**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**From**
**To**
Period start date Period end date 22 Sept 2023 21 Sept 2024
## Section A Reference and administration details ~~ee~~
**Charity name** Beacon Park Tennis **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1174799 ~~CT~~ **Charity's principal address** 33 Cherry Orchard Lichfield **Postcode WS14 9AN**
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) whole year to appoint trustee (if any)** ~~ee ee~~ 1 Phil Shaw Chair Trustees ~~a es es~~ 2 Steven Clarke Trustees ~~es en es~~ 3 Tom Slater Trustees ~~a es es~~ Trustees 4[Katarina ] Obranovic-O’Dell ~~ee ee ee~~ 5 James Broomfield Trustees ~~a rs ee~~ 6 Henrietta Bates Trustees ~~es ee es~~ 7 ~~esRs ee~~ 8 ~~es ee es~~ 9 ~~es en~~ 10 ~~es ee es~~ 11 ~~esRs ee~~ 12 ~~es ee es~~ 13 ~~esRs ee~~ 14 ~~ee esen~~ 15 ~~es ee es~~ 16 ~~a rs ee~~
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**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
CIO
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Elected by existing trustees Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
No significant structure or governance changes
- 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**
Beacon Park Tennis is a charity which is run by a group of trustees elected on 3-year terms at the Annual General Meeting.
We have no members but exist to serve the community by raising funding to resurface and manage the tennis courts in Lichfield’s Beacon Park. The initial objective of BPT was to secure funding for and then resurface the court area and to install modern gate and lighting control.
Since completion of the project, we manage the court pricing and **Summary of the objects of the** availability for the public, promote wellbeing and physical activity and **charity set out in its** support local schools and clubs for tennis and netball. **governing document** We use the money obtained from bookings to build a fund to ensure we can maintain the courts in their current condition and ensure long term sustainability.
In deciding which activities to run this year the trustees of BPT have considered the guidance issued by the charity commission on public benefit and balanced this against the primary objective. In addition, we were mindful of the impact of the pandemic and restrictions placed on our team and customers
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Our activities continued to be focussed on
- Ensuring the site remains safe and secure
- Ensuring that the courts are available for public use at low cost
- • Outreach to schools and disadvantaged groups to promote health and wellbeing through tennis related activities
See Section D for details of activities in this period
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within 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)**
Beacon Park Tennis could not have progressed without support from the local community, the Lichfield District Council and our partners.
We continue to welcome support in helping to manage the day-to-day activities of the court site. Without our volunteers’ time and goodwill none of this would be possible.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
Special mentions for
Karen Simpson for her continued support for our activities and willingness to give her time to help with our activities
A big thank you to all the trustees for their time and effort.
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Community Engagement:** The venue has hosted a variety of events, holiday camps, and LTA programs such as the LTA Youth Girls Course. Participation in the LTA leagues has flourished, with Beacon Park emerging as a central hub, drawing players from Sutton Coldfield, Cannock, and Burton.
**Funding:** We have worked with TennisForFree to secured sponsorship from David Lloyd, enabling us to extend the Tennis For Free program to 50 weeks per year.
**Site Maintenance and Renewal** : We reduced costs through operational improvements, removed moss from courts 1-3, and upgraded storage facilities on court 1. As our courts progress into years 5-10, we emphasize preventative maintenance.
**Safeguarding** : Under the diligent efforts of Sarah, our Welfare Officer, we adhere to the LTA's new Welfare/Safeguarding guidelines. We have combined this with a transition to a single website to ensure our external communications remain current and consistent. Thank you, Sarah. Our efforts have not gone unnoticed:
**Recognition** : For the third consecutive year, the LTA honoured us with the Parks Award. Denise Tolson of Staffordshire LTA commended our unwavering commitment to making tennis accessible and affordable for all.
## **Key Statistics for 2024:**
- 183 passholders, up from 177 last year.
- 5,100 tennis and netball bookings, slightly down from 5,200 last year.
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**Section E Financial review** This year we have maintained our prices despite ongoing inflationary **Brief statement of the** pressures and continued to pay down our LTA loan **charity’s policy on reserves** Our finances are healthy at this stage; we see no reason why we will not be able to pay our liabilities in the next period and continue our seed fund for future resurfacing and maintenance. **Details of any funds materially** Not applicable **in deficit** ~~—~~ **Further financial review details (Optional information)** LTA loan repayments continue (£4,000 p.a.) You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: Seed fund continues to grow in line with forecast for future resurfacing work. • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); • how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; • investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ~~_L~~ **Section F Other optional information** None **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)** Steven Clarke **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 06/10/2024
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|||**Beacon Park Tennis**
**1174799**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
22nd September
21st September
~~le~~|**Beacon Park Tennis**
**1174799**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
22nd September
21st September
~~le~~|**Beacon Park Tennis**
**1174799**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
22nd September
21st September
~~le~~|**Beacon Park Tennis**
**1174799**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
22nd September
21st September
~~le~~|**Beacon Park Tennis**
**1174799**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
22nd September
21st September
~~le~~|**Beacon Park Tennis**
**1174799**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
22nd September
21st September
~~le~~|**Beacon Park Tennis**
**1174799**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
22nd September
21st September
~~le~~|**Beacon Park Tennis**
**1174799**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
22nd September
21st September
~~le~~|**Beacon Park Tennis**
**1174799**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
22nd September
21st September
~~le~~|**Beacon Park Tennis**
**1174799**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
22nd September
21st September
~~le~~|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||
|Chasetown Ladies Netball Club
2,160
**-**
**-**
**2,160**
**-**
Lichfield Cathedral School
1,000
**-**
**-**
**1,000**
**-**
Lichfield Spires Netball Club
8,122
**-**
**-**
**8,122**
**-**
Microsports
3,249
**-**
**-**
**3,249**
**-**
Go Cardless
2,444
**-**
**-**
**2,444**
**-**
Stripe
13,292
**-**
**-**
**13,292**
**-**
Events
107
**-**
**-**
**107**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,374**
**-**
**-**
**30,374**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
~~—==SS=~~||||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||
|**(see table).**||||||||||||
|**_Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_ **||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,374**
**-**
**-**
**30,374**
**-**
~~—————~~||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|CIA - Gate||913|||**-**||**-**||**913**||**-**|
|Fosse - Court Cleaning||1,764|||**-**||**-**||**1,764**||**-**|
|LDC - Electric||2,116|||**-**||**-**||**2,116**||**-**|
|LTA Loan||4,000|||||||**4,000**|||
|Mann Broadbent - Insurance||505|||||||**505**|||
|Mark E - Website||30|||||||**30**|||
|LTA Reg||540|||||||**540**|||
|Court Equip and Storage fit||189|||**-**||**-**||**189**||**-**|
|PO Box||330|||**-**||**-**||**330**||**-**|
|Spires Refund||2,440|||**-**||**-**||**2,440**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **||**12,827**|||**-**||**-**||**12,827**||**-**|
|**2 storage boxes**
**2,671**
**-**
**-**
**2,671**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 2,671**
**-**
**-**
**2,671**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 15,498**
**-**
**-**
**15,498**
**-**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
~~—————~~||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**14,876**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**65,969**
**-**
**-**
**80,845**
**-**
**-**
~~SSS~~|||||||**14,876**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**65,969**
**-**
**80,845**
**-**
~~S—~~|||
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank Current Account
Bank Savings Account
**Details**
Money owed by Lichfield Spires NC
MoneyOwed byMicrosports
**Details**
**Details**
Lease of Courts
Refurbished courts
Tennis and Netball Court Equipment
Storage boxes x 3
Sign
New storage boxes X 2
**Details**
Pre-payment Lichfield Cathedral School
Loan from LTA
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**70,845**
**-**
**10,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**80,845**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
1
**-**
**-**
1000
**-**
600
**-**
100
**-**
**2,671**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
11000
**-**
28000
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of
Beacon Park Tennis
I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 21 September 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 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 Trust 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.
**Signed** : Debbie Wellecomme (FMAAT) **Date** : 16/07/2025 Support Staffordshire, Stafford Civic Centre, Riverside, Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 3AQ