2025-03-31-accounts - Spirit In Sport

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		From	Period start date			To	Period end date
			Day 1ST	Month APRIL	Year 2024		Day 31ST	Month MARCH	Year 2025

Section A Reference and administration details	Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name	SPIRIT IN SPORT

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1161773

Charity's principal address 72, CHELSEA ROAD, SOUTHSEA, HAMPSHIRE,

Postcode: PO5 1NJ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
JOSEPH McCABE	CHAIR
DAVID PUGSLEY
STEPHEN KERR
ELAINE HALLATT
















Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name		Dates acted if not for whole year

March 2025

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name Address	Name Address




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

Foundation Model Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Trustees are appointed for a period of three years and this is (eg. appointed by, elected by) reviewed annually at the Annual General Meeting

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

All trustees give their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or other benefits.

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

The Chair of the CIO meets monthly with the Spirit in Sport team leader to
policies and procedures review progress and duty of care responsibilities. adopted for the induction and At the January 2024 AGM, all trustees indicated that they would continue
training of trustees;

At the January 2024 AGM, all trustees indicated that they would continue in post for the forthcoming year.

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

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by providing community based services and activities for members of the community in

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

accordance with Christian principles, in order to prevent or relieve social exclusion.

To promote good health and wellbeing for the public benefit in particular by the provision of community sports activities for children and adults of all ages, particularly, but not exclusively in the Portsmouth area.

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In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in line with our objects at our trustee meetings.

Between April 2024 through to March 2025

● Home Education Sport - 810 over 20 x 4 hour sessions averaging 2030 participants per session. ● Sports Camp - 270 over 4 x 2-3 day camps averaging 30 participants Summary of the main per day. activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to ● Monday Night 5-a-side Football - 380 players over 22 weeks (2 these objects (include within seasons Sep-Nov and Jan - Mar, with 4 teams per week) this section the statutory declaration that trustees have ● Public events (other churches/community) - 326 had regard to the guidance ○ Gosport churches summer retreat (Aug 21) – 40 participates issued by the Charity ○ Weekly Table Tennis Cafe – 16 participates Commission on public ○ Weekly 5-a-side football tournament: 60 players benefit) ○ Weekly 3 x 3 basketball: 40 participates

Trainee Coach Bootcamp - 12 trainees (Aug 24)
St Judes Church Senior Citizens Event - 20 (Aug 24)
Weekly Men’s Shed (meeting of men to do woodwork etc) 10 participates

Total = 1,968 (compared with 1,392 in the previous year)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

GENERAL UPDATE

Spirit in Sport continues to be blessed with a secure premises for storing it’s sports equipment and use of office space. As has been the case since Spirit in Sport started we have been blessed with great volunteers in the following areas of work of sport, Men’s Shed and youth evenings.

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

policy on grantmaking;

We have been very fortunate in obtaining a number of grants in this last 12 month period, which is, along with our regular supporters the life blood of Spirit in Sport

Volunteers: 14 in number

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

The main achievements of Spirit in Sport in this year have included:	The main achievements of Spirit in Sport in this year have included:
	Increasing the core sports activities in both number of participates
	and range of sports including
	 Sports Camp
	 Home Education Sports
	 Monday Night Football
	 Support at external church and community events
	 Table Tennis cafe
	 Planning and holding a 5k cross country event in Gosport.
	With 1,968 participant visits/engagements in total
	Increase in fundraising applications
	Receiving grant funding to support the training of coaches

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Spirit in Sport has a contingency fund of £15000 which is held in reserve to meet essential running costs and annual commitments, including; Salaries, insurance, administration, rent, and sport or community programmes that are currently running, for up to 6 months should no additional funding be made available.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

NONE

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

The main sources of funding in the year came from donations, fees for charity activities and fundraising.

The main outgoings included: Labour and coaching fees, buildings and sports hall hire, equipment and consumables, administration, insurance and marketing.

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

Signature(s) CHRIS COX Full name(s) CHRISTOPHER COX Position (eg Secretary, Chair, MANAGING DIRECTOR etc) Date 28.10.2025

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FINANCIAL AFFAIRS APRIL 2024 – MARCH 2025 BROUGHT OVER FROM MARCH 28[th] 2024, £48866.51

IN: OUT: April 2024: £5278.03 April 2024: £4311.57 May: £1430.33 May: £2940.99 June: £5032.63 June: £3543.76 July: £1636.82 July: £4233.14 August: £2698.70 August: £3589.47 September: £1551.64 September: £2394.51 October: £4105.58 October: £4393.87 November: £6008.79 November: £5865.16 December: £1628.06 December: £4286.82 January 2025: £739.37 January 2025: £3280.78 February: £2313.72 February: £2572.55 March: £1210.58 March: £2470.69

TOTAL IN TO ACCOUNT YEAR APRIL 2024 – MARCH 2025

HOME EDUCATION SPORTS: £6475.57 MONDAY FOOTBALL : £2243.04 SPORTS CAMPS : £2634.91 AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS : £2634.72 REGULAR GIVERS : £4999.18 OTHER DONATIONS : £3601.88 GRANTS : £9000.00 GIFT AID : £2044.95 TOTAL: £33634.25

TOTAL OUT OF ACCOUNT YEAR APRIL 2024 – MARCH 2025

SALARIES : £26713.53 HMRC : £4569.46 NEST : £1442.25 INSURANCE : £390.51 DONATIONS : £540.00 STORAGE : £480.00 SPORTS HALL HIRE : £3056.00 ACCOUNTANT FEE : £195.00 MISC PURCHASES: SPORTS EQUIPMENT, DBS CHECKS ETC. All receipts attached: £6496.56 TOTAL £43883.31

Deficit on the year 2024 -March 2025 of £10249.06 In the account as on March 31[st] 2025, £38617.45

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees Charity Name SPIRIT IN SPORT On accounts for the year 31[ST] March 2025 Charity no 1161773 ended (if any) Set out on pages (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Report to the trustees

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

Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report 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 all 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 (other than that disclosed below *) 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 Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
• the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns 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 accounts to be reached.

Date: 13/11/2025

Signed: Name: Helen Smith

Oct 2018

IER

Relevant professional ACCA qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: 5, Albert Road, Southsea, Hampshire PO5 2SE

Section B Disclosure

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

Give here brief details of No material matters of concern to disclose. any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Oct 2018

IER