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Erskine Youth Football Club SCIO
Scotish Charity No - SC047089
Annual Report and Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 July 2024
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## Trustees Annual Report
For the year ended 31 July 2024
The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2024
## Reference and Administrative Information
## Charity Name
Erskine Youth Football Club SCIO
## Charity No
$C047089
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## Struture Governance and Management
## Constitution
The Charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (a SCIO). It was registered in its current legal form on 12th January 2017. The charity was previously an unincorporated club but changed its legal form to a SCIO. The assets of the unincorporated club were transferred to the SCIO on 12th January 2017. It has a single tier structure and as such the trustees are the members of the charity ~~.~~
## Appointment of Trustees
The structure of the organisation consists of the board, who normally meet on the first Monday of each month, and generally control the activities of the organisation ~~.~~ The board also appoints charity trustees to fill vacancies. The people serving on the board are referred to in the constitution as Charity Trustees, and they are also the members of the organisation for the purposes of the Charities and Trustee (Investment) Act 2005.
Charity Trustees are elected at the annual general meeting which is held in September ~~.~~ There must be a minimum of three and a maximum of ten trustees.
## Objectives and Activities
## Charitable Purposes
To promote the advancement of public participation in sport. Our objects are to promote the development of football within the community of Erskine and to promote the participation in football for boys, girls and adults irrespective of race, colour, religion, sex, sexuality or disabilities ~~.~~
## Activities
Participation in organised football for all ages of both sexes, from Soccer 4's through 5's and 7's and on to competitive 11 a side leagues. Inclusion of players of all abilities increasing the well being of youths in the community.
## Achievements and Performance
As an SFA Quality Mark Club, we have ambitions to be bigger, better and stronger, and have a desire to be the very best we can be.
Increased participation in football, driving high standards and improving the develoment of our players, coaches and volunteers is a priority for our club but we know we can't achieve any of this without the passion and commitment of our volunteers ~~.~~
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## Financial Review
Our main source of funding is subscriptions which are charged to parents and players, the vast majority of which are now collected by Direct Debit. Individual age levels also raise funds by obtaining sponsors of their strips and organising fund raising events. The Club also now benefits from Gift Aid on players’ subscriptions.
Revenue from fund raising and player subscriptions are in line with 2023 with the benefit of Gift Aid. Team operating costs were lower due to less 11 a side teams but, unfortunately, one age level suffered a loss on a foreign trip resulting in higher than expected costs. Late invoicing by Renfrewshire Council of training lets has resulted in Liabilities being higher than in pevious years.
## Reserves Policy
50% of any surplus generated each year will be transferred to the development fund, the remainder will be used for the running of the club and to support the individual age levels.
## Plans for future period
The trustees intend to continue the develoment of football in the community, increasing the number of teams that we have at all age levels, both boys and girls.
We continue to look into development opportunities for the pitches at Barwood and are looking into converting the old blaes pitch to a grass pitch ~~.~~ Costs incurred this year included grass cutting and pitch maintenance, and utility costs for the pavilion.
## Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf
Trustee
Date 12 April 2025
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## Statement of Receipts and Payments for the year ended 31 July 2024
||||||||||||||||||||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Year Ended|Year Ended|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||||||||||||Funds||31/07/2024|31/07/2023|
|Receipts|||||||||||||||||||||||
|Donations|||||||||||||||||||-|||-|
|Grants|||||||||||||||||||-|||-|
|Team||||Sponsorship|||||||||||||||425||425|500|
|Fund|||Raising|||||||(incl Gift Aid)|||||||||12,633||12,633|12,699|
|Income|||||from Pitch Lets||||||||||||||1,620||1,620|2,160|
|Bank|||Interest||||||||||||||||183||183|64|
|Receipts||||||from charitable|||||||||||||||||
|activities||||||~~- ~~|Player|||||||Subscriptions
61,935|||||||61,935|62,413|
|Total||||Receipts|||||||||||||||76,795||76,795|77,836|
|Payments|||||||||||||||||||||||
|Fundraising|||||||||costs||||||||||-|||-|
|Cost||of|||charitable||||||||||||||||||
|activities|||||||||||||||||||72,375||72,375|75,493|
|Governance|||||||||costs||||||||||570||570|630|
|Purchase of|||||||||equipment||||||||||-||-|-|
|Total||||Payments|||||||||||||||72,945||72,945|76,123|
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|Surplus/(Deficit)||||||||||||||fortheyear
3,850|||||||3,850|1,713|
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## Statement of Balances ~~-~~ As at 31 July 2024
|||||||||||||||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Total|Total|Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||||||||Funds||||2024|2023|
|Opening|||||||cash|||at bank and|||in hand
39,857|||||39,857|38,144|
|Surplus/(Deficit) for the year
3,850||||||||||||||||||3,850|1,713|
|Closing||||||cash|||at bank and in hand
43,707|||||||||43,707|39,857|
|Bank|||||and Cash Balances|||||||||||||||
|Cash||||Balance||||||||||-||||-|.|
|Bank||||Current Account||||||||||28,811||||28,811|25,144|
|Bank||||Development Account
14,897||||||||||||||14,897|14,715|
|||||||||||||||43,709||||43,709|39,859|
|Other|||||Assets|||||~~- ~~unrestricted fund||||||||||
|Mini Tractor||||||||||||||||||1,000|1,000|
|Goals|||||and nets|||||||||||||1,500|1,000|
|LapTop||Top||||||||||||||||478|478|
|Gazebo||||||||||||||||||743|743|
|||||||||||||||||||3,721|3,221|
|Liabilities ~~-~~ unrestricted fund||||||||||||||||||||
|Independent examination|||||||||||||accrual|||||600|650|
|Training|||||||Lets|||||||||||7,667|0|
|||||||||||||||||||8,267|650|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|Net||Assets||||||||||||||||39,161|42,428|
## Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf
Trustee
Date 12 April 2025
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## Notes to the accounts ~~-~~ for the year ended 31 July 2024
## 1 Basis of Accounting
These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis in accordance with the Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended)
## 2 2024 Results
Revenue from fund raising and player subscriptions are in line with 2023 with the benefit of Gift Aid. Team operating costs were lower due to less 11 a side teams but, unfortunately, one age level suffered a loss on a foreign trip resulting in higher than expected costs. Late invoicing by Renfrewshire Council of training lets are included in Liabilities, had they been paid in the year this wold have resulted in a small loss.
## 3 Nature and purpose of funds
Unrestricted funds are those that may be used at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the club.
Restricted funds may only be used for specific purposes.Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for specific purposes. There were no such transactions during the year.
The funds in the Bank Development Account have been designated for use in the development of playing facilities the club rents from Renfrewshire Council.
## 4 Related Party Transactions
No remuneration was paid to the trustees or any connected persons during the year.
## 5 Cost of charitable activities
|||||||||||||||||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Total|Total|Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||||||||||Funds||||2024|2023|
|Pitch||||Hire||||and Training Lets||||||||25,460||25,460|||28,461|
|Strips|||||and Equipment|||||||||||8,109||||8,109|15,216|
|Referees||||||||||||||||6,151||||6,151|6,431|
|SYFA|||||and League||||||Fees|||||4,004||||4,004|2,673|
|Age Level||||||||Running||||Costs||||11,013||11,013|||2,086|
|Tournament Fees|||||||||||(including EYFC Tournam
1,403|||||||||1,403|1,838|
|Presentation Costs||||||||||||||||1,634||||1,634|2,598|
|Property Costs|||||||||and|||Meeting Room Hire
5,611||||||||5,611|6,169|
|Consultancy Fee||||||||||||||||-||||-|-|
|Donations||||||||||||||||305||||305|255|
|First|||Aid and Coaching Courses|||||||||||||1,174||||1,174|1,746|
|Club|||Ties|||||||||||||-||||-|895|
|Insurance||||||||||||||||3,511||||3,511|3,148|
|My||Club Hub Fees||||||||||||||3,585||||3,585|3,421|
|Miscellaneous Costs||||||||||||||||415||||415|554|
|Total||||Payments||||||||||||72,375||72,375|||75,491|
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## ~~Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of~~ Erskine Youth Football Club SCIO
| report on the accounts for the year ended 31 July 2024 as requested by the trustees.
## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity's trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1)(a) to (d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under Section 44(1)(c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## Basis of the independent examiner's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of[the] accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently | do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## Independent examiner's statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44 (1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
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(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. - - 7