CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALE5 Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 1 May 2023 To 30 April 2024 Charity name: Northumbria Squash Rackets Assoclatlon Charity registration number: 1180804 Objectives and Activities Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its goveming document Para 1.17 The promotion of cnmmunity participation in healthy recrealion for the public benefit by the provision of facilities for playing the SFrf)rts of squash and squash 57 in the (x)unty of Northumbria Summary ofthe main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit. in particular, the activities. projects or services identified in the accounts. Pw81 17w 1.19 Competrlive activÉties such as county championships. county league and cup cOmpet￿.0ns. and entering ofjunior, senior and masters teams into the Inter-county Championships. OrganisatK)n of training for coaches and referees. an(J support for them. Advi￿ and support to venues with squash (x)urts on promoting the use of the cx)urts. Statement confirning whether the trustees have had regard lo the guidan issued by the Charity Com¥nission on public benefit Pard 1.18 The Trustees are made aware of all guidance from the Charity Commission about public benefft. Additional infonnation (optional) You ma choose to indude further statements where retevanl about: SORP releren P￿1.38 Policy on grant making Pata 1.38 Policy on soaal investment including program related investment 1.38 Contribution made b volunteers Other Achievements and Perfonnance Northumbria Squash Rat*ets Association I'NSRA,) has given many hundreds of squash and racketball players the opportunity to pursue their sport cnmpetitively and lo take advaniage of trained (x)aches. Summary ofthe main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity's work has made to the circumStan￿S of its beneficiaries and any wder benefits to society as a whole. Para 1.20 It has enabled venues with squash courts lo increase the use of their courts. particularly by providing inlrcKluctory opportunities to newcomers to the sport. It seeks to offer Ihese opportunities as widely as possible lo society. because of the benefits to the individual of playing the sport. Additional infonnation (optional) You ma choose lo include further ststements where relevant about: Achievements against objectives set Paa 1.41 Perforrnance of fundraising activities against objectives set Pwa 1.41 Investment perfomance against objectives Pard 1.41 Other Financial Review Review of the chariws financial position at the end of the riod Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves slating why they are held Para 1.21 NSRA'S cash position improved by £1.801 over the year to £18,601. P*a 1.22 NSRA rv3eNes an amount in case of unforeseen expenditure, of around 6 months. annual unrestn.cted expenditure as reserv8S in case of shortfalls or delays in incorne being r￿1Ved. Based on the latest forecasts, this currenuy equates to around £10,000. £10.000. nla Amount of reserves hekl Reasons for holding zero reserves Detsils of fund materialty in deficit Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity corsts'nuing as a going concem Para 1.22 Para 1.22 PaR 1.24 nla Par8 1.23 None. Additional Inforniallon {optlonal) You ma ch￿se to include further S1ateff￿nts where relevanl about: The PTinupal sour￿$ of funds are England Squash dub affiliation and individual membership rebates, County League fees and tournament entry fees and sponsorship. The charity's principal sources of funds linduding any fijndraising) P•a147 NSRA has a 'n￿Investment. policy. Surplus cash is to be placed in interest- eaming 3￿8Y and 120-day notice deposit accounts. Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 The principal risks are: safeguarding of young and vulnerable players and members of the squash community" injury to players: loss of ke volunteers l ex A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 rtise. Other Structure, Governance and Management Description of chariws trusts: Type of goveming document Para 1.25 Conslitulion. How is the charity (x)nstiluted? Para 115 cio. Trustee Selection methods induding 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 125 Trustees may be appointed I re-appointed at the AGM, or by the Trustees to fill a vacancy wrth subsequent ratification at the AGM. Trustees serve a maximum of nine years. Additional inforniation (optional) You ma chcM)se to include further staiements vthere relevant at¥Jut: Trustees are given a￿$S to all ￿levant infomath)n, including constitution, report and accounts. meeling minutes. organisats'onal slruciure. status reports. Charity Commission urxjates. Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Par8 1.51 NSRA'S members are the squash dubs participating in the county leagues who are affiliated to England Squash. the national goveming body. There are up to six charity trustees who delegate the daY-t￿daY Tunning to a o)mmittee of around 14 volunleers {including the trustees). The charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works Par8 1.51 Relat￿nshiP with any related parties Para 1.51 other Reference and Administrative details Chari name Other name the chari uses Re istered chari number Charity's pnncipal address Northumbria Northumbria 1180804 21 Craneswater Avenue Whitley Bay Tyne & Wear NE26 4NN uash Rackets Asswation uash Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates act•d rf not for whole ar Trust•• Offl¢e Ilf any) Name of person {or body) entitled Int trusi NSRA Members, or Trustees subject to Members. rattfication at AGM John Thompson Chaimian David Bamett Simon Long Colin McNestrie Susan Spence Joseph Witherspoon Treasurer Appointed 11 June 2023 Treasurer Retired 4 June 2023 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 rate trustees- names of the directors at the date the Dlrector nwne rtwasa roved Name of trustees holding title to propety belonging to the charity Trust•0 nam• Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others DesCript￿)n of the assets None. held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the cuslodian charity's objects nla Details of arrangements for safe cuslody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets nla Additional information {oplional} Names and addresses of advisers (Optional inforniation) Type of Name Address adviser Naffle of chief èxeculive or names of senlor staff members (Optlonal inforniationl Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disdosure of ke rsonnel details Other o tional infomiation Declarations The trustees declare that they have approvod the trustees. report above. Slgned on behall of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary. Chalr, et¢) John Andrew Thompson Chair Date 2 June 2024 |CC16a|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date
01-May-23||**To**||Period end date
30-Apr-24||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |England Squash membership rebate|**3,631**||**-**||**-**||**3,631**||**5,507**| |Northumbria League fees|**2,925**||**-**||**-**||**2,925**||**2,790**| |Tournament entry fees|**6,570**||**-**||**-**||**6,570**||**4,395**| |Tournament sponsorship|**-**||**2,250**||**-**||**2,250**||**1,500**| |England Squash County funding|**-**||**2,425**||**-**||**2,425**||**4,000**| |Other fundraising|**32**||**619**||**-**||**651**||**5**| |Bank interest|**481**||**-**||**-**||**481**||**5**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**13,639**||**5,294**||**-**||**18,934**||**18,202**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**18,202**| ||||||||||| |Northumbria League expenses|**1,057**||**-**||**-**||**1,057**||**948**| |Tournaments|**6,145**||**2,050**||**-**||**8,195**||**5,472**| |Inter County teams|**3,484**||**-**||**-**||**3,484**||**8,791**| |Talent, Participation, Diversity & Inclusion|**-**||**3,773**||**-**||**3,773**||**1,394**| |County t-shirts|**355**||**-**||**-**||**355**||**761**| |Coaching & Refereeing|**125**||**-**||**-**||**125**||**125**| |Website|**144**||**-**||**-**||**144**||**-**| |Miscellaneous|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**11,310**||**5,823**||**-**||**17,133**||**17,491**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**17,491**| ||||||||||| ||**2,329**||||||||**711**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**15,652**||||||||**16,089**| ||**17,982**||||||||**16,800**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
NatWest current account
NatWest 35-day notice account
Virgin Money 120-day notice account
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Inter County teams
Inter County teams
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**7,496**
**619**
**25**
**-**
**10,460**
**-**
**17,981**
**619**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**- 1,294**
Restricted
**- 619**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
John Andrew Thompson|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**31 May 2024**| ||||**31 May 2024**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| |||John Andrew Thompson|| |||||