## **Wool & Winfrith Football Club**
## **Annual Report**
**2022/23**
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## **Introduction**
Wool and Winfrith Football Club is a community run football club run by local people for the promotion of community participation in health recreation in the Wool, Winfrith and Wareham area by providing facilities for playing association football. The Club welcomes children from the area to participate in league football under Dorset FA. During the year, the club welcomed teams from Wareham as they saw their own club in Wareham close.
The club is run solely by volunteers who are members of the community as well as parents of the children playing for the club. We are a registered charity and we do not charge for training or match fixtures however the club asks for a small contribution from each family in order to support the clubs activities. The club operates within the rules of the FA and for our teams under 11, they are noncompetitive and the club operates to ensure that these children are able to experience inclusive and enjoyable sport without the pressure of competition.
The club started in 2008 by parents who were looking to create a local team and over the past years has gone from strength to strength evolving into a successful club with the support of volunteers from the community and local businesses who sponsor teams. The 2022/23 year was really successful for the teams.
The club works hard to attract new coaches and volunteers to help with the growing of teams especially the girls teams.
We would like to say thank you to all of our coaches who work hard to ensure that the children in their teams learn how to play together in a supportive environment.
## **Finance**
The charity’s financial period runs from May 1[st] to April 30[th] each year.
The clubs gross income and expenditure for the financial year May 2022 to April 2023 is as follows (to nearest £100):
## **Gross Income**
## **£37,400**
- Sponsorship £ 9,000
- Grants £11,000 Family Contributions £16,500 Fundraising £ 900
## **Gross Expenditure**
**£29,100**
- Facilities & Pitches £ 8,100
- Referee Fees £ 1,400 Players Registration Fees £ 900 Kit £ 8,100
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- Maintenance £ 1,800
- Equipment £ 6,000 Fundraising £ 500 Fines (cancelled games) £ 200 Other registrations £ 100 Courses £ 1,100 Tournaments & Trophies £ 100 Miscellaneous £ 800
|**Net Expenditure/(Income)**|**(£ 8,300)**|
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|**Balance 2021/22 brought forward**|**(£ 4,300)**|
|**Opening Balance 2023/24**|**(£ 12,600)**|
The charity received grants from the following for expenditure related to club activities:
||Asda|£ 940|
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||Dorset Council|£ 60|
||FA Floodlight funding|£ 5,410|
||East Stoke & Wool CC|£ 2,120|
||Magnox Ltd Goal Fund|£ 2,000|
||Sports Foundation|£ 500|
The charity received no payments from outside of the UK, not did it make any payments to organisations or individuals outside of the UK.
The charity has no trading subsidiaries
## **Charity addresses**
The charity’s public address and phone number as stated on the Register of Charities has been verified as correct.
Contact details are confirmed as:
**Email:** info@woolandwinfrithfc.co.uk
**Website:** https://woolandwinfrithfc.co.uk
## **Property**
The charity owns no land or property and pays a rental fee for the use of local facilities and pitches.
## **Structure and membership**
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The charity is a single entity and has no subsidiaries. It is managed by four trustees who, during the financial year, were:
- Jake Burns (Chair)
- Rebecca Cady
- Rachael Taylor
- Natasha Drane
There are no other members entitled to vote on charitable matters.
The football club is managed through a Committee with the following Committee members:
- Luke White (Chair)
- Rebecca Cady (Vice Chair)
- Rachael Taylor (Secretary)
- Natasha Drane (Treasurer)
The governance arrangements for the sound management of the charity are set out in it’s constitution.
## **Employees and volunteers**
The charity employs no part time or full-time employees and operates solely through the contributions of volunteers.
## **Governance**
The charity operates under the auspice of the Football Association and uses the FA standard policies, most notably:
- a. internal charity financial controls
- b. safeguarding
- c. serious incident reporting
- e. bullying and harassment policy and procedures
## **Safeguarding and risk**
The charity takes the issue of safeguarding the children and adults very seriously and has made arrangements to ensure the safety of the children whilst participating in the activities arranged by the club.
The charity uses the FA safeguarding policy which can be found on the FA website and has identified one of its trustees as responsible for any of the clubs safeguarding matters. The club ensures that all adults in contact with children under 18 the appropriate level of DBS check and there is a zero tolerance to bullying and harassment which is set out in the FA’s Bully & Harassment policy.
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## **Serious Incidents**
There have been no serious incidents reported during the year.
## **Summary**
This has been a successful year for the teams and the club is solvent. The trustees would like to thank all the children, parents, coaches, referees and members of our community for their generous contributions to the running of the football club and for making it a welcoming and friendly environment for our children to thrive and grow.
With many thanks from the Trustees:
Signed
Jake Burns
Rebecca Cady
Rachael Taylor
Natasha Drane
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## **Wool & Winfrith Football Club**
## **Statement of Accounts**
**May 1[st] 2022 to April 30[th] 2023**
|**Balance brought forward from 2021/22**
|**4,328**|
|---|---|
|**Income**||
|Sponsorship|8,930|
|Grants|11,029|
|Family Contributons|16,475|
|Fundraising|937|
|**Total**|**37,371**|
|**Expenditure**||
|Facilites and Pitches|8,114|
|Referees|1,413|
|Player registraton Fees|877|
|Kits|8,115|
|Maintenance|1,839|
|Equipment & First Aid|5,976|
|Fundraising costs|491|
|Fines|169|
|Other registratons|156|
|Courses|1,110|
|Tournaments and Trophies|80|
|Miscellaneous|785|
|**Total Expenditure**|**29,125**|
|**Balance year ending April 2022/23**|**12,573**|
Note:
Accounts prepared on a cash basis
Signed
Natasha Drane Treasurer
## **Independent Examiners Report**
# **Wool & Winfrith Football Club**
**Accounts May 1[st] 2022 to April 30[th] 2023**
## **Independent Examiners Report**
Report to the Trustees of Wool & Winfrith Football Club registration number 1201138 on accounts for the year ended 30[th] April 2023.
## **Trustees responsibilities**
As the charity’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualifcaton(s) or body (if**
**any):**
**Address:**||06/05/2024|
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||Tracie Langley||
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||FCIPFA, MBA||
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||Hethfelton Farmhouse, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6HJ||
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