## **St Matthews Big Local (Leicester) Registered Charity no 1166668**
**Annual Report and Accounts For the period 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025**
## **Contents**
Objectives ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 Activities......................................................................................................................................................... 2 Public Benefit ................................................................................................................................................. 2 The Main Achievements of the Charity ......................................................................................................... 2 Review of the Past Year ................................................................................................................................. 2 The Big Local Programme .............................................................................................................................. 2 The Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) and St Matthews Cruyff Court ............................................................. 3 Holiday Activities and Food Programme. ...................................................................................................... 3 Project delivery August 2024-2025 ............................................................................................................... 3 Cleaner and Greener ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Celebrating Diversity and Talent ................................................................................................................... 4 Valuing our community and promoting health ............................................................................................. 4 Partnerships ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Sports Provision ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Youth Club Provision – That Thing After School ............................................................................................ 5 Contribution Made by Volunteers ................................................................................................................. 6 Financial Review ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Structure, Governance and Management ..................................................................................................... 7 Appointment of Charity Trustees .................................................................................................................. 7 Reference and Administrative Details ........................................................................................................... 7 Declarations ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Independent Examiner's Report .................................................................................................................... 8 Statement of Financial Activities .................................................................... **Error! Bookmark not defined.** Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025 ............................................................... **Error! Bookmark not defined.** Notes to the Accounts ................................................................................................................................. 11
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## **Trustees’ Annual Report**
## **for the period**
## **1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025**
## **Charity registration number: 1166668**
## **Objectives**
“To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the City of Leicester and the County of Leicestershire, and in particular St. Matthews Estate Leicester without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, race or politics, religion or other opinions, by associating together with the said inhabitants, and the statutory authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to improve facilities and service provision in the interest of social welfare, community cohesion and improving conditions and life chances for local residents including by the provision of a community facility.
## **Activities**
The priorities are to make St Matthews a place:
- which is cleaner and greener
- where everyone is appreciated, valued and respected
- where everyone can reach their potential and local businesses flourish
- where everyone feels safe and secure
- where we can celebrate diversity, talent and creativity
Details of the activities, projects and services in relation to our purposes and priorities can be found in more detail in the Big Local plans which can be found here: https://www.stmatthewsbiglocal.com/documents-policies
## **Public Benefit**
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
## **The Main Achievements of the Charity**
St Matthews Big Local (Leicester) continues to make a real difference to people’s lives. It has given people new skills and opportunities. In the last year of our funding from Local Trust we continue to deliver on our Big Local Plan priorities, and we have been successful in securing significant additional funding for staffing and additional activities above and beyond the plan.
## **Review of the Past Year**
St Matthews Big Local (Leicester) (SMBLL) continues to impact people’s lives in very positive ways by creating opportunities for local people to acquire and develop new skills as well as to improve and strengthen existing ones. The priorities identified within our Big Local Plan have been our focus, alongside this we have secured significant other funds as we diversify our operation for the future
Our weekly food fare remains in place and is well managed by a regular group of volunteers. This operates on a Tuesday each week during term time and those accessing it are asked for a small contribution to help cover the cost of the Fare share delivery. During the reporting period there were 920 attendances.
## **The Big Local Programme**
The Big Local programme entered our final year with a final date of August 2025 to fully ‘Close out’ of the Big Local – Local Trust project. It has been an amazing 12+ years and which has given up the time and space to start a charity, grow our community and build legacy within our community. We will be forever grateful for the opportunity to be part of this programme, and we move forward onto a more independent footing.
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## **The Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) and St Matthews Cruyff Court**
The facility opening in August 2018 is now seven years old and is used by far more members of our community than we could have ever imagined when the original concept was designed.
We continue to be kindly supported by grants for our delivery from the Office of the Police and Crime commissioner, Cruyff Foundation, Samworth Brothers Sports Opportunity fund and Hasting Direct these grants have allowed us to continue to run free sessions for at least 13 hours a week, these sessions are in addition to the sessions our partners, Leicester City in the Community, also run free sessions each Tuesday. Again, in the Summer of 2024/25 we were able to increase our sports delivery to cover Sundays, providing a 7 day a week operation.
This year the area has undergone a refresh with £10,000 spent on repainting the running track, basketball court and netball court. We have also spent £4,000 on upgrading the playing surface of the pitch with new high quality rubber crumb.
We were pleased to be supporting in the spring by employees from Hastings Direct who volunteered to spring clean the grounds, cutting back shrubs and painting benches to refresh the area.
For the past seven years rental income has so far been ringfenced for maintenance and direct running cost of the facility, but as we move forward, we may start to use some of this income to pay for Sports Coach Salaries.
## **Holiday Activities and Food Programme.**
In the school holidays we continue to partner with Leicester City Council and the Department for Education who provide us with a grant to deliver the Holiday Activities and Food Programme. This runs for 2 weeks in the easter holidays, 4 weeks in the summer holidays and four days at Christmas. We provide hot meals and sports related activities for up to 50 children who are on benefit related free school meals each day.
Children have enjoyed a hot nutritious meal, free fun activities and trips out.
## **Project delivery August 2024-2025**
## **Cleaner and Greener**
In the last 12 months the Big Local has continued working on our pledge to create a Cleaner and Greener St Matthews and to raise awareness of the harm we do to our environment. We have done this partly by providing fun and educational activities for our families.
Big Local has organised several community litter picks. Lots of families took part and the Easter pick rewarded all children with a choice of Easter eggs. Our fantastic changemakers and youth club also joined in with additional litter picks during their school holidays, and we were happy to partner with the good gym who worked hard clearing and restocking the raised planters and hanging baskets.
During each school holiday we collaborated with Leicester Library Services to offer a series of workshops where children demonstrate their creativity, making new objects and artwork from (clean!) recycled items. The children were asked to consider what small things they can do to reduce, recycle and reuse. With particular importance to repurposing objects or litter that they might once have thrown away.
In October we challenged them with portraiture and sculpture using cardboard boxes, paper scraps, packaging and paint. In February the workshop coincided with early preparations for Ramadan and a wonderful range of sparkling decorations were created from plastic bottles, foil, foam, cartons and a thousand twinkles! The first Easter week workshop produced fantastic holiday decorations of eggs, chickens, and rabbits with the second themed around spring flowers and insects. May half term saw lots of imaginative
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sea creatures. Loads of cardboard used up! The children’s work featured in a large display in the library throughout the summer holidays
In the summer term we worked with Taylor Road Primary School delivering an after-school Eco Club. The five sessions included understanding the environment, how eco-systems and food chains work, the difference between natural and genetically modified crops and the problem of micro-plastics in the oceans. The children planted flowers, grew vegetables from seed, created beachscapes and bird feeders, and enjoyed a wildlife photography competition.
## **Celebrating Diversity and Talent**
In addition to celebrating Ramadan and Easter with creative workshops, the Big Local was also privileged to have Santa visit our magical grotto in St Matthews House during December. 57 children and parents enjoyed Christmas crafts and games accompanied by hot chocolate with marshmallows and gingerbreads, before popping in to chat to Santa and receive a present. We created a truly magical grotto and there were a lot of awestruck little ones!
## **Valuing our community and promoting health**
Over the winter we were awarded a grant from Leicester Public Health Fund which enabled us to create a Warm Hub alongside the Tuesday Fairshare provision. This Warm Hub ran for 17 weeks where between 22 and 45 visitors each week enjoyed chat, board games, quizzes, colouring and the use of computers. Refreshments included a variety of hearty, home-made soups and rolls made from the Fairshare surplus as well as hot drinks, biscuits and cakes. Much better for general health and wellbeing than queuing in the cold!
## **Partnerships**
We extend thanks to our partners: Leicester Library Services, Taylor Road Primary School, with special thanks going to Oadby Town Centre Association for the loan of the incredible costumes, inflatables and decorations for Santa’s Grotto.
This year Big Local has been privileged to partner with some great organisations that have made the delivery of the above projects possible, particularly the clean and green pledge: Centrica PLC, Taylor Road Primary School, the What Cabin, St Matthews Ladies Café. We also thank our partners: Leicester Library Services, The Curve, Buzzing Roots and Creative Triangle, for collaborating in delivering the arts and cultural projects.
And last, but by no means least, thank you to all our fantastic parent volunteers!
## **Sports Provision**
There have been 10,106 recorded attendances at our sports sessions over the past 12 months, with 886 individual participants accessing our provision during this period.
We continue to deliver free sports sessions for at least 13 hours each week, providing regular opportunities for young people aged 8 to 21 to participate in structured physical activity. Sessions remain well attended, and we continue to engage with more than 200 young people each week.
Our volunteer pathway continues to demonstrate positive outcomes. We have supported young people to gain qualifications and valuable volunteering and work experience in sport. Notably, two of our volunteers have successfully progressed into paid employment as sports coaches after completing their Introduction to Football Coaching qualification.
During school holidays, we extend our provision to increase engagement and help prevent young people from becoming involved in anti-social behaviour. This includes additional sessions and a programme of football tournaments across the different age groups. These tournaments continue to be very popular, with over 200 young people taking part.
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We are also exploring new partnership opportunities to broaden our sports offer, including discussions with Leicestershire County Cricket Club to deliver tape-ball cricket sessions for our young people — with potential to expand this offer to the wider community in the future.
Our sports activities remain a key element of our youth engagement model, helping young people build confidence, develop communication skills, strengthen interpersonal skills, and enhance their CVs through real-world experience and leadership development.
## **Youth Club Provision – That Thing After School**
Our twice-weekly youth club, That Thing After School, continues to provide a safe and engaging environment for young people aged 10 to 18. Operating every Wednesday and Friday from 4pm to 7pm, the programme offers a wide range of positive activities designed to support creativity, learning and personal development.
This year, we have recorded 2242 attendances and engaged 221 individual young people in the programme.
We have continued to expand our creative arts offer, working closely with local providers such as 2Funky Arts to deliver blocks of breakdancing and DJ/music workshops. These opportunities enable young people to express themselves in new ways and engage in activities they may not otherwise have access to.
Our arts provision has developed significantly through:
Spoken word workshops – where participants explored poetry and wrote original pieces reflecting on life in St Matthews
Graffiti art workshops – resulting in painted canvases celebrating their community
Music and song writing sessions led by Leicester’s new Poet Laureate, Mr Shay – culminating in lyrics and tracks created and performed by the young people
These achievements were showcased proudly at a Youth Club Showcase Evening, giving young people the chance to celebrate their work in front of peers and staff.
We continue to support personal growth and essential life skills through cooking, personal development and debate workshops, helping young people develop communication and conflict resolution skills.
Our partnership with Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service continues to have a strong impact. Young people completed fire safety awareness, first aid training and an interactive road safety experience using the hazard express 3D vehicle. A visit to the fire station provided practical learning opportunities, and we are proud that one participant has since joined the Fire Cadets.
Trips have also included a visit to the local library and Leicester’s New Walk Museum, where young people engaged directly with a working artist to learn about creative careers.
To further enhance the experience at the club, we have invested in new board games and equipment, supporting continued engagement, teamwork and social interaction.
Across all our activities from September 2024 to August 2025 we have reached in total nearly 15,300 opportunities for residents to participate in our activities.
Activities included: Trip to London Diwali Craft Activities Two Christmas Craft Workshops Elders Christmas lunch at Church Cour Children’s theatre Trip Weekly Term time Foodshare project Twice weekly youth Club Minimum of 13 hours of Sports provision weekly
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Easter, Summer and Winter Holiday Activity and Food Provision February Half Term Craft Activities Community litter picks Eid recycling craft activities Eco club with Taylor Road School Sunflower growing competition Bulb planning with Ladies Café and What Cabin Trip to Skegness. St Matthews Community Parks Day.
## **Contribution Made by Volunteers**
Volunteering continues to be an integral part of the Charity’s work. The volunteer Board of Trustees remains central to offering strategic vision and direction to the Charity.
Additionally, there has been ongoing voluntary input from many local organisations and individuals in particular staff from the Central England Co-op food and funeral services, Hastings Direct, Good Gym Leicester, Centrica PLC and residents who willingly give their time to supporting and offering practical help with various activities and events.
For the period September 2024 to August 2025, the charity’s bank of local volunteers contributed over 290 attendances averaging 860 hours to assist with various projects and activities. It is estimated we had around 35 regular volunteers last year.
Volunteers undertake a range of activities from litter picking, gardening, supporting holiday activities and food programmes, wrapping parcels at Christmas, help setting up and clearing at St Matthews Community Parks Day, supporting events and activities much more.
## **Financial Review**
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period: At the end of the year the Charity’s unrestricted net current assets are £163,661 and Last year they were £114,575, this is a decrease of £49,086.
## **Reserves**
The Charity wishes to hold six months general expenses and one month of staff costs in unrestricted funds. It is felt that this level of reserves is necessary because it can often take many months for grant applications to be processed. The trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (free reserves) held by the charity should be between 3 and 6 months of resources expended, which equates to £20,000 in general funds. At this time the Trustees feel that they would be able to continue current activities of the charity in the event of a significant drop in funding.
## **Sources of Funding**
Until this last year, the main source of income for the Charity has been The Big Local which offered £1,000,000 to be used over 10 years to benefit the residents of St Matthews Estate. Expenditure was governed by the Local Plan which had been written and revised after extensive consultation with residents. This plan has now closed out with all funds used by end of August 2025.
We continue to receive ongoing customer donations from Applegreen Petrol Station, which we are grateful to receive.
## We would like to thank:
Hasting Direct, Police Crime Commissioner, Barclays, Leicester City Council, StreetGames, PCC/ Violent Reduction Network, Arts Council National Lottery, Samworth Brothers Sports Fund, Leicester City Council / D.F.E, LCC Cycling, Ward Council, Leicester City Council / ARTS / Cultural Ambition Fund, Leicester City Council / D.F.E and all other donations, sponsors, food suppliers.
The full list of funders can be found on page 18.
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
St Matthews Big Local (Leicester) is a charitable incorporated organisation.
The charity is operated under the rules of its CIO Foundation Constitution registered 21st April 2016.
See https://www.stmatthewsbiglocal.com
## **Appointment of Charity Trustees**
Trustees must be either residents or workers on St Matthews Estate. They are trustees in their own right and do not represent any bodies with which they may be associated. The majority of Trustees must be residents.
Trustees are normally elected by members of the Charity at the AGM but may be appointed by the Trustees in which case they need to be elected by the members at the following AGM.
Each year, one third of the Trustees must stand down but they may be re-elected at the AGM. The minimum number of Trustees is 8 and the maximum is 17. The maximum continuous period of office is four terms, after which there must be a break of at least one year.
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
Charity name: St Matthews Big Local (Leicester) Registered charity number: 1166668 Address: St Matthews House, 25 Kamloops Crescent, Leicester LE1 2HX Names of the Charity TrusteesLee Nicholls (Chairperson) (appointed April 2016) Mrs Carol Allan (Treasurer) (Resigned July 2024) Christine James (appointed April 2016) (Resigned October 2025) Aysha Karolia (appointed November 2018) Amina Gharda (appointed April 2019) Ali Adnan (appointed October 2019) Sarah Whitmore (appointed Oct 2020) Zackaria Ahmed (appointed Oct 2021) (Resigned November 2024) Shahbaaz Khan (appointed Nov 2023) (Resigned May 2025) Imran Dedat (appointed October 2025) Dr Mohktar Elareshi (appointed November 2024) Saima Shah (appointed Oct 2022) Nicky Whithead (appointed October 2025) Rebbeca Ferguson (appointed October 2025) Adnan Wadud (appointed October 2025)
## **Declarations**
The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s Trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Lee Nicholls
Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair, etc) Chairperson
Date 2[nd] June 2026
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## **Independent Examiner's Report**
to the Trustees of St Matthews Big Local (Leicester)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of St Matthews Big Local (Leicester) (the charity) for the year ended 31[st] August 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
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
02/06/2026
Eva Stevens BSc, CPFA
Employee of Community Accounting Plus Units 1 & 2, North West 41 Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GL
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**St Matthews Big Local Registered Charity no 1166668**
## **Annual accounts for the period 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
|**Note**
**Incoming Resources**
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
3
Bank Interest
3
Other
3
**Total**
**Resources expended**
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
5
Running costs
6
Governance
7
**Total**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Extraordinary items**
**Transfers between funds**
13
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
13
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Designated**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Prior Year**
**funds**
7,784
7,784
2,434
7,510
219,199
226,709
204,176
13,749
13,749
14,593
17,369
17,369
34,508|
|---|---|
||**46,412**
**219,199**
**265,611**
**255,711**|
||13,770
95,504
302
109,576
101,305
20,615
90,624
16,746
127,985
108,144
1,548
6,485
8,033
8,899|
||**35,933**
**192,613**
**17,048**
**245,594**
**218,348**|
||10,479
26,586
(17,048)
20,017
38,363
39,722
(39,722)|
||**50,201**
**(13,136)**
**(17,048)**
**20,017**
**38,363**
305,602
168,992
30,739
505,333
466,970|
||**355,803**
**155,856**
**13,691**
**525,350**
**505,333**|
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## **St Matthews Big Local Registered Charity no 1166668 Annual accounts for the period 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025**
## **Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025**
|**Fixed assets**
**Note**
**Tangible assets**
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**Investments**
**Total fixed assets**
**Current assets**
**Cash at bank and in hand**
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**Total current assets**
**Debtors**
10
**Creditors**
10
**Net current assets/(liabilities)**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Total net assets or liabilities**
**Funds of the Charity**
**Restricted income funds**
**Designated funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
**Total funds**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Designated**
**funds**
**Total**
**this year**
**Prior**
**year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
192,142
192,142
191,027|
|---|---|
||**192,142**
**192,142**
**191,027**|
||165,875
155,856
13,691
335,422
314,174|
||**165,875**
**155,856**
**13,691**
**335,422**
**314,174**|
||3,620
(2,214)
(2,214)
(3,489)|
||**163,661**
**155,856**
**13,691**
**333,208**
**314,306**|
|||
||**355,803**
**155,856**
**13,691**
**525,350**
**505,333**|
|||
||**355,803**
**155,856**
**13,691**
**525,350**
**505,333**|
||155,856
155,856
168,992
13,691
13,691
30,739
355,803
355,803
305,602|
||**355,803**
**155,856**
**13,691**
**525,350**
**505,333**|
Signed by one trustee on behalf of all the trustees
Print name: Lee Nicholls (Chairperson)
Date 2[nd] June 2026.
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
**Note 1: Basis of preparation** . St Matthews Big Local meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are
initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting
policy notes.
## **Statement of compliance**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities:
Statement of Recommended Practice (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the
Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)) (issued in October 2019)- (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland
(FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
## **1.1 Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:
• the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014
- and with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and
- Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)
- and with the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.
**1.2 Going concern** - The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis
## **Note 2: Accounting policies**
**2.1 Income:** This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity
**Recognition of income:** These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
- the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
- it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources; and
- the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
- Offsetting: There has been no offsetting of assets and liabilities, or income and expenses, unless required or permitted by the FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102.
**Grants and donations:** Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS 102 SORP).
In the case of performance related grants, income must only be recognised to the extent that the charity has provided the specified goods or services as entitlement to the grant only occurs when the performance related conditions are met (5.16 FRS 102 SORP).
**Legacies:** Legacies are included in the SOFA when receipt is probable, that is, when there has been grant of probate, the executors have established that there are sufficient assets
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in the estate and any conditions attached to the legacy are either within the control of the charity or have been met.
**Tax reclaims on donations and gifts:** Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the donor. Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donation is considered to be part of that gift and is treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or the terms of the appeal have specified otherwise.
**Contractual income and performance related grants:** This is only included in the SoFA once the charity has provided the related goods or services or met the performance related conditions.
**Government grants:** The charity has received no government grants in the reporting period.
**Donated goods:** Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be exchanged) unless impractical to do so. Goods donated for on-going use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable.
**Gifts in kind:** for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as income from donations when receivable.
**Donated services and facilities:** Donated services and facilities are included in the SOFA when received at the value of the gift to the charity provided the value of the gift can be measured reliably. Donated services and facilities that are consumed immediately are recognised as income with an equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate heading in the SOFA.
**Volunteer help:** The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.
**Income from interest, royalties and dividends:** This is included in the accounts when receipt is probable and the amount receivable can be measured reliably.
**Settlement of insurance claims:** Insurance claims are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS 102 SORP) and are included as an item of other income in the SoFA.
## **2.2 Expenditure and liabilities**
**Liability recognition:** Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
**Support costs:** The charity has incurred expenditure on support costs.
**Governance and support costs:** Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support. Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. Support costs include central functions and have either been charged directly to funds or allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
**Grants with performance conditions:** Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output.
**Grants payable without performance conditions:** Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be recognised.
**Pensions and other post retirement obligations:** The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity. Pension costs charges in the Statement of Financial Activities represent the contributions payable by the charity during the year.
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**Redundancy cost** : The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period.
**Creditors:** The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade discounts.
**Basic financial instruments:** The charity accounts for basic financial instruments on initial recognition as per paragraph 10.7 FRS 102 SORP. Subsequent measurement is as per paragraphs 11.17 to 11.19, FRS 102 SORP.
## **2.3 Assets**
**Tangible fixed assets for use by charity:** These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £800. They are valued at cost.
**The depreciation rates** are 20% for fixtures and fittings, equipment and property improvements, 33.3% for electronic equipment and 4% on the MUGA measured on a straight line basis.
## **Note 3 Analysis of income**
|**Note 3 Analysis of income**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Donations and legacies:**
Donations and gifts
Gift Aid
Donated Goods and Services (Note 4)
Other
**Total**
**Charitable activities:**
Charitable activities
Grants
**Total**
**Other trading activities:**
Room lets
MUGA hire
**Total**
**Bank Interest**
CCLA Deposit Account
**TOTAL INCOME**
**Note 4 Donated goods, facilities and services**
Leicester City Council - food parcels
Leicester City in the Community - food
Creative Triangle - Chocolate
Vodaphone - SIM cards & credit
Chutney Ivy - meal voucher
**Total**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Designated**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
2,019
5,765|**Total**
**funds**
**Prior year**
**£**
**£**
2,019
1,434
5,765
1,000|
||**7,784**
7,510
219,199|**7,784**
**2,434**
7,510
8,534
219,199
195,642|
||**7,510**
**219,199**
3,596
13,773|**226,709**
**204,176**
3,596
20,182
13,773
14,326|
||**17,369**
13,749|**17,369**
**34,508**
13,749
14,593|
||**46,412**
**219,199**|**265,611**
**255,711**|
|||**Last**
**year**
**Prior**
**year**
**£**
**£**
1,000
2,500
225
2,880
160|
|||**5,765**
**1,000**|
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|**Note 5 Expenditure on charitable activities**
**Direct expenditure on activities**
Big Local
Arts Council Grant
Barclays / Sported Grant
Cruyff Foundation Tournament
Hastings Direct
Holiday Activities & Food
Leicester City Council
Million Hours Fund - National Lottery
MUGA Designated
Police & Crime Commissioner
Samworth Sports Opportunities
Sport England
Street Games
Unused BL Grants funding
Other
Publicity
Staff
**Total**
**Note 6 Running costs**
Office expenses
Travel
Depreciation
Equipment
Building running costs
Repairs & maintenance
MUGA maintenance
Staff
Training
**Total**
**Note 7 Governance**
Administration
Fees
Independent Examination
**Total**
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Designated**
**funds**
**Total**
**funds**
**Prior year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
20,235
20,235
19,094
8,624
8,624
5,733
180
180
320
454
540
540
11,757
11,757
8,590
1,340
1,340
3,980
3,012
3,012
1,142
302
302
295
990
990
320
242
242
26
26
320
320
800
13,770
13,770
7,344
619
619
401
47,619
47,619
52,832|
|---|---|
||**13,770**
**95,504**
**302**
**109,576**
**101,305**
621
497
1,118
2,715
13
13
14,003
14,003
16,098
802
2,419
20
3,241
6,185
4,004
2,298
6,302
6,983
935
5,346
182
6,463
1,420
10
4,194
16,544
20,748
8,943
240
75,857
76,097
65,597
203|
||**20,615**
**90,624**
**16,746**
**127,985**
**108,144**
366
3,089
3,455
1,636
276
3,396
3,672
6,447
906
906
816|
||**1,548**
**6,485**
**8,033**
**8,899**|
||**35,933**
**192,613**
**17,048**
**245,594**
**218,348**|
## **Note 8 Support costs**
When appropriate, support costs will be allocated by time for activities and by hours for staff.
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## **Note 9 Paid employees**
|**Note 9 Paid employees**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Designated**
**funds**|**Total**
**funds**|**Prior year**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Wages and salaries||240|107,435||107,675|115,517|
|Social security costs|||9,849||9,849|857|
|Other pension costs (3 employees)|||6,192||6,192|2,055|
||**Total**|
**240**|**123,476**||**123,716**|**118,429**|
|**Note 10, Debtors, creditors and accruals**|||||||
|Sundry debtors||||||3,620|
|Sundry creditors||(1,308)|||(1,308)|(2,673)|
|Fee for Independent Examination||(906)|||(906)|(816)|
||**Total**|
**(2,214)**|||**(2,214)**|**132**|
|**Note 11 Tangible fixed assets**||**Property &**
**improve'ts**|**Fixtures &**
**equipment**|
**Electronic**
**equipment**|**Total**||
|**Cost or valuation**|||||||
|Balance bt. forward||285,758|9,356|
6,395|301,509||
|Additions||14,183|935||15,118||
|Disposals|||||||
|Balance cd. forward||**299,941**|**10,291**|
**6,395**|**316,627**||
|**Depreciation**|||||||
|Balance bt. forward||96,144|8,392|
5,946|110,482||
|Charge for the year||12,886|668|
449|14,003||
|Eliminated on disposal|||||||
|Balance cd forward||**109,030**|**9,060**|
**6,395**|**124,485**||
|**Net book value at 31 August 2025**||**190,911**|**1,231**||**192,142**||
|**Net book value at 31 August 2024**||**189,614**|**964**|
**449**|**191,027**||
|**Note 12 Cash at bank & in hand**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Designated**
**funds**|**Total**
**funds**|**Prior year**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Short term deposits||132,068|140,000|
13,691|285,759|302,010|
|Cash at bank and on hand||33,807|15,856||49,663|12,164|
||**Total**|
**165,875**|**155,856**|
**13,691**|**335,422**|**314,174**|
|An uncleared transaction of £122.66|in the|current account is taken||into account|above.||
|||||||**Balance**|
|**Note 13 Funds**||**Balance b/d**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Transfers**|**c/f**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Fund name & purpose**|||||||
|**Unrestricted**|||||||
|General||305,602|46,412|
(35,933)|39,722|355,803|
|**Unrestricted**|||||||
|Designated - MUGA future||30,739||(17,048)||13,691|
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## **Restricted**
Big Local - delivery of Local Plan 24,528 103,143 (109,776) (17,895)
|Arts Council - Our Arts Sketchbook 2025
Barclays / Sported Grant - sports
Co-op - Foodbank floor
Cycle Safety
Holiday Activities & Food
Hastings Direct - Sports coaches etc
LCC Bike Hire Scheme
Leicester City Council *
Million Hours - National Lottery - Youth
MUGA Future Provision
Police & Crime Commissioner **
Redundancy Provision
Samworth Sports Opportunities
Sports England - Lets Get Moving
Street Games 2025 - Youth Project.
Tudor Trust - Staff Costs
Unused grantts returned
Violent Reduction - Youth involvement
**Total Funds**
**Transfers between funds**
Big Local to General
Big Local to General
Big Local to General
Arts Council to General
Co-operative to General
Holiday Activities & Food
Leicester City Council to General
Street Games to General
Leicester City Council *
Police & Crime Commissioner **|22,163
(14,546)
(2,400)
180
(180)
863
(863)
600
4,637
25,209
(17,420)
(8,615)
6
3,000
(2,546)
5,000
12,153
(2,404)
(9,749)
8,657
19,311
(18,130)
106,935
333
9,991
(4,620)
13,055
(13,055)
990
(990)
13,888
(5,712)
10,341
(26)
(200)
2,239
(2,239)
320
(320)
649
(649)|5,217
600
3,811
460
5,000
9,838
106,935
5,704
8,176
10,115|
|---|---|---|
||**168,992**
**219,199**
**(192,613)**
**(39,722)**|**155,856**|
||**505,333**
**265,611**
**(245,594)**
**525,350**
**Reason for transfer**
**Amount**
Fee for being LTO and administration
(8,500)
Underspend of 5% running costs provided
(4,421)
Capitalisation of
works
(4,974)
Room hire
(2,400)
Contribution to works
(863)
Capitalisation of oven, venue hire & o'hds
(8,615)
Warm Hub room hire & MUGA revamp
(9,749)
Room hire
(200)
(39,722)
Grants for Parks Day & warm hub & refunded grant
Grants for sports|**525,350**
**Amount**
(8,500)
(4,421)
(4,974)
(2,400)
(863)
(8,615)
(9,749)
(200)|
## **Note 14 Transactions with trustees and related parties**
|**te 14 Transactions with trustees and related parties**|||
|---|---|---|
||**This year**|**Prior year**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Trustee remuneration and benefits**|||
|Travel|46|40|
|Flowers for a retiring trustee||41|
||**46**|**81**|
|Number of trustees reimbursed for expenses or who|1|1|
|had expenses paid by the charity|||
|None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration|or received any other||
|benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity|||
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**Transactions with related parties** There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period
## **Note 15 Government grants received**
None
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