Annual Report 12/13 - The English Table Tennis Association

£28,639 that follows those of the
previous nine years of our term in
office.
2.1.3 Our net asset base rising is now
£593,936 compared to £303,305
at the end of the 2003 financial
year. We are, however, still so
reliant on Government and Lottery
funds that in the event of changes
at Whitehall or indeed Sport
England support, they would
have a marked effect on our
programmes. On current level of
expenditure we are a long way off
being self-sufficient and that we
therefore need to generate more
income from within a sport that
has for too long been considered
cheap.
2.1.4 Whilst UK Sport through their
‘No Compromise’ policy have
not funded any sport that is not
an Olympic medal contender,
the good news is that following
the submission of our 2013/14
Whole Sport Plan and prolonged
discussions with Sport England
we have, subject to meeting
certain KPIs and other conditions
including a structural and staffing
review, secured £11,000,000 over
the next four years. This is an
unprecedented level of funding for
table tennis. However, to maintain
a level of programming for our
senior, junior and cadet elite
players will require careful control
in other areas of expenditure,
particularly as funding is allotted
to various sectors that are ring
fenced.
2.1.5 The monitoring of the substantial
level of expenditure in such a
variety of cost centres requires
a great deal of expertise and
falls in the first instance on the
shoulders of Brian Skinner and
his hardworking staff of Amanda
Barber, Kara Heritage and Jane
Judges. Thanks must go to them
all, as without their help the task
of Treasurer would be that much
more difficult. Huge thanks are
also due to Richard Yule and Alex
Murdoch for their contributions,
particularly over the past ten
years, without which we would
not have enjoyed the confidence
shown to us for Sport England.
2.1.6 A detailed analysis of the
accounts can be found on
pages 1-14 of the Statement of
Accounts, which provides a raft
of information far in excess of
statutory requirements or that of
most sports governing bodies.
2.2 Trade Committee
2.2.1 Elected annually by National
Council, all members received a
vote of confidence and were reelected
for 2013/14: Stan Clarke
(Chairman), John Burtenshaw,
Tony Chatwin, Colin Hyland and
Ron Washington, with support
from staff members Rob Sinclair
and Richard Yule.
2.2.2 Despite a difficult economic
climate, the Association is
pleased to acknowledge the
traders who continue to support
our events and activities. In
particular we are grateful to
our colleagues at Bribar Table
Tennis and Joola, Germany,
for the excellent England Team
sponsorship 2009/13 which
provides free supply of clothing
and equipment for all England
teams and a significant cash sum.
This valuable sponsorship comes
to an end during 2013 and is
available for a further term.
2.2.3 The Association also
acknowledges the support of
Bribar and Ransome Sporting
Goods who jointly supplied the
equipment required to stage our
extensive competition programme
during 2012/13. The Association
made a contribution to these
traders to address the increasing
costs of fuel, transport and labour.
The Association is also pleased
to acknowledge support for the
following Official Ball Supply
Contracts for 2012/13 - Butterfly,
British League, County; TT Links
- Junior and Cadet National
Leagues. We are also grateful to
colleagues at Ransome Sporting
Goods and Butterfly for their
support with the Butterfly Skills
Programme.
2.2.4 An increasing area of business for
the committee involved issuing
tenders for the procurement
of significant volumes of
equipment from the trade to
supply various participation
programmes generated by the
Development Department and
funded by Sport England and
other partners: Change for Life
Programme, Outdoor Tables for
Ping Birmingham/Hull, also Jack
Petchey London Schools’ TT
and universities programmes.
These projects represent
many thousands of pounds of
investment of public money into
our sport and mark an important
shift in the relationship between
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