## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 June 2021 To 31 May 2022** ## **Charity name: LECKHAMPTON ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB** ## **Charity registration number: 1182944** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purpose of the CIO is inspiring
everyone to play and love sport which
includes the promotion of community
participation in healthy recreation in
particular by the provision of facilities for
the playing of football.| |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|The Club runs a Veterans, 2 Men’s and 35
Youth football teams aged 8 to 18 together
with providing Weetabix Wildcats football
sessions for girls. lt also runs an Academy
every Saturday morning for 4 - 8-year-olds.
We have nearly 600 playing members and
around 80 qualified coaches / parent
helpers.
The Youth teams take part in the
Cheltenham Youth Football League and the
Gloucester County Girls Football League.
The Men’s teams in The Cheltenham
Association Football League and Veterans
in the Gloucestershire FA Veterans
League.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Charity is open to the public for anyone
to join.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The club is dependent on volunteers and
are very fortunate to have so many parents
prepared to act as team coaches and
helpers, with the numbers increasing every
year.| |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|We are recognised in the community as a
well-run, ambitious football club which
continues to grow year on year and are
now the second largest in Gloucestershire.
We provide provision for the playing of
football to 600+ players, adult and youth,
both male and female and continue to grow
year on year and are now one of the
largest clubs in north Gloucestershire.
We are an Accredited Club, part of England
Football.
For the first time in our history, we now
have three girls teams playing League
football and this section of the club
continues to grow.
We have excellent relationships with the
local University and Primary and
Secondary schools in our area where we
encourage students & pupils to join our
club to further their outdoor recreational
activities either as player or coach.
In May 2022, as we emerged from the
coronavirus pandemic, we organised a
local Community Bazaar attended by circa
4000 people for which we received a £10K
grant from Gloucestershire County
Council’s Build Back Better Market Town
Fund. This was supported by our local MP,
Parish Councillors, the Police and Fire
Brigade.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|BURROWS PROJECT
PHASE 1. Agreement was reached with
Cheltenham Borough Council (CBC) and
work commenced on the club taking over
responsibility for and improving the playing
facilities and pavilion at the Burrows
Recreational Playing Field, Leckhampton,
Cheltenham. A 21-year lease and licence
being completed in February 2022.
Funding for the project, which all passes
through CBC, has come from the Football
Foundation (£430K), S106 monies
(£355K), various club obtained grants,
private donations to the club and the club’s
own resources accumulated since
inception in 1996. The cost of the project is
£900,000.
PHASE 2. Planning Permission has been
obtained to build a storage facility to house
equipment to maintain the pitches to a high
level – estimated cost £60K with a further
£40K required for equipment. £57K of
funding has been secured - £25K from both
the Football Foundation and Cheltenham
Borough Council, £7K from GCC with the
club funding the remainder.| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Towards Phase 1 of the project the
following grants were received: -
£20,000 from Leckhampton Parish Council.
£18,000 from Enovert.
£5,000 Cheltenham Zero Fund
£20,000 Gloucestershire County Council
£5,000 from an individual being a supporter
of the club.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||Our Presentation Day raised £2060 and
the Bazaar £3938.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|We are in a very strong position.
It was decided that we would not require
the use of the £15,250 HSBC Bank Bounce
Back Scheme Loan so this was fully repaid
without penalty or interest charge.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Our reserves have accumulated since
inception in 1996 due to our aspiration to
acquire our own ground. The club
anticipates investing £35,000 in Phase 1 of
the Burrows Project with further significant
investment in Phase 2.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£153, 860 from which we have liabilities
outstanding of the Commercial Card
balance and agreed contribution towards
the Burrows Project of £83,000.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |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|Our main source of funding comes from
players annual subscriptions and our
Academy where circa 120 players each pay
£3.50 per week 48 weeks of the year.
We have a parent run a 200 Club which
donated £2,000 in the last financial year.
This is to be re-launched in October 2022
to increase membership resulting in
additional donations.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|CIO Trust Deed| |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|New Trustees are selected by existing
Trustees based on their knowledge and
experience of/with the club and skills and
qualities they have to offer.| **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|See Other below.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Our structure is based upon six “Pillars”
with each Trustee heading up a Pillar. The
Pillars are: -
Club and Community
Administration and Finance
Football Development
Future and Communications
Fundraising and IT
Burrows Project
An independent qualified accountant
reviews the charity’s financial records each
year.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|We have excellent relationships with
Cheltenham Borough Council,
Leckhampton and Warden Hill Parish
Council, the local Primary and Secondary
schools and the University of
Gloucestershire.| |Other||Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service
(DBS) checks are undertaken on all
Trustees, Coaches, and parent helpers.
All team coaches must, as a minimum,
have completed The FA’s Introduction to
Coaching Football which covers
Emergency First Aid and Safeguarding
Children.
Monthly Trustee meetings take place with
Minutes taken.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Leckhampton Rovers Football Club| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1182922| |Charity’s principal address|10 The Spindles, Leckhampton, Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, GL53 0QD| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||David Pitts|Club
Secretary/Treasurer||| ||Enzo Scognamiglio|Club Chairman||| ||Mark Beaney|Burrows Project||| ||Andrew Pitchford|Comms/Marketing||| ||Damien
McLoughlin|Fundraising/IT||| ||Simon Jackson|Football
Development||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name Not applicable** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**Not applicable**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|**Not applicable**| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|**Not applicable**| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|**Not applicable**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**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 **Not applicable** ## **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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||David Stuart Pitts|Mark Beaney| ||
Trustee & Secretary|Trustee| |||| |||| **LECKHAMPTON ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB** **1182944** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** ## **CC16a** |**For the period**
**from**|01/06/2021|**To**|31/05/2022| |---|---|---|---| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |
Membners Subscriptions|**66,277**||**-**||**-**||**66,277**||**43,113**| |Pitch Hire, Training Costs & Fine
reimbursements|**2,102**||**-**||**-**||**2,102**||**2,531**| |Donations, Grants & Kit Provider Loyalty
Scheme|**49,928**||**-**||**-**||**49,928**||**23,305**| |Sundries|**9,807**||**-**||**-**||**9,807**||**3**| |Savings Account Gross Interest|**223**||**-**||**-**||**223**||**17**| |HSBC Bounce Back Loan|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**15,250**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**128,337**||**-**||**-**||**128,337**||**84,219**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**84,219**| ||||||||||| |
Kit Purchases|**8,912**||**-**||**-**||**8,912**||**7,223**| |Matchday & Training Expenditure incl
Affiliation Fees, Player Fines, Referee Fees
& Tournaments|**30,669**||**-**||**-**||**30,669**||**13,826**| |CoachingFees|**1,569**||**-**||**-**||**1,569**||**870**| |FundraisingEvents expenditure|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Annual Presentation Day|**2,950**||**-**||**-**||**2,950**||**142**| |Insurance|**1,340**||**-**||**-**||**1,340**||**1,165**| |Burrows Project|**20,424**||**-**||**-**||**20,424**||**20,197**| |Bazaar|**10,309**||**-**||**-**||**10,309**||| |Charitable Donations|**1,741**||||||**1,741**||**100**| |Website|**198**||||||**198**||**198**| |SundryExpenditure|**2,969**||||||**2,969**||**1,530**| |Repayment of HSBC Bounce Back Loan|**15,250**||**-**||**-**||**15,250**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**96,331**||**-**||**-**||**96,331**||**45,251**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| |**Nil**|**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**45,251**| ||||||||||| ||**32,006**||||||||**38,968**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**121,854**||||||||**82,886**| ||**153,860**||||||||**121,854**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** **Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £** 13/02/2023 **Categories Details** CCXX R1 accounts (SS) ~~1~~ |**B1 Cash funds**|Current Account||||**2,901**|**2,901**||||**-**|||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Subscription Account||||||||||||| ||Savings Account||||**65,746**|||||**-**|||**-**| ||Shawbrook Bank|60 Day Notice Savings A/C|||**85,213**|||||**-**|||**-**| ||||**_Total cash funds_**||**153,860**|||||**-**|||**-**| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))||||OK||||OK|||OK|| ||||||**Unrestricted**||||**Restricted funds**|||**Endowment**|| ||||||**funds**|||||||**funds**|| ||**Details**||||**to nearest**|**£**|||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|Burrows Project expenditure to be recovered||||**3,955**|||||**-**|||**-**| ||from Cheltenham Boroughh Council once||||||||||||| ||project completed.||||||||||||| ||Nil|||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**| |||||||**-**||||**-**|||**-**| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**belongs**|**asset**|||**Cost (optional)**|||**Current value**
**(optional)**|| |**B3 Investment assets**|Nil|||||||||**-**|||**-**| |||||||||||**-**|||**-**| |||||||||||**-**|||**-**| ||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**belongs**|**asset**|||**Cost (optional)**|||**Current value**
**(optional)**|| |**B4 Assets retained for the**|Nil|||||||||**-**|||**-**| |**charity’s own use**||||||||||**-**|||**-**| |||||||||||**-**|||**-**| |||||||||||**-**|||**-**| ||||||**Fund to which**||||**Amount due**|||**When due**|| ||**Details**||||**liability relates**||||**(optional)**|||**(optional)**|| |**B5 Liabilities**|Agreed contribution to||Burrows Project||35,000|||||**-**|||| ||Burrows Project grant||monies received||25,000|||||**-**|||| ||payable to Cheltenham||BC - awaiting invoice.||||||||||| ||Commercial Card|outstanding balance -||||467||||**-**|||| ||repaid in full monthly||||||||||||| |||||||||||**-**|||| |||||||||||**-**|||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature||||Print||Name||||Date of approval|| |||||||David|||Pitts||||| |||||||Mark||Beaney|||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 13/02/2023 2 Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsesl members of LECKHAMPTON ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB On accounts for the year ended 31° MAY 2022 Charlty no (If any) 1182944 Set out on pages Irewiber * indLth Lhe p8ge nuinbers ol 8ddilicfftal siit&tsj I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of th8 above tharity ('the Trusf) for the year ended 3110512022. As Ihe chariws trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charitles Act 2011 (Ihe Act.). I raport in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in cafrying out my 8xamination. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act. Responslbllities and basis of report Indepondent ￿h8 charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of appll¢able listed body]l. Delete [ ] rfnot applicabla. I have completed My examination. I confimi that no rnaterial matters have come lo my attention in conneclion with the examination (other than Ihal disclosed below.) whi¢h gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. Ihe accounting records were r¢ot kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charilies Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records. or the accounts did not comply with Ihe applicable requlrements conceming the fom and contsnt of acwunts set out in the Charitiès (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requiremenl that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered 88 part of an independent examination. I have no Goncems and have come acr￿3$ no other matters in connection with th& Èxsmingtion to which attantion should be drawn in this report in order to enable a prop r understsnding of the accounts to be reached. e delete ewo tha brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: ADRIAN FARNELL Relevant professional quallfiGatSon($) or l)ody InstitLrte of Chartered Accountants in England and Wal* IER Oct 2018 (If any): Address: Whitestrand, Gadshill Road. Charfton Kings, CHELTENHAM. GL53 8EF Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight rnaterial matters of concern (see GC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brief detalls of any items that the examlner wlshes to disclose. IER Oct 2018