## **BATTLE BACK GOLF**
## **ANNUAL REPORT**
## **AND**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **FOR**
**1[st] NOVEMBER 2024 – 31 OCTOBER 2025**
## **CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION**
**Charity Number 1194555**
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## **BATTLE BACK GOLF**
## **REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025**
**________________________________________________________________________**
|**CONTENTS**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Legal and administrative information|3|
|Trustees report|4|
|Statement of Trustees responsibilities|6|
|Statement of financial activities|7|
|Notes for the financial statement|8|
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## **BATTLE BACK GOLF**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025**
**Charity Name**
Battle Back Golf
**Charity registration number**
1194555
**Correspondence address**
Chaplains House Ashby Road Ravenstone Coalville LE67 2AA
**Trustees**
Mr T Crew Mr K Hart Mr D Iliffe
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## **BATTLE BACK GOLF**
## **TRUSTEES REPORT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025**
## **____________________________________________________________________**
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 October 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out on page eight and comply with the charity’s constitution, the Charities Act 2011, and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (FRS 102): _Accounting and Reporting by Charities_ (2019).
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The Trustees meet quarterly to review the strategic direction and key areas of activity for Battle Back Golf. Day-to-day administration and management are delegated to a volunteer committee comprising Trustees, rehabilitation professionals, and Battle Back Golf beneficiaries.
The Trustees routinely review the skills and experience required on the Board. When a vacancy arises— either through retirement or the need for additional expertise—new Trustees may be recruited from within the Battle Back Golf membership or externally, based on the specific needs of the charity.
The charity continues to operate a low-risk financial strategy using a receipts-and-payments accounting approach. Member support and programme delivery are based on funds available above the charity’s agreed reserve levels.
All Trustees are provided with a copy of the charity’s constitution and the Charity Commission’s guidance document _The Essential Trustee: What You Need to Know, What You Need to Do_ . The Battle Back Golf Committee operates in accordance with the Battle Back Golf Charter, which provides direction and guidance consistent with the Trustees’ vision and the charity’s constitution. The Committee meets quarterly on behalf of the Trustees and also conducts the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Extraordinary General Meetings (EGMs), at which all members are encouraged to attend and participate.
## **Public Benefit**
The Trustees confirm that they have given due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when planning activities and making decisions.
## **Objectives and Activities**
Battle Back Golf exists to deliver golf-based education programmes and competitive opportunities to wounded, injured, and sick personnel and veterans of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force. The charity uses golf as a medium for both physical and cognitive rehabilitation.
- **Physically** . Members receive progressive, structured and semi-structured, player-centred golf coaching designed to teach the fundamentals of the sport or, for more experienced players, to support purposeful development of their existing skills.
- **Psychological** . The charity aims to enhance members’ cognitive and psychological wellbeing through golf, benefiting from the sport’s well-documented mental-health advantages. Battle Back Golf provides a supportive, socially inclusive environment in which members can rehabilitate both mentally and physically.
## **Achievements and Performance**
Now in its sixteenth year, Battle Back Golf continues to thrive and deliver the objectives set out in its constitution. During the reporting period, the charity competed in nineteen fixtures against golf clubs and partner organisations across the UK and internationally. These events provided both new and established members with opportunities to learn, compete, and build supportive relationships with likeminded individuals.
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Throughout the year, the charity welcomed new members and offered 260 participation places in competitions and events held across the UK and Spain. The season concluded with the Battle Back Golf Championships at Greetham Valley Golf Club.
The Trustees remain satisfied that the charity is effectively achieving its charitable objectives through the activities delivered. The Committee continues to identify and explore future opportunities that support the long-term development of the Battle Back Golf brand and, most importantly, the members the charity exists to serve.
## **Financial Review**
Battle Back Golf continued to receive generous donations throughout the financial year, ensuring the charity’s financial position remained robust and enabling the continued delivery of core activities.
As of 31 October 2025, the charity held **£38,866** in unrestricted funds. Battle Back Golf’s success is made possible through the goodwill and ongoing support of the golfing industry, allowing the charity to operate with minimal overheads and within clearly defined financial parameters.
The Trustees have agreed to maintain a minimum reserve of **£30,000** , to be reviewed annually. This reserve provides assurance that the charity can meet its immediate future obligations and cover essential management and administrative costs as they arise.
The charity’s principal income continues to be derived from donations from golf clubs and individual supporters.
## **Risk Management**
The Trustees have reviewed the major strategic, operational, and financial risks that could potentially affect Battle Back Golf and are satisfied that appropriate systems and controls are in place to mitigate these risks as far as is reasonably practicable. The Trustees continue to monitor risks on an ongoing basis, ensuring that proportionate contingency measures are maintained to protect the charity’s beneficiaries, assets, reputation, and ability to deliver its programme of activities.
## **Plans**
The charity plans to broaden its collaboration with other service charities and partner organisations to ensure members receive the highest level of support. The Trustees will deliver a new five-year strategy focused on driving meaningful and sustainable progress in adaptive golf. Our ambition is to expand access to the sport, empowering serving personnel and veterans of all abilities to benefit from golf’s physical and cognitive advantages.
Through innovative programme development, improved accessibility, and strengthened partnerships across the service and golfing communities, we aim to remove barriers to participation and create fully inclusive opportunities for players with disabilities. Working closely with the golfing industry, the charity is committed to delivering measurable impact for the individuals we support and advancing adaptive golf across the UK.
## **Trustees**
The Trustees who have served during the year were as follows:
Mr T Crew Mr K Hart Mr D Iliffe
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
## **Mr Tristan Crew**
Chair of Battle Back Golf Trustees
Date 23[rd] March 2026
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## **BATTLE BACK GOLF**
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Charity law in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year that give a true and fair view of the charity’s financial position and of its incoming resources and application of resources during the year. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently.
- Follow the methods and principles set out in the Charities SORP (FRS 102).
- Make reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates.
- Prepare the financial statements on a going-concern basis, unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue to operate in the foreseeable future.
The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records that disclose, with 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 and the regulations made under it. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and for taking reasonable steps to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
By order of the Trustees
## **Mr Tristan Crew**
Chair of Battle Back Golf Trustees
Date: 23[rd] March 2026
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## **BATTLE BACK GOLF**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025**
|**Income**
Income from generated funds
Donations & Gifts
Event Personal contributions
Interest
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
Overseas Tours
Annual Champs/Spring Meet
Marketing/Website Fees
Insurance
Support Costs/Services
Coaching
Matches
Clothing and Equipment
Misc
**Total Expenditure**
**Year Ended 31st October 2024**
48,632
0
48,632
4,428
48,632|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**2025**
**Total**
**2024**
17,586
**-**
17,586
33,185
1,945
**-**
1,945
2,055
516
**-**
516
588
**-**
20,047
-
20,047
35,828
4,843
-
4,843
4,545
15,265
-
15,265
13,290
461
-
461
362
456
-
456
613
6,600
-
6,600
6,606
219
-
219
1,137
1,515
-
1,515
2,336
473
-
473
2,511
94
-
94
-
29,926
-
29,926
31,400
**Balance Sheet – October 2024**
**Year Ended 31st October 2025**
**Current Assets**
**Cash at the Bank**
38,866
**Cash held**
0
**Total current assets**
38,866
**Excess of Income over**
**Expenditure**
-9879
**Total Funds**
38,866|**Total**
**2024**
33,185
2,055
588|
|---|---|---|
|||35,828|
|||4,545
13,290
362
613
6,606
1,137
2,336
2,511
-|
|||31,400|
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Battle Back Golf Board of Trustees on 17 January 2026 and were signed below on its behalf by:
**Mr Tristan Crew** Chair of Battle Back Golf Trustees 23rd March 2026
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## **BATTLE BACK GOLF**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025**
## **Principle accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted, together with the judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty used in preparing the financial statements, are set out below.
## **Accounting convention**
**Basis of Accounting** . The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with _Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice_ applicable to charities preparing their accounts under the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) — Charities SORP (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) — and with FRS 102 itself.
Battle Back Golf meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102 and has therefore applied the relevant public benefit requirements.
## **Going concern**
The Trustees have considered future budgets, projected cash flows, and the charity’s current cash reserves. Given the level of unrestricted funds held and the Trustees’ discretion to adjust expenditure in line with the profile of incoming donations, the Trustees are satisfied that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future.
Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis.
## **Income**
Income from donations and other voluntary sources is recognised on receipt, unless entitlement, probability of receipt, and reliable measurement can be established earlier, in accordance with the Charities SORP. All income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is entitled to the income, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
All expenditure is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when it is incurred and is classified under unrestricted funds. Expenditure is recorded on an accruals basis and includes all costs associated with delivering the charity’s activities, supporting its beneficiaries, and administering the organisation.
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