HINGHAM PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 286060 ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2025 It has been a very busy year for the Sports Hall. HPFA Committee has agreed to focus on the key objective of providing a range of sports activities for all age groups. This goal has been achieved and we are pleased to report that the following clubs remain active and well supported: - Badminton - Over 60’s short mat bowls - Norfolk County Bowls - Tennis - Pickleball - Judo - Archery - Table tennis - Cricket, including occasional ladies cricket and youth matches - Youth football - Line dancing - Norfolk Ladies Softball - Norfolk Ladies Cricket Sadly, mid season 2024/5 Hingham AG Football Club withdrew from the league due to insufficient players to fulfil fixtures. We have offered pitch hire to both Breckland United FC and a new Hingham Team for Saturday adult matches during the 2025/6 season, as well as the Hingham under 11’s team, and a new Breckland United Under 15’s team playing in a Sunday league. We await confirmation from the teams concerned. Whilst in the past, large social events have been held on the premises, the weather during the last year led to the cancellation of a number of events due to extreme wet weather. Allowing vehicles onto playing pitches proved impossible without causing irreparable damage so sadly the 40’s weekend and car show could not go ahead. It was also clear that the infrastructure at the hall (drainage and sewage systems) was designed tosupport smaller scale sporting events rather than commercial events attracting several thousand visitors. The renewed focus on sporting activities reflects our charitable purpose and will underpin our future developments. We have continued to welcome smaller scale events such as the Bottle Collector’s annual meeting and regular Safe Rescue for Pets Charity Coffee mornings. We enjoyed hosting the Santa’s Grotto Committee Family Fun Day during the summer of 2024 and look forward to welcoming them again in August 2025. We have invested in new LED lighting in the Sports Hall, which has reduced our carbon footprint, reduced costs and, equally importantly, improved the playing environment for all indoor sports. We have entered a contract with Anglian Water, who have installed a mast on site which will provide regular income. We have carried out extensive refurbishments to the playspace at the Sports Hall, as well as the Welcomme Space- this is subject of a detailed separate report. We continue to host the Hingham Community Cupboard on a weekly basis, their work is subject to a separate report. Hingham Sports & Social Club, trading as Abrahams, continue to rent the bar area from HPFA and host wakes, parties, quizzes and bingo regularly, as well as pool, darts and cribbage. We are keen to attract new committee members and trustees to ensure that our Sports & Social Facilities are viable for the future. Please take the opportunity to chat with me (A/Chair) or other committee members if you are interested. Paul Roberts. Acting Chairman HPFA ## **Hingham Playing Field Association** Registered charity 286060 ## **Balance Sheet** ## **Year Ended 31st December 2024** |**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|**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**||**2024**
**250,000**
**-**
**-**
**25,000**
**275,000**
**47,893**
**-**
**-**
**47,893**
**350**
**350**
**47,543**
**322,543**
**323,895**
**-**
**1,352**
**-**
**322,543**|**2024**
**250,000**
**-**
**-**
**25,000**
**275,000**
**47,893**
**-**
**-**
**47,893**
**350**
**350**
**47,543**
**322,543**
**323,895**
**-**
**1,352**
**-**
**322,543**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |||||**322,543**| |||||**323,895**
**-**
**1,352**
**-**| |||||**322,543**| |||||| 22/10/2025 ## **Hingham Playing Field Association** ## Registered charity 286060 ## **Income and Expenditure Account Year Ended 31st December 2024** |**2023**
**INCOME**
Bank Interest
300.09
HSSC Rent
8,950.00
Sports Hall Hire and donation by HSSC
130.00
Cricket
850.00
Football
635.00
Shortmat Bowls
3,869.80
Norfolk & Over 60s Bowls
6,510.00
Badminton
4,285.00
Tennis
902.00
Pickle Ball
7,046.50
Archery
1,830.00
Judo
1,370.00
Toddlers
-
Post-Natal
690.00
Line Dancing
800.00
Table Tennis
974.00
Sports Hall Hire
7,175.00
Fuel - tokens
1,538.00
General Fund Raising
1,766.91
Other Income
100.00
**Total Income**
**49,722.30**
**EXPENDITURE**
Admin
3,960.00
Bins & Bottle Bank
3,463.34
Insurance
4,915.77
Rent& Rates
529.40
Play Field
5,440.20
Play Space
Caretaker
8,118.99
Cleaning and Materials
12,152.89
Heating Oil
2,559.50
Electricity
13,284.80
Water
1,485.57
General Hall Maintenance
3,501.95
**Total Expenditure**
59,412.41
**Running Surplus/ Deficit(-) for the year**
**9,690.11**
**-£**
**Other Income**
Donations from Clubs for Outside Sign
SNC Grant for Outside Sign
Hingham Town Council Grant for Play Areas
South Norfolk Council Grant for Play Areas
Donations from Local Business for Play Areas
Fund Raising for Play Areas
Jubilee/Coronation Grant
836.00
Investment Cashed In
FITS Income
2,024.52
**TOTAL Other Income**
2,860.52
**Extraordinary Expenditure**
Outside Sign
Pickleball Equipment
Play Area Revamp - Watton Road & Welcomme Space- more in 2025
Coronation Expenditure
1,619.56
**Total Other Expenditure**
1,619.56
**Net Extraordinary Expenditure**
**1,240.96**
**£**
**Net Income less Expenditure**
LOSS
8,449.15
-
**8,449.15**
**-£**||**2024**
574.24
9,000.00
-
1,280.00
810.00
3,866.80
7,390.00
4,600.00
360.00
13,445.70
2,120.00
1,260.00
-
10.00
820.10
980.00
4,990.00
993.00
-
**52,499.84**
4,369.99
2,688.81
4,930.36
481.49
858.00
10,933.50
10,536.41
1,836.97
7,711.04
1,223.41
7,005.39
52,575.37
**75.53**
**-£**
800.00
700.00
21,557.00
20,000.00
8,265.00
1,323.71
2,403.22
55,048.93
2857.20
142.90
53,325.60
56,325.70
**1,276.77**
**-£**
LOSS
1,352.30
-
**1,352.30**
**-£**|**2024**
574.24
9,000.00
-
1,280.00
810.00
3,866.80
7,390.00
4,600.00
360.00
13,445.70
2,120.00
1,260.00
-
10.00
820.10
980.00
4,990.00
993.00
-
**52,499.84**
4,369.99
2,688.81
4,930.36
481.49
858.00
10,933.50
10,536.41
1,836.97
7,711.04
1,223.41
7,005.39
52,575.37
**75.53**
**-£**
800.00
700.00
21,557.00
20,000.00
8,265.00
1,323.71
2,403.22
55,048.93
2857.20
142.90
53,325.60
56,325.70
**1,276.77**
**-£**
LOSS
1,352.30
-
**1,352.30**
**-£**| |---|---|---|---| |||LOSS|| ||||**1,276.77**
**-£**| ||||1,352.30
-| ||||**1,352.30**
**-£**| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Rgport to the trustees Name Hingharn Playing Fleld Association On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 Charity no lif any) 286060 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above Charty (￿he Trusf) for the year ended Responslbllltles and basis of report As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Ghartbes Act 2011 (Ihe A¢f). 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 all the applicable Directtons given by Ihe Charity Commission under section 145(5){b) of the Act. Independent tThe chartws gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examIne￿S statement undertake the examination by being a qualrfied member of [insert name of applicable listed bodylj Delete [ ] rfnot appI￿able. I have completed my examinalion. I conflrn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than Ihat disclosed below.) whrch gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance blith section 130 of the Chartbes Act. or the accounts did not accord with th8 accounting records., or the accounts did not compty with the applicable r8quirements concerning tha form and content of accounts set out in the Chantles (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the arxounts give a true and fair. view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters Sn connection th the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a per understanding of the accounts to be reached. s in th8 bTrckots rfthey do not apply. ' Please Signed: Date: Name: Mark Lamb Relevant professlonal qualrficatlon{6) or body FCCA IER Oct 2018 (if any): Address: Saxon House Hellesdon Park Road Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions 8nd guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any Items that the examlner w18hes to dlsclose. IER Oct 2018