## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: 1[st] June 2024 To: 31[st] May 2025**
## **Charity name: Plymouth & District Basketball Association**
## **Charity registration number: 1209885**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the CIO is the advancement of
the amateur sport of
basketball in Plymouth and the surrounding
district in Devon and Cornwall
for the public benefit by the provision of
facilities for participation in the
sport of basketball.|
|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|The main activities of the charity are fund
raising and the provision of volunteers to run
local and regional basketball programmes,
through competition and development of
officials. The programmes are open to all
regardless of age, ability, gender or race.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In planning our activities for the season we
kept in mind the Charity Commission’s
guidance on public benefit at our trustee
meetings. This was discussed at our AGM.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38||
|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|This year the Association continued to run
junior regional competitions for boys and
girls via central venue tournaments and
home/away fixtures for older age groups.
Unfortunately, falling participation in the
women’s league meant the competition
was no longer viable.
Courses have been run successfully with
Basketball England to develop new officials
to address reduced numbers from recent
years.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity posted a deficit for the season,
due to set up costs for the website and
administration that will enable the charity to
function effectively across several years
before being incurred again.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|A reserve is maintained throughout the
charity’s
financial
year
to
meet
the
contractual notice period of any hire period.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£1,000|
|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|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Principal source of fundraising is by way of
donations. Sponsorship and donations are
also sought for training, events, kit and
equipment.|
|---|---|---|
|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:|||
|---|---|---|
|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|
|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|Appointed annually in line with CIO
constitution|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|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|Plymouth & District Basketball Association|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1209885|
|Charity’s principal address|6 Standarhay Close
Plymouth
PL9 8PL|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Joe Bentley|Trustee|||
||Daniel Stevens|Trustee|||
||LindsayChapman|Trustee|||
## – 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 N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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)** Joseph Bentley **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Trustee ] **Date** 26/03/2026
|**Income and Expenditure Account**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Financial Year to 31 May 2025**||**2025**||**2024**|
|**League Income**|||||
|Monthly League Fees|15,230||21,117||
|CVL Fees|2,800||-||
|League Entry Fees|300||1,300||
|||18,330||22,417|
|**League Expenses**|||||
|Basketball England|-||(60)||
|Table|(2,879)||(3,074)||
|Referee|(7,207)||(8,459)||
|Court Hire|(14,220)||(11,920)||
|Gifts, Trophies and Presentations|(428)||(519)||
|||(24,734)||(24,032)|
|**League Surplus/(Deficit)**||(6,403)||(1,615)|
|**Other Income**|||||
|Summer League|1,641||6,099||
|Sponsorship|-||300||
|Fines|80||300||
|Donation|-||-||
|Raffle|-||114||
|||1,721||6,513|
|**Other Expenses**|||||
|Equipment|(1,650)||(1,006)||
|Bank Charges|(73)||-||
|Raffle|-||(243)||
|IT|(1,498)||(59)||
|Training & Development|(277)||(130)||
|||(3,499)||(1,438)|
|**Other Activities Surplus/(Deficit)**||(1,778)||5,075|
|**Net Surplus/(Deficit)**||(8,182)||3,460|