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

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. The new playground installed last year is well used. The nature reserve is well maintained by hard working volunteers. We continue to 

Signed, 

Chair. 

**The Fairfield Association** 

## **Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 30th April 2025** 

|Notes<br>**Receipts**<br>**Grants and Donations**<br>Grants<br>1<br>Donations<br>Legacies<br>**Fundraising**<br>2<br>**Other Income**<br>Fairfeld Friends<br>Skipton Building Society interest<br>Gift Aid Claim<br>Bike Hangar rent<br>**Total Receipts**<br>**Payments**<br>**Charitable Payments**<br>Development and maintenance of facilities<br>Nature Reserve<br>Playground<br>AldclifeTriangle<br>Beyond the Castle<br>Cycle Pod<br>Educational Programmes<br>**Other Payments**<br>Fundraising costs<br>Insurance<br>Independent Examiner<br>Legal fees<br>Photocopying and postage costs<br>Room hire<br>Web hosting<br>Card commission<br>Bank charges<br>**Total Payments**<br>**Net Receipts / Payments (-)**<br>**in theYear**<br>Funds brought forward at May 1st2024<br>Funds carried forward at 30th April 2025|Restricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Total<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>7,949<br>7,592<br>15,541<br>0<br>505<br>505<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>7,949<br>8,097<br>16,046<br>0<br>8,436<br>8,436<br>0<br>6,597<br>6,597<br>2,896<br>2,896<br>0<br>912<br>912<br>0<br>150<br>150<br>0<br>10,555<br>10,555<br>7,949<br>27,088<br>35,037<br>716<br>9,642<br>10,358<br>11,141<br>6,544<br>17,685<br>0<br>60<br>60<br>0<br>0<br>4,933<br>1,247<br>6,180<br>0<br>177<br>177<br>16,790<br>17,670<br>34,460<br>0<br>4,091<br>4,091<br>0<br>1,819<br>1,819<br>0<br>200<br>200<br>0<br>300<br>300<br>0<br>560<br>560<br>0<br>110<br>110<br>0<br>91<br>91<br>0<br>67<br>67<br>0<br>3<br>3<br>0<br>7,241<br>7,241<br>16,790<br>24,911<br>41,701<br>-8,841<br>2,177<br>-6,664<br>8,841<br>139,273<br>148,114<br>0<br>141,450<br>141,450|Total funds<br>2023-24<br>£<br>27,723<br>3,702<br>54,760|
|---|---|---|
|||86,185|
|||4,904|
|||5,687<br>0<br>1,126<br>0|
|||6,813|
|||97,902<br>7,392<br>4,560<br>920<br>0<br>367<br>313|
|||13,552|
|||1,672<br>1,712<br>185<br>0<br>459<br>126<br>0<br>0<br>15|
|||4,169|
|||17,721|
|||80,181<br>67,933|
|||148,114|



**The Fairfield Association** 

## **Notes to Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 30 April 2025** 

## **1. Restricted Funds** 

|Lancashire Environmental Fund<br>Playarea<br>Lancashire Young People'sChampion<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|**B.Fwd**<br>**Received**<br>**Payments**<br>**C. Fwd**<br>**01/05/24**<br>**2024/25**<br>**2024/25**<br>**30/04/25**<br>-6,933<br>6,933<br>0<br>3,000<br>3,000<br>0<br>261<br>261<br>0<br>500<br>500<br>0<br>478<br>478<br>0<br>1,500<br>1,500<br>0<br>300<br>300<br>0<br>4634<br>300<br>4,934<br>0<br>716<br>716<br>0<br>5,101<br>5,101<br>0|
|---|---|
||8,841<br>7,949<br>16,790<br>0|



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<br>**2. Fundraising Income 2024/25**<br>**Event**<br>Sale of calendars, cards, recipe books<br>Easter Egg Hunt<br>Apple Day<br>Carol Singing<br>NLWG event<br>Fairfeld Festival 2024<br>Fairfeld Festival<br>May 2025<br>Wassailing|**2024/25**<br>**2023/24**<br>0<br>0<br>7,592<br>7,592<br>7,592<br>7,592<br>**2024/25**<br>**General**<br>**Surplus/**<br>**Income**<br>**Expenses Loss (-)**<br>2,298<br>1,107<br>1,191<br>695<br>113<br>582<br>401<br>27<br>374<br>182<br>0<br>182<br>298<br>33<br>265<br>4,462<br>2,790<br>1,672<br>100<br>21<br>79<br>0<br>0<br>8,436<br>4,091<br>4,345|**2023/24**<br>**Surplus/**<br>**Loss (-)**<br>1,639<br>520<br>567<br>214<br>0<br>92<br>0<br>199|
|---|---|---|
|||3,231|



**The Fairfield Association** 

## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 30 April 2025** 

|Co-operative Bank<br>Skipton Building Society|2025<br>Restricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Total<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>£<br>£<br>0<br>53,554<br>53,554<br>0<br>87,896<br>87,896<br>0<br>141,450<br>141,450|2024<br>Total<br>Funds<br>£<br>63,114<br>85,000|
|---|---|---|
|||148,114|



## **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. 

- 11  Cycle hub installed 2025 at a cost of £6,547 

Jane Parker 

Hon. Treasurer 

July 2025 

## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the Fairfield Association** 

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 30 April 2025. 

## _**Responsibilities and basis of the report**_ 

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts 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 145 (5) (b) 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: 

- a) accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

- b) 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 enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

## Shweta Pankhadiwala 

C/o Lancaster District CVS, The Cornerstone Sulyard Street Lancaster LA1 1PX 22nd  September 2025.