## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/01/2023 To 31/12/2023** ## **Charity name: KHALSA FOOTBALL FEDERATION** ## **Charity registration number: 1189472** ## **Objectives and Activities** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of Para 1.17 The objects of the Charity (Club) shall
the charity as set out in its be the promotion of community
governing document participation in healthy recreation by
providing facilities for playing football
and other sport's through a range of
activities and projects (using four key
themes of Education, Health, Sports
Participation and Social Inclusion) with
a particular emphasis on members of
the local South Asian and other BAME
Communities.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and Successfully worked with Sporting
1.19
activities in relation to those Equals to help our network of affiliated
purposes for the public clubs resume to full training and league
benefit, in particular, the football following the COVID-19
activities, projects or lockdown.
services identified in the
accounts. Due to continued COVID-19 issues we
were unable to attain sufficient facilities
to delivered our normal five Summer
football Tournament season across the
UK. This year we were only able to
deliver 3 tournaments with projects
taking place in the following locations:
Walsall, Leicester and Bedford.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The charity trustees confirm that they
whether the trustees have have complied with the duty in section 4
had regard to the guidance of the Charities Act 2006 to have due
issued by the Charity regard to the public benefit guidance
Commission on public published by the Charity Commission.
benefit
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The Charity worked in collaboration with**
**Sporting Equals on a key funding**
**application to attain funding to address**
**social inequalities within BAME**| **----- Start of picture text -----**
Communities which were likely to be
exasperated as the country came out of
the COVID-19 lockdown.
LONDON MARATHON CHARITY TRUST
COVID-19 FAITH CENTRE GRANT
APPLICATIONS – the Charity worked
closely with the London Charity
Marathon Trust in collaboration with
GNG Smethwick Gurdawara (Sikh Faith
Centre) to help the faith centre to
improve participation in physical activity
especially within the female members of
their local community.
Policy on social investment Para 1.38 No Investments were made during this
including program related reporting period.
investment
Contribution made by Para 1.38 All contributions made by volunteer’s
volunteers were time spent supporting the delivery
of football summer tournament events.
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Summary of the main Para 1.20 TRAINING:
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**| |---|---|---| |SORP reference||| |Summary of the main|Para 1.20|**TRAINING:**| |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.||**Anti Racism– the charity continues to**
**support national anti-racism football**
**campaigns by promoting the FA’s “Kick-**
**it Out” and “Show Racism the Red**
**Card” initiatives. Through raising**
**awareness activities we have continued**
**to raise the profile of these key**
**initiatives in order to challenge**
**discrimination, encourage inclusive**
**practices and campaign for change.**
**RESPECT – We continue to support the**
**FA’s wider RESPECT initiatives during**
**any projects we deliver. We aim to**
**harness peoples love of football to**
**encourage and promote good behaviour**
**and gain a better understanding of our**
**peers.**
**COVID-19– the charity continued**
**supporting member clubs in advice and**
**guidance on activities and operations**
**they could perform under COVID-19**
**lockdown restrictions. This encourage**
**clubs to use social media to encourage**
**communities to take up individual**| **training and exercise programmes in their own homes to keep fit and healthy. COMIC RELIEF COVID-19 GRANT APPLICATIONS – the Charity continued to work closely with Sporting Equals to encourage and assist our network of affiliated members to return back to “normal pre-covid” sports engagement within their local community. LONDON MARATHON CHARITY TRUST COVID-19 FAITH CENTRE GRANT APPLICATIONS – the Charity continued worked closely with the London Charity Marathon Trust in collaboration with Sporting Equals and GNG Smethwick Gurdawara (Sikh Faith Centre) to identify and train members of the faith centre to be able to run physical activity sports sessions in Yoga, Table Tennis and Badminton using the unused facilities within the faith centre itself. FA UPSHOT TOOL – the Charity launched an initiative for all affiliated member clubs to use the FA’s Upshot tool for recording physical activity participation. As each partner club used the tool to capture their activities, the Charity would be able to provide consolidated reports detailing the impact our network is having within the UK, by region or a particular geographical area. This information would be able to assist us with future funding applications and clubs were trained in how to use this tool. HEALTH: The charity supported member clubs to use social media to encourage their local communities to take up individual training and exercise programmes to keep fit and healthy by using participation in regular Sport’s activities as a key theme. SPORTS PARTICIPATION: KFF Summer Tournaments – We were to attain sufficient facilities to delivered Four Summer football Tournament’s across the UK which took place in Walsall, Birmingham, Leicester and Derby. Each event provided the opportunity for structured Asian football teams playing amateur football in local FA leagues to compete in a knock-out tournament.** **Events were attended by in excess of 1,500 participants in the form of players, coaches and spectators with participants in the following age groups U8’s, U9’s, U11’s, U13’s, U15’s. Adult and Vets football. LONDON MARATHON CHARITY TRUST COVID-19 FAITH CENTRE GRANT APPLICATIONS – the Charity continued worked closely with the London Charity Marathon Trust in collaboration with Sporting Equals and GNG Smethwick Gurdawara (Sikh Faith Centre) to identify and train members of the faith centre to be able to run physical activity sports sessions in Yoga, Table Tennis and Badminton using the unused facilities within the faith centre itself. Development of local Clubs – the charity continues to support local communities across the UK to resume post-COVID friendly sports activities as well as helping existing clubs provide additional community engagement by introducing “Walking Football”, “Walking Clubs” and “Heath Awareness” programmes. “Vets Football” proved popular during the Summer Football Tournaments leading to an increase in participation from 45+ year old players who were no longer able to compete in the adult section due to their age. This format helped provide this age group with the opportunity to rediscover the joys of playing football where the basic elements of playing competitive football. “Vets/Walking Clubs” proved popular within the community as it require little/no equipment and could be taken up by individual members as well as people in small groups. The initiative addresses both social inactivity and social isolation within the community especially women. “Running Clubs” proved popular with members recording running times and encouraging messages on social media and posting on the club/faith centre face-book pages. SOCIAL INCLUSION: Anti Racism – the charity continues to support national anti-racism football campaigns with “Kick-it Out” and “Show** **Racism the Red Card”. Through raising awareness activities we have continued to raise the profile of these key initiatives in order to challenge discrimination, encourage inclusive practices and campaign for change. “Vets/Walking Football” proved popular during the Summer Football Tournaments leading to an increase in participation from 45+ year old players who were no longer able to compete in the adult section due to their age. This format helped provide this age group with the opportunity to rediscover the joys of playing football where the basic elements of playing competitive football. “Walking Clubs” proved popular within the community as it require little/no equipment and could be taken up by individual members as well as people in small groups. The initiative addresses both social inactivity and social isolation within the community especially women.** **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The Charity continued to meets it core**
**aims for providing a range of activities**
**and projects using four key themes of**
**Education, Health, Sports Participation**
**and Social Inclusion.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The Charity has been continued to attain**
**financial support from local funders and**
**businesses enabling us to contribute**
**towards addressing social health**
**inequalities that currently exist with the**
**South Asian and other BAMEs**
**communities across the country.**
**This funding support removes the**
**financial burden placed on parents**
**whom often have to choose which, if**
**any, of their children they can afford to**
**financially support to engage in sporting**
**activities within “hard to reach” social**
**groups.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A as no investments were made**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The charity raised a total of £38,578 in
financial position at the end funds for the financial period and spent
of the period £52,237 delivering the projects
highlighted in this TAR resulting in a
net loss of £13,659 within this financial
period which was anticipated due to the
continued impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on local businesses whom
are providing financial support to the
organisation.
This ensured that the Charity retained a
net healthy balance of £22,667 in funds
moving forwards.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 The reserves are held to ensure that the
policy for holding reserves Chrity can continue to deliver future
stating why they are held sporting projects should existing
community funding partners struggle to
provide financial support.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 This ensured that the Charity retained a
net financial balance of £22,667.
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 N/A
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 No concerns.
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
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You may choose to include further statements|**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|**Our principle source of funding**
**continues to be from local Faith Centre**
**contributions (financial and food), local**
**business donations and donations from**
**participating teams and spectators.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**No Investments were made during this**
**reporting period.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**No major risks identified at present.**| |Other||| 14.293 Ch•b5lPkn￿s. O Swad Chanys 15,410 4X¢ 1225 13.620 2565 71 O Cai Pa￿ 250 30,YY2 la￿1 ZSO KFFT•*m 559 Commfft•• •*p•fi5•1 $95 2.W Equwfi•nt li. 16.Ki) A•fqr••s' F••5 1.1 O Trophbli 610 143,1951 152.23 112.2031 th•1 25.123 5,76B Cash ￿ hy 18.%5 D•btorA 1135201 Cv*&to U,461 5,190 9.463 13.4501 36.326 22.667 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
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|Para 1.25|**We operate as a Foundation Model CIO**
**and hence new Trustee’s can be**
**nominated by existing Trustee’s or**
**apply directly to our nominated contact**
**person. The existing board of Trustee’s**
**would then consider the merits of**
**appointment before agreeing on**
**approval or rejection of the New Trustee**
**application.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|KHALSA FOOTBALL FEDERATION| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|**1189472**| |Charity’s principal address|2NDFLOOR LLOYDS BANK CHAMBERS
116 HIGH STREET
SMETHWICK
BIRMINGHAM
B66 1AE| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Gurdawar Dhaliwal
2 Bhupinder Singh Nijjer
3 Jeetinder Singh Bains
4 Satnam Ark
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## – 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)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| |**N/A**||| ## **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** **N/A** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|| |---|---| ||Gurdawar Singh Dhaliwal| ||
Nominated Contact| ||08/12/2024| ||08/12/2024|