## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 04 2024 **To** 31 03 2025 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Sunderland Samba FC **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1197858 **Charity's principal address** The Co-op Centre White House Road Sunderland **Postcode SR2 8AH** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||John Boyd|||| ||Ola Tony-Obot|Chair||| ||Priscilla Sobitan|Treasurer||| ||Babatunde Sobitan|||| ||Elizabeth Wanjiru
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**Address**||| |Independent Examiner|Julie Maxwell|11 Edith Street, Jarrow, NE32 5HS| |||| |||| |||| **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 of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with voting Type of governing document members other than its charity trustees (‘Association’ Model Constitution) (eg. trust deed, constitution) Adopted 4[th] February 2022. Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed or re-appointed at the Annual General Meeting Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** Membership is open to all. You **may choose** to include additional information, where The trustees meet monthly to oversee and review the work. Regular relevant, about: feedback and research takes place with participants to guide and direct  policies and procedures decision making. - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; All trustees gave their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or other benefits. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - We have safeguarding policies set by the Football Association to cover and guide our work with young people and vulnerable adults. This includes training and DBS checks for staff and volunteers. - relationship with any related parties; - We work closely with Sunderland Methodist Circuit, in particular through - parties; our club chaplain Rev John Purdy who supports our provision of health -  trustees’ consideration of and wellbeing support for participants in our programmes regardless of major risks and the system background. We are also part of the Sunderland Inter-Faith Forum. and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **TAR** March **2012** 2 The objects of the CIO are; 1. For the relief of financial hardship in Nairobi, Kenya by providing or assisting in the provision of the necessary support to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be selfsufficient. 2. The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing of football. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 3. To help young people, especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities, so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. 4. The promotion of racial and religious harmony for the public benefit by: - (a) promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial groups and respect of the beliefs and practices of different religious faiths.; - (b) advancing education and raising awareness about different racial and religious groups to promote good relations between persons of different racial groups and different faiths; In all cases working in City of Sunderland and Kenya. In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings. The main activities are as follows, **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** - Working with the Sunderland Samba Community Based Organisation in Nairobi, Kenya we support young women in the community to generate an income through community football activities, to take up educational and business opportunities, mentoring and support for female pupils at the CHAMRECC School in Kuria, Kenya. - Community football and volunteering opportunities aimed at engaging young people in making a positive contribution to their local community in Sunderland - Integrated health and wellbeing support - Focus on Racial and Religious Harmony through presentations, discussions and role modelling **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **TAR** March **2012** 3 We are hugely thankful for all our volunteers who give their time freely to support others in the community and without whom we would not be able to function. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## Section D Achievements and erformance p **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** **Kenya Project:** Our women’s team completed their second season in the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) National Super League Zone A. We travelled to the coast again for a number of matches which continues to be financially challenging but excellent opportunities for teambuilding and learning together and swim in the sea! We continue to offer small business support to all our players and ongoing support for CHAMRECC School in Kuria where we are actively supporting the education of young women, particularly around issues relating to Peace and Female Genital Mutilation. We have expanded our player and team sponsorship opportunities for individuals and organisations to support the team in Kenya. We have received particular support from five of the Methodist churches in Sunderland. Castletown, Fulwell and Roker churches with player sponsorship. New Silksworth and Whitburn churches with fundraising donations. It is encouraging to connect and share the life stories of the team players with the people of Sunderland. Team Manager Maureen Obonyo, with the support of coach Joseph Odhiambo and volunteer coaches, co-ordinated the team’s participation in the league as well as a number of cup and other community tournaments. She also ensured a variety of opportunities for personal development were available to team and community members. Volunteering continues to be an important aspect of our Women’s Team and Project in Kenya. Time is spent supporting the team, making home visits to team members and their families, distributing England Women’s Kit donated by England FA to other community teams, sharing ideas for starting small businesses, social media and website updating. We continued to hold Safeguarding training for players and volunteers as well as an increased focus on mental health awareness. One of our UK Trustees, Tunde Sobitan, was able to visit the team in Kenya spending time with the players and reflecting together on the ongoing impact of the Covid pandemic as well as the increased stress and anxiety with the cost of living increasing. All were encouraged by this visit to continue with our work in Kenya with renewed energy to bring positive change in the lives of individuals and the community around the issues of poverty and wellbeing. **Festival of Football:** Football coaching and creative activities for children aged 5-15 years in school holidays continued and took place over 5 separate weeks in February, May, August (2) and October as well as weekly on Tuesday evenings throughout the year. It was great to see the group relating to each other positively and bonding as a team with many of the same young people attending through the year. We continued to offer chess matches during our lunchtime breaks through which participants learned new skills and how to focus. We were joined by a variety of guests including Sunderland Samba FC players, Sunderland Women’s Team Player and the Mayor of Sunderland. The Mayor attended one day in August shortly after riots had taken place in the city and the young people were able to have a conversation together about their experience, feelings and concerns. Young people also had the opportunity to ask our volunteers questions about their lives, enabling volunteers to share their stories, experiences, hopes and aspirations with the young people. The success of the Festival of Football was made possible through the great support we received from our volunteers who all played a huge part in making it a great time for the young people where they learned about each other and also developed new skills. **TAR** March **2012** 5 Section D Achievements and erformance p **Community Football:** We held our community training sessions throughout the year on Tuesday evenings at Ashbrooke Sports Club and Farringdon Community Academy. Community sessions bring together local people, asylum seekers, refugees and international students for fun, football and friendship. Football culture often feels like it’s all about looking after yourself and your own team. We have talked about what care for self and others might look like with the young people and adults at our Festival of Football (5-15 year olds) sessions as well as our Under 21s and Open Age Community sessions which take place every Tuesday. We also actively support individuals together with Club Chaplain, Rev John Purdy. For example, we supported one of the players in our team with a loan, an International Student struggling to pay the last payment of his course fees and being threatened with deportation as a result. Also ongoing pastoral support to one of our players who has been struggling with drug and alcohol addiction over a number of years but is currently in recovery. We continued to connect with many new people through our links with Sunderland Inter-Faith Forum, Friends of the Drop In, University of Sunderland Inter-Faith chaplaincy team and increasing our social media presence. We held community football matches to bring people together throughout the year and for special events during Refugee Week and Inter-Faith Week. We focus on our themes of ‘Unity through Football’, ‘Welcome and Wellbeing’ and ‘One Game One Community’ to reflect together on putting these into practice and tackling racism in grassroots football and our local communities. **Volunteering** : Our football sessions gave opportunities for our volunteers to deliver informal football sessions to young people alongside experienced football facilitators. Volunteering and training opportunities were made available to all aged 16 years and older. 10 new volunteers gained face to face experience of working with young people whilst undertaking various training programmes such as the Football Association Playmaker Course, Emergency First Aid and Safeguarding. Volunteers continue to join us on the journey of learning and discovery through our focus on racial and religious harmony in the local football community context. Fundraising throughout the year with the men’s team helped to subsidise food and costs for those on limited income for the NCFF weekend away. We have maintained contact with some volunteers and those in Kenya through social media and encouraged those in challenging situations. We aim to continue recruiting more volunteers with opportunities for training and support. 14 volunteers took part in the Sunderland 10k run raising over £1000 for Samba Women’s Team in Kenya. 10 volunteers were vital in enabling us to run our Festival of Football for children and young people for 3 days in every half-term holiday and the summer holidays. 2 volunteers attended StreetGames Activator training at the Beacon of Light. They learnt fun games linking to the Olympics and Paralympics which we incorporated into our summer holiday youth sessions. 2 young volunteers attended the Tyne & Wear High Sherriff Award presentations at the Beacon of Light. They received an award on our behalf for outstanding work in the community with young people. **TAR** March **2012** 6 Section D Achievements and erformance p We helped plan the Sunderland Refugee Week 5-a-side Tournament at which 4 volunteers took part and we provided shorts and socks for players who needed them. At the Barnes Park Family Fun Day, helped by 6 of our volunteers over 3 days, we led 16 workshops, each lasting 30 minutes with classes of Primary School children, with African Drumming, Fun Football and Swahili Singing on the topic of diversity, peace and hope. **11-a-side team:** The team played in the Premier Division of the North East Christian Fellowship League representing Sunderland Methodist Circuit. We finished in 6[th] place. Many new players joined the team both for matches and training. We have continued to connect in particular with the growing Nigerian community in Sunderland and have around 60 young Nigerians now participating with the team and other activities. A squad of 30 players took part in our annual trip to the National Christian Football Festival in Shropshire. This year we added an U21s team to our regular team building on the development of our U21 sessions on Tuesday evenings and monthly 11-a-side training matches. The teams again consisted of a real mix of age, background and culture. It was another great weekend together and alongside the football we did team building activities and learning about the different faiths and cultural identities within the team. We were the eventual winners (in a penalty shoot-out) picking up the cup for the third time. **Methodist Church Partnership Work:** Our charity grew out of work of the Sunderland Methodist Circuit and we continue to work closely together in particular with support from Rev John Purdy who is our club chaplain supporting and welcoming people of all faiths and none. We started to use the 12 practices of the Methodist Way of Life as our monthly themes to help us reflect within our inter-faith and multi-cultural footballing context. For example, one of the practices is ‘Care’ so we thought about how care in football extends beyond the pitch, encompassing player welfare, injury prevention and mental health support. This works alongside our charitable objectives supporting young people, promoting healthy living, racial & religious harmony, and responding to poverty in Kenya. 15 of our volunteers again staffed the sports venue at the 3Generate Weekend at the NEC in Birmingham in October through our partnership work with The Methodist Church. Sports included football, basketball, netball, table-tennis, boccia, curling, cycling and boxing. 1800 young people attended the event and our volunteers were able to share the work of Sunderland Samba, in particular our anti-racism work and Kenya Project together with a Participative Sports Liturgy we created for the event. We welcomed Helen Cameron and Carolyn Godfrey, the President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, to one of our weekly training sessions for children and young people as well as our U21s session. They met some of our diverse community through which we encourage learning about difference and finding our purpose in life. Helen shared with us the importance of standing together against oppression and for justice. **TAR** March **2012** 7 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The Reserves Policy for Sunderland Samba FC is to hold no more than a sum equivalent to 6 months average expenditure. This should be sufficient to meet any unforeseen item of major expenditure **Details of any funds materially** Not applicable **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: Our main sources of funding this year have been grants, donations and fundraising. - 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)** **Full name(s)** John Boyd **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 25/01/2026 **TAR** March **2012** 8 ## **Sunderland Samba FC** ## **Accounts 2025** ## **1[st] April 2024 – 31[st] March 2025** **Balance Sheet & Statement of Financial Activities** Examined and Prepared by: Julie Maxwell MICB 11 Edith Street Jarrow NE32 5HS **TAR** March **2012** 9 **Statement of Financial Activites 1st April 2024- 31[st] March 2025** |**Income**|**Total 2025**|**Total 2024**| |---|---|---| ||£|| |Grant Income|28,955|35102| |From Charitable Activities|3,788|6952| |Other Income|3,104|1589| |**Total Income**|**35,847**|**43,643**| |**Expenditure**||| |Office and Administration|5,332|5927| |Events and Fundraising|24,992|10228| |Kenya Project|17,601|12492| |**Total Expenditure**|**47,925**|**28,647**| |Surplus/(deficit) for year|-12,078|14,997| |Opening Reserves|21,582|6,585| |**Closing Reserves**|**9,504**|**21,582**| |Represented BY:||| |Kenya Project|2,000|5,000| |Post Code Neighborhood Fund|4,000|12,695| |Community Foundation|1,500|3,509| |Unrestricted Funds|2,004|377| |**Total Funds**|**9,504**|**21,582**| **TAR** March **2012** 10 **Balance Sheet as at 1st April 2025** ASSETS Fixed Assets **2025** **2024** |Current Assets
Cash at Bank
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities
Represented by
**_Restricted Funds:_**
Post Code Neighborhood Fund
Kenya Project
Community Foundation
**_Unrestricted Funds_**|Total Fixed Assets
9,503.97
Total Current Assets
**_TOTAL ASSETS_**
_TOTAL LIABILITIES_
**Balance of Accounts**
4,000.00
2,000.00
1,500.00|£0.00
0
21581.39
£9,503.97
21581.39
**_£9,503.97_**
**_£21,581.39_**
_£0.00_
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**£9,503.97**
**£21,581.39**| |---|---|---| |||12695
5000
7,500.00
3509
21204
£2,003.97
£377.39
**£9,503.97**
**£21,581.39**| ||0.00
**Balance of Accounts**|| _I have examined the bank statements and accounting records of Sunderland Samba FC; nothing has been brought to my attention to warrant me to question those records and I confirm that the above represents a true and accurate financial statement._ _Signed:_ _Date:_ 08/08/2025 _Approved by the Board of Directors on: 25/01/2026 By:_ _Yuri Bibi Wabuke (full name)_ Yuri Bibi Wabuke _(signature)_ _Ola Tony-Obot (full name)_ Ola Tony-Obot _(signature)_ **TAR** March **2012** 11 _Income and Expenditure Account 2025_ ## **Income** |**Income**||| |---|---|---| |**Grant Income**
Sunderland City Council Community
Chest
People’s Postcode Grant
Sheriff Award
Sir James Knott
Sported Grant
MYA Ltd Grant
NCFF
**Fundraising**
Festival of Football
Kenya Project fundraising
Kenya Project CHAMRECC
Team Fundraising
Misc
**Other Income**
Student Support
Donations
**Total Income**
**Office and Administration**
Fines
Accounts
Insurance
Office & Internet
**Events and Fundraising**
Pitch & training facilities
Sessional Work
NECFL Fees
Minibus
Transport and Parking
Events and resources
F and F Worker Salary Costs
Expenses
Kenya Project
**Total Expenditure**|**£**
3,000.00
14,500.00
1,000.00
5,000.00
2,000.00
2,500.00
955.00
14.00
1,101.56
1,832.45
750.00
90.00
575.00
2,529.96|**£**
28,955.00
3,788.01
3,104.96| ||69.00
150.00
252.00
4,389.83|**35,847.97**
4,860.83
43,064.56| ||11,495.28
4,130.29
310.00
961.98
222.89
2,021.25
5,850.00
471.44
17,601.43|| |||| |||**47,925.39**| |**Income - Expenditure**||**-12,077.42**| **TAR** March **2012** 12