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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2021

Charity number: 1173532

SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2021

CONTENTS

	Page
Report of the Trustees	1 - 4
Receipts and Payments Account	5
Statement of Assets and Liabilities	6
Independent Examiner’s Report	7
Detailed Receipts and Payments Account	8 - 9

SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2021

The Trustees are pleased to present their report, together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 October 2021.

Reference and administration details

Charity name: Swardeston Cricket Club Charity registration number: 1173532 Address of charity: 429 Unthank Road Norwich NR4 7QB Trustees: P Thomas D Thomas L Beadman M Thomas A Bailey K Cooper S Bartram Bankers: Barclays Bank plc 68 Evington Road Leicester LE2 1HJ Independent Examiner: M Proctor FCA DChA Lovewell Blake LLP Bankside 300 Peachman Way Broadland Business Park Norwich NR7 0LB

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2021

Objectives and activities

The primary purpose of the charity is the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities for playing cricket.

Public Benefit

The Trustees have given careful consideration to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit:

• Membership of the club is open to all comers. We had 43 adult members (male and female combined) and 128 junior members in 2021. There is no test of skill for membership

• Junior open training sessions are held each Tuesday from April to July with ‘All Stars’ and ‘Dynamos’ programmes each providing eight one-hour sessions on Sundays throughout the summer. More than 100 five to eleven year-olds were registered for these programmes

• Womens’ open training sessions are held each Monday from April to July

• Senior open training sessions are held each Wednesday from April to July

• The club benchmarks its match fees and membership subscriptions against other local cricket and sports clubs to ensure affordability

• No charge is made for admission for spectators wishing to watch matches

Achievements and performance

• The main achievement in 2021 was the successful staging of all forms of cricket given the context of COVID related restrictions throughout

• Despite this, the club itself was severely impacted by COVID-19. The first team suffered the loss of two Saturday fixtures due to an outbreak at our club and two further fixtures due to an outbreak at other clubs. EAPL rules meant that the loss of these fixtures made our ambition of winning the league an impossibility, despite a sterling effort. The first team ended up in second place in the EAPL and did not progress to the final stages in either national competition

• Four adult teams played each Saturday, no mean achievement at a time when participation in the game is falling nationwide. Each of our sides, as well as the Sunday team, regularly fielded a host of players under eighteen years of age. Girls and women also frequently played in the “men’s’’ teams

• The Swardeston women’s team completed five fixtures

• The youth section fielded teams at under 9,11,13,15 and 19 years of age. The under 19s won the County T20 final. The under 9s reached the county final

• With some COVID restrictions in place across the summer, the club was able, with the support of Norwich CEYMS, to open its outdoor net facilities at its Hilltops ground to enable club members to practice. This led to more than 717 bookings being made resulting in more than 1637 hours of practice across all members of the club

• Participation levels for Tuesday evening youth coaching sessions was consistently approaching 100 per week

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2021

Financial review

Total receipts amounted to £37,262 (2020: £27,646). After payments of £26,769 (2020: £36,667), the net surplus for the period was £10,494 (2020: net deficit £9,021).

The Trustees consider the year end position to be satisfactory and confirm the charity can meet all known obligations.

Reserves policy

Our policy on reserves is to cover our approximate average annual running costs by a multiple of two. With running costs usually totalling around £30k, target reserves are therefore around £60k. As at 31 October 2021 reserves amounted to £65k.

Plans for the future

• The club is planning to continue to provide coaching, training, and playing opportunities to players of all ages and backgrounds

• The club will continue to and invest in equipment and facilities that will enable it to improve the training and playing experience for all players and spectators

Structure, governance and management

Governing document

Swardeston Cricket Club was established as a foundation CIO on 22 June 2017 and registered with the Charity Commission (registration number 1173532). On 1 November 2017 the assets and activities of the unincorporated club of the same name were transferred to the CIO.

Appointment and recruitment of Trustees

• The charity consists of seven Trustees. The charity’s constitution states that the Charity, at any one time, must have no fewer than three and no more than eight Trustees

• In the event there are Trustee vacancies, the approach is to consider any skill sets not adequately covered by the existing Trustees and to examine whether an interested party could usefully provide these skills

Trustees’ induction and training

All new Trustees will be provided with copies of:

• The charity’s constitution

• The latest accounts of the charity

and are encouraged to read Charity Commission guidance notes CC3 -“The Essential Trustee, what you need to know, what you need to do.”

In addition, Trustees are encouraged to read Charity Commission and other newsletters and to attend courses designed to keep them abreast of their duties and responsibilities.

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2021

Trustees

The current Trustees are shown on page 1. All Trustees held office throughout the period. Signed on behalf of the trustees

Mr A Bailey Treasurer

30 November 2021

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2021

RECEIPTS Donations Subscriptions Sponsorship Match Fees (less umpires) Fund Raising Other Income TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYMENTS NET RECEIPTS / (PAYMENTS) Cash and bank balances at 1 November 2020 Cash and bank balances at 31 October 2021	Unrestricted Funds Total Total 2021 2020 £ £ 2,260 390 6,815 1,031 7,900 5,000 23 307 1,946 4,371 18,318 16,547 37,262 27,646 (26,769) (36,667) 10,493 (9,021) 54,474 63,495 64,967 54,474	Unrestricted Funds Total Total 2021 2020 £ £ 2,260 390 6,815 1,031 7,900 5,000 23 307 1,946 4,371 18,318 16,547 37,262 27,646 (26,769) (36,667) 10,493 (9,021) 54,474 63,495 64,967 54,474	Funds Total 2020 £ 390 1,031 5,000 307 4,371 16,547
			(9,021)
			63,495
			54,474

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2021

Cash Funds Bank current accounts Other Monetary Assets Match fees debtor Liabilities Accountancy fees	Unrestricted 2021 £ 64,967 2021 £ 786 2021 £ 990	Funds 2020 £ 54,474
		2020 £ - 2020 £ 960

These financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 30 November 2021 and are signed on their behalf by:

Mr A Bailey

Treasurer

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2021

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2020 which are set out on pages 4 to 5.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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 examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

2. the accounts do not accord with those records

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.

M Proctor FCA DChA Lovewell Blake LLP Chartered Accountants Independent examiner Norwich

1 December 2021

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

DETAILED RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2021

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Funds
	2021		2020
	£		£
RECEIPTS
Donations
Vice Presidents	710		190
Other donations	1,550		200
	2,260		390
Subscriptions
Players	2,173		1,031
Youth (including coaching)	4,642		-
	6,815		1,031
Sponsorship
Leathes Prior	5,000		5,000
Other	2,900		-
	7,900		5,000
Match Fees (less umpires)	23		307
		23	307
Fund Raising
100 Club	880		982
Cricket dinner	-		2,402
Raffles	384		624
Annual dinner	-		363
Fantasy cricket	362		-
Charity quiz	320		-
	1,946		4,371
Other Income
Junior coaching contribution	10,000		10,000
All stars	1,757		-
ECB	2,710		-
Gross bank interest	3		55
Grant	3,338		-
Pitch hire	510		-
Furlough income	-		6,492
	18,318		16,547
Total Receipts	37,262		27,646

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

DETAILED RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2021

PAYMENTS Affiliation fees Fixture card Ground maintenance Cricket balls and equipment Net booking software Miscellaneous items Accountancy Ties First team kit Junior kit Lord’s film Picture collages Youth coaching Bank charges Total payments Net receipts / (payments) Cash and bank balances at 1 November 2020 Cash and bank balances at 31 October 2021	Unrestricted Funds 2021 2020 £ £ 210 63 198 - 5,911 9,985 - 512 - 95 (261) 206 960 930 - 672 - 539 2,484 - - 335 - 400 19,074 20,830 138 155 26,769 10,493 54,474 64,967	36,667
		(9,021)
		63,495
		54,474

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