## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period** **From: 01/07/2024 Period start date To: 30/06/2025 Period end date** **Charity name: Formby Community Football Club** **Charity registration number: 1186194** **Company number: CE019480** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To enhance the health and wellbeing of the
local community through the provision of
football in a fun, safe and enjoyable
environment.
We are committed to providing opportunities
for players of all ages and abilities to try
football and feel part of a team.| |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|Formby Community Football Club (FCFC)
are a grassroots community football club
based in Formby, Merseyside.
FCFC provide regular affiliated and
recreational football opportunities for players
of all ages and abilities, boys/girls, men and
women. FCFC have teams actively
participating in leagues and competitions
across the North West and occasionally
abroad.
FCFC continue to play an active role in
supporting local community causes, booking
events locally, using local venues and
providing added value where possible.
The club has achieved FA Charter
Standard Community Club status (2020) and
is affiliated to Liverpool County FA.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Yes, the Trustees regularly consider the
public benefit of activities and decisions
relating to the Club and recorded in the
meetings of the committee.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference N/A Para 1.38 Policy on grant making |||| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers play an important role in the
strategic and day to day running of the
charity/FCFC.
Alongside the named Trustees, FCFC has
an established Committee with agreed roles
and responsibilities. Those roles include
Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and
Safeguarding Officer amongst others. In
addition to the Committee, FCFC also
benefits from time, effort and energy of a
dedicated volunteer network of Managers,
Assistant Managers & Coaches. Without
their ongoing commitment, FCFC wouldn't
be able to offer the broad range of football
opportunities it does.
Volunteers are also recognised at the
Annual Awards Celebration held at the end
of the football season.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and performance** |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|In 2024/2025, FCFC had 38 regular teams
covering all ages, from young lions and
lionesses age 4+, to include veteran teams
and walking football options.
.
Notable achievements during the last year:
- Providing for Little Lions and Lionesses
Saturday morning coaching sessions for
children aged 4-11
- End of season awards event: in June
2025 the club held its annual end of
season celebration event at a local venue in
Formby. Every player across all age groups
were presented with a medal, and
entertainment was provided including
a compare, music, inflatables face-painting,
and a gaming van.
These were all provided free of charge.
- Hardship support was available for those
families with players that would not have
been able to access provision without this,| |---|---|---| covering a range of factors from membership fees to weekly team subscriptions. - FCFC continue to maintain our 3 Star Accreditation for Charter Standard Community Club status from the FA. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: N/A Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set N/A Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set N/A Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other ## **Financial review** |**Financial review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity’s finances remain healthy; we
made a moderate surplus and have
comfortable levels of unrestricted cash
reserves at the end of the financial period| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The nature of our activities demands that we
hold reserves – different fees are due at the
start of the football season, as well as during
the football season on a regular basis.| |||| |---|---|---| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£22,381**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **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|FCFC’s principal source of funding continues
to come from subscription fees paid by club
members. We seek to secure additional
income via fundraising activities or donations
and by applying for external grant funding
where appropriate.| |---|---|---| |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|1. A reduction in the number of
members and therefore a reduction
in the primary source of income.
2. Loss of volunteers across all levels of
FCFC therefore impacting the
delivery of the charity’s activities.| |Other||| ## **Structure, governance and management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|Foundation Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|Para 1.25|CIO – Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of|Para 1.25|**Eligibility for trusteeship:**
(a) Every charity trustee must be a natural
person.
(b) No individual may be appointed as a| |any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees||charity trustee of the CIO:
•if he or she is under the age of 18 years; or
•if he or she would automatically cease to
hold office under the provisions of clause
[12(2)(e)] of the constitution.
•No one is entitled to act as a charity
trustee whether on appointment or on any
re-appointment until he or she has
expressly acknowledged, in whatever way
the charity trustees decide, his or her
acceptance of the office of charity trustee.
**Number of charity trustees**
There should be: Not less than 3 nor more
than 12 appointed trustees.
**APPOINTMENT OF CHARITY TRUSTEES**
(1) Every trustee must be appointed for a
term of one year by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the charity
trustees.
(2) During each year, the charity trustees
may appoint up to 2 additional trustees.
(3) In selecting individuals for appointment
as charity trustees, the charity trustees must
have regard to the skills, knowledge and
experience needed for the effective
administration of the CIO.| |---|---|---| |||| ## **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|We have extensive policy & procedural
documents made available to all trustees
and committee members. These include,
e.g. Safeguarding, Player, Parent, and
manager Codes of Conduct, Complaints
procedure. All such documents are publicly
available on our club website
https://www.formbycommunityfc.com/| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|FCFC currently consists of 4 Trustees.
Alongside this, a Committee of 12 members
is in place and supports the strategic and
day to day running of the football club. A
number of Committee members are also
Trustees and therefore this provides all
Trustees with oversight of the club’s ongoing
performance, health and associated risks.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|N/A| |Other||| ## **Reference and administrative details** |Charity name|Formby Community Football Club| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1186194| |Charity’s principal address|89 Duke Street, Formby, Liverpool L37 4AR| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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18|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Kristina Patricia
Hamilton|||Formby Community Football
Club| ||Martin David
Thornton|||Formby Community Football
Club| ||Andrew John
Farquhar|||Formby Community Football
Club| ||Christian Paul
Balshaw|||Formby Community Football
Club| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 19 20 ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** N/A Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **| |---|---| |N/A|| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A| ## **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)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**Chair**|Raymond Pendleton|11 Langdale Close, Formby, Liverpool L37 2FF| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**||| |||| **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Raymond Pendleton
Position (for example Chair
Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date
21/04/2026
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**Formby Community Football Club**|
**Formby Community Football Club**|
**Formby Community Football Club**|
**Formby Community Football Club**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|1st July 2024|**To**||| ||||||| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
127,409
-
4,835
147
-
-
30

**132,392**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,392**
71,781
11,108
27,942
3,903
528
11,545
8,663
200
100
1,200
266
171
**137,407**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**137,407**
**- 5,015**
**27,396**
**22,381**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**127,409**
**-**
**4,835**
**147**
**-**
**-**
**132,392**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**132,392**
**71,781**
**-**
**11,108**
**27,942**
**3,903**
**528**
**11,545**
**8,663**
**-**
**200**
**100**
**-**
**1,200**
**266**
**171**
**137,407**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**137,407**
**- 5,015**
**27,396**
**22,381**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Subs|127,409||||**115,474**| |Advertisingincome|-||||**-**| |Grants,donations and sponsorships|4,835||||**15,941**| |Sale of kit|147||||**109**| |Rent of equipment|-||||**165**| |Gift aid|-||||**12,335**| |Bank interest
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|||||**259**| ||||**-**||**144,283**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**||| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||**-**||**144,283**| ||||||| |
Trainingand coachingcosts|71,781||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||90,054| |Printing postage and stationery|||||-| |Football kit|11,108||||11,653| |Direct costs|27,942||||6,299| |Event costs|3,903||||2,387| |IT costs(including phone)|528||||895| |Rents|11,545||||9,551| |Leaguepayments|8,663||||6,531| |Insurance|||||-| |Donations|200||||3,640| |Transfer to Hardshipfund|100||||910| |Coach hire(bus)|||||-| |Professional fees|1,200||||120| |Bank charges|266||||| |Sundries|171||||238| |**_Sub total_ **|**137,407**||||**132,278**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**|||||| |**,**|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**||| ||**-**||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**Team account correction**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| ||||**-**||**132,278**| ||||||| ||||
**-**||**12,005**| ||||**-**
**-**||**-**| ||||||**15,722**| ||||||**- 331**| ||**22,381**||
**-**||**27,396**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/04/2026 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
AJFarquhar
N/A
**Details**
**Details**
General account
Team accounts
Savings accounts
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Savings account
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
6,657.66
**-**
12,805
**-**
2,918
**-**
**22,381**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,789**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Andy Farquhar|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
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