**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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|||**Charity name**|||||||King George’s Field Keighley|||King George’s Field Keighley|King George’s Field Keighley||||
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|**Registered charity number (if any)** 514349
**Charity's principal address** City of Bradford MDC
Finance, 5thFloor, Britannia House, Hall Ings, Bradford,
West Yorkshire
**Postcode**
**BD1 1HX**
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## Section A Reference and administration details
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
March **2012**
**TAR**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
> [Trust Deed ]
How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
> [Trust (Other) ]
Trustee selection methods Corporate Trustee - current members of City of Bradford MDC’s (eg. appointed by, elected by) Regulatory and Appeals Committee
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include N/A additional information, where relevant, about: policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
Playing fields.
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
Amateur sport. Helps the general public/mankind. Provides buildings/facilities/open space.
March **2012**
**TAR**
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|**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|Charitable Object is “The Recreation Ground at Aireworth Keighley … in
respect of which heraldic panels, the official emblems of a “King George’s
Field” have been provided by King George’s Fields foundation, shall be
preserved in perpetuity as a memorial to his last majesty King George V
under the provisions of the King George’s Field Foundation and shall
henceforth be known as “King George’s Field.”
Area of benefit (i.e. area the charity can operate in, as set out in its
governing document) is Keighley.
King George’s Field is vested in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District
Council as trustee, subject to a declaration of trust made by the Major
Alderman and Burgess’ of the Borough of Keighley on 17th October
1955. The declaration of trust provided for the Field to be preserved in
perpetuity as a memorial to King George V under the provisions of the
King George’s Field Foundation. Pursuant to the Local Government Act
1972, trusteeship of the charity transferred from the former Keighley
Corporation to the Council on 1st April 1974.
Responsibility for administering the charity is delegated to the Executive
committee of the Council and day to day management is further
delegated to the Department of Environment & Sport and to the Director
of the Department.
The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in
the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when
reviewing the Trust’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities
and setting the grant-making policy for the year.|
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## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
In 1980, approximately 2.7 acres of land, forming part of the charity land was sold and the Council dedicated a similar acreage of land in substitution. Part of the King George’s Field was subsequently included in the compulsory purchase order for the Aire Valley Trunk Road. The compensation received from the Ministry of Transport was used for the development of Marley Stadium. The charity land consists of approximately 52 acres and is laid out as playing fields and contains the following facilities:
Marley Outdoor Activity Centre 1 Sports Hall 2 Changing Room Buildings 1 Artificial Soccer Pitch 1 Cricket Pavilion 1 Grass Cricket Square 1 Artificial Cricket Wicket 9 Soccer Pitches 2 Mini Soccer Pitches 1 Rugby Pitch
An application to the Charity Commission was made on 17th July 1998 to dispose of two plots of land which were no longer required for the Aire Valley Road project. The proceeds thereon amounted to £33,687.42 in year 1998-99, £110,000 in 2000/01 and both were duly invested following advice from the Financial Advisors.
March **2012**
**TAR**
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Day-to-day management and maintenance of the grounds and facilities of King George’s Field Keighley, including letting of the facilities, is undertaken by City of Bradford Metropolitan Council’s Sport & Culture Service in Department of Place. Fees and charges for the use of the facilities are reviewed by the Committee annually and implemented in the month of January. Income and Expenditure Income for the financial year ending 31st March 2025, totalled £188,884 which consisted of:
1. Income from investments - £21,063 2. Bank Interest - £20,706
3. Facilities lettings & other income - £135,753 4. Receipts from sale of investments - £11,362 Grounds maintenance & staffing costs totalled £123,389, giving net receipts for the year of £65,495.
Assets - Cash and Capital Funds
The cash and capital funds of the charity and the investment income therefrom are identified in the Charity accounts appended.
March **2012**
**TAR**
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
N/A
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
N/A
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
N/A
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
N/A
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** City of Bradford MDC City of Bradford MDC **Full name(s)** City of Bradford MDC City of Bradford MDC
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Corporate Trustee ] **Date** 30.01.2026
Corporate Trustee
March **2012**
**TAR**
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6 March **2012**
**TAR**
**TAR** 7 March **2012**