## **GIRLS IN SPORT** 

**Registered Charity Number: 1175997** 

**TRUSTEES REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** 



**GIRLS IN SPORT REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES 31 MARCH 2023** 

The Trustees submit their report and financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2023. Girls in Sport is a charity registered in England number 1175997. It is governed by its Constitution dated 29 November 2017. 

## **Principle aim & Activity** 

1. To advance in life and relieve needs of young people through: (a) the provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life; (b) providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. 

2.the promotion of equality and diversity for the public benefit through educational enrichment and mixed gender activities 

## **Trustees** 

The Charity is run by a Board of Trustees. The Trustees who served during whole or part of the year and to the date of signing of the accounts were: 

Musu Kargbo-Reffell Douglas John Copping Mark Lindop 

## **Review of Activities and Outcomes** 

Elevate children out of poverty through gender-balanced educational and enrichment frameworks; promote gender equality to close the gap in literacy between boys and girls; elevate sport as intrinsic to educational and literacy advancement that the Charity is currently working in Sierra Leone. 

## **Public Benefit Entity** 

The Trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing their aims and objectives and in planning future activities. In particular, the Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives of the charity. 

## **Reserves Policy** 

The Reserves Policy is to achieve a minimum balance of £2,000 in the bank account at all times. 



## **GIRLS IN SPORT REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES 31 MARCH 2023** 

## **Financial Review** 

The Charity had a net receipt for the year of £584.06. The Charity's total receipts were made up entirely of donations and a _Gift Aid_ disbursement for the period: £14,904.18 (inclusive of £2291.10 Gift Aid). Payments for the period stood at £-14,320.12 (inclusive of administrative and operational costs of £-1,481.14). 

Direct overseas programs spending including overseas staffing wages was £11,343.47 GISSL staff training expenses (including travel and site visits) was £1,495.51. 

Cash funds at the end of the year was  £1,121.16 (2022: £537.10) 

## **Going Concern** 

The Trustees are satisfied that the charity will continue to be a going concern for the foreseeable future. The Trustees are satisfied that activities of the charity represent a worthwhile and excellent societal value from the public donations made. 

## **Registered Office** 

219 Bramble Road Benfleet Essex SS7 2UU 

This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 21st January 2024 and signed on their behalf. 


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## **Trustee** 



||**Charity NameGirls in Sport**|**Charity NameGirls in Sport**|**Charity NameGirls in Sport**|**No (if any)**<br>**1175997**|**No (if any)**<br>**1175997**|**No (if any)**<br>**1175997**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start<br>date 0**1/04/2022**|**To**||Period end<br>date<br>**31/03/2023**|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**12,613.08**<br>**2,291.10**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,320.12**<br>**584.06**<br>**-**<br>**12,838.98**<br>**1,364.44**<br>**1,121.16**<br>**14,904.18**<br>**14,904.18**<br>**116.70**<br>**14,320.12**<br>**537.10**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**14,904.18**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,320.12**<br>**584.06**<br>**12,613.08**<br>**2,291.10**<br>**14,904.18**<br>**12,838.98**<br>**1,364.44**<br>**14,320.12**<br>**116.70**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donation|**12,613.08**||||||**-**<br>**9,872.38**|
|Gift Aid|**2,291.10**||||||**-**<br>**1,309.20**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**14,904.18**||||||**11,181.58**<br>**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**-**<br>**11,181.58**|
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|Overseas Expenses / directprogamming|**12,838.98**||||||**-**<br>**8,833.09**|
|Administrative and operational costs|**1,364.44**||||||**-**<br>**2,372.56**|
|Bank Charges|**116.70**||||||**-**<br>**150.57**|
|**_Sub total_**|**14,320.12**||||||**11,356.22**<br>**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**|||||||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**-**<br>**11,356.22**|
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||**584.06**|**-**|**-**||**584.06**||**-**<br>**-174.64**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**537.10**||**-**||**537.10**||**-**<br>**537.10**|
||**1,121.16**|**-**|**-**||**1,121.16**||**710.74**<br>**-**|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

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|**Categories**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Cash at bank<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**1,121.16**<br>**1,121.16**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
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|||||OK|
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|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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During the period one trustee donated £482 toward volunteer expenses. There were no other related party transactions during the period 

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 


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Signature<br>Date of<br>Print Name<br>approval<br>DOUGLAS COPPING 21st<br>JANUARY<br>2024<br>Signature 21st<br>Musu Kargbo-Reffell JANUARY<br>2024<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


