**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 June 2020 31 May 2021 **From To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** Brooklyn Football Club **Other names charity is known by** Brooklyn Junior Football Club **Registered charity number (if any)** 1174678 

**Charity's principal address** Swallows Farm Bulmer **Postcode YO60 7BN** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Andrew Porter|Secretary|||
||Jamie Hopwood|Chair|||
||Victoria<br>Cuthbertson|Treasurer & Welfare<br>Office|||
||Mark Lund|Committee Member|||
||Andrew Payne|Committee Member|||
||Mark Blades|Vice-chair(resigned)|Resigned Sept 2020||
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|**Accountant**|Polly Pearson|Pearson Accountants, 76 Middlecave Road, Malton, North<br>Yorkshire, YO17 7LX|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document 

Constitution 

(eg. trust deed, constitution) 

Charitable Organisation How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Elected annually at AGM Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN RYEDALE BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING FOOTBALL. 

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN RYEDALE, WHETHER OR NOT UNDERGOING FORMAL EDUCATION. 

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BROOKLYN CONTINUES TO OFFER FOOTBALL RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN (6 AND ABOVE) IN THE RYEDALE AREA OF NORTH YORKSHIRE. BROOKLYN HAS INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN ITS ACTIVITIES DURING THE YEAR, IN PARTICULAR SEEING GREAT SUCCESS WITH RESPECT TO ITS OBJECTIVE TO RAISE FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN FOOTBALL. 

THE TRUSTEES HAVE CONTINUED TO STRIVE TO MAINTAIN MEMBERSHIP FEES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CLUB’S ACTIVITIES AFFORDABLE FOR AS WIDE A CROSS- **Summary of the main** SECTION OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE. **activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to** THE TRUSTEES HAVE HAD DUE REGARD TO CHARITY **these objects (include within** COMMISSION GUIDANCE ON PUBLIC BENEFIT DURING THE YEAR **this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

UNFORTUNATELY, THE 2020-21 FOOTBALL SEASON WAS ONCE AGAIN DISRUPTED SIGNIFICANTLY BY CORONAVIRUS, WHICH LED TO TWO PERIODS OF SUSPENSION OF ALL BROOKLYN ACTIVITIES - DURING NOVEMBER 2020 AND AGAIN DURING JANMAR 2021. 

DESPITE THIS, BROOKLYN HAS CONTINUED TO DELIVER ON ITS OBJECTIVES AND HAS SEEN GOOD SUCCESS IN GROWING MEMBERSHIP PARTICULARLY FOR GIRLS FOOTBALL.  THE CLUB HAS ALSO EXPANDED ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE JUNIOR PREMIER LEAGUE, WHICH ALLOWS PLAYERS TO COMPETE AT A HIGHER STANDARD. 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

RESERVES ARE HELD PRIMARILY TO COVER DIFFERENCES IN TIMING OF CASH FLOWS, BOTH EXPECTED AND UNEXPECTED 

## **Details of any funds materially** 

**in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

BROOKLYN FC IS IN A FINANCIALLY STRONG POSITION. 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- THE CLUB HAS SEEN A YEAR-ON-YEAR INCREASE IN INCOME IN 

- relevant about: 2020-21, REFLECTING INCREASED PARTICIPATION DURING THE 

- • the charity’s principal YEAR.  THE CLUB HELD MEMBERSHIP FEES AT THE SAME LEVEL sources of funds (including AS THE PRIOR YEAR TO REFLECT THE DISRUPTION CAUSED BY any fundraising); THE PANDEMIC. 

- • how expenditure has DESPITE THIS THE CLUB TO CONTINUE MAKING APPROPRIATE 

- supported the key objectives INVESTMENT IN EQUIPMENT. 

- of the charity; 

- • investment policy and FOR THE 21-22 SEASON WE HAVE AGAIN TRIED TO MINIMISE ANY objectives including any INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP FEES TO REFLECT THE ONGOING ethical investment policy PANDEMIC DISRUPTION, AND ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS LIKELY adopted. TO BE SHORTFALL IN INCOME VS EXPENSES FOR THE 2021-22 FINANCIAL YEAR AS A RESULT.  WE BELIEVE THE CLUB IS WELL POSITIONED TO MANAGE THIS. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Andrew Richard Porter **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** SECRETARY **etc) Date** 17th Nov 2021 

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|Holiday Camp/Soccer School||10,991|||||10,991||
|Courses||140|||||140|370|
|Equipment||9,375|||||9,375|4,520|
|Toumament||||||||796|
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