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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

Charity number: 1173532

SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

CONTENTS

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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 2025

The Trustees are pleased to present their report, together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 October 2025.

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 (resigned 21 November 2024) S Bartram G Walker 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 2025

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 85 adult members (male and female combined) and 140 junior members in 2025. There is no test of skill for membership;

• Junior open training sessions are held each Tuesday from April to July. In addition 16 one-hour ‘All Stars’ and ‘Dynamos’ sessions are provided for younger children throughout the summer;

• Ladies open training sessions are held, in conjunction with Great Melton CC, from April to August;

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

• 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 club was able to carry out a full range of cricketing activities;

• The first team finished sixth in the men’s East Anglian Premier League;

• The second team were unfortunately relegated from Norfolk Cricket Alliance premier division;

• The third and fourth teams maintained their status in Norfolk Cricket Alliance Divisions four and six respectively;

• Each of our sides regularly fielded a host of players under 18 years of age. Girls and women also frequently played in the ‘men’s’ teams;

• The ladies team teamed up with Great Melton CC winning 4 out of 8 matches in the Iceni Women’s League Division 1. They also won the Norfolk Cricket Foundation Women’s Softball cricket League group E. Two girls teams, in the Under-11 and Under-13 age groups, competed in Norfolk Cricket Foundation competitions;

• The youth section fielded teams at the ages of under 9, 11, 13 and under 19 with two teams at under 15 years. One of the under 15 teams consisted predominantly of girls. The age groups teams performed well:

• The under 9s reached the county final losing by 1 run;

• The under 11s also reached the final of their county competition;

• The under 13s reached the semi final;

• The under 19s won their county final for the fourth time in the nine years since the competition has been staged;

• 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 for free. This led to more than 151 bookings being made resulting in more than 647 hours of practice across all members of the club;

• Participation levels for Tuesday evening youth coaching sessions (from April to July) consistently approached 75 per week;

• More than 90 children were registered for the ‘All Stars ’and ‘Dynamos’ sessions (the highest in Norfolk);

• As an ECB Disability Champion Club in partnership with Norfolk Cricket Foundation, Swardeston once again staged a series of cricket sessions for local SEND pupils during the summer school holidays;

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

Achievements and performance (continued)

• 3 club members won volunteer awards at the Norfolk Cricket Foundation awards: o Pat Hall won the lifetime achievement award; o Lawrence De Coteau won coach of the year;

• Joe Beadman was runner up in the game changer category;

• With the aid of an ECB grant, the club was able to lead a project to renovate the village hall kitchen. The kitchen was the original one installed more than 30 years ago. With additional funding from the cricket club, Swardeston Social Club and Swardeston Village Hall, the renovation delivered a brand new fit-for-purpose kitchen for all hall users;

• The club continued to carry out social activities. The highlight was the 36[th] Club Dinner held in March with guest speaker Lord Ian Botham which sold 365 tickets, a record for the club.

Financial review

Total receipts amounted to £53,853 (2024: £48,579). After payments of £57,866 (2024: £48,463), the net deficit for the period was £4,013 (2024: net surplus £116).

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 (excluding one off expenditures) usually totalling around £49k, target reserves are therefore around £98k. As at 31 October 2025 reserves amounted to £80,311 (2024: £84,324).

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

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

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.

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

20 November 2025

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

RECEIPTS Donations Subscriptions Sponsorship Match Fees (less umpires) Fund Raising Other Income TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYMENTS NET (PAYMENTS)/ RECEIPTS Cash and bank balances at 1 November 2024 Cash and bank balances at 31 October 2025	Unrestricted Funds Total Total 2025 2024 £ £ 1,375 2,905 8,244 8,666 10,715 11,090 (409) (710) 17,193 9,428 16,735 17,200 53,853 48,579 (57,866) (48,463) (4,013) 116 84,324 84,208 80,311 84,324	Unrestricted Funds Total Total 2025 2024 £ £ 1,375 2,905 8,244 8,666 10,715 11,090 (409) (710) 17,193 9,428 16,735 17,200 53,853 48,579 (57,866) (48,463) (4,013) 116 84,324 84,208 80,311 84,324	Funds Total 2024 £ 2,905 8,666 11,090 (710) 9,428 17,200
			116 84,208
			84,324

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

Cash Funds Bank current accounts Other Monetary Assets Debtors Liabilities Accountancy fees	Unrestricted 2025 £ 80,311 2025 £ - - 2025 £ 1,320 1,320	Funds 2024 £ 84,324 2024 £ - - 2024 £ 1,254 1,254

These financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 20 November 2025 and are signed on their behalf by:

Mr A Bailey

Treasurer

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2025 which are set out on pages 5 to 6.

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

2 December 2025

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

DETAILED RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

RECEIPTS Donations Vice Presidents Other donations Subscriptions Players Youth (including coaching) Sponsorship Leathes Prior Abode Construction Other Match Fees (less umpires) Fund Raising 100 Club Prize money Awards dinner Raffles Cricket dinner Other Income Junior coaching contribution All Stars & Dynamos ECB Gross bank interest Grant Pitch hire Total receipts

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SWARDESTON CRICKET CLUB

DETAILED RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

PAYMENTS Affiliation fees Fixture card Ground maintenance Cricket balls and equipment Lunches and teas Miscellaneous items Transport and accommodation Accountancy Kit Laptop Kitchen Social club subs Gifts NV Play Nets Insurance Lease Youth coaching Bank charges Total payments Net (payments)/receipts Cash and bank balances at 1 November 2024 Cash and bank balances at 31 October 2025	Unrestricted Funds 2025 2024 £ £ 670 480 396 332 6,066 15,497 615 270 2,865 3,077 1,431 422 6,959 9,040 1,254 1,158 8,099 1,105 1,106 - 1,520 - 470 - 570 - 702 520 1,098 736 435 1,391 2,200 2,942 21,379 11,345 31 148 57,866 (4,013) 84,324 80,311	48,463
		116 84,208
		84,324

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