## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 10 2022 30 09 2023 **From** **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1170735 Aspire Amateur Boxing Club **Charity's principal address** 14 Marsh View Eckington Sheffield **Postcode S21 4EL** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Stephen Hartley|Chairman||| ||RonnyTucker|Vice Chairman||| ||Sharon Holford|||| ||TracyTucker|||| ||Cecilie Heslop|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Constitution Association - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointment (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; Our governing body is England boxing therefore we are governed by their policies and procedures; this includes safeguarding policies. All the coaching staff have to attend safeguarding courses as well as up to date first aid courses. All the trustees are familiar with the policies that are st by the governing body, England Boxing. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR AMATEUR BOXING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY USING BOXING AND ITS TRAINING AND TECHNIQUES AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING HEALTH AND FITNESS AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO MAKE HEALTHY LIFE CHOICES. **TAR** March **2012** 2 **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** The main activities are boxing and fitness, we do not just teach young people about boxing. We teach healthy living and healthy eating. We discuss dangers of carrying knives and the negative aspects of gang activity. The purpose of the club is to give members as sense of pride and the tools to enable them to have positive aspirations. We promote healthy living and reduce crime/antisocial behaviour, through the use of sport. The club was established in 1990, are were based in Spring Lane inclusion Centre, we work with young people from the local area plus the surrounding areas. We strongly believe that sport can contribute to reducing crime and contributes to community safety. The club has a strong believe that sport reduces the risk factors associated with crime. The club provides diversionary activities that enables young people to stay safe, healthy and enables young people to make choices that are beneficial to their future. The club provides disadvantaged and vulnerable young people an opportunity to take part in positive activities. We are based I an exclusion centre, the staff at the school use the facility in the day and we use it in the evenings. Our membership has grown, some of our members are from the local area however we have members from other areas of Sheffield and neighbouring areas such as Rotherham and Chesterfield. S We have seen an increase in membership and we have had to create a waiting list. Our Women Aspire Together session are still going well and numbers have increased. The women who attend have said that they attend this gym due to the fact that they can’t afford conventional gyms plus some said that they didn’t feel comfortable in conventional gyms. The women feel that they have something in common with each other. The barriers to engagement is often cost, with the cost of living and fuel poverty it is difficult for people to find extra finance to attend the gym. We still ensure that all our sessions are free, which in turn breaks down those barriers and allows people to train without the added pressure of having to find the money to fund the training Sheffield has had its share of knife related crime over the past year, we work closely with the police, youth justice service and the youth service who have all backed our recent sport not crime initiative. We have seen an increase in young people who want to train however they do not want to compete, as such we have decided that we will pilot an extra evening solely for this cohort. We have worked with the Police and Crime Commissioners office and delivered knife crime events in several secondary schools, we have had amazing feedback. We still take referrals from the youth justice service and the leaving care service this has gone very well; one young person has stated that he would like to compete next season. Our Membership has increased and we have also had an increase in females. We held three conferences, the topics were Violence against Women and Girls, Exploitation and Knife crime. The audience was social workers, Leaving Care workers, Youth Justice Workers, South Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and Voluntary and Community groups. Our Saturday Women Aspire Together sessions are still going well, one member stated “I love coming here and meeting people who are like me, commercial gyms are too expensive, and I feel uncomfortable in those gyms, in these sessions I feel comfortable. The sessions are free so I don’t have to worry about the cost”. **TAR** March **2012** 3 One of our coaches has been award the South Yorkshire Polices Community Spirit Award, this is a great testament to the work that we do. The trustees have read the guidance re the main activities, how we will deliver them and the benefit to the local community and members of the club. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** |We have had an increase in female boxing, this has led to us launching
our “Punch like a girl” and “initiative. This has been very successful; this
takes place on a Saturday morning. Two of our female coaches are level
one coaches and the run these sessions on a Saturday. The feedback| |---| |that we have had from the participants meant that we have had to run| |another session, this is also going well and I have already received very| |good feedback.| |One of our female boxers reached the development semi-finals and she| |also went on to win gold in the all-female championships.| |Whilst we have increased participation from females we have not| |increased participation from BME groups, the people that we do have| |from BME groups are usually the ones that return. Our aim is to increase| |BME participation.| |We have increased female participation, due to the fact that they fee l| |comfortable in the environment. Although we have only been in this| |building for a short period we have.| |•
Improved people’s physical health and mental health and well| |being| |•
Promoted enhancement in education and lifelong learning| |•
Promoted community cohesion| |•
Worked with other agencies to help combat crime.| |We have extended the opening times to include Saturday mornings and| |we have a female only fitness session on a Wednesday for the adult| |community members.| **TAR** March **2012** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** ## **Brief statement of the** **charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); Our main source of funding is still from the shows that we promote. As mentioned earlier we have an increase in females in the gym. Competition can be scares therefore we need to look at other competitions in Ireland and Sweden. Clearly this will be an additional cost to the club, therefore we will have to look at alternatives ways to raise funds. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** Aspire Boxing Club is a friendly inclusive club that is run by volunteers. The club has been running for 29 years and we pride ourselves on the fact that we have managed to steer several young people away from a life of crime. We work with partner agencies to enable us to receive referrals. We inspire young people and we work with parents and schools to ensure that the young people are kept on the right path. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Ronny Tucker **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Vice Chair **etc)** **Date** 14 April 2019 **TAR** March **2012** 6 ## **Income and Expenditure Budget** ## ASPIRE ABC October 1st 2022- September 30th 2023 |**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Amount**
**Cheque**
Date
Brought Forward
£26,208.95 01.10.22
Esker Box Cup
£471.00
101388
Sheffield Council
£3,159.00 08.11.22
Bank Charge
£9.04
West Riding Masons
£2,000.00 21.11.22
Sharon Holford
£1,560.00
101389
Returned AON Insurance
£375.76 29.12.22
Beighton Recreation Ground
£300.00
101390
Morrisons
£3,000.00 12.01.23
Box Cup Flights & Acc
£2,027.54
101391
PCC for SYP
£1,875.00 17.01.23
Void Ceque
£0.00
101392
KFC Foundation
£2,000.00 30.01.23
The English Sports Council
£2,460.50
101393
England Boxing
£4,648.00 07.02.23
Bank Charge
£8.09
Sheffield Council
£2,000.00 13.02.23
The Print Room
£96.00
101394
Local Giving
£500.00 02.06.23
Ergo Equipment
£2,829.00
101395
Police and Crime Commissioner
£1,875.00 09.06.23
Local Civing
£180.00 Direct Db
Howden Joinery
£500.00 16.06.23
AON Gym Insurance
£375.76
101396
KFC Foundation
£20.00 19.06.23
Yorkshire Boxing Champs
£5.00
101397
Void Ceque
£0.00
101398
Stephen Hartley
£80.00
101399
Bank Charge
£6.20
Stephen Hartley
£22.00
101400
Post Office Rent
£750.00
101401
AON Gym Insurance
£375.76
101402
Bank Charge
£7.00
Bank Charge
£7.40
Sharon Holford
£120.00
101403
Alison Cope
£3,400.00
101404
Bank Charge
£5.00
Post Office Rent
£750.00
101405
Yorkshire Boxing Permit x 2
£100.00
101406
Ergo Equipment
£1,237.08
101407
Bank Charge
£6.29
Bank Charge
£5.80
Bank Charge
£5.00
Rent Post Office
£750.00
101408
Void Ceque
£0.00
101409
Void Ceque
£0.00
101410
Bank Charge
£5.40
Yorkshire ABA Champs
£10.00
101411
Void Ceque
£0.00
101412
**Total**
**£48,161.71**
**£17,964.86**|**Date**
10.10.22
21.10.22
03.11.22
06.11.22
07.11.22
03.11.22
19.11.22
21.11.22
29.11.22
30.11.22
01.12.22
05.12.22
12.12.22
14.12.22
15.12.22
21.12.22
29.12.22
03.01.23
04.01.23
21.01.23
21.02.23
01.03.23
01.03.23
21.03.23
25.03.23
27.03.23
14.03.23
21.04.23
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21.05.23
21.06.23
05.06.23


21.07.23
15.08.23
04.09.23
**£30,196.85**| |---|---| +