## **DORKING BRIDGE CLUB** ## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** ## **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 2021/22 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 for the majority of 2021/22, for both face-to-face play and training, initially due to Covid 19 restrictions. Following the easing of restrictions, the club re-opened for face-to-face bridge, with necessary/appropriate safeguards, in July 2021. Attendances were poor and only a few sessions were run before closing again. Plans to re-open in January were deferred (re-opening happened in April 2022).** **The weekly Thursday on–line session using Bridge Base OnLine platform introduced in July 2020 continued throughout the year. A total of 53 sessions were held in 2020/21. These sessions continues to be open to non-members who were English Bridge Union members with a link to the Mole Valley area. Numbers have fallen after the re-opening of other clubs but there remains a regular turn-out.** ## **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. It seems likely that we will face** **challenges in building up attendances; it is not surprising given the high proportion of older and/or at risk members and the close quarters’ nature of the game that people are being cautious. Any decisions on future training can only be taken once the club is up and running again.** **Steve Hooker (Chairman) 2023** **January** ## **UNAUDITED** ## **DORKING BRIDGE CLUB INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** |**31 March**
**£**
£0
£0
£2,576
£0
£2,576
(£849)
(£73)
(£922)
**£1,654**
**(£100)**
**£1,554**
**£7,622**
**£9,176**|**2021**
**£**
**INCOME**
Membership Subscriptions
Gift Aid
0
Table monies - members
0
- visitors
2,576
- virtual club
Bridge Training
**TOTAL INCOME**
**EXPENSES - PLAYING COSTS**
0
Rent of hall
(75)
Club insurance
0
EBU subscription
0
Bridge supplies and equipment
0
EBU SIMS net cost
(774)
P2P levy
**OVERHEADS**
(73)
Web site fees
0
Sundry expenses
**TOTAL EXPENSES**
**SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR BEFORE EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS**
**EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS**
0
Bridgemates, Duplimate Dealing Machine and Boards
(100)
Directors Training
**TOTAL EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS**
**(DEFICIT)/SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR AFTER EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS**
**RESERVES BROUGHT FORWARD**
**RESERVES CARRIED FORWARD**|**31 March 2022**
**£**
**£**
£0
£0
0
0
3,543
£3,543
£0
£3,543
(436)
(75)
(27)
(186)
(80)
(920)
(£1,723)
(73)
(128)
(£201)
(£1,924)
**£1,619**
(16)
0
**(£16)**
**£1,603**
**£9,176**
**£10,779**|**31 March 2022**
**£**
**£**
£0
£0
0
0
3,543
£3,543
£0
£3,543
(436)
(75)
(27)
(186)
(80)
(920)
(£1,723)
(73)
(128)
(£201)
(£1,924)
**£1,619**
(16)
0
**(£16)**
**£1,603**
**£9,176**
**£10,779**| |---|---|---|---| ||||£3,543
(£1,723)
(£201)| ||||(£1,924)| ||||**£1,619**
**(£16)**| ||||**£1,603**
**£9,176**| ||||**£10,779**|