## **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PREES CRICKET AND RECREATION CLUB FINANCIAL YEAR: 01/01/2022 TO 31/12/2022 CHARITY No 522559**
1. The principal address of the Prees Cricket and Recreation Club is Brades Road, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 2DX.
2. The purposes of the charity and its administration are contained in a Trust Deed dated June 12th 1933.
3. The aims of the charity are for the land which is the subject of the Trust Deed: “to be used in perpetuity as a non-sectarian and non-political place of recreation and social intercourse under the name of the Prees Cricket and Recreation Club for the advantage or benefit of the inhabitants of Prees aforesaid and the surrounding district either gratuitously or in consideration of any money payment or on such terms as the Trustees may think fit”.
“The trustees shall not permit the hereditaments hereby assured to be used for the purpose of any particular Church denomination or sect or any political party”.
4. The following are used by the charity:
Bank: Barclays Bank, Leicester LE87 3BB
Solicitor: Hibberts LLP, 29, St Mary’s Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 1RA
5. New trustees can be appointed by the existing trustees and one trustee appointed by Prees Parish Council.
6. The trustees of the charity are:
Vincent Trevor Lines, Twotrees, Shrewsbury Road, Prees, Shropshire, SY13 3EY
Brian Edward John Hughes, 10 Cricket Meadow, Prees, Shropshire, SY13 2BZ
Reginald Paul Prince, Eastwood, Soulton Road, Wem, Shropshire, SY4 5HR
Phillip George Hodges, 20/21 Whitchurch Road, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 2DG
Joseph Anthony Whelan, Eastwick Farm, Whitchurch Road, Prees, Shropshire, SY13 2DD
Richard Neale Sadler, Bridge Farm, Edstaston, Wem, Shropshire, SY4 5RG
7. The trust property is held by appointed trustees on behalf of the charity.
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8. In the year 01/01/22 to 31/12/22 the main activities and achievements that the charity undertook in order to carry out its aims for the public benefit were:
## **Main Activities**
- Provision of adult, junior and mini soccer football pitches for use by our village teams; a men’s and a veteran’s team, a ladies team, 10 boys’ teams U9 to U16, 4 girls teams from U8 to U18, and a crèche for 4 – 7s.
- Provision of grass & artificial cricket pitches and training net for use by our
- village team.
- Provision of 2 bowling greens for use by our 11 village teams including two over 60s teams.
- Provision of sports coaching to local youngsters for football, cricket, bowls and karate.
- Provision of two 3G artificial multi-use area for football and general sport activity by all ages.
- Provision of an angling section with over 50 participating members.
- Provision of recreational activities for members of all ages; including snooker, pool, darts, dominoes, karate, table tennis, Zumba, fund raising bingos and quiz nights.
- Provision of various social events for members, their families, and their
- guests.
- Provision of function room for use by members for their family events and
- celebrations.
- Provision of meeting and function facilities for local voluntary groups and
- companies.
- Provision of external AED Defibrillator accessible to all Club users and the local community.
## **Sadly, many of the Club’s main activities were still curtailed during 2022 due the knock the on effects of the Covid19 pandemic but things are now recovering.**
## **Main Achievements**
- Our Committee have been active and enthusiastic and have generated a great team spirit within our Club with members and committee pulling together.
- Our Staff have worked hard and conscientiously and have been supported by volunteers and qualified coaches from all the sporting sections to make Club successful.
- We have successfully maintained our membership of over 600 across all age ranges as result of maintaining low membership fees and enhancing our facilities for recreational & social activities.
- We have successfully undertaken a range of internal fund raising activities, and continued to be pro-active in applying for various external grants. Funds raised this year have enabled us to complete construction of a new allweather junior training pitch, purchase new ground maintenance equipment, reseed our football pitches, make reparations to our club house balconies and improve the surroundings of our bowling greens.
- We successfully hosted a number of bowls matches and competition finals for our local leagues and for the Shropshire County associations.
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- All monies generated by our Club are re-invested in maintaining and enhancing our facilities, including installation of new training floodlights, reparations to out balconies and further improvements to our bowling green walkway.
9. The trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the guidance on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
Signed:
: 17t[h] April 2022 Richard Neale Sadler Chair of the Trustees.
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|BarTradin|g Accountto31Dec2A2|
|---|---|
||ff|
|Bar Sales|21A.741.A4|
|Bar Purchases|94.214.67|
|AddOpening Stock|7,901.28|
||102,115.95|
|Less Closing Stock|9,677.1292,438.83|
|GrossProfit (56.14%)|118,302.21|
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|lncome & Expenditur|e Accountto31Dec|
|---|---|
|lncome|f|
|Bar Trading|118,302.21|
|Grants & Donations|21,917.47|
|Membership|5,435.00|
|Sports Sections|5,943.00|
|Entertainment/Fund Raising|4,057.00|
|Hire of Facilities|21,A01.75|
|Snooker/Pool|492.91|
|Advertising|100.00|
|lnvestmentlncome|74.29|
|Miscellaneous|456.26|
||177.779.89|
|Expenditure|||
|---|---|---|
|Wages|96,404.44||
|Rent & Rates|1,088.00||
|Heat, Light&Power|8,123.55||
|lnsurance|3.108.01||
|Sports Sections|1,825.82||
|Entertainment/Fund Raising|14,754.81||
|Telephonei Broadband|854.66||
|Printing & Stationery|387.78||
|ProfessronalFees|'1,60s.83||
|Training Courses|109.00||
|Maintenance|33,768.73||
|Depreciation|6,124.64||
|Credit Charges|3.691.33||
|Marketing&Advertising|540.00||
|General Expenses
996.84
Surplusoflncome overExpenditure||173,383.44
4.396.45|
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|BarTradin|g Accountto31Dec2A2|
|---|---|
||ff|
|Bar Sales|21A.741.A4|
|Bar Purchases|94.214.67|
|AddOpening Stock|7,901.28|
||102,115.95|
|Less Closing Stock|9,677.1292,438.83|
|GrossProfit (56.14%)|118,302.21|
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|lncome & Expenditur|e Accountto31Dec|
|---|---|
|lncome|f|
|Bar Trading|118,302.21|
|Grants & Donations|21,917.47|
|Membership|5,435.00|
|Sports Sections|5,943.00|
|Entertainment/Fund Raising|4,057.00|
|Hire of Facilities|21,A01.75|
|Snooker/Pool|492.91|
|Advertising|100.00|
|lnvestmentlncome|74.29|
|Miscellaneous|456.26|
||177.779.89|
|Expenditure|||
|---|---|---|
|Wages|96,404.44||
|Rent & Rates|1,088.00||
|Heat, Light&Power|8,123.55||
|lnsurance|3.108.01||
|Sports Sections|1,825.82||
|Entertainment/Fund Raising|14,754.81||
|Telephonei Broadband|854.66||
|Printing & Stationery|387.78||
|ProfessronalFees|'1,60s.83||
|Training Courses|109.00||
|Maintenance|33,768.73||
|Depreciation|6,124.64||
|Credit Charges|3.691.33||
|Marketing&Advertising|540.00||
|General Expenses
996.84
Surplusoflncome overExpenditure||173,383.44
4.396.45|