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2022-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Saints (Brackley) Community Trust Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1195701 Charity's principal address 7 Bridgewater Rise, Brackley, Northamptonshire Postcode NN13 6DA

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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)
Caryl Billingham
MBE		 Chairman
Allan Boyland Appointed January2022
Janine Lay
Ian Leask Treasurer
Janine Lay
Stephen Toghill

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

CO-OPTION Trustee selection methods

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

i. Enabling and promoting community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of association football and other sports capable of improving health (facilities being land and buildings) and organising sporting activities

ii. Providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation of such persons who have

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need for such facilities by reason of their age, infirmity, disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interest of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life.

iii. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society by facilitating weekly meetings in a convivial atmosphere in order to meet others and enjoy others' company with the provision of a meal and occasional entertainment.

The principal funding by this charity since it was established has been to acquire funding to enable the Saints Community Project to revert to its pre-Covid activities and to build on its success, thus offering its benefits to an increased number of people. The project offers a weekly Wednesday coffee morning with an optional lunch; there are occasional themed days and there are periodic outings (this year the “regulars” have requested a visit to the Oxford Christmas Market for example). The scheme is intended essentially to benefit the isolated, the lonely, the elderly, all able-bodied and disabled.

Summary of the main Since the charity is in its early stages, there is ongoing work to promote activities undertaken for the sport within the community to promote health and wellbeing. We wish to public benefit in relation to encourage walking football for men and women, children to play sport at these objects (include within all levels, football for adult women. We are currently working up some this section the statutory pilot schemes so that we can assess the likelihood of a) the success of declaration that trustees have the project and b) obtaining funding when applications are made in order had regard to the guidance to continue these projects. issued by the Charity Commission on public The Trustees have at all times had regard to the guidance issued by the benefit) Charity Commission on public benefit.

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and erformance p The charity has obtained substantial funding from the National League Summary of the main Trust to underwrite the Saints Community Project as detailed in an earlier achievements of the charity section. during the year Although support was offered during lockdown, many of the former attendees have been reticent to emerge from their self-imposed isolation and health problems have often developed during that period. Whilst communication was maintained during lockdown with periodic doorstep visits and the provision of some home-cooked meals, it has been gratifying to note the gradual build-up of the regular attendees returning as their confidence grows and to see the arrival of more and more new faces.

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Section E Financial review

The charity has no debts and it therefore currently has no defined policy Brief statement of the regarding reserves. As the charity evolves, such matters will become a charity’s policy on reserves regular agenda item for the trustees’ meetings and decisions will be taken at the relevant time.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

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Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) C S Billingham I J M Leask IAN JAMES MCEWEN LEASK Full name(s) CARYL SUZANNE BILLINGHAM Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman Treasurer etc) Date XXXXXXXXX

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