## ## ## ## ## ## |Objecti|ves and Ac|ti|viti|es|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SGRP reference|| |Summary
the charity
governing|ofthe purposes
as set out in its
document||of||The objects ofthe Club are —forthe public benefit
(1) the advancement
ofamateur sport by
promoting
the game ofbridge for the benefit of
the residents of Northampton
and the| ||||||surrounding
area.| ||||||(2) the provision offacilities for the learning,| ||||||teaching
and playing of bridge in a friendly
and| ||||||supportive
environment
for the benefit ofthe| ||||||residents ofNorthampton
and the surrounding| ||||||area with the object of improving
conditions
of| ||||||life.| |Summary
ofthe main
activities
in relation to those||||Para 1.17and
1.19|The Trustees organise several bridge sessions
(ofusually 3 —4 hours each) aweek ofvarying| |purposes
benefit,
in
activities,
identified|for the public
particular,
the
projects or services
in the accounts.||||standards
ranging
from friendly
beginner
standard
to competitive
club competitions.
Beginner's
training courses are also organised.
Trustees actively encourage
new members
and
provide partners
for them. The club enters teams| ||||||to compete
in county and national competitions| ||||||to encoura e
la ers to reach their true
tential| |Statement|confirming|||Para 1.18|The objects ofthe Club are for the public benefit| |whether the trustees
have|||||(1) the advancement
ofamateur
sport by| |had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit|||||promoting
the game ofbridge for the benefit of
the residents ofNorthampton
and the
surrounding
area.
(2) the provision
offacilities for the learning,
teaching,
and playing ofbridge
in a friendly and| ||||||supportive
environment
for the benefit ofthe| ||||||residents
of Northampton
and the surrounding| ||||||area with the object of improving
conditions of| ||||||life.| |Additional|information|(optional)|||| |You ma|choose to include||further statements||where relevant about:| |||||SORP reference|| ||||||The Trustees do not make grants ofany sort.| |||||Para 1.38|| |Policy on|grant making||||| |Policy on|social investment||||| |including|program
related|||Para 1.38|| |investment|||||| |||All trustees are unpaid volunteers.
Trustees and| |---|---|---| |Contribution
made by
volunieers|Para 1.38|members
organise and run events
in their own
time, including
running
duplicate
bridge sessions,
teaching
beginners
and new novices, organising
competitions,
and providing
refreshments
(free of| |||charge)| |Achievements
and Performance||| ||SORP reference|| |||The reporting
period covered a period of| |||recovery from the controls on activity imposed
by| |||the government
during the pandemic.
At the| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,
identifying
the difference the
charity's
work has made to
the circumstances
ofits|Para 1.20|beginning
ofMarch, we had restored a full
calendar ofbridge for our fnembers,
based on
two days ofonline bridge and two days of Face-
to-Face Bridge at our club. We also let our space
to U3A members
who wished to play social
bridge. Bythe end ofthe reporting
period, we| |beneficiaries
and any wider||had added additional
sessions and attendances| |benefits to society as a||began to recover.| |whole.||| |Additional||information|information|(optional)|(optional)|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma|choose to include||||further statements|where relevant
about||||| |||||||The Charity has survived|through|the pandemic.||| |||||||Our attendances
grew unlike many other clubs||||in| |Achievements
objectives set|||against||Para 1.41|the country
The friendships
and social side of
the club are thriving,
but perhaps
our biggest
challenge
during the period was matching
what||||| |||||||the majority ofour members
wanted (social||||| |||||||bridge with a competitive|element)|with|our other|| |||||||goals to be better bridge|players,|more||| |||||||corn
etitive at the hi her|levels ofthe||arne.|| |Performance
offundraising
activities against objectives|||||Para 1.41|||||| |set||||||||||| |Investment||performance||||||||| |against objectives||||||||||| |Other||||||||||| ## |Financial
Review|Financial
Review||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review ofthe charity's|||Para|1.21|Club turnover
increased
by 45%during the| |financial
position at
ofthe period|the end||||reporting
period and we recorded a small, but
increased
profit for the period. A loan from a
member used to sustain
us through
the| ||||||pandemic
has been fully repaid. The| ||||||management
ofour utility costs are still| ||||||problematic as is their size. Our landlord
agreed| ||||||not to increase our rent until 2025.| |Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|||Para|1.22|The charity does not. hold reserves other than
small amounts of cash to fund day to day cash
flows, or at times to invest in new facilities and
services for the benefit ofour members.| |Amount ofreserves|held||Para|1.22|Less than f.l0,000| |Reasons for holding|zero||Para|1.22|| |reserves|||||| |Details offund materially||in|||NIA| |deficit|||||| |Explanation
ofany
uncertainties
about|the||Para|1.23|Legacy issues from the pandemic
continue to be
resolve and will in all probability
be fully resolved| |charity continuing
as a going
concern|||||by the end ofthe next reporting
period. The club
is in a stable to strong financial
footing.| |Additional
information||(optionalt|||| |You ma
choose to|include further|||statements|where relevant
about| ||||||Our members are our principal source offunds,| ||||||through
membership
fees and participation
at| |The charity's
principal
sources offunds (including|||Para|147|event fees.| |any fundraising}|||||| ||||||N/A| |Investment
policy and
objectives including
any|||Para|146|| |social investment
policy|||||| |adopted|||||| ||||||Principal risks-| ||||||Any new lockdown,
or resurgence
ofCovid (or| |A description
ofthe principal
risks facing the charity|||Para|1.46|new virus}
We have an ageing membership,
but this
reporting
period we have been able to attract| ||||||new members
who are replenishing
those who| ||||||have sadly passed away and slightly reduced the| ||||||median age. Finding
new members
willing and| ||||||capable ofstepping
up to manage
and run club| ||||||admin and events remains
challen
in .| |Other|||||| ## |Description
ofcharity's||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:||||| |Type ofgoverning
document|||Club Constitution|| |How is the charity|||Clo —Association|| |constituted?||||| |Trustee selection methods|||Trustees are elected at an annual
AGM, which|| |including
details of any
constitutional
provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled|||have now been held in person. Trustees can be
seconded onto the governing
committee
in
between
AGMs ifthere are any vacancies and
then ratified (orotherwise) at subsequent
AGMs.
Not all committee
members
are trustees.|| |to appoint one or more||||| |trustees||||| |Additional
information|(optional)|||| |You ma
choose to indude further statements|||where relevant about:|| |Policies and procedures||||| |adopted for the induction|and|Para 1 51||| |training
oftrustees||||| ||||There is an elected Chair, Secretary, and|| ||||Treasurer. Areas ofresponsibility
are allocated to|| |The charity*s organisational
structure
and any wider
network
with which the|||these officers plus other trustees on the
committee
Not all members
ofthe organising
committee are trustees.|| |charity works||||| ||||Affiliated to the English Bridge Union (EBU), and|| ||||the Northamptonshire
County Bridge Association.|| |Relationship
with any related
parties||Para 1.51|The club pays membership
fees to both
organisations.|| |Other||||| ## |Charit|name|||Northam
ton Brid e Club| |---|---|---|---|---| |Other name the charit|||uses|| |Re istered cha||number||1192969| |Charity's|principal|address||Encon House| |||||1 Owl Close| |||||Northampton| |||||NN3 6HZ| ||Trustee|name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot forwhole
ear|Dates acted ifnot forwhole
ear|Name
toa|ofperson (or body) entitled
oint trustee
ifan|ofperson (or body) entitled
oint trustee
ifan| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |1|Richard|Tickle|Chair|||AGM||| |2|Richard|Gibson|Vice-Chair|||AGM||| |3|Ross Stacey||Secretary|||||| |4|Simon|Bevan|Treasurer|Resigned|18/2/22|AGM||| |5|Andy Heslop|||||AGM||| |6|Barry Potter|||||AGM||| |7|Norman|Bonham||Passed Away Dec2022||AGM||| ||John Josephs|||Resigned|May 2022|AGM||| |||||{moved away)||||| |9|Michael|Dawe|Treasurer|January 2023||AGM/Committee||| |10||||||||| |11||||||||| |12||||||||| |13||||||||| |14||||||||| |15||||||||| |16||||||||| |17||||||||| |18||||||||| |19||||||||| |20||||||||| |Funds held as cus|todi| |---|---| |Description ofthe assets|| |held in this capacity|| |Name and objects ofthe|| |charity on whose behalf|the| |assets are held and how|this| |falls within the custodian|| |charity*s objects|| |Details ofarrangements|for| |safe custody and|| |segregation
ofsuch assets|| |from the charity's
own assets|| ## ## ## ## |~|w||||e|e||e
e|~|~ e|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted||Endowment| ||Cateri Qttea|||||||funds||funds|funds| |||||||||to nearest K|to|nearest E|to nearest 5| |81Cash|funds||Current Accounts|||||9,157|||| ||||||Total|cash funds||9,157|||| ||||legree balances||with receipts||and payments||||| ||||||||account(s))||||| |||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted||Endowment| ||||Detaiis|||||funds
tonearest F|to|funds
nearest K|funds
to nearest f| |B2Other|monetary assets||||||||||| ||||Details|||||Fund to which
asset belo
s|Cost (optional)||Current value
o
onal| |B3Investment||assets|||||||||| |||||||||Fund to which|||Current value| |||||||||asset helen|||o tional| |B4Assets retained forthe|||Refurbishment|work undertaken|||to||||| |charity*s|own use||premises||||||||| |||||||||Fund to which|Amount due||When due| ||||Detaiis|||||liabitr
relates||tiona|o
nal| |B5Liabilities|||Accrual - Accountancy||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf ofall the trustees||||Signature||||Print|Name||Date of
a
oval| |CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|||||||||||OZ/12/2023| ## ## ## ## ## ##