# Upminster Park Rovers Junior Football Club CIO # Trustees’ Annual Report Charity registration number: 1184407 1[st] May 2023 to 30[th] April 2024 ## Objectives and Activities We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Our objective is to provide facilities for the recreation and leisure time occupation of young people in Upminster and the surrounding area in the interest of social welfare by the provision of facilities and training in football to develop their physical and mental capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and that their conditions of life may be improved. We meet our objectives by providing facilities and volunteers to allow children to play football within the structures of the Football Association. Currently the club hires pitches and training facilities from the local council and local schools. A planning application has been submitted to develop a new ground that will allow the club to provide enhanced facilities to a more diverse set of beneficiaries. This year we had over 100 volunteers delivering football to over 300 children in all age groups from 6 to 18 years of age. All volunteers were unpaid. It is estimated that the economic value of our volunteers is more than £1m. We feel we provide a public benefit as we give members the opportunity to engage in physical activity. This is carried out in a safe environment and helps improve their overall health. We allow members to build self-esteem as they learn to trust in their own abilities, receive encouragement and praise from coaches and parents, and learn to accept constructive criticism. Playing football can help children develop important social skills such as good citizenship, positive peer relations and respect for authority. Members also learn personal skills such as leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, responsibility, self-discipline, and a sense of initiative. ## Financial Review We are in a strong financial position. Our main source of income is from membership fees which have remained constant for several years. We maintain reserves for working capital purposes, future ground development and in mitigation of any change in our financial circumstances. Our combined reserve for these purposes is £125,000 which has been built up since 1966 when the club was first formed. ## Structure, Governance and Management We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with a governing constitution. The day-to-day activities are managed by a management committee. The trustees are elected from the management committee. Our registered address is: Newland Jones Ltd 68a Abacus House North St, Romford, RM1 1DA. Our Trustees for the whole year were S Nicholls, I Wyman and K Flower. The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Steven Nicholls Trustee Date 4[th] September 2024 ## Upminster Park Rovers Junior Football Club CIO Trustees Statement of Receipts and Payments 1[st] May 2023 to 30[th] April 2024 ## **Receipts** |Membership Fees|£49,431.58| |---|---| |Donations|£5,464.98| |Sponsorship|£10,804.18| |Interest Received|£1,531.41| |Events|£0.00| |Other income|£1,049.00| |Total|£68,281.15| |**Payments**|| |Pitch Hire|£20,723.00| |Trophies|£3,119.37| |FA and League Affiliation|£2,296.00| |Education|£1,925.00| |Kit/Equipment|£13,734.33| |Child Welfare|£430.00| |Sundry Expenses|£270.00| |Overheads|£720.48| |Total|£43,218.18| |Net Receipts|£25,062.97| Trustees’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at 30[th] April 2024 ## Assets Bank balance £155,417 Storage container Goalposts and nets (11 a side) Portable Goals including nets Liabilities None Independent examine￿5 report to the trustees of Upminster Park Rovers Junior Football Club CIO I report to the trustees on my examination of the account5 of the Upminster Park Rovers Jun ior Football Club CIO Ithe CIO) for the ye2r ended 30th Apri12024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requ irements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the CIO'S accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed 311 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no materia I matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect= accounting records were not kept in respect of the CIO as required by section 130 of the Act- or 2. the accounts do not accord with those record5. I have no concerns and have come acr055 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- Name.. Brian Veares Address.. Newland Jones Ltd 68a Abacus House North St, Romford, RMI IDA. Date: