## ## |Objec|ti|ves and|Act|ivit|ies|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||SORP reference|||| |Summary||ofthe purposes||of|Para 1.17|To provide a recreation
ground for|the|| |the charity as set out|||in its|||benefits ofthe.inhabitants
of Churchill||| |overnin||document||||and Blakedown||| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those|||Para 1.17and
1.19|The main activities ofthe charity
providing:||| |purposes||for the public||||~
Football facilities;||| |benefit,|in particular,||the|||~
Cricket facilities;||| |activities,||projects or|services|||~
A base for Blakedown
and Hagley||| |identified||in the accounts.||||Tennis Club;||| |||||||~
Children's
playground;||| |||||||~
Indoor and outdoor facilities|for|| |||||||general sports and recreational||| |||||||purposes;
and||| |||||||~
A general facility for the use|ofthe|| |||||||population
ofChurchill
and||| |||||||Blakedown.||| |Statement||confirming|||Para 1.18|The Trustees have regard to the guidance||| |whether|the trustees||have|||issued
by the Charity Commission|on|| |had regard to the guidance||||||public benefit and apply this guidance to||| |issued|by|the Charity||||the decisioris made throughout
the|year.|| |Commission
on public||||||||| |benefit||||||Byoperating tothese standards
it||| |||||||provides reassurance
to the general||| |||||||public that the Centre is being run with||| |||||||the health and well-being
ofthe||| |||||||population
we serve at the centre of all||| |||||||that we do.||| |||||||The Centre also allows the use ofits car||| |||||||park on a daily basis to the parents|of|| |||||||children at Blakedown
CoEschool|to|| |||||||assist
in the safe arrival and departure||of| |||||||those children that need to be driven to||| |||||||the school thereby assisting
with traffic||| |||||||flow in the village'. This maintains
a|link|| |||||||to the Charity's
1975 constitution.||| ## |||||||SORP referen ce|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||The Churchill
and Blakedown Sports and| ||||||||Recreation Centre (CBSRC)has| |Summary
of
achievements|||the
of||main
the charity,|Para 1.20|rebounded
since the difficult days of
Covid-19.| |identifying||the||difference the|||Sports seasons took place in full and the| |charity's||work||has made to|||summer saw the return ofthe Blakedown| |the circumstances|||||of its||Bolt after a two year hiatus.| |beneficiaries|||and||any wider||| |benefits to society as a|||||||The sporting
theme has continued
with| |whole.|||||||the Centre again providing
the base for t| ||||||||.the Blakedown
and Hagley Tennis Club.| ||||||||The return ofthe Blakedown
Boltwas| ||||||||especially
pleasing. This brings together| ||||||||the community
served
by the Centre for a
"mass" participation
event in June and is| ||||||||one of, ifnot the highlight
ofthe Centre's| ||||||||year.| ||||||||One major development
in 2022/23 was a| ||||||||f25,000 grant kindly received offthe| ||||||||Norman
Dawson Trust to enable the| ||||||||phase one playground
development
to| ||||||||take place. This not only provided the| ||||||||playground
with modern
and sustainable| ||||||||playground
equipment
it enabled the| ||||||||replacement
ofequipment
which were| ||||||||falling short ofRoSPA standards.| ||||||||The Centre was once again fully used| ||||||||during the year to provide other sports| ||||||||and recreational
activities which benefit| ||||||||adults, children
and young people| ||||||||throughout
the area.| |Financial|||Review||||| |Review of the||||charity's||Para i.21|The Centre's income increased tof40,706| |financial|position||||at the end||in 2022/23. However,
due to.the increased| |ofthe period|||.||||costs of utilities a loss ofR6,339was| ||||||||reported
in the year. The Centre's overall| ||||||||cash balance (bank and in hand) stood at| ||||||||R6,613at March 312023.| ||||||||The increase
in income was derived from| ||||||||af25,000 grant received from the Norman| ||||||||Dawson Trust which was to improve| ||||||||playground
facilities. These| ||||||||improvements
were much needed.| ||||||||The underlying
financial
position ofthe| ||||||||Centre at the end of March 2023 is a more| ||||||||challen
ed one than that when the
ear| ||||||||commenced.
The continued
financial| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||pressures
caused by the increased cost| ||||||||of utilities is one we need to tackle head| ||||||||on.| |Statement||explaining||the||Para 1.22|The Charity has sought to build up cash| |policy for holding|||reserves||||balances over the years. However, the| |stating|why|they|are|held|||past two financial periods have seen| ||||||||these reduce.| ||||||||The cash balances that are held now| ||||||||provide around 6months'
operating| ||||||||expenses cover and are unrestricted| ||||||||funds.| ||||||||We are mindful
that the age ofthe Centre| ||||||||and necessitates
regular routine| ||||||||maintenance
and that these reserves| ||||||||provide
limited coverage for unforeseen| ||||||||events that may impact upon the| ||||||||structure
and fabric ofthe Centre.| |Amount|of|reserves||held||Para 1.22|Essentially
our cash balance at 31 March| ||||||||ofK6,6i3.| |Reasons for holding||||zero||Para 1.22|N/a| |reserves|||||||| |Details|of fund materially||||in|Para 1.24|N/a| |deficit|||||||| |Explanation||of any||||Para 1.23|Doubts around the Centre's ability to| |uncertainties||about the|||||continue as a going concern although| |charity|continuing||as|a going|||increased,
remain
low. There are no post-| |concern|||||||Balance Sheet events to report. At the| ||||||||time ofwriting this Annual
Report the| ||||||||finances ofthe Centre have pleasingly| ||||||||stabilised
after considerable
work on| ||||||||bringing
utility expenditure
under control.| |Description
of charity's||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:||||||| |Type of governing
document|Para 1.25|The charity is governed|||through|the 1971| |trust deed, ro
al charter||conve|ancin|a reement.||| |How is the charity|Para 1.25|Charity|is a charitable||incorporated|| |constituted?||organisation||(CIO)||| |(e.g unincorporated||||||| |association,
CIO||||||| |Trustee selection
methods|Para 1.25|Trustee|selection takes||place each year|| |including
details of any||at the Annual||General Meeting||and| |constitutional
provisions e.g.||.through|approval ofthe Management|||| |election to post or name of||Committee.||||| |any person or body entitled||||||| |to appoint
one or more||||||| |trustees||||||| ## ## |Charit|name|name|||Churchill
and|Blakedown S orts and Recreation Centre|Blakedown S orts and Recreation Centre| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name||the charit||uses|Churchill
and|Blakedown S orts Centre|| |Re istered||charit'|number||507796||| |Charity's|principal||address||Location||| ||||||Birmingham|Road|| ||||||Blakedown||| ||||||Kidderminster||| ||||||DY10 3JN||| ||||||Princi
al Address
'||and address for corres ondence| ||||||Philip Foster||| ||||||22 Forge Lane||| ||||||Blakedown||| ||||||Kidderminster||| ||||||DY103JF||| |ames|ofthe charity trust|ees who manage|the charity|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name|Office (if any)|Dates acted ifnot for whole
year|Name of
to appoint|person (or body) entitled
trustee (ifany)|| ||David James Wood|Chair|Full Year|Through|AGM and|| |||||Management||Committee| ||lan Robert Challis|Trustee|Full Year|Through|AGM|and| |||||Management||Committee| ||Philip Clive Foster|Treasurer|Full Year|Through|AGM|and| |||||Management||Committee| |4||||||| |5||||||| |6||||||| |7||||||| |8||||||| |9||||||| |10||||||| |11||||||| |12||||||| |13||||||| |14||||||| |15||||||| |16||||||| |17||||||| |18||||||| |19||||||| |20||||||| |Funds held as cu|stodi|an| |---|---|---| |Description
of the assets||N/a| |held
in this capacity||| |Name and objects of the.||N/a| |charity on whose behalf|the|| |assets are held and how|this|| |falls within the custodian||| |charity's objects||| |Details of arrangements|for|N/a| |safe custody and||| |segregation
of such assets||| |from the charity's
own assets||| ## ## ## ## ## ## |||Year Ending|Year Ending| |---|---|---|---| |||31March 2023|31March 2022| |||f|f| |Bank|Account|6,533.11|12,871.87| |Cash||80.00|80.00| |Total||6,613.11|12,951.87| ## |||||||Year|Ending|Year Ending| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||31March 2023||31March 2022| ||||||||f|f| |.|Income|||||||| ||Football||||||4,468.00|3,185.00| ||Cricket||||||1,582.50|1,320.00| ||Tennis||||||1,380.00|1,200.00| ||CBPC||||||210.00|180.00| ||Lets Play||||||290.00|0.00| ||Bolt||||||4,993.71|284.34| ||Baby Yoga||||||240.00|45.00| ||Pilates||||||210.00|170.00| ||Historical||||||120.00|0.00| ||Golf Day||||||200.00|250.00| ||Norman|Dawson Trust||||25,000.00||0.00| ||Worcester||CC||||250.00|0.00| ||WFDC||||||0.00|8,000.00| ||Parties||||||67.50|0.00| ||Disco|||||- 1,479.41||0.00| ||Katie Tomkins||||||40.00|100.00| ||Hire||||||170.00|848.14| ||Other||||||5.00|0.00| ||Totallncome|||||40,706.12||15,582;48| ||Expenditure|||||||| ||Disco||||||-902.12|0.00| ||Electric||||||-2,309.70|-1,746.15| ||Water||||||-2,885.67|-2,857.20| ||Gas||||||-8,404.29|-10,797.54| ||Insurance||||||-2,252.89|-3,265.88| ||Mowing||||||-'1,920.00|-1,668.00| ||Line Marking||||||-132.67|-711.50| ||Seed/ Loam||||||0.00|-417.95| ||Field Sundries||||||0.00|-1,050.00| ||Playground||Equipment|||-23,448.44||0.00| ||Repairs||||||-1,550.76|-292.00| ||Pavilion|Repairs|||||0.00|-4,798.03| ||Bolt||||||-2,757.20|-284.34| ||Bimble||||||0.00|-87.45| ||Fire Protection||||||-228.00|0.00| ||Signs||||||0.00|-1,044.00| ||Other||||||-253.14|-352.58| ||Total Expenditure|||||-47,044.88||-29,372.62| ||Income and Expenditure|||Surplus/(Deficit)|in Year||-6,338.76|-13,790.14| #