Charity Registration No: 524178 ## Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust Charity Registration No: 524178 Annual Report and Financial Statements For the period ended 31 March 2023 1 Charity Registration No: 524178 ## Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust ## Table of contents ||Page| |---|---| |Legal and administrative details|4| |Trustee Report|5-6| |Auditors Report|7| |Statement of Financial Activities|8| |Balance Sheet|8| 2 Charity Registration No: 524178 ## Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust Reference and Administrative Details |Charity Registration Number:|524178||| |---|---|---|---| |Registered Office:|Welfare Hall||| ||Off Bridgend Road||| ||Llanharan||| ||CF72 9RA||| |Trustees:|Martin Liney||| ||Sarah Liney||| ||Maria Thomas||| ||Judith Stolzenberg||| ||Diane Slater||| ||Lynda Everitt||(resigned)| ||Gary Watkins||| |Bankers:|Unity Trust Bank||| ||PO Box 7193||| ||Palentry Road||| ||Wilenhall||| ||WV1 9DG||| |Independent Examiner:|Anne-Julie Walker||| ||Cardiff||| 3 Charity Registration No: 524178 ## Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust Trustees’ Report for the period ended 31 March 2023 The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their Annual Report and Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2023. ## **Reference and administrative details** Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust (“the Charity”) is a charitable Trust registered and in Wales. The Charity is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under registration number: 524178. The registered address of the Charity is Welfare Hall, off Bridgend Road, Llanharan CF72 9RA ## **Statement on public benefit** The objectives and activities, achievement and performance sections of this report clearly set out the activities which the charity undertakes for public benefit. The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty of the Charities Act 2006. ## **Objectives and activities** The objectives of the Charity as defined are: The provision and maintenance of a recreation centre playing fields including children’s play area, sports pitches (rugby and football) Green space in Llanharan and Bryncae, Community Activities. To achieve the charities objectives; the charity focuses activities on providing a good quality facility for all to benefit from. 4 Charity Registration No: 524178 ## **Management** All positions within the charity are on a voluntary basis and no expenses are paid. The charity during 2022/23 had approximately 14 volunteers. ## **Achievements and performance** The year has been incredibly positive, feedback still remains high for the facilities, the ground is being used my multiple sports. After the success of grants, the external storage area, is being converted so the meeting room is independent as well as fully DDA compliant, in addition, the external pathway being upgrade. The pathway has been delayed due to the weather conditions and is planned to take place as soon as possible. A grant was received for boxing, to incorporate young and females, providing skills, this is just what is needed after the boxing gym has struggled through covid. ## **Financial** The charities income for the year was £70,812 which mainly derived from hire income. The expenditure of the charity stands at £46,983 Grants - £22,500 – Morrisons £4,500 – 1910 - £1,500 – Sports - £1,000 – Armold Clark - £7,323.45 – Llanharan Community Council - £4,800 – Mynydd Poref Wind Farm ## **Trustee Report** The Trustees wish to pass on their grateful thanks to Martin & Sarah Liney who manage the hall and grounds on our behalf. Martin continues to save the Trust thousands of pounds by carrying out repairs and maintenance where possible. We are pleased to see the hall and grounds continually improving, the grant work is an improvement which during the coming year will benefit so many. Seeing the pitches, used to their full potential is also beneficial and the planned improvements around the childrens park. 5 Charity Registration No: 524178 ## **Board of Trustees** ## **Statement of Trustees Responsibilities** The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the position of the charity. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: 1. Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently 2. Observe the methods and principles in the charities SORP 3. State where applicable UK accounting standards have been followed; subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements. 4. Prepare the financial statements The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the transactions disclosing with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial p0osition and ensure that the financial statements comply with charities Act 2011, the charity accounts and reports regulations 2009 and provisions of the Trust deed. The trustees are also responsible for the prevention and detection of fraud and all other irregularities. In so far as the Trustees as aware: - There is no relevant information of which the charities independent examiner is unaware and - The Trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the independent examiner is aware of that information. This report was approved by the Trustees on 25[th] May 2023 and signed on their behalf by: Signed: ____________________________________ (Treasurer/Trustee) Name: SARAH J LINEY 6 Charity Registration No: 524178 ## Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2022 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the period ended 31 March 2023 which are set out on Page 8 Respective and responsibilities of the trustees and examiner As the charities trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in the accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the act”) I report in respect of my examination of the Trusts 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 charities commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiners statement** I have completed my examination; I confirm that no material matters have 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 records 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 the 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 the report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Anne-Julie Walker Signature: AJ Walker Dated: 28/01/2024 7 Charity Registration No: 524178 ## Llanharan Recreation Ground Trust ## **Statement of Financial Activities** For the period 1[st] April 2022 to 31[st] March 2023 |||**1 April**|**2022**|**1 Apri 2021**|**–**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**- 31 March 2023**||**31 March 2022**|| |Account||Expense|
Income|Expense|Income| |Fees Hall and Field|||20,838||13,312| |Fund Raising/Donations|||7,893||5,718| |Grants (including|Government Covid)||41,907||11,804| |Bank Interest|||174||0| ||**Total Income**||**70,812**||**30,834**| |Premises Cost||43,095||30,701|| |Insurance & Legal Fees||2,299||2,814|| |Furniture||1205|||| |Pest Control|||||| |Other expenses|||202|580|| |General Admin||||126|| |Bank Charges|||72|54|| |Tree Maintenance|||||| |Advertising|||110|258|| |Misc|||||| ||**Total Expenditure**|**46,983**||**65,473**|| ||**Net Income**|**23,829**||**(6,101)**|| ## **Balance Sheet** |**alance Sheet**|| |---|---| |**Closing Bank Balance**|| |**31/03/2021 Current Account**|3,386| |**31/03/2021 Deposit Account**
|24,774| |**Uncleared Payment**|| |**Debtors**|2,494| |**HMRC**|(218)| |**Creditors due**|(1,484)| |**Total**|28,952| 8