
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 24/06/22     Period start date   To  02/07/23     Period end date** 

**Charity name: Pontardawe Community Sports & Recreation Association** 

## **Charity registration number: 1165157** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the Pontardawe Community<br>Sports and Recreation Association is the<br>promotion of community participation in<br>healthy recreation for the benefit of the<br>inhabitants of Pontardawe and surrounding<br>areas.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The main activities of the Association are<br>aimed at ensuring that Pontardawe<br>Recreation ground facilities remain open<br>and available for the benefit of the public.<br>This includes rugby, football, cricket, dog<br>walking, family activities and community<br>events.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees of the Association have<br>considered, and taken due regard of, the<br>Charity Commission’s guidance on the<br>expected public benefits accruing from its<br>decisions throughout the year. The trustees<br>contend that public benefit is evidenced in<br>the activities and achievements reported as<br>a result.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 



Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Post pandemic saw the full time return of<br>the Association’s member sports clubs use<br>of the Pontardawe Recreation ground<br>facilities, with a broad programme of<br>fixtures being fulfilled.<br>Members of the public continued to enjoy<br>the use of the maintained green spaces<br>around the site.<br>A new club joined the Association, Glais<br>FC, adding further resilience and broader<br>use of the site but would not become active<br>until August 2023 (beyond the date scope<br>of this report).<br>A reconfiguration of the pavilion dressing<br>rooms was completed to accommodate this<br>extra team, with the toilet cubicles receiving<br>refurbishment and providing improved<br>facilities for all users.<br>The football dugouts and surrounding<br>fencing were refurbished, whilst the storage<br>containers were put into use.<br>The Heart of the Valley show returned to<br>the site in September, proving an<br>increasingly popular community event.<br>Grants were received during the year,<br>Neath Port |Talbot Council match funding<br>the acquisition of a compact tractor to<br>improve grounds maintenance, as well as<br>providing funding to offset the majority of<br>the pavilion lease costs. Pontardawe Town<br>Council provided a grant to fund all over<br>site grass cutting.|



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

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
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|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Accounts presented to Trustees and<br>accepted.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No formal policy of reserves but each<br>member club initially deposited £500 each<br>at the inception of the Association|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2500|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|none|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|None|



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|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Institution**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Elected from member clubs**<br>**(Pontardawe RFC, Pontardawe Cricket**<br>**Club, Pontardawe FC, Llandarcy Cricket**<br>**Club)**<br>**Glais FC from August 2023**|



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|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Pontardawe Community Sports and Recreation Association|
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|Other name the charity uses|n/a|
|Registered charity number|1165157|
|Charity’s principal address|c/o 33 Heol Las<br>Ynysmeudw<br>Pontardawe<br>Swansea Council<br>SA8 4PR|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Lea Tanner|||PCRSA|
||Andrew Abraham|Chairman||PCRSA|
||Ryan Thomas|Secretary||PCRSA|
||Mark Barrow|Treasurer||PCRSA|
||Meirion Davies|||PCRSA|
||Mark Jones|||PCRSA|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name n/a** 

## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a 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**<br>**adviser**|**Name**<br>**Address**|**Name**<br>**Address**|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

n/a 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

**None** 

## **Other optional information** 

**None** 



## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**||MA Barrow|
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||Anthony Ryan Thomas|Mark Ashley Barrow|
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||Secretary|Treasurer|
||20thJuly 2024||
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## **PONTARDAWE COMMUNITY SPORTS & RECREATION ASSOC** 

## **22/23 ACCOUNT** 

## **Last Updated** 

## **31-Jul** 

|**Income**|£|||**Expenditure**|£|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Balance end of 21/22||£14,600.78||RDH Contractors Portacabin #1 transport||-£300.00||
|Cash in hand||£74.51||NPT BuildingInsurance 22/23||-£400.00||
|NPTCBC Grant||£5,890.00||DRJ Hardware Keys &padlock||-£37.00||
|Pontardawe Town Council Grant||£2,000.00||Line Marker x 10||-£198.00||
|AFC Pontyin lieu of Toilet refurb||£88.00||Days Rental van||-£20.00||
|AFC Pontyin lieu of Mower service||£60.00||CityPlumbing5 toilets||-£330.00|CQ £600 total|
|Rhos FC training||£45.00||S Garland Plumber||-£250.00||
|Heart of the Valley||£700.00||RDH Contractors Portacabin #2 transport||-£300.00||
|AFC PontyDues||£1,299.08||Welsh Water Jan - July22||-£377.62||
|PontyCC Dues #1||£165.92||Keys(M Davies)||-£99.60|CQ £477.62 total|
|PontyRugbyDues||£1,447.08||British Gas July||-£166.90||
|Glais FC Dues||£500.00||British Gas Aug||-£135.39||
|PontyCC Dues #2||£482.00||British Gas Sept||-£230.80||
|PontyCC Dues/public Liab Owed||£210.00||Jason Thomas All over cuts||-£900.00||
|||||British Gas Oct||-£130.93||
|||||British Gas Nov||-£110.98||
|||||Toilet refurb misc consumables||-£88.00|AFC Owed|
|||||Compact mower service/repair||-£60.00|AFC Owed|
|||||British Gas Dec||-£128.02||
|||||British Gas Jan||-£133.80||
|||||Welsh WaterAug- Jan 23||-£565.45||
|||||British Gas feb||-£126.92||
|||||NPT Lease balance||-£100.00||
|||||Britishgas March||-£126.93||
|||||Line Marker x 10||-£234.00||
|||||J Davies Tractor/mower||-£12,540.00||
|||||Padlock & Keys||-£37.20||
|||||British Gas April||-£218.69||
|||||British Gas May||-£206.39||
|||||British Gas June||-£147.66||
|||||Welsh Water Feb - July2023||-£523.40||
|||||British Gas July||-£169.87||
|||||DressingRoom Carpentry||-£1,000.00||
|||||PontyCC Public Liab 21/22||-£105.00||
|||||PontyCc Public Liab 22/23||-£105.00||
|**_Total_**||**£27,562.37**||**Total**||**-£20,603.55**||
|Bank Balance||£6,913.11||||||
|Cash in hand||£12.95||||||
|Treasurers float||£33.00||||||
|**Cross Check**||**£6,959.06**||**Income over expenditure**||**£6,958.82**||
|**Total liabilities**||**-£2,100.00**||Cross check||**£0.24**||
|**Total subscription dues**||**£1,457.92**||||||
|**Liquidity**||**£6,316.98**||||||





|Last Updated<br>31-Jul|Last Updated<br>31-Jul|Last Updated<br>31-Jul|Last Updated<br>31-Jul|Last Updated<br>31-Jul|
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|Date|Name|Amount|Detail|Note|
|Tesco Grant<br>-£1,000.00 condition of grant spent on upgrade<br>Keys (MD)<br>-£100.00<br>Defib balance<br>-£100.00<br>All Over Cuts x 3<br>-£900.00<br>£150 each x 6<br>Overal liabilities<br>-£2,100.00|||||





CLUB DUES 

31-Jul 

22/23 Allocation Paid Current Dues Pontardawe Utd £1,447.08 £1,447.08 £0.00 £148 in lieu of items paid for Pontardawe RFC £1,447.08 £1,447.08 £0.00 not paid at close of accounts Pontardawe Cricket £1,157.92 £857.92 £300.00 not paid at close of accounts Llandarcy Cricket £1,157.92 £0.00 £1,157.92 AFC Glais £500.00 £500.00 £0.00 Assoc Bond Totals **£5,210.00 £3,752.08 £1,457.92** 

