## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club To Period end date 30.03.2025** **Period start date 31.03. 2024** ## **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|**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 100**
**adult matches played and about 60**
**junior games. In addition cricket**
**coaching took place at least four**
**evenings a week during the 22 weeks of**
**the cricket season. In addition the club**
**encourages activity in the winter months**
**providing an indoor facility for children**
**and adults each week from January to**
**March. On Monday evenings club**
**coaches supported the national All Stars**
**(5-8 years) and Dynamos (9-11 years)**
**programme.**
**The community pavilion was used during**
**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**
**ensure this is taken into account at all**
**times. **| issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit ## **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. In**
**particular the club have supported**
**several refugees from Afghanistan to**
**develop their cricket and integrate in the**
**local community.**| |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 40 volunteers the charity could not**
**operate they are vital to ensuring the**
**aims of the charity are met.**| |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|**During the 2024 cricket season the club**
**has now 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.**
**We are grateful to the support of senior**
**volunteers who help with additional work**
**on the ground and operating the**
**facilities.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The club has achieved its aim to provide**
**cricket to a wide range of abilities these**
**include disabled cricketers working with**
**the Suffolk Cricket Board. The wider**
**community have benefited from the use**
**of the pavilion and ground.**
**In October ground work commenced on**
**providing the basis of a new three lane**
**outdoor cricket enclosed net practice**
**facility.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Fund raising for the new outdoor nets**
**started in July 2021 with a cricket match**
**against a team of England Legends. Fund**
**raising continued during 2022 and 2023**
**with events, sponsorship, individual and**
**corporate donations. The clubs financial**
**accounts year end September 2022**
**showed a figure of £24,645 stated as**
**surplus against the outdoor nets appeal.**
**Further fund raising resulted in the cost**
**of the new facility being available when**
**the installation was completed.**
**Not only are the new outdoor nets a vast**
**improvement it provides a safe 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** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Despite the money raised for the new**
**outdoor nets the charities financial**
**situation remains sound, however funds**
**have now reduced and the club needs to**
**rebuild its financial reserves.**
**The club has had a policy for many years**
**to invest in the best possible facilities,**
**this means that financial reserves have**
**never been large, the trustees take the**
**view that the club continually improves**
**its facilities and playing strength.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|**The cricket club would like to have higher**
**reserves and the aim is to increase**
**finances in the future.**| |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 outdoor nets and**
**cricket covers.**| |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 where relevant about: |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 and place pressure**
**of the cricket clubs finances.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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, Safeguarding 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 safeguarding and**
**inclusiveness. The policies are available**
**for members to read on the clubs**
**website. **| |---|---|---| |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** |Charityname|BurySt Edmunds Cricket Club| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|None| |Registered charitynumber|1172366| |Charity’s principal address|Victory Sports Ground, Nowton Road, Bury St Edmunds IP33
2BT however the charity is administered by
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Westhorpe, Stowmarket IP14 4TA.| |---|---| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Paul Whittaker|Chairman|Fullyear|Annual General Meeting| ||David Eric Barker
MBE|Treasurer|Full year|Annual General Meeting| ||John Fredrick
Nunn||Full year|Annual General Meeting| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 ## **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 ## **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/ trustee **Chair, etc) Date 07.07.2025** 8URY sr EDMUNDS CRICKET CLUB D￿AlLED INCOME AND EXPEf4DIWRE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024 2024 2023 REVENUE Subscription5 * Match fee5 Sponsorship, Donations, Prize Money Benefit Events Golf Dav Pavilion Hire Coachin8 income & grant Insurance tlaim 17.045 64.103 20.216 34.427 2.fQ5 23.106 19.101 3.735 2CK) 107.059 80,838 OVERHEADS Coachin& Professional & Umpire Expenses Rent Insurance Pavilion expenses Covers. Sheds.Nets. Repairs etc Purchase of Crtckèt Equipment Catering Svndry Expenses Costs of lundraising 29,464 34.854 .170 1.793 18.261 14. 3,754 58,122 6.054 873 2,371 129.591 4,635 6.878 479 2.252 82,995 ILOSSIIpROFThON ORDINARY ACTMTIES -22,532 -2.157 In the 2024 year the nets have been purthased and this amount has been released into income. PaBe I BURYsf EDMUP40S CRKKEr a BALANCE SHEEr 30 Soptember 2024 2023 FIXED ASSErs Tan8ible as5ets- Povilion at wst 20.940 20,940 Debtors Cash at bank 5,203 3.442 4,977 X>.713 76,631 CURREKf LL4BILmES Creditor5 CredltOTS- nets appeal 4,520 TOTALASSEfs LESS CURRENf UA8iunES 47.597 CAprrALAPIO RESERVES Balance a5 * 1° Ortober 2023 Net surplus loutyoin8$1 47.$97 -22.$32 Barker MBE We have prepared the above accounts from the records produced to us and from the explanatknns we have recefved. and we confkm that they #re correct afid in xcordance therewtth to the best of our knowled8e and be16ef. Eldo Hous• K•mpson W•y Buryst Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7AP Date: Lt Z>LS