Rtifoyd Br*lge Club
Registered Charity 1166225
Report of the Trustees
For The Year Ended 30 September 2025
REFERENCE AND ADMIF41rnTIVE D￿Alls
Registered Charity numbtr
1166225
Regl8lered oflke
8 Mattersey Road
Sutton4umvLound
Rerford
NotL$ DN22 8PW
Name + Offlee
Elert¢d
Cvrrefil
Keith Abel (Se¢rdaTr)
Sandy Fulton
David Garsid¢
Ian Maxwell
John Rolph {Chair)
'res5a Rolph
Julie Staniforth
Rogcr SioLk (Trwur¢r)
2018
2017
2019
2019
2020
2018
2019
2022
R¢ryele¢ted Jan 2024
Chair 2017- 2023 Re<lecwi Jan 2023
c￿0￿ed July 2018, re-elected Jan 2024
c(￿opted July 2018. re-ek<tcd Jan 2022 and 2025
Ek*ted Chair Jan 2023
R¢-el￿t(%1 JRn 2024
C¢￿￿ed Juty 2018, re•e1￿￿ted Jan 2022 and 2025
co￿p1¢d Nuv 2021, re<leded Jan 2IY25
l*dewdeut EumlJ¢r
Mr A Me8kin
Rivers Edge
l.ondon Road
Retr￿1
Notts
DN22 7JG
STRucfuRE, GOVERNANC£ AND MANAGEMENT
Governing doeum¢nt
The chari(y is controlled by its Cjoverning tkKument, a Modcl COn￿ltUtion for a Bridge Club incorpor￿d
as a CIO affili&trd to the English Bridgc Union and Nottinghath County Bridge As50Ci8tion
R¢crultmeDt appolotment of new tru#e
F,1￿ted trustees are tully re5pon5ible for th¢ Club WAX￿ d&y w day ac¢iviti¢s are by a committee
omwising MO￿lY of al] the Truste¢s.
Vacancies for Txustees arc advertised 8mon8St 011 members with electio￿ voted up)n #t tk Annual General
Meetin
All tswttts give th¢it time voluntsTily and re￿1ve no remuTreNtion ￿ oth¢r benefits.
Rlsk m8ff#gem¢ut
Thc trusl¢es have a dury to ideniify and ffview the risk8 to which the charity is exposed al￿ to ensiire
appropriate controls are in place ￿ rKovide re&s(wbJe 88ainst frI￿j and error. The tnLStees have
id¢ntifi¢d 00 rnai￿ risks in the year. Club ¢v¢nts are held in premises rented from thc Local Authority and
the Club ob5eThres their n&s. Club assets and nKMi￿ and Trust¢¢5 li8bilitie5 are coyered by Jn5uratice
arrgnged thrwgh Fnglish Br￿ge Union organis¢d ￿l1¢y.

Re¢ford Bridge Club
Rryiitered Ch#rlty 1166225
Report of the TTUSttty
For Tbe Year Ended 30 Stptember 2025
OBJECTIVES AND AcfiviTIFS
Objtttlvu and aims
To advattce the education of thc 8encral public in bridg¢ in P￿1￿18T by:
(a) Promoting th¢ game of bridge forthe iKnefit of th¢ Tesidents of Ret(¢xd the surriMmdin8 area.
(b) The provision of faciliti￿ for the leKn1￿ and p18ving of bridge for the ben¢fi¢ of the resid¢nL8
of R¢tford and the surToundin8 area with the objext ol improving tkir CODdilions of life.
(L) Advancement of am4t¢ur SEK)rt by promoting thc game of Bridge ty providing a venuc for bridge players
competin8 in a social competitiv¢ ¢nvirotunent to karn and improve their skills at the 8amc.
Activi
In plantiing our activities for th¢ year we ke¢p in mind the Chwiry Commi￿10￿,8 guidance on public benefxt ai
our trt￿tee nKelings,
The Club organiza two weekly ¢venin8 ses5ion5 (Tuesday hybrtd afid Thursday RealBridge), which are open
players of all standards. It supports 8 qualified teacher and holds a weekly Wedneyday Aftcrnoon Session
{Reo17Jridgc) for less Lxperienccd player8 ift particular. The aim 18 to erKourag¢. t¢ath and enhance skills of
inexperienced players and new mcmbus and to provide fiwther trnitiing for ex￿ri￿￿ed player8 all of whi¢h
will improve their Conditio￿ of life.
Membcrs of thc club support the B&8salaw Flospic¢ by making Ilon8tiony at one or more &nnual fimdr3ising
cv¢nL8, Used playing cards are re8ulaTlv d(MJatcd to a cancer charity. With thc advent of Re81Brid8e the club
hay parti¢Apatrd in online bridge ev￿(S for othLT n&ional chariti￿ such &s Children in Need, with members
encouraged to make onlinc donations and iable fees suspended for the session(s) in qutsiion.
The Club h&8 sUpW￿l one or more teams of 8 players in Nottin8ham5hir¢ Counrj, Brid8e Association
league ￿￿1 som¢ smaller ieams of 4 in th¢ N¢Rtin8hallL8hire C(Mmly and English 13ridg¢ Union National
competittorn.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
The Club's ninth year 85 a Resistered Charity was a successful one under the Chairship ofjobn Roiph with
as5iSt8nre from Sandy &Ult0￿ who w&8 ¢le¢ted Vice Chair at the January 2024 AGM.
H8ving established RcalBridge for tFre¢ w¢¢kly 8th8iims folknying CoTrid and reuuited new members from
different pans of the coim. we continucd to att￿cl ncw m¢mbaB from diff¢rent are85. ForTner Busbridge
member5 cunlinuc io Pay regujarty online on TUC￿laY and feel settkd within thc club. Our Club membership
remained around 95. The hybrid forn]al on a Tuesday nighi Cl￿tinueS to work well with 34 tables playing
face to face. RealBTidge nUrn￿ have Sometim￿ bcen low w¢ have arowid 6-7 lables on
avergge in the hybrid forn￿r.
Our Wethiesday afi¢rn(Mm and Thursday cvening RealBridge seksions have improved by joining forces
with other clubs. On a Wednesda). atlrrnoon wc combiticd sessi(ms with Ni)rth Cray Bridge Club and on
a ThursdAy night with llLen]bcts from Allendale Brid8¢ CILLb, where the standard of play is a tittle bigber
than at Retford. In athlition th¢re been a Friday afternoon collat#)￿lon with Ke>Trvortb Bridge Club,
whi¢h has involved a small number of online pair& All these allianc￿ have been ￿l¢Ve￿ in a spirit of
friendly ¢frOP¢fdtion and aPF¢ar to be workTrn8 to the mutual benefit of a]1 C(￿￿eme{L Joanne KFng med

Re(foTd Brkjge Club
Regbtered Ch*rity 1166225
Report of the TTh5tecs
For The Yt*r Ended 30 September 2025
on the RBC Commitle¢ to ryr¢s¢nt play¢r¥ who ar¢ not b&8ed in the local aro sadly resigned from this
p)sition and club membership in September.
We continue to trnote F2F Bridge wherever wKsibk •nd have run two Sunday afterno￿ S￿1&1 events, the
first to accommodate our A(yM And the Se￿nd to raise fuDds for th¢ I(￿al hospice as in previous years. (X
AGM was less well attended that w¢ might hav¢ like4 but we invlted munbcr5 from neighbouring Llubs 10
jotn us for our August charity event and achicv¢d 8+ tsbles. Trophi&% were am'arded at the AGM in January
as usual. In September Doncaster Brid8e Club invited us to lake part in a fricndly t¢am-of<igh¢ njatrh at
their club premises and wc were deligh*41 to win the by a narrow margin. This initi*ive could well
be a regular event in futurc.
R¢tford Bridge Club is a keen supporter of thc EBU'S attitude to 'go4RI beI￿lOur at rhe bridge labl¥.
We now have a Safeguarding OffKcr (Steve Mulli8an) to whom PTDbleTTLS and concun¥ can bv reported.
W¢ ar¢ v¢ry grateful to Stcye for volwrteeTing to tskc this OIL
We are also grntcful kn s￿￿Y Fulton fw t￿tInuIng his online le￿ing se￿10n9. Hi8 lessons facilitate th¢
Introd￿110￿ of new ffttial members ond this h&8 been helped ￿, the Wednesday afternoon Improvers
$e88ion. Wc ar¢ aware of our failure over the yews to TecTUIt young mvmbers, and for this reason we
or8anised a card playing 8Ctiviry in the loc&1 familics in Augus12025, 'Thi5 provd to popular
llnd pttrticipant copcd with a range of 8amcs, culminatin8 in ￿h1$1. We would like to repeat this and
hop¢fulty introduce a very simple fonn of Bridge.
The club rcthentrJ¢d a telm f(w the NOttinw￿rnshirt Tewns of Ei8bi con)pdAiion this year and gained
promotion fri)m the lowez divi&ioD to the higlKY We rJ)otinue to fly RealBridge io be the default
f(Ymat with some succ¢s$.
The club h85 a numbcr of tcams f￿ both dealing and swrin& Any member lnier￿ted in either leaching or
dircdin¥ is cnclwJ￿ to approath a or mernlKr of the c(fftmittee. Trninin8 is available.
Th¢ club h&q a websiK which i8 well mainlained and appropriate links ￿ Ihe EFIU and NCBA. Many
th8nks should go lo Df lan Maxwell for his ongoing work on this and his oTrgoing effyorts lo improve the
presentalion aTMI content. All dethijs are available for current and prospedive members and visitors. All club
duplicate results cen be found there. with details of all club comprtilions.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Following registration as a CIW the club bAs reclaimed Gin aid ￿ membership fees whete possibk. As & resuli or
reducing our memb¢Tthip ftts th¢ amount of Gift Aid claimed has reduceAI and will continu¢ to do so &s we ty to
encour88e peopl¢ to play Brid8e by keeping any chw ¢0 & mtnimwn.
Th¢ club has registered a mll swplus of iwome over expenditutt. Detail$ are set out in th¢ Acwunts. W¢ hav¢ t￿l
puffhased any new equipment and should bc mindful that is grttin8 ol&r and will not1&st forcvcr.
We have support¢d a number of subsidi5ed Face2Facz and tried to encoww Ix>th new people to play Bridg¢
and Jlso support players WIKY have not played at the club for a while loioin ￿.

Re¢ford Bridge Cknb
R¢gThtsred Charity 1166225
Rep)rt ofthe Trustees
For The Y￿r Ended 30 Sepftmber 2025
The Club ￿sUallY budgds f(K brvak-cv¢n fi8ures fly iM)me/expenditur¢ and this Iw be￿ ￿hieved with a
small surplus mainly ￿ a result of our online aciivities. Elesmr￿ are sufficient to covcr any costs ofrcpla¢in8
IT quIpm￿L or the Club's D￿]ng Ma¢hine, should that nL*&&W.
Memberlkip Fets and T*ble momey
Our budg¢tin8 h&8 been hel￿d by B&wtlaw Distrirt Cwncil's decision to 411ow a SenioT Litizens, rate for
Ihe hir¢ of the Ccntre. This tnakes relativety small .￿SsiOnS still fuwicially viable. In the light of our relent
sm411 ¥ury>lus¢s, we have maintained the ch￿Be for RealBridg¢ swions to £1.20 from Octobcr 2025 and
maintained th¢ annual subscrtptÉon at £5. fees comparc very favourably with those of other clubs gnd
provide good v41ue for money for our memtrtr3.
W¢ offer¢d Iwo fr¢e afternoons of switil bridge during the year {se¢ alK>vc) and this w&8 ￿tlY appreciatcd.
We are committed to win8 SwpI￿ funds to promo* Bridg¢ playing1(￿lY whenever w¢ c￿.
The tru8te¢s d￿jare thal they have approved the Tntstses, ryrt a￿V
sI￿d on behalf of the th4rity'S tnLStees
John Rolph
Chair
Roger Stock

RETFORD BRIDGE CLUB
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
FOR YEAR ENDING 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
MrA MEAKIN
Accountant

BALANCE SHEET AS AT JO SEvfEIIBER 2025
NOTE
2025
1 FIXED ASSErs
7.00
258.87
CURRENT ASSETS
other Oebtors
Cash at Bank Current *£count
Cambridge and count￿ Bank
NatWe8t 35 day nolice account
51.LK)
1.365.S2
15,OCNJ.CKI
3.089.52
19.486.14
58.50
3,522.24
15.000.00
18 580.74
CURRENT LL4BIUTIES
RealBridge prepayments by
players
Unbilled P8y to PLqy fees
Unbilled RealBndge fees
Membership feos ￿1¥￿1 in
advance
778.9S
241.rK>
109.44
730.50
235.69
68.88
55.00
Net Current A88ets
18 276.75
17 490.67
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURREKf LIABILITIES
18.283.75
17.749.54
ACCUMVLATED FUNDS
Retsined Profft as at 1 October 2024
17.749.53
15,852.49
Surplus{Deficltl for the year
534.22
1.897.04
Retained Profft as at 30 September 2025
18.283.75
17.749.53
ACCOUNTAKfs REPORT
I have examined the club books and rewr(Is and In my oplnton the above accounts give 8 true and fair view
of the state affairs at the Club at 30 September 2025 and of Ihe Ex￿S of Income for that year end.
MrA Meakin
Accountant
16 October 2025

RETFORD BRIDGE CLUB
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2026
INCOME
RealBridge and Hal￿￿ games
Membership Fees
landaie mergéd sessions
Cambs & Countl98 Bank Interest
Tealcoffee income
Grft Aid Refund from HMRC
AGM raffle in aid of Retford Hospice
North Cray and Wilmington $ess￿n8
NaiWe8t 35 Day nolice Intere8t
Donallons
3,361.61
435.00
235.40
756.16
70.00
61.49
116.00
30.00
89.52
33.20
4,371.50
950.00
91.50
441.20
108.15
155.22
10.80
47.00
5,168.38
8 175.37
EXPENDrruRE
Rojm Hlre Tuesday Face to Fac8
Statlonery
Winter League of Eyht
D8preciation
Sundry Expense8
Insurance & EBU Affilk8t￿n
ST Running Expenses {IncludiTrJ Bridgewebs and Scorebridge)
Pay 2 Play
RealBndge fees
Sc£ial EvenUAGM
Rettsd Hospi￿ frcm AGM rafflo
Gratuitias
North Cray and Wihnington slwred
sessions
779.20
188.00
34.00
251.87
77.89
103.70
141.48
1,315.55
1,078.08
393.38
251.87
41.00
104.70
149.28
1.458.79
1,072.32
275.1)O
136.00
60.00
80.00
58.40
43.20
4,634.16
4,278.33
NET SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR
534.22
1,897.04

RETFORD BRIDGE CLUB
BALANCE SHEEf AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
FIXED ASSETS
DEPN
FOR
ADDMONS
IN YB4R
Filing Cabinet
2.25
1.25
1.00
Dealing Machine
59.25
58.25
1.00
8ridg8 TalMes
36.87
35.87
Board Sets
3.75
2.75
1.00
Bridge Pas
Printer
74.25
73.25
1.00
10.50
1.00
LAPtop
71.00
258.87
251.87
7.00
DepreclatM)n18 cabJl8ted to wylght ¢)ff the cé)St ofth8 a68ets, 1986 re8idual value, over thdr u8efvl lrfe a8
follows..
AJI a8set- 25% Stra￿h1 Ilne {4 yearn)
The depreciation methc#l used lor future asset wrchases will be decided by the committee on a case by
case basis.
Notfr 2
TSRE
EIVED IN ADVANCE
Most players have depo*ted fvrKls in advan￿ of fu￿¥9 sessths. totalling £778.95. (2024.. £730.50.)
This will reduce the amount Ihey have to pay in 2LY25f28
Membership fees paid Fn advar￿e received thi5 £80 (2024.'£55}