**Cullercoats Football Club Registered Charity No. 1202642**
## **Trustees' Report and**
**Financial Statement for the year ended 31st May 2025**
## **Cullercoats Football Club**
|Name:|**Cullercoats Football Club**||
|---|---|---|
|Other name used by charity|**Cullercoats FC**||
|Charity no:|1202642||
|Trustees:|Claire Shorting||
||Craig Williamson, Secretary||
||John Symons, Treasurer|Resigned 30/6/2024|
||David Wynd||
||Julieanne Caie||
||Kevin Anderson|Resigned 03/04/2025|
||Mark Goodwin||
||Scott Andrew Mason, Chair||
||Paul Carr|Resigned 30/06/2024|
||Stephen Patterson|Resigned 18/08/2024|
||Gaynor Carle|Appointed 26/03/2025|
|Address:|Cullercoats Football Club||
||59 Whittingham Road||
||North Shields||
||NE30 3TD||
|Independent|Mark Thompson MAAT||
|Examiner:|VODA||
||Spirit of North Tyneside Wing||
||2nd Floor, Wallsend Customer First Centre||
||16 The Forum||
||Wallsend||
||NE28 8JR||
## **Cullercoats Football Club**
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Constitution**
The charity was incorporated on April 6th, 2023 and established under the constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The only voting members are the trustees of the CIO.
## **Appointment of Trustees**
The appointment of trustees is managed as required by the management board who identify candidates who have an interest in supporting the CIO and have the skills to complement the existing board members, or can fill any skills gaps on the board.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Purpose**
The charitable objectives of the CIO are the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation, for the benefit of all inhabitants of Cullercoats and the surrounding areas, by the provision of facilities for playing association football.
In setting objectives and planning for activities, the trustees have given due consideration to the guidance published by the Charity Commission, ‘Public Benefit: running a charity (PB2)’.
## **Main Achievements of the CIO**
2024/2025 was another successful season for the Club, both on and off the pitch.
On the pitch we saw two of our teams, Inter and Ajax, win 'Outstanding Team of The Season' awards in their respective divisions. Following a restructure of the Mens Senior Team, we saw a number of young players succesfully integrated into a newly structured Mens team.
The Club was also nominated for a '100% positive' award at the annual Northumberland FA awards night. This reflects the environment created at the Club by all of its volunteers.
Off the pitch, we saw the departure of four trustees, who we give special thanks to their efforts they have given to the Club over the years. We were successful in recruiting a new Treasurer in Gaynor Carle, alongside an Assistant volunteer which has given the Club the capacity required to allow us to monitor the organisations financial health as it continues to grow.
Financially the Club remains comfortable in our financial position. We recorded slightly over a £10K deficit for 2024/2025. However a large proportion of this was the timing of grant funding relating to pitch development work. We saw our 2024 funding arrive early, in 23/24, and or 2025 funding arrive late, in 25/26.
We have continued progress on the development of the Links Avenue site, successfully securing a long-term lease for the site from North Tyneside Council in early May 2025.
## **Financial Review**
## **Financial Position**
The CIO received £100,721 in receipts and made £107,414 in payments in the year, with a deficit of £6,693.
## **Reserves Policy**
The trustees have examined the CIO’s requirement to hold reserves in order to continue to operate under unforeseen circumstances. The trustees review the CIO’s level of reserves frequently throughout the financial year.
At the end of the financial period, unrestricted reserves were £57,670.
## **Trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements**
Charity Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which comply with the regulations set out in the Charities Act 1993. The Trustees have elected to take advantage of the provisions that apply to small charities and have prepared a Receipts and Payments Account and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
25/3/2026
Signed: ………………………..Chair, on behalf of the Trustees, date: ……………..
## **Independent Examiners Report**
## **Report to the Cullercoats Football Club trustees of**
|**On accounts for**
**the year ended**|**31-May-25**
**Charity no**
**1202642**|
|---|---|
|**Respective**|The trustees of the organisation are responsible for the preparation of|
|**responsibilities of**|accounts; they consider that an audit is not required for this year under|
|**trustees and**|section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an Independent|
|**examiner**|Examination is needed.|
||It is my responsibility to|
|| examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 2011 Act),|
|| follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the|
||Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act), and|
|| state whether particular matters have come to my attention.|
|**Basis of**|My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions|
|**independent**|given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review|
|**examiner’s**|of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the|
|**statement**|accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of|
||any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking|
||explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The|
||procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be|
||required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion|
||on the accounts.|
- **Independent** In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention: **examiner's** 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material **statement** respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that: proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 130 of the Act); and accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Signed: 24 March 2026 Name:** Mark Thompson MAAT **Address:** VODA Spirit of North Tyneside Wing 2nd Floor, Wallsend Customer First Centre 16 The Forum Wallsend NE28 8JR
## **Cullercoats Football Club**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
for the year ended 31 May 2025
|**Receipts**
Membership Fees
**2**
Sponsorship
Grants
Merchandise Sales
Canteen Sales
Donations
Fundraising
Fundays Income
Interest Received
Cashback Incentive
**Total Receipts**
**Payments**
Pitch Hire
Pitch Maintenance
Training & Match Kit
Football Equipment
FA and Tournament Fees
Match Officials
Merchandise Stock
Events & Trophies
Additional Coaching
Clubhouse Development
Pitch Development Work
Utilities & IT
Internet & Phone Services
Legal & Professional Fees
Accountancy Fees
Volunteer Training
Banking Fees
Site Maintenance
Canteen Stock
Insurance
Office Equipment
Advertising
Costs of Raising Funds
Travel
**Total Payments**
**Surplus / deficit for the year**
**Funds at 1 June 2024**
**Funds at 31 May 2025**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2024**
77120
77120
83849
9196
9196
13830
0
3410
3410
13650
1994
1994
3970
1605
1605
2167
1300
1300
1151
3330
3330
595
2394
2394
0
314
314
293
58
58
25|
|---|---|
||**97311**
**3410**
**100721**
**119530**|
||24653
24653
31437
5453
5453
18541
24564
24564
13635
3640
3640
9279
7912
7912
6868
3728
3728
4908
227
227
2789
3460
3460
2661
377
377
4205
4205
12196
3410
15606
2686
2686
2333
371
371
1807
1807
300
300
1805
1805
2190
1674
1674
1522
1616
1616
1397
906
906
914
725
725
892
1079
1079
647
50
50
147
570
570
126
0
90|
||**104004**
**3410**
**107414**
**100376**|
||-6693
0
-6693
19154
**64363**
**0**
**64363**
**45209**|
||**57670**
**0**
**57670**
**64363**|
## **Cullercoats Football Club Balance Sheet**
## **31-May-25**
|**Notes**
**2025**
**£**
**Current assets**
**Cash at Bank:**
Current Account
26,270
Current Account (Previous Account)
15
Paypal Account
4,281
Petty Cash
214
Development Account
23,707
**Debtors:**
Debtors
**4**
3,410
**Total Current Assets**
**57,897**
**Current Liabilities**
(227)
**Net Current Assets**
**57,670**
Net Assets at 31 May 2025
**57,670**
**Represented By**
Restricted Funds
0
Unresticted Funds
57,670
**57,670**|**2024**
**£**
37,169
3,654
133
23,407
**64,363**
0|
|---|---|
||**64,363**|
||**64,363**|
||0
64,363|
||**64,363**|
The financial statements were approved by the following members of the Management Committee:
Scott Mason Signed…………………………………. David Wynd Signed………………………………….
> Date 25/3/2026
## **Cullercoats Football Club**
## **Notes to the accounts, 2025**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
- **a** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) – Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006
Cullercoats Football Club meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).
- **b** Grants received are accounted for on a received basis and credited to income.
- **c** Voluntary income is received by way of donations and gifts and is included in full in the Receipts and Payments Account when received.
- **d** Freehold property is stated at value, depreciation only listed when applicable. Fixtures & Fittings are depreciated at 15% reducing balance.
## **2. Grants receivable**
The Football Foundation £3,410 (The grant was received after the financial year, but the work was done and paid for with 2024-25)
## **3. Trustees, staff and related party transactions**
The organisation does not directly employ any staff. No payments were made to trustees.
## **4. Debtors:**
The Football Foundation (Grant) £3,410