**To**
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 03 12 2024 30 09 2025
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** INKBERROW BOWLS CLUB **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1211233 **Charity's principal address** The Pavilion Sands Road Inkberrow Worcs WR7 4JH
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Alan Slater|President|||
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||Stephen Yeates|Secretary|||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
|**Bankers**|Co-operative Bank|Po Box 250, Skelmersdale, WN8 6WT|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
CIO How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Proposed and seconded by membership on an annual basis. If more than Trustee selection methods one member proposed, a vote of the members is undertaken. (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**The object of the CIO is the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of Inkberrow and Summary of the objects of the surrounding areas by the provision of facilities for playing bowls. charity set out in its governing document**
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The club has strived to raise the public profile of Inkberrow Bowls Club in the Worcestershire area. This has been achieved by increasing membership, encouraging new members to participate in both friendly and competitive bowls, continued investment in the facilities, well attended Open Day and followed up by a Community Day in September. New members are warmly welcomed and will have had several chances to participate in the sport before deciding if they wish to join the club or otherwise.
Our playing performance has been mixed in both friendly and league **Summary of the main** matches but more importantly, members have enjoyed both the physical **activities undertaken for the** and social elements the game affords. **public benefit in relation to these objects (include within** Members are encouraged to take part in all areas of the club from **this section the statutory** cleaning the pavilion, helping with the green preparations, running the **declaration that trustees have** indoor short mat as well as preparing and undertaking fund raising **had regard to the guidance** events. These social interactions make all members feel part of the **issued by the Charity** friendly, all welcome vibe of the club. **Commission on public benefit)** Membership and playing fees have remained competitive and accessible for all.
The club has hosted two county events this year, again raising the awareness of the sport in the local area and the facilities Inkberrow has to offer for players or those considering playing. Members have also represented the club at County tournaments.
This year we were fortunate to secure a grant toward improved equipment to enable the club to better maintain the bowling green. The trustees have had due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Summary of main achievements during the year: Increase in membership Continual support of the membership in maintaining the facilities, organising fixtures and events. New members feeling comfortable to represent the club at both friendly and league levels. Successful application of a grant for an eco efficient mower to reduce reliance on external sub-contractors for green keeping. Continued investment in the green has yielded more playing opportunities Increased sponsorship and fundraising events Reduction in banking costs by changing to Co-operative Bank
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
It is the charities intention that reserves are retained to be a minimum of six months running costs. The level of reserves held at the 30 September meets this level.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
N/a
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
The charity’s principal source of funds is income from members playing bowls. This includes friendly matches, league competitions and membership fees. This has been supplemented by a variety of fundraising events held throughout the year.
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- Expenditure of £5.1k has been incurred on ensuring the playing surface
- any fundraising); of the green is suitable for all standards of matches and included the
- • how expenditure has purchase of an eco friendly mower at a cost of £5.0k for which a 70% grant has been secured to be paid to the club in February 2026.
- supported the key objectives Furthermore, an investment has been made in replacing the outdated
- of the charity; sprinkler system at a cost of £3.0k. All these expenditures will enable
- • investment policy and members to continue to play at their chosen level within the club. objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|
Alan Slater|Kay Merrick|
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Alan Brian Slater|Kay Merrick|
||President|Treasurer|
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||**INKBERROW BOWLS CLUB**|**INKBERROW BOWLS CLUB**|**INKBERROW BOWLS CLUB**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|**03-Dec-24**|**To**|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**14,392**
**6,996**
**1,043**
**311**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,742**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,742**
**14,323**
**1,534**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,857**
**3,000**
**5,049**
**8,049**
**23,906**
**- 1,164**
**-**
**30,726**
**29,562**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**14,392**
**6,996**
**1,043**
**311**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,742**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,742**
**14,323**
**1,534**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,857**
**3,000**
**5,049**
**8,049**
**23,906**
**- 1,164**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Charitable activities|**14,392**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**|
|Fundraising|**6,996**||||**-**|
|Hire of Pavilion|**1,043**||||**-**|
|Investment income(bank interest)|**311**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**22,742**||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||
||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|||
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||
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Charitable Activities|**14,323**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**|
|Fundraising|**1,534**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**15,857**||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||
|**,**
Sprinkler|**3,000**||**-**
**-**
**-**|||
|Mower|**5,049**|||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**8,049**||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
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||**- 1,164**||
**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**
**-**|**-**
**30,726**|**-**|
||**30,726**||||**-**|
||**29,562**||
**-**|**29,562**|**-**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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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**|Kay Merrick
Signature
Alan Slater
Interberga Prize
**Details**
**Details**
Sprinkler
Mower
Current Account
Savings Account
Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,539**
**-**
**25,000**
**-**
**23**
**-**
**29,562**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**3,000**
Unrestricted
**5,039**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Alan Slater (President)
KayMerrick(Treasurer)|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**3,000**|
||||**5,039**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
||Alan Slater|Alan Slater (President)|14.10.25|
||Kay Merrick|KayMerrick(Treasurer)|14.10.25|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
15/10/2025
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