## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/04/2022 Period start date To 31/03/2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Clifton Football Club** ## **Charity registration number: 522266** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To provide a safe environment for the local
community to enjoy and partcipate in leisure
and recreatonal actvites, in partcular
football.
Also to increasepartcipaton| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Football - to learn and play football whilst
engaging with the local community, no mater
what sex, age, religion, or social background.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have paid due regard to the
charity Commission guidance on public
benefts reportng on what actvites the charity
has undertaken this year.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|To contnue the running of the club whilst
ofering its services to the local community and
wider. Ofering boys, girls, men & ladies
including veteran teams football facilites. The
facilites include a clubhouse, match pitches
and training facilites. All at afordable pricing
and being of the highest quality that can be
obtain given the fnancial strains.
Alongside the above, is to also increase our
number of partcipants across the board.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Another year of being self-efcient and
balancing the books in the ever-hard
environment we fnd ourselves in.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We are not currently able to hold such
reserves, but the club is working toward this
and our aim is to get to a point where we make
£10kp/a to hold as a bufer for ‘a rainyday’| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£0| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not enough income/against expenditure in a
hard economical tme (current recession “cost
of livingcrisis)| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Current fnancial tmes / recession (cost of
living crisis)
Also the club is based on a council estate in a
deprived area of the city.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||n/a| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Trustees, with a president, Chair and vice Chair| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Volunteered for the positon, vote passed by
Trustees. The Board of Trustees recruit
Trustees to ensure that the Board has the
necessary skills| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Clifton Football Club| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Clifton All Whites FC| |Registered charity number|522266| |Charity’s principal address|Norman Archer Memorial Ground
Green Lane
Clifton
Nottingham
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Richard Hipkiss|Chair||| ||Dave Wigley|Vice Chair||| ||Lee Makings|Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** ## Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details The charity is managed by the Trustees ## **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)** Richard Hipkiss **Full name(s)** Lee Makings **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer Chair **Chair, etc)** **Date** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/04/2022 Period start date To 31/03/2023 Period end date** **Charity name: Clifton Football Club** **Charity registration number: 522266** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To provide a safe environment for the local
community to enjoy and participate in leisure
and recreational activities, in particular
football.
Also to increase participation| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|Football - to learn and play football whilst
engaging with the local community, no matter
what sex, age, religion, or social background.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have paid due regard to the
charity Commission guidance on public
benefits reporting on what activities the charity
has undertaken this year.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|To continue the running of the club whilst
offering its services to the local community and
wider. Offering boys, girls, men & ladies
including veteran teams football facilities. The
facilities include a clubhouse, match pitches and
training facilities. All at affordable pricing and
being of the highest quality that can be obtain
given the financial strains.
Alongside the above, is to also increase our
number of participants across the board.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set
|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives
|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Another year of being self-efficient and
balancing the books in the ever-hard
environment we find ourselves in.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We are not currently able to hold such reserves,
but the club is working toward this and our aim
is to get to a point where we make £10k p/a to
hold as a buffer for‘a rainy day’| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£0| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not enough income/against expenditure in a
hard economical time (current recession “cost
of living crisis)| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Current financial times / recession (cost of
living crisis)
Also the club is based on a council estate in a
deprived area of the city.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||n/a| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Trustees, with a president, Chair and vice Chair| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Volunteered for the position, vote passed by
Trustees. The Board of Trustees recruit
Trustees to ensure that the Board has the
necessary skills| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Clifton Football Club| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Clifton All Whites FC| |Registered charity number|522266| |Charity’s principal address|Norman Archer Memorial Ground
Green Lane
Clifton
Nottingham
NG11 9AZ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Richard Hipkiss|Chair||| ||Dave Wigley|Vice Chair||| ||Lee Makings|Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** ## Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details The charity is managed by the Trustees ## **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)** Richard Hipkiss **Full name(s)** Lee Makings **Position (eg** Treasurer Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** ## **CLIFTON FOOTBALL CLUB** # **REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED** **31 MARCH 2023** **Charity Number 522266** ## **CLIFTON FOOTBALL CLUB** ## **REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED** ## **31 MARCH 2023** |**CONTENTS**|**PAGE**| |---|---| |Legal and administrative information|1| |Independent Examiner’s Report|2| |Statement of receipts and payments|3| |Statement of assets|4| |Notes to the fnancial statements|5| ## **CLIFTON FOOTBALL CLUB** ## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** ## **Charity number** **Charity number** 522266 **Principal address** Norman Archer Memorial Ground Green Lane Clifton Nottingham NG11 9AZ **Trustees** Mr R Hipkiss – Chair Mr L Makings - Treasurer Mr D Wigley – Vice Chair **Independent examiner** Melvin Bailey FCCA DChA Rogers Spencer Newstead House Pelham Road Nottingham NG5 1AP ## Page 1 **CLIFTON FOOTBALL CLUB** ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** I report to the Trustees on my examination of the receipts and payments accounts for the above Charity for the year ended 31 March 2023. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the Charity Trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s receipts and payments accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities. 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. Melvin Bailey FCCA DChA for and on behalf of Rogers Spencer Chartered Accountants Newstead House Pelham Road Nottingham NG5 1AP Date Page 2 ## **CLIFTON FOOTBALL CLUB REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** ||Unrestricted|| |---|---|---| ||Funds|| ||2023
2022|| |INCOME|£
£|| |INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM||| |Government grant income|-|
4,868| |Bar / kitchen income|24,936|20,764| |Subs|59,456|49,564| |Rent income|31,500|31,338| |Gate / parking fees|4,388|2,391| |Sponsorships|4,777|8,332| |Bank interest|4|-| |TOTAL INCOME|125,061|117,257| |EXPENDITURE||| |EXPENDITURE ON CHARITABLE||| |ACTIVITIES||| |Kit purchases|5,876|13,197| |Catering and bar purchases|15,819|15,580| |Match fees and fines|14,845|10,040| |Pitch hire and training|47,113|38,444| |Wages and salaries|3,795|1,360| |Rent
Hygiene
Rates
Power, light and heat
Repairs and maintenance
Insurance
Accountancy
Telephone and internet
Sundry expenses
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
NET INCREASE/DECREASE IN CASH
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Cash balance brought forward
Cash balance carried forward|1,144
-
2,609
12,913
17,136
1,034
1,440
519
-
124,243
818
759
1,577|1,250
776
9,097
6,851
28,270
803
3,240
844
-
129,326
(12,068)
12,827
759| |---|---|---| ## Page 3 ## **CLIFTON FOOTBALL CLUB REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AS AT 31 MARCH 2023** ||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Total funds|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||funds|||| ||2023||2022|| ||£||£|| |**Current assets**||||| |**Bank balances**||||| |Cash in hand||1,577||759| |**Net assets**||1,577||759| |Represented by:||||| |Association funds||1,577||759| The unaudited financial statements were approved by the Trustees on …….……….and are signed on their behalf by: ……………………………….. Mr R Hipkiss (Chair) Page 4 ## **CLIFTON FOOTBALL CLUB REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** ## 1.ACCOUNTING POLICIES ## _(i) Reporting framework_ The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. ## _(ii) Receipts_ Income is recognised at the point of receipt. ## _(iii) Payments_ Expenditure is recognised at the point of payment. Page 5 CUFTON FOOTBALL CLUB INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 l Teport to the Trustees on my examinalion of the receipts and payments accounts for the above Charity for the year ended 31 Marth 2023. RosponslbllltlèB and bas18 of rnport As the Charity Trustees of the Trust. yolj are responslble for the prepara￿On of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chariti85 Acl 2011 (the 2011 Act). I report in respe￿ of my examlnallon of the Trust's receipts and payments aC￿UnIS ¢arrtd out under section 145 of Ihe 2011 Act and In carrylng out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directions glven by the Charity Commlssion under section 145(5}Ib} of the Act. Independent examlner's s&￿ement I have completed my examlnatlon. I conflmi that no matters have come to my attentlon In wnnection with the examinatlon glvlng me cause to belleve thal In any malerlal respect.. accounting records were not kept in respect of Ihe company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Acl" or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records,. or 3. the accounts do not comply wth the accounllng raqulrements of sectlon 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true aThJ fair view. which Is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination," or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordanc* wlth Iho methods and principles of the ststement of Re¢omm&ndod Practice for a¢¢ounting an¢J reportlng by charities. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention sh)uld be drawn in this report in or(ler lo enable a prop8r understanding of the accounts to be reached. Melvin Bailey FCCA DChA for and on behalf of Rogers Spen¢er Chartered Acwuntants Newslead House Pelham Road Nottingham NGS 1AP Date 2S 202Ifr Page 2