## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: 3rd June 2024 To: 31st December 2024**
**Charity name: Afan Spartans Amateur Boxing Club**
## **Charity registration number: 1208499**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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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 Neath Port**
**Talbot and the surrounding area by the**
**provision of facilities for amateur boxing.**|
|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|
**Training sessions have been held 4 times**
**per week with access provided to all on**
**payment of subscription. Boxing events**
**have been held in the local community**
**centre and competitions have been**
**entered from local shows to national**
**competitions. **|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All trustees have received guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission.**|
## **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|**We have had record numbers of members**
**this financial year. The ages of**
**participants have been across all bands**
**(mostly under 18s). There has been a safe**
**space created for all members with a**
**clear family feel.**
**The doors are open to anybody from the**
**area from any background.**
**The community shows are very much**
**local area centric but also include other**
**boxers and families from all over the**
**country. We also invite local small**
**businesses to provide refreshments so**
**that we can help other parts of the**
**community whenever possible.**|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We had a very good financial period**
**overall with the help from a Sports Wales**
**grant to enable a movement of premises**
**and facilitate the buying of all new**
**equipment and safety gear.**
**We started the period with a balance of**
**£6.161 with income of £14,434 and**
**outgoings of £15,819. Finishing the year**
**with a balance of £4776.**
**We received a grant of £9,280 from Sports**
**Wales.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We finished the year with reserves of**
**£4776. We hold these for any unforeseen**
**expenses. For example during our move**
**to a new premises we will be closed for a**
**number of months and will still have**
**some minimal overheads to cover during**
**this period. **|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**At the end of the financial period the**
**reserve was £4776. **|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**We have no concerns about the future of**
**the charity. We will be temporarily closed**
**whilst the new premises is being made**
**ready to occupy.**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**We have a constitution of a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation.**|
|
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|**The first trustees are in place for 4 years.**
**For replacements or additional trustees**
**then voting would take place at a meeting**
**following the rules set out for calling a**
**meeting.**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Afan Spartans Amateur Boxing Club.|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|
Registered charity number|1208499|
|Charity’s principal address|18-20 Station Road
First Floor
Port Talbot
SA13 1JB|
||||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|||||
|||1|_Ian Jenkins_|Chairman||
|||2|Sam Comer|Treasurer||
|||3|Neil Jenkins|||
|||4|Carrie Ann John|||
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Sam Comer
**Full name(s)** Samuel Charles Robert Comer
**Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 10th October 2025
## **Afan Spartans Financial Summary 2024**
||**Opening Balance**|**£6,161.12**||
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||Subscriptions|£2,284.10||
||Sponsorships|£800.00||
||Donations / Grants|£11,350.00||
||**Total Credit**|**£14,434.10**||
|||||
||Rent|£1,800.00||
||Utilities|£537.90||
||Vehicle Expenses|£463.51||
||Office Supplies|£757.05||
||Misc Expenses|£12,260.39||
||**Total Debit**|**£15,818.85**||
|||||
||**Closing Balance**|**£4,776.37**||
## **Afan Spartans Financial Summary June**
|**Opening Balance**|**£6,161.12**|||Sponsorship:|Tatami £100||Compare My Insurance £100|Compare My Insurance £100||
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||||||TeT £100||Mint Masala £50|||
|Subscriptions|£5.00||||Hi Speed Tyres £100||Sideline Spraying £100|||
|Sponsorships|£800.00||||Pugh's Roofing £50|||||
|Donations/Misc|£2,070.00||||M&A Roofing £100|||||
|**Total Credit**|**£2,875.00**||||Frames and Sculpts £100|||||
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|Rent|£300.00|||Donations/Misc:|Ticket Sales £2070|||||
|Utilities|£326.75|||||||||
|Vehicle Expenses|£94.32|||Vehicle:|Tax £28|Fuel £30||||
|Office Supplies|£37.73||||Insurance £36.32|||||
|Misc Expenses|£1,021.46|||||||||
|**Total Debit**|**£1,780.26**|||Office Exp:|Cash Tin & Petty Cash Slips £18.18||Printer Ink £19.55|||
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|**Closing Balance**|**£7,255.86**|||Utilities:|Water £57|||||
||||||Electricity £269.75|||||
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|||||Misc Exp:|Trophies £30|Doctor £175|Refs & Judges £150|Iceland Water £15||
||||||Frame for Vest £14|Ring Hire £380|DJ £80|||
||||||Judges Food £44.86|Venue £100|Tri Nations Exp £32.60|||
## **Afan Spartans Financial Summary July**
|**Opening Balance**|**£7,255.86**|||||||
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|Subscriptions|£418.00|||Subs:|Luke Jones £38|||
|Sponsorships|£0.00|||||||
|Donations|£0.00|||||||
|**Total Credit**|**£418.00**|||||||
|||||||||
|Rent|£300.00|||Utilities:|Water £57|||
|Utilities|£57.00|||||||
|Vehicle Expenses|£64.32|||||||
|Office Supplies|£12.65|||Vehicle:|Tax £28|||
|Misc Expenses|£10.60||||Insurance £36.32|||
|**Total Debit**|**£444.57**|||||||
|||||Misc Exp:|Margam Deer Hospitality £10.60|||
|**Closing Balance**|**£7,229.29**|||||||
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|||||Office Exp:|Morrison Toilet paper/bin bags £12.65|||
## **Afan Spartans Financial Summary Aug**
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|**Opening Balance**|**£7,229.29**||||||||
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|Subscriptions|£438.10||||||||
|Sponsorships|£0.00||||||||
|Donations|£0.00||||||||
|**Total Credit**|**£438.10**||||||||
||||||||||
|Rent|£300.00|||Utilities:|Water £57||Office:|Coffee £12|
|Utilities|£57.00||||||||
|Vehicle Expenses|£64.32||||||||
|Office Supplies|£12.00|||Vehicle:|Tax £28||||
|Misc Expenses|£221.00||||Insurance £36.32||||
|**Total Debit**|**£654.32**||||||||
|||||Misc Exp:|Affiliation £210||||
|**Closing Balance**|**£7,013.07**||||WABA Fees £11||||
## **Afan Spartans Financial Summary Sept**
|**Opening Balance**|**£7,013.07**||||||
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|Subscriptions|£303.50|||Subs:|Luke Jones £11||
|Sponsorships|£0.00||||Sheldon £28||
|Donations|£0.00||||||
|**Total Credit**|**£303.50**||||||
|||||Utilities:|Water £57||
|Rent|£300.00||||Electric £268.34||
|Utilities|£325.34||||||
|Vehicle Expenses|£64.32|||Vehicle:|Tax £28||
|Office Supplies|£40.34||||Insurance £36.32||
|Misc Expenses|£55.00||||||
|**Total Debit**|**£785.00**||||||
|||||Misc Exp:|WABA Fees £55||
|**Closing Balance**|**£6,531.57**||||||
|||||Office Supplies:|Water/Coffee £35.75||
||||||Coffee Cleaner £4.59||
## **Afan Spartans Financial Summary Oct**
|**Opening Balance**|**£6,531.57**||||||
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|Subscriptions|£648.00|||Subs:|Neve £28||
|Sponsorships|||||Riley £70||
|Donations|||||Mario £30||
|**Total Credit**|**£648.00**||||||
|||||Utilities:|Water £57||
|Rent|£300.00||||Water Rebate £345.19||
|Utilities|-£288.19||||||
|Vehicle Expenses|£64.32|||Vehicle:|Tax £28||
|Office Supplies|£26.75||||Insurance £36.32||
|Misc Expenses|£0.00||||||
|**Total Debit**|**£102.88**||||||
|||||Misc Exp:|WABA Courses £180||
|**Closing Balance**|**£7,076.69**||||WABA Refund -£180||
|||||Office Exp:|Printer Ink £23||
||||||Water £3.75||
## **Afan Spartans Financial Summary Nov**
|**Opening Balance**|**£7,076.69**||||||
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|Subscriptions|£471.50|||Subs:|Luke £3.50||
|Sponsorships|£0.00||||Neve £28||
|Donations/Grants|£0.00||||Subs £440||
|**Total Credit**|**£471.50**||||||
||||||||
|Rent|£300.00|||Utilities:|Water £30||
|Utilities|£30.00||||||
|Vehicle Expenses|£29.34|||Vehicle:|Tax £29.34||
|Office Supplies|£236.39||||||
|Misc Expenses|£1,654.41||||||
|**Total Debit**|**£2,250.14**|||Office Exp:|Water/Coffee £16||
||||||Ian Laptop £219||
|**Closing Balance**|**£5,298.05**||||Cleaning Supplies £1.39||
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|||||Misc Exp:|Boxing Ring Deposit £1654.41||
## **Afan Spartans Financial Summary Dec**
|**Opening Balance**|**£5,298.05**||||||||||||
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|Subscriptions|£0.00|||Grants:|Sports Wales £9280||||||||
|Sponsorships|£0.00||||||||||||
|Donations/Grants|£9,280.00||||||||||||
|**Total Credit**|**£9,280.00**||||||||||||
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|Rent|£0.00|||Utilities:|Water £30||||||||
|Utilities|£30.00||||||||||||
|Vehicle Expenses|£82.57||||||||||||
|Office Supplies|£391.19|||Vehicle Exp:|Tax £29.31||||||||
|Misc Expenses|£9,297.92||||Insurance £53.26||||||||
|**Total Debit**|**£9,801.68**||||||||||||
|||||Office Exp:|Amazon - Safe, LED's & CCTV Box £176.12|||Amazon - TV Bracket & CCTV Cameras £105.98|||B&M Paint £33||
|**Closing Balance**|**£4,776.37**||||Amazon - Frames £36.99|||Morrisons - Keey Cutting £35|||||
||||||||||||||
|||||Misc Exp:|Gifts £34||Electrician £200||Jigsaw Mats £1362||Carpenter £94||
||||||Geezers Boxing £2897.62||Window Decals £80||Morrisons - Rubble Bags £4.10||Builder & Supplies £350||
||||||Protec Balance £$140.30||Plasterer £40||Building Supplies £100||||