## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 May 2025 To 30 April 2026** ## **Charity name: Northumbria Squash Rackets Association** ## **Charity registration number: 1180804** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The promotion of community participation
in healthy recreation for the public benefit
by the provision of facilities for playing the
sports of squash and squash 57 in the
county of Northumbria.| |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|Competitive activities such as county
championships, county league and cup
competitions, and entering of junior, senior
and masters teams into the Inter-County
Championships.
Promoting increased participation through
support for juniors, grassroots and those
with disabilities.
Organisation of training for coaches
and referees, and support for them.
Advice and support to venues with squash
courts on promoting the use of the courts.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees are made aware of all
guidance from the Charity Commission
about public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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|Northumbria Squash Rackets Association
(‘NSRA’) has given many hundreds of
squash and racketball players the
opportunity to pursue their sport
competitively and to take advantage of
trained coaches.
It has enabled venues with squash courts
to increase the use of their courts,
particularly by providing introductory
opportunities to newcomers to the sport.
It seeks to offer these opportunities as
widely as possible to society, because of
the benefits to the individual of playing the
sport.| |**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|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|NSRA’s cash position deteriorated by
£2,339 over the year to £21,169.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|NSRA reserves an amount in case of
unforeseen expenditure, of around 6
months’ annual unrestricted expenditure as
reserves in case of shortfalls or delays in
income being received. Based on the latest
forecasts, this currently equates to around
£9,000.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£9,000.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None.| ## **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|The principal sources of funds are England
Squash club affiliation and individual
membership rebates, England Squash
County funding, County league fees and
tournament entry fees, sponsorship, raffles
and commission.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|NSRA has a ‘no-investment’ policy.
Surplus cash is placed in interest-earning
35-day and 120-day notice deposit
accounts.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risks are:
•
safeguarding of young and vulnerable
players and members of the squash
community;
•
injury to players;
•
loss of key volunteers / expertise.| |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|Trustees may be appointed / re-appointed
at the AGM, or by the Trustees to fill a
vacancy with subsequent ratification at the
AGM.
Trustees serve a maximum of nine years.| ## **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|Trustees are given access to all relevant
information, including constitution, report
and accounts, meeting minutes,
organisational structure, status reports,
Charity Commission updates.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|NSRA’s members are the squash clubs
participating in the county leagues who are
affiliated to England Squash, the national
governing body. There are up to six charity
trustees who delegate the day-to-day
running to a committee of around 14
volunteers (including the trustees).| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Northumbria Squash Rackets Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Northumbria Squash| |Registered charity number|1180804| |Charity’s principal address|47 Woolsington Gardens
Newcastle upon Tyne
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||John Thompson|Chair & acting
Treasurer||NSRA Members, or Trustees
subject to Members’
ratification at AGM| ||David Barnett|||“| ||Colin McNestrie|||“| ||Joseph
Witherspoon|||“| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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
held in this capacity|None.| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|n/a| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** _J A Thompson_ **Full name(s)** John Andrew Thompson **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 07 June 2026