Lurgan Town Football Club TRUSTEES' REPORT
for the financial year ended 30 April 2025
The trustees present their Trustees' Report and the unaudited financial statements for the financial year ended 30 April 2025.
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
The Trustees' Report contains the information required to be provided in the Trustees' Annual Report under the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) guidelines. The trustees of the charity are also charity trustees for the purpose of charity law and under the charity's constitution are known as members of the board of trustees.
In this report the trustees of Lurgan Town Football Club present a summary of its purpose, governance, activities, achievements and finances for the financial year 30 April 2025.
The charity is a registered charity and although not obliged to comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland FRS 102, the organisation has implemented its recommendations where relevant in these financial statements.
Mission, Objectives and Strategy
Objectives
The objective of the charity is the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing of association football.
In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit at our management committee (Trustee) meetings. The focus of our activities remains providing age specific and development specific training and games programmes for all our members. We continue to build the capacity of our coaches to ultimately maximise the effectiveness of the service provided to our members. Our membership is open to people from all backgrounds regardless of faith, gender or personal circumstances.
Review of Achievements and Performance
We now have 32 teams playing football each week with a total membership of 540 lead by a 85 person volunteer team. We have 10 teams of U7 to U10 Boys, 11 teams of U11 to U17 Boys, 7 teams of U9 to U15 Girls and 4 Senior Teams.
Financial Review
The results for the financial year are set out on page7 and additional notes are provided showing income and expenditure in greater detail.
Results and Dividends
At the end of the financial year the charity has assets of £23,623 (2024 - £23,484) and liabilities of £19,781 (2024 - £22,618). The net assets of the charity have increased by £2,976.
In accordance with the Constitution, the trustees retire by rotation and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
Compliance with Sector-Wide Legislation and Standards
The charity engages pro-actively with legislation, standards and codes which are developed for the sector. Lurgan Town Football Club subscribes to and is compliant with the following:
- The Charities SORP (FRS 102)
Approved by the Board of Trustees on 3 March 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
Stuart Gordon (Chairman) Trustee
Grace Gault (Treasurer) Trustee
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