## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club Period start date 31.03. 2022 To Period end date 30.03.2023**
## **Charity name: Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club**
## **Charity registration number: 1172366**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**1) To promote community**
**participation in healthy recreation**
**through the provision of cricket**
**facilities and other sports played**
**at the Victory Sports Ground,**
**Nowton Road, Bury St Edmunds.**
**2) To maintain 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**
**objective 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 activity is to provide cricket to**
**boys, girls, men and women of all ages**
**and abilities. The cricket club had a very**
**good season of cricket with over 80 adult**
**matches played and about 50 junior**
**games. In addition cricket coaching took**
**place at least three evenings a week**
**during the 22 weeks of the cricket**
**season.**
**The community pavilion was used for**
**cricket and football matches, and**
**hospitality almost every Saturday and**
**most Sundays. During the week it has**
**been used extensively for sport and**
**community events. There has been**
**increased use of the pavilion to help meet**
**the significant increase in costs**
**associated operating the facility.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance|Para 1.18|**The trustees are mindful of the guidance**
**issued by the charity commission and**
**David Barker took part in an online**|
issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
**briefing given by the commission**
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|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|**The contribution of volunteers is a vital**
**aspect of running the charity, without**
**some 32 volunteers the charity could not**
**operate they are vital to ensuring the**
**aims of the charity are met.**|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|**During the 2022 cricket season the club**
**has in the main got back to a more**
**normal operation, the effect of the Covid**
**lockdown caused significant problems**
**and we were very grateful to the**
**Government support given through West**
**Suffolk Council during this difficult time.**
**Without the support the charity would not**
**have survived and been able to continue**
**in the way it has.**
**Cricket was played almost every day in**
**some form from mid-April to mid-**
**September.**
**Many promising young cricketers have**
**developed their talents during the year**
**both outside and indoors by using the**
**sports hall at the Victory Sports Ground.**
**The club have been able to give very**
**significant support to four boys all**
**refugees from Afghanistan during the**
**year, the boys have survived a difficult**
**journey but playing cricket has helped**
**them integrate into the community.**|
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**Additional information (optional)**
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The club has achieved its aim to provide**
**cricket to a wide range of abilities. The**
**community have benefited from the use**
**of the pavilion and ground.**|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**During the year significant fund raising**
**has taken place toward the replacement**
**of the outdoor cricket nets, these are now**
**old and a new facility will help provide a**
**better and safer practice area especially**
**for disabled and young persons.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**The cricket club does not have surplus**
**funds to invest.**|
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Due to the money raised for the new**
**outdoor nets the charities financial**
**situation is good but there is a large sum**
**in reserve dedicated to the outdoor**
**practice capital project.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The cricket club would like to have higher**
**reserves but at the moment the reserves**
**are mostly for one particular project.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**The accounts show the value of the**
**community pavilion and various cricket**
**related equipment such as scorebox,**
**electronic scoreboards and cricket**
**covers. The cash at bank consists of**
**money for the outdoor nets and running**
**costs.**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**We do not have zero reserves.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**The club is not in deficit.**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The charity is confident that it will**
**continue long term.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The income is supported by sponsorship,**
**donations, income from player**
**subscriptions and match fees. Income**
**from lettings of the community pavilion is**
**a vital source of income to the charity.**|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**The cricket club has no material**
**investments.**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The Victory Sports Ground is supported**
**by a grant annually given by West Suffolk**
**Council if this grant was removed it**
**would cause a significant additional cost**
**to operate the ground.**|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The Cricket club has a constitution**
**approved by the England and Wales**
**Cricket Board. (ECB)**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The cricket club is an 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 club has an annual general meeting**
**of all voting members. Elections take**
**place annually for the office holders and**
**roles in the club, these include**
**Chairperson, Child Welfare Officer,**
**Treasurer, Pavilion Manager, Secretary**
**and team captains. Trustees are**
**approved by the AGM.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**The trustees are experienced in operating**
**the trust and other associated business.**
**The cricket club has a large number of**
**policies which are reviewed annually. The**
**club has a particular policy approved by**
**the ECB regarding child welfare and**
**inclusiveness. The policies are available**
**for members to read on the clubs**
**website.**|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The trustees delegate the operation of the**
**club to the cricket committee. In a wider**
**context the club supports activities of a**
**charitable nature in the area these being**
**consistent with its own charitable**
**objectives.**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**The cricket club is represented on the**
**Victory Sports Community Interest**
**Company that operates the Victory**
**Sports Ground. A key partner is Sporting**
**87 Football Club who play football on the**
**ground from September to the end of**
**March both charities work closely**
**together to provide an excellent sporting**
**venue.**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club|
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|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charity number|1172366|
|Charity’s principal address|Victory Sports Ground, Nowton Road, Bury St Edmunds IP33
2BT however the charity is administered by
David Barker MBE from his home Westhorpe Lodge,
Westhorpe, Stowmarket IP14 4TA.|
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Paul Whittaker|Chairman|Fullyear|Annual General Meeting|
||David Eric Barker
MBE|Treasurer|Full year|Annual General Meeting|
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Nunn||Full year|Annual General Meeting|
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– 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 None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **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
**None**
## **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)** _D E Barker_ **Full name(s)** David Barker MBE **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer/ Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 21.07.2023
## **BURY ST EDMUNDS CRICKET CLUB**
## **DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## **YEAR ENDED 30[th] SEPTEMBER 2023**
|**REVENUE**
Subscriptions + Match fees
Sponsorship, Donations, Prize Money
Benefit Events
Golf Day
Pavilion Hire
Coaching income & grant
Insurance claim
**OVERHEADS**
Coaching, Professional & Umpire Expenses
Rent
Insurance
Pavilion expenses
Covers, Sheds,Nets, Repairs etc
Purchase of Cricket Equipment
Catering
Sundry Expenses
Costs of fundraising
**(LOSS)/PROFIT ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES**|**2023**
£
20,216
34,427
-
2,680
19,101
3,735
680
80,838
34,854
9,000
1,793
18,261
4,844
4,635
6,878
479
2,252
82,995
-2,157|**2022**
£
13,005
31,774
41
-
15,275
-
-
60,095
29,689
9,000
1,418
10,265
1,086
5,100
4,276
1,513
-
62,347
-2,252|
|---|---|---|
In the 2022 accounting year, a sum of £24,645 was raised to fund a new nets facility. This amount has not been included in 'income'. It is included in current liabilities and also accounts for the unusually high bank balance.
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## **BURY ST EDMUNDS CRICKET CLUB BALANCE SHEET**
## **30[th] September 2023**
|**2023**
Note
£
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets - Pavilion at cost
20,940
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
4,977
Cash at bank
50,713
76,631
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Creditors
4,388
Creditors - nets appeal
24,645
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
47,597
**CAPITAL AND RESERVES**
Balance as at 1st October 2022
49,753
Net surplus (outgoings)
-2,157
**Balance as at 30th September 2023**
47,597|**2022**
£
20,940
8,478
47,782
77,200
2,802
24,645
49,753
52,005
-2,252
49,753|
|---|---|
David Barker MBE
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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.
**Knights Lowe Limited Chartered Accountants Eldo House Kempson Way Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7AR** Date:
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## **BURY ST EDMUNDS CRICKET CLUB**
## **DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## **YEAR ENDED 30[th] SEPTEMBER 2023**
|**REVENUE**
Subscriptions + Match fees
Sponsorship, Donations, Prize Money
Benefit Events
Golf Day
Pavilion Hire
Coaching income & grant
Insurance claim
**OVERHEADS**
Coaching, Professional & Umpire Expenses
Rent
Insurance
Pavilion expenses
Covers, Sheds,Nets, Repairs etc
Purchase of Cricket Equipment
Catering
Sundry Expenses
Costs of fundraising
**(LOSS)/PROFIT ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES**|**2023**
£
20,216
34,427
-
2,680
19,101
3,735
680
80,838
34,854
9,000
1,793
18,261
4,844
4,635
6,878
479
2,252
82,995
-2,157|**2022**
£
13,005
31,774
41
-
15,275
-
-
60,095
29,689
9,000
1,418
10,265
1,086
5,100
4,276
1,513
-
62,347
-2,252|
|---|---|---|
In the 2022 accounting year, a sum of £24,645 was raised to fund a new nets facility. This amount has not been included in 'income'. It is included in current liabilities and also accounts for the unusually high bank balance.
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## **BURY ST EDMUNDS CRICKET CLUB BALANCE SHEET**
## **30[th] September 2023**
|**2023**
Note
£
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets - Pavilion at cost
20,940
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
4,977
Cash at bank
50,713
76,631
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Creditors
4,388
Creditors - nets appeal
24,645
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
47,597
**CAPITAL AND RESERVES**
Balance as at 1st October 2022
49,753
Net surplus (outgoings)
-2,157
**Balance as at 30th September 2023**
47,597|**2022**
£
20,940
8,478
47,782
77,200
2,802
24,645
49,753
52,005
-2,252
49,753|
|---|---|
David Barker MBE
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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.
**Knights Lowe Limited Chartered Accountants Eldo House Kempson Way Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7AR** Date:
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