Surrey Youth League

Key points for the Financial year Mar 06 to Feb 07

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 (2005/6).

If you have any detailed questions please email to dlomax@wsyl.org.uk  and these will be answered at the AGM.

Expenditure

Trophies: Again this season we have increased our trophies budget, this is due to the increased number of divisions, which require extra trophies to be published. Once again this season we have been able to maintain the quality level of the trophies.

Payment to General Secretary: The principle of a payment was approved by the membership 6 years ago. The increase is due to the expansion of the league.

Officers Expenses:  Officers Expenses still continues to be a major expense item, although there is another 10% saving this year as we move away from traditional methods of administrating the league.

Payment to Registration Secretary:  Again this year production of ID cards was contracted out at 50p per ID card. Although we had approximately the same number of players this season, we now no longer process ID cards for the SCGL, thus the cost (and revenue) was reduced.

Cup Finals: This figure relates to Cup Finals in season 2005/6. We have again played semi finals on neutral grounds. As with last season we have hired  “Senior” grounds and produced a “quality” program. The reason this figure is reduced is because the financial year does not follow that of a traditional football season, with some costs been “taken” the previous year.

Inter-league: This year the SYL had another successful year in Inter-league competitions. There is a slight increase this season, but this matches the decrease from the previous season when kit etc did not need to be renewed.

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.

Registration System: This figure is vastly difference from last season. This is again reduced from last season and down from £6.8k the previous season to that, this is because we took advantage of bulk buying ID cards, although we still have the standard running cost of ribbons etc.

Hall Hire: This is the direct costs of hiring Imber Court for Committee meetings, referee’s courses, AGM and Presentation day. The previous season figures related to 2 years hire charges, this figure is a true yearly cost.

Stationery:   Stationery costs have again been reduced due to the revised nature of running the league making more use of technology.

SCFA: This is payments to SCFA which includes the cost of affiliation and a public liability insurance policy.

Purchase of Equipment: There was no major purchases this season.

Applications returned:  With reduced fees this has returned to a more manageable level

Web Site: This is the direct cost of running the web site.

Income

Applications/Registration: This the second season of the revised financing structure, with reduced application fees, but increased registration fees to ease cash flow for member clubs. The season total registration fees are approximately the same as last season, the difference is caused by the financial year end and some fees being in the previous season.

Fines: this season saw a sizeable reduction in fees even thought we had more teams in the league, which is welcome news, but it should be noted that fines do subsidise team application fees.

Cup Finals: This is essentially the revenue generated from program sales. There was a significant reduce on the number of people that attended the cup finals last season, one reason is that some of the direct costs have been taken out at source so there is also a significant reduction in expenditure as well. At £2 entry per adult we are still cheaper than SCFA finals

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 did expect this to drop, but the “results” line is still proving a popular service.

Payments from SCGL: We will no longer be receiving a revenue stream from the SCGL as they now produce their own ID cards, this figure relates to the end of the previous season.

Web Site: The website continues to be self funding.

Donations: This was an unexpected bonus made by Surrey Masonic Sports Association towards the costs of the U-7 fun day.

Bank Interest: There was an increase in this figure this year due to general interest rate rises and changes in our account T&Cs

FA Grant: We did not receive a grant from the FA this season as the scheme was over subscribed, because of a change to their policy we will not be eligible to receive a grant next season either because of the amount of grants we received in previous seasons. Last year’s figure was in fact for 2 seasons.

Conclusion/Summary

This year income  exceeded  expenditure to leave us with a  “Profit” of just over £851.  This compares to over £6,500 the previous season. This season we had budgeted to break even. We are encouraging teams to run mini football, by  making football totally free to those age groups (subject to t&c), we have also managed to reduce the registration fees to help the older age groups, giving them an incentive to submit registrations on time.

David Lomax   S.Y.L. League Treasurer

Dlomax@wsyl.org.uk