## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/01/2025 Period start date To 31/12/2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Boothstown Bowling Club and Pavilion**
## **Charity registration number:1196816**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The promotion of community**
**participation in healthy recreation, in**
**particular provision of facilities for the**
**playing of crown green bowling.**
**To further benefit the residents of**
**Boothstown, Salford and the**
**neighbourhood.**|
|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|**Through the Boothstown Bowling Club**
**and Pavilion Charter the club will**
**promote our objectives by:**
**a) Facilitating crown green bowling**
**participation by members in**
**social and competitive games.**
**b) Encouraging participation in**
**crown green bowling at the Club**
**by the local community and with**
**residents of all ages.**
**c) Promoting the use of the pavilion**
**by local community groups and**
**residents for an economic fee on**
**a strictly non-profit making basis.**
**d) Reinvesting income into the club,**
**pavilion and local park for the**
**benefit of the local community.**
**e) The promotion of equality,**
**diversity, inclusion and**
**transparency through the Clubs**
**Equality, Diversity and Inclusion**
**Policy.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All activities of Boothstown Bowling and**
**Pavilion operate with due regard to**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit. The Club**
**abides by its Charter as a Code of**
**Governance defined by the Charity**
**Commission Constitution. The club is**
**also governed by the British Crown**
**Green Bowling Association and works**
**with the Bowls Development Alliance.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Boothstown Bowling Club and Pavilion**
**is wholly**
**managed and run by**
**volunteers. This includes the trustees**
**and members, who manage, maintain**
**and operate both the pavilion and**
**bowling green. Some members are also**
**involved in the upkeep and**
**improvement of grass areas and**
**flower/hedge areas of Boothsbank Park**
**(which has Green Flag status) adjacent**
**to the pavilion.**|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|**Boothstown Bowling and Pavilion took**
**on responsibility for the pavilion and**
**bowling green on behalf of Salford City**
**Council in 2016. A formal lease**
**arrangement is currently under**
**negotiation.**
**The Bowling Club itself has a growing**
**membership, that is currently in excess**
**of 100. Roughly 60% of members are**
**engaged in competitive bowling, the**
**remaining 40% bowling on a purely**
**social basis. Bowling activities provide**
**physical, social and recreational**
**opportunities for all members.**
**During 2023 and 2024 the club spent a**
**great deal of time reviewing and**
**upgrading its governance using a range**
**of audit tools to ensure charters,**
**policies (including Safeguarding) and**
**procedures were up-to-date and in**
**keeping with the requirements of the**
**various governing bodies. In 2024 the**
**club created a new website which**
**reflects these changes and aims to**
**increase the clubs profile and access to**|
|**both members and the wider community.**|
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|**Boothstown Bowling and Pavilion**|
|**provides facilities for a much larger**|
|**range of people via the groups who use**|
|**the pavilion. These include:**|
|**-**
**A Pre-school Music Group for**|
|**Young Children.**|
|**-**
**An Art Group (that includes**|
|**people with Special Educational**|
|**Needs and Disabilities).**|
|**-**
**A Childminding Group.**|
|**-**
**A Kurling Group**|
|**-**
**A Dominoes Group**|
|**-**
**A Pilates Group**|
|**There are also the wider benefits that**|
|**Boothsbank Park provides for the wider**|
|**community. Members of Boothstown**|
|**Bowling and Pavilion have contributed**|
|**considerably (along with Salford City**|
|**Council) to the park being awarded and**|
|**maintaining ‘Green Flag’ status over a**|
|**number of years.**|
|**When funds allow Boothstown Bowling**|
|**and Pavilion are pro-active in supporting**|
|**other local voluntary organisations. As**|
|**the accounts show, in 202 we have made**|
|**donations to:**|
|**-**
**Moya Cole Hospice**|
|**-**
**Salford Foodbank**|
|**-**
**Salford Baby Bank**|
|**-**
**Boothstown Residents**|
|**Association**|
|**Previous recipients include**|
|**-**
**Bolton Mountain Rescue**|
|**-**
**9th Worsley(Boothstown) Scouts**|
|**-**
**Boothstown and Roe Green**|
|**Youth Club**|
|**-**
**Boothsbank Kurling Group**|
|**-**
**Boothsbank Art Group**|
|**-**
**Ukraine Appeal**|
|**-**
**Mustard Tree**|
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**As can be seen from the 2025 accounts**
**Boothstown Bowling and Pavilion is in a**
**healthy and stable position.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**As with any responsible organisation,**
**reserves are maintained for the ongoing**
**expenses of the organisation as well as**
**a protection against any unexpected**
**expenditure in the future.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**c £10,126**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Funds come from two main sources:**
**-**
**Membership subscriptions and**
**playing fees.**
**-**
**Rental income (economic) from**
**community groups using the**
**pavilion.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Charity Commission Constitution,**
**implemented via the clubs own Charter.**|
|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|**Trustees re-elected and proposed via**
**the clubs Annual General Meeting.**|
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
**Being a relatively small organisation,**
**new trustees are informally inducted by**
**the existing members of the group.**
**Trustees are encouraged to update and**
**widen their knowledge.**|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Boothstown Bowling and Pavilion has a**
**wide range of agencies with whom we**
**engage, including:**
**-**
**Salford Community and Voluntary**
**Services**
**-**
**Salford Community Leisure**
**-**
**Salford City Council**
**-**
**British Crown Green Bowling**
**Association/Greater Manchester**
**Crown Green Bowling**
**Association/Lancashire Crown**
**Green Bowling Association**
**-**
**Local councillors**
**-**
**Greater Manchester (Salford)**
**Police**|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Boothsbank Pavilion and Green is**
**owned by Salford City Council, but**
**under the management of Boothstown**
**Bowling and Pavilion. A formal lease is**
**currently under negotiation.**|
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Boothstown Bowling Club and Pavilion|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1196816|
|Charity’s principal address|Boothsbank Park
Hollinswood Road|
Boothstown
Worsley
M281EZ
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Nigel Bertenshaw|Treasurer/Pavilion
Manager|||
||David Fiddler|Chairperson|||
||David Barton|Secretary|||
||Pam Sherlock|Safeguarding
Officer/ Community
Trustee|||
||Graham Moar|CommunityTrustee|||
||Rod Vast|Member Trustee|||
||Steve Davison|SafeguardingOfficer|||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None 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
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
David Fiddler **Signature(s)** Nigel Bertenshaw David Fiddler **Full name(s)** Nigel Bertenshaw **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer Chairperson **Chair, etc) Date** 27/03/2025
**Boothstown Bowling and Pavilion**
**Account No 1 Balance Sheet 2025**
|**Income**||**Expenditure**||
|---|---|---|---|
|Subscriptions|2395.00|League Fees|546.00|
|Greenage|1474.00|Afliation/Development Fund
167.00||
|Presentation Night|240.00|Presentation Night|240.00|
|Refreshments|681.49|Refreshments||
|410.39||||
|Club Comp Entry Fees|525.00|Club Comp Expenses||
|416.76||||
|League Prizes|195.00|Members Prize|Money|
|400.00||||
|Keys|65.00|Keys|68.00|
|Green |Hire|260.00|Major Equipment*2|447.71|
|Donations*1|250.00|Greens/General Maintenance 2061.00||
|Allan Price Memorial|225.00|Howdens Insurance
55.00||
|||Trophy/Plaque Engraving|67.85|
|||Measures/Matts
|66.48|
|||Admin
|11.78|
|||Rafe Prize
|7.99|
|||Donations*3
|1600.00|
*1 Horticon (250)
*2 Blower/Vacuum (259.99), Strimmer (71.98), Dew Switch (115.74)
*2 Moya Cole/St Ann’s Hospice (1000 + 250), Salford Foodbank (250), Salford Baby Bank (100)
|Sub Total|6310.49|Sub Total|6565.96||
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|C/A|3744.93|C/A|3481.98||
|CIH|81.02|CIH||88.50|
|**Total**
|**10136.44**|**Total**||**10136.44**|
|**Income**|**6310.49**||||
|**Expenditure**|**6565.98**||||
|**Proft/Loss**
|**- 255.49**||||
**Treasurer: Nigel Bertenshaw**
**Internal Auditor: Sue Houghton**
## **Boothstown Bowling and Pavilion**
## **Account No 2 Balance Sheet 2025**
|**Income**||**Expenditure**||
|---|---|---|---|
|Regular Rentals|6164.00|Cleaning|132.82|
|Ad Hoc Rentals|680.00|Equipment*1|818.20|
|||Unity Insurance|412.16|
|||First Aid|55.75|
|||Viewing Area
|1781.63|
|||Donations*2|315.00|
|*1 Includes Asgard Storage Unit (785.00)||||
|*2 Includes Boothstown Residents Association (315.00)||||
|Sub Total|6844.00|Sub Total|3515.56|
|C/A|3177.27|C/A|6435.50|
|CIH|49.90|CIH|120.11|
|**Total**
|**10071.17**|**Total**|**10071.17**|
|**Income**|**6844.00**|||
|**Expenditure**|**3515.56**|||
|**Proft/Loss**
|**+3328.44**|||
**Treasurer: Nigel Bertenshaw**
**Internal Auditor: Sue Houghton**