## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club To Period end date 30.03.2026** **Period start date 31.03. 2025** ## **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 110**
**adult matches played and about 55**
**junior games. In addition cricket**
**coaching took place at least four**
**evenings a week during the 23 weeks of**
**the cricket season. The club encourages**
**activity in the winter months providing an**
**indoor facility for children and adults**
**each week from January to March. On**
**Sunday mornings club coaches**
**supported the national All Stars (5-8**
**years) and Dynamos (9-11 years)**
**programme.**
**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**
**significant use of the pavilion to help**| |||**meet the increase in costs associated**
**with operating the facility. The additional**
**cost of utilities and rates make running**
**the pavilion more expensive.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to theguidance|Para 1.18|**The trustees are mindful of the guidance**
**issued by the charity commission and**
**ensure this is taken into account.**| 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 has helped several**
**refugees from Afghanistan to develop**
**their cricket and integrate into the local**
**community.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The club supports a program organised by**
**The Suffolk Cricket Board to help disabled**
**cricketers. The club has a program to**
**support Women and Girls cricket.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The contribution of volunteers is a vital**
**aspect of running the charity, without**
**some 35 volunteers the charity could not**
**operate they are vital to ensuring the**
**aims of the charity are met.**
**The club**| |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 2025 season 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 were delighted to create a new**
**outdoor cricket facility in the autumn of**
**2023, this 3 lane enclosed nets provides**
**a safe and secure area for practice and**
**coaching, the nets have been made**
**available to a wide range of players from**
**local schools and adults for practice.**
**The nets were officially opened by**
**Councillor Diane Hind Mayor of Bury St**
**Edmunds in October 2024 she was**
**assisted by Graham Napier a former**
**Essex and England player who has**
**helped coach players at the club.**| **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. The**
**wider community have benefited from**
**the use of the pavilion and ground.**
**The club has been able to provide cricket**
**to disabled cricketers with the support of**
**the Suffolk County Cricket Board.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The cricket funds were reduced due to**
**the investment in the outdoor cricket**
**nets, the club has taken the view over**
**many years to invest in the best possible**
**facilities, the new nets are amongst the**
**best in the county. Inevitably funds have**
**been stretched but the trustees believe**
**that facilities to benefit all ages and**
**abilities, men, women, girls and boys are**
**a priority.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**The cricket club does not have surplus**
**funds to invest.**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Clearly the charities funds have reduced**
**due to the important capital project of the**
**new outdoor nets, although a small loss**
**was made the trustees believe that the long**
**term financial situation is secure.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|**The club would like to increase the**
**reserves to provide a financial buffer**
**against future demands.**| |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.**| |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**
**significant pressure on 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, 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. **| |---|---|---| |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
David Barker MBE from his home Westhorpe Lodge,
Westhorpe, Stowmarket IP14 4TA.| |---|---| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Paul Whittaker|Chairman|Fullyear|Annual General Meeting| ||David Eric Barker
MBE|Treasurer|Full year|Annual General Meeting| ||John Fredrick
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