Because of the need
to present audited figures to the AGM these results do not follow a
“traditional” football season, thus some figures such as cup finals will relate
to the previous season (2004/5).
If you have any detailed
questions please email to dlomax@wsyl.org.uk and these will be answered at the AGM.
Trophies:
Again this season we have increased our trophies budget, this is due to the
fact that this season we have again increased the number of divisions, which
has meant that we needed to purchase more trophies. Once again this season we
have been able to maintain the quality level of the trophies.
Officers Expenses: Expenses still continues to be a
major expense, although this years figure is lower than that of two seasons
ago, this reflects the cost of efficiently administering the league.
Payment to General Secretary: The principle of a payment
was approved by the membership 5 years ago. The increase is due to the
expansion of the league.
Cup Finals: This figure relates to Cup Finals in season 2004/5,
but semi finals for this season. We have again played semi finals on neutral
grounds, with efforts have been made to increase the quality of these grounds.
As with last season we have hired “Senior” grounds and produced a
“quality” program. This obviously was a more expensive option than previous
years but we wanted to try and make the day as “special” as possible for the
teams that had battled through to the finals. Last season the costs and revenue were lower
because we operated in partnership with a stadium supplier, this year we took
the full costs and revenue.
Payment to Registration Secretary: Again this year the production of ID cards was
contracted out at 50p per ID card. The increase is due to the greater number of players being registered.
Hall Hire:
This is the direct costs of hiring
Registration System: This figure is vastly difference from last season. There are a number of
factors contributing to this. Last season we purchased enough Id for 3 season
taking advantage of bulk pricing, however we have had to purchase a new
specialist card printer (£1325) because our current one is life expired,
without this “one off expense” the expenditure this season would only have been
approximately £1k, being the annual cost of printer ribbons.
Inter-league: This year the WSYL had another successful year in
Inter-league competitions, the reduction this season was due to the fact that
last season we had one more representative team and the fact that we did not
need to purchase any replacement kit this season.
Rules Books: Again this season Gary Downs won the contract for production
of the rule books. There has been a small increase in cost this season as the
handbook needed to be bigger, because of the expansion of the league leading to
more handbooks being required..
Stationery: The cost was reduced by 20% this season, this was due to some “bulk” purchases last year.
Purchase of Equipment: Although this is showing as a cost this season it will
be covered by a grant from the FA.
Applications returned: There was quite
a large increase this year, however with the change of
rules some teams got caught out with not reading the rule book and sending in
incorrect payments. This also includes application fees for teams withdrawing
before the AGM, team sending in incorrect application fees and over payment of
registration fees (U-8s were free this season).
Web Site: This is the direct cost of running the web site.
SCFA: This the
cost of affiliation and an public liability insurance policy arranged via SCFA .
Income
Applications/Registration: This the first season of
the revised financing structure, with
reduced application fees, but increased registration fees to ease cash flow for
member clubs. The combined increase is due to the expansion of the league.
Fines: This
season saw again a big increase in fines revenue, which was disproportional to
the increased size of the league. Although this was revenue that we would we
would rather not have received, although it is effectively subsiding efficiently
run teams and keeping application fees
down.
Cup Finals:
This is essentially the revenue generated from program sales. Last season we shared the revenue (and costs) with one of our
stadium suppliers this season, this season we “picked up” all the costs and
revenues. At £2 entry per adult we are still cheaper than SCFA finals
Payments from SCGL: The increase is as a direct result of the increase in
the size of the SCGL. We expect this figure to increase next season as well.
This figure is not all profit as cost of production of ID cards needs to be
deducted. Next season the SCGL will produce there own ID cards so we will not
have this revenue (or costs)
FA Grant: This is a grant from
the FA to provide computer equipment for grass roots football, this is in fact
two season grants, we took the costs against half this grant last season.
Telephone Result service: Even though we
have more teams this season the revenue has decreased. This is due to less
people using it for updated results with people preferring to wait for the web
site. We expected this drop in
revenue.
Donations: This was an unexpected bonus made by Surrey Masonic Sports
Association towards the costs of the U-7 fun day.
Web Site: The
website continues to be self funding.
Bank Interest: There was an increase in this figure this year due
to general interest rate rises and changes in our account T&Cs
Sponsorship: we
had not received this season sponsorship money at the financial year end and at
the time of this report we still had not received it. The current sponsorship
arrangement has been dissolved.
Conclusion/Summary
This year income
exceeded expenditure to leave us with a “Profit” of just over £6,500. There is
effectively £2,500 worth of revenue that we will not receive next season
(grants and ID card services), however we will not have to replace the ID card
printer again next season reducing the expected outgoings on the registration
system. We are hoping that the increased revenue from fines was a “one off”
this season. The league council are confident that we have our sums correct and
can return value to clubs next season with a potential saving of £26 for each
11 a-side team and making football completely free football for U-7 & U-8
and just £10 for U-9 and U-10 providing they meet the registration requirements.