
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  1/6/20                   Period start date   To  31/5/21      Period end date Charity name: BRIDGEND SPORTS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB CIO** 

## **Charity registration number:1180695** 

## **Objectives and Activities Promote Rugby Football** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote rugby football in the**<br>**Bridgend County Borough Area**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**To promote exercise, team building and**<br>**social integration through rugby football**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**As Trustees we are fully aware of our**<br>**responsibilities and the public benefit of**<br>**promoting rugby football for the**<br>**reasons given above**|



## **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<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**Social investment in the Bridgend**<br>**County Borough Area is clearly evident**<br>**with the provision, through rugby**<br>**football, of the health and mental well-**<br>**being we provide, which is very difficult**<br>**to measure in monetary terms.**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**Immense. Nobody receives an income**<br>**for the running of this Charity, from the**<br>**Trustees right down to the U7s’**<br>**Coaches. All associated with this**<br>**Charity are all volunteers.**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Club was formed in 1938 and gained**<br>**CIO status 14/11/2018. Hence, we have a**<br>**long history of promoting rugby football**<br>**in the Bridgend Area.**<br>**As will become a theme of this report**<br>**promotion of rugby football is a**<br>**continual process as each season ends**<br>**and new season quickly starts.**<br>**Beneficiaries range from children aged**<br>**from under 7 to men in their forties and**<br>**beyond. Health, mental and social**<br>**benefits.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**Ongoing, but we believe with the**<br>**conclusion of each season another**<br>**milestone has been achieved. We then**<br>**just look forward to the new season and**<br>**the process starts all over again.**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**Fundraising achieved**<br>•<br>**Operating and running a Patron**<br>**Scheme**<br>•<br>**Kit sponsorship for the U7s right**<br>**through to the senior XVs**<br>•<br>**Operating and running of a 100**<br>**Club**<br>•<br>**Game**<br>**and**<br>**match**<br>**day**<br>**ball**<br>**sponsorship**<br>•<br>**Fixture card and match day**<br>**programme sponsorship**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**During the period 1/6/20 to 31/5/21 no**<br>**competitive games were allowed and**<br>**only restrictive training sessions were**<br>**allowed, from U6s through to the senior**<br>**XVs. Such training sessions took place**<br>**with limited numbers and significant**<br>**restrictions, some of which were**<br>**enforceable in law. This all because of**<br>**operating during the constraints of the**<br>**Covid 19 pandemic. Hence, it was not**<br>**possible to meet our objectives.**|
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Other

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**See accounts. You’ll note we remain**<br>**solvent. Our primary objective is to**<br>**provide rugby football in the Bridgend**<br>**County Borough Area. Remaining**<br>**solvent from one season to the next is**<br>**our next objective, which we continually**<br>**monitor. But with the collective skill sets**<br>**of the present Committee we don’t**<br>**envisage there ever being an issue with**<br>**the Club remaining solvent**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We remain solvent. Our outgoings are**<br>**largely met with our income (see above**<br>**for main areas of income). If we need to**<br>**raise more monies we mobilise our**<br>**Committees to arrange and run more**<br>**fundraising events.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**See accounts**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**None**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|•<br>**Grant from the Welsh Rugby**<br>**Union**<br>•<br>**Operating and running a Patron**<br>**Scheme**<br>•<br>**Kit sponsorship for the U7s right**<br>**through to the senior XVs**<br>•<br>**Operating and running of a 100**<br>**Club**<br>•<br>**Game**<br>**and**<br>**match**<br>**day**<br>**ball**<br>**sponsorship**<br>•<br>**Fixture card and match day**<br>**programme sponsorship**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**As already detailed above**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|•<br>**By far our biggest challenge**<br>**Covid-19. Though, with the input**<br>**of our fantastic volunteers we**<br>**continue to remain solvent and**<br>**relevant.**<br>•<br>**In fairness our fears last year that**<br>**WRU funding may have reduced**<br>**as they dealt with the effects of**<br>**Covid 19 was ill founded and they**|





**have continued to provide grant monies not far short of the monetary level the previous season. N/A** Other 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||**Solely Bridgend Sports Rugby Football**<br>**Club**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|<br>Para 1.25|**Charity Commission for England and**<br>**Wales**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Via AGM/Invitation from existing**<br>**Trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**To be developed. However, existing**<br>**Trustees all have long associations with**<br>**the Club/Charity. Therefore, we don’t**<br>**envisage any changes any day soon**<br>**other than through an act of God.**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**Trustees manage the Charity.**<br>**During the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic**<br>**we’ve formed an Executive Committee**<br>**to deal with day to day running issues.**<br>**But once the pandemic is over the day**<br>**to day running of the Club is overseen**<br>**by the Senior Committee for Youth and**<br>**senior rugby and a mini and junior**<br>**(M&J) Committee oversees the M&J**<br>**sections. The same Chair, Treasurer and**<br>**Sec are appointed for both Committees.**|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|**We use the facilities of Bridgend Cricket**<br>**Club. Note the Club and all assets**<br>**contained within are wholly owned by**<br>**Bridgend Cricket Club.**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|**BRIDGEND SPORTS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB CIO**|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1180695|
|Charity’s principal address|**The Cricket Pavilion,**<br>**Newbridge Fields,**<br>**Bridgend**<br>**CF31 3PN**|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Marc Jehu|President|||
||Andrew Murphy|Chair|||
||Andrew Bye|Treasurer|||
||John Sawyer|Secretary|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

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|**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**|
|**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**|
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|**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**|
|**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**|



Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** Marc Jehu **N/A** 



Andrew Murphy **N/A** Andrew Bye **N/A** John Sawyer **N/A** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for As per Club Constitution safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|
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|**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**|
|**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**|
|**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**|
|**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**|
|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **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)** John Grenville Sawyer **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 16/3/22 




**Charity Name No (if any) Bridgend Sports Rugby Football Club CIO 1180695 Receipts and payments accounts** 

**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 6/1/2020 5/31/2021 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 


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Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds<br>funds funds funds<br> to the nearest<br>to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>£<br>A1 Receipts<br>Donations                     3,360                            -                              -                        3,360<br>Grants                   18,046                            -                              -                      18,046<br>Fundraising Events                     5,471                            -                              -                        5,471<br>Subscriptions                     2,153                            -                              -                        2,153<br>Sponsorship                     1,626                            -                              -                        1,626<br>Miscellaneous Income                     3,233                            -                              -                        3,233<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>                  33,889                            -                              -                      33,889<br>Sub total (Gross income for AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>                            -                              -                              -                            -<br>                            -                              -                              -                            -<br>Sub total                              -                              -                              -                            -<br>Total receipts                33,889                          -                          -                    33,889<br>A3 Payments<br>Cost of Fundraising Events                           -                              -                              -<br>Cost of Rugby Activities                     6,238                            -                              -                        6,238<br>Grants                     1,750                            -                              -                        1,750<br>Donations                        350                            -                              -                           350<br>Office Costs                        432                            -                              -                           432<br>Repairs & Maintenance                           -                              -                              -<br>Sundry Expenses                     1,845                            -                              -                        1,845<br>                          -                              -                              -<br>                            -                            -                              -                              -<br>Sub total [                  10,615 ]                           -                              -                      10,615<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br>                            -                              -                              -                            -<br>                            -                              -                              -<br>Sub total [                            - ]                             -                              -                            -<br>Total payments                10,615                          -                          -                    10,615<br>Net of receipts/(payments)                23,274                        -                          -                   23,274<br>A5 Transfers between funds                         -                        -                          -                              -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end                 28,803                        -                          -                   28,803<br>Cash funds this year end                52,077                        -                          -                   52,077<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




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

||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
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|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Bank Account - Youngstars<br>Bank Account - Seniors<br>**_Total cash funds_**||**to nearest £**<br>**16,772**<br>**35,305**<br>**-**<br>**52,077**|<br> <br> <br>|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))||OK|OK||
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
||||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**||
|**charity’s own use**||||<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|<br> <br> <br> <br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name||






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## **Last year** 

**to the nearest £** 

**8,208 17,434 5,254 23,316 3,618 26,390 - - 84,220** 

**84,220** 

**2,515 70,919 750 2,099 - 1,957 - - 78,240** 

**78,240 5,980 - - 5,980** 



**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -** 


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**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -** 

**Current value (optional)** 

**-** 

**Current value (optional)** 

**When due (optional)** 

Date of approval 



CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
-section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Bridgend Sports Rugby Football Club CIO
On accounts for the year
ended
Charity no
(if any)
31" May 2021
1180695
Set out on pages
IL PaJe IlJl vbeis I)1 addii,
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 31/05/2021.
Responsibilities and
basis of 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 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 I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records.
I have no concems 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:
Date:
21/03/2022
Name:
Vivienne Jones
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
ICB
Address:
First Floor, Unit 2 Garth Drive
Brackla Industrial Estate
Bridgend, CF312AQ
IER
Oct 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018