
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  05/10/23 To 31/05/2024** 

## **Charity name: Herne Bay Harriers FC** 

## **Charity registration number: 1205071** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Herne Bay Harriers FC became a registered<br>charity (CIO) on 5th October 2023. The<br>aims of the charity are:<br>1. THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY<br>PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN<br>HERNE BAY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA<br>BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES<br>FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION<br>FOOTBALL FOR ALL AGE GROUPS, AND<br>WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON YOUNG<br>PEOPLE. (FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS<br>CLAUSE "FACILITIES" MEANS LAND,<br>BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, ACCESS TO<br>COACHING AND ORGANISING SPORTING<br>ACTIVITIES).<br>2. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP AND<br>EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE<br>OF 18 LIVING IN HERNE BAY AND THE<br>SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE<br>PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE<br>TIME ACTIVITIES, PROVIDED IN THE<br>INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND<br>DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR<br>CONDITIONS OF LIFE, FOCUSED ON<br>ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL WHICH DEVELOP<br>THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND<br>CAPABILITIES, HELPING THEM TO MATURE<br>AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS IN SOCIETY<br>ABLE TO INTERACT WITH ADULTS,<br>THEIR PEER GROUP AND THE WIDER<br>COMMUNITY|





|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The club have continued to grow teams<br>offering increasing opportunities for children<br>to play organised football matches. With 18<br>teams playing into 2 local leagues, we offer<br>football weekly to circa 260 children.<br>We operate teams at every age group from<br>ages 7-15, and our community drop in<br>sessions for ages 3-8 continues to be a<br>great provision.and welcomes children<br>regardless of gender, race, ability or health<br>condition.<br>Well have supported 4 young people with<br>undertaking a referring course, giving them<br>transferable skills to take outside of football.<br>We are working with a local housing<br>developer to secure future pitches to<br>enhance our provision to participants and<br>the wider community.|
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|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have understood the guidance<br>on public benefit and this is considered in all<br>actions the trustees undertake.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|There have been no grants issues by the<br>charity.<br>Any future grants would be considered by<br>the trustees where they further the<br>objectives of the charity.|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|We are actively seeking involvement in<br>projects or grants with sporting bodies, the<br>local authority and local developments, that<br>would further the aims of the charity and<br>increase the offering we can provide to the<br>community|





|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|We continue to operate with the grateful<br>help of our volunteers. Ending the<br>footballing season with 18 teams, we had<br>45 registered volunteers, 40 of those are<br>activity involved in a coaching role<br>Our coaches have, as per our club policy, all<br>undertaken training in first aid, child<br>safeguarding and have completed a DBS<br>check. Many coaches have completed<br>formal football coaching qualifications<br>during the year.<br>We have given opportunities to 3 young<br>people undertaking their Duke of Edinburgh<br>by allowing them to volunteer alongside our<br>qualified coaches.<br>Coaches run 2 sessions per week (match/<br>training), typically a minimum 40 weeks. A<br>dedicated team of volunteers undertake<br>administrative and support roles. It’s<br>estimated volunteers provided 3,600 hours<br>of time during the year.|
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## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Participation in sport and regular exercise<br>contributes to the health and wellbeing of<br>all our members and the wider community,<br>both physically and mentally.<br>With so many children enjoying organised<br>activities twice a week, and a clear code of<br>conduct for children, their parents and our<br>volunteers we belive we have contributed<br>to the betterment of all involved with the<br>club.<br>We have 4 former players who now, as<br>adults, continue to be involved as<br>volunteers coaching the next generation of<br>young people.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|There were no objectives set this year,|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|There were no fundraising objectives set<br>this year.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|There were no investment activities|
|Other|||



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity is in a stable financial position,<br>with sufficient funds to continue operations<br>into next year.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity do not currently hold reserves<br>outside of current cash funds.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£0|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|We have no liabilities outside of monthly<br>expenses (principally pitch bookings). We<br>are not currently in any contracts which<br>would require long term financial<br>commitments.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Our principle income is from regular<br>donations from our members.<br>There was no income from grants this year,|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|The charity did not make any investments|





|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principle risk of the charity is lack of<br>access to all weather pitches, especially in<br>the winter for training sessions mid week.<br>We continue to seek engagement in local<br>projects and facilities to increase our access<br>to such facilities.|
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|Other|||



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||Not applicable|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed (Foundation Model Constitution)|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Herne Bay Harriers FC are Charitable<br>Incorporated Organisation (CIO)|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|The 3 first trustees were appointed for a<br>period of 6/5/4 years respectively. Further<br>trustees will be appointed for a period of 3<br>years. On expiration of their terms, trustees<br>may beng a further term if agreed by the<br>other trustees. Further trustees will be<br>appointed if they can provide skills and<br>benefit the objectives of the charity.|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You maychoose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|New trustees will be expected to familiarise<br>themselves with the roles and<br>responsibilities of a trustee via the Charity<br>Commission Website and other resources.<br>Trustees would be invited to attend a<br>footballing committee meeting to better<br>understand the operations of the football<br>club.|





|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The members of the CIO shall be its charity<br>trustees. The only persons eligible to be<br>members of the CIO are its charity trustees.<br>Membership of the CIO cannot be<br>transferred to anyone else. Any member<br>and charity trustee who ceases to be a<br>charity trustee automatically ceases to be a<br>member of the CIO.<br>The trustees discharge daily operations of<br>the running of the football club to a senior<br>committee, voted at a meeting by a<br>committee made of coaches and<br>volunteers. The chairman of the senior<br>committee will be invited to regularly meet<br>the trustees to provide an update on<br>activities.|
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|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|None|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Herne Bay Harriers FC|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charity number|1205071|
|Charity’s principal address|8 Reynolds Close,<br>Herne Bay,<br>Kent,<br>CT6 6DS|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee (if**<br>**any)**|
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|1 <br>2 <br>3 <br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12|Paul Ireton|Chair|05/10/23|CIO Trustees|
||Daniel Surbey||05/10/23|CIO Trustees|
||Jon McKinlay||05/10/23|CIO Trustees|
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

## **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|Not applicable|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|Not applicable|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|Not applicable|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional** ~~**information)**~~ 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

Not applicable 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**|||||||
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|**Full name(s)**||Paul Eric Ireton||Jonathan Stephen McKinlay|||
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|**Position (eg**<br>**Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**|Chairman||Trustee||||
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|**Date**|31/03/2025||||||






|**Herne**|**Bay Harriers**|**FC**||**1205071**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For**|**the period**<br>**from**|05/10/2023|**To**|31/05/2024||



|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**475**<br>**26,956**<br>**1,890**<br>**14,510**<br>**1,174**<br>**13**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**45,018**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**45,018**<br>**4,163**<br>**16,982**<br>**-**<br>**157**<br>**8,060**<br>**4,616**<br>**175**<br>**32**<br>**62**<br>**1,042**<br> **35,289**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**35,289**<br>**9,729**<br>**-**<br>**7,290**<br>**17,019**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**475**<br>**26,956**<br>**1,890**<br>**14,510**<br>**1,174**<br>**13**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**45,018**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**45,018**<br>**4,163**<br>**16,982**<br>**-**<br>**157**<br>**8,060**<br>**4,616**<br>**175**<br>**32**<br>**62**<br>**1,042**<br>**-**<br>**35,289**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**35,289**<br> <br>**9,729**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Membershipfees|**475**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**475**||**-**|
|Donations|**26,956**|||**26,956**||**-**|
|Sponsorship|**1,890**|||**1,890**||**-**|
|Herne income- donations & refreshments|**14,510**|||**14,510**||**-**|
|Tournament income|**1,174**|||**1,174**||**-**|
|Interest|**13**|||**13**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**45,018**|||**45,018**||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**45,018**||**-**|
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|Kit & equipment|**4,163**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**4,163**||**-**|
|Pitch hire|**16,982**|||**16,982**||**-**|
|League registration fees|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|Team fines|**157**|||**157**||**-**|
|Herne expenses- upkeep & refreshments|**8,060**|||**8,060**||**-**|
|Referees|**4,616**|||**4,616**||**-**|
|Coach development|**175**|||**175**||**-**|
|Insurance|**32**|||**32**||**-**|
|Fundraising|**62**|||**62**||**-**|
|Administration & miscellaneous|**1,042**|||**1,042**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**35,289**|||**35,289**||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||||**-**|**35,289**||**-**|
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||**9,729**|**-**|**-**|<br>**9,729**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**7,290**|**-**||**7,290**||**-**|
||**17,019**|**-**|**-**|**17,019**||**-**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

31/03/2025 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>Metro Bank- Current account<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**17,019**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**17,019**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Jon McKinlay<br>Paul Ireton|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||Jon McKinlay||
|||Paul Ireton||



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

31/03/2025 

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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Chaniy Name
14CQNJc 6A
On accounts for the year
ended
3I-OJ-1014-
Charity no
(if any)
1105071
Set out on pages
Iremembei 10 indLK1e Ihe pa9e nwbers of additional shee15
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ('the Trust'} for the year ended DD I MM I YYYY.
Responsibilities and As the charity Irustees of Ihe Trust. you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ￿he Acr).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 14515)Ib) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
corne to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
accounting records were nol kept in accordance with seclion 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
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Name:
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qualificationlsl or body
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IER
October 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only Gomplele if the examiner needs to highlight matters of Concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for
examiners).
Give here brief detsils of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018