2025-05-31-accounts

BRENTWOOD YOUTH AFC CIO- Charity number: 1210300

TRUSTEES REPORTFinancial year ending 31[st] May 2025

Brentwood Youth AFC CIO is a registered charity, the financial year ending 31[st] May 2025 being the first-year trading as a CIO.

The Club is a 2-star England Accredited Youth Football Club affiliated to the Essex FA under refs 74487 & 74488.

Trustees

Martin Pearse (Chairman)

Laurence Bough

Micheal Nicoll (Secretary)

Objectives

• I. The object of the Club is to provide facilities for its members to play and enjoy football.

• II. The Club shall be governed and abide by the rules and regulations of the Football Association and the Essex County Football Association.

• III. To ensure child protection procedures and practices follow guidelines set out in the Football Association Club Child Protection Policy document under the name of Brentwood Youth AFC.

• IV. Participation shall be open to all members irrespective of sex, religion, political belief, nationality, sexual orientation, race, colour or disability.

Achievements and activities for year ending 31/5/25

The 2024/25 season was a very successful one for the Club on and off the pitch with the following highlights

• Total numbers of Boys and Girls playing for the Club was a record at 642 made up of 556 under 16 and 86 over 16, the Club especially seeing a significant increase in the number of girls registered.

• The Club also had 92 volunteers including coaches, team assistants and admin as well as committee members

• The Essex FA Social Value Report for the season 24/25 suggests that the Club Social Value was £2.2 million.

• A number of our teams had successful seasons on the pitch with a highlight being our Brentwood Girls AFC U15s winning the Essex Girls League and Cup double.

• Surplus from the 2024-25 season, driven by a number of one-off cost factors has put the club in an extremely strong position to meet the dual objectives of investing in the clubhouse project while retaining it’s financial resilience

• Turnover for the Financial period ending 31/5/25 was up from previous year at £148,438 of which the vast majority is from player registrations (£120,406). This reflected the increase in the numbers of players registered to the Club.

• Planning permission was submitted to Brentwood Borough Council for the Larkins Pavilion Project which will provide toilets, changing rooms and a hall to support our boys and girls who currently play on pitches with no facilities on site. It will also help create a new hub for the local community.

• The Pavilion (Clubhouse) reserve fund now stands at £100,000 plus additional Foundation Members fundraising of £10,400.

• Brentwood Youth AFC CIO also received funding from the Football Foundation for both improvement of the quality of the football pitches and purchase of a new set of goals due to expansion of the number of teams at 11 a side.

• The Club continues to run a Wildcats Centre with the support of the Essex FA as a route into football for girls aged 5-11.

• The Club carried forward a reserve fund of £40k of working capital for day-to-day football operations. This sits within the target range of £25k-£50k, reflecting 3-6 months of outgoings, ensuring the financial resilience of the club.

• Our player subscription costs are amongst the lowest in the local area with the Club supporting free places for families experiencing financial hardship.

• The budget for the 2025-26 season broadly breaks even, reflecting the absence of the one-off factors enjoyed last season. The current forecast is consistent with this position.

This report was prepared by and approved by the Trustees on 12[th] Feb 2026 and signed on their behalf by

Martin Pearse

Chairman

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name BRENTWOOD YOUTH AFC CIO members of On accounts for the year 31/5/2025 Charity no 1210300 ended (if any) Set out on pages (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/05/2025.

• Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come 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 not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or

• the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns 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 if they do not apply.

Signed: Date: 16-Feb-2026 | 11:57 GMT Name: ANGELI DESAI Relevant professional ICAEW ACA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 2 Northwood Road London N6 5TN

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