## **Hingham Playing Field Association**
## **Registered Charity No. 286060**
## **Annual Report April 2024**
The Trustees and committee of Hingham Playing Fields Association (HPFA) are delighted to present our annual report to Hingham town Council and the residents of Hingham.
The HPFA sports hall remains an invaluable resource in the town of Hingham, offering much needed sports facilities and activity classes for residents as well as plenty of open space for children and families, a cricket pitch and two football pitches, outdoor gym equipment, a play space, a skateboard park, and a large, grassed area for dog walkers.
Indoor facilities include badminton courts, pickleball courts, changing facilities and a viewing platform.
In 23/24 the cost-of-living crisis had a significant impact on the running costs required to keep the facilities open. This has required careful budgetary management. Plans for 24/25 include completing grant applications to obtain funds to enable us to reduce our electricity costs and become more energy efficient.
Other plans for 24/25 include fundraising to repair and replace our playground facilities which are becoming tired and challenging to safely maintain.
We have been delighted to welcome Hingham Community Cupboard Charity in making their home within our facility. We believe this has raised the profile of the charity and provides better support for families in need within our communities.
The HPFA remains home to a number of successful sports clubs such as cricket, football, tennis, table tennis, short mat bowls, pickleball, archery, judo, and badminton. Each of these clubs provide reports for the HPFA.
Several of our sports clubs have expanded and become regional centres of excellence. The HPFA is now the South Norfolk home of pickleball, the Judo club has started planning to host regional competitions and booking extra sessions at HPFA to give the players specialised competition training. The Hingham Bowmen (archery club) has been hosting tournaments and the Short Mat Bowls team will be running a national competition weekend in October. The table tennis team have entered a team to play in The Wymondham Summer League and will shortly be adding additional sessions to their weekly timetable.
The committee have installed a new board at the entrance to the HPFA facilities, sponsored by several of our sports clubs and our partner in the sports centre, Abrahams Bar and Clubhouse.
We continue to work very closely with Abrahams Bar and Clubhouse and Apollo events to provide a range of family friendly and seasonal activities to entertain and bring people together.
We now submit this report to Higham Town Council and residents of Hingham for their information and approval.
The Trustees and committee of HPFA.
## **Hingham Playing Field Association**
Registered charity 286060
## **Balance Sheet**
## **Year Ended 31st December 2023**
|**Fixed Assets**
Sports Hall
Tennis Courts
Garage
Solar Panels
Playspace
**Current Assets**
Bank balances
Investment Account
Prepayments/Debtor
**Current Liabilities**
**Short Term Loan**
Creditors
**Net Current Assets**
**Represented By:-**
Reserves B/fwd
Investment Revaluation
Surplus/Deficit for the year
Closing Balance|**2022**
**250,000**
**-**
**-**
**25,000**
**275,000**
**42,840**
**16,548**
**550**
**59,938**
**2,759**
**2,759**
**57,179**
**332,179**
**336,447**
**5,426**
**-**
**1,158**
**332,179**||**2023**
**250,000**
**-**
**-**
**25,000**
**275,000**
**52,478**
**-**
**-**
**52,478**
**3,583**
**3,583**
**48,895**
**323,895**
**332,179**
**165**
**8,449**
**-**
**323,895**|**2023**
**250,000**
**-**
**-**
**25,000**
**275,000**
**52,478**
**-**
**-**
**52,478**
**3,583**
**3,583**
**48,895**
**323,895**
**332,179**
**165**
**8,449**
**-**
**323,895**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
|||||**323,895**|
|||||**332,179**
**165**
**8,449**
**-**|
|||||**323,895**|
||||||
29/10/2024
## **Hingham Playing Field Association**
Registered charity 286060
## **Income and Expenditure Account Year Ended 31st December 2023**
|**INCOME**
Bank Interest
HSSC Rent
Sports Hall Hire and donation by HSSC
Cricket
Football
Shortmat Bowls
Norfolk & Over 60s Bowls
Badminton
Tennis
Pickle Ball
Archery
Judo
Toddlers
Post-Natal
Line Dancing
Table Tennis
Sports Hall Hire
Fuel - tokens
Fund Raising
Other Income
**Total Income**
**EXPENDITURE**
Admin
Bins & Bottle Bank
Insurance
Rent& Rates
Play Field
Play Space
Caretaker
Cleaning and Materials
Heating Oil
Electricity
Water
General Hall Maintenance
**Total Expenditure**
**Running Surplus/ Deficit(-) for the year**
**Other Income**
Govt Grant - HPFA Covid Grant
Donation
Grant for Kitchen Fan
Grant for Warm Space
Jubilee/Coronation Grant
Investment Cashed In
FITS Income
**TOTAL Other Income**
**Extraordinary Expenditure**
Doors and Windows
Kitchen Fan
Coronation Expenditure
**Total Other Expenditure**
**Net Extraordinary Expenditure**
**Net Income less Expenditure**|**2022**
30.95
8,600.00
2,409.00
550.00
560.00
3,178.00
6,725.00
3,642.50
1,804.00
4,169.00
1,665.00
1,040.00
686.00
1,120.00
600.00
374.00
4,602.16
1,545.00
6,249.98
**49,550.59**
4,142.34
2,780.67
4,887.01
859.80
1,108.52
5,519.49
8,690.42
3,009.45
7,951.28
758.86
3,469.86
43,177.70
**6,372.89**
**£**
4,000.00
9,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,490.71
19,490.71
21,820.00
2,950.00
24,770.00
**5,279.29**
**-£**
gain
1,093.60
**1,093.60**
**£**||**2023**
300.09
8,950.00
130.00
850.00
635.00
3,869.80
6,510.00
4,285.00
902.00
7,046.50
1,830.00
1,370.00
-
690.00
800.00
974.00
7,175.00
1,538.00
1,766.91
100.00
**49,722.30**
3,960.00
3,463.34
4,915.77
529.40
5,440.20
8,118.99
12,152.89
2,559.50
13,284.80
1,485.57
3,501.95
59,412.41
**9,690.11**
**-£**
836.00
2,024.52
2,860.52
1,619.56
1,619.56
**1,240.96**
**£**
LOSS
8,449.15
-
**8,449.15**
**-£**|**2023**
300.09
8,950.00
130.00
850.00
635.00
3,869.80
6,510.00
4,285.00
902.00
7,046.50
1,830.00
1,370.00
-
690.00
800.00
974.00
7,175.00
1,538.00
1,766.91
100.00
**49,722.30**
3,960.00
3,463.34
4,915.77
529.40
5,440.20
8,118.99
12,152.89
2,559.50
13,284.80
1,485.57
3,501.95
59,412.41
**9,690.11**
**-£**
836.00
2,024.52
2,860.52
1,619.56
1,619.56
**1,240.96**
**£**
LOSS
8,449.15
-
**8,449.15**
**-£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||4,142.34
2,780.67
4,887.01
859.80
1,108.52
5,519.49
8,690.42
3,009.45
7,951.28
758.86
3,469.86||3,960.00
3,463.34
4,915.77
529.40
5,440.20
8,118.99
12,152.89
2,559.50
13,284.80
1,485.57
3,501.95||
||4,000.00
9,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,490.71||836.00
2,024.52||
|||||**9,690.11**
**-£**|
|||||2,860.52
1,619.56|
||21,820.00
2,950.00||1,619.56||
||gain||LOSS||
|||||**1,240.96**
**£**|
|||||8,449.15
-|
|||||**8,449.15**
**-£**|
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report lo the trusteos
Ch8rity Nafne
Hingham Playing Field Association
On accounts for the year
•ndod
31 December 2023
Charity no
(If any)
286060
Sot oul on pages
Incl.,,, page.111-
I report to the truste8s on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity {Ihe TnyJf) for the year ended ' D I MM
Rospon$ibilities and
bas18 of rnport
As the charity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts In accordance with the requirements of the Charfties Act 2011
{Ihe Act.).
I rep)rt in respect of my examinatron of the Trust's accounts carri6d out
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)(b) of the Act.
Independent
examinor's statement
I have completed my examlnation. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination 491k•th
s819hICh gives me (xuse lo believe that in, any material
respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordanc8 wlh seotion 130
of the Charities Act. or
the accounts did not accord with the accountlng records,. or
the accounts did Th)t comply with the applicable requirements
COnrning the form and contént of accounts s81 out in the Charities
(Accounls and Reports) Regulations 2008 oth8r than any requirement
that the accounts give a true and fair. view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examinatron.
I have no concems and hav8 come a(xoss no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order lo enable a pro
r understanding of the accounts lo be reached.
' Please
le
s in thè brackets rfthey do nol apply.
Signod:
Datè:
28 October 2024
Name:
Mark Lamb
Relevant professional
qualificatlon(s) or body
FCCA
IER
Oct 2018
(If any):
Address:
Saxon House
H811esdon Park Road
Norwich NR6 5DR
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight malenal matters of ¢oncem
(s8e CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guldance for examinérs).
Give here brl
any items that
examiner wlshes
dl8cIosè.
dètails of
IER
Oct 2018