BE RACK UP ONLINE BILLS
Basketball England’s board are expected to face robust questioning at their Annual General Meeting after it was revealed the governing body spent over a quarter-million pounds on its website last year.
The expenditure is revealed in the governing body’s newly-published accounts, covering the year up to 31 March 2017.
BE’s website, notable for its infrequent updates and technical glitches, is one stand-out item on a list that has seen administrative expenses rise from £920,878 to over £1.7 million inside 12 months – but with turnover almost doubling to £3.6m following an additional £1.6m secured in funding grants.
We are currently experiencing issues on our website. We are working on the problem and hoping to get it back to normal as soon as possible.
— Basketball England (@bballengland) November 5, 2017
Directors’ salaries grew by almost 350% with an even larger rise in board and travel expenses.
The accounts also reveal the organisation’s largest single item of expenditure was £1.6 million spent on “participation, development and performance,†up by 408,000 from the previous year.
However, that comes amid delays in implementing a highly-touted Basketball Development Model which are also likely to be put under the spotlight at the AGM, which will be held in Manchester on Saturday following a previous postponement.
It is understood BE’s chief executive Stewart Kellett is returning after six months on leave for a “stress related illness†but his long-term future remains unclear.
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