## 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 Bala1￿ce
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 exaMI￿tion 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