## ## ## ## ## ## ## |Objective|Action|Outcome| |---|---|---| |Sport, Recreation &|The E5.2m Heritage Lottery Funded
park restoration|More people enjoying the| |Events|project began in summer 2017 and completed in August|park and its activities| ||2018. Work has continued on some final and additional|| ||restoration items, including:|Improved physical activity| |||and health and wellbeing| ||Creation
of an artistic bench
using material from|| ||and representing the Maid Marian pleasure cruise|Ranger led sessions and| ||boat.|walks have run consistently| ||Target hardening of site western end of the park.
Improvements / replacements to play areas
Minor stonework capping repairs around the lake
edges.|allowing members of the
public to be involved and more
active on site. Projects include
regularwork in the Japanese
Garden, bulb planting| ||Ongoing
railing repainting
by
Probation
Service|sessions, bench restoration| ||attendees.|sessions, TottleBrook| ||The
site
offered
a
good
range
of
quality
activities
throughout the year, which includes boating, Adventure|clearance, bat walks and
wellbeing walks.| ||Golf, winter
and summer
pitch facilities
for football,
archery and lacrosse, as well as croquet being held on
site. There were a number of events, both sporting and
community,
on
Highfields
Park,
including
the,|Expansion and redevelopment
ofadventure golf offer under
review with new ownerand
NCC property department to| ||Nottingham University led Chinese New Yearevent, bat|improve the offer and better| ||walks and conservation awareness sessions|utilise space.| ||The Adventure Golf & Boating activities were all open|| ||this year|| ||A new Park Ranger has been on site since November|| ||2021 and has spent time on site leading on events and|| ||conservation
projects,
including
helping
to set up
a|| ||community gardening group, a Japanese garden group|| ||behind
the
cascade,
and
working
closely
with|| ||community payback when they are on site.|| ||New
lease completed with Nottingham
croquet
club|| ||signed and in place.|| ||Adventure
Golf has been bought
by a new company|| ||(Perfect Aquatics) who will be running it business as|| ||usual whilst they develop investment plans.|| ||Ongoing support of the croquet club.|Improved gates and access to| |||the croquet lawns to aid| |||maintenance.| |||The cro uet club have| ||||||renovated the east lawns to| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||bring them up to the same| ||||||standard as the west lawns.| ||||||Works include grading,| ||||||drainin
and rela
in
entirel| |Community Access|Nottingham
High
School
have
completed||the||| ||construction
of
a
new
artificial hockey
pitch on||the||| ||Highfields sports ground site and it is now in full use.||||| ||Park Ranger partnership working with the University|||of|| ||Nottingham and Nottingham Lakeside Arts|(plans||for|| ||2023/24 are being discussed.||||| ||A
FCC
bid
for the
new Serenity Garden
memorial
garden next to the old paddling pool, in partnership with
Forever Stars baby
loss charity, was successful and
work
started
on
the
E108,000
garden
in
2020/21.||||NCC working with Forever
Stars to grant a lease for the
garden. Review to expand the
garden once lease is in place.| ||Replacement of trees dead / vandalised||||| ||The Serenity Garden was officially opened in|July 2021|||| ||Connecting with local faith groups for use of the boating||||| ||lake.||||| |Well Maintained|A 10 year maintenance and management plan (MMP)
supported
the HLF
bid and
details how the park
is||||Safe, well presented and
park users have more pride| ||maintained
following
the
restoration
project; this|||is|and ownership| ||updated annually.||||| ||Maintenance
programmes
have
been
completed
in
order to ensure the formal areas and woodlands are
kept in an attractive and favourable condition.||||Replacement of visitor
interpretation and site
maps summer 2025.| ||Recruitment
of
a
permanent
HLF-funded
Head||||| ||Gardener was successful.||||| ||The
partnership
with
the
Estates
and|Grounds|||| ||Maintenance Manager for the University of Nottingham||||| ||campus remains strong.||||| ||Works to the rhododendrons continue.||||| ||Security works to site to prevent traveller access.||||New security bollards to| ||||||westernentrance of the site to| ||||||mitigateunauthorised| ||||||vehicular access. A joint| ||||||project with the university was| ||||||also completed to create a| ||||||bund between the Serenity| ||||||Garden and the playing field to| ||||||limit vehicle access into| ||||||Highfields Park from the UoN| ||||||entrance.| ||||||Servicin
ofbollards AIW 2025| ||Repairs and maintenance of listed croquet pavilions.||||Masonry repairs to listed| ||||||croquetpavilions and| ||||||repainting of heritage railings| ||||||and railing mounted| ||||||Nottin
ham crest details.| ||Access
and
infrastructure
around
site
and|Beeston|||Access bridge to Beeston| ||Sidings improved.||||Sidings replaced with
compositealternative to| ||||||enable vehicular access| |Sustainability|Sustainability|—|Continued tree planting programme onsite via memorial|Continued tree planting programme onsite via memorial|Improved environmental| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Environmental|||tree plantings.||sustainability.| ||||Continued
upgrade
of
parks
infrastructure
via|the|| ||||memorial bench scheme. Memorial
bench restoration||Additional memorial trees| ||||continues to be a
large focus and the new Heritage||planted,species selected to| ||||green colour is appearing
all over the park as existing
benches are refurbished and new ones are purchased||boost biodiversity and tree
diversity on site.| ||||by sponsors.||Additional memorial benches| ||||||added to site in consistent| ||||Volunteering hours were significantly impacted during||heritage style. Existing| ||||the covid19 pandemic but volunteering
activities|are|benches restored in olive| ||||returning to the park with the Park Ranger using specific||green colour and new high| ||||site projects to encourage a widerrange of volunteers.||quality timber.| ||||ERDF-funded creation of pond and installation of||Create new habitats.| ||||boardwalk across the old paddling pool to link to the||| ||||new Serenity Garden.||| ||||Additional planting added to stepping stone end of||New water plants and lillies| ||||lake.||added to stepping stone| ||||||area of lake to improve| ||||||water quality and habitats.| ||||LAKE (Lake Archives for Knowledge Exchange)||Project launched June| ||||project created with IJON School of Geography to||2026 and interpretation| ||||understand water health and monitor algae and water||boards explaining data and| ||||quality.||results now sited around| ||||||the lake for visitors.| |Sustainability|-||Christmas
Company
no
longer
running
events|at|More financially sustainable| |Financial|||Highfields due to weak margins.||and value for money trust| ||||||accounts.| ||||Cloud9 lease the boathouse for storage.||| ## ## ## ## |PLANS|F|OR FUTURE PERIODS (April 2026
- March 20|27)|| |---|---|---|---|---| |Objective||Action|Timetable for|Outcome| ||||Delivery|| |Sport,||Continue to deliver partnership events with|Ongoing|Improved physical activity| |Recreation &||Nottingham Lakeside Arts and the University|throughout the|and health and wellbeing| |Events||of Nottingham|year.|Increase visitors to the park| |||||Raised profile of the park| |||Ongoing delivery of the Activity Plan by the||| |||Park Ranger and Partners, including events,||Introduce different audiences| |||education and volunteering||to the park that may not have| |||||visited the site prior to events| |Community||Continue todelivereducation in partnership|Annually|Improved education| |Access||with Nottingham Lakeside Arts and the|available|| |||University of Nottingham based on the NCC||Increase in user groups| |||Park Ranger Education programme (subject||using site| |||to Covid-19 restrictions).||Bat walks, creating green| |||Diverse sports on site attracts diverse
interest.|Annually
available|recycling opportunities I.e.
Increasing events offered eg.
Xmas wreath making| |||||Ongoing work with Creswell| |||||Crags archaeological park to| |||||run education sessions.| |||||Summer trails within the park| |||||run by Lakeside Arts to| |||||encourage visitors to explore| |||||the site.| |Well||Ongoing work on rhododendronsand|2026/27|Safe, well presented and| |Maintained||interpreting the Maid Marian.||park users have more pride| |||||and ownership eg.| |||||Japanese gardeners
/| |||Develop and continue to update a new 10
year Maintenance plan.|In place&
approved by the
HLF.|general park improvement
volunteers
- plus the
introduction of park
improvement days for litter| |||||picking etc.| |||||Continued submission of site| |||||to Green Flag Award| |Sustainability|-|Continue to carry out volunteer and student|Ongoing|Improved environmental| |Environmental||task days on site.||sustainability| |||||Empowers local users with| |||LAKE (Lake Archive for Knowledge||their local park.| |||Exchange) project with I-JON to continue and||| |||data used to advise NCC management of||Create new habitats. i.e.| |||water body.||| |||Continue
to improve areas of the park for|Ongoing|meadow creation| |---|---|---|---|---| |||wildlife as part of practical education||| |||sessions within the new activity plan.||Make use of overgrown,| |||||unused areas of the park.| |||||Strengthening relationships| |||||with IJON and getting high| |||||quality data on the water| |||||health and condition to better| |||||improve management.| |Sustainability|-|The Christmas Company has ceased|Summer 2026|More financially sustainable| |Financial||operation due to weak margins. Department||ndvalue for money trust| |||working to find alternative offer to minimise||ccounts| |||impact to income.||| |||||ontinued successful| |||Continued partnership working with Colwick
Park Lifeguards who lease the boathouse|Ongoing|partnerships that help to
improve the types and standard| |||for storage. (Cloud9) and manage the
boating lake||f activities offered@
Highfields Park| |||Partnership working with Perfect Aquatics|Ongoing|Support with Perfect Aquatics| |||who manage the Adventure Golf.||o improve the golf offer on site| ## ## ## ## ## |Councillor|AdeleWilliams|AdeleWilliams|CouncillorLeslie A oola| |---|---|---|---| |Councillor|AJ Matsiko||Councillor Lia
at Ali| |Councillor|AndrewRule||CouncillorLinda Woodin s| |Councillor|An
ela Kandola||CouncillorMaria Joannou| |Councillor|Anwar Khan||Councillor Maria Watson| |Councillor|Audra W nter||CouncillorMattShannon| |Councillor|Audre
Dinnall||CouncillorMichaelEdwards| |Councillor|Carole McCulloch||Councillor MichaelSava
e| |Councillor|Che
I Barnard||Councillor Nick Raine| |Councillor|Corall Jenkins||Councillor Nadia Farhat| |Councillor|David Mellen||Councillor Naim Sa ab Salim| |Councillor|Devonta
Okure||Councillor Na
ab Patel| |Councillor|Ethan Radford||Councillor Ne
hat Khan| |Councillor|Eunice Re an||CouncillorPatience Uloma Ifediora| |Councillor|Faith Gakan•e-ÆaIa||Councillor Pavlos Kotsonis| |Councillor|Farzanna Mahmood||Councillor Sa• Ahmad| |Councillor|Fozia Mubashar||CouncillorSaid Mohammed| |Councillor|Geor
ia Power||CouncillorSalma Mumtaz| |Councillor|Graham Cha|man|CouncillorSam Harris| |Councillor|Gul Khan||CouncillorSam Lux| |Councillor|Ha
le
S
ain||Councillor Samina Riaz| |Councillor|Helen Kalsi||Councillor Samuel Gardiner| |Councillor|Imran Jalil||CouncillorSana Nasir| |Councillor|Ja
Ha es||CouncillorSarita-Marie Rehman-Wall| |Councillor|Kevin Clarke||CouncillorShu
uftah Quddoos| |Councillor|Kirs
Jones||CouncillorSteve Battlemuch| |Councillor|Kirs
L Jones||CouncillorSulcan Mahmood| |Councillor|Leslie A oola||Councillor Zafran Khan| |Councillor|Lia
at Ali||| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ||Statement of Financial Activities|Statement of Financial Activities||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||For year ending 31 March 2026|||| ||||Unrestricted|Unrestricted| ||||Funds|Funds| ||||2025/26|2024/25| |||NOTE||| |INCOMING RESOURCES||||| |Grant from Local Authorities||8|3,075|1 ,575| |Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities||8|137,627|148,210| |Investment Income||8|96,057|114,271| |Total Incoming Resources|||230,609|264,056| |RESOURCES EXPENDED||||| |Charitable Activities||8|213,536|195,188| |Other Expenditure||9|1 ,656|1,575| |Total Resources Expended|||215,192|196,763| |Net Incoming I(Outgoing) Resources|||15,417|67,293| |Fund balances brought forward as at 1 April|||2,375,795|2,308,502| |Fund balances carried forward|as at 31 March|10|2,391,212|2,375,795| ## |Balance Sheet||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |As at 31 March 2026||||| |||2025/26||2024/25| ||NOTE|||| |Fixed Assets||||| |Tangible Assets:||||| |Freehold Land & Buildings|3|||1| |InvestmentAssets|4|2,391|1|2,375,794| |Total Fixed Assets||2,391,212||2,375,795| |Current Assets:||||| |Debtors: amounts falling due within one year|5|1,656||3,075| |Cash / Bank||||| |Liabilities:||||| |Creditors: amounts falling due within one year|5|(1,656)||(3,075)| |Cash / Bank||||| |Net CurrentAssets||||| |NetAssets||2,391,212||2,375,795| |Represented by:||||| |Funds||||| |Unrestricted Funds|10|2,391,212||2,375,795| |||2,391,212||2,375,795| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |||||2026|2025| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Freehold|land|and|buildings||1| ## ||||2025/26|2024/25| |---|---|---|---|---| |Loan to Nottin|ham Ci|Council||| |Brought forward balance|||2,375,794|| |New loans for|the year||15,417|67,293| |Total loans to|Loan to Nottingham City Council||2,391,211|2,375,794| |5. DEBTORS||||| ||||2026|2025| |Accrued grant income|||1 ,656|3,075| |6. CREDITORS||||| ||||2026|2025| |Accruals|||I ,656|3,075| ## ## ||2025/26|2024/25| |---|---|---| |Income||| |Charitable Activities||| |Rents|137,627|124,315| |Fees & Charges||23,895| |Investment Income||| |Interest received from NCC|96,057|114,271| |Total Income|233,684|262,481| |Expenditure||| |Premises|30,640|36,756| |Other Services|1,715|(2,752)| |Support Services|181,181|155,809| |Property Maintenance||5,375| |Governance Costs|1 ,656|1,575| |Total Expenditure|215,191|196,763| |Net Deficit before Grant|18,492|65,718| |Council Grant|(3,075)|1,575| |NET INCOME 1 (EXPENDITURE)|15,417|67,293| ## |9.ANALYSI|S OF GOVERNANCE COST||| |---|---|---|---| |||2026|2025| |Independent|examiners'fees|1 ,656|1 ,575| ## ||Balance|Incoming|Resources|Transferred|Balance|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||0110412025|Resources|Expended|to the Loan|0110312026|| |Unrestricted funds||||||| |General|1|230,609|(215,192)|(15,417)||1| |Unrestricted Capital Receipts|2,375,794|||15,417|2,391|1| |Total funds|2,375,795|230,609|(215,192)||2,391,212|| ## ## ## ##