CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1036917
Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## Unaudited Financial Statements 31 March 2025
## CHARLTON BAKER (BRISTOL) LTP
Chartered Accountants
Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## 61 Macrae Road, Ham Green, Bristol
## BS20 ODD
## Financial Statements
## Year ended 31 March 2025
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|Trustees' annual report|1|
|Independent examiner's report to the trustees|4|
|Statement of financial activities|5|
|Statement of financial position|6|
|Notes to the financial statements|7|
|Year ended 31 March 2025||
The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## Reference and administrative details
Registered charity name Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity
Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
1036917 Charity registration number
Principal office The Parade Coniston Road
Patchway
Bristol
BS34 5LP
The trustees Mrs L M Hamid
Mr D sully
Mrs W Williams
Mrs E. orpen
Mr K. Walker
Independent examiner Mr P Cridland FCA
61 Macrae Road, Ham Green, Bristol
BS20 ODD
Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation) Trustees' Annual Report
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## Year ended 31 March 2025
## Structure, governance and management
The Charity was registered with the Charity Commission in 1994 and it is governed by 5 elected Trustees. The Chairman with effect from the 2023 Annual Meeting was Keith Walker and the other trustees were: Lucy Hamid, Evelyn Orpen, David Sully and Winifred Williams. The trustees have undertaken external training covering all aspects of their work in managing the charity and the Community Centre and meet monthly. At the annual meeting in 2020, the charity became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, the members of which are the trustees.
The trustees ensure that the facilities in the building are maintained and improved to suit the requirements of the users and to attract new groups.
New trustees are appointed by the Board of Trustees. When recruiting new trustees, the board looks for individuals with skills and experience which are of value to the Trust and which are not represented by existing trustees. New trustees are provided with a pack of information including recent accounts, a copy of the Trust Deed and information regarding finances, governance and charitable objectives including minutes of the previous trustees' meeting.
## Objectives and activities
The aims of the charity are to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Patchway and the neighbourhood without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, nationality, age, disability, race or of political, religious or other opinions; to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation; and to maintain and manage Coniston Community Centre in furtherance of these aims.
The Association arranges a varied programme of events through working with other groups and organisations and publicises these on its website and through local posters and leaflets.
The trustees confirrn that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust's aims and objectives.
Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## Trustees' Annual Report
## Achievements and performance
Due to financial restraints, the Trustees have taken the decision not to employ a full-time manager to carry out the aims and objectives listed above. These duties are carried out voluntarily by Trustees. The Trustees continued to employ a café manager/chef and other sessional workers as well as caretaking and cleaning staff. The Trustees support and guide the staff in the performance of their duties and are always looking for new ways to provide a variety of activities which will attract more residents to use the Centre.
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## Year ended 31 March 2025
## Financial review
During this financial year, the Association has increased tenancy of the offces on the second floor and gained more hirers for the community rooms on the first and ground floors, including a day nursery. The rent is used to maintain the building and pay for the staff to operate it. This year the income and expenditure for the operation of the building is shown as unrestricted but income and expenditure which is exclusively for particular groups which are part of the Association are shown as restricted. This relates to the groups using the centre but funded separately. The funds carried forward at the end of the financial year not relating to other groups were E23,421.
The Association has continued to run the community café, named Coniston Café. The café provides an essential part of our service to the community of Patchway and is run with a team of volunteers, helping the manager/chef and is supported by Fare Share donations of food. The café also operates a Community Larder and Fridge which is available to residents to collect items of donated food. This year, with outside grant-funding, the Association has set up a social group for older, isolated residents, many of whom require the use of community transport to access the sessions. This has proved a valuable community service and is running well, organised by volunteers.
The trustees have been reviewing expenditure as well as applying f6r additional funding, although now that the building is over 20 years old, increased maintenance costs are inevitable.
## Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves are represented by the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets.
Given the nature of the Trust's funding being mainly by grants and investnent income, the trustees believe that the Trust's free reserves should be around six months' of the resources expended, but it has
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not been possible to allocate these funds in this financial year. The trustees will work hard to improve the financial position in the forthcoming year.
The trustees' annual report was approved on 22 January 2026 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
## Mr K. Walker Trustee
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## Year ended 31 March 2025
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation) ('the charity') for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section of the Act.
## Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
3. the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## Trustees' Annual Report
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mr P Cridland FCA Independent Examiner
61 Macrae Road, Ham Green, Bristol BS20 ODD
22 January 2026
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Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation) Financial
2024
31 March
|19,565|166,989|168,434||
|---|---|---|---|
|34,775|185,588|184,121||
|19,565|166,989|168,434||
|15,210|18,599|15,687||
|15,927|18,599|15,687||
|4,771|25,520|9,833||
|717||||
|20,698|44,119|25,520||
|recognised in the year.||||
||2025|||
|Unrestricted|Restricted|||
||funds|Total funds|Total fund|
|||9,347||
|||55,375||
||~~34,775~~|~~35,082~~||
|||85,784||
|||funds||
|Statement of|Statement of|Activities||
|Year ended||2025||
||Note|||
|Income and endowments|Income and endowments|||
|Donations and legacies|||4|
|9,347||||
|Total income||||
|Expenditure||||
150
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Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation) Notes to the Financial Statements
Year ended 31 March 2025
|Expenditure on charitable activities|147|
|---|---|
|Charitable activities 5 55,375 Other||
|trading activities 6 307 Investment||
|income 7 85,784||
|Total expenditure|147,|
|Transfers between funds|(|
|Net movement in funds|2|
|Reconciliation of funds||
|Total funds brought forward|20|
|Net income|3|
|Total funds carried forward||
||23,|
|The statement of financial activities||
|includes all gains and||
|All income and expenditure derive||
|from continuing activities.||
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Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation) Financial
The notes on pages 7 to 16 form part of these financial statements. Statement of Position 31 March 2025 Fixed assets Tangible fixed assets Current assets Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Net current assets 22,815 Total assets less current liabilities 25,520 Funds of the charity Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Total charity funds 44,119
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Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation) Notes to the Financial Statements
Year ended 31 March 2025
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 22 December 2025, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
Mr K. Walker Trustee
The notes on pages 7 to 16 form part of these financial statements.
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Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation) Financial
## 1 . General information
The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is The Parade, Coniston Road, Patchway, Bristol, BS34 SLP.
## 2. Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011.
## 3. Accounting policies
## Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair
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Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Notes to the Financial Statements
Year ended 31 March 2025
value through income or expenditure.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
## Going concern
Following discussions with the local authority and voluntary groups along with the successful application for a grant for restructuring to divide two of the offices, the charity has now achieved 100% occupancy of the offices on the second floor. The income from this allows the trustees to be confident that the organisation is a going concern.
## Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. We confirm that there are no critical
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judgements or estimates to note.
## Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources receivable or generated for the objects of the charity without further specified purposes and are available as general funds.
Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund, together with a fair allocation of support costs.
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Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation) Notes to the Financial Statements
## Year ended 31 March 2025
3. Accounting policies (continued)
## Incoming resources
All income is included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
- income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift,receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
- income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impracticle to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliabily measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
- income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
## Resources expended
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:
expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, noncharitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.
expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the govemance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.
other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apprortioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
## Tangible assets
All fixed assets are initially recorded at cost.
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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
(continued)
3. Accounting policies (continued)
## Depreciation
Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:
Fixtures & Fittings 33% reducing balance Equipment 20% reducing balance 4. Donations and legacies
|Donations and legacies||||
|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted Total Funds|Restricted Total Funds|
||Funds|Funds|2025|
|Donations||||
|Donations|982||982|
|Gifts||||
|Gifts||||
|Grants||||
|Patchway Town Council|5,300||5,300|
|South Glos Council|1,500||1,500|
|NHS BNSSG|1,065||1,065|
|Neighbourly - Cafe'|500||500|
|Quartet Foundation||||
|St Monica Trust||||
|John Lewis PLC||||
||9,347||9,347|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
||Funds|Funds|2024|
|Donations||||
|Donations|522||522|
|Gifts||||
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## Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## Notes to the Financial Statements
## Year ended 31 March 2025
Gifts 4,000 4,000
## 4. Donations and legacies (continued)
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|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
|Funds|Funds|2024|
|Grants|
|Patchway Town Council|200|200|
|South Glos Council|7,450|7,450|
|NHS BNSSG|
|Neighbourly - Cafe'|500|500|
|Quartet Foundation|9,535|9,535|
|St Monica Trust|3,480|3,480|
|John Lewis PLC|1,000|1 ,ooo|
|26,487|200|26,687|
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5. Charitable activities
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||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
|Funds|2025|Funds|2024|
|Cafe income|55,375|55,375|52,779|52,779|
|The Association runs the café. Income and expenses of the café were as follows;|
|2024|
|2025|
|Income|
|Cafe sales and donations|55,375|52,779|
|Expenses|
|Wages|(26,922)|(26,550)|
|Supplies|(16,259)|(23,143)|
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## Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
||(Deficit)/Surplus for the year||12,194|3,086|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|6.|Other trading activities||||
|||Unrestricted||Total|
||||Restricted|Funds|
|||Funds|Funds|2025|
||Fundraising events|307||307|
||Income from activities||34,775|34,775|
|||307|34,775|35,082|
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## Charity
## Commission as a Charitable Incorporated
## Organisation)
Notes to the Financial Statements
(continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
## 6. Other trading activities (continued)
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Funds|Funds|2024|
|||401|||
|Fundraising events||||401|
|Income from activities|||12,056|12,056|
|||401|12,056|12,457|
|Investment income|||||
||Unrestricted Total Funds|Unrestricted Total Funds|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
||Funds|2025|Funds|2024|
||E||||
|Rent and subscriptions|85,707|85,707|92,198|92,198|
|Bank interest receivable|77|77|||
7. Investment income
85,784 85,784 92,198 92,198
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## Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Commission as a Charitable Charity Incorporated Organisation)
## Notes to the Financial Statements
~~(continued)~~
## Year ended 31 March 2025
8. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund
type
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|2025|
|Rent, rates and water|2,079||2,079|
|Depreciation|1,579||1,579|
|Café supplies and sundries|26,922||26,922|
|Activities expenditure|451|10,514|10,965|
|Maintenance|27,582||27,582|
|Wages, Salaries and NI|60,283|9,051|69,334|
|Light and heat|15,106||15,106|
|Telephone and internet|4,533||4,533|
|Printing,postage and stationery|80||80|
|Sundries|1,180||1,180|
|Support costs|7,629||7,629|
||147,424|19,565|166,989|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
||Funds|Funds|2024|
|Rent, rates and water|1,576||1,576|
|Depreciation|1,335||1,335|
|Café supplies and sundries|23,143||23,143|
|Activities expenditure|680|6,730|7,410|
|Maintenance|33,988||33,988|
|Wages, Salaries and NI|56,086|9,436|65,522|
|Light and heat|23,033||23,033|
|Telephone and internet|2,683||2,683|
|Printing,postage and stationery|422||422|
|Sundries|1,517||1,517|
|Support costs|7,805||7,805|
||152,268|16,166|168,434|
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## Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Commission as a Charitable Charity Incorporated Organisation)
## Notes to the Financial Statements
(continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
9. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type
||Activities|||
|---|---|---|---|
||undertaken|Total funds|Total fund|
||directly Support costs|2025|2024|
|Rent, rates and water|2,079|2,079|1,576|
|Depreciation|1,579|1,579|1,335|
|Café supplies and sundries|26,922|26,922|23,143|
|Activities expenditure|10,965|10,965|7,410|
|Maintenance|27,582|27,582|33,988|
|Wages, Salaries and NI|69,334|69,334|65,522|
|Light and heat|15,106|15,106|23,033|
|Telephone and internet|4,533|4,533|2,683|
|Printing,postage and stationery|80|80|422|
|Sundries|1,180|1,180|1,517|
|Governance costs|7,629|7,629|7,805|
||159,360|||
|7,629|166,989|||
|168,434||||
|10. Net income||||
|Net income is stated after charging/(crediting):||||
|||2025|2024|
|Depreciation of tangible fixed assets||1,579|1,335|
|11. Independent examination fees||||
|||2025|2024|
||||E|
|Fees payable to the independent examiner for:|Fees payable to the independent examiner for:|||
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Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Commission as a Charitable Charity Incorporated Organisation) Notes to the Financial Statements
~~(continued)~~
## Year ended 31 March 2025
Independent examination of the financial statements
1,830 2,290
## 12. Staff costs
The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:
2025
2024
Wages and salaries 69,334 65,522
Included in staff costs above are pension costs in respect of defined contribution pension plans of E970 (2024 - ±807).
The average head count of employees during the year was 9 (2024: 10).
No employee received employee benefits of more than €60,000 during the year (2024: Nil).
## Key Management Personnel
Key management personnel include all persons that have authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the charity. The total compensation paid to key management personnel for services provided to the charity was E— (2024:E3,675).
## 13. Trustee remuneration and expenses
No member of the committee received remuneration during the year either directly or indirectly
No member of the committee was reimbursed for expenses during the year.
## 14. Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures and
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## Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Commission as a Charitable Charity Incorporated Organisation)
Notes to the Financial Statements
(continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
|Year ended 31 March 2025|Year ended 31 March 2025ended 31 March 202531 March 2025March 2025|Year ended 31 March 2025ended 31 March 202531 March 2025March 2025|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||fittings|Equipment|Total|
||Cost||||||
||At 1 April 2024|||4,684|27,061|31,745|
||Additions||||2,053|2,053|
||At 31 March 2025|||4,684|29,114|33,798|
||Depreciation||||||
||At 1
2024|||4,619|24,421|29,040|
||Charge for the year|||14|1,565|1,579|
||At 31 March 2025|||4,633|25,986|30,619|
||Carrying amount||||||
||At 31 March 2025|||51|3,128|3,179|
||At 31 March 2024|||65|2,640|2,705|
|15.|Creditors: amounts falling due within one year||Creditors: amounts falling due within one year||||
||||||2025|2024|
|||||||984|
||Social security and other taxes||||1,929||
||Professional fees||||1,600|1,601|
||||||3,529|2,585|
||Analysis of charitable funds||||||
||Unrestricted funds||||||
|16.||||||31 March 20|
|||1 April 2024|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|25|
||General funds|20,749|150,813|(147,424)|(717)|23,421|
|||||||31 March 20|
|||1 April 2023|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|24|
||General funds|3,070|171,865|(152,268)|(1,918)|20,749|
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Notes to the Financial Statements
(continued)
Year ended 31 March 2025
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Year ended 31 March 2025
## 16. Analysis of charitable funds (continued)
Restricted funds
|||||||31 March 20|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|1 April 2024|Income Expenditure|Income Expenditure|Transfers|25|||
|5,073
Friendship Group Link||473||(3,150)2,396|||
|Centre|8,334|(9,051)|717||||
|2,834
Watercolour Group||1,847||(2,340)2,341|||
|L.G.B.T|||||||
|Stay & Play|682|2,451||(1,622)1,511|||
|6,221
Coniston Connect||||(2,454)3,767|||
|Food Project|11,631|||(948)10,683|||
||34,775|(19,565)|717|20,698|||
||12,256|(16, 166)|||||
|||||||4,771|
||||||Transfers|24|
|Friendship Group||1,695||||473|
|Link Centre|||||2,090||
|Watercolour Group||2,273||||1,847|
|L.G.B.T||172|||(172)||
|Stay & Play||2,623||||2,451|
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## Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
## Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
Coniston Connect Food Project
|6,763|||1,918|
|---|---|---|---|
||31 March 20 1 April 2023||31 March 20 1 April 2023|
||Income|Expenditure||
||3,168||(4,390)|
||6,636||(8,726)|
||1,914||(2,340)|
||538||(710)|
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## Coniston Community Association (Registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation) Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
## Year ended 31 March 2025
17. Analysis of net assets between funds
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|---|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
|Funds|Funds|2025|
|Tangible fixed assets|3,179|3,179|
|Current assets|23,771|20,698|44,469|
|Creditors less than 1 year|(3,529)|(3,529)|
|Net assets|23,421|20,698|44,119|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
|Funds|Funds|2024|
|Tangible fixed assets|2,705|2,705|
|Current assets|20,629|4,771|25,400|
|Creditors less than I year|(2,585)|(2,585)|
|Net assets|20,749|4,771|25,520|
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## Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
## 18. Registering as a charitable incorporated organisation
On 28 October 2020 the unincorporated association (charity registration number 1036917) became registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, the members of which are the trustees.
## 19. Related parties
Coniston Community Association rent the building in which they reside (The Parade, Coniston Road, Patchway) for a peppercorn rent of El from Patchway Town Council.