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

**From 01/09/2023 Period start date   To 31/08/2024 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<br>playing of Association Football and other<br>sports capable of improving health (by<br>‘facilities’ we mean not just land, buildings<br>and equipment, but also the organising of<br>sporting activity).|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Provide and assist in providing for sport,<br>recreation or other leisure time occupation<br>of such persons who have need for such<br>facilities by reason of their youth, age,<br>infirmity or disablement, poverty or social<br>and economic circumstances or for the<br>public at large in the interest of social<br>welfare and with the object of improving their<br>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<br>guidance issued.|



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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making 



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|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Our volunteers support the Charity in the<br>way of coaching, running training sessions,<br>the day to day admin and supporting the<br>wider community for the greater benefit of<br>all.|
|Other||This period, we have kept all fees to a<br>minimum and not increased any match or<br>training subs.  In order to provide football for<br>all we have continued to promote and offer<br>support to those in need via our hardship<br>fund.|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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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|We continue to provide football provision for<br>all in a safe and happy environment.<br>All are welcome to benefit from quality<br>coaching with the emphasis on fun and<br>enjoyment for all.|



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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|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||
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|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||



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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|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 trusts: Type of governing document Para 1.25 (trust deed, royal charter) How is the charity Para 1.25 constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) Trustee selection methods Para 1.25 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 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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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|March Academy FC|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1186183|
|Charity’s principal address|21 Camargue Drive<br>March<br>Cambridgeshire<br>PE15 9PD|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Andrew Silley||||
||Jane Katie Conyard||||
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||AnthonyRussell||||
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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 held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for 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**|
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|**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)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Mrs Katie Conyard||
||<br> <br>Secretary||
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||**March Academy FC**<br>|**March Academy FC**<br>|**March Academy FC**<br>|**March Academy FC**<br>|**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,445**<br>**8,013**<br>**2,634**<br>**275**<br>**820**<br>**4,283**<br>**1,977**<br>**759**<br>**-**<br>**90**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**21,296**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,634**<br>**-**<br>**11,019**<br>**9,385**<br>**19,662**<br>**21,296**<br>**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**18,292**<br>**520**<br>**25**<br>**-**<br>**825**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**19,662**<br>**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|01/09/2023|**To**|31/08/2024||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**A1 Receipts**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £ **|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||
|Sign On|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|TrainingSubs|**38,397**|**-**|**-**|**38,397**|**18,292**|
|Team sponsorship|**3,408**|**-**|**-**|**3,408**|**520**|
|Finepayments|**101**|**-**|**-**|**101**|**25**|
|Match Subs - included with Training Subs<br>above|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Fundraising|**811**|**-**|**-**|**811**|**825**|
|Interest|**145**|**-**|**-**|**145**|**-**|
|Other revenue / Grants|**965**|**-**|**-**|**965**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br>**43,826**|**-**|**-**|**43,826**|**19,662**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
||**-**|**-**|**- **|**-**|**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**|<br>**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||**43,826**|**-**|**-**|**43,826**||
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|Referee & Match officials|**2,723**|**-**|**-**|**2,723**|**2,445**|
|Pitch and Facilities Hire|**11,049**|**-**|**-**|**11,049**|**8,013**|
|Equipment|**2,701**|**-**|**-**|**2,701**|**2,634**|
|Fines|**418**|**-**|**-**|**418**|**275**|
|Qualifications|**660**|**-**|**-**|**660**|**820**|
|Events|**4,902**|**-**|**-**|**4,902**|**4,283**|
|League Costs|**1,808**|**-**|**-**|**1,808**|**1,977**|
|Insurances & Affilliations - included with<br>League Costs|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**759**|
|Websitepayment|**437**|**-**|**-**|**437**|**-**|
|Admin|**91**|**-**|**-**|**91**|**90**|
|Coaching|**600**|**-**|**-**|**600**|**-**|
|Childrens activities|**939**|**-**|**-**|**939**|**-**|
|Donations|**28**|**-**|**-**|**28**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|<br>**26,354**|**-**|**-**|**26,354**|**21,296**|
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||
||**-**|**-**|**- **|**-**|**-**<br>**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|<br>**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_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_**||||||
||**26,354**|**-**|**-**|**26,354**||
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||<br>**17,473**|**-**|**-**|**17,473**|**-**<br>**1,634**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||**9,385**|**-**|**-**|**9,385**|**11,019**|
||<br>**26,858**|**-**|**-**|**26,858**|**9,385**|



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