events
**901**Other
**46,379**Total payments

**1,652**(Deficit) / Profit for the year|**General**
**Fund**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
37,759
0
37,759
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,509
0
1,509
0
0
0| ||39,268
0
39,268| ||27,936
0
27,936
1,095
0
1,095
1,480
0
1,480
9,702
0
9,702
3,829
0
3,829
820
0
820
2,100
0
2,100
0
0
0
525
0
525| ||47,487
0
47,487| ||(8,219)
0
(8,219)| Page 5 ## STATEMENT OF BALANCES AS AT 31[ST] MARCH 2023 |**31st**
**March**
**2024**|**31st March 2025**| |---|---| |**Total**
**Note**
**£**
**Movement in balances for the year**
**11,520**Opening balance at 1stApril
**0**Uncleared Payments 2022
**1,652**(Deficit) / Profit for the year
**13,172**Closing balance at 31stMarch

**Represented by:**
**13,172**Current Account – NatWest|**General**
**Fund**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
13,172
0
13,172
0
0
0
(8,219)
0
(8,219)| ||4,953
0
4,953| ||4,953
0
4,953| RESTRICTED FUNDS RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2023 |**Opening balance at 1st April**
**Received during the year**
**Kit bond refunds**
**Pitch training and facility hire**
**Kit and equipment**
**Coach education and training**
**Closing balance at 31st March**|Kit
Deposits
Comic
Relief
Grant
Community
Chest Grant
Total
£
£
£
£
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0| |---|---| ||0
0
0
0| Page 6 ## NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS ## 1. **Basis of accounts** The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention on a receipts and payments basis and are in accordance with the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2005 and guidance issued by the Charities Commission. ## 2. **Fund accounting** Bridgend Town FC is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Under its constitution, the trustees of the Club are free to apply the unrestricted general funds for the general charitable purposes set out in the constitution. The following restricted funds are operated: Kit bonds: The Club issues its playing members with match kit, ownership of which is retained by the Club. Grant funds: The Club applies for grant funding to support specific projects. These funds are restricted to the purposes for which the funding was approved. There was no grant funding received in 2021/22, in 2020/21 there was £1,000 received with no conditions attached so it has not been shown as a restricted fund. Further detail on restricted funds received and spent is set out on page 7. ## 3. **Trustee remuneration and expenses** No trustees received any remuneration or claimed expenses during the financial year. ## 4. **Related party transactions** There were no related party transactions during the year. ## 5. **Loans and guarantees** The Club has no borrowings as at 31[st] March 2025 (2024: £nil) and has not borrowed any monies during the year. The Club has given no guarantees during the financial year. Page 7 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the trustees Bndgend Town Football Club On accounts for the year ended 3151 March 2025 Charity no (if any) 1158594 Set out on pages 2to7 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty ("the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and basis As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the of report accounts in accordance with the ￿quIrernents of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounls 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 examinefs I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have statement come to my attents'on in connection wrth the examination {1)ttse￿ di￿10￿￿") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities A¢ or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable reqU1￿ments con￿mIng the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ttrue and fairf view which is not a rnatter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no cOn￿mS 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 accnunts to be reached. se delete the wonls in the brnckets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 71 sr£E£r CP31 4A2. IER