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2024-08-31-accounts

Supernova Cheer Programme (Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO))

Trustees Report and Financial Statements

Covering Financial period: 26[th] June 2023 – 31[st] August 2024

Charity number: 1203731

Our purposes and activities

The purpose of this charity is for:

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation in particular by the provision of facilities for participation in cheerleading, dance and tumbling

Reference and administrative details:

Charity number: 1203731 Address: Supernova Cheer Programme 49 Station Road POLEGATE East Sussex BN26 6EA

Directors and trustees

The trustees and coaches servicing during the time period were as follows:

Nominated chair: Jessica Henry Elected trustees: Sian Scott Lourdes Bignell Rebecca Kinsella Joshua Creber Matthew Bagley Gemma Finch Shona Wright Jason Henry – resigned 5[th] August 2024

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Structure, Governance and Management

Type of Governing Document: How Charity is constituted: Trustee selection method: Additional governance:

Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

Trustees are voted in at any given Trustee meeting

The charity holds the following policies:

As well as Codes of Conduct for: Athletes, Coaches and Parents.

Enhanced DBS checks are carried out on all coaches and trustees. All of which give their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or other benefits.

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Chair’s Report

26[th] June 2023. We decided to take this step coming from a voluntary organisation in order to enable us to apply for grants more readily, to improve our available equipment and facilities.

from having a “committee” to “trustees”.

In Q2 of 2023, the company we hired a training space from, Wycombe Gymnastics Academy, unfortunately had to vacate their premises. We had to find a place to train temporarily very quickly to finish the year and then source a more permanent location. We initially hired from the local university: Bucks New University but then found a space at Millbrook school in High Wycombe.

8[th] July 2023 – we had our usual end of year awards with most in attendance. This is an annual event for us, handing out medals, awards and recognising everyone’s hard work and achievements for the season. As usual, parents of athletes were also invited.

After this time unfortunately, going into the next season, we saw a severe drop in our numbers, from over 40 to around 10, not including coaches. Our numbers dropped due to several reasons:

In order to try and counter this, we successfully applied for an won a grant with Heart of Bucks - the amount awarded was £5237 and with this, we purchased mats and a tumble track. Unfortunately, however, our numbers did not increase for all our efforts.

26[th] May 2024 we attended our first dance competition, taking on group of four and one soloist as this was all we had that were competition ready. The group was a new category for us, and the dancers were awarded 4[th] and 1[st] place respectively.

Towards the end of this time period, a few of our trustees and coaches also had immense life changes: including ongoing health issues, family changes and employment changes. Jason Henry had decided to resign.

Since losing our space at Wycombe Gymnastics Academy, our little family had not felt the same. We have not run a session since July 2024 and the official decision to close the charity was made January 2025 with all the trustees in complete agreement.

We have always been a very simple organisation, so accounts are very straight forward. As we have not been running since July 2024, there is very little in terms of accounts to review. We had a small turnover into the next financial year and plan to use this to pay for any leftover invoices due.

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student union at Bucks New University for their cheerleading squad, as they are also a registered charity. We did not use the entirety of the allocated funds from the grant from Heart of Bucks, and so we will use the funds from selling the mats to offset this, leaving us debt free and in a financial position to close.

I want to take the opportunity to thank each and every athlete that has been through our doors since 2012. This was a particular dream that I was incredibly passionate about, and I am sure we all will look back with fond memories.

Jess Henry Chair of Trustees Founder of Supernova Cheer Programme

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Summary of Accounts

Brief overview: This covers the requested time period: 26[th] June 2023 – 31[st] August 2024. The charity has not been physically running any activities since July 2024 and we have therefore had no income – see Chair’s report above. This statement starts midway during a season / financial year, hence the prior balance.

Unrestricted funds Restricted funds
(to the nearest £) (to the nearest £) Total
Incoming resources
Balance of accounts prior 1026 - 1026
Membership subscriptons 8748 - 8748
Awarded grants - 5237 5237
Total of incoming resources 9774 5237 15011
Resources expended
Insurance to cover actvites
including public liability		 878 - 878
Venue hire 3658 - 3658
Administraton 1354 - 1354
Competton costs 2957 - 2957
Event: awards night 418 - 418
Purchasing of new equipment - 4643 4376
Total of resources expended 9265 4643 13641
Summary
Total incoming 9774 5237 15011
Total expenditure 9265 4643 13641
Total funds carried forward 509 594 1103

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Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:

Signature: Name: Jessica Henry Chair of Trustees Position: Date: 07 July 2025

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