Goals Beyond Grass Trustee Report - 6[th] April 2021 – 5[th] April 2022
- Activities and achievements during the year
The year was an extremely positive one for all involved with Goals Beyond Grass. We continued to grow our Community Club Programme, ensuring each session we delivered recovered appropriately from the pandemic. As a charity, we ensured we could support participants from all our clubs return to regular activity, as we knew that for our service users returning to clubs, socialising and also engaging in physical activity was going to be challenging in a variety of ways for our beneficiaries.
We have developed our offer of Inclusive Cycling within the county, delivering two sessions a week and working hard behind the scenes to source funding to invest in more specialised adapted bikes. This has enabled us to offer a better experience for those who attend our cycling sessions, now being able to facilitate people who want to ride in pairs, which is fantastic in order to help those who are unable to control a bike independently, as they can still experience the benefits of cycling like anyone else.
Our Powerchair football provision has returned to the pre-pandemic level in regard to the amount of sessions we were delivering, which has enabled us to deliver powerchair football to a variety of people, from recreational and beginner level through to the elite standard of the game on a weekly basis. We have also rebranded our elite squad, to The Nomad Knights, who are coached by an England international, who is helping us to develop the provision within Gloucestershire.
Our PAN Football pilot project based in Gloucester has developed into a regular weekly club, which has now developed us into entering the Gloucestershire FA ability Counts league, entering x2 competitive teams from our Gloucester City PAN project and another team from the Forest of Dean PAN football provision. These sessions enable us to reach participants who are often isolated, have a disability and these participants are often from a disadvantaged background.
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Goals Beyond Grass is a registered charity in England and Wales - Charity Number 1167624
Our current partnerships with other business and charities within Gloucestershire have gone from strength to strength. We have developed our partnership in particular with a number of organisations but most notably with Gloucester City Football club, which enables our participants to feel valued as part of the club, use the brand-new state of the art facilities and even benefit from matchday tickets and access to play on the pitch at half time at the community day game!
Our Outreach sessions have developed through working closely with Active Gloucestershire, delivering the Activity Alliance funded programme called GOGA (Get Out Get Active). This has enabled us to reach more participants from organisations and communities in the Forest of Dean who otherwise wouldn’t be able to access our activities.
Finally, we have sourced funding, to begin a multi-sports session, based in Churchdown. This session will enable us to reach participants and beneficiaries who we would usually aim to reach via our Outreach Programme before the pandemic, however now there are more barriers to delivering the Outreach Programme we can still reach many of this audience through community sessions.
• Future Plans
We are going from strength to strength, engaging an increased number of participants and growing our provision year by year. We are aspiring to increase the number of regular sessions within the community, growing our PAN, Powerchair and Cycling participation rates. We know from Activity Alliance research that only 28% of disabled people were feeling encouraged to return to activity after the pandemic, compared to 50% of non-disabled people. For those who return, only half (53%) said it was a positive experience, so it is our mission to ensure we help disabled people recover from the pandemic and return to physical and social activity. We will also be developing our offer, to try and help participants in a much larger way, through potentially delivering social groups or more accessible activities which require less commitment.
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Goals Beyond Grass is a registered charity in England and Wales - Charity Number 1167624
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEE’S OF
GOALS BEYOND GRASS
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ending 05.04.2022.
Responsibilities and basis of the report
As the charities trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of the examination of the charities accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable direction given by the Charities Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiners statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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Accounting records were not kept in accordance with seciont130 of the Charities Act; or
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The accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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The accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities Regulations 2008 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.
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.
Mrs E Miller FMAAT, ACMA, CGMA
20.01.2023
Goals Beyond Grass Charity Number: 1167624 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITES for the year ended 5th April 2022
| Income from: Funding Donations and legacies Charitable activities Total Income 2 2 3 Resource Expenses: Fundraising4 Charitable activities5 Total resources expanded Net income/(expenditure) and net movements in funds for the year Reconciliation of funds Total funds bought forward at 01.04.2021 Total Funds carried forward at 05.04.2022 Notes |
Unrestricted Funds 26359 5,357 28,247 139,472 2022 Restricted Funds Total 165,831 5,357 28,247 |
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| 59,963 139,472 199,435 |
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| 34,43 147,13 0 181,569 |
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| 7 2 181,569 |
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| 34,43 7 25,526 76,366 7,660 147,13 2 -7,660 17,866 84,026 0 |
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| 101,892 0 101,892 |
All results are derived from continuing activities The charity has no gains of losses other than recognised in the SOFA
Goals Beyond Grass Charity Number: 1167624 Balance Sheet for the year ended 5th April 2022
| Notes | 2022 |
|---|---|
| £ | |
| Fixed Assets | |
| Tangible Assets7 | 44,543 |
| Current Assets | |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 62,549 |
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one y8 | 5200 |
| Net current assets | |
| 57,349 | |
| Total Net Assets | |
| 101,892 | |
| Charity Funds | |
| Opening Balance | 84,026 |
| Surplus | 17,866 |
| Total Charity Funds | 101,892 |
Approved by the trustees on: 05.01.2023
Signed: Mr B Dix Chair of Trustee's
Goals beyond Grass Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 5th April 2022
1 Accounting Policies
Accounting Convention
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Accounts and Reporting by charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Finance Reporting Standards applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Incoming Resources
Donations and legacies are recognised as income when received except where any restriction on expenditure demand that a proportion be carried forward as deferred income. The donations under Gift Aid are recognised when receivable. Grants and other incoming resources are the actual amount received in the year.
Resources Expanded
Resources expanded are recognised on an accrual bases. They are allocated to activities based on actual usage. Staff support costs are allocated on the appropriate activity based on the relative amount of time spent on such activities. Premises and other costs are also allocated on actual cost
Cost of the activities of the charity's objectives comprise of these costs incurred by the charity as a result of the delivery of service. Costs of raising funds are associated with attracting voluntary income. Governance costs comprise of costs incurred by the charity in meeting its constitutional and statutory requirements
Fixed Asset Depreciation
Tangible fixed assets are included in the balance sheet at cost less depreciation
Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of valuation, less estimated residual value of each asset over the expected useful life as follows~: Motor Vehicles25% Straight Line Equipment33% Straight Line
Funds
Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources receivable or generated for the objects of the charity without further specified purposes and are available as general funds
Goals beyond Grass Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 5th April 2022
| 2. Income from donations and legacies Grants Donations Funding |
2022 £ 1,533 5,357 164,298 |
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| 171,188 |
3. Income from Charitable activities
| 5. Charitable Activities 4. Resources Expanded Deprecation Motor Vehicles Depreciation Equipment Accessible Sports Powerchairs /repayments Fundraising Interest Coaching / Delivery Advertising/Promotional Bank Charges Computer Costs DBS Donation Insurances Kit League Fees Motor Vehicle Running Costs Office/General Administrative Expenses Other Professional Services PAYE & NIC Pension Phone Costs Printing, Postage and Stationery Prizes Refreshments Rent Repairs Salaries & Wages Training Travel and Accommodation Uniform Utilities Venue Hire Website Hosting |
0 340 19,68 2 2 8,221 28,24 5 181,560 2,617.97 4,729.00 9,646.00 6,188.00 3,017.14 11.15 3,143.85 371.00 124.00 2,906.89 1,887.71 150.00 2,308.85 754.52 405.00 14,530.99 3,581.78 1,380.19 150.89 247.50 589.55 17,378.75 671.90 99,925.76 706.43 4,134.70 |
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7. Tangible Fixed Assets Tangible Fixed AssetsMotor VehiclesEquipmentTotal £ £ £ Cost As at 01.4.202137,40010,251 47,651 Additions1,00028,331 29,331 Total Cost 38,40038,58276,982
Depreciation As at 01.04.2021-12,650-3,956 -16,606 Depreciation in the year-6,188-9,646 -15,833 As at 31.03.2022 -18,838-13,602-32,439
Net book value 01.04.202124,7506,296 31,046 As at 31.03.202219,56324,981 44,543
8. Legal Status
The Charity is registered with the charities commission, is limited by guarantee and has no share capital
9. Corporation Tax
The charity is exempt form tax on gains falling withing section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxation of chargeable gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable activities.