Puriton Playing Field Committee
Reg. Charity 296549
Annual Report 2023
This was the year when Puriton Sports Centre was set up as a CIO, although due to certain formalities not being completed, we have continued to trade under the charity Puriton Playing Field Committee. The setting up of the CIO was undertaken on the advice of the Big Local (Villages Together) and their consultant, as a condition of them providing a grant for the lift, website, and other minor improvements. The conversion to a CIO has somewhat complicated the charity’s administration, but we are assured that it will make it easier to obtain grants and to become a ‘strategic facility for the Polden Hills’.
The lift should help us to increase our income as it makes the first floor accessible to all (it is to be installed in February 2024). However, we are still hampered by other problems with the building, including leaks in the roof, the floor in the sports hall, and perennially blocked toilets.
Income from hiring our facilities has been kept up, and we have a thriving indoor bowls club, junior football club, boxing club and archery clubs.
We could certainly benefit from having more trustees, in particular active trustees who can share the work of running the charity. We have now engaged a self-employed bookkeeper who is preparing our accounts for a small monthly honorarium.
March 4[th] 2023
Puriton Playing Field Cornmittee Reg. Charrty No 296549 FINANCIAL sfATEMENT For the period 01/0112023 to 3V1212023 Receipts and Payments Invoices issued Total during year Bow15 Archery Foorball Boxirbg Youth Club Function Room Last year Payments made during year Gès Electricity Water Postage & Stationery Repairs & Maintenance Waste & Cleaning Prof Fees & Subs Grass & Grounds Equipment Insurance Business Rates Sports Centre Refurbishment Misc VAT Total Last year 8.203.50 2.688.(M) i.5. 554.40 448.00 2.791.66 446.25 1,553.25 5,5D). 2,905.60 2,370.40 866.40 50.40 3,245.85 273.60 10,641.90 3,020.50 87.91 4,766.40 3,337.66 219.87 20.56 9,990.30 4,090.85 354.00 3,310.07 145.97 7,417.02 5,590.69 5,387.41 9,144.67 790.06 3,592.34 Happy Tots Sports Hall IT/Committee Room Phone Mast Pay Phone 1.959.(Xl 363.30 4.515.56 1.572.1)] 4,515.56 3,139.95 633.60 Donations VAT Refund PC Grant Grass & Grounds Licences Shal Housing Cafe Misc Total Recelpts 20.LK) 3.518.32 1,450.tXJ 3.315.33 2.890.IXI 2.890.IMI 932.90 28.469.05 242.02 8,373.39 11,201.84 2.423.43 5.785.42 150.(KJ 36.728.63 117.80 70.(M) 64.755.37 1.574.30 35.224.64 Total Receipts 82.756.96 49.419.92 Reconciliation Total funds brought forward from last year Plus receipts (actual amounts received during year} Les5 Payments (actual payments made during year) Closing Bank Balance at the end of the year 57,844.33 67,148.55 84,700.92 40,291.96 Reconcilliation of final bank balance to bank sLitement Bank statement closing balance at year end Plus 2023 invoices not paid Les5 2023 cheque5 issued not banked Total 40.291.96 2,428.70 645.97 42,074.69 Opening Bank Balance Closing Bank Bala1ce Loss for year £57W.33 £40.291.96
INDEPEIYDEiYf EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR TO 31 DECEMBER 2023 ro the TnUte ofthe Punton PlaNngField Committee (CharityNo. 296549) The Tnjstees of the Association are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144 of the Clwities Act 2011 (the Act) and that an independent examinatson is ]eded. It is my responsibility as an tndependent Examiner apFK)inted by the Trustees to examine the a¢counts under Section 145 of the AcL% to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity CommissioneT5 under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. My examination was carried out in accordance witb the genera] DÈrections given by the Charlty Commission. An exaMItion includes a review of the accounting records kept by th¢ Association and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes considerdtion of any unusual it¢ms or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provid¢ all the evidence that would be required in an audiL and consequently no opinion is givet] &s to whether the accounts present a *ru¢ and fair" view and the report is limited to those matters sct out in the ststemcnt below. In conn¢ction with my exaMinatso no matter has com¢ to my attention: which gives me reasonable Cause to b¢lieve that iffj any I]1a1 respecL the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act" and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounling records and comply with the requirements of the Act have not been meL or to whicty in my Opinion, attention should b¢ drawll in Ord to ¢nabl¢ a proper understanding of the accounts to be reache Richard Young 5 Channel CourL Buntham on Se4 Somerset TA8 INE