## Shelf FC Charity number 1188667 Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 ## Shelf FC ## Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 |**Contents**|**Page**| |---|---| |Trustees' report|2 to 4| |Examiner's report|5| |Receipts and payments account|6| |Statement of assets and liabilities|7| |Notes to the accounts|8| ## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** 1 ## Shelf FC ## Trustees' report for the year ended 30 June 2024 ## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors** The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name** Kirstie Ibbotson Paul Lanfear Paul Kelly Andrew Ratcliffe ## **Charity number** **Charity number** 1188667 **Registered and principal address Bankers** 3 Briggs Avenue Virgin Money Bradford 94 Briggate BD6 3AY Leeds LS1 6NP Registered in England and Wales ## **Independent examiner** Katy Sargeant ICAEW **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW ## **Structure, governance and management** The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation formed on 19 March 2020 and is governed by a constitution. ## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees** The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM. 2 ## Shelf FC ## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 30 June 2024 ## **Objectives and activities** ## **The charity's objects** To promote community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of Shelf and the surrounding area by the provision of facilities to play football. (For the purposes of this clause "facilities" means land, buildings, equipment, access to coaching and organising sporting activities). ## **Mission** Provide an environment for all our young players regardless of gender, ethnicity, or ability to achieve their potential in football and life. ## **The charity's main activities** Shelf Juniors Football Club was established in 1988 to provide a home for local children to be involved in organised Junior Football. Since this start date the club has established itself within the local community with over 200 children (ranging from 4 year olds through to 18 year olds). To further compliment this from 2016, the club started to operate teams for Under 21s and ‘Open Age’ with the primary objective to retain our developed players in the game of football. ## **Public benefit statement** In setting our objectives and planning our activities our trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit, in particular the provision of facilities for the coaching, learning and playing of football for the benefit of the Shelf community and the surrounding area with the objective of improving the physical and social well-being of all its members. ## **Achievements and performance** This season has been one of the Clubs most successful ones, not perhaps in silverware but in the significant growth in our community, teams and kids we now have on our books. Aside from trying to ensure that each team has the right kit, training and match day facilities the main aim of the Club is to continue to expand and provide the opportunity for as many kids and adults as we can accommodate. The main growth area has been the creation of 2 new girl teams, with over 30 girls now registered to play under the Shelf name for the 2024/25 season. We have always encouraged girls to join our boys teams where they can play, but this season we made a specific push to set up at least 1 girls team for the 24/25 season. We have exceeded our expectations and will look to invest in setting up more Girls teams in the coming year. We are also running the Shelf Gala football tournament specifically for Girl teams on the 6[th] July. A special mention to Scott Ogden, Chris Ignatowski and Maizie Robinson for getting this up and running in a relatively short space of time. As well as bringing in more players we also ran 7 mini-tournaments throughout the year, starting in January with our youngest players from the Soccer Tots (ages 3-6). Another special mention must go out to Luke Armitage who as well as running one of our Under 10 teams also runs the Soccer Tots sessions on a Saturday morning. He suggested to run some mini tournaments through January and February as a way if introducing the kids to a more competitive environment, the tournaments were a great success with all the kids who participated receiving a medal for their efforts! After the success of these tournaments the coaches decided to run some age-group only tournaments at our Westwood Park ground. These ran throughout June and were oversubscribed with teams from around the district within weeks. The main reason why the tournaments were a great success were down to the number of volunteers who helped set up, organise parking, referee games, organise the teams, present trophies, the list goes on. Without their support we could not operate them. Great feedback was received form the participants of the tournament and something we will look to be carrying on in the coming years. Another reason for the great success of the tournaments was the smooth running of the Café that operates out of the Clubhouse at Westwood Park. Anyone watching football in the Winter months at Westwood appreciates the chance to purchase a bacon sandwich and a Hot Chocolate! The café throughout the year has contributed to around £1,700 which covers most of our rent for the Westwood facilities. A massive thanks goes out to Nicola Kelly, Donna Gibson and Tiah Smith for volunteering their time on a Saturday and Sunday morning to support the cause! 3 ## Shelf FC ## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 30 June 2024 ## **Achievements and performance continued** We have seen our bank balance grow this season as we have recruited more players and seen some great support from local donations. The money that has come in this season will allow us to invest in all our teams to ensure that we can provide the kids with the right environment to continue to grow and play the game we all love. As well as our growth of the club over the past season there are also a few notable mentions of some key achievements by some of our teams and players. - Under 9 team coached by Scott Ogden secured 2 promotions in the season and finishing in the top division. As well as this the team raised over £3,000 (primarily via a sponsored walk) so they could attend a tournament in Blackpool that ran over a weekend in May. A great experience and bonding event for everyone involved. - Oliver from Scott’s team who after all his hard work, commitment and dedication signed a contract with Huddersfield Town. - Shelf Sunday team won the Bradford Sunday Alliance 2[nd] Division Title And finally, as always, I’d like to thank all our members and volunteers who have given up their personal time to the Club throughout the year, without their help there simply would not be a club for all the kids to be involved in. There is a lot of work that goes on with each coach and club committee member, so my personal thanks for their continued support. We are also happy to share our generous sponsors details: MC3 Logistics Howdens G.S.M Civils J&S Roofing Roy Waterhouse Unique Finishes Painting and Decorating Ltd Tatts Barbershop Advanced Water Solutions Tailored Doors Ltd ZIA Logistics Red group Scaffolding Ltd Holts Car and Van Ekulcakes Firesec ## **Financial review** The net receipts for the year were £9,908, all of which were unrestricted in nature. ## **Reserves policy** The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £21,921. The trustees do not have a reserves policy, but it is under consideration for the coming financial year. Approved by the board of trustees on 5/3/2025 Andrew Ratcliffe (Trustee) 4 ## Shelf FC ## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Shelf FC I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 30 June 2024, which are set out on pages 6 to . ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the CIO 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 my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Katy Sargeant ICAEW 5/3/2025 ## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW 5 ## Shelf FC ## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 30 June 2024 |**Receipts**
Donations
Club subscriptions
Tuckshop/café income
Fundraising
Tournament income
Pitch rent
Other income
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Training venues
Kit and equipment
Westwood running costs
Pitch fees
Soccer Tots
Staff training
League fines
League fees
Sundry costs
Tournament entry fees
Gala costs
Child protection
Development
Presentation trophies
Tuckshop/café supplies
**Total payments**
**Net receipts / (payments)**
**Fund balances brought forward**
**Fund balances carried forward**|2024
Total
funds
£
5,721
33,378
2,280
4,459
1,080
1,118
195
48,231
12,989
11,012
2,475
2,356
1,623
1,270
1,226
1,179
119
3,222
248
190
-
-
414
38,323
9,908
12,013
21,921|2023
Total
funds
£
3,936
25,794
1,800
4,919
-
1,292
265
38,006
12,520
6,812
3,758
5,191
814
1,175
852
1,076
1,589
150
1,237
230
746
1,504
-
37,654
352
11,661
12,013| |---|---|---| 6 ## Shelf FC ## Statement of assets and liabilities |as at 30 June 2024
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
**Total cash funds**|2024
Total
£
21,921
21,921|2023
Total
£
12,013
12,013| |---|---|---| ## **Assets retained for the charity's own use** Simple list - no need for values |**Liabilities**
Accruals|2024
£
4,392
4,392| |---|---| The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 5/3/2025 Andrew Ratcliffe (Trustee) 7 ## Shelf FC ## Notes to the accounts ## for the year ended 30 June 2024 ## **1 Accounting policies** ## **Basis of accounting** The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis. There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year. No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years. ## **Taxation** As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates. ## **Fund accounting** Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts. ## **2 Related party transactions** ## **Trustee expenses** No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year. ## **Trustee remuneration and benefits** No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year. 8 ## Shelf FC Charity number 1188667 Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 ## Shelf FC ## Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 |**Contents**|**Page**| |---|---| |Trustees' report|2 to 4| |Examiner's report|5| |Receipts and payments account|6| |Statement of assets and liabilities|7| |Notes to the accounts|8| ## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** 1 ## Shelf FC ## Trustees' report for the year ended 30 June 2024 ## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors** The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name** Kirstie Ibbotson Paul Lanfear Paul Kelly Andrew Ratcliffe ## **Charity number** **Charity number** 1188667 **Registered and principal address Bankers** 3 Briggs Avenue Virgin Money Bradford 94 Briggate BD6 3AY Leeds LS1 6NP Registered in England and Wales ## **Independent examiner** Katy Sargeant ICAEW **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW ## **Structure, governance and management** The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation formed on 19 March 2020 and is governed by a constitution. ## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees** The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM. 2 ## Shelf FC ## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 30 June 2024 ## **Objectives and activities** ## **The charity's objects** To promote community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of Shelf and the surrounding area by the provision of facilities to play football. (For the purposes of this clause "facilities" means land, buildings, equipment, access to coaching and organising sporting activities). ## **Mission** Provide an environment for all our young players regardless of gender, ethnicity, or ability to achieve their potential in football and life. ## **The charity's main activities** Shelf Juniors Football Club was established in 1988 to provide a home for local children to be involved in organised Junior Football. Since this start date the club has established itself within the local community with over 200 children (ranging from 4 year olds through to 18 year olds). To further compliment this from 2016, the club started to operate teams for Under 21s and ‘Open Age’ with the primary objective to retain our developed players in the game of football. ## **Public benefit statement** In setting our objectives and planning our activities our trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit, in particular the provision of facilities for the coaching, learning and playing of football for the benefit of the Shelf community and the surrounding area with the objective of improving the physical and social well-being of all its members. ## **Achievements and performance** This season has been one of the Clubs most successful ones, not perhaps in silverware but in the significant growth in our community, teams and kids we now have on our books. Aside from trying to ensure that each team has the right kit, training and match day facilities the main aim of the Club is to continue to expand and provide the opportunity for as many kids and adults as we can accommodate. The main growth area has been the creation of 2 new girl teams, with over 30 girls now registered to play under the Shelf name for the 2024/25 season. We have always encouraged girls to join our boys teams where they can play, but this season we made a specific push to set up at least 1 girls team for the 24/25 season. We have exceeded our expectations and will look to invest in setting up more Girls teams in the coming year. We are also running the Shelf Gala football tournament specifically for Girl teams on the 6[th] July. A special mention to Scott Ogden, Chris Ignatowski and Maizie Robinson for getting this up and running in a relatively short space of time. As well as bringing in more players we also ran 7 mini-tournaments throughout the year, starting in January with our youngest players from the Soccer Tots (ages 3-6). Another special mention must go out to Luke Armitage who as well as running one of our Under 10 teams also runs the Soccer Tots sessions on a Saturday morning. He suggested to run some mini tournaments through January and February as a way if introducing the kids to a more competitive environment, the tournaments were a great success with all the kids who participated receiving a medal for their efforts! After the success of these tournaments the coaches decided to run some age-group only tournaments at our Westwood Park ground. These ran throughout June and were oversubscribed with teams from around the district within weeks. The main reason why the tournaments were a great success were down to the number of volunteers who helped set up, organise parking, referee games, organise the teams, present trophies, the list goes on. Without their support we could not operate them. Great feedback was received form the participants of the tournament and something we will look to be carrying on in the coming years. Another reason for the great success of the tournaments was the smooth running of the Café that operates out of the Clubhouse at Westwood Park. Anyone watching football in the Winter months at Westwood appreciates the chance to purchase a bacon sandwich and a Hot Chocolate! The café throughout the year has contributed to around £1,700 which covers most of our rent for the Westwood facilities. A massive thanks goes out to Nicola Kelly, Donna Gibson and Tiah Smith for volunteering their time on a Saturday and Sunday morning to support the cause! 3 ## Shelf FC ## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 30 June 2024 ## **Achievements and performance continued** We have seen our bank balance grow this season as we have recruited more players and seen some great support from local donations. The money that has come in this season will allow us to invest in all our teams to ensure that we can provide the kids with the right environment to continue to grow and play the game we all love. As well as our growth of the club over the past season there are also a few notable mentions of some key achievements by some of our teams and players. - Under 9 team coached by Scott Ogden secured 2 promotions in the season and finishing in the top division. As well as this the team raised over £3,000 (primarily via a sponsored walk) so they could attend a tournament in Blackpool that ran over a weekend in May. A great experience and bonding event for everyone involved. - Oliver from Scott’s team who after all his hard work, commitment and dedication signed a contract with Huddersfield Town. - Shelf Sunday team won the Bradford Sunday Alliance 2[nd] Division Title And finally, as always, I’d like to thank all our members and volunteers who have given up their personal time to the Club throughout the year, without their help there simply would not be a club for all the kids to be involved in. There is a lot of work that goes on with each coach and club committee member, so my personal thanks for their continued support. We are also happy to share our generous sponsors details: MC3 Logistics Howdens G.S.M Civils J&S Roofing Roy Waterhouse Unique Finishes Painting and Decorating Ltd Tatts Barbershop Advanced Water Solutions Tailored Doors Ltd ZIA Logistics Red group Scaffolding Ltd Holts Car and Van Ekulcakes Firesec ## **Financial review** The net receipts for the year were £9,908, all of which were unrestricted in nature. ## **Reserves policy** The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £21,921. The trustees do not have a reserves policy, but it is under consideration for the coming financial year. Approved by the board of trustees on 5/3/2025 Andrew Ratcliffe (Trustee) 4 ## Shelf FC ## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Shelf FC I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 30 June 2024, which are set out on pages 6 to . ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the CIO 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 my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Katy Sargeant ICAEW 5/3/2025 ## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW 5 ## Shelf FC ## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 30 June 2024 |**Receipts**
Donations
Club subscriptions
Tuckshop/café income
Fundraising
Tournament income
Pitch rent
Other income
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Training venues
Kit and equipment
Westwood running costs
Pitch fees
Soccer Tots
Staff training
League fines
League fees
Sundry costs
Tournament entry fees
Gala costs
Child protection
Development
Presentation trophies
Tuckshop/café supplies
**Total payments**
**Net receipts / (payments)**
**Fund balances brought forward**
**Fund balances carried forward**|2024
Total
funds
£
5,721
33,378
2,280
4,459
1,080
1,118
195
48,231
12,989
11,012
2,475
2,356
1,623
1,270
1,226
1,179
119
3,222
248
190
-
-
414
38,323
9,908
12,013
21,921|2023
Total
funds
£
3,936
25,794
1,800
4,919
-
1,292
265
38,006
12,520
6,812
3,758
5,191
814
1,175
852
1,076
1,589
150
1,237
230
746
1,504
-
37,654
352
11,661
12,013| |---|---|---| 6 ## Shelf FC ## Statement of assets and liabilities |as at 30 June 2024
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
**Total cash funds**|2024
Total
£
21,921
21,921|2023
Total
£
12,013
12,013| |---|---|---| ## **Assets retained for the charity's own use** Simple list - no need for values |**Liabilities**
Accruals|2024
£
4,392
4,392| |---|---| The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 5/3/2025 Andrew Ratcliffe (Trustee) 7 ## Shelf FC ## Notes to the accounts ## for the year ended 30 June 2024 ## **1 Accounting policies** ## **Basis of accounting** The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis. There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year. No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years. ## **Taxation** As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates. ## **Fund accounting** Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts. ## **2 Related party transactions** ## **Trustee expenses** No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year. ## **Trustee remuneration and benefits** No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year. 8 ## Shelf FC ## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Shelf FC I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 30 June 2024, which are set out on pages 6 to . ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the CIO 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 my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: …………………………………… Name: Katy Sargeant ICAEW 5/3/2025 ## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW 5