## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1st October 2023 Period start date To 30th September 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Hurst Bowling Club** **Charity registration number: 1198978** ## **Objectives and Activities** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of Para 1.17 The promotion of community
the charity as set out in its participation in healthy recreation for the
governing document benefit of the inhabitants of Hurst and the
surrounding areas by the provision of
facilities for playing bowls. (Facilities
means land, buildings, equipment and
organising sporting activities).
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The Club continues to provide the
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|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|**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 for the**
**benefit of the inhabitants of Hurst and the**
**surrounding areas by the provision of**
**facilities for playing bowls. (Facilities**
**means land, buildings, equipment and**
**organising sporting activities).**||| |Summary of the main|Para 1.17 and
|**The Club continues to provide the**| |activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|1.19|**community with the facilities to pursue**
**Lawn Bowls activities. We have been**
**able to increase membership numbers**
**and thus the number of individuals**
**benefitting from healthy sporting activity.**
**The Club provided a full calendar of**
**activities with over 80 arranged matches**
**against other clubs as well as internal**
**club competitions and enabling access in**
**county matches and competitions. As**
**well as competitive matches, other**
**activities are run by the club whereby**
**members and guests can gather to play**
**bowls and socialise.**
**The Club continues to host a weekly**
**bowls and social event in partnership**
**with The Link Visiting Scheme, a**
**registered charity that provides**
**befriending services and activities to help**
**prevent loneliness and isolation for**
**elderly people.**
**The Club engages with youth by**
**providing an opportunity for a local cub**
**scout group to visit and enjoy the sport**
**of bowls. Volunteers at the Club attend**
**to provide instruction and assistance.**| Statement confirming Para 1.18 whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit **The Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission Guidance and consider that the activities listed above demonstrate that the organisation meets the need to provide a public benefit.** ## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
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|SORP reference|SORP reference|SORP reference| |---|---|---| |||| |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|**During the bowling season, the Club has**
**arranged and facilitated a total of 83**
**competitive matches against other**
**bowling clubs, as well as a number of**
**internal competitions and providing**
**access to county competitions. These**
**matches have provided the beneficiaries**
**with exercise and social contact with**
**existing and new friends.**
**Additionally, our partnership with The**
**Link Visiting Scheme has provided**
**potentially isolated and lonely people**
**with similar opportunities of outdoor**
**exercise and much needed social**
**contact. During the bowling season there**
**have been 21 weekly sessions held. Not**
**all of the Link members are able to play**
**bowls, but they still enjoy a cup of tea, a**
**slice of cake and the company of others.**
**In these ways, along with our support for**
**younger people, demonstrated by the**
**Cub Scout visits, the Trustees believe**
**that the Club has benefited not only its**
**direct members, but also a wider range of**
**beneficiaries from the surrounding area.**
**The club also takes an active role in**
**community events, such as providing**
**marshals to assist the running of the**
**Wokingham Half Marathon around the**
**village of Hurst and participating in the**
**annual Hurst Village Show.**
**Running alongside the above, the Club**
**has been working on a project to replace**
**its clubhouse, which is over 100 years**
**old and in a poor state of repair. Club**
**volunteers have overseen a design**
**process resulting in local authority**
**planning permission being granted and**
**over the next months, builders’ quotes**
**will be obtained and funding sought to**
**complete the build. This is an important**
**project as without an improved**
**clubhouse the club will find it difficult to**
**maintain its activities.**| ## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 Turnover £31,338
financial position at the end Expenditure £43,622
of the period Deficit (£12,284)
The deficit for the year is due to
expenditure on the building project for a
new clubhouse.
Removing the building project from the
overall figures shows the club operating
with a surplus of £3,948 for the year.
The building project deficit of £16,232
was funded by £9,333 from fundraising
during the year and the remainder by
drawing on the reserves specifically
allocated for this project.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 During the year the club held reserves for
policy for holding reserves two purposes, to facilitate the planning
stating why they are held and building of a new clubhouse and for
the purchase and maintenance of
essential greenkeeping equipment and
machinery.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 At year end the reserves stand at
Restricted/Designated Funds
- New Clubhouse £76,163
- Equipment & machinery £13,000
Unrestricted Funds
- Operating funds £24,557
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 Not applicable
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 Not applicable
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 There are no immediate concerns about
uncertainties about the the club continuing as a going concern.
charity continuing as a going Future uncertainties would include a drop
concern in member numbers and thus income, a
significant rise in costs and a failure to
raise the remainder of the funds for a new
clubhouse.
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Charity Commission ‘Association’ Model**
**Constitution.**| |---|---|---| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |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|**All Trustees are elected to the post by**
**the Membership. One third of Trustees**
**retire at the end of the year and are**
**eligible for re-election. The Trustees are**
**empowered to co-opt a Trustee if**
**deemed appropriate, so long as this**
**does not breach the maximum allowed in**
**the Constitution.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Hurst Bowling Club**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**N/A**| |Registered charity number|**1198978**| |Charity’s principal address|**Hurst Bowling Club**
**Rear of the Castle Inn**
**Church Hill**
**Hurst**
**Reading**
**Berkshire**
**RG10 0SJ**| ## **Exemptions from Disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **There are no exemptions from disclosure.** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** **There are no funds held on behalf of others.** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Trustee name Office (if Dates Acted if not for Name of person(or body)
any) whole year entitled to appoint
Trustee (if any)
David Edward Main Chairman 18/11/2023 – 16/11/2024 Membership
Michael John Rees Trustee 18/11/2023 – 16/11/2024 Membership
David Henry Ashley Trustee 15/05/2022 – 16/11/2024 Membership
Trustee
Eric Bowes 15/05/2022 – 16/11/2024 Membership
John Leslie Jarvis
Secretary 15/05/2022 – 13/06/2024 Membership
(deceased)
Secretary
John Hargreaves
(co- 01/09/2024 – 16/11/2024 Membership
Reddihough
opted)
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## **Declarations** **The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s Trustees.** |**Signature**|| |---|---| |**Full name**|**David Edward Main**
**John Hargreaves Reddihough**| |**Position**|**Chairman**
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