
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  01 November 2024              To  31 October 2025** 

**Charity name: CREWE AND PISTOL CLUB** 

## **Charity registration number: 510759** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The purpose of the charity is to encourage skill<br>in rifle and pistol shooting by providing<br>instruction and practice in the use of small-<br>bore rifles and pistols to any of Her Majesty's<br>subjects so that they will be better fitted to<br>serve their country in the Armed Forces,<br>Volunteer Reserve Forces, Police, Scouts,<br>National Shooting Squads or Teams,  or any<br>other organisation in which their services may<br>be required in the defence of the realm in<br>times of peril.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The Club seeks to instil disciplines of safety,<br>skill, tolerance and responsibility in the<br>controlled and appropriate use of rifles and<br>pistols.<br>Although target shooting is often seen as a<br>solitary and individual sport, team participation<br>is particularly encouraged and our members<br>compete at local, county, national and<br>international level.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Giving due regard to CC Guidance on Public<br>Benefit: age and disability, whether physical or<br>mental, need not be an obstacle to<br>participation in this sport and our aim is to<br>encourage competition on equal terms, which,<br>unlike many sports, is entirely feasible.<br>The disabled can compete and non-athletes<br>can win at shooting.<br>The Trustees further ensure that section 17(5)<br>of the 2011 Act is met by giving consideration,<br>in the levying of membership fees, to individual<br>member’s ability to pay.<br>Further inclusivity is ensured by the availability<br>of Club-owned equipment, usage of which is<br>free of charge to all members.|





## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|In the absence of available national funding for<br>competitors, grants to assist with travelling<br>expenses may be made to members selected<br>to represent their country overseas.|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The Club is run entirely by volunteers, who<br>provide a complete range of services from the<br>training and mentoring of new members<br>through to the maintenance of the Club’s<br>assets.|
|Other||Club membership of 312 displays a gender<br>split of approximately 78% male to 22%<br>female.<br>Of our members, approximately 15% are<br>classified as having a wide range of<br>disabilities, demonstrating the inclusivity of this<br>sport. Improvements to access and shooting<br>facilities are made to comply with changes in<br>legislation but, more particularly, to meet<br>individual needs, as they arise.<br>Abou 20% of the Club’s membership are<br>classed as Junior: that is under 21 years of<br>age. These members come from a variety of<br>backgrounds, particularly the Scout movement<br>and the Cadet Forces.<br>At the opposite end of the age spectrum, some<br>18% of the Club’s membership are over 66.<br>Overall, active members range from 8 to 95<br>years of age and there is a steady increase in<br>the number of both serving and ex- Services<br>and Police personnel whom we are most<br>pleased to welcome.|





Achievements and Performance 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The Club continues to reap the benefits of<br>the expansion and modernisation that was<br>carried out during the Covid pandemic and a<br>steady stream of new membership<br>applications have led to a full program of<br>induction courses.<br>The new facilities are particularly beneficial<br>for those with disabilities, their helpers and<br>the Club’s coaches. These have resulted in<br>an expansion of the catchment area from<br>which members are drawn, together with<br>increased interaction with other clubs.<br>A number of members receive a measure of<br>discreet financial help with their dues.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The Club remains on a sound financial footing.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|It is the policy of the Club to maintain a reserve<br>as cover against any uninsured liabilities that<br>might arise in relation to the leasehold property<br>occupied.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£6000|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity’s principal source of funds is from<br>membership dues.<br>Open Competitions and Social activities are<br>organised to be self-funding, with any surplus<br>being added to Club funds.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other||Commercial activities and transactions are<br>executed in such a way as to make a margin<br>sufficient to cover the running costs of the<br>Club. Mindful, however, of the unpredictable<br>nature of repair and maintenance costs,<br>modest reserves are accrued and expenditure<br>on property to which the Club does not hold<br>title is kept to a minimum.<br>The cost of meeting our legal and social<br>obligations is ever on the increase. Service<br>agreements are in place for fire and security<br>monitoring, with the cost of system upgrades<br>being met from income.<br>Health and Safety driven Risk Assessments<br>are routinely conducted.<br>The Club undertakes to fund training for its<br>members where benefit is derived directly by<br>the membership: for example, in the provision|





|of coaching and range supervision courses|
|---|
|and First Aid training. Consideration is also|
|given to the sponsorship of shooters|
|representing their country in recognised|
|international events.|
|No member of the Club is paid for the time|
|they give, save for professional fees and|
|disbursements. Nor is any member contracted|
|to provide services.|
|Members are, however, reimbursed for the|
|cost of materials that they purchase solely for|
|Club use.|
|Certain members may have all or part of their|
|annual fee for membership waived for reasons|
|of:|
|•<br>Recognised service of exceptional|
|value to the Club in the past|
|•<br>Current essential service to the|
|Club|
|•<br>Financial or physical|
|circumstances that the executive|
|agree are warranted.|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Constitution:  adopted 3 October 1980 as<br>amended 11 February 1983 and 7 December<br>1984 and updated 5 December 2018 (available<br>to download from the Club website<br>www.crpc.org.uk under <About> <Club<br>Handbook>)|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|The Trustees of The Club shall consist of the<br>Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer and, if the<br>Committee so desire, one other person who<br>shall be appointed by the Committee and they<br>shall respectively hold office until death or<br>resignation unless removed from office by a<br>majority resolution of the Committee who shall<br>be elected each year at the Annual General<br>Meeting of the Club.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The Club is affiliated to the National Small-<br>Bore Rifle Association (NSRA), registered<br>charity number 215468, which is the National<br>Governing Body for the sport.|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|The Club is affiliated to various regional Target<br>Shooting Associations. Currently these include<br>Cheshire & North Wales, Staffordshire and<br>Yorkshire.|
|Other||In the event of the Club being wound up the<br>property and assets of The Club shall not<br>belong to the members of the club but shall be<br>made over**either**to the officers for the time<br>being of the National Small-Bore Rifle<br>Association to be applied by them either in<br>developing the work of the Association itself**or**<br>for the benefit of some other institution with<br>objects similar to those of The Club as the<br>officers of the said Association may determine,<br>**or**to any other institution recognised by law as<br>a charity which the Trustees of the Club in their<br>sole discretion may direct and as may be<br>agreed by the Charity Commissioners.|





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Crewe Rifle and Pistol Club|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Crewe R&PC|
|Registered charity number|510759|
|Charity’s principal address|Bluebell Range<br>Ford Lane<br>CREWE<br>Cheshire<br>CW1 3TN|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates**<br>**acted if**<br>**not for**<br>**whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||Rees GARATH DAVIES|CHAIR||Membership of Crewe Rifle &<br>Pistol Club|
||CHRISTOPHER<br>DUNNINGTON|SECRETARY||Membership of Crewe Rifle &<br>Pistol Club|
||ANDREW Christopher<br>BARRATT|TREASURER||Membership of Crewe Rifle &<br>Pistol Club|
||NEIL James ALMOND|||Committee of Crewe Rifle &<br>Pistol Club|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|Accountant|Sharon Joyce FCCA|9 Vicarage Gardens, Sandbach. Cheshire CW11 3BZ|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Christopher Dunnington|Rees Garath Davies|
||<br>Honorary Secretary|Chairman|
||3rdJune 2026||
||3rdJune 2026||





t￿￿Sign En￿￿o￿lD DFA5843&E78¢.4t￿4sD7_9Afjs31Z1984fj
Crewe Rrfle & Pistol Club
Receipts & Payment5Account
Year ended
JViOiZ5
Yearended
31110124
For the yearended 31st October Z025
SubsCI-iPtions & W51torfee5
Rènge hire & don*ions
Ammunition
47.8Y
2.(￿8
16,138
2,856
1.772
38.804
1.648
22.209
3,340
2,650
1.238
747
1,160
2,569
175
74.539
0.22 round5
Full Bore rounds
Air pellets
Rifle & equipment sale5
Sale of scrap
Training and Indurtion
Sundries income
Bank interest
879
1.125
393
333
75003
Ammunition
0.22 rounds
Full Bore rounds
Air pellets
14.618
23.177
3,826
2.062
3.426
585
1.863
2.750
18,734
750
2,128
1.559
781
1.920
2.750
-1.449
TarEets
Competition fees
Rent
Heat, li8ht & water
Telephone & br03dband
Insurance
General repairs
Refurbishment cost
4.196
3.345
3,573
2,816
34
Garden maintenance & skip hlre
P05t, print & 5tatianery
Accountancyfees
Afjm expenses
Trainin8 & Indurtion
Equipment
Squarefees (Cashless p•¥rnentsl
Sundry expenses
Committee Expensos Itrèvoll
445
666
i.ioi
5(K>
279
339
11.227
3.037
1,447
1,019
50.024
965
786
7L132
Surplu5ldeficit for the period
25.379
3.207
Oponin8 Èalznc
21.2SD
1&04a
Closln8 Balance
46.630
2L250
Yearend value of stock wa5 £7,00612024 É6,6J21
Bank balance £46,62912024 £21,250), Cash balance £nil12024 £nill
Creditor5 £51612024 £5(M)I for Accountanry
23 April
Approved by theTrysteeson:
g*n•dby.'
2026
Ch4trw&06wce
Treasurer
E¢W5672447E4A7
Retalnedcash
Current account
Speclal Interesi Acwum
Totsl'CAsh In Bathk.
16.511
30,119
46,630
6.ty)0
15,250
11.250

# RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] OCTOBER 2025 

## FOR 

## **CREWE RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB** 

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 510759 

BLUE BELL RANGE 

FORD LANE 

CREWE CHESHIRE CW1 3EH 



t￿￿Sign En￿￿o￿lD DFA5843&E78¢.4t￿4sD7_9Afjs31Z1984fj
Crewe Rrfle & Pistol Club
Receipts & Payment5Account
Year ended
JViOiZ5
Yearended
31110124
For the yearended 31st October Z025
SubsCI-iPtions & W51torfee5
Rènge hire & don*ions
Ammunition
47.8Y
2.(￿8
16,138
2,856
1.772
38.804
1.648
22.209
3,340
2,650
1.238
747
1,160
2,569
175
74.539
0.22 round5
Full Bore rounds
Air pellets
Rifle & equipment sale5
Sale of scrap
Training and Indurtion
Sundries income
Bank interest
879
1.125
393
333
75003
Ammunition
0.22 rounds
Full Bore rounds
Air pellets
14.618
23.177
3,826
2.062
3.426
585
1.863
2.750
18,734
750
2,128
1.559
781
1.920
2.750
-1.449
TarEets
Competition fees
Rent
Heat, li8ht & water
Telephone & br03dband
Insurance
General repairs
Refurbishment cost
4.196
3.345
3,573
2,816
34
Garden maintenance & skip hlre
P05t, print & 5tatianery
Accountancyfees
Afjm expenses
Trainin8 & Indurtion
Equipment
Squarefees (Cashless p•¥rnentsl
Sundry expenses
Committee Expensos Itrèvoll
445
666
i.ioi
5(K>
279
339
11.227
3.037
1,447
1,019
50.024
965
786
7L132
Surplu5ldeficit for the period
25.379
3.207
Oponin8 Èalznc
21.2SD
1&04a
Closln8 Balance
46.630
2L250
Yearend value of stock wa5 £7,00612024 É6,6J21
Bank balance £46,62912024 £21,250), Cash balance £nil12024 £nill
Creditor5 £51612024 £5(M)I for Accountanry
23 April
Approved by theTrysteeson:
g*n•dby.'
2026
Ch4trw&06wce
Treasurer
E¢W5672447E4A7
Retalnedcash
Current account
Speclal Interesi Acwum
Totsl'CAsh In Bathk.
16.511
30,119
46,630
6.ty)0
15,250
11.250


## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

## **Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

|**Report to the trustees/**<br>**members of**<br>**On accounts for the year**<br>**ended**<br>**Set out on pages**|Charity Name<br>Crewe Rifle and Pistol Club|Charity Name<br>Crewe Rifle and Pistol Club|Charity Name<br>Crewe Rifle and Pistol Club|
|---|---|---|---|
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||31stOctober 2025|**Charity no**<br>**(if any)**|510759|
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||2<br>(remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets)|||



**Report to the trustees/ members of** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/10/2024. 

**Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

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 Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or 

- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or 

- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

|**Signed:**<br>**Name:**<br>**Relevant professional**<br>**qualification(s) or body):**<br>**Address:**<br>||07/05/2026|
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||Sharon Joyce||
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||FCCA||
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||9 Vicarage Gardens||
||Sandbach,||
||Cheshire, CW11 3BZ||





## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

