## **DORKING BRIDGE CLUB**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## **INCORPORATION**
**Dorking Bridge Club was registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 7 January 2016 at its principal address of North Holmwood Village Hall, Spook Hill, North Holmwood, Surrey RH5 4JP.**
## **TRUSTEES**
**The trustees who served during the 2021/21 financial year were:**
**OFFICERS: Steve Hooker (Chairman), Graham Osborne (Treasurer) and Chris Woolf (Secretary)**
**COMMITTEE: Sheena Bassett, George Romanowski and Phil Visser**
**OBJECTIVES**
**Our objectives are:**
**(1) The advancement of amateur sport by promoting the game of bridge for the benefit of the residents of Dorking and the surrounding area; and**
**(2) The provision of facilities for the learning, teaching & playing of bridge for the benefit of these residents and to improve the quality of their life.**
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR**
**The club was closed throughout 2020/21, for both play and training, due to Covid 19 restrictions.**
**However, in order to enable members to continue to play regularly, a weekly on– line session was introduced using Bridge Base OnLine platform. The first session was on 23 July 2020 and sessions are continuing to be held each Thursday. A total of 33 sessions were held in 2020/21.**
**To maximise the value of the on-line bridge, sessions are open to non-members. To help local clubs the on-line sessions are open to English Bridge Union members with a link to the Mole Valley who may not be members of Dorking Bridge club. This has resulted in good numbers and club income. FINANCIAL REVIEW**
**The club’s finances remain healthy as out-goings are low as room hire charges, our main cost, are not being paid during closure. The on-line bridge has also provided a useful income stream as we have opted to run the sessions ourselves, using volunteer members, rather than having it done for us.**
## **LOOKING AHEAD**
**Our intention is to re-open as soon as it is safe to do so and sufficient numbers of members are ready to play face-to-face. We ran a few such sessions over the summer but attendances were not sufficient to support continuing. It is not surprising given the high proportion of older and/or at risk members and the close quarters’ nature of the game it is not surprising that people are being**
**cautious. We plan to try again in January 2022. Any decisions on future training can only be taken once the club is up and running again.**
**Steve Hooker (Chairman) 2021**
**October**
## **UNAUDITED**
## **DORKING BRIDGE CLUB INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|**31 March**
**£**
£1,235
£239
£6,719
£1,894
£10,087
(£8,281)
(£311)
(£8,593)
**£1,494**
**£6,128**
**£7,622**|**2020**
**£**
**INCOME**
Membership Subscriptions
Gift Aid
£6,495
Table monies - members
£224
- visitors
£0
- virtual club
Bridge Training
**TOTAL INCOME**
**EXPENSES - PLAYING COSTS**
(£6,001)
Rent of hall
(£75)
Club insurance
(£26)
EBU subscription
(£154)
Club night refreshments
(£671)
Bridge supplies and equipment
(£174)
Bridge Directors Training
(£35)
EBU SIMS net cost
(£1,147)
P2P levy
**OVERHEADS**
(£73)
Christmas Party expenses (net of contributions)
(£68)
Social evenings
(£73)
Web site fees
(£43)
Sundry expenses
(£55)
Club prizes
**TOTAL EXPENSES**
**SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR BEFORE EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS**
**RESERVES BROUGHT FORWARD**
**RESERVES CARRIED FORWARD**|**31 March 2021**
**£**
**£**
£0
£0
£0
£0
£2,576
£2,576
£0
£2,576
£0
(£75)
£0
£0
£0
(£100)
£0
(£774)
(£949)
£0
£0
(£73)
£0
£0
(£73)
(£1,022)
**£1,554**
**£7,622**
**£9,176**|**31 March 2021**
**£**
**£**
£0
£0
£0
£0
£2,576
£2,576
£0
£2,576
£0
(£75)
£0
£0
£0
(£100)
£0
(£774)
(£949)
£0
£0
(£73)
£0
£0
(£73)
(£1,022)
**£1,554**
**£7,622**
**£9,176**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||£2,576
(£949)
(£73)|
||||(£1,022)|
||||**£1,554**
**£7,622**|
||||**£9,176**|