## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 31/03/2021 Period start date To 30/03/2022 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club** ## **Charity registration number: 1172366** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the charity are:**
**(a) To promote community**
**participation in healthy recreation**
**through the provision of facilities**
**for the playing of cricket.**
**(b) The provision and maintenance of**
**a community pavilion for the use**
**of the inhabitants of Bury St**
**Edmunds and the surrounding**
**area without distinction of**
**political, religious or other**
**opinions, including use for :**
**(1) meetings, lectures, and classes,**
**and**
**(2) other forms of recreation and**
**leisure-time occupation, with the**
**object of improving the conditions**
**of the life for the inhabitants.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The main activities are promoting the**
**playing of cricket to all ages and abilities.**
**The additional activity is operating a**
**community pavilion for the benefit of all**
**sports being played at the Victory Sports**
**Ground and making the facility available**
**to the local community.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have considered all aspects**
**of operating the charity under the**
**guidance of the charity commission and**
**are confident they are doing this.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The charity does not make grants but**
**does support disadvantaged players.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers are vital in the operation of**
**the charity. The club has more than 30**
**active volunteers who help in all aspects**
**of the charities aims and objectives.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Despite the difficulties present by the**
**covid pandemic the cricket club has**
**provided a lot of cricket during the 2021**
**cricket season. Due to covid rules**
**changing facilities were not fully used or**
**indeed refreshments provided, in most**
**cases players supplied their own food**
**and drink. A particular problem has been**
**the inability due to covid to use the**
**Community Pavilion which was closed**
**for much of the time reflected in the**
**audited annual accounts. However, as**
**soon as limited use of community**
**facilities became possible we assisted**
**organisations to get started again.**
**The cricket club is very grateful to the**
**support given by the government through**
**West Suffolk Council which enabled the**
**club to maintain its significant running**
**costs of the community pavilion during**
**the difficult time.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The cricket club has continued to achieve**
**its aim of providing cricket during**
**challenging times and supporting**
**community groups through provision of**
**its facilities.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The cricket club has had an outstanding**
**year in terms of fund raising. The club**
**has a particular need to replace the very**
**old outdoor cricket nets practice**
**facilities, the aim is to provide a third lane**
**and provide a new state of the art**
**enclosed facility which will be much safer**
**(especially) for disabled and young**| |||**persons) as cricket balls cannot leave the**
**nets.**
**On Friday July 23rd 2021 the club hosted**
**a match against the PCA England**
**Legends made possible as covid**
**restrictions were lifted a few days earlier.**
**The match raised in the region of £21,000**
**which is the reason the accounts show**
**such a healthy surplus. In addition the**
**day produced a donation toward the West**
**Suffolk Hospital My Wish Charity appeal**
**in support of the NHS.**| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**We do not have specific investment**
**targets as funds do not currently allow**
**investments.**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity has had a financially sound**
**year, thanks in the main to the PCA**
**Legends event and also the support of**
**members, sponsors and users of the**
**pavilion.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The club does not hold large reserves as**
**the policy is to provide the best possible**
**community and cricket support.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**On September 30th 2021 the club had**
**£54,153 cash reserves the vast majority**
**of this sum is held in order to provide a**
**new three lane outdoor cricket facility**
**which will use approximately £30,000 of**
**those reserves.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The club does not have zero reserves.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**There are no funds in deficit.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The charity is confident it can continue in**
**a sound way.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**The club is based upon a constitution**
**agreed by the charity commission.**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated association.**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The trustees are appointed by members**
**at the Annual General Meeting.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|none| |Registered charity number|1172366| |Charity’s principal address|Victory Sports Ground, Nowton Road, Bury St Edmunds IP33
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||David Eric Barker
MBE|President/Treasurer|All year|Members at the AGM| ||John Fredrick
Nunn||All year|Members at the AGM| ||Paul Whittaker|Chairman|Allyear|Members at the AGM| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||David Eric Barker|| ||
President/Treasurer|| ||14/07/2022|| ||14/07/2022|| DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 2021 2020 REVENUE Subscriptions + Match fees Sponsorship, Donations. Prize Money Benefit Events Golf Day Coachin8 Income Pavilion Hire 11,346 15,943 16,470 212 3,261 14,211 287 OVERHEADS Coachin& Professional & Umpire Expenses Rent Insurance Pavilion expenses Covers. Sheds,Nets, Repairs etc Purchase of Cricket Equipment Catering Sundry Expenses 18,231 9.000 1,769 11,027 5,597 2,146 -178 425 8,477 3,000 623 7,597 1,596 1,590 398 PROFIT/(LOSS) ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES EXTRAORDINARY INCOME: West Suffolk COVID Grant Profit after extraordinary income 19 408 £10 000 Page I BURY ST EDMUND5 CRICKEf CLUB BALANCE SHEEr 30TH SEPTEMBER 2021 2021 2020 Note FIXED ASSErs Tangible assets - Pavilion at cost 20,940 20,940 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors Cash at bank 4,385 530 54,153 32,336 CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES CAPITAL AND RESERVES Balance as at I, October 2020 Net surplus loutgoingsl Balance as at 30 September 2021 27,715 19,745 We have prepared the above accounts from the records produced to us and from the explanations we have received. and we confirm that they are correct and in accordance therewith to the best of our knowled8e and belief. )_] IAth.-c, David Roberton & Co Chartered Accountants 84 Whiting Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 INZ Date: 13 ffuiy Page 2 BURY ST EDMUNDS CRICKET CLUB BALANCE SHEET 30TH SEPTEMBER 2021 2021 2020 Note FIXED ASSETS Tangible assets - Pavilion at Cost 20,940 20,940 CURRENT ASSEfs Debtors Cash at bank 4.385 530 54,153 32,336 CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES CAPITAL AND RESERVES Balance as at I, October 2020 Net surplus loutgoingsl th Balance as at 30 September 2021 27,715 19,745 We have prepared the above accounts from the records produced to us and from the explanations we have received, and we confirm that they are correct and in accordance therewith to the best of our knowledge and belief. David Roberton & Co Chartered Accountants 84 Whiting Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 INZ Date: 13 ffuLy Page 2