## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 1[st ] July 2022 to 30[th] June 2023** ## **Charity name: Doncaster In Union** ## **Charity registration number: 1193569** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the CIO are for the benefit**
**of the public generally and, in particular,**
**the inhabitants of Yorkshire and its**
**surrounding areas: 1. To promote**
**community participation in healthy**
**recreation by providing facilities for the**
**playing of rugby football and other**
**sports capable of improving health (**
**“facilities” means land, buildings,**
**equipment and organised sporting**
**activities); and 2. To provide and assist**
**in providing facilities for welfare sports,**
**recreation or other leisure time**
**occupation for such persons who have**
**need of such facilities by reason of their**
**youth, age, infirmity or disablement,**
**poverty and social or economic**
**circumstances or for the general public**
**in the interests of social welfare and**
**with the object of improving their**
**conditions of life; and 3, to advance the**
**education of children and young people**
**through such means as the charity**
**trustees think fit in accordance with the**
**law of the charity.**| |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|**Doncaster In Union has been involved in**
**the provision of facilities, activities and**
**meals through the Half term Activity**
**Fund (HAF) provided by the local**
**authority; facilities to support the local**
**community as part of the Sporting**
**Memories initiative and support to a few**
**local schools and colleges through**
**coaching and equipment focused on**
**teamwork and skills development.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees are aware and receive regular**
**updates of guidance provided through**
**the Charity Commission.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Not Applicable**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not Applicable**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers have been utilised to deliver**
**programmes and improve the facilities**
**available within Castle Park**| |Other||**Not Applicable**| ## **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|**Over the period the club has delivered**
**grant funded activity which has**
**benefitted the local community,**
**Half-term Activity Funding: Delivered on**
**behalf of the local Council and includes**
**the provision of food and activities to**
**children who would normally qualify for**
**free school meals. This has included, on**
**average, the provision meals over the**
**half-term breaks and supporting a**
**summer camp for children.**
**Sporting Memories: provided facilities**
**and refreshments to the elderly in our**
**local community encouraging**
**conversations and reminiscences**
**around specific sporting events.**
**School Led Activity: Through our**
**community development team we have**
**provided support to a number of local**
**schools and colleges, coaching based**
**on rugby skills, teamwork and respect.**
**All of these activities have been directly**
**focused on improving the physical and**
**mental health of our local community**
**and promoting respect and citizenship**
**in all we do.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Our delivery model is still under**
**development. We are confident in our**
**ability to move forward with specific**
**objectives in the future.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We believe our fundraising activity has**
**been adequate however, this has been**
**affected by changes to staffing during**
**the year as it has seriously affected our**
**ability to apply for appropriate grants.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**All grant funding has been directly**
**expended on approved activity.**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Total income for the period to 30thJune
2023 was £22,879.80. Total expenditure
was £27,330.56. All income was gained
through grant funding, fundraising,
donations, activities and expended in
accordance with the conditions of any grant
funding.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The reserves held are the excess of
income over expenditure. The small
reserve will be invested in forwarding the
charity over the coming year.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**-£4,450.76**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|**Para 1.22**|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|The charity remains in credit.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|There are no reasons why the charity
cannot continue as 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|**The charity’s only source of funding to**
**date has been through grants for**
**specific activities. These funds have**
**been expended within the rules of the**
**grant funder.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Monies raised have been wholly**
**expended in the delivery of grant funded**
**projects.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The principal risk would be the ability to**
**continue to gain grant funding.**
**Doncaster In Union intend to develop**
**over the coming year fund raising**
**activities from sources other than grant**
**providers.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Constitution**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Foundation**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g. unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Doncaster In Union is a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation.**| |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|**Trustees have been selected on the**
**basis of their relationship to the main**
**club (Doncaster Rugby Union Football**
**Club) their experience in establishing**
**and working with a Charitable**
**Foundation and their commitment to**
**furthering relationships and support for**
**the local community through rugby.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Trustees are first appointments to**
**Doncaster In Union and have been**
**involved in all stages of the**
**establishment of the Trust.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity’s current structure is based**
**on the Trustees having day-to-day**
**oversight whilst the administration is**
**supported by various Doncaster Rugby**
**Union Football Club staff. Grant funding**
**applications have been prepared with**
**the support of specialist consultants.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Flying Futures, a Doncaster based**
**consultancy, have supported grant**
**applications.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Doncaster In Union| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1193569| |Charity’s principal address|Castle Park
Armthorpe Road
Doncaster
DN2 5QB| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Stephen Robert Lloyd|||| ||AnthonyJohn De Mulder|||| ||Prof Paul Stephen Smith|||| ||Sir Ian Robert McGeechan|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name NONE** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**NONE**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets Not Applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **None** ## **Other optional information** **None** ## **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** Doncaster in Union Profit & Loss 2022/23 ## **Income** |**Income**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Grants
Activites
Fundraising
Donation
**Direct costs**
Activity costs
Fundraising cost
**Indirect costs**
Salary
Admin
Marketing
**Total costs**
**Total defcit/surplus for year**||0
19791
1588.8
1500
22879.8
5462
440
5902
14155.08
2775.49
4497.99
21428.56|0
19791
1588.8
1500
22879.8|| |||||5462
440
5902| |||||| |||27330.56||| |||||| |||-4450.76|||