## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 June 2023 To 31 May 2024** **Charity name: Earls Barton Sports & Community Trust** ## **Charity registration number: 1177384** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**a) the promotion of community**
**participation in healthy recreation for**
**the benefit of the residents of Earls**
**Barton in particular but not exclusively**
**by the provision of facilities for playing**
**amateur sports which aim to improve**
**physical health and fitness; and**
**b) to provide or assist in the provision**
**of facilities for recreation or other**
**leisure time occupation for the benefit of**
**the inhabitants of Earls Barton and the**
**surrounding area in the interests of**
**social welfare and with the object of**
**improving the condition of life of the**
**said inhabitants.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Since 19th March 2020, EBS&CT has**
**held a 50 year lease of The Grange**
**Sports Field, Earls Barton NN6 0HF from**
**Earls Barton Parish Council. The sports**
**field and facilities are currently being**
**developed to provide improved sports**
**playing surfaces and a new pavilion.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have been provided with**
**and have considered the guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission on**
**public benefit.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**EBS&CT trustees have appointed**
**volunteers to manage the current**
**facilities(The Management Committee). **| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The trust has been seeking to develop**
**the Grange Sportsfield during the period**
**of this Annual Report, overseeing the**
**Management Committee. The trustees**
**have met regularly to discuss the**
**strategic direction of the trust in the**
**future, including membership policies,**
**the future financial arrangements, and**
**particularly the developments to the**
**Grange Sports field currently being**
**undertaken by Earls Barton Parish**
**Council (of which the trust holds a**
**lease).**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity will open a bank account in**
**August 2024, to transfer financial**
**operations form Earls Barton Sports**
**Association to the Trust.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£0**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Financial Activity not yet commenced –**
**awaiting new development of the**
**facilities, and the transfer from Earls**
**Barton Sports Association**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**£0**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**n/a**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The composition of the board shall be**
**decided by the charity trustees from**
**time to time. Unless otherwise decided**
**by the board there should be:**
**i. Not more than four elected trustees;**
**and**
**ii. Not more than six nominated trustees.**
**There must be at least three charity**
**trustees. If the number falls below this**
**minimum, the remaining trustee or**
**trustees may act only to call a meeting**
**of the charity trustees, or appoint a new**
**charity trustee.**
**Nominated Trustees as follows:**
**3 from Earls Barton Parish Council**
**1 from Earls Barton United Football Club**
**1 from Earls Barton Cricket Club**
**Elected Trustees are appointed**
**following vote from membership at the**
**AGM.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**All new trustees are provided with the**
**constitution of the trust and when they**
**become available will also be provided**
**with the accounts.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Currently, the structure of the trust**
**includes only it’s trustees and the**
**appointed Management committee of**
**volunteers.**
**A joint Development Project group with**
**the Earls Barton Parish Council is**
**seeking funding for improved facilities.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**n/a**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Earls Barton Sports and Community Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1177384| Charity’s principal address 8b Dowthorpe End Earls Barton Northampton NN6 0NH ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Paul Smith|Chair||Co-Opted| ||Peter Morrall|||Parish Council| ||Jayne Bond|||Parish Council| ||Chris Ellis|||Earls Barton Cricket Club| ||Ian Adcock|||Earls Barton United Football
Club| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets £0 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the n/a assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and n/a segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **n/a** ## **Other optional information** **n/a** ## **Declarations:** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Paul Smith **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 1st June, 2024 Earls Barton Sports & Community Trust CIO Number: CE013416 Charlty Numbef." 1177384 Dormant Charitable Incorporated Or8anisation Accounts Balance Sheet as at 31 May, 2023 Fixed Assets Total Fixed Assets Depreciation Total Depreciation Value of ftxed assets Current assets Total CurrentAssets Less Current Liabilities Totsl Current Li*llties Equity Opening Balance Shareholdef funds Retsined Earnlngs Total Equlty oo Si8Mtur•: Prlnt: Paul Smith Position: Chalr ol Board of T￿￿tee5 Datè: 31 May. 2024