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

## **From  06/11/2019 Period start date To 30/08/2020  Period end date** 

## **Charity name: March Academy FC** 

## **Charity registration number: 1186183** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Promote community participation in healthy<br>recreation by providing facilities for the playing<br>of Association Football and other sports capable<br>of improving health (by ‘facilities’ we mean not<br>just land, buildings and equipment, but also the<br>organisingof sportingactivity).|
|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|Provide and assist in providing for sport,<br>recreation or other leisure time occupation of<br>such persons who have need for such facilities<br>by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or<br>disablement, poverty or social and economic<br>circumstances or for the public at large in the<br>interest of social welfare and with the object of<br>improvingtheir conditions of life.|
|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|We as the trustees, have, to the best of our<br>knowledge followed best practice and guidance<br>issued|



## **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|Not applicable|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|We continue to re-invest available funds into<br>growing the club for the benefit of the<br>community.|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|To ensure a safe and fun environment for all to<br>enable participants to access football activities in<br>their home town.|





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|Successfully grew the total number of teams<br>from 21 to 24 within the period of this annual<br>report<br>Further established the Wildcats programme to<br>embrace girls within football.  This programme is<br>targeted towards 8-12 year olds meaning we<br>further developed links with primary schools<br>within our areas.  As a result of the Wildcats<br>programme, two additional teams were formed<br>at the end of the season.|



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

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|Despite failing to successfully secure a<br>permanent home ground for the club, MAFC<br>worked with other clubs in the area to ensure<br>consistency of play for all involved.  We continue<br>to work on this partnership to further develop<br>links with the aim of being able to potentially<br>affiliate ourselves in a more formal agreement.|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|We set out to self finance and we achieved this.<br>We do operate a hardship fund within our club<br>to ensure access to football can be given<br>regardless of a families financial state.|
|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|Complete and filed|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Football works on a seasonal basis.  This means<br>that monies accrued in one season are then<br>used to set up the next season with elements<br>such as;league entry,insurances etc|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|5771|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



|**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|Main source of funding comes via subs / fees<br>collected at Matches and training sessions.|
|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||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Foundation Structure|
|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|Trustee’s selected via Club Committee and<br>suitability to role and responsibilities within<br>roles.|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The charity is structured with a committee lead<br>by a Chairman and supported by a Club<br>Secretary.<br>Below this sits the club committee which is<br>made up of managers local volunteers.  Roles<br>and responsibilities are defined for each<br>member.  All members are volunteers.|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|We work closely with the Football Association|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|March Academy FC|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1186183|
|Charity’s principal address|21 Carmague Drive, March, Cambs, PE15 9PD|
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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 (ifany)**|
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||Jane Conyard||09/11/2019||
||AnthonyRussell||09/11/2019||
||GaryHigham||09/11/2019||
||Rebecca Cullum||09/11/2019||
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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** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**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)** A Russell **Full name(s)** Anthony Russell **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 29.06.2021 




|**March Academy FC**|**March Academy FC**|**March Academy FC**|**1186183**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||
|**For the period**<br>**from**|06/11/2019|**To**|30/08/2020|



**CC16a** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**5,241**<br>**2,695**<br>**1,405**<br>**170**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br> **9,511**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**9,511**<br>**1,321**<br>**4,179**<br>**2,657**<br>**410**<br>**270**<br>**30**<br>**252**<br>**220**<br>**-**<br> **9,339**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**9,339**<br>**172**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**172**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**5,241**<br>**2,695**<br>**1,405**<br>**170**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,511**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,511**<br>**1,321**<br>**4,179**<br>**2,657**<br>**410**<br>**270**<br>**30**<br>**252**<br>**220**<br>**-**<br>**9,339**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,339**<br>**172**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Match Subs|**5,241**|||||**-**|
|TrainingFees|**2,695**|||||**-**|
|Team sponsorship|**1,405**|||||**-**|
|FA Finepayments|**170**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> **9,511**|||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|<br>Referee Payments|**1,321**|||||**-**|
|Pitch and Facilities Hire|**4,179**|||||**-**|
|Equipment|**2,657**|||||**-**|
|Fines|**410**|||||**-**|
|Qualifications|**270**|||||**-**|
|Events|**30**|||||**-**|
|League Costs|**252**|||||**-**|
|Websitepayment|**220**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**9,339**|||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
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||**172**|**-**|**-**|**172**||**-**|
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||**172**|**-**|**-**|**172**||**-**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

30/06/2021 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>A Russell<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Bank Balance at end of period<br>Cash on hand<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**5,699**<br>**-**<br>**72**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,771**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>AnthonyRussell|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||A Russell|AnthonyRussell|29/06/2021|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

30/06/2021 

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