## **– Wombat Cricket Club (CIO) Charity No. 1187872** **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from: 01st February 2022 – 31st January 2023** ## **Wombat Cricket Club CIO Annual Report contents page** |Page|2|Objectives, Trustees & Activities| |---|---|---| |Page|3-4|Volunteers & Finance| |Page|5-6|Financial Statements – Income & Expenditure| |Page|7|Financial Statements – Balance Sheet,| |||Risks & Future objectives| |Page|8|Confirmation & signatory| |Page|9|Appendix 1 - Independent Examiners Report| 1 ## **Objectives** For the public benefit, the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities for playing cricket. To promote community participation in sport by the provision of facilities for playing cricket and to maintain the Wombat Cricket Club and ground sustainably to ensure cricket is played at the facility in perpetuity. ## **Charitable Trustees** Mr David Balch Mr Graham Byers Mr Malcolm Pressly-Smith Mr Paul York-Smith Mr Raymond Osmond Mr Nathan Welch Mr Jon Bendle Mr Alan Ranger Mr Jeff Burbidge ## **Activities** Provides a sporting opportunity in cricket for young people and adults, which promotes health and wellbeing and social cohesion. The activities include providing opportunities for people with disabilities. Wombat Cricket Club fields an adult men’s cricket team with mixed abilities and play 3040 friendly cricket matches on Wednesdays and Sundays throughout the playing season. Our team has several new members and is continuing to prosper. In 2022 our junior coaching programme has expanded, and this has dramatically increased the number of users of the facility. We ran the ECB All Stars cricket coaching program for 5- to 8-year-old children. This involved hosting and coaching fifty-two junior members and their families who attended the club on Friday nights for 9 weeks. Alongside All Stars we also ran two ECB Dynamos cricket coaching programs on Friday nights for 9 weeks. One of these was specific to boys aged 8-11 years and had thirty-two participants and the other was specific to girls of the same age and had twelve participants. A junior Wombat Dynamos representative team participated in two festivals over the winter period run by the Somerset Cricket Foundation. This has increased the participation in the club’s junior cricket provision, and this area continues to thrive and be well supported. Wombat CC again hosted and provided facilities for representative cricket teams on the Somerset CCC Pathway Programme (Under 10s – Under 17s). Our volunteers prepare and facilitate the match day experience for both players and their families, and we continue to receive positive feedback from all users of the ground. To support our objectives, we continue to provide both a training and match venue for Somerset Visually Impaired Cricket Club and are a Disability Cricket Champion club adhering to the standards proposed by the Somerset Cricket Foundation. We have again hosted taster sessions for Women’s Softball Cricket. These were supported by twelve local women who have all expressed interest in having future sessions in 2023. All activities and sessions have been provided and staffed by unpaid volunteers who also gain from the experience by contributing to their local community. 2 Extensive work continued to improve the pitch and outfield. Players and spectators continue to comment on these improvements and how impressive the facility looks and plays. This year we have performed a major internal refurbishment and extension to our clubhouse. The previous toilets and showers were outdated and did not provide sufficient welfare facilities for our growing user base. The changing rooms were linked by two electric showers at the rear. We now have separated the changing rooms so that each team has a separate space which comprises of a private changing area, two modern showers within cubicles and a toilet. Within the bar and club room area we have updated the toilet facilities also. Previously, this comprised of a single ladies and men’s toilet and some outdated men’s urinals. We have cleverly used this space and previous storage space to create a large entrance into an area with hand washing facilities and two unisex toilets on the right and a disabled wet room on the left which has disabled toilet and shower facilities as well as a baby changing area if required. ## **Volunteers** Our club is run entirely by volunteers, has no paid members of staff and the charity does not provide any financial grants. Our volunteers perform many tasks including: - Charity and club administration. - Organising net practice, fixtures, teams prior to and on match days. - Pitch and outfield maintenance. - Training and coaching children and the coaching courses required. - Machinery maintenance and servicing. - Staffing the clubhouse and ancillary facilities on match days. - Opening, closing, and staffing the facility when hosting other teams. - Cleaning the facility. - Administration required for capital projects and the time required to manage these projects. ## **Finance** We have run the club in such a way over the last year so that, with playing membership subscriptions and sponsorship contributions, we have made a small profit and not had to use any of the clubs’ long-term savings. We have invested any profit from activities back into improving the quality of the infrastructure of the club, the pitch and outfield. We wish to maintain this momentum and have re-assessed our immediate and future needs. We continue to hold at least one year of running costs as a reserve in our savings account. This would cover insurance, utility bills, pitch, and ground renovation costs, building maintenance and machinery servicing. We were particularly conscious of this given the Covid-19 pandemic, and if we were to experience future seasons where cricket is unable to be played or has a reduced playing capacity, then revenue into the charity will be limited. 3 Our revenue comes from the following sources: - Subscriptions from playing & social membership. - Sponsorship from local businesses. - Subscription from junior coaching sessions. - Ground hire. - Match Day clubhouse income. - Fund-raising activities e.g., quiz nights. - Grants from cricket and public sector organisations. A successful Crowdfunder campaign was performed in 2021 and the club has secured various grants from the local Parish Council, Sport England and the Somerset Cricket Foundation which has enabled us to complete the clubhouse refurbishment project in 2022. Given the financial pressures of 2022 and the ‘cost of living crisis’, it has been a huge achievement to complete this extension project. The final cost was significantly more than expected and the club has managed to complete it and maintain its emergency running cost reserves. Currently the club is in a positive financial position and has plans for future development of ground and cricket related items such as a new scoreboard, underground water supply to the square and junior cricket hardball equipment. 4 ## **Wombat Cricket Club CIO – Verified Financial Statements on 31[st] January 2023** ## **Income & Expenditure Detail:** **to January 2023 to January 2022** |**Sum of Value**
**Income/**
**Expense**
**Category**
**What**
**Income**
**Playing Activities**
Bar
Game & Nets
Subs
AllStars &
Dynamos
Annual Dinner
**Playing Activities Total**
**Maintenance**
EW Pitch work
Grant
Machinery
Maintenance
**Maintenance Total**
**Grants/Sponsors/**
**Fundraising**
Covid Grants
(21/22 to Club
House Project
Funding)
Sponsorship
Small Grants
50/50
Fundraising
**Grants/Sponsors/**
**Fundraising Total**
**Projects**
OutField –
Grant 2
Club House
Project - Grants
Club House
Project - Crowd
Funding
**Projects Total**
**Income Total**
**Expense**
**Playing Activities**
Bar
Game & Nets
AllStars &
Dynamos
**Playing Activities Total**
**Maintenance**
Building Maint
(incl Insurance)
Machinery
Maintenance
(incl Fuel)
Pitch Work
Ground Maint
**Maintenance Total**
**Maintenance - Utilities**
Electric
Water
**Maintenance - Utilities**
**Total**|**Both accounts**||**Both accounts**| |---|---|---|---| ||**General**
**Restricted**
**Total**||**General**
**Restricted**
**Total**| ||6,391
0
6,391
3,628
0
3,628
1,090
0
1,090
1,894
0
1,894
433
0
433||6,140
0
6,140
2,393
0
2,393
910
0
910
1,599
0
1,599
50
0
50| ||**13,434**
**0**
**13,434**||**11,092**
**0**
**11,092**| ||0
0
0
0
0
0||0
1,250
1,250
76
0
76| ||**0**
**0**
**0**||**76**
**1,250**
**1,326**| ||0
0
0
2,012
0
2,012
0
1,000
1,000
0
0
0||0
10,096
10,096
0
0
0
0
988
988
90
0
90| ||**2,012**
**1,000**
**3,012**||**90**
**11,084**
**11,174**| ||0
0
0
0
15,000
15,000
0
0
0||0
1,355
1,355
0
20,000
20,000
0
17,345
17,345| ||**0**
**15,000**
**15,000**||**0**
**38,700**
**38,700**| ||**15,446**
**16,000**
**31,446**||**11,258**
**51,034**
**62,292**| ||(2,511)
0
(2,511)
(945)
0
(945)
(244)
0
(244)||(2,990)
0
(2,990)
(235)
0
(235)
(153)
0
(153)| ||**(3,700)**
**0**
**(3,700)**||**(3,379)**
**0**
**(3,379)**| ||(1,326)
0
(1,326)
(1,047)
0
(1,047)
(2,831)
0
(2,831)
0
0
0||(1,175)
0
(1,175)
(793)
0
(793)
(1,916)
(1,250)
(3,166)
(116)
0
(116)| ||**(5,204)**
**0**
**(5,204)**||**(3,999)**
**(1,250)**
**(5,249)**| ||(41)
0
(41)
(413)
0
(413)||(42)
0
(42)
(155)
0
(155)| ||**(455)**
**0**
**(455)**||**(197)**
**0**
**(197)**| 5 |**Sum of Value**
**Income/**
**Expense**
**Category**
**What**
**Projects**
Club House
project
Garage Project
Kitchen Elec &
Plumb
OutField –
Project 2
Patio Project
**Projects Total**
**Ground Assets**
Ground Assets
Ground Purchase
**Ground Assets Total**
**Expense Total**
**Grand Total**|**Both accounts**| |---|---| ||**General**
**Restricted**
**Total**| ||0
(74,925)
(74,925)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0| ||**0**
**(74,925)**
**(74,925)**| ||(450)
0
(450)
0
0
0| ||**(450)**
**0**
**(450)**| ||**(9,808)**
**(74,925)**
**(84,734)**| ||**Current**|**Savings**|**(53,288)**|**Current**|**Savings**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Bank Opening**
**Bank Close**
**Net Income/**
**(Expense)**|**6,546**
**13,184**
**6,638**|**68,650**
**8,725**
**(59,925)**|**(53,288)**|**10,251**
**6,546**
**(3,705)**|**77,540**
**68,650**
**(8,890)**|**(12,595)**| 6 ## **Wombat Cricket Club CIO – Balance Sheet on 31[st] January 2023** |||| |---|---|---| |**Simple Wombat Balance Sheet @ 31.01.2023**|**Jan 2023**
**64,514**
_56,800_
_7,714_
**15,042**
_15,042_
**13,184**
-
**8,725**
_3,210_
_5,515_
**_8,725_**
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_

_-_
-|| |**Property**
_Being_
_Ground Purchase_
_Fees_
**Assets**
_(Items > £1000)_
_Being_
_Tractor & Cutting Deck_
**Cash & Cash Equivalents**
**Current Account**
_Including_
_General Running profit_
**Cash**
**Savings Account**
_Being_
**Unrestricted**
_Pre Trust Reserves_
_Covid Funding_
**_Restricted_**
_Covid Funding_
_Patio_
_Garage & Machinery_
_Outfield Project_
_Changing Room Project_|**Jan 2023**|**Jan 2022**| ||**64,514**
_56,800_
_7,714_
**15,042**
_15,042_
**13,184**
-
**8,725**
_3,210_
_5,515_
**_8,725_**
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_

_-_
-|**64,514**
_56,800_
_7,714_
**15,042**
_15,042_
**6,546**
**-**
**68,650**
_3,210_
_17,669_
**_20,879_**
_10,000_
_( 841)_
_3,952_
_155_
_34,505_
**47,771**| 7 ## **Risks** The club sees two main risks for the future but feel that we are in a strong position compared to other clubs in our sector, these being: - 1) Financial risk of maintaining the facility is always a challenge but we have successfully managed this since taking on the facility in 2016. - 2) Competition of leisure time and dwindling interest in community sport and recreation is also a risk. We are not seeing this at present with our thriving membership and junior cricket provision. Currently there are no uncertainties about the charity’s continuation, and we believe we still have a strong club with a good volunteer base and momentum to drive the charity forward. ## **Future Objectives** We will continue to invest in the facility to try to maintain a ground and clubhouse that is functional for all users. We will modernise our sporting facility and keep it to the highest standard possible to encourage future sport and recreation and achieve our goals. We will develop and expand our junior cricket offer to the community to engage and inspire more young people to enjoy the sport and nurture their interests in the game. In addition, we recognise cricket should be a sport for all, and we aim to both progress our disability cricket offer and explore a female playing opportunity. We will continue our strong existing relationship with the Somerset Cricket Foundation and seek to collaborate with them in developing all our future cricketing activities. The Trustees of Wombat Cricket Club (CIO) have followed all guidance issued by the Charity Commission and feel that the range of activities highlighted above demonstrate our ability and commitment to deliver public benefit to our local community. Trustees report approved by Board. Authorised signatory: ……………………………………………………………………………………… Mr David Balch BVSc MRCVS Chairman of The Board of Trustees – Wombat Cricket Club CIO 8 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Rèport to thé truste88 WOMBAT CRICKET CLUB On accounts for the year ended 31st JANUARY 2023 Charity no Ilf any) 1187872 Set out on pages 1&2 I report to the trustees on rny examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust") for the year ended 3110112023. Re8pon3lbllltle8 and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act.). I report in respect of rny examination of the Trust's accounts carri8d out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my èxamination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under s8Ction 145(5)(b) of the Aci. Independent rrhe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified lo oxaminor's 8latemont undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll. D818te I l if not applicable. I have completed my examination. l ¢onfim that no material matters have come to my attention in conne￿10n wtlh the examination {other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with secllon 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not a¢¢ord wilh the accounting records., or the ac¢ount$ did not comply with the 8ppli¢able requirements conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in thè Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no COn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the exarnination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if th8y do not apply. Signed: Date". Name: ANDREW WELCH Relevant professional qualification(sl or l>ody (if any): ICAEW IER Oct 2018 Address: 18 HIGHER BEACON, ILMINSTER, SOMERSET, TA19 9AJ Section B Disclosure Only complete IT *he examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independenl examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018 ## **Wombat Cricket Club CIO – Verified Financial Statements on 31[st] January 2023** ## **Income & Expenditure Detail:** |**Income & Expenditure Detail:**||| |---|---|---| ||**to January 2023**
**Both accounts**
**Gene**
**ral**
**Restrict**
**ed**
**Total**
6,391
0
6,391
3,628
0
3,628
1,090
0
1,090
1,894
0
1,894
433
0
433
**13,43**
**4**
**0**
**13,434**
0
0
0
0
0
0
**0**
**0**
**0**
0
0
0
2,012
0
2,012
0
1,000
1,000
0
0
0
**2,012**
**1,000**
**3,012**
0
0
0
0
15,000
15,000
0
0
0
**0**
**15,000**
**15,000**
**15,44**
**6**
**16,000**
**31,446**
(2,511
)
0
(2,511)
(945)
0
(945)
(244)
0
(244)
**(3,70**
**0)**
**0**
**(3,700)**
(1,326
)
0
(1,326)
(1,047
)
0
(1,047)
(2,831
)
0
(2,831)
0
0
0
**(5,20**
**4)**
**0**
**(5,204)**|**to January 2022**| |**Sum of**
**Value**
**Income/**
**Expense**
**Category**
**What**
**Income**
**Playing Activities**
Bar
Game & Nets
Subs
AllStars &
Dynamos
Annual Dinner
**Playing Activities**
**Total**
**Maintenance**
EW Pitch work
Grant
Machinery
Maintenance
**Maintenance Total**
**Grants/Sponsors/**
**Fundraising**
Covid Grants
(21/22 to Club
House Project
Funding)
Sponsorship
Small Grants
50/50
Fundraising
**Grants/Sponsors/**
**Fundraising Total**
**Projects**
OutField –
Grant 2
Club House
Project -
Grants
Club House
Project -
Crowd
Funding
**Projects Total**
**Income**
**Total**
**Expense**
**Playing Activities**
Bar
Game & Nets
AllStars &
Dynamos
**Playing Activities**
**Total**
**Maintenance**
Building Maint
(incl
Insurance)
Machinery
Maintenance
(incl Fuel)
Pitch Work
Ground Maint
**Maintenance Total**|**Both accounts**|**Both accounts**| ||**Gene**
**ral**
**Restrict**
**ed**
**Total**|**Gener**
**al**
**Restric**
**ted**
**Total**| ||6,391
0
6,391
3,628
0
3,628
1,090
0
1,090
1,894
0
1,894
433
0
433|6,140
0
6,140
2,393
0
2,393
910
0
910
1,599
0
1,599
50
0
50| ||**13,43**
**4**
**0**
**13,434**|**11,09**
**2**
**0**
**11,092**| ||0
0
0
0
0
0|0
1,250
1,250
76
0
76| ||**0**
**0**
**0**|**76**
**1,250**
**1,326**| ||0
0
0
2,012
0
2,012
0
1,000
1,000
0
0
0|0
10,096
10,096
0
0
0
0
988
988
90
0
90| ||**2,012**
**1,000**
**3,012**|**90**
**11,084**
**11,174**| ||0
0
0
0
15,000
15,000
0
0
0|0
1,355
1,355
0
20,000
20,000
0
17,345
17,345| ||**0**
**15,000**
**15,000**|**0**
**38,700**
**38,700**| ||**15,44**
**6**
**16,000**
**31,446**|**11,25**
**8**
**51,034**
**62,292**| ||(2,511
)
0
(2,511)
(945)
0
(945)
(244)
0
(244)|(2,990
)
0
(2,990)
(235)
0
(235)
(153)
0
(153)| ||**(3,70**
**0)**
**0**
**(3,700)**|**(3,37**
**9)**
**0**
**(3,379**
**)**| ||(1,326
)
0
(1,326)
(1,047
)
0
(1,047)
(2,831
)
0
(2,831)
0
0
0|(1,175
)
0
(1,175)
(793)
0
(793)
(1,916
)
(1,250)
(3,166)
(116)
0
(116)| ||**(5,20**
**4)**
**0**
**(5,204)**|**(3,99**
**9)**
**(1,250)**
**(5,249**
**)**| |**Maintenance -**
**Utilities**
Electric
Water
**Maintenance -**
**Utilities Total**|(41)
0
(41)
(413)
0
(413)| |---|---| ||**(455)**
**0**
**(455)**| |**Sum of**
**Value**
**Income/**
**Expense**
**Category**
**What**
**Projects**
Club House
project
Garage
Project
Kitchen Elec &
Plumb
OutField –
Project 2
Patio Project
**Projects Total**
**Ground Assets**
Ground
Assets
Ground
Purchase
**Ground Assets**
**Total**
**Expense**
**Total**
**Grand**
**Total**|**Both accounts**| ||**Gene**
**ral**
**Restrict**
**ed**
**Total**| ||0
(74,925)
(74,925
)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0| ||**0**
**(74,925)**
**(74,92**
**5)**| ||(450)
0
(450)
0
0
0| ||**(450)**
**0**
**(450)**| ||**(9,80**
**8)**
**(74,925)**
**(84,73**
**4)**| ||**Curre**
**nt**|**Savings**|||**Curre**
**nt**|**Savings**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Bank**
**Opening**
**Bank Close**
**Net Income/**
**(Expense)**|**6,546**
**13,18**
**4**
**6,638**|**68,650**
**8,725**
**(59,925)**|**(53,28**
**8)**||**10,25**
**1**
**6,546**
**(3,70**
**5)**|**77,540**
**68,650**
**(8,890)**|**(12,59**
**5)**| 1 **Wombat Cricket Club CIO – Balance Sheet on 31[st] January 2023** |**Simple Wombat Balance Sheet @ 31.01.2023**|**Jan 2023**
**64,514**
_56,800_
_7,714_
**15,042**
_15,042_
**13,184**
-
**8,725**
_3,210_
_5,515_
**_8,725_**
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_
-|| |---|---|---| |**Property**
_Being_
_Ground Purchase_
_Fees_
**Assets**
_(Items > £1000)_
_Being_
_Tractor & Cutting_
_Deck_
**Cash & Cash Equivalents**
**Current**
**Account**
_Including_
_General Running_
_proft_
**Cash**
**Savings**
**Account**
_Being_
**Unrestricted**
_Pre Trust_
_Reserves_
_Covid Funding_
**_Restricted_**
_Covid Funding_
_Patio_
_Garage &_
_Machinery_
_Outfeld Project_
_Changing Room_
_Project_|**Jan 2023**|**Jan 2022**| ||**64,514**
_56,800_
_7,714_
**15,042**
_15,042_
**13,184**
-
**8,725**
_3,210_
_5,515_
**_8,725_**
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_
-|**64,514**
_56,800_
_7,714_
**15,042**
_15,042_
**6,546**
**-**
**68,650**
_3,210_
_17,669_
**_20,879_**
_10,000_
_( 841)_
_3,952_
_155_
_34,505_
**47,771**| 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Rèport to thé truste88 WOMBAT CRICKET CLUB On accounts for the year ended 31st JANUARY 2023 Charity no Ilf any) 1187872 Set out on pages 1&2 I report to the trustees on rny examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust") for the year ended 3110112023. Re8pon3lbllltle8 and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act.). I report in respect of rny examination of the Trust's accounts carri8d out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my èxamination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under s8Ction 145(5)(b) of the Aci. Independent rrhe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified lo oxaminor's 8latemont undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll. D818te I l if not applicable. I have completed my examination. l ¢onfim that no material matters have come to my attention in conne￿10n wtlh the examination {other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with secllon 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not a¢¢ord wilh the accounting records., or the ac¢ount$ did not comply with the 8ppli¢able requirements conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in thè Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no COn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the exarnination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if th8y do not apply. Signed: Date". Name: ANDREW WELCH Relevant professional qualification(sl or l>ody (if any): ICAEW IER Oct 2018 Address: 18 HIGHER BEACON, ILMINSTER, SOMERSET, TA19 9AJ Section B Disclosure Only complete IT *he examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independenl examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018