## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date To** 01 Mar 2020 **Period end date** 28 Feb 2021 **Charity name:** London Baseball CIO **Charity registration number:** 1161180 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the CIO is the promotion of
community participation in healthy recreation
for the benefit of the inhabitants of Greater
London by the provision of facilities and
education for playing baseball and softball.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We run baseball and softball sports leagues
for the benefit of children.
Our goal is to give each player the chance to
learn about baseball or softball, improve
fitness and skills, and develop self-
confidence and self-esteem. In all of our
baseball and softball divisions, whether
developmental or competitive, we
emphasize the value of teamwork and above
all, good sportsmanship.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission
on public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|School children from the Borough of
Hammersmith & Fulham, where the playing
fields are located, receive a discount on annual
subscriptions. And the charity also pays for the
children from families that advise us they cannot
meet the cost of annual subscriptions.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |||The charity is dependent on the contribution| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|of the many volunteer parents, without
whose assistance would not function. This
includes administration, coaching,
management and fundraising.| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|On an annual basis, there are approximately
350 to 500 youth baseball and softball
players. Since our founding in 1986, we
have registered and trained over 10,000
children to play baseball and softball. Our
diverse enrolment from many different
schools representing many different
nationalities makes our league a unique
learning environment. The atmosphere we
create each game day by popping up 20
fields of play separates us from all other
youth leagues in the country. Every year, our
league puts on roughly 250 games.
Covid restrictions during the year greatly
reduced the ability of the charity to carry out
operations, so very little activity took place
during the year. However, in the time since
the period end date (next financial year)
activity has picked up and has mostly
returned to normal with some additional
covid related measures put in place.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |||| Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Both receipts and**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to cover variance in**
**receipts and expenses to insure smooth**
**operation. Depleted slightly this year**
**with covid.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£16,372 at year end (down from £47,834**
**prior year end)**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity’s principal funding sources are
member annual subscriptions and donations.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Expenditures are all related to delivering
baseball and softball to the programme
participants, including equipment and uniform,
field rental, and infrastructure requirements.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Covid impacted operations and receipts
significantly, but the charity has continued
and since the period end date, operations
(and receipts) have picked up again.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution (7thApril 2015)| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organization
association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by majority trustees. Trustees
typically have a number of years volunteering
with the charity before being appointed by the
majority of trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The organizational structure has the trustees
managing the charity on an ongoing basis, with
second line support from a group of 15-25
volunteer individuals who, in addition to the
trustees, make up the “commissioners” of the
charity. This group of commissioners manage
the operational baseball and softball season.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|London Baseball CIO| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1161180| |Charity’s principal address|280 Sandycombe Road
Richmond
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||E. Stanton McLean|Co-Chair||| ||Peter Thompson|Co-Chair||| ||Robert Bruce|||| ||Erik Gustafson|||| ||Veronique DeGiorgi|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Robert Bruce **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 09/01/2022 ||
**Charity Name**|
**Charity Name**|
**Charity Name**|
**Charity Name**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/03/2020|**To**
||| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,858**
**19,025**
**-**
**5**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,888**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,888**
**31,078**
**18,452**
**-**
**2,025**
**-**
**240**
**555**
**-**
**-**
**52,350**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,350**
**- 31,462**
**-**
**47,834**
**16,372**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,858**
**19,025**
**-**
**5**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,888**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,888**
**31,078**
**18,452**
**-**
**2,025**
**-**
**240**
**555**
**-**
**-**
**52,350**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,350**
**- 31,462**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |MembershipSubscriptions|**1,858**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**73,028**| |Donations|**19,025**||||**40,489**| |Equipment Sales|**-**||||**3,195**| |Interest|**5**||||**10**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**20,888**||||**116,722**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**||| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||**-**||**116,722**| ||||||| |Equipment and Uniforms|**31,078**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**32,747**| |Service providers (Umpires, Admin,
Support,Photos,Special coaching)|**18,452**||||**34,698**| |Rent & Maintenance|**-**||||**14,697**| |Cost of Events|**2,025**||||**3,916**| |Telephone and IT|**-**||||**1,611**| |Admin costs|**240**||||**838**| |Insurance and affiliate fees|**555**||||**696**| |Other|**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**52,350**||||**89,203**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| |**Field Equipment &**
**Infrastructure**|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**||**2,490**| ||**-**||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**2,490**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| ||||**-**||**91,693**| ||||||| ||**- 31,462**||
**-**||**25,029**| ||**-**||**-**
**-**|**-**
**47,834**|**-**| ||**47,834**||||**22,805**| ||**16,372**||
**-**|**16,372**|**47,834**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/12/2021 1 ## **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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank Account
Savings Account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**11,950**
**-**
**4,422**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,372**
**-**
OK
OK
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
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Print Name
Robert Bruce|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| |||Robert Bruce|29/12/2021| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 30/12/2021 2