Annual Report to Hingham Town Council 9[th] April 2022 The chairperson and committee of Hingham Playing Fields Association are delighted to present this annual report for Hingham town Council and the residents of Hingham. In January 2021 the Covid-19 pandemic was still very challenging. We were still wearing masks, not meeting our family or friends on a regular basis, not able to worship in person and most people were working from home if they could. The HPFA was grateful to receive government grants from South Norfolk Council to enable the sports hall and facilities to continue operating, even though we were not able to open for a considerable amount of time last year. Once we were able to open the facilities again, we introduced strict hygiene & safety guidance and set about slowly reintroducing sporting and social activities . The committee returned to in-person meetings in the summer of 2021 with ambitious plans to generate more opportunities for activities and events, to support the health and well-being of our local residents and communities. Some of our more senior residents told us how socially isolated and lonely they had felt during the pandemic, and as a group we wanted to address this. Our cricket and football clubs both did exceptionally well last season and are both expanding the number of teams that they are running. Hingham cricket club first team have been promoted to the premium cricket league- the Norfolk cricket alliance, with the seconds/development team still in the Norfolk cricket league. There is the reintroduction of the Hingham pirates Sunday cricket team into the Norfolk Sunday cricket league. They now have two qualified level 2 coaches. Youth All Star cricket has good numbers for this year booked on already .There has been investment in greener, more fuel efficient machinery. They have entered more midweek competitions to give more people a chance, to get involved with the club and play the game ## **Expansion:** They are working on developing women’s cricket, expanding children’s cricket through the All Star program and they are promoting via the school network and looking at ways to become a greener club, they are exploring possibilities for a water bore hole. ## **Tennis** - Junior players continue to perform well in competition locally and further afield with players getting invited to county training and to represent Norfolk in regional and national events. - They held their first Tennis holiday camps post COVID, these were very well supported and were fully booked on both days, they were very fortunate with the weather and all the children behaved and played brilliantly and were a pleasure to have on court! - They continue to have good participation in the adult coaching programme, but are always looking for more players, so if there are any new classes or sessions people would like them to run, then do get in touch. Future Plans are very much geared towards continuing offering the current programme, but to also have more holiday sessions for juniors in the summer holidays, to run an adult tennis clinic over consecutive days, LTA Youth Start courses and to re-establish the club school/ links. A new website was created **, hinghamsportscentre.co.uk,** and slowly we filled the hall with regular fun activities for all the family such as badminton, Judo, parents and toddler group, Friday social coffee mornings, yoga and line dancing, to name but a few. The hall was repainted, and new doors and windows are imminently going to be fitted. Further work planned includes essential maintenance to the roof. At Christmas a wonderful free afternoon tea party was held for local senior residents. Local businesses kindly donated food and drinks. We had live music and a prize raffle which raised **£120** for the GP Surgery in Hingham. We have started to hold regular and popular quiz nights and prize bingo. We have live music and visiting gourmet food outlets on weekends and are hosting a tribute Take That this summer. Our hall now regularly hosts events such as indoor sales, birthday parties and craft fairs and we can accommodate many requests such as use of the bar and refurbished kitchen. We recently supported humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. We were a drop off point for local donations which we then forwarded on to depots for further distribution. We took a couple of vanloads and about 10 car loads of warm winter clothing, toiletries, baby food and essential medicine supplied by our wonderful community was provided this way. We are hosting the Easter Egg trail and so far 447 tickets have been sold and £786 raised so far. There is entertainment, a bouncy castle, a petting corner, games and craft activities planned, as well as displaying all the craft eggs from the Primary School and an Easter Bunny. The money will be divided between the school and the playgroup. The HPFA is not charging for the use of the venue for the whole of the Saturday and is donating all the money raised. We are now busy planning 2 days of family fun activities this summer to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee. The chair and committee would like to thank everyone who supports and helps with the running of the HPFA in providing these fantastic and popular facilities for our local residents and community. 10/02/2022 ## **Hingham Playing Field Association** Registered charity 286060 ## **Income and Expenditure Account Year Ended 31st December 2021** |**2020**
**INCOME**
Bank Interest
38.38
HSSC
1,800.00
Cricket
125.00
Football
1,098.57
Shortmat Bowls
1,209.00
Norfolk & Over 60s Bowls
1,150.00
Badminton
817.00
Tennis
980.00
Pickle Ball
1,689.50
Archery
830.00
Pilates
900.00
Judo
Toddlers
Post-Natal
Line Dancing
Sports Hall Hire
587.50
Sports Hall Hire by HSSC
Antiques
455.00
Fuel - tokens
1,362.00
Fund Raising
-
Other Income
70.00
**Total Income**
**13,111.95**
**EXPENDITURE**
Admin
130.00
Bins & Bottle Bank
1,963.16
Insurance
4,044.03
Rent& Rates
254.00
Play Field
428.40
Play Space
-
Caretaker
3,550.00
Cleaning and Materials
1,375.78
Heating Oil
883.93
Electricity
3,355.50
Water
891.41
General Hall Maintenance
1,104.06
**Total Expenditure**
17,980.27
**Running Surplus/ Deficit(-) for the year**
**4,868.32**
**-£**
**Other Income**
Football Foundation Grant - Goal Posts 75%
SNC- Grant for Toilet Upgrade
12,500.00
Hingham Tennis -Covid Grant Contribution
2,000.00
Covid- Local Restrictions Support Grant
Covid Grant -Business Restart
Covid Grant - Closed Business Lockdown Payment
Govt Grant - HPFA Covid Grant
27,000.00
FITS Income
**TOTAL Other Income**
41500.00
**Extraordinary Expenditure**
Defibrillator
Kitchen Update
Doors and Windows Deposit
Picnic Tables & Benches (25% - remaining 75% from grant)
Goal Posts
Toilet Upgrades
13,500.00
Replacement Sewerage Pump
2,671.71
Building Survey
990.00
Electrical Updates
414.24
Repairs to Play Area Surface & Equipt
2,791.20
**Total Other Expenditure**
20367.15
**Net Extraordinary Expenditure**
**21,132.85**
**£**
**Net Income less Expenditure**
Loss
16,264.53
**16,264.53**
**£**|**2021**
12.22
2,000.00
550.00
47.50
(after £300 refund from 2020)
1,828.00
2,582.00
1,312.00
1,075.00
1,343.00
385.00
-
320.00
341.00
280.00
144.00
1,867.00
620.00
500.00
725.00
1,056.00
**16,987.72**
2,082.19
2,213.66
4,150.29
341.57
775.30
3,025.48
3,850.01
630.63
4,743.48
113.99
1,744.60
23,671.20
**6,683.48**
**-£**
1,968.00
6,857.29
12000.00
6,000.00
3,000.00
29,825.29
900.00
1583.00
5000.00
955.50
2625.60
577.40
*
11,641.50
**18,183.79**
**£**
gain
11,500.31
**11,500.31**
**£**| |---|---| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Hingham Playing Field Association On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 Charity no (if any) 286060 Set out on pages Ire.Inenber la Ini.ludf. Ilie D I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {'the Trust") for the year ended l ill￿2￿4 Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in aGcordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'the Acl"). I report in respèct of my examination of the Trust's accounls carried oul under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(bl of the Act. Independent examinerfs statemen I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination $Gl96￿Wh1ch gives me cause to believe that in, any material respecl.. the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Charities Act. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charili8S (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'lrue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a oper understanding of the accounts to be reached. words in the brackets rf they do not apply. P18ase Signed: Dale: 1z1s1￿ Name: M Lamb Relevant professional qualification(sl or body FCCA IER Oct 2018 (if any): Address: Saxon House Hellesdon Park Road Norwich NR6 5DR Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief detai15 of any items that the examinor wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018