The month of August saw an incredible double-header game in Manchester, and continued progress with the Old Spotted Dog.
The club’s expenditures increased back to its usual level, totalling £9,872.92 for the month of August, down from £10,754.21 in July.
A large one-off item spending this month were the membership badges which totalled £1,542. As usual, pitch hire costs were also a large area of spending across all teams: match day totalled £626, training pitch hires for Men’s First Team totalled £900 and £375 for ground hire, pitch hire for Access for Women (for April to June 2021) was £948.24, and Young Ton’s pitch hire totalled £805.
Other significant match day spending includes match official costs (£60 for match day and £345 for Men’s First Team), printing of programmes (£270), league and cup subscriptions (£130) and Kit Laundry (£70). Other areas of spending include storage costs for merchandise (£256.65) and match day storage costs for six months (£150).
Another large area spending relates to coach hire for the Manchester trip in August – the trip costs for the two teams were split equally across both teams last month (£800 each), and minibus hire for supporters totalled £850.
Finally we paid back £887.37 on a loan for refurbishing the Old Spotted Dog Ground.
The Club’s income in August increased from £11,249.30 in July to £15,143.01 in August.
This was largely because of merchandise sales of £6,609.44 (after the deduction of PayPal fees of £431.11) as well as match day donations which totalled £2055.58 for the Men’s first team, £298.70 for Young Tons, £200 for Women’s 5 sessions and £924.46 of other donations. Regular standing orders totalled £35.84.
In August, we also received membership fees totalling £4,214.58 (after deduction of PayPal fees of £250.42).
August has seen CCFC’s membership numbers drop for the second month in a row. Concession and Membership subscriptions are both down (-26.79% and -18.29% respectively) on the same period in 2020, but Solidarity membership saw a slight rise (5.13%)
In reporting the club’s expenditure, VAT is listed separately. In August, we collected £655.72 and spent £555.70, this means that we owe £100.02 for the month of August to HM Revenue & Customs.
CLAPTON AGAINST CORONA HARDSHIP FUND
We have recorded Hardship Fund income and spending separately and in August 2021, the income and spending for the Hardship Fund was:
| Donations received for CCFC supporters | £111.31 |
| Payments made from Hardship Fund | £0 |
In total, £13,784.75 has been received and £13,622 has been paid out so far from the Hardship Fund from March 2020 to the end of August 2021. The remaining balance is thus £162.75.
The club’s full income and expenditure for August 2021 is as follows:
| Income | |
| Merchandise* | £6,609.44 |
| Membership** | £4,214.58 |
| Matchday Donations | |
| Men’s first team | £2,055.58 |
| Young Tons session donations | £298.70 |
| Women’s 5s session donations | £200.00 |
| Monthly direct debit donations | £35.84 |
| Other donations | £924.46 |
| Programme Sales | £373.30 |
| Total | £15,143.01 |
*After a total of £431.11 fees
**After £250.42 fees
Expenditure | |
| Communications Committee | |
| Postage | £1,068.48 |
| PayPal fees on sales | £431.11 |
| Printing of programme costs | £270.00 |
| Merchandise storage costs | £256.65 |
| Publicity costs | £32.68 |
| Online costs | £3.49 |
| £2,062.41 | |
| Finance Committee | |
| Accounting software | £25.40 |
| League Liaison Committee | |
| League subscriptions (Middlesex) | £100.00 |
| Cup registration (Middlesex) | £30.00 |
| Player disciplinary fine | £12.00 |
| £142.00 | |
| Matchday Committee | |
| Six month storage costs at Wadham Lodge | £150.00 |
| Men’s Development Team Committee | |
| Pitch hire | £626.00 |
| Kit laundry | £70.00 |
| Match official costs | £60.00 |
| Travel costs | £10.00 |
| £766.00 | |
| Young Tons Committee | |
| Pitch hire | £805.00 |
| Refreshments | £32.60 |
| £837.60 | |
| Men’s First Team | |
| Training pitch hire | £900.00 |
| Ground hire | £375.00 |
| Match official costs | £345.00 |
| £1,620.00 | |
| Access for Women | |
| Pitch hire April to June 2021 | £948.24 |
| Club Board | |
| Online meeting software | £36.00 |
| Membership Committee | |
| Membership Badges | £1,542.00 |
| Travel costs | £5.90 |
| £1,547.90 | |
| Other expenditure | |
| Minibus hire for supporters | £850.00 |
| Bounce back loan repayment | £887.37 |
| TOTAL CCFC Expenditure | £9,872.92 |