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

**From  1[st] January 2024  Period start date   To 31[st] December 2024 Period end date** 

## **Charity name:  The Nethermoor Sports Development CIO** 

## **Charity registration number: 1184827** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**The purpose of the CIO is to issue grants**<br>**to organisations in support of amateur**<br>**hockey and cricket in the North East**<br>**Derbyshire 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 services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**The purpose of the CIO cannot be fulfilled**<br>**until it realises assets (redundant cricket**<br>**and hockey sports ground), which it**<br>**intends to sell. This cannot be achieved**<br>**for some years, but the Trustees are**<br>**using their best endeavours to fulfil that**<br>**requirement.**|
|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|**In endeavouring to sell the sports ground**<br>**the trustees have, at all times, taken into**<br>**consideration the requirements and**<br>**guidance issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission.**|



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

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The Trustees have adopted a Grant**<br>**Making Policy, prepared by Lupton**<br>**Fawcett LLP.**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**N/A**|





Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|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|**The Trustees have entered into a legal**<br>**agreement, with an adjacent landowner,**<br>**for the long-term sale of the 6.4 acre site.**<br>**The sale commits the buyer to pay the**<br>**CIO in instalments, as plots of land are**<br>**developed and sold, over a period of**<br>**time, up to a maximum period of ten**<br>**years.**<br>**This agreement is totally dependent on**<br>**the buyer securing Planning Permission.**<br>**Over the last thirty years, the various**<br>**Trustees have taken legal advice and**<br>**pursued legal clarification which has built**<br>**up a legal debt to solicitors and**<br>**accountants. This debt has been partly**<br>**settled by Trustees loans. These loans**<br>**must be cleared before the main**<br>**purposes of the Charity can be fulfilled.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**Initial Planning Permission application**<br>**has been refused.**<br>**The potential buyer did not pursue a**<br>**revised Planning Application and the time**<br>**limit on the agreement expired.**<br>**The legal agreement was terminated.**<br>**The Trustees have entered into an**<br>**agreement with a local Land Agent who is**<br>**actively looking for potential buyers of**<br>**the 6.4 acre site.**|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**The Trustees obtained a payment under**<br>**the legal agreement.**<br>**Part of the legal debt has been repaid.**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**No monies have been invested.**|





Other

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The Charity has received one payment**<br>**that has been used to part pay**<br>**outstanding legal fees. Outstanding loans**<br>**and deferred payments still remain until**<br>**the land is sold.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The land is held in trust by the Trustees.**<br>**This is currently the only asset.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Nil.**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**Until monies are released under the**<br>**agreement, no monies are available.**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**The Trustees liabilities comprise,**<br>**outstanding legal fees built up over some**<br>**thirty years and Trustees loans which**<br>**have paid for accountancy fees and fees**<br>**associated with achieving charitable**<br>**status.**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**The Trustees fervently hope to make a**<br>**success of this Charity but much**<br>**depends on their ability to monetise the**<br>**Trust’s only asset, which is the sale of**<br>**the former sports ground.**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The Charity’s only source of funding will**<br>**be derived from the sale of the former**<br>**sports ground and subsequent**<br>**investment with a fund manager.**|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The viability of the Charity is dependant**<br>**upon any potential developer gaining**<br>**Planning Permission.**|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**|
|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|**The Trustees appoint a replacement**<br>**Trustee, having regard to the skills,**<br>**knowledge and experience needed for the**<br>**effective administration of the CIO.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Tendance at BHP 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Trustees attendance at BHP Trustee**<br>**Training Seminar.**|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Nethermoor Sports Development CIO|
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|Other name the charity uses|Not Applicable|
|Registered charity number|1184827|
|Charity’s principal address|24 Somersall Lane<br>Chesterfield<br>Derbyshire<br>S40 3LA|
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**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(if any)**|
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||Gary Anderson<br>McCormick|Trustee||G.A.McCormick|
||Robert Greg<br>Anderson|Trustee||R.G.Anderson|
||Simon Leigh<br>Davidson|Trustee||S.L.Davidson|
||Andrew William<br>Miles|Trustee||A.W.Miles|
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– 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**||
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|**Gary Anderson McCormick**|||
|**Robert Greg Anderson**|||
|**Simon Leigh Davidson**|||
|**Andrew William Miles**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the Not Applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not Applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **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)**|
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|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|**Legal**|BRM Solicitors|Gray Court, 99 Saltergate, Chesterfield, S40 1LD|
|**Legal**|Lupton Fawcett LLP|Stamford House, Piccadillly, York, YO1 9PP|
|**Accountant**|Barber Harrison & Platt|2 Rutland Park, Sheffield, S10 2PD|
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## **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)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Gary Anderson McCormick<br>Robert Greg Anderson<br>Simon Leigh Davidson<br>Andrew William Miles||
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