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The controversial proposal from the BCGBA to introduce a £1 levy per bowler per season failed to get the two-thirds majority required to introduce it for the 2023 season. This was against a reported backdrop of £385,000 held in various BCGBA pots.
The BCGBA receives it primary source of income from a club affiliation fee in its membership policy, for 2023 it’s £40 and paid by the approximately 2000 clubs. For years though, there have been attempts to move this income source over to a fee paid by each player. The proposal stated that each player must pay £1 for each club they are a member of. Previous attempts to get it approved by the meeting have just failed and it was the same again this year. Though it did get a majority, it wasn’t enough to get the two-thirds majority required to get it passed.
There is no mention of this on the BCGBA website or their Facebook pages of course, we have to rely on the Bowls Observer website for a report on this important outcome and other matters decided at the AGM.
The annual accounts were also presented to the meeting these show that the BCGBA currently has reserve funding of £201,000 plus a further £184,000 invested in various funds. The value of the investments has dropped by over £9,000 over the past year although this didn't impact on the fee to the Investment Manager who collected his £600 fee with no qualms. A total of £385,000 and they wanted to take a further £1 per bowler every year out of the sport to do what? A full copy of the 2022 accounts is available below for you to download and peruse at your leisure.
BCGBA 2022 Accounts
To the non financial person these Accounts will be ‘ Double Dutch ’ as they consist of twelve pages of figures and many different sub Accounts. It would be much more helpful if the Treasurer had prepared a short report in laymans language to explain the Accounts.
The Accounts show that the organisation made losses of around £34,000 on its Competitions and Ladies Competitions. These losses were the main reasons why overall ,the total loss was around £12,000.
Investments reduced by around 5% from £193,000 to £183,000 , no doubt reflecting the reductions in the stock markets primarily due to the war in Ukraine.
Overall, the BCGBA is worth over £200,000 and so is financially sound. This prompts the questio…