REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 07625534 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1141973

Report of the Trustees and

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

for

Ealing Cricket Club

Page

Reference and Administrative Details

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Report of the Trustees

2

to

9

Independent Examiner's Report

10

to

11

Statement of Financial Activities

12

Balance Sheet

13

to

14

Notes to the Financial Statements

15

to

25

TRUSTEES

S J Scott

L R F Stoughton

C W Wheeler (resigned 16.11.25)

M D Grafton Treasurer

P L Lewis Club Safeguarding Officer

D R Holt (Appointed Chair of Trustees 27.11.23)

S V Bose

G S J Fitzpatrick

D P Morrey (resigned 7.3.25)

M Patel

R G White

P Gandhi (appointed 3.4.25)

REGISTERED OFFICE

Corfton Road

Ealing

London

W5 2HS

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER

07625534 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER

1141973

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER

Merchant & Co

Chartered Certified Accountants

2 Craven Road

Ealing

London

W5 2UA

BANKERS

NatWest

1 The Mall

Ealing

London

W5 2PL

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

Group accounts are not required as this company is the parent of a small group. Ealing Cricket Club (ECC) is a company limited by guarantee, governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Club is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives

As set out in the Articles of Association, the objects of Ealing Cricket Club are:

1. to provide community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing cricket and other

sports ("facilities" means land, building, equipment and organisation of cricketing or other sporting activities);

and

2. to advance the education of children and young people whether or not undergoing formal education.

The Club has been in existence since 1870 and, in that time, has become an important part of our local community. We are a family Club and this lies at the heart of our success both on and off the playing field. Fostering this sense of family involvement is the cornerstone of our efforts to promote cricket in our local community.

The Trustees recognise that, following the Club's conversion to become a charity, the Club's various activities must be run according to the best principles of corporate governance. The Trustees believe that the charity conversion has focused our efforts on achieving our twin objectives for the benefit of our local community. We continue to look to attract volunteers to strengthen our team to ensure we can deliver the best quality services.

The Club has a fee-paying membership, which is concessionary for specific groups, e.g. Juniors, and for others where the payment of fees might be an obstacle to their participation in cricket activities at the Club. The principal limit on the number of playing members at the Club has historically been the lack of facilities that we have had available for our use. However, we expanded our playing facilities in recent years and this has allowed us to continue to grow our cricketing activities.

Charitable activities

Each year, the Club updates its Development Plan as part of its Clubmark accreditation with the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB). This document summarises the activities that are planned to achieve our objectives.

We are a club focused solely on cricket.

In Senior Cricket, ECC again had six senior Men's teams playing league cricket in the MIddlesex County Cricket League (MCCL) on Saturdays, with a full 18 match fixture schedule. We participated in the ECB National Club Championship, the ECB National T20 Cup, the Middlesex Cup, Club Cricket Conference Cup, Middlesex Cricket Board Development League, the ECB U19 National Club Championship, the Middlesex Cricket Women's League and the Chess Valley League.

The Junior Cricket section, which had approximately 500 members in 2025, aged between 5 and 17 in 29 junior teams, is supported by senior qualified professional coaches, led by our Director of Cricket, Shaftab Khalid, and assisted by a large number of volunteer coaches, mostly drawn from the parents of the Junior Cricketers. Many of the volunteer coaches undertake ECB sponsored coaching courses and some go onto Level 2 courses. Our Girls' section remains one of the largest in the country with over 100 girls.

Senior cricket is provided by the Club across a spectrum of standards and competitiveness and is played by participants with a wide range of ability levels. It is also an integral part of the continuum of youth development and participation.

The senior Men's and Women's teams often include a significant number of Junior Cricketers giving our younger players the opportunity to get exposure to more experienced cricketers and to play at a higher level.

The Club provides playing opportunities for all levels of ability although all teams are usually selected on ability. This ensures that teams contain the skills necessary (for example, bowling, batting, fielding and wicket-keeping) and that players play cricket at a level commensurate to their competence to ensure safety. Selection is based on the experience and judgement of coaches taking into account a number of factors including the balance of skills needed and player availability. When there are sufficient players available, the Club seeks to organise additional fixtures.

In recent years, our Junior cricket activities has expanded considerably and as a result we have needed to expand our playing facilities. Our three grounds - Corfton Road, Popesfield and Brentfield - are all in regular use throughout the summer, but are not sufficient for our current needs. In 2026, we will again need to hire additional playing facilities to cater for all of our planned activities. And we continue to look actively at acquiring, on a long term basis, additional playing facilities.

Coaching courses for young cricketers on Sundays and throughout the school holidays continue to be run at the Club under our brand, Premier Cricket Coaching. And, in recent years, our comprehensive winter training programme for our Junior Cricketers has been very popular. When there is sufficient demand, we also run indoor coaching courses during the winter during the October and February half term breaks and during the Christmas holidays.

The Club has for many years actively engaged with a number of local schools where we assist the development of cricket in the schools. We have also hosted Kwik Cricket competitions run on behalf of Active Ealing, Schools Sports Partnerships and other competitions on behalf of Middlesex Cricket and the Middlesex Junior Cricket Association and work closely with Active Ealing and others promoting cricket in our local community.

Public benefit

The Trustees have complied with the duty in Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to guidance

published by The Charity Commission, including public benefit guidance and have taken it into account in all decision making.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Charitable activities

2025 was another successful year for our teams.

Whilst our Seniors were trophyless the Juniors once again had a season to be proud of. We retained the Victor Ludorum Trophy as the Champion Junior Club in Middlesex for the 6th time in a row.

Full list of Junior 2025 honours below;

U9 Boys Eagles (Grp 1) Won MJCA League Central Area

Phoenix (Grp 1)Runners Up MJCA League Central Area

Lightning (Grp 2) Runners Up MJCA League Central Area

U10 Boys Eagles (Div 1) Won MJCA League Central Area

Lightning (Div 1) Runners Up MJCA League Central Area

U11 Boys Eagles (Div 1) Runners Up MJCA League Central Area

Runners Up Middlesex County Cup

U12 Boys Eagles (Div 1) Won MJCA League Central Area

U13 Boys Eagles (Div 1) Won MJCA League Central Area

Won Middlesex County Cup

U15 Boys Eagles (Div 1) Won MJCA League Central Area

Won Middlesex County Cup

Runners Up Regional Final National Cup

U17 Boys Eagles (Premier Division) Won MJCA League Central Area

Runners Up Middlesex County Cup

Phoenix (Championship Div) Won MJCA League Central Area

U10 Girls Softball Runners Up MJCA Girls Central West League

U11 Girls Hardball Runners Up Middlesex County Cup

U12 Girls Pairs Won MJCA League Central Area

U13 Girls Hardball Won MJCA League Central Area

Won Regional Semi-Final National Cup

U15 Girls Hardball Runners Up MJCA League Central Area

U17 Girls Hardball Won MJCA League Central Area

In addition to the Middlesex Junior Cricket Association competitions, the internal Inter Franchise League (IFL) launched in 2019 to provide additional playing opportunities for our Junior members was again a great success. We also had another fantastic IFL Festival.

A large number of our Boys and Girls continue to participate in the Middlesex Cricket player pathway and we believe that we still have a higher number of children playing County Age Group cricket than any other Club in Middlesex.

The continued success of our junior teams and players is extremely pleasing and a great credit to our brilliant coaches, many of whom are volunteers.

We continue to look for opportunities to improve and expand our facilities.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its Memorandum and Articles of Association, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

The company is the sole member of Ealing Cricket & Social Club Limited, a limited liability company, registered in England, under registered number 7721549. This subsidiary company was incorporated on 28 July 2011 and provides functions and social facilities to fee-paying members. It prepares its financial statements to 30 September and donates the whole of its taxable profit to Ealing Cricket Club.

Ealing Cricket & Social Club Limited is the sole member of Premier Cricket Coaching Limited, a limited liability company, registered in England under registered number 9951849. Premier Cricket Coaching Limited was incorporated on 14 January 2016 and runs cricket coaching courses and supports Ealing Cricket Club. It prepares its financial statements to 30 September and donates the whole of its trading profit to Ealing Cricket Club.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 (s.419(2)).

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

The company's Articles of Association require that there be at least three Trustees and a maximum of twelve Trustees (Article 25).

Any person who is willing to act as a Trustee may be appointed Trustee by ordinary resolution or a decision of the Trustees (Article 26), provided they have reached the age of 18 years, and unless disqualified under Article 27.

One third of the Trustees who are subject to retirement by rotation, or the nearest number to one third, must retire from office at each annual general meeting, plus any Trustees who have been appointed by the Trustees since the last Annual General Meeting. Those to retire by rotation are those who have been the longest in office since their last appointment or reappointment.

Other appointees as Trustees must be recommended by the Trustees and then comply with the notices required by Articles 26.7.2 and 26.8.

As required by the Articles of Association, all the new Trustees, who are appointed, are standing for re-election at the AGM and Mark Grafton, Mitul Patel and Steve Scott will retire by rotation and are also offering themselves for re-election.

We sadly lost our good friend and Trustee, Colin Wheeler, earlier this year. Whilst on the Board his assistance and insights were invaluable in ensuring that the Club ran as effectively and efficiently as possible. He will be sorely missed by all at ECC.

Therefore, following the 2026 AGM, the Board of Trustees is proposed to be comprised as follows:

David Holt - Chairman

Mark Grafton - Treasurer

Penny Lewis - Club Safeguarding Officer

Greg Fitzpatrick - Bar and House

Mitul Patel - Junior Cricket

Tom Shepherd - Junior Cricket

Shilpa Patel - Marketing and Advertising

Steve Scott - Finance and Insurance

Luke Stoughton - Senior Cricket

Catherine Pearce - Grounds and Member Engagement

Pinal Gandhi - Womens and Girls

Bobby Gamble - Club Captain and Member Engagement

The Trustees meet around six times per year to review the Club's performance and ensure the Club's strategy to meet its objectives is being implemented. The Trustees are supported by a number of full time and part time professional staff who deliver the Club's core activities and provide support for the large number of volunteers that the Club is fortunate to have.

Risk management

The Trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. The Trustees monitor the financial performance and control closely and receive regular reports on various aspects of the Club's activities. Financial control systems have been implemented and these are subject to ongoing review and improvement. Health, safety and insurance reviews are undertaken at least annually.

Child safeguarding is high priority for the Club and Clubmark accreditation reflects the good practices that we have implemented to ensure that all aspects of junior cricket at our Club are undertaken in a safe and effective manner.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

During the year ended 30 September 2025, Total Incoming Resources were £276,996 (2024: £290,484), Total Resources Expended were £337,422 (2024: £303,747) and a realised gain of £20,078 (2024: £nil) leaving Net Outgoing Resources of £40,348 (2024: £13,263). There was an unrealised gain on investments of £12,194 (2024: £51,181).

Activities for Generating Funds of £102,447 (2024: £106,697) comprised Sponsorship and Ground Rental income. Sponsorship revenue of £12,839 (2024: £24,417). Ground Rental income of £89,608 (2024: £82,280) was primarily the funds received for the use of the grounds, and includes the hire of Popesfield and the payments made by the Club's wholly owned subsidiaries, Ealing Cricket & Social Club Limited and Premier Cricket Coaching Limited, for the use of the facilities owned by the Club.

Donations and legacies amounted to £21,132 (2024: £16,063). This comprised external donations and grants of £21,132 (2024: £16,063) and payments received from subsidiaries of £nil (2024: £nil).

As in 2024 and 2023, there was no donation made by Ealing Cricket & Social Club Limited, the Club's wholly owned subsidiary, as it has losses brought forward. However, Premier Cricket Coaching Limited, an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of the Club, usually donates all of its profits for the year to Ealing Cricket Club. No donation was made by Premier Cricket Coaching Limited in 2025 or 2024 as the company made losses during these years.

Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities of £153,082 (2024: £166,997) were, in part, members' subscriptions of £106,399 (2024:£105,471).

The principal elements of Resources Expended on Charitable Activities of £337,422 (2024: £303,747) were Match, Cricket & Coaching costs £59,128 (2024: £62,755), Salaries £75,470 (2024: £95,942) and Ground Expenses £103,478 (2024: £57,321).

The Club had cash reserves as at 30 September 2025 of £7,696 (2024: £41,766) and investments of £419,923 (2024: £436,611). In addition, Ealing Cricket & Social Club Limited, which, as at 30 September 2025, owed the Club £128,465 (2024: £132,720) and had cash reserves of £16,860 (2024: £17,868).

The proceeds from the sale of the investment property in 2019 increased significantly the amount of cash reserves held by the Club. As noted above, the Club commenced a ground investment programme (CRGIP) to improve the playing facilities at our main ground in Corfton Road, which has required a substantial investment funded from the Club's reserves in recent years. The balance of reserves will be used in the medium to longer term to support the Club's activities and to ensure that we continue to meet our charitable objectives into the future. In this regard, the Trustees have established a development sub committee to look at the future development needs of the Club and to seek to ensure that we are 'future proofed'. The reserves available to the Club will be available to provide support for any strategic initiatives that emerge from the development sub committee's work.

The Trustees considered how the cash reserves retained should be invested for the benefit of the Club. An investment sub-committee, comprised of James Grigg, Mark Grafton, Martin Turner and Vikram Patel, was convened to consider the best approach. All 4 members of the investment sub-committee have significant relevant experience in the investment of funds.

The Trustees agreed with the investment sub-committee's recommendations, which were as follows:

- Approximately two thirds of the Club's cash reserves that are not required for the purposes of the CRGIP should be invested in an investment portfolio

- The investment objectives of the portfolio should be to have a conservative approach seeking a combination of capital growth and income over the medium term in a moderate risk environment from a diversified portfolio with reasonable liquidity.

- The Club's objectives in the current environment would be best met by a portfolio comprising equity based investments with a limited exposure to fixed income investments. In this context, approximately 70% of the investment portfolio would be allocated to investments in index funds linked to the major global markets, with an 80% exposure to equity based investments and a 20% exposure to fixed income investments, with the balance invested with active fund managers, who have an exceptional record, providing exposure to high quality businesses with strong competitive positions, conservative leverage and attractive growth prospects.

In reaching the investment sub-committee's recommendations, financial advice was sought from 1st Financial Limited, an Independent Financial Adviser registered with the Financial Conduct Authority. It should be noted that 1st Financial Limited is a company associated with Vikram Patel, who was, at that time, also a Trustee. The Trustees considered whether receiving financial advice from 1st Financial Limited might represent a conflict of interest. The Trustees concluded that, as 1st Financial Limited was not charging a fee for providing advice to the Club, there was no conflict of interest that was of concern.

The programme of investment in the portfolio commenced in August 2020 and was completed in June 2021. The investment sub-committee continues to monitor the performance of the portfolio and the allocation of assets within the portfolio and may recommend changes to the Trustees in the future.

The Trustees have due regard to guidance published by the Charity Commission, including that relating to public benefit in compliance with the duty in section 17(5) of the 2011 Charities Act.

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees (who are also the directors of Ealing Cricket Club for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law, the trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law).

Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to

-	select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

-	observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;

-	make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

-	prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 26 April 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

D R Holt - Trustee

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Ealing Cricket Club ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 September 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.

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:

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 (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).

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.

An independent examination does not involve gathering all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently does not cover all the matters that an auditor considers in giving their opinion on the financial statements. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide. Consequently I express no opinion as to whether the financial statements present a 'true and fair' view and my report is limited to those specific matters set out in the independent examiner's statement.

This report is made solely to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity's trustees those matters I am required to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustees as a body, for my work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed.

Ketan Ramesh Patel FCCA

Merchant & Co

2 Craven Road

Ealing

London

W5 2UA

Date: .............................................

2025

2024

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

Total

fund

funds

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

2

21,132

-

21,132

16,063

Charitable activities

Cricket

153,082

-

153,082

166,997

Other trading activities

3

102,447

-

102,447

106,697

Investment income

4

335

-

335

727

Total

276,996

-

276,996

290,484

EXPENDITURE ON

Raising funds

4,880

-

4,880

-

Charitable activities

5

Cricket

332,470

72

332,542

300,290

Other

-

-

-

3,457

Total

337,350

72

337,422

303,747

Net gains on investments

32,272

-

32,272

51,181

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

(28,082

)

(72

)

(28,154

)

37,918

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

935,352

289

935,641

897,723

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

907,270

217

907,487

935,641

CONTINUING OPERATIONS

All income and expenditure has arisen from continuing activities.

2025

2024

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

Total

fund

funds

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

12

257,524

217

257,741

283,875

Investments

13

419,922

-

419,922

436,611

677,446

217

677,663

720,486

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

14

304,850

-

304,850

226,943

Cash at bank

7,696

-

7,696

41,766

312,546

-

312,546

268,709

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

15

(82,722

)

-

(82,722

)

(53,554

)

NET CURRENT ASSETS

229,824

-

229,824

215,155

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

907,270

217

907,487

935,641

NET ASSETS

907,270

217

907,487

935,641

FUNDS

16

Unrestricted funds

907,270

935,352

Restricted funds

217

289

TOTAL FUNDS

907,487

935,641

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 30 September 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

(a)	ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b)

preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 26 April 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

D R Holt - Trustee

1.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value, as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Expenditure is stated excluding Value Added Tax.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Freehold property

-

not provided

Long leasehold property

-

term of the lease

Plant and machinery

-

25% on reducing balance

Fixtures and fittings

-

25% on reducing balance and at varying rates on cost

The cost of freehold property relates to land which is not depreciated.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds are to be used for specified purposes laid down by the donor/granting body. The restricted fund is the Popesfield funding scheme.

Group accounts are not required as this company is part of a small group.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charitable company has introduced a defined contribution pension scheme. Since 1 August 2016, four employees have enrolled and only the company have paid contributions.

The charitable company continues to make contributions to a pension plan established for the benefit of one of the company's employees. These contributions are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

Debtors

Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are represented by cash in hand, deposits held at call with financial institutions, and other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

Creditors

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors, loans from third parties and loans from related parties, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Such instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on the basis of going concern. There are no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Investments

Investments are stated at market value at the year end. All gains and losses on investments are reflected in the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise.

2.	DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

2025

2024

£

£

Donations

21,132

16,063

3.	OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES

2025

2024

£

£

Sponsorships

12,839

24,417

Ground rental income

89,608

82,280

102,447

106,697

4.	INVESTMENT INCOME

2025

2024

£

£

Interest receivable - trading

335

727

5.	CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS

Direct

Costs

£

Cricket

332,542

6.	SUPPORT COSTS

Governance

costs

£

Raising donations and legacies

4,880

Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:

2025

2024

Raising

donations

and

Total

legacies

activities

£

£

Independent examination fee

4,880

5,130

7.	NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):

2025

2024

£

£

Depreciation - owned assets

26,134

26,196

Deficit on disposal of fixed assets

-

3,457

8.	TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 30 September 2025 nor for the year ended 30 September 2024.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 30 September 2025 nor for the year ended 30 September 2024.

9.	STAFF COSTS

2025

2024

£

£

Wages and salaries

64,688

83,885

Social security costs

4,657

6,542

Other pension costs

6,125

5,515

75,470

95,942

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

2025

2024

Groundstaff

-

1

Management and administration

1

1

Cricket activities

3

3

4

5

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

10.	COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

fund

funds

funds

£

£

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

16,063

-

16,063

Charitable activities

Cricket

166,997

-

166,997

Other trading activities

106,697

-

106,697

Investment income

727

-

727

Total

290,484

-

290,484

EXPENDITURE ON

Charitable activities

Cricket

300,194

96

300,290

Other

3,457

-

3,457

Total

303,651

96

303,747

Net gains on investments

51,181

-

51,181

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

38,014

(96

)

37,918

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

897,338

385

897,723

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

935,352

289

935,641

11.	CORPORATION TAX

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects.

12.	TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Long

Fixtures

Freehold

leasehold

Plant and

and

property

property

machinery

fittings

Totals

£

£

£

£

£

COST

At 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025

54,686

122,060

60,600

183,271

420,617

DEPRECIATION

At 1 October 2024

-

31,010

33,190

72,542

136,742

Charge for year

-

6,200

6,852

13,082

26,134

At 30 September 2025

-

37,210

40,042

85,624

162,876

NET BOOK VALUE

At 30 September 2025

54,686

84,850

20,558

97,647

257,741

At 30 September 2024

54,686

91,050

27,410

110,729

283,875

The cost of freehold property relates to the cost of land, which is not depreciated.