## **BLYTH SPARTANS JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MAY 2021**
## **LEGAL INFORMATION**
## **ADDRESS**
Wensleydale Playing Fields, Blyth. Northumberland. NE24 3EZ.
## **WEBSITE**
www.blythspartansjuniors.co.uk
## **CHARITY NUMBER**
1190297
## **TRUSTEES**
Keith Whisson - Chairman Craig Nicholson Andrea Thompson - Treasurer Craig Muldoon Andrew Thompson Barry Easton Katherine Burns Darren Maguire
## **BANKERS**
Barclays Bank PLC Business Direct Leicestershire LE87 2BB
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER**
Paul Hutchinson FCA Harrison Hutchinson Limited 246 Park View Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear NE26 3QX
## **BLYTH SPARTANS JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MAY 2021**
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## Type of governing document
The fund is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered on 8th July 2020.
## How charity is constituted
- The fund is a CIO and is governed by the rules of the Charity Commission.
## Trustee selection methods
When the trustees need to appoint a new trustee to replace a trustee, it is placed on the next available trustees meeting agenda for discussion. The members make their suggestions and should the individual be acceptable (i.e. they perform said role in their professional life), they are welcomed along to the following meeting.
## Induction and training of trustees
New trustees are provided with suitable documentation upon taking up post to ensure a good knowledge of their responsibilities. All members take an appropriate part in the tasks involved in the furtherance of our objectives.
## Organisational structure of charity
The organisational structure consists of eight trustees, two committee members (who are non-trustees) and one advisor (who is also not a trustee). As with all organisations of this nature, volunteers also play a vital role in furthering the charitable objectives but in a non-influencing role.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## Purposes of charity
The object of the CIO is for the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation in Blyth and the surrounding areas and in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing and coaching of youth football. These facilities also need to be affordable for the community.
## Summary of main activities
The donations and grant income received provides a large percentage of the money required for our operations and we also consider ourselves to be very fortunate to have a steady income stream from team generated funds and team sponsors.
## Consideration of public benefit
The Trustees have read the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and are satisfied that the activities outlined above clearly demonstrate that the charity is providing a benefit to the public.
## **BLYTH SPARTANS JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MAY 2021**
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
## Main achievements
The main achievement in the period was the provision of a new 3G pitch, built in a short period of time and thus enabling the club to continue to grow at a rapid rate.
## Performance
The trustees are pleased to report that funds continue to increase year on year and stand at as at £105,769 as at 31 May 2021 (2020: £55,938). Thanks to funding from donations, team sponsors and grants (amongst others), the CIO is able to continue the objectives of the promotion of youth football.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
- Financial position as at the year end
In terms of receipts (amounting to £104,819), Donations accounted for £37,504, Grants for £26,124, Team Funds for £18,765 and Team Sponsors for £16,387. In terms of payments (amounting to £51,998), Team expenditure accounted for £16,861 and Kit and equipment for £11,273. Affiliations accounted for £4,267, Venue hire for £3,371, Maintenance for £5,885 and Trophies for £2,740.
## Reserves policy
The trustees have established a reserves policy, to hold in available balance an amount equal to between three and four months of operating costs.
## Amount of reserves held
Our available balance at the balance sheet date was £105,057 (2020: £52,236). The Trustees are satisfied that they have sufficient reserves on hand to enable the fund to function effectively in the coming year.
## Principal source of funds
Our principal sources of funding remain a mixture of Grant funding, sponsorship and donations. Although Covid-19 played an adverse part in reducing these sources of funding, the Trustees are confident that funding is now “coming back” to hopefully pre-pandemic levels.
## Risks facing charity
The Trustees have overall responsibility for ensuring that the Charity has an appropriate system of controls, financial and otherwise. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities and to provide reassurance that:
- its assets are safeguarded against unauthorised use or disposition;
- proper records are maintained and financial information used within the Charity or for publication is reliable;
- the Charity complies with relevant laws and regulations.
The Trustees have made an assessment of the major risks facing the charity and are satisfied that there are policies in place to minimise these risks.
## **BLYTH SPARTANS JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MAY 2021**
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that year. In preparing these financial statements the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with Part 8 of the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by the trustees on 25 August 2022 and signed on their behalf by
Keith Whisson **TRUSTEE**
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Charity Name No (if any)
BLYTH SPARTANS JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB 1190297
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 08/07/2020 31/05/2021
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations 37,504 - - 37,504 -
Sponsorship 16,387 - - 16,387 -
Grants 26,124 - - 26,124 -
Team Funds 18,765 - - 18,765 -
Miscellaneous 1,393 - - 1,393 -
Cash 595 - - 595 -
Kitchen Income 1,966 - - 1,966 -
Little Spartans Income 2,085 - - 2,085 -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 104,819 ] - - 104,819 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 104,819 - - 104,819 -
A3 Payments
Kit & Equipment 11,273 - - 11,273 -
Teams Own Expenditure 16,861 - - 16,861 -
Affiliations/League & Cup Entry 4,267 - - 4,267 -
Training Venue Hire 3,371 - - 3,371 -
Pitch Maintenance 3,228 - - 3,228 -
Trophies 2,740 - - 2,740 -
Building Maintenance 2,657 - - 2,657 -
Referees Fees 1,976 - - 1,976 -
Other Expenditure 1,947 - - 1,947 -
Kitchen Expenditure 1,293 - - 1,293 -
Little Spartans Expenditure 1,109 - - 1,109 -
Governance and Fees 1,275 - - 1,275 -
Sub total [ 51,998 ] - - 51,998 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments [ 51,998 ] - - 51,998 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 52,821 - - 52,821 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 52,236 - - 52,236 52,236
Cash funds this year end 105,057 - - 105,057 52,236
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**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Current Account Balance
Unbanked Cash
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**105,057**
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**-**
**105,057**
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OK
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**asset belongs**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
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Print Name
Keith Whisson|**Endowment**
**funds**
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**funds**
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Date of
approval
25.08.2022|
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/members of**
Charity Name
Blyth Spartans Juniors Football Club
**On accounts for the year** 31[st] May 2021 **Charity no** 1190297 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 and 2 plus PDF supplement (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31[st] May 2021.
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the 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 concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Signed: Date: Name:** Paul Stanley Hutchinson **Relevant professional** FCA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 246 Park View, Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear NE26 3QX
**October 2018**
1
**IER**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
2
**IER**