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Trustees: Mick Short, Hilary Short, Michael Sheppard, Dave Brookes, Andrew Brennand, Sue Nieduszynska, Sue Pope. 

Trustees appointed according to clause in 1996 Constitution, updated June 2013 copy available on request. 

Financial report uploaded with this document. 

We currently have no policy on reserves. 

In accordance, therefore, with Section 4 (6) of the Charities Act 2006 and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 the trustees confirm that they have given due regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission when exercising their powers and duties during the period. 

of volunteer work being undertaken is at a record high. We successfully replaced the playground 

events which are well run and well attended. 

Signed, 

> DocuSigned by: 

> [Pana][ ,] [_[Udita] /\ ?D 

Chair. 



**The Fairfield Association** 

## **Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 30th April 2024** 

|Notes<br>**Receipts**<br>**Grants and Donations**<br>Grants<br>1<br>Donations<br>Legacies<br>**Fundraising**<br>2<br>**Other Income**<br>Fairfield Friends<br>Gift Aid Claim<br>**Total Receipts**<br>**Payments**<br>**Charitable Payments**<br>Development and maintenance of facilities<br>Nature Reserve<br>Playground<br>Aldcliffe Triangle<br>Beyond the Castle<br>Cycle Pod<br>Educational Programmes<br>**Other Payments**<br>Fundraising costs<br>Insurance<br>Independent Examiner<br>Photocopying and postage costs<br>Room hire<br>Bank charges<br>**Total Payments**<br>**Net Receipts / Payments (-)  in the Year**<br>Funds brought forward at May 1st2023<br>Funds carried forward at 30th April 2024|Restricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Total<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>20,131<br>7,592<br>27,723<br>0<br>3,702<br>3,702<br>0<br>54,760<br>54,760<br>20,131<br>66,054<br>86,185<br>0<br>4,903<br>4,903<br>0<br>5,687<br>5,687<br>0<br>1,126<br>1,126<br>0<br>6,813<br>6,813<br>20,131<br>77,771<br>97,902<br>445<br>6,947<br>7,392<br>3,717<br>843<br>4,560<br>920<br>0<br>920<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>367<br>0<br>367<br>0<br>313<br>313<br>5,449<br>8,103<br>13,552<br>0<br>1,672<br>1,672<br>0<br>1,712<br>1,712<br>0<br>185<br>185<br>0<br>459<br>459<br>0<br>126<br>126<br>0<br>15<br>15<br>0<br>4,169<br>4,169<br>5,449<br>12,272<br>17,721<br>14,682<br>65,499<br>80,181<br>-5,841<br>73,774<br>67,933<br>8,841<br>139,273 148,114|Total funds<br>2022-23<br>£<br>45,940<br>7,141<br>0|
|---|---|---|
|||53,081|
|||4,734|
|||5,757<br>872|
|||6,629|
|||64,444<br>15,480<br>56,865<br>788<br>596<br>0<br>808|
|||74,537|
|||863<br>1,548<br>170<br>49<br>183<br>106|
|||2,919|
|||77,456|
|||-13,012<br>80,945|
|||67,933|





**The Fairfield Association** 

## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 30 April 2024** 

|Co-operative Bank<br>Skipton Building Society<br>Nationwide Building Society|2024<br>Restricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Total<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>£<br>£<br>8,841<br>54,273<br>63,114<br>85,000<br>85,000<br>0<br>0<br>8,841<br>139,273 148,114|2023<br>Total<br>Funds<br>£<br>67,931<br>0<br>2|
|---|---|---|
|||67,933|



## **Non-Monetary Assets - retained for use by the charity** 

1. Land at Fairfield, purchased at a total cost of £17,000, plus legal fees of £716. 

2. Land leased from Lancaster City Council on a ten year lease at an annual rental of £1. 

3. New playground installed in 2024 at Fairfield Green at a total cost of £77,757 

4. Land at Fairfield Orchard leased for 1,000 years at an annual rental of £1. 

5. Fauna land leased from Lancaster City Council for 30 years at an annual rental of £1. 

6. Land at Sourholme, purchased at a total cost of £17,500, plus legal fees of £1,709. 

7. Flora land, purchased at a cost of £220,000, plus professional fees of £2,942. 

8. Storage facility built at a cost of £31,035. 

9. Gleesons land purchased at a cost of £38,000 plus legal fees of £1,130. 

10. Aldcliffe Triangle land leased from Lancaster City Council on a thirty year lease at an annual rental of £1. 

Jane Parker Hon. Treasurer July 2024 



**The Fairfield Association** 

## **Notes to Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 30 April 2024** 

## **1. Restricted Funds** 

|**1. Restricted Funds**||
|---|---|
|Lancashire Environmental Fund<br>Playarea<br>Lancashire Young People's Champion<br>Playarea<br>General fundraising appeal<br>Playarea<br>Tesco<br>Playarea<br>Asda Foundation<br>Playarea<br>Lancaster University Wind Turbine<br>Playarea<br>Skipton Building Society<br>Playarea<br>Lancashire County Council<br>Cycle pod<br>Tree Council<br>Saplings<br>Community Pizza Events CIC<br>Playarea equipment<br>Lancaster University<br>Triangle Bench<br>Aldcliffe Road Triangle|**B.Fwd**<br>**Received Payments**<br>**C. Fwd**<br>**01/05/23**<br>**2023/24**<br>**2023/24**<br>**30/04/24**<br>-6,933<br>-6,933<br>3,000<br>3,000<br>261<br>261<br>500<br>500<br>478<br>478<br>1,500<br>1,500<br>300<br>300<br>5,000<br>366<br>4,634<br>445<br>445<br>0<br>172<br>8,647<br>3,718<br>5,101<br>91<br>91<br>0|
||-6,670<br>20,131<br>4,620<br>8,841<br>829<br>829<br>0|
||-5,841<br>20,131<br>5,449<br>8,841|



The following income was received during the year from the Rural Payments Agency as part of the Association's Higher Level Stewardship agreement and has been included in unrestricted funds. 

|Educational visits<br>Revenue payments|**2023/24**<br>**2022/23**<br>0<br>1,200<br>7,592<br>7,588|
|---|---|
||7,592<br>8,788|





Independent Examlner's Report lo Ihe Truslees of Ihe Falrfleld Assockthon
I report on the accounts of the Twst for the year ended 30 April 2024.
Responslbllttles ond basls of the report
As the charity trustees of the Tnjst you are responsible for the preparation of
the occounts in accordance wilh the requirements of the Charities Act 201 1
"the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of Ihe Trust's accounts
carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my
examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the
Charity Commission under section l 45151 Ibl of the Act.
Independent examlner's statement
I hove completed my exomination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause
to believe thot in any material respect:
al accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by
section 130 of the Act,. or
bl the accounts do not accord with these records.
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 enoble a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Shwets Pankhadiwala
Clo Lancaster District CVS, Tha Comerslone Sutyard Street Lancasler LA11 PX
9th September 2024