The Hockey Museum
Registered Charity no 1170979
Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024
Trustees’ Annual Report
1 Name of the Charity
The Charity is The Hockey Museum.
2 Principal Address
The principal address of the Charity is:
The Hockey Museum 13 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BL
3 Trustees
The trustees who served during the year and the current trustees of the Charity are as follows:
D Knapp MT Barford (Treasurer) Dr HL Dichter I Gibbon M Joyce Dr C O’Sullivan TS Panesar N Pink (resigned 11 April 2025) MJC Smith JF Willmott
4 Constitution
The Hockey Museum was registered by the Charity Commission for England and Wales (registered Charity No 1170979) as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on 4 January 2017. It was registered with the intention that it would take over the assets and operations of National Hockey Museum, a Charitable Trust constituted by a Trust Deed dated 11 July 2012, which was registered by the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 9 October 2012.
The operations and all of the assets of the Charitable Trust were transferred to the Charity, and the Charitable Trust wound up and deregistered as a charity.
5 Objects and Public Benefit
The objects of the Charity are advancing the education of the public in the history and development of hockey and its antecedents, in particular by establishing or maintaining a museum for the permanent exhibition and preservation of items of education and/or historic value.
The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and consider that the Charity has complied with this guidance.
6 Partnerships with England Hockey, the International Hockey Federation and The Hockey Foundation
The Charity has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with England Hockey, which formalises the collaboration between the Charity and England Hockey. Under this MoU, the Charity receives an annual grant of £25,000.
The Charity has a MoU with the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and The Hockey Foundation under which the Charity will receive a grant of Sw Fr 15,000 in 2025.
7 Achievements and Activities
The Charity has maintained its full Accreditation as a museum, which was awarded by Arts Council England in 2018.
The Charity approved a new Strategic Action Plan (SAP) on 11 December 2019, which sets out priorities for the Charity from 2020 to 2024. The Charity considers that it has made good progress during the year implementing key elements of the SAP. The Charity is working towards preparing a new SAP in 2025.
The Charity has received many donations during the year and acknowledges the significant beneficial impact on the Charity of these donations.
The Charity is preparing itself as an organisation to better represent the wider hockey family. We recognise that in order to achieve this, the Charity must demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in all areas of activity. The Charity is committed to be better positioned to work with England Hockey in all areas of EDI in the future.
8 Risk Management
The trustees have considered the principal strategic, operational and financial risks and uncertainties to which the charity is exposed and have put in place plans and strategies for managing those risks.
9 Financial Review
The annual grant of £25,000 was received from England Hockey and a grant of Sw Fr 10,000 (£8,690) was received from The Hockey Foundation.
Donations and other grants totalling £77,352 were received during the year which, together with the grants from England Hockey and The Hockey Foundation, helped to increase the cash balance held at the year end from £135,748 to £162,465. The trustees are most grateful to everyone who has supported the Charity in this way.
The trustees will apply part of this cash balance in 2025 to maintain its staffing levels and to address the priorities in the SAP, whilst retaining sufficient cash in reserves in order to ensure the Charity’s sustainability and to enable the Charity to make satisfactory progress towards achieving its Objects.
12 June 2025
D Knapp (Chair of trustees)
Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 December 2024
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Unrestricted Restricted Total 2023
funds Funds Funds
Receipts £ £ £ £
Grants 39,190 10,000 49,190 27,500
Donations 60,267 1,585 61,852 52,582
Sales 2,387 - 2,387 1,036
Transfers 3,993 (3,993) - -
Total Receipts 105,837 7,592 113,429 81,118
Payments
Rent and Premises 12,812 - 12,812 14,077
Staff costs 43,542 - 43,542 53,862
Information technology 15,162 - 15,162 10,333
Office, administration and development 9,137 - 9,137 9,429
Collections and their management 1,114 - 1,114 3,268
Acquisitions for the collection - - - 700
Purchases for resale - - - 2,555
Special projects 620 3,325 3,945 7,535
Total Payments 82,387 4,267 85,712 101,759
Net receipts/(payments) for the year 23,450 4,267 27,717 (20,641)
Add cash funds at 1 January 2024 119,932 15,816 135,748 156,389
Cash funds at 31 December 2024 143,382 20,083 163,465 135,748
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Statement of Net Assets and Liabilities at 31 December 2024
| Unrestricted Funds | Restricted Funds | Total Funds | |
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| Cash Funds | £ | £ | £ |
| Cash | 143,382 | 20,083 | 163,465 |
| Other monetary assets | |||
| Debtors | 1,036 | - | 1,036 |
| Assets retained for the charity’s own use | |||
| Heritage assets | 208 | 38,745 | 38,953 |
| Fixtures and fittings | - | 3,354 | 3,354 |
| Liabilities | |||
| Creditors | - | - | - |
Note: non-monetary assets retained for the charity’s own use have mostly been donated and it is impractical to assign a value to them. Heritage assets which have been purchased, which include digital assets and assets transferred from the Charitable Trust, are stated at cost.
Signed on behalf of the trustees on 12 June 2025
D Knapp (Chair of trustees)
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees Charity Name THE HOCKEY MUSEUM On accounts for the year 31 DECEMBER 2024 Charity no 1170979 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 TO 4 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 12 / 2024 . Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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• the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or • the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) 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.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Date: 1 JULY 2025
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| Name: | SUSAN KUMAR ACA | ||
| Relevant professional | INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES | ||
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