## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1st October 2024 Period start date To 30th September 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Hurst Bowling Club** **Charity registration number: 1198978** ## **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
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|**The Club continues to make available**
**the necessary facilities for the**
**community to participate in Lawn**
**Bowls, thereby supporting its charitable**
**objectives.**
**There has been an increase in**
**membership, resulting in more**
**individuals having the opportunity to**
**benefit from involvement in healthy**
**sporting activities.**
**A comprehensive programme of**
**activities has been delivered throughout**
**the year. This includes the organisation**
**of more than eighty matches against**
**other clubs, as well as internal**
**competitions. In addition, the Club**
**enables members to take part in county**
**matches and competitions. Alongside**
**formal matches, the Club arranges other**
**activities that allow both members and**
**guests to gather, participate in bowls,**
**and enjoy social interaction.**
**The Club hosts a weekly bowls and**
**social event in partnership with The Link**
**Visiting Scheme, a registered charity**
**dedicated to preventing loneliness and**
**isolation among elderly people. This**
**collaboration provides social and**| |||**sporting engagement for participants.**
**Engagement with young people is**
**demonstrated by hosting visits from the**
**local Cub Scout group, offering them**
**the chance to experience the sport of**
**bowls.**
**The Club also opens its facilities to the**
**broader local community, inviting**
**individuals to try bowls. For example,**
**members of a wedding party at St**
**Nicholas Church were able to enjoy a**
**game before the ceremony, with**
**guidance and support from Club**
**volunteers.**
**The Club actively seeks to foster**
**community spirit through collaboration**
**with other local groups. It has**
**developed a partnership with the New**
**Hurst Village Society, which will be**
**organising a fundraising Race Night in**
**conjunction with the Club. Additionally,**
**Club members have arranged a Quiz**
**Night, both events designed to**
**encourage social interaction and**
**strengthen community ties.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**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** ||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 over 80**
**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. The Club has been nominated for a Kings Award for Voluntary Service for this initiative. 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. A project to replace the clubhouse, which is over 100 years old and in a poor state of repair is underway, with demolition of the old clubhouse commencing in October 2025. Club volunteers have overseen a design process resulting in local authority planning permission being granted and a building contractor being appointed. Members have raised approximately two thirds of the required finance for this project and grants have been received from a number of charitable trusts. Work continues, in a challenging fundraising environment, to raise the remainder of the funds. This is an important project as without an improved clubhouse the club will find it difficult to maintain its activities.** ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Income £134,900**
**Expenditure £29,808**
**Surplus £105,092**
**Income includes £114,826 received**
**specifically for the clubhouse**
**development. Of this, £18,055 was**
**expended during the year on preliminary**
**works.**
**The large surplus for the year is due to**
**fundraising for the new clubhouse**
**building project.**|| |---|---|---|---| |||**The surplus is made up of £96,771**
**earmarked for the clubhouse project and**
**£8,321 from normal club operations.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**During the year the club held reserves**
**for two purposes, to facilitate the**
**planning 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 £191,935**
**-**
**Equipment & machinery £13,000**
**Unrestricted Funds**
**-**
**Operating funds £13,878**
**Balance Sheet Total Funds £218,813**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|**There are no immediate concerns about**
**the club continuing as a going concern.**
**Future uncertainties would include a**
**drop 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.**| ## **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** |**Trustee name**|**Office (if**
**any)**|**Dates Acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person(or body)**
**entitled to appoint**
**Trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---| |**David Edward Main**|**Chairman**|**Whole year**|**Membership**| |**Michael John Rees**|**Trustee**|**Whole year**|**Membership**| |**David Henry Ashley**|**Trustee**|**Whole year**|**Membership**| |**Eric Bowes**|**Trustee**|**Whole year**|**Membership**| |**John Hargreaves**
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