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Football Academy Noah

Trustees’ Report And Financial Statements for the period from 01 January to 31st December 2020

Charity No: 1178128 Company No: 10877796

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Football Academy Noah

Trustees Report And Financial Statements for the period from 01 January 2020 to 31 December 2020

Contents
Legal and administrative information	2
Report of the trustees	3 - 6
Independent examiner’s report	7
Statement of fnancial activities	8
Balance sheet	9
Notes to the fnancial statements	10 - 14

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Football Academy Noah

Reference and administrative details

for the 12 months period ended 31 December 2020

Charity Name:

Football Academy Noah

Charity registration number:

1178128

Company registration number:

10877796

Principal (and registered) addresses:

45 Camberley Avenue London SW20 0BG

Trustees:

Johan Mortier Peter Rohrs Richard Tyler Gary Lubner

Banker:

Barclays Bank 8 Alexandra Rd Wimbledon London SW19 7JZ

Independent Examiner:

Golam Morshed Charity Accounting Services Ltd Trident Business Centre 89 Bickersteth Road London SW17 9SH

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Football Academy Noah

Report of the trustees

for the 12 months period ended 31 December 2020

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ended 31 December 2020.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The organisation is a private charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 21 July 2017 and registered as a charity on 26 April 2018. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association, which established the objects and powers of the charitable company, and is governed under its Articles of Association. In the event of the company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1.

Appointment of the Board of Trustees

The Directors of the company are also charity Trustees for the purposes of charity law.

The Board consists of four Trustees. The memorandum and articles stipulate that there shall not be less than 3 Directors and shall not have a maximum. A director may not appoint an alternate Director or anyone to act on his or her behalf at the meetings of directors.

Organisational structure

Football Academy Noah’s Board of Trustees meets at least 2 times a year as a full board. The Trustees set the strategic direction, policies and fundraising targets of the charity.

Day to day responsibility for the running of the organisation is carried out by the Board of Trustees as the charity does not have any paid staff employed.

Risk management

The Board of Trustees highlight and monitor risks to the organisation. If risks arise that cannot be mitigated using existing structures then the Board of Trustees will take appropriate action to address them.

Procedures are in place to ensure compliance with health and safety for volunteers undertaking work on behalf of Football Academy Noah or attending Football Academy Noah events. These procedures are periodically reviewed to ensure that they continue to meet the needs of the charity.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives

The objective of the charity is, to advance in life and help young people in South Africa by the provision of activities in the interest of providing social welfare, in particular, but not limited to, the provision of facilities for the playing of football, providing sports programs and life skills.

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for the 12 months period ended 31 December 2020

Football Academy Noah

Report of the trustees

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Activities

The charity has been set up to advance the lives and help young people in South Africa through the provision of social welfare, in particular the provision of facilities for the playing of football, providing sports programs and life skills. During Covid the charity also ran a feeding program in the interest of providing social wellbeing to the most impoverished children and their families in the area - this made a massive difference to countless children and their families.

Volunteers linked to our affiliated member further contributed countless hours in the local area where the charity makes a difference. We would not be able to achieve all that we do without their valuable efforts.

STATEMENT OF PUBLIC BENEFIT

When reviewing our activities, the Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. The Trustees ensure that the activities undertaken are in line with the charitable objects of Football Academy Noah, and in doing so are satisfied that Football Academy Noah’s activities meet the requirements on demonstrating public benefit.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

At the start of 2020 the charity operated in 27 schools and continued to provide facilities for playing football and life skills to around 3,000 children (both boys and girls). The charity continued to support these children through it’s local affiliated partner, Dreamfields, who were providing goals, footballs, kits and coaching as part of a social welfare program in one of the poorest areas in South Africa.

The charity's activities were severely impacted by Covid during 2020, with schools closing during the many lockdowns in South Africa. Outside of these lockdowns, many in-school activities were also significantly impacted. These restrictions also severely hampered the charity’s ability to run it’s usual program. Given the restrictions to provide usual activities the trustees took a decision, early in the year, to provide much needed food through a phased feeding programme that ran from July through to November. This gave many of the children much needed food that they were previously getting through their schools.

food parcels in phase 1 delivered in July 2020 and over 2,400 food parcels in phase 2 delivered in November 2020. The last phase will be delivered in early 2021. The food parcels went to the children (and their families) that were most in need and each food parcel provided enough food to feed a family for roughly 4-6 weeks. This program made a huge difference to literally thousands of children and their families.

request by the charity to a charitable foundation, the Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation.

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Report of the trustees

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Fundraising activities in the UK were also impacted and whilst some online fundraising events took place, physical fundraisers like the UK Football Event could not take place.

The charity remains > 2 years funded (goal is to have 1.5 years funded).

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The Trustees report funds carried forward of £85,604 (2019: £53,597) for the period under review. The income for the year £45,199 (2020: £50,463) was lower than expected. Expenditure was in line with expectations at £13,192 ( 2020:£17,045).

satisfactory

RESERVE POLICY

Football Academy Noah is committed to the prudent use of funds that it receives as soon as is practical. However, to operate effectively, and with the confidence to plan for the future, requires adequate financial reserves.

We continue to be a going concern as we have secured the level of funding required to sustain and grow activities in 2021. Our reserves policy is to have a minimum of 3 months running costs in unrestricted funds, which is £10,000.

PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS

In 2021, Covid permitting, the charity would like to extend it’s program to cover all primary schools in the areas which would increase the number of schools in the program from 27 to 34 in 2021. We will continue to deliver our programme into all these 34 schools supporting around 3,500 children though our Affiliated partner, Dreamfields. We want to increase coaching in order to have 9 coaches to be dedicated coaches to a handful of schools, run more excellence camps to help advance the most skillful players once again organise an Annual Tournament. This tournament has all schools competing and brings their best players to compete against each other and have fun. This is planned for November 2021 in Mtubatuba, South Africa.

The Trustees are also looking at having an independent assessment done of the impact the charity is having in the area and what other activities it should consider in order to have an even bigger impact. This review is planned for Q4 2021. The assessment should also provide an independent review to support additional fundraising opportunities.

The charity hopes that UK fundraising events like the UK Football Event can resume in 2021.

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Football Academy Noah

Report of the trustees

for the 12 months period ended 31 December 2020

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STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Trustees (who are also directors of Football Academy Noah for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and FRS102.

give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

➢ select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
➢ observe the methods and principles in the Charities Statement Of Recommended Practice;
➢ make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
➢ state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
➢ presume that the charitable company will continue in business.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006, the Charities and Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charity Accounts Regulations 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the Trustees are aware:

there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company’s auditor is unaware; and
they have taken all steps that they ought to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.

information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

In preparing this report, the Trustees have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.

Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees

Peter Rohrs – Chairperson

Date 28 September 2021

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Football Academy Noah

Independent Examiner’s Report To Trustees

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Football Academy Noah (the charity) for the 12 months period ended 31 December 2020 set out on pages 8 to 14.

Responsibilities and basis of the report

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 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

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; or
3) the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Report) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4) the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

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.

Golam Morshed Independent Examiner

Charity Accounting Services Ltd Trident Business Centre 89 Bickersteth Road SW17 9SH

Date 28 September 2021

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

for the 12 months period ended 31 December 2020

Notes INCOME Donations and grants 4 TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURE Raising funds 5a Charitable activities 5b TOTAL EXPENDITURE NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD	Unrestricted Funds 2020 Total 17 months Aug 2018 to Dec 2019 Total £ £ £ 45,199 45,199 50,463
	45,199 45,199 50,463
	0 0 206 13,192 13,192 16,839
	13,192 13,192 17,045
	32,007 32,007 33,418
	32,007 32,007 33,418 53,597 53,597 20,179
	85,604 85,604 53,597

All gains and losses arising in the year have been included in the Statement of Financial Activities and arise from continuing operations.

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as at 31 December 2020 Company No: 10877796

Football Academy Noah

BALANCE SHEET

____ 86,504	_____ 2020 £ 85,604	_____ 54,497
86,504 900		54,497 900


	85,604
	85,604
	85,604

obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

The charity is subject to Independent Examination under charity legislation, and the report of the Independent Examiner is on page 7.

Companies Act 2006. applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on 28 September 2021

Peter Rohrs Chairman of the Trustees

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the 12 months period ended 31 December 2020

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1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

a. Basis of preparation of accounts

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The most significant areas of adjustment and key assumptions are the valuations of tangible fixed assets.

b. Income recognition

All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.

Donations are recognised once received. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that those conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period.

Legacy gifts are recognised on a case by case basis following the granting of probate when the administrator/executor for the estate has communicated in writing both the amount and settlement date. In the event that the gift is in the form of an asset other than cash or a financial asset traded on a recognised stock exchange, recognition is subject to the value of the gift being reliably measurable with a degree of reasonable accuracy and the title having been transferred to the charity.

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

c. Expenditure recognition

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. All expenses including support costs and governance costs are allocated or apportioned to the applicable expenditure headings.

Grants payable are payments made to third parties in furtherance of the charitable objectives of the charity. In the case of an unconditional grant offer, this is accrued once the recipient has

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the 12 months period ended 31 December 2020

that they will receive the one-year or multi-year grant. Grant awards that are subject to the recipient fulfilling performance conditions are only accrued when the recipient has been notified of the grant and any remaining unfulfilled condition attached to that grant is outside of the control of the charity.

d.Irrecoverable VAT

The irrecoverable VAT is charged against the category of resources expended for which it was incurred.

e. Governance costs

Governance costs comprise all costs involving the public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. These costs include costs related to the independent examiner's fee together with other overhead costs.

includes all costs expended in bringing the asset into its intended working condition.

Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets to their anticipated residual values over the period of their useful lives.

g. Support costs

Support staff salary costs are allocated as appropriate to Charitable Activities as shown therein.

h. Financial instruments

Short term debtors and creditors

Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities in ‘administrative expenses'.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and in hand.

i. Fund structure

The charity has a single permanent fund. The terms of the charity deed allow the income to be accumulated and the capital to be spent if the Trustees so determine.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the 12 months period ended 31 December 2020

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by the donor or charity deed.

Unrestricted funds comprise those funds which the Trustees are free to use for any purpose in furtherance of the charitable objects. Unrestricted funds include designated funds were the Trustees, at their discretion, wish to create a fund for a specific purpose.

j. Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

There are no judgements or estimates that have been made in the process of applying the above accounting policies.

2. LIABILITY TO TAXATION

The charity is exempt from income and corporation tax to the extent that its income and gains are applied towards the charitable objects of the charity and for no other purpose. Value Added Tax is not recoverable by the charity and is therefore included in the relevant costs in the Statement of Financial Activities.

3. WINDING UP OR DISSOLUTION OF THE CHARITY

If upon winding up or dissolution of the charity there remain any assets, after the satisfaction of all debts and liabilities, the assets represented by the accumulated fund shall be transferred to some other charitable body or bodies having similar objects to the charity.

4 ANALYSIS OF INCOME

Incoming resources Voluntary income: Public donations Trust and Foundations Sponsorship UK Football Events	Unrestricted funds 2020 Total 17 months Aug 2018 to Dec 2019 Total £ £ £ 13,331 13,331 13,073 28,024 28,024 23,060 3,844 3,844 1,847 0 0 12,483
	45,199 45,199 50,463

All income in 2019 is unrestricted.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the 12 months period ended 31 December 2020

5 ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE a. Raising funds Fundraising charges b. Charitable activities Grants made to partners Independent Examination Total expenditure on charitable activities All expenditure in 2019 is unrestricted. 6 CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one Accruals	Unrestricted funds £ 0	2020 Total 17 months Aug 2018 to Dec 2019 Total £ £ 0 206
	0	0 206
	Unrestricted funds £ 12,202 990	2020 Total 17 months Aug 2018 to Dec 2019 Total £ £ 12,202 15,939 990 900
	13,192	13,192 16,839
	13,192	13,192 17,045
	year.	2020 2019 £ £ 900 900
		900 900

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7 FUND RECONCILIATION

Unrestricted Funds Unrestricted free fund Total Fund	At 31 Dec 2019 Income Expenditure At 31 Dec 2020 £ £ £ £ 53,597 45,199 (13,192) 85,604
	53,597 45,199 (13,192) 85,604

8 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUND

Current Assets Current Liabilities Total Net Assets	2020 Total 2019 Total £ £ 86,504 54,497 900 900
	85,604 53,597

9. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL COMMITMENTS

There were no contingent liabilities or capital commitments as of 31 December 2020 (2019: none).

10. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Financial assets that are debt instruments measured at amortised cost comprise other debtors. At the end of the period, the charity had no liabilities that were classified as financial instruments.

11. RELATED PARTIES

The charity has no ultimate controlling party.

No Trustees, or persons connected with the Trustees, have received any remuneration from the charity. In the opinion of the Trustees, there are no related party transactions falling to be disclosed in these accounts.

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