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2025-09-30-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1st October 2024 To 30th September 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name BLYTH CRICKET CLUB, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Other names charity is known by NA Registered charity number (if any) 1159331 Charity's principal address Park Drive Sheffield Road Blyth Postcode S81 8HF

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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8		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Jack Tarr Chair & Chair of
Management
Committee
Andrew Carter Secretary &
Secretary of
Management
Committee
Malcolm Butler Treasurer &
Treasurer
Management
Committee
Bridget Butler Administrator &
Management
Committee Member
Jemima Dalton 2ndXI Captain,
Womens & Girls
Lead, Junior
Coordinator &
Management
Committee Member
Karen Rice Management
Committee Member

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
Name
Address
Financial Audit Enterprise
Accountants		 8 Castlegate, Tickhill, South Yorkshire, DN11 9QU

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Association Model Constitution, dated 1[st] December 2024 (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods Elected by club membership (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

We are a traditional village amateur cricket club and as such our organisational structure is relatively straightforward. As a club we operate within the English & Wales Cricket Board, Bassetlaw and District Cricket League, East Midlands Women’s Cricket League and Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and abide by their regulations where relevant. We currently have six Charity Trustees who manage the charity to ensure that our charitable objects are met. No Trustees retired during 2024-2025 and no new Trustees joined us.

As a Club we have separated out cricket activities from non-cricket activities in financial terms. Non-cricket activities such as fundraising are managed through the Blyth CC Management Committee separately and any money raised being passed on to the CIO.

Blyth CC Management Committee manages the club on a day to day basis. Blyth CC Management Committee meets on a monthly basis, with all Charity Trustees sitting on the Committee (in addition to other club members). There is a standing agenda item for Finance and another for CIO management and issues. In 2025-2026 we will be moving to additional separate Charity Trustee meetings that will be held just before a Blyth CC Committee meeting at least three times per year. The AGM for the Charity will continue to be at the same time as the ‘Club AGM’.

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Our accounting year starts in October and runs to September. This Annual Report covers the period from October 2024 to September 2025.

Section C Objectives and activities The object of the CIO is the promotion of community participation in Summary of the objects of the healthy recreation in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing charity set out in its of cricket. governing document Blyth Cricket Club is a traditional village amateur cricket club where we aim to provide healthy recreation for all by playing cricket in an open and inclusive environment. We have two senior (mixed) teams, a women and girls section (3 teams) and a thriving junior section (5 teams). Our players range from 4 years old to 75. As in previous years we have continued to work hard to be an approachable club to attract new senior and junior players and those who want to take part in cricket by being part of the club as junior volunteers, ground maintenance etc. for future seasons. We continue to appeal to families and include multi-generational teams. We have again hosted several community events during 2025 such as the Blyth Women and Girls Softball Festival, which again was one of the largest of its kind in Nottinghamshire and included many women and girls Summary of the main who were new to the sport. We also hosted several schools cricket activities undertaken for the events such as an inter-school cricket day for local primary schools. public benefit in relation to these objects (include within Our main fundraising event this year was to host a local music festival this section the statutory ‘Oddsock 2025’ for their second event. We were also invited to run a bar; declaration that trustees have ‘Clubhouse Cocktails’. This event was very successful for the Club in had regard to the guidance terms of fundraising but also in raising our profile in the local community. issued by the Charity Commission on public As a club we continue to have several objectives for 2025-2026 and benefit) beyond which will support our charitable aims but the focus of this report is on October 2024 to September 2025 and the 2025 cricket season. Over recent years we have developed the leading women and girls section in Bassetlaw and this continues to thrive. Our ground and facilities are maintained solely by volunteers. Our facilities are limited and struggle to meet the needs of the club especially with growing female and junior sections. 2025 Season Trustees and Management Committee members continued to meet up for monthly management committee/CIO meeting from October 2024 to September 2025 apart from December 2024 when there was no meeting. Trustees and Management Committee members also kept in touch via email/phone on a regular basis even when not meeting formally. Some issues can’t wait to be discussed only at a formal meeting. Examples of this can include some purchasing decisions that relate to ground

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maintenance. The good governance rules we have previously put in place around purchasing procedures were still adhered to. Up to £250 financial decisions can be agreed by one Trustee, from £250 - £1000 a written quote and approval at a BCC Management Committee meeting (that is quorate with Trustees) is required, with further rules for purchases above £1K requiring two written quotes and approval at a quorate committee meeting.

In recent years we have carried out a considerable amount of maintenance and upgrading work to the grounds (e.g. repaired and new fencing) and changing rooms (redecorated, new carpets and furniture). The clubhouse kitchen has been refurbished and the clubhouse was recarpeted. Last year we focused our attention on raising funds to upgrade our toilet and shower facilities which did not meet ECB standards. We identified several sources of potential funding which we successfully applied for:

The upgrading work took place through the off-season to minimise disruption to cricket activities and was completed successfully before the start of the season in March 2025.

Last year we also approached our County Pitch Advisor as we were now eligible to be considered for the ECB Grass Pitch Improvement Fund. Our ground was assessed by the County Pitch Advisor who provided us with a Pitch Power Cricket Assessment in August 2024. The report provided information on the standard of our cricket ground and outlined recommendations on how to improve the quality and maintenance of our ground. The report was presented to the Management Committee at the September meeting but decisions on taking the recommendations forward took place at the October 2024 meeting and can now be reported as part of this annual report.

Recommended work:

All recommendations were approved by Trustees to be carried out in the off-season October 2025 to April 2026. Funding for the works was obtained from the ECB via their Grass Pitch Improvement Fund using their preferred supplier (Lightfoots Ltd). Total funding was £16K, which included all recommended work except the end of season squarer renovations, which we completed ourselves.

Last season (2024) we had significant issues with our pitch roller, which meant we had to hire a roller in for much of the season. We identified a groundsman at a local larger club who was able to identify the problem and bring our roller back into use – it has remained fully functional for the 2025 season. A new roller would be prohibitively expensive for us (even a second hand one) so fixing our current one and maintaining it was a

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priority. Without a functioning roller we would be unable to play cricket at all on the grass wickets.

We ran two senior teams playing on a Saturday – First XI (Division 4) and Second XI teams (Division 6) in the Bassetlaw & District League. We had 33 people who played B&DCL cricket in 2025.

The women and girls section continued to develop at pace, playing softball and hardball across a range of teams: Women’s Hardball XI in the Premier Division, a Super 8s hardball team, all in the East Midlands Womens Cricket League plus a softball team in Division 2 North Central, East Midlands Women’s Cricket. Women’s cricket was mostly played on a Sunday and we had 40 players in the league.

At the junior level we ran two under 9 cricket softball teams for our younger juniors (from about 5 years old) and under 11, under 13 and under 15 hardball teams (combined with Edwinstowe CC) in the Bassetlaw Junior Cricket League. We also have girls Incrediball, under 13, under 15 and under 19 hardball teams. Junior matches mostly took place on Sunday mornings and weekday nights with most summer term weeks seeing at least one junior match. The junior section had a good season with all fixtures fulfilled. We also ran junior hardball and softball training evening sessions on Friday nights. We have increased our junior membership slightly with a regular ‘core’ group taking part with increased support from parents/carers.

Over the winter we also had the following teams playing indoor cricket:

Our main ‘non-cricket’ fundraising activity this year was running the cocktail bar at the Oddsock Festival held at the ground in June 2025. We also received £1K for ground hire for the same event.

The England & Wales Cricket Board loan was fully paid off in November 2024 (this was taken out for essential repairs to the clubhouse roof plus replacing the electrical system).

Objectives going forward

All Charity Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit when exercising their powers and duties. Public benefit is considered and reviewed at Trustee meetings, in order to fulfil their legal duty. The main areas of our objectives going forward remain essentially as they were last year:

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Blyth Cricket Club, Nottinghamshire continues to be entirely managed and run by volunteers. Without our volunteers, from ground staff to junior supervisors the club would not be able to function, or indeed exist. We are grateful for the contribution of our volunteers through 2024 and 2025.

During 2024-2025 approximately 35 different people have volunteered for the club across a wide range of activities from coaching juniors to helping with the grounds and running events.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main We registered around 82 Senior members to Blyth CC in 2025. All achievements of the charity parents/carers of our junior members are also members of the Social during the year Club. At our AGM Jack Tarr was voted in again as Chair and remained the Chair of the Trustee Committee. The Treasurer and Club Secretary also remain the same. No Trustees retired and we had no new Trustees join us this year. All our Trustees are committed to Blyth CC and give many hours to the club on a totally voluntary basis. For the 2025 season the First XI team played in Division 4 in the Bassetlaw & District Cricket League and had a very successful season, finishing Division Champions and getting promoted to Division 3. The Second team were promoted to Division 5 of the same league. Women’s cricket continued to develop rapidly in 2025. The women’s softball team took part in the East Midlands Women’s Cricket League and finished 8th. The hardball Super 8s and the XI hardball team also played as part of this league, finishing division champions and 9[th] respectively. Our Development Plan continues to list as an objective to retain and increase numbers of female players. In 2019 we had approximately 18 women players, in 2025 we had 40 female players in the league matches alone. Over recent years we have developed the leading women and girls section in Bassetlaw and this continues to grow. Our ground and facilities are maintained solely by volunteers. Our facilities are limited and struggle to meet the needs of the club especially with growing female and junior sections. We also continue to encourage and support women and girls to play open age cricket (i.e. in mixed teams) and Blyth had the highest number of women playing mixed senior cricket in Nottinghamshire. Women and Girls cricket continues to develop with support from the ECB – Jemima Dalton continues as Chair of the East Midlands Women’s Cricket League and is also the Women & Girls Officer for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. Each junior has at least one responsible adult join as a member of the Social Club. This was about the same as previous years. Our age range was 5 to 18 years. We had 10 juniors playing senior Saturday cricket in 2025. We have six ECB qualified coaches and two coaching assistants available to coach our junior section so are looking to continue to increase junior numbers going forward. We have successfully encouraged our female coaches and players to mentor and support player development and confidence. We recognise that maintaining and upgrading our playing facilities is an ongoing commitment and requires regular fundraising. We do not own the ground we play on and this makes access to capital grants and other sources of funding difficult.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

We have an approved reserves policy. Trustees have developed and adopted a reserves policy in accordance with Charity Commission guidance CC19. Our policy includes:

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Blyth Cricket Club, Nottinghamshire principal sources of funds are:

Section F Other optional information

Trustees previously agreed that the club should have one bank account for Blyth CC – any money raised by the Social Club from fundraising events will be clearly noted as donations to the CIO.

Trustees will continue to review our fundraising strategy going forward. Our outside events are vulnerable to the weather for example. We need to ensure that risks are considered and managed as far as is possible and this may necessitate a change in the type of fundraising activities we focus on. This will become increasingly important as it becomes necessary to invest in new facilities at the ground such as changing rooms etc. This will be a major expenditure for the club and will require careful management by Charity Trustees.

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Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
etc)
Date
Malcolm Butler Andrew Carter

Treasurer		 Secretary
30/06/2026
30/06/2026

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BLYTH CRICKET CLUB

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED

30 SEPTEMBER 2025

BLYTH CRICKET CLUB CONTENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

Page
Independent examiners report 1
Statement of management responsibilities 2
Income & expenditure 3
Notes to the financial statements 4 - 5

BLYTH CRICKET CLUB INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

£
£
Bar trading account
3,586
Fundraising account
1,957
Cricket activities account
(115)
Membership Fees
2,717
Grants received
15,422
VAT recovered
77
Insurance Claim
-
NET INCOME
23,644
PREMISES COSTS
Heat & light
1,377
Water
1,325
Rates
-
Clubhouse maintenance
536
Insurance & licences
2,158
SIM Card
61
Refuse collection
578
6,035
17,609
ADMINISTRATION COSTS
Bank charges (net of interest received)
89
Professional fees
265
Independent Examination fees
225
Postage, stationery & telephone
0
579
NET (LOSS)/PROFIT FOR THE YEAR
17,030
2025		 £
£
3,031
4,260
(74)
2,470
25,000
83
-
34,770
1,266
1,364
-
404
2,190
50
439
5,713
29,057
195
198.00
420
-
813
28,244
2024

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BLYTH CRICKET CLUB NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 2005).

Revenue

Revenue, described as turnover, is the value of goods (net of VAT) provided to customers during the year and/or the value of work (net of VAT) performed during the year with respect to services.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Stock

Stock is valued at the lower of cost or net realisable value.

Operating lease rentals

All other leases are treated as operating lease rentals. The annual rentals are charged to the profit and loss account on a payable basis.

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

Capital expenditure - Not included in the Income &
Expenditure account		 £
£
2025
2024
42,315
2,438

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BLYTH CRICKET CLUB NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

BAR TRADING ACCOUNT
Bar & food sales
Cost of sales
Opening Stock
Bar & food purchases
Less Closing Stock
NET BAR INCOME
FUNDRAISING ACCOUNT
Fundraising & sundry income
From BCC Social Club
Sponsorship & donations
BBQ income (net of costs)
Less Fundraising costs
Less Entertainent (club events)
NET FUNDRAISING INCOME
CRICKET ACTIVITIES ACCOUNT
INCOME
Match fees
Match & training fees - Senior
Match & training fees - Junior
Match & training fees - Women
Training fees - Various
EXPENDITURE
Coaching & training expenses
Match expenses (indoor)
Umpires & scorers
Teas
Cricket equipment
Petrol & diesel
Grounds maintenance
Trophies & photos
Leagues & affiliation fees
Fines
NET LOSS ON CRICKET ACTIVITIES		 £
£
7,345
140
3,759
140
3,759
3,586
48.8%
633
1,961
35
156
0
(828)
1,957
6,089
-
-
-
3,896
9,985
1,180
1,246
2,311
-
345
186
4,177
288
366
-
10,099
(114)
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2025		 £
£
6,091
140
3,060
140
3,060
3,031
49.8%
471
2,005
1,425
344
0
15
4,260
-
4,053
1,760
3,646
0
9,459
702
860
2,114
-
1,501
201
3,566
291
298
-
9,533
(74)
2024

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Members of Blyth Cricket Club

We have examined the financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2025 which comprise the Income and Expenditure Account and related notes. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting policies set out herein and the requirements of the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities. The report is made solely to the club’s members, as a body. Our examination has been undertaken so that we might state to the club’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an independent examiner’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to any other than the club’s members as a body, for our independent examination work, for this report or the opinions we have formed.

Respective Responsibilities of Management Committee and Independent Examiners

As described in the Statement of the Committee of Management’s Responsibilities, the committee are responsible for the preparation of financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom accounting standards and United Kingdom generally accepted accounting practice.

Our responsibility is to examine financial statements in accordance with the relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

We report to you our opinion as to whether the financial statements are properly in accordance with the accounting records. We also report to you if, in our opinion, the club has not kept proper accounting records, or if we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our examination, or if any information specified by law regarding committee members’ remuneration and other transactions is not disclosed.

Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given under accounting standards. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the club and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as committee members concerning any 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 above.

Independent Examiner’s Report

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

Jon Lister FCCA Enterprise Chartered Certified Accountants

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Blyth Cricket Club Statement of Management Committees’ Responsibilities

Management committee are required to prepare the financial accounts for each financial period which give a true view of the state of affairs of the club and of the surplus or deficit of the club for that period. In preparing those financial statements we are required to;

The management committee is responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the club and to enable that the financial statements are compliant. 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.

By order of the Committee

Club Secretary

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