## **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 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALE5 YtyAhAFC CIO 121113(Kl Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the ￿ric￿l 0IAW2024 311)￿25 To Section A Receipts and payments Llnrestricted Restricle Endowment fur*ts L•¥¢yur ¥Jth•M•vMtE A1 Rèc Pknbutsh 120 GrArt8 28 12,181 T￿rnam•￿t 12,10 Sub to¢•l(Gross income for AR) A2 AM•tand In¥•Jtsnort HI••. ub totsl Total r•¢*pts 148A38 138.sm A3P TMM piichoj &A•tr 6.191 191 74 1$,101 9,211 Tourn*mth 2.071 iJJJo Tr•nm Sub total 1•7M77 111,110 A4 Asset and invoStm•nt ur¢hases.1g88 tablo rn•rt Sub total 2.979 IIS,049 Net ofr•c8lpts/(paym•nts) A6 Trnnsfers b8h¥e8n funds A6 C•8h funds last yèar ond Cash funds #ws y•ar wjd 37,58 37.682 21. 121.394 158.980 121,398 CCXXRlac¢ountsissi 20241 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period UNestr6ct•J Restricted Endowmgnt fvnds funds lund5 ID n••r•rt£ B1 Cash lunds 110AO0 Totsl ¢ash lunds 110000 ErMlOW￿ fund• fvnds b) nMr••t£ 77• D¢talls ¢O•tlqplkn￿> Cuvr•Jrtv4￿•{Qp1IxW Detai18 ¢••iioplbJMD C￿￿•￿¥￿1￿ lopknil 84 AM•ts rnt•ln•d lor th• ch•rlty'• ¢)wn 100 PA 170 IoFthn•l DÈtaiSs 85 Ll•blllti 10fft) 111 2021 naiur• Date of approval 12-F*2e LAUren￿ Bwgh 12.Fe CCXXR2accounts l&Sl ## **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 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER** ## **Certificate Of Completion** Envelope Id: 4B324A4B-98E8-4024-BCBF-7BBC2C6B8306 Status: Completed Subject: Here is your signed document: Independent examiners report for financial year ending 31-5-25.docx Source Envelope: Document Pages: 2 Signatures: 1 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 1 Initials: 0 Angeli Desai AutoNav: Disabled angeli.desai@titanwh.com EnvelopeId Stamping: Disabled IP Address: 46.31.240.168 Time Zone: (UTC) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London ## **Record Tracking** Status: Original Holder: Angeli Desai Location: DocuSign 16-Feb-2026 | 11:55 angeli.desai@titanwh.com **Signer Events Signature Timestamp** Angeli Desai Sent: 16-Feb-2026 | 11:56 angeli.desai@titanwh.com Viewed: 16-Feb-2026 | 11:56 Titan Signed: 16-Feb-2026 | 11:57 Security Level: Email, Account Authentication Freeform Signing (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 46.31.240.168 **Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure:** Not Offered via Docusign |**In Person Signer Events**|**Signature**|**Timestamp**| |---|---|---| |**Editor Delivery Events**|**Status**|**Timestamp**| |**Agent Delivery Events**|**Status**|**Timestamp**| |**Intermediary Delivery Events**|**Status**|**Timestamp**| |**Certified Delivery Events**|**Status**|**Timestamp**| |**Carbon Copy Events**|**Status**|**Timestamp**| |||Sent: 16-Feb-2026 | 11:57| |Grittipearse@aol.com||Viewed: 16-Feb-2026 | 12:14| |Security Level: Email, Account Authentication||| |(None)||| |**Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure:**||| |Not Offered via Docusign||| |**Witness Events**|**Signature**|**Timestamp**| |---|---|---| |**Notary Events**|**Signature**|**Timestamp**| |**Envelope Summary Events**|**Status**|**Timestamps**| |Envelope Sent|Hashed/Encrypted|16-Feb-2026 | 11:56| |Certified Delivered|Security Checked|16-Feb-2026 | 11:56| |Signing Complete|Security Checked|16-Feb-2026 | 11:57| |Completed|Security Checked|16-Feb-2026 | 11:57| |**Payment Events**|**Status**|**Timestamps**|