2025-03-31-accounts - Workington Town Community Trust

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date

From

Year Day Month Year 1 April 2024 To 31 March 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Workington Town Community Trust

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1161067

Charity's principal address Fibrus Community Stadium, Derwent Park Stadium

Workington CA14 2HG

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Gary McKeating Chairman
2 Graeme Peers
3 Tony Boyd Appointed 12/05/2024
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Through advertising and or co-option. (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To advance in life and help young people through: (A) The provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life: (B) Providing support, education and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the district of Workington and surrounding area in such a way that they are better able to identify and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society.

The charity organises sporting activities for young people in the Workington and surrounding area.

These activities included

Provision of rugby league training sessions carried out by professional players in a number of local schools.
Summer camp workshops during school holidays to introduce youngsters to team sport.
Provision of free entry to under-16’s to Workington Town Rugby League games.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Workington Town Community Trust had a successful year in starting to engage with young people in and around the Workington Area. Many of the local schools received a visit from Workington Town Rugby League players and the summer camps ran by the charity are proving more popular.

The trust has gone from strength to strength and is now covering wider demographics including delivery to Adults SEN groups and the opening of the Workington Town Community Trust in 2025.

We now have 4 core staff and a number of staff members that support different activities on a request basis.

We secured a main trust sponsor which allows us to deliver more taster sessions and we have collaborated with many organisations in the area been nominated for awards.

The turnover and revenue generation for the trust has grown significantly and we are very happy with the progress made.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit

The Charity operates on a prudent basis and aims to operate at a modest surplus and to maintain a level of reserves appropriate with its anticipated future activities.

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Further financial review details (Optional information)

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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

G.Peers Signature(s) G.Mckeating Graeme Peers Full name(s) Gary McKeating Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer & Trustee etc) Date 4th September 2025

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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Charity Name|No (if any)| |Workington Town Community Trust|1161067| |Receipts and payments accounts|CC16a| |For the period|Period start date|Period end date| |To| |from|01/04/2024|31/03/2025| |Section A Receipts and payments| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Total funds|Last year| |funds|funds|funds| |to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £| |A1 Receipts| |-|-|-|-|-| |Income from charity fundraising|490|-|-|490|6,500| |Donations|14,338|-|-|14,338|-| |Allerdale lottery income|26|-|-|26|426| |Sponsorship|10,000|-|-|10,000|-| |Grants received|-|63,524|-|63,524|-| |Loan repayments received|2,000|-|-|2,000|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|(Gross income for| |AR)|[ 26,854 ]|63,524|-|90,378|6,926| |a|[aaa==e]|A2 Asset and investment sales,| |(see table).| |-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|-|-|-|-|-| |Total receipts|26,854|63,524|-|90,378|6,926| |SS|S|55| |A3 Payments| |Community staff contribution|-|20,849|-|20,849|6,500| |Staff clothing|1,221|-|-|1,221|-| |Cost of training camps|-|8,508|-|8,508|-| |Donations paid|5,088|-|-|5,088|-| |Equipment|-|3,155|-|3,155|-| |Motor expenses|660|-|-|660|-| |Printing and stationery|205|-|-|205|-| |Sundry expenses|348|-|-|348|-| |Loan advanced|5,000|-|-|5,000|-| |Sub total|[ 12,522 ]|32,512|-|45,034|6,500| |==|== ===| |A4 Asset and investment| |purchases, (see table)| |-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-| |Sub total|[ - ]|-|-|-|-| |e|e| |Total payments|12,522|32,512|-|45,034|6,500| |Net of receipts/(payments)|14,332|31,012|- 45,344|426| |A5 Transfers between funds|-|- -|-|-| |A6 Cash funds last year end|426|- -|426|-| |Cash funds this year end|===|14,758|31,012|- 45,770|==|>|426|

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature Details Details Bank Account Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 14,758 31,012 - - - - 14,758 31,012 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Gary McKeating Graeme Peers	Endowment funds to nearest £ - - -
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			Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval 04/09/2025 04/09/2025

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Workington Town Community Trust On accounts for the 31 March 2025 Charity no 1161067 period ended (if any) Set out on pages 7 to 8 of the Receipts and Payments Accounts (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the period ended 31 / 03 / 2025.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report 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 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:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date: 4 September 2025 ~~Po [~~ Name: Mr Darren Mewse ~~CT~~ Relevant professional FCA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Oxford Chambers, New Oxford Street, Workington, CA14 2LR

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of Nothing to disclose any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .