## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Period start date To 5/12/23 Period end date 5/4/25**
## **Charity name: Leicester Community Sports Trust**
## **Charity registration number: 1206058**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|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 Leicester and the
surrounding area, in particular but not
exclusively young people by providing
grants and opportunities for individuals to
participate in multi sports and physical
activities including but not limited to
hockey.|
|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|During this early start-up period of our CIO,
Trustees have focused on establishing the
foundations required to deliver our
charitable objective of promoting
community participation in healthy
recreation.
Our main charitable activities have been to
prepare us for future delivery, and includes:
- Recruiting two additional Trustees to
ensure we have a board of at least five, as
per the good practice stated in the Charity
Governance Code.
- Continued to strengthen the charity’s
governance arrangements, by reviewing
our meeting structure, governance policies,
induction of new trustees, and clarifying
roles and responsibilities.
- Developed a reserves policy.
- Explored new relationships within local
networks, funders and with stakeholders to
raise awareness of the charity in the area
we serve.
- Applied for our first grants for the CIO and
are awaiting the outcomes in March 2026.
-Recruited volunteers to have a workforce|
|||ready to offer capacity to future delivery.
- Continued to monitor community need
within the general public, to inform our
planning of future activities.
- Held Trustee planning days to co-design
future programmes, that also included
developing transparent criteria for our
future ‘Enabling Fund’ as part of our
charitable activities and purpose.|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm they have complied
with the duty to consider the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **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|- Recruiting additional Trustees that will
add value to the range of experience and
skills of the Board.
- Preparatory work continued on the
development of our ‘Enabling Fund’ to
ensure that its launch is supported by
transparent, fair and robust criteria for
awarding grants and opportunities that
enable individuals to participate in
multi-sports and physical activities,
including but not limited to hockey.
- Planning commenced for organising a
public launch of the CIO and our activities
in Spring/summer 2026.
- Website development work is underway.||
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity has had little expenditure
during the reporting period. We await news
of potential grant income which will be new
restricted funds during our next period for
specified future charitable activities.
Trustees have not received any
remuneration and there have been little
costs incurred as Trustees have worked
hard to secure in-kind contributions to help
get the CIO established.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Trustees have and will continue to monitor
our financial reserves. The purpose of
holding reserves is to ensure that the Trust
can continue to advance its charitable
objectives, particularly the promotion of
community participation in healthy
recreation, to be able to plan for level of
financial uncertainty if this arises or modest
unexpected costs.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|The funds currently in our charity account
are our reserves, as these funds are
unrestricted. As of 5/4/2025 we have
£2,782.51 reserves.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|There are no material uncertainties about
the charity’s ability to continue as a going
concern. The trustees expect activities to
be delivered within anticipated income from
grants, donations, and differentiated
session fees.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO – Foundation model with small
membership|
|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|Trustees are appointed by the existing
trustee board in accordance with the CIO’s
constitution. Appointments are made based
on the skills and experience needed to
support the charity’s governance. Trustees
serve for the term defined in the
constitution and may be reappointed. No
external body has the right to appoint
trustees.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Leicester Community Sports Trust|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charitynumber|1206058|
|Charity’s principal address|ST. MARGARETS SPORTS CENTRE
ST. MARGARETS WAY
LEICESTER
LE1 3EA|
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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 held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **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
## **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) Full name(s)** Sarah Treanor
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
4/2/2026
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Leicester Community Sports Trust 1206058
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 05/12/2023 05/04/2025
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Transfer of unrestricted funds from
predecessor Charitable Trust (as part of 2,838 - - 2,838 -
CIO conversion)
Receipt from trustee to enable payment of
fine later cancelled (issued In error to 101 - - 101 -
predecessor Trust)
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Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 2,939 ] - - 2,939 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 2,939 - - 2,939 -
A3 Payments
Web hosting 56 - - 56 -
Reimbursement of refundable fine
personally paid by trustee (fine issued in
error to predecessor Trust) 100 - - 100 -
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Sub total [ 156 ] - - 156 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 156 - - 156 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 2,783 - - 2,783 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 2,783 - - 2,783 -
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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Agreement Error
OK
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**asset belongs**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**liability relates**
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Print Name
Sarah Treanor|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
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Date of
approval
04/02/2026|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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