## **Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts for the period** ## **From 1 June 2024 To 31 May 2025** ## **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, EBSCT 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|**The Trustees have appointed volunteers**
**to manage the current facilities (The**
**Management Committee).**| ## **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|**In collaboration with Earls Barton Parish**
**Council and Earls Barton United**
**Football Club, the Trust has secured**
**funding to build a Floodlit 3G Football**
**pitch. Building started in May 2025 and**
**is due for completion in September**
**2025.**
**The trustees have met regularly to**
**discuss the strategic direction of the**
**trust, including running and maintaining**
**the sports site, and particularly the**
**developments to the Grange Sports field**
**currently being undertaken by Earls**
**Barton Parish Council (of which the**
**trust holds a lease).**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Trust has received donations**
**towards the development costs of the**
**new pavilion and outdoor gym**
**equipment.**| |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|**Full financial activity is due to start in**
**September 2025 when the 3G pitch**
**opens.**| |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|**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|**Donations for the development project.**
**Most of this is from our “Buy-A-Brick”**
**fundraiser for the new pavilion.**| |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**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity constituted?|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**
**1 from Earls Barton Community Trust**
**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 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.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**n/a**| ## **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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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Paul Smith|Chair||Co-Opted| ||Jayne Bond|Treasurer||Parish Council| ||Tim Brennan||Since 6 June 2025|Parish Council| ||Chris Ellis|||Earls Barton Cricket Club| ||Peter Morrall|||Parish Council| ||Richard McVeigh||Since 7 April 2025|Earls Barton Football Club| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name n/a** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**n/a**||| |||| ## **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 **Accounts for the period: 1 June 2024 To 31 May 2025** Receipts from donations: £6451 Payments: £0 Net of Receipts & Payments: £6451 _________________________________________________________ ## **Declarations** |**s**|| |---|---| |**Signature**
**Full name**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|P Smith| ||Paul Smith| ||

Chair| ||19/12/2025|