Registered number CE024645
## BENTLEY ARLFC
Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements
31 December 2023
## **BENTLEY ARLFC Charity Information**
## **Legal & Administrative Information**
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## **Trustees**
Mr Peter Anthony Wainer Mr Alan Carr Mr Nicholas Pownall
**Secretary** Kev Harmer
**Charity number** 1193163
## **Registered number**
CE024645
## **Principal address**
257 Bentley Road Bentley DONCASTER South Yorkshire DN5 9TG
## **Independent Examiner**
Davison & Co. Accountants Ltd Chartered Management Accountants Manor View Chambers 294-296 Askern Road, Toll Bar DONCASTER South Yorkshire DN5 0QN
## **Bankers**
Barclays Bank 3 High Street DONCASTER South Yorkshire DN1 1EG
## **Registered office**
37 Amersall Road Scawthorpe DONCASTER South Yorkshire DN5 9LG
## **BENTLEY ARLFC Report and unaudited accounts Contents**
||**Page**||
|---|---|---|
|Trustees report|1-2||
|Statement of trustees responsibilities|3||
|Independent examiner's report|4|`|
|Statement of financial activities|5||
|Balance sheet|6||
|Notes to the financial statements|7-9||
|Notes on changes in funds|10||
**BENTLEY ARLFC Registered number: CE024645 Trustees' Report**
The trustees present their report and accounts for Bentley ARLFC for the year ended 31 December 2023.
## **Principal activities**
The charity's governing document is its Memorandum and Articles of Association, dated 20 January 2021.
## **Objectives and activities**
## **Significant activities and public benefit**
Bentley ARLFC is a not for profit amateur rugby league club who promote the playing of Rugby League to children in all school year ages and adults of all abilities irrespective of gender, race or religion. We operate in a deprived area so we work closely with and in support of the local community. We also provide all of our volunteers with the necessary training, in respect of coaching, safeguarding of children, first aid and other applicable training to ensure we provide a safe and happy environment for everyone involved with the organisation.
## **Achievements and performance**
Although the rugby club has been established for over 60 years, the junior section only really started to flourish around 12 years ago and has since gone from strength to strength. In this period alone we have grown from a single open age team and single junior team to now boast two open age teams, a Masters team (over 35), 4 mixed youth teams, 2 boys youth teams and two all girls teams. A total of 11 sides representing the club and over 300 participants including players and volunteers.
Our most recent and significant achievement has to be the opening of our own 4 changing room pavilion and clubhouse enabling us to bring a community asset to a deprived area and facilitate a strong foothold in the community. The process was long and drawn out but we were finally able to carry out a soft opening in August 2023 and then an official opening in March of 2024. The facility being purpose built and of high standard is perfect to encourage and support the growth of the organisation and support within the local community. It was such a pleasure to hear from a spokesperson of the RFL on our official opening day that the facility should be used as a blueprint for the development of future rugby league and community projects.
Our "on Field" performance has seen our 1st team take a position, compete and become an established team within the national conference league. The past 6 years have produced 3 boys league division winners, u12's in 2019, u16's in 2021 and u12's in 2023. We've enjoyed and taken pleasure in many of our youth players taking up the challenge of trials, scholarships, Academy places and full time contracts with professional sports clubs.
In terms of the growth of our club our most recent and major initiative has been to develop the girls game of rugby league. We are immensely proud to be able to boast feilding 2 teams playing at u11 and u14 in the season of 2024. Both teams are doing exceptional and have been a credit to the organisation.
Kev Harmer Secretary Bentley ARLFC
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered at Companies House as CE024645 and at the Charity Commission with the charity number 1193163. The charity is affiliated to the Rugby Football League (RFL), Yorkshire Leagues and the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA).
The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were: Mr Peter Anthony Wainer Mr Alan Carr
Mr Nicholas Pownall
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## **BENTLEY ARLFC Registered number: CE024645 Trustees' Report**
The company's current policy concerning the payment of trade creditors is to follow the CBI's Prompt Payers Code (copies are available from the CBI, Centre Point, 103 Oxford Street, LONDON, WC1A 1DU).
The company's current policy concerning the payment of trade creditors is to:
- settle the terms of payment with suppliers when agreeing the terms of each transaction;
- ensure that suppliers are made aware of the terms of payment by inclusion of the relevant terms in and
- pay in accordance with the company's contractual; and other legal obligations.
Trade creditors of the company at the year end were equivalent to zero days purchases, based on the
The trsutees report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
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Mr Peter Anthony Wainer Trustee Date……………………………………..
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## **BENTLEY ARLFC Statement of Trustees Responsibilities**
## _**for the year ended 31 December 2023**_
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (UK Genarally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The 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 state of affairs 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 the 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; and
- prepare the financial statements on the on going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume
- the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with a reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and ther provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention of fraud and other irregularities.
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## **BENTLEY ARLFC**
## **Independent Examiner's report to the trustees of BENTLEY ARLFC**
We report to the trustees on our examination of the financial statements of Bentley ARLFC for the period ending 31 December 2023.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
We report in respect of our examination of the charity's financial staments carried out under section 145 of the 2001 Act, in carrying out our examination, we have followed all the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared financial statements in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn.
We understand that this has been done in order for financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods on or after 1 January 2015.
We have completed our examination and we can confirm that no matters have come to our attention in connection with the examination giving us cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required under section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
2. the financial statements do not accord with those records, or
3. the financial statements do 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 a part of an independant examination.
We have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with this examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
## _Davison & Co._
Davison & Co. Accountants Ltd Chartered Management Accountants
Manor View Chambers 294-296 Askern Road, Toll Bar DONCASTER South Yorkshire DN5 0QN
29 July 2024
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## **BENTLEY ARLFC**
## **Statement of Financial Activities including Income and Expenditure Account** _**for the year ended 31 December 2023**_
|**Income and endowments from:**
Donations & Sponsorship
Players subs
Fundraising & events
Grants received
Bar Sales
**Total Income**
**Expenditure on:**
Bar Stock
Construction work/fees
Ground maintenance
Facility hire
Equipment hire
New equipment
Repair and renewals
Utilities
Registration & Training Fees
Merchandise
Kits & Equipment
League fees
Course fees
Insurances
Fines
Admin & accounts
Presentation/trophies
Donations raffles and sundry expense
Prizes
Subsistence
Team outing
Travel expenses
Miscellaneous
Depreciation
**Total Expenditure**
**Net Income / (Expenditure)**
Total funds brought forward
Transfers between funds
Total funds brought forward
Restricted reserves
**Total funds carried forward**|Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
**£**
61,024
-
16,599
-
26,590
-
13,219
285,249
37,111
-
154,543
285,249
21,301
-
20,644
326,148
2,821
-
2,628
-
1,012
-
1,870
-
1,055
-
3,924
-
1,098
-
4,317
-
16,785
-
708
-
1,138
-
1,979
-
260
-
1,813
-
3,428
-
133
-
2,980
-
101
-
104
-
5,950
-
4,829
-
3,938
-
104,816
326,148
**49,727**
**(40,899)**
26,821
(8,231)
(49,130)
49,130
84,211
221,395
(18,590)
349,773
**2023**|Total Funds
**£**
61,024
16,599
26,590
298,468
37,111
439,792
21,301
346,792
2,821
2,628
1,012
1,870
1,055
3,924
1,098
4,317
16,785
708
1,138
1,979
260
1,813
3,428
133
2,980
101
104
5,950
4,829
3,938|**2022**
Total
**£**
45,444
-
-
14,166
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||59,610|
||||-
-
6,293
593
2,557
-
-
-
683
12,689
3,743
1,930
-
440
204
-
3,036
1,427
6,490
5,490
15
2,540|
|||430,964|48,130|
|||||
|||**8,828**
18,590
-
305,606
331,183
**664,207**|**11,480**|
||||18,590
-
72,731
221,395|
||**93,039**
**571,168**||**324,196**|
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CE024645
## **BENTLEY ARLFC Registered number: Balance Sheet** _**as at 31 December 2023**_
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
3
**Current assets**
Stocks
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**within one year**
4
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**The funds of the company**
Restricted funds
5
Unrestricted Funds
**Total funds**|**2023**
**£**
627,816
2,228
34,763
36,991
(600)
36,391
664,207
571,168
93,039
664,207|-
18,590|**2022**
**£**
305,606
18,590|
|---|---|---|---|
|||18,590
-||
|||||
||||324,196|
||||239,985
84,211|
||||324,196|
## _**The trustees are satisfied that the organization is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.**_
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf by:
Mr Peter Anthony Wainer Trustee Approved by the board on 29 July 2024
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## **BENTLEY ARLFC Notes to the Accounts** _**for the year ended 31 December 2023**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## _**Basis of preparation and accounting convention**_
The accounts have been prepared on the accruals basis, under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102, (effective 1st January 2016) and 'FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP), published by the Charity Commission in England & Wales (CCEW) , and in accordance with all applicable law in the charity's jurisdiction of registration, except that the charity has prepared the financial statements in accordance with the FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1'st January 2019), (The SORP), in preference to the previous SORP, the SORP 2005, which has been withdrawn, notwithstanding the fact that the extant statutory regulations, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 refer explicitly to the SORP 2005. This has been done to accord with current best practice.
## _**Going Concern**_
The charitable activities are entirely dependent on continuing voluntary donations as well as the small trading revenues, also there is always of possibility of future grant funding. As a consequence, the going concern basis is dependent on the future flow of these uncertain funding streams. Accordingly, the Trustees have obtained forecasts and, after reviewing the financial forecasts for future periods to **31 December 2023** , the Trustees are satisfied that, at the time of approving the financial statements, it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Other than these matters, the Trustees are not aware of any material uncertainites about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
## _**Donated good and services**_
Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts at the amount the charity would pay in the open market for a service equivalent to that being donated, when the charity would have otherise have purchased them and the value can be measured reliably. Donated good for the charity's own use are recognised as income, at their fair value. The contribution of general volunteers is not recognised as income in the charity accounts.
## _**Income and Expenditure**_
Income and expenditure have been analysed in the accounts using natural classification, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.6, SORPO 2019 (smaller charities). The charity also meets the requirements from preparing a statement of cashflows. All income and expenditure is included on an accruals basis. The charity is registered for vat and thus net costs are shown other than when vat is irrecoverable.
## _**Taxation**_
As a registered charity, Bentley ARLFC is exempt from UK Corpooration tax on income from its charitable activities.
## _**Intangible fixed assets**_
Intangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative amortisation and any accumulative impairment losses.
## _**Tangible fixed assets**_
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:
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## **BENTLEY ARLFC**
## **Notes to the Accounts** _**for the year ended 31 December 2023**_
Freehold buildings over 50 years Leasehold land and buildings over the lease term Plant and machinery over 5 years Fixtures, fittings, tools and equipment over 5 years
## _**Investments**_
Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Listed investments are measured at fair value. Unlisted investments are measured at fair value unless the value cannot be measured reliably, in which case they are measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Changes in fair value are included in the profit and loss account.
## _**Stocks**_
Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first in first out method. The carrying amount of stock sold is recognised as an expense in the period in which the related revenue is recognised.
## _**Debtors**_
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.
## _**Creditors**_
Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.
## _**Provisions**_
Provisions (ie liabilities of uncertain timing or amount) are recognised when there is an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that economic benefit will be transferred to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably.
## _**Leased assets**_
A lease is classified as a finance lease if it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership. All other leases are classified as operating leases. The rights of use and obligations under finance leases are initially recognised as assets and liabilities at amounts equal to the fair value of the leased assets or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments. Minimum lease payments are apportioned between the finance charge and the reduction in the outstanding liability using the effective interest rate method. The finance charge is allocated to each period during the lease so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Leased assets are depreciated in accordance with the company's policy for tangible fixed assets. If there is no reasonable certainty that ownership will be obtained at the end of the lease term, the asset is depreciated over the lower of the lease term and its useful life. Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight line basis over the lease term.
## _**Pensions**_
Contributions to defined contribution plans are expensed in the period to which they relate.
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## **BENTLEY ARLFC**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
_**for the year ended 31 December 2023**_
|**2**
**Employees**
Average number of persons employed by the company
**3**
**Tangible fixed assets**
**Land and**
**buildings**
**Plant and**
**machinery**
**etc**
**£**
**£**
**Cost**
At 1 January 2023
291,216
22,050
Additions
320,846
2,610
At 31 December 2023
612,062
24,660
**Depreciation**
At 1 January 2023
-
7,660
Charge for the year
-
3,400
At 31 December 2023
-
11,060
**Net book value**
At 31 December 2023
612,062
13,600
At 31 December 2022
291,216
14,390
**4**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Accruals
**5**
**Clubhouse Project Funding - Restricted Funding**
At 1 January 2023
Additional investment
At 31 December 2023|**2023**
**Number**
0
**Motor**
**vehicles**
**£**
-
2,692
2,692
-
538
538
2,154
-
**2023**
**£**
600
**2023**
**£**
239,985
331,183
571,168|**2022**
**Number**
0
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
313,266
313,266
326,148
326,148|
|---|---|---|
|||639,414
639,414|
|||7,660
7,660
3,938
3,938|
|||11,598
11,598|
|||627,816
627,816|
|||305,606
305,606|
|||**2022**
**£**
-
**2022**
**£**
27,519
212,466
239,985|
## **6 Other information**
BENTLEY ARLFC is a charitable incorporated organisation and incorporated in England as well as a registered charity. Its registered office is:
37 Amersall Road
Scawthorpe
DONCASTER South Yorkshire DN5 9LG
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## **BENTLEY ARLFC**
## **Notes on Changes in Funds for the year ended 31 December 2023**
|**At 1 January 2022**
Profit for the financial year
Additions in year
Sub-total
Total comprehensive income for the
financial year
**At 31 December 2022**
**At 1 January 2023**
Profit for the financial year
Additional Investment
Other comprehensive income for the
financial year
Total comprehensive income for the
financial year
**At 31 December 2023**|**Clubhouse**
**Project**
**Funding**
**£**
27,519
-
212,466
212,466
212,466
239,985
239,985
-
331,183
331,183
331,183
571,168|**Income and**
**expenditure**
**account**
**£**
72,731
11,480
-
11,480
84,211
84,211
8,828
-
8,828
93,039|**Total**
**£**
100,250
11,480
212,466|
|---|---|---|---|
||||212,466|
||||223,946|
|||||
||||324,196|
||||324,196
8,828
331,183|
||||331,183|
||||340,011|
|||||
||||664,207|
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