Pitches are back in play after money problems

SPORTS pitched and changing rooms in Mumbles will reopen today, just weeks after the company running them went into voluntary liquidation.

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The all-weather pitch and changing rooms at Underhill Park are owned by a charity called Mumbles Community Association (MCA) and have been operated by a private company called Underhill Management Company (UMC), with any profits reinvested to maintain and further improve the site.

Last month, both organisations agreed to put UMC into voluntary creditors’ liquidation after the sporting hub was assigned an unexpectedly high rateable value last August, resulting, they said, in business rates bills exceeding £93,000 for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 financial years.