REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 13581667 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1197435

THE BOBBY COPPING FOUNDATION LIMITED

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

Page

Reference and Administrative Details

1

Report of the Trustees

2

to

3

Independent Examiner's Report

4

Statement of Financial Activities

5

Statement of Financial Position

6

to

7

Notes to the Financial Statements

8

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13

TRUSTEES

Mr Darren Bloodworth Efl Regional Manager

Mr Bobby Joel Copping Schools Initiative & Team Operations Mgr

Mrs Samantha Louise Lakin Managing Director (resigned 28.2.2025)

Mr Martyn Lakin Teacher And Goalkeeper Coach (resigned 28.2.2025)

Mr Kieran Scarff Academy Manager/Teacher

Ms Kayleigh Amanda Stent Academy Safeguarding & Player Care Mgr

Mrs Alissa Copping Trustee

Gemma Stent Regional Offices Manager.

Mr Stuart Andrew Costello Commercial Director (appointed 24.12.2024)

Emily Norton Trustee - Events & Fundraising (appointed 7.4.2025)

REGISTERED OFFICE

3 Princes Court

Royal Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5XR

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER

13581667 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER

1197435

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER

Duncan & Toplis Limited

3 Princes Court

Royal Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5XR

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 31 August 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).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

To preserve and protect the health and wellbeing of and relieve the needs of persons, their families/carers/colleagues, who are adversely impacted mentally by the cessation of their career in sport, in particular but not exclusively by reason of injury, through provision of free counselling, support and guidance to assist with the adjustment.

Significant activities

The main activities undertaken during the period in furtherance of the charity's purposes were the charity providing fully funded professional counselling. This was another record year for the charity in terms of number of hours of counselling funded. As well as this, talks were given at sports clubs, schools and other educational facilities to students and staff.

Public benefit

The trustees confirm they have had due regard to the Charity Commissions Guidance on public benefit.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

The Charity has progressed exponentially in this period and continued to help many people. The Charity now has a number of preferred professional counsellors which it uses to carry out the counselling service. The counselling service has provided support for a huge number of individuals in this period. The charity fully funded the charity's record number of hours in the period. As well as the counselling service the Charity continued to share educational material across social media as well as some in person talks - all of which benefitted the mental health of a number of individuals across the UK but primarily in Cambridgeshire. The Charity and its trustees continue to work hard to fundraise.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

At the period end the charity had unrestricted reserves of £4,828 (£11,789 in 2024).

Reserves policy

The trustees set an initial short term policy for holding reserves of £2,500 in order to cover its governance costs and committed expenditure for the following twelve months.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, which is its memorandum and articles of association, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

The minimum number of trustees as set out in the Charity's articles is three. There are currently eight trustees. Future trustees will be recruited based on their skills and experience and will receive appropriate training regarding their trustees responsibilities as well as being provided with the relevant Charity Commission Guidance.

Trustees are appointed by ordinary resolution.

Closure of the charity

After years of fully funding professional counselling, it has become harder and harder to raise funds to continue providing the level of support we have to date. Therefore, we feel it is the right time to close the charity before things become too difficult financially.

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 27 August 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

Mr Bobby Joel Copping - Trustee

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Bobby Copping Foundation Limited ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 August 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

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, other than to highlight the fact that the trustees have decided to close the charity as disclosed in the trustees report and note 2 of the accounts.

Niall Kingsley FCA

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Duncan & Toplis Limited

3 Princes Court

Royal Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5XR

28 August 2026

2025

2024

Unrestricted

Total

fund

funds

Notes

£

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

15,047

25,803

Other trading activities

3

19,055

10,429

Other income

83

134

Total

34,185

36,366

EXPENDITURE ON

Raising funds

7,821

5,088

Charitable activities

Counselling and education

33,325

30,417

Other

-

182

Total

41,146

35,687

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

(6,961

)

679

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

11,789

11,110

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

4,828

11,789

2025

2024

Unrestricted

Total

fund

funds

Notes

£

£

FIXED ASSETS

Intangible assets

8

28

954

Tangible assets

9

7

227

35

1,181

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash at bank and in hand

7,793

12,749

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

10

(3,000

)

(2,141

)

NET CURRENT ASSETS

4,793

10,608

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

4,828

11,789

NET ASSETS

4,828

11,789

FUNDS

11

Unrestricted funds

4,828

11,789

TOTAL FUNDS

4,828

11,789

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 August 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 August 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 27 August 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

Mr Bobby Joel Copping - Trustee

1.	GENERAL INFORMATION

The Bobby Copping Foundation is a private limited charitable company, limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales. Its registered office is 3 Princes Court, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, LE11 5XR

The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the company and are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements contain information about The Bobby Copping Foundation Limited as an individual charitable company.

The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below.

These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.

2.	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.

The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern as the charitable company plans to close due to difficulty in raising funds.

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.

Intangible fixed assets

Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Website development costs are being amortised evenly over their useful economic life of three years.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Computer equipment

- 33% on cost

At each reporting date fixed assets are reviewed to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If there is an indication of possible impairment, the recoverable amount of any affected asset is estimated and compared with its carrying amount. If the estimated recoverable amount is lower, the carrying amount is reduced to its estimated recoverable amount, and an impairment loss is recognised immediately in the income statement.

If an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but not in excess of the amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment is recognised immediately in the income statement.

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 can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

3.	OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES

2025

2024

£

£

Fundraising events

19,055

10,429

4.	NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

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

2025

2024

£

£

Depreciation - owned assets

220

1,055

Website development costs amortisation

926

926

5.	TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 August 2025 nor for the year ended 31 August 2024.

6.	COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted

fund

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

25,803

Other trading activities

10,429

Other income

134

Total

36,366

EXPENDITURE ON

Raising funds

5,088

Charitable activities

Counselling and education

30,417

Other

182

Total

35,687

NET INCOME

679

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

11,110

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

11,789

7.	INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REMUNERATION

Remuneration for work conducted in the year, including the Independent examination is £3,000 (2024: £2,140).

8.	INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Website

development

costs

£

COST

At 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025

2,806

AMORTISATION

At 1 September 2024

1,852

Charge for year

926

At 31 August 2025

2,778

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 August 2025

28

At 31 August 2024

954

9.	TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Computer

equipment

£

COST

At 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025

3,192

DEPRECIATION

At 1 September 2024

2,965

Charge for year

220

At 31 August 2025

3,185

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 August 2025

7

At 31 August 2024

227

10.	CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

2025

2024

£

£

Trade creditors

-

1

Accrued expenses

3,000

2,140

3,000

2,141

11.	MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Net

movement

At

At 1.9.24

in funds

31.8.25

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

11,789

(6,961

)

4,828

TOTAL FUNDS

11,789

(6,961

)

4,828

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming

Resources

Movement

resources

expended

in funds

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

34,185

(41,146

)

(6,961

)

TOTAL FUNDS

34,185

(41,146

)

(6,961

)

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net

movement

At

At 1.9.23

in funds

31.8.24

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

11,110

679

11,789

TOTAL FUNDS

11,110

679

11,789

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming

Resources

Movement

resources

expended

in funds

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

36,366

(35,687

)

679

TOTAL FUNDS

36,366

(35,687

)

679

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:

Net

movement

At

At 1.9.23

in funds

31.8.25

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

11,110

(6,282

)

4,828

TOTAL FUNDS

11,110

(6,282

)

4,828

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming

Resources

Movement

resources

expended

in funds

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

70,551

(76,833

)

(6,282

)

TOTAL FUNDS

70,551

(76,833

)

(6,282

)

12.	RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the period ended 31 August 2025 (2024: £Nil).