## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] April 2024 To 31[st] March 2025**
**Charity name: Bury Athletic Club**
**Charity registration number: 1193322**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the charity is:
1) The advancement of public participation in athletics* as
a sport
2) To provide recreational facilities and/or organise
recreational activities, available to members of the
public at large, with the object of improving the
conditions of life.
* athletics is defined as the England Athletics recognised
disciplines of track and field, road running, cross country,
trail running, fell running, ultra-distance running and race
walking.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|In furtherance of the above the charity shall:
i)
Provide a base for successful competitive athletics
and to develop the full potential of each member;
ii)
Encourage enthusiastic coaches, officials,
administrators and other helpers within the club
and provide opportunities for qualification and
experience; and
iii)
Provide a base for those wishing to exercise as a
recreational activity or to improve their health /
physical fitness.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees of the charity have taken due regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policyongrant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
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|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Bury AC is extremely grateful for the significant
contribution made by its volunteers. These include
trustees, committee members, coaches, officials and other
helpers. Thousands of hours are given in voluntary
service.|
|---|---|---|
|Other||N/A|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
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.|Para 1.20|**Organisation**
Bury Athletic Club was registered as a charitable
incorporated organisation (CIO) on the 29thJanuary 2021.
The current Board comprises of seven trustees.
Two committees oversee the operational management of
the CIO. These are the Athletics Management Committee
and the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee. These report
into the board of trustees who hold overall responsibility for
development of the club and to ensure it meets its
charitable object.
The vision of the club (in support of the charitable
objective) is to:
•
promote Athletics and the Club in the local community
and emphasise the wellbeing athletics creates;
•
offer first class coaching in track and field, cross
country and road running
•
offer competition opportunities in track and field, cross
country and road running;
•
provide first class training facilities for members that
can be made available to the wider community;
•
ensure a duty of care to all members of the club;
•
provide all its services in a way that is fair to everyone;
•
ensure that all present and future members receive fair
and equal treatment;
•
be non-profit making, but ensure that surpluses are re-
invested to further the charitable objects of the club;
•
promote equal opportunities for all people regardless
of their ability, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity,
gender or sexual orientation.
**Membership and affiliation**
Membership during the year reached a peak of 443
members. This comprised of 271 competitive athletes,
143 social athletes (including 87 under 11s) with the
remainder being volunteers (coaches, officials, helpers)
although some competitive and social members also
volunteer their time to support the charity. The club is on
an overall growth trajectory.
The club is affiliated to England Athletics and pays an
annual affiliation fee. All of the club’s members are
registered with England Athletics and the competitive|
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|members pay a registration fee which is collected as part|
|---|
|of the club membership arrangements. For 2024/25 the|
|registration fee for athletes was £19. Through the affiliation|
|with England Athletics the club is able to adopt the key|
|national policies such as the safeguarding policy and the|
|national codes of conduct.|
|The club is also affiliated to Northern Athletics and pays an|
|annual affiliation fee to them which is based on the number|
|of competitive members the club has. Again, this fee is|
|collected as part of the club’s membership arrangements.|
|This fee is currently set at £2 per athlete.|
|The membership fees for the club (not including the|
|registration/affiliation fees) for the year was £20 for|
|junior/student members and £35 for senior members. The|
|trustees set the level of the membership fees to ensure|
|that the club is inclusive. However, the club also operates|
|a hardship system that allow the trustees to waive the|
|membership fees and training fees of members who are|
|facing significant financial hardship. Trustees agreed to|
|hold the current fee levels for 2025/26.|
|**Training and Competition**|
|The club’s organised training nights are each Tuesday and|
|Thursday. Training commences at 6.00pm for the younger|
|groups and the club closes at about 8.30pm. Sessions are|
|run under the guidance of qualified and accredited|
|coaches and coaching assistants, together with some|
|support from helpers. There is a £4 training fee for|
|members participating in sessions. For family groups, the|
|second member is charged £3. It is also possible for|
|members to pre-book training sessions for the month|
|ahead. The price for this year was £50 for a family; £20 for|
|an individual member and £15 for a second family|
|member.|
|All the coaching team are volunteers and dedicate|
|hundreds of hours in supporting their athletes. They are in|
|turn supported by the club through funding for their|
|development to be fully accredited in their respective roles|
|with UK Athletics. Some coaches do hold additional|
|sessions which are open to all members in the coaches|
|age group. The following groups operate as part of the|
|club’s coaching structure:|
|•
Under 9s|
|•
Under 11s|
|•
Under 13s|
|•
Under 15s|
|•
Under 17s sprints/hurdles/jumps|
|•
Under 17s endurance|
|•
Senior Endurance|
|•
Senior Sprints|
|•
Senior Development Group|
|•
Throws|
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- The club offers a variety of competitive opportunities for members and these are delivered through local and national leagues and competition providers. They include: • Red Rose Cross Country League • South East Lancs Cross Country League • Greater Manchester Cross Country Championships • North of England Cross Country Championships • National Cross Country Championships • Greater Manchester Sportshall League • Greater Manchester Road Relays • North of England Road Relays • National Road Relays • Cheshire Track and Field League • North of England Track and Field League • Greater Manchester Track and Field Championships • Mid Lancs Track and Field League • North of England Track and Field Championships (Indoors and Outdoors)
- • National Track and Field Championships (Indoors and Outdoors)
In the 2024 track and field season the club was asked to host a number of open events by Trafford AC who were having their track resurfaced. An approach was also made by the British Milers Club (BMC) to host their Grand Prix World Challenger event in August. This saw over 80 overseas athletes competing on the Bury track. Highlight performances included the USA’s Cooper Teare setting a new BMC 1500m record of 3.33.95 and Jamie Phillips setting a new Scottish U20 800m record of 1.47.46. At the club’s Mile meeting in August Evan Grime from Salford ran a world best for a 15 year old of 4.05.48. The club also hosted the Greater Manchester track and field championships in May. Over and above this, the club reintroduced its Mini League meetings that provide an introduction to competition for young athletes.
Bury’s Jay Cook was selected to represent the England Under 20 team at a representative meeting in Eton where he placed second in the shot put competition. Luke Harreld represented Great Britain Masters in the World Masters Championships in Sweden and Craig Sykes represented England Masters in the Manchester Half Marathon.
The club also had a number of athletes selected for county representation and these included Claudia Chapman, Ben Clarke, Mylah Collier, Oliver Cooper, Lucy Dent, Evie Elliott, Peter Gardner, Jemima Miles, Niamh Murray, Matilda Nott and Agatha Wragg.
## **Community and Charity Engagement**
The club works with a number of other groups to give them support and access to the Market Street facilities. This is done by way of hiring agreements. The various groups that used the facility during 2024/25 include:
- Action 4 Children
- • Wheels for All
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- Persona
- Jigsaw
- Dinatones Morris Dancers
- Bury College of Further Education
- Local Primary Schools
- Local Secondary Schools
- Other local athletics clubs
- Lancashire Race Walking Club
- Accessible Festival
- Other ad hoc users
The club has a charging structure in place for hirers with group sessions charged at £40 for the first hour followed by £30 for subsequent hours. There is an additional cost of £5 per hour for the use of floodlights and £5 per hour for the use of the clubhouse. Ad hoc users are charged at £4 per session. These charges are made so the club can cover the cost of running the facility and also to generate cash reserves for future improvement projects. This pricing structure will be reviewed in 2025/26.
The club estimates that over the year more than 6000 different users benefitted from the use of the facilities. The trustees therefore believe the CIO is achieving its charitable object.
## **Facilities**
As is reported above, the charity has put its track and field facilities to good use through 2024 and 2025. Forthcoming challenges faced by the charity relate to some of the other facilities on the Market Street site; specifically the poor condition of the clubhouse; the longevity of the floodlights at the site and the width of the access road onto the site. Trustees have explored a large variety of different funding streams to raise the capital required to upgrade the facilities detailed above. Applications have by and large been unsuccessful and the charity is aware that Bury Council, as the owners of the site, have very limited financial reserves which could be drawn upon to assist in upgrading facilities. This presents a threat to the charities operations as the facilities are critical in delivering operations, especially with local charities, and generating income.
The trustees will continue to explore funding and grant opportunities so that the vital work can be undertaken.
## **Club Awards**
In October the club celebrated the following England Athletics North West Region awards for 2024. Byron Edwards won club leader of the year, Clare Devine won new volunteer of the year and Fiona Healy was runner up in the coach of the year.
In December the club celebrated its achievements for 2024 at its annual presentation evening. It provided the club with the opportunity to thank the trustees and the
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volunteer coaches, officials and Awards included the categories of coaches’ male and female athlete of the year, team manager’s male and female athlete of the year and trustees special awards.
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity had £70,852 in the bank at the end of the
period. This comprised of £1,218 in the current account
and £69,634 in the savings account.
The charity’s gross turnover for the period was £106,158.
The total administrative costs for the charity for the period
was £90,934. This gave a total surplus for the charity of
£15,224.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Cash reserves were maintained by the charity so that it
could make a financial contribution to the work to upgrade
the facilities used by the charity. The land and facilities are
owned by Bury Council and previously they, together with
two major grant providers have financed a project to
resurface the track and update the jump facilities at the
facility as well as upgrading the throwing facilities.
However, further work is required to develop the facility
and the council have outlined that they cannot make
further funds available. Therefore, the charity sets aside
reserves in the savings account to make financial
contributions to this required work.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£70,855|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A - The Trustees hold the view that the charity is a going
concern.|
## **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 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy Para 1.46 adopted A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Other
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## **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|**Elected by the members of the charity at the AGM**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Bury Athletic Club|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1193322|
|Charity’s principal address|Bury Athletic Club
Market Street Track
Market Street
Bury
Lancs BL9 9FX|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Mark Granby|Chair||Members|
|Roger Morley|Vice-Chair||Members|
|Helen Vaughan|Secretary||Members|
|John Conroy|||Members|
|Byron Edwards|||Members|
|Susan Wheeldon-Gorst|Treasurer||Members|
|Chris Lucas|||Members|
|||||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name** As Above
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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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)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of adviser Name**
**Address**|||
||||
||||
|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **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**|||
|---|---|---|
||Mark Leo Granby||
||Chair||
||1stSeptember 2025||
||1stSeptember 2025||
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**Bury Athletic Club**
**1193322**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
## **CC16a**
**1st April 31st March For the 2024 To 2025 period from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
||**Unrestrict**
**ed funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**
**46,116**
**5,637**
**24,939**
**15,038**
**3,250**
**512**
**974**
**3,810**
**106,158**|**Restrict**
**ed funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**|**Endowme**
**nt funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total**
**funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**
**46,116**
**5,637**
**24,939**
**15,038**
**3,250**
**512**
**974**
**3,810**
**106,158**|**Last year**
**to the**
**nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Facility hire|**46,116**||**-**|**46,116**|**37,406**|
|Eventincome|**5,637**||**-**|**5,637**|**5,759**|
|Training fees|**24,939**||**-**|**24,939**|**23,114**|
|Membership subscriptions & cards|**15,038**||**-**|**15,038**|**13,284**|
|Grantincome|**3,250**||**-**|**3,250**|**6,460**|
|Fundraising and donations|**512**||**-**|**512**|**637**|
|Other donations|**974**||**-**|**974**|**5,000**|
|Income socials and shop|**3,810**||**-**|**3,810**|**2,730**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income_
_for AR)_|**106,158**||**-**|**106,158**|**98,808**|
## **A1 Receipts**
|Facility hire||**46,116**|
|---|---|---|
|Eventincome||**5,637**|
|Training fees||**24,939**|
|Membership subscriptions|& cards|**15,038**|
|Grantincome||**3,250**|
|Fundraising and donations||**512**|
|Other donations||**974**|
|Income socials and shop||**3,810**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross_|_income_
_for AR)_|**106,158**|
**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**
|**sales,**|**(see**|**table).**|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
|||**_Sub total_**|
**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||||||||||
|||**_Total receipts_**|**106,158**||||**-**||**106,158**||**98,808**||
## **A3 Payments**
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Cost of Goods Sold|**1,680**||||**-**||**1,680**||**732**|
|Tuck Shop Purchases|**629**||||**-**||**629**||**440**|
|EA Affiliation|**4,880**||||**-**||**4,880**||**4,632**|
|Team & Individual Entry Fee|**3,363**||||**-**||**3,363**||**3,830**|
|Trophies & Awards|**526**||||**-**||**526**||**495**|
|Salaries inc Nat Ins|**20,393**||||**-**||**20,393**||**18,028**|
|Staff Training|**1,115**||||**-**||**1,115**||**223**|
|Repairs and maintenance|**13,441**||||**-**||**13,441**||**5,304**|
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|Petrol||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**140**||||**-**||**140**||**473**|
|Improvement Work||||||||||
||**414**||||**-**||**414**||**-**|
|Minor Sports Equipment||||||||||
||**2,018**||||**-**||**2,018**||**1,862**|
|Insurance||||||||||
||**7,886**||||**-**||**7,886**||**6,989**|
|Light, Power, Heating||||||||||
||**5,106**||||**-**||**5,106**||**7,261**|
|Water Rates||||||||||
||**5,900**||||**-**||**5,900**||**120**|
|Cleaning||||||||||
||**5,260**||||**-**||**5,260**||**4,762**|
|General Expenses||||||||||
||**3,900**||||**-**||**3,900**||**2,383**|
|IT Software and Consumables||||||||||
||**1,120**||||**-**||**1,120**||**1,560**|
|Telephone & Internet||||||||||
||**772**||||**-**||**772**||**709**|
|Socials||||||||||
||**600**||||**-**||**600**||**893**|
|Printing & Stationery||||||||||
||**118**||||**-**||**118**||**25**|
|Bank Fees||||||||||
||**2**||||**-**||**2**||**4**|
|Commission- Stripe and SumUp||||||||||
||**1,391**||||**-**||**1,391**||**1,321**|
|Audit & Accountancy fees||||||||||
||**50**||||**-**||**50**||**709**|
|Professional fees||||||||||
||**717**||||**-**||**717**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**||||||||||
||**81,421**||||||||**62,755**|
||||||**-**||**81,421**|||
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|**Equipment**|**918**||**-**||**-**||**918**||**397**|
|**Cost of asset**||||||||||
|**reorganisation**|**-**||||||**-**||**449**|
|**Movement in accrued**||||||||||
|**income**|**8,595**||**-**||**-**||**8,595**||**13,580**|
|**_Sub total_**||||||||||
||**9,513**||||**-**|||||
||||**-**||||**9,513**||**14,426**|
|||||||||||
|**_Total payments_**|**90,934**||||**-**||**90,934**||**77,181**|
|**_Net of_**||||||||||
|**_receipts/(payments)_**|**15,224**||**-**||**-**||**15,224**||**21,627**|
|**A5 Transfers between**||||||||||
|**funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year**||||||||||
|**end**|**55,631**||**-**||**-**||**55,631**||**34,004**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**70,855**||**-**||**-**||**70,855**||**55,631**|
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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**
**B4 Assets retained for**
**the charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees
on behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Current Account
Savings Account
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and
payments account(s))
**Details**
Accrued Income (General)
**Details**
**Details**
Leasehold improvements
Sports equipment
Equipment
**Details**
Sundry accruals
Signature|**Unrestrict**
**ed funds**
**Restrict**
**ed funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest**
**£**
**69,634**
**1,218**
**70,852**
OK
Agreemen
t Error
**Unrestrict**
**ed funds**
**Restrict**
**ed funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest**
**£**
**10,356**
**-**
**Fund to**
**which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost**
**(optional)**
**-**
**Fund to**
**which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost**
**(optional)**
General
**24,235**
General
**6,358**
General
**49,468**
**Fund to**
**which**
**liability**
**relates**
**Amount**
**due**
**(optional)**
General
**576**
Print Name
MARK LEO GRANBY|**Endowme**
**nt funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowme**
**nt funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current**
**value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current**
**value**
**(optional)**|
||||**13,879**|
||||**4,485**|
||||**36,055**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
||||**2025/26**|
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
|||MARK LEO GRANBY|01/09/2025|
|||||
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees** Charity Name Bury Athletic Club **On accounts for the year ended** 31 March 2025 **Charity no** 1193322 **Set out on pages** 1 to 11 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) **Responsibilities and basis of** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the **report** Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2025.
As the charity's trustees, 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 Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and 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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my **statement** attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did 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 this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Date:** 12 October 2025 **Signed: Name:** Peter G Nicol **Relevant professional** ICAEW **qualification(s) or body Address:** Tower House 269 Walmersley Road Bury BL9 6NX
**Oct 2018** 12
**IER**
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any** None **items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**Oct 2018** 13
**IER**