2023-03-31-accounts - Saints (Brackley) Community Trust

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Day01 Month04 Year2022

Period end date Day31 Month03 Year2023

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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

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 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
	Janine Lay
	Ian Leask	Treasurer
	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

(eg. trust, association, company)

CO-OPTION Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

Trustees have considered a range of topics where a policy or formally adopted procedure may be appropriate. These have been documented in the minutes of a meeting of trustees, and formal policies are reviewed on a regular basis.

Observations and, where necessary, procedures have been discussed, stated and adopted by trustees.

All governance of the charity rests within this democratically adopted framework.

relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

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 (some destinations have been found to be more successful than others, and new venues are researched with careful consideration given to the demographics of the participants). The scheme is intended essentially to benefit the isolated, the lonely, the elderly, all able-bodied and disabled.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the There is ongoing work to promote sport within the community to promote public benefit in relation to health and wellbeing. We wish to encourage walking football for men these objects (include within and women, children to play sport at all levels, football for adult women. this section the statutory A substantial growth in the town’s population has brought forth an declaration that trustees have increasing number of children and women who wish to play football, and had regard to the guidance this has the knock-on effect of an inadequacy of coaching skills; we are in issued by the Charity the process of submitting a bid to the National League Trust for funding Commission on public to run courses of “Coaching the Coach” which will be supported also by benefit) Brackley Town Football Club.

The Trustees have at all times had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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 The ongoing success of this project is evidenced by the increasing number of regular attendees who are elderly, lonely or isolated – or a combination of all three. Attendance at the Wednesday sessions is further boosted by the regular presence of local adults who are supported through Livability.

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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

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

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 1 April 2023

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SAINTS ( BRACKLEY ) COMMUNITY TRUST, Registered Number 1195701

Accounting Period 15 months to 31[st] March 2023.

Brackley Town FC – inital donaton Feofee – charitable donatons Various – Events & donatons FA Grant Natonal League Grants WNC – covid & other grants	Receipts Payments 10,700.00 Brackley Town FC – room hire 10,050.00 2,000.00 Tasty Thymes – meals/events 7,028.19 7,325.71 Insurances 291.20 1,000.00 Computer charges 76.32 15,921.00 Mobile Notceboard 346.98 804.58 Davyd V donaton to BTFC 146.00 Ability coach trips 1,293.00 Gilet costs – C Billingham 702.55 Xmas meals – via Dr Stevens 721.00

TOTAL RECEIPTS 37,751.29 TOTAL PAYMENTS 20,655.24

Summary of Funds

Summary of Funds
Opening Balance of Funds at Bank – January 2022	0.00
Total Receipts during the 15-month period	37,751.29
Total Payments during the 15-month period	(20,655.24)
Closing Balance of Funds at Bank-31stMarch 2023	17,096.05

I have examined the books and accounting records of Saints (Brackley) Community Trust for the period 1[st] January 2022 to 31[st] March 2023, as summarised and detailed above.

In my opinion, these accounts represent a true and accurate record of all the transactions undertaken during this 15-month period.

Mr Antony Stevens, 15 Lawyers Close, Evenley, Brackley, NN13 5SJ

SAINTS ( BRACKLEY ) COMMUNITY TRUST, Registered Number 1195701

Accounting Period 15 months to 31[st] March 2023.

Brackley Town FC – inital donaton Feofee – charitable donatons Various – Events & donatons FA Grant Natonal League Grants WNC – covid & other grants	Receipts Payments 10,700.00 Brackley Town FC – room hire 10,050.00 2,000.00 Tasty Thymes – meals/events 7,028.19 7,325.71 Insurances 291.20 1,000.00 Computer charges 76.32 15,921.00 Mobile Notceboard 346.98 804.58 Davyd V donaton to BTFC 146.00 Ability coach trips 1,293.00 Gilet costs – C Billingham 702.55 Xmas meals – via Dr Stevens 721.00

TOTAL RECEIPTS 37,751.29 TOTAL PAYMENTS 20,655.24

Summary of Funds

Summary of Funds
Opening Balance of Funds at Bank – January 2022	0.00
Total Receipts during the 15-month period	37,751.29
Total Payments during the 15-month period	(20,655.24)
Closing Balance of Funds at Bank-31stMarch 2023	17,096.05

I have examined the books and accounting records of Saints (Brackley) Community Trust for the period 1[st] January 2022 to 31[st] March 2023, as summarised and detailed above.

In my opinion, these accounts represent a true and accurate record of all the transactions undertaken during this 15-month period.

Mr Antony Stevens, 15 Lawyers Close, Evenley, Brackley, NN13 5SJ