2024-03-31-accounts

Company no. 04023294 Charity no. 1081691

Eastside Community Trust

Report and Audited Financial Statements 31 March 2024

Eastside Community Trust

Reference and administrative details

For theyear ended 31	March 2024
Company number	04023294
Charity number	1081691
Registered office and	Easton Community Centre
operational address	Kilburn Street
	Bristol
	BS5 6AW
Trustees	Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during
	the year and up to the date	of this report were as follows:
	Emmanuel Maunganidze	Chair
	Ted Fowler
	Jon Fox	appointed 7 September 2023
	Margaret Hickman	resigned 20 October 2023
	Azmina Mitha
	Muna Mohamed
	Noelle Rumball
	Zoe Sheriff
	Jess Slack
	Rosanna Wakefield
	Amanda Watson	resigned 20 October 2023
Senior Management	Stacy Yelland	Chief Executive Officer - 2021
Team	Tom Williams	Deputy CEO (formerly Business and Services
		Development Manager)
	Becky Whitmore	Communications Manager
Bankers	CAF Bank Limited	Redwood Bank
	25 Kings Hill Avenue	The Nexus Building
	Kings Hill	Broadway
	West Malling	Letchworth Garden City
	Kent, ME19 4JQ	Hertfordshire, SG6 3TT
	Flagstone Group Ltd
	1st Floor, Clareville House
	26-27 Oxendon Street
	London, SW1Y 4EL
	Essex, CM13 3BE
Auditors	Godfrey Wilson Limited
	Chartered accountants and	statutory auditors
	5th Floor Mariner House
	62 Prince Street
	Bristol, BS1 4QD

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Eastside Community Trust

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2024

The trustees present their report along with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities (effective from January 2019).

Foreword from our chair

At its heart Eastside Community Trust exists to serve the residents of Easton and Lawrence Hill. That statement brings up a lot of questions. Which residents? Who gets to say what it means to “serve”? Should all residents be served equally? How do we know we are doing a good enough job? And so on. It is neither easy to answer those questions nor to satisfy everyone who might ask them. This is made harder by knowing we have limited financial and human resources to achieve all our aims. It is with great pride that I can safely say Eastside Community Trust has over the past year taken those questions as its guiding light, using them as a challenge to improve what we do, how we do it, and who is served by the work we do. Finding the money we need to deliver everything from play and event spaces for thousands of families to fixing the lift in the community centre is increasingly difficult in the face of continued austerity and an ever competitive charitable sector. Inequality is rising, not falling. Most of the residents of Easton and Lawrence Hill have been affected by rising prices for even the most basic goods. Whilst it may seem like these are issues for government to solve, nothing beats having a team that is willing to listen to what people in our neighbourhood really want to live fulfilled lives.

The successes and challenges throughout this report are a great testament to the immense work of the staff, board and volunteers at Eastside Community Trust, day in day out. And to the partnerships with other organisations that allow for us to be at the frontline of everything from environmental issues to youth engagement. They are a reflection of the thousands of hours these people have dedicated to challenging the inequalities in our community and providing the things people really want and need. This work is neither perfect nor done. We welcome further challenge and input from the people who live in this area, old, young, from whatever background and faith. We are reviewing our strategy this coming year as well as acknowledging that, as always in an election year, so much can change. We are measuring our impact to see what we are doing well and what can improve even further.

We would like to thank the residents of Easton and Lawrence Hill who make use of our spaces, be it sharing a meal at Felix Road or hosting a meeting at the community centre or reading the magazine and attending events. Their actions and voices are really what this charity is about. This report is just a small reflection of that community spirit.

Manu Maunganidze Chair

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Objectives and activities

What do we do?

• We run Easton Community Centre , a busy centre open to the public six days week and available for private hire seven days a week. In the year 23/24, the four permanent tenants of the community centre were Houria CIC, BCfm, Raised in Bristol and Brigstowe Project. The centre hosted a programme of regular and ad-hoc community activities. It has been a community centre since 1989 as a Community Asset Transfer from Bristol City Council – the council own the centre but we have a 30 year lease (2017-2047) to manage it;

• We run Felix Road Adventure Playground six days a week with private sessions out of those opening hours. The playground has been at the heart of the community since 1972 giving children freedom to play and be themselves. The playground has a community kitchen which serves daily homecooked meals and hosts a Raised in Bristol nursery on site. We run the playground on a 30 year asset transfer lease (2019-2049) from the council;

• We deliver a wide ranging communications programme to share information, inspire and celebrate our community. This includes a fortnightly ebulletin, a website, social media, a quarterly printed magazine delivered to 14,000 households and 30 community notice boards;

• We support community action through projects run by and with local people. These include family and wellbeing activities in our spaces, a community climate action programme, a place making project, food and cooking projects and an annual programme of community meetings and events; and

• We are landlord to four retail units in Barton Hill, all small business run by families from different ethnic communities. These support the traded income generation for the charitable work.

Achievements and performance

Measuring our impact - key statistics:

Target	Actual result 23/24
1,000 children will have freedom to play	800 hours of free play open access adventure 822 children visited Felix Road Adventure Playground (down from 1,019 in 22/23 due to where Easter holiday dates fell in 23/24) 200 hours ofpre-school stayandplaysessions
1,000 free meals will be served at Felix Road	17,713 free meals** (upfrom 10,181 in 22/23)
50% increase in membership	189 members (down from 273 in 22/23)
20% increase in social media following	8,000 followers (down from 14,887 due to rationalisation ofplatforms)
200 attendees at Eastside events	12,418 attendances (upfrom 6,340 in 22/23)
15% increase in communications subscribers	1,962 subscribers (down from 2,229 in 22/23)
200 residents will participate in local action	611 residents involved in community activity (upfrom 559 in 22/23)
75 people will attend community conversations	216 residents attended (upfrom 164 in 22/23)
60% capacity of our spaces will be used	38% of maximum occupancy (upfrom 30%in 22/23)

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Target (continued)	Actual result 23/24 (continued)
Visitors to our spaces	1,447 visits from adults at Felix Road (down from 2,289 in 22/23) Easton Community Centre open access to the public for 2,550 hours 9,364 visits from children at Felix Road (up from 8,481 in 22/23)
250 children attending who are free school meal eligibility	Summer 2023 – 353 children on Free School Meals attended sessions at Felix
50% children feel part of the community	No data for 23/24* 80%in 22/23
50% children will feel healthier afterplayingat Eastside	No data 23/24* 69%in 22/23
75% children will feel happier after time at Eastside	No data in 23/24* 98%in 22/23
75% people report improved wellbeing	80% in 23/24 79%in 22/23
75% of residents will feel informed about their neighbourhood	75% in 23/24 75%in 22/23
75% of residents will feel belonging in their neighbourhood	67% in 23/24 70%in 22/23
50 people a year will make new connections	37 our of 51 respondents in 23/24 155 in 22/23
80% of people will feel welcome in our spaces	96% in 23/24 94%in 22/23
Target - £10,000 from communications, £10,000 from room hire at Felix Road and £30,000 from room hire at Easton CommunityCentre Income generation from trading – we aim to move to a more sustainable financial model by increasing our self generated income.	£2,275 from communications £12,992 from Felix Road hire £59,018 from Easton Community Centre hire This is a 27% increase from 22/23
Note – in 23/24 we did not carry out the annual survey with children at Felix Road Adventure Playground as we did not have capacity to do it this year and plan to review the process in 2024. *Note – when we set the 1,000 target we had no data about number of meals being sold at Felix Road so this was a complete guess. Since capturing data we realise the target was too low and will revise in the next strategicplan.

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Our strategy Our vision - a place of possibility

A place

• where connections between people lead to a shared sense of belonging and local pride;

• where children play in the street and public space is shared and respected;

• that promotes wellbeing through quality urban design and protection of the natural world;

• that makes people feel they have an active role in shaping the future of where they live;

• that is welcoming, inclusive and proudly diverse; and

• where neighbours know each other by name.

Our values

• We collaborate;

• ▪ We listen; ▪ We are kind; ▪ We celebrate; ▪ We experiment; ▪ We are fun and playful; ▪ We are honest; and

• We make decisions with equality, diversity and inclusion and environmental sustainability at the heart of what we do.

Our outcomes

• 1 Children will have the freedom to play, experiment and learn; to be healthy, happy and feel part of their community;

• 2 The community will have healthy, sustainable, welcoming places to connect, socialise, learn and share cultural knowledge; and

• 3 Residents will be informed, have the agency to participate in their neighbourhood and city, feel a sense of belonging and take pride in where they live.

Eastside Community Trust is….

A place to play and have fun

Felix Road Adventure Playground

Our flagship play space in the heart of Easton and Lawrence Hill

We run an open access 2.5 acre adventure playground with multiple opportunities for children to run, swing, climb, slide, cycle, build and garden. This is high energy outdoor adventure play with children burning lots of calories playing outdoors and away from any screens. Playing on their own, in small or large groups. The site also has a stage, a wild natural area, lots of covered outdoor space, a tool shed for building and a bicycle repair container.

• In 2023-2024 we provided approximately 800 hours of open access free play staffed by qualified playworkers.

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Targeted sessions

The majority of our opening hours are open access but we host five sessions for targeted groups which were identified in the council Youth and Play Strategy as a priority group.

• Felix Nights – working in partnership with a local Black-led youth arts CIC, we run a late night adventure play session for 12-16 year olds;

• Felix Girls – on Fridays the playground is a girl’s only space;

• Roma Girls Group – on Tuesdays afternoons in partnership with City Academy secondary school we host a group for girls from the Roma community. This has focused on food, play and music;

• Roma Boys Group – on Tuesday evenings we work with a Roma Family Support Worker to host a boys session at the playground. They play games and enjoy socialising together in a safe space; and

• Quiet Hour – on Sundays and before large events the first hour is dedicated to families with children with Special Education Needs.

Providing new opportunities

As well as providing a high quality play space, Felix Road hosts partner organisations who offer new experiences and activities for children. This year we worked with:

• Bristol Tree Craft – running woodwork skills workshops making furniture and decorations out of wood using hand tools;

• Bristol Old Vic – running theatre workshops with the children and taking them to perform at the Old Vic;

• Flying Seagulls – energetic performances for children;

• Co-exist Community Kitchen – outdoor cookery workshops with children; and

• Mossy Carpet – an art workshop with an environmental focus on art with moss.

Trips and outings

With nearly 60% of local children living in poverty, families find trips and holidays can be beyond their financial means. During term time and school holidays we run a programme of free trips and outings for regular playground children. For example:

• Lockleaze Vench and Stoke Park trip;

• Oldbury Court trip – playing in river;

• River boat and Brandon Tower trip;

• Blaise Castle nature trail trip;

• Weston beach and arcades trip;

• Clifton Downs nature activities;

• Girls group at The Wave;

• Taking part in St Pauls Carnival; and

• Bump roller disco trip.

Stay and Play

One of our qualified play work team runs a twice weekly stay and play session – one at each of our venues. These are relaxed and informal play sessions with toys, games and age appropriate activities for parents and carers with pre-school age children. Our staff member has 12 years of experience working in early years and runs hugely popular sessions reaching isolated parents from across the neighbourhood.

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Freedom Kids Podcast

Working with our playworker and creative podcast producer, we supported children at Felix Road to create a monthly award-winning podcast. The podcast covered a wide range of topics that the children felt were important, giving voice to their hopes, dreams and ideas. The children learnt the key skills of podcasting to record and produce a finished podcast, edited by the producer. The podcast won a number of awards.

Eastside Community Trust is…. A place to get involved

Small Grant Fund

Each year we receive a grant of approx. £12,000 to use to improve the neighbourhoods of Easton and Lawrence Hill. In 23/24 we used this to give out to local people in grants of up to £500 for community-led events. The remaining funds were used to reopen the community centre to the public on Saturdays.

• Small grants fund – we distributed £8,100 to 19 different local groups to run a wide range of community events including:

• Bangladesh Association badminton tournament;

• ▪ Camelford Road street party; ▪ Dings Community Association fun day;

• Newtown Network jubilee party;

• Harwood House garden party;

• Afghan family party;

• ▪ Heron Road street party; and ▪ Hannah More School bonfire event.

• Saturday openings – we reopened Easton Community Centre to the public on Saturdays from 10am to 4pm with a regular programme of free and low cost activities, including:

• Lego Club;

• ▪ Come the Revolution film nights; ▪ Repair Café; ▪ Family Film Club; and ▪ Everyone Makes It (family art club).

Thank You Awards

As part of our Annual General Meeting, we celebrated over 50 local people who were nominated for a Thank You Award for their voluntary work in our local community. Over 200 people attended the awards evening and AGM in a celebratory event that is unique in its diversity.

Friends of Rawnsley Park

Our engagement team supported residents to form a community group to care for the park connected to a social housing high rise. Local parents were keen to see the park improved and organise activities for children. They secured funding from the council for improvements to the park and we have supported them in the process of engaging with the council to deliver this.

Roots of Resilience

We have been a leading voice in a citywide strategic advocacy project to review and improve the council’s approach to community assets and Community Asset Transfer. Working alongside Community Anchor Organisations from across the city, we developed a manifesto with a list of clear demands for how the council’s approach to community assets could be improved. This aligns with national campaigns such as We’re Right Here and Locality Power of Community Manifesto.

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Eastside Community Trust is…. A place to belong

Easton Community Centre

Our welcoming community living room

The community centre is a public open space hosting a wide range of activities and events.

• 2,550 hours open access for the public; and

• ▪ Approximately 335 private hire bookings alongside our regular programme of weekly activities.

BCfm

This volunteer-run community radio station is based at the community centre. This is an awardwinning radio station that broadcasts a diverse range of programmes all run by local volunteers.

Brigstowe Project

This HIV support charity has been a tenant at the community centre since 2015. They support hundreds of vulnerable clients every year with bespoke support and peer mentoring.

Houria CIC

Since February 2023, we have been working with this Black women-led food enterprise to open a café at the centre. This has given this fast growing CIC a home base, enabling them to provide more migrant women with regular paid quality work opportunities. We have also delivered a number of community projects together including fully booked feasts for refugees and a free food scheme. The café has created a vibrant, inclusive heart to the centre.

Somali Kitchen

We are in a long-term partnership with this small CIC which empowers Somali women to become active in their community. We have provided free and low cost office space as well as capacity building support. With Eastside support, the leadership of this organisation has gone from strength to strength.

Stapleton Road – a world of creativity

This was a year long project funded by WECA and Bristol City Council to look at how arts and culture can regenerate high streets. We worked with Studio Meraki and local creatives to host a series of artist-led workshops to create new murals for Stapleton Road. These were accompanied by a series of street events to raise awareness.

Come the Revolution film nights

We have teamed up with community-led film group, Come the Revolution to screen a monthly film which aims to show films to new audiences. The first two sold out events included an exclusive screening of Barrel Children with a director Q&A about the story of children living in the Caribbean whose parents came to work in the UK and send barrels home full of things, and a film about Calypso music, One Hand Can’t Clap.

Winners November 2024 – Locality Bringing Communities Together Award

We were very proud to be the national winners of this prestigious award which recognised our work in a diverse neighbourhood and our success in bringing many different communities together.

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Eastside Community Trust is…. A place to make connections

Free Hire Voucher Scheme

In 23/24 we launched a new scheme offering two free hours of hire for local people who were eligible based on certain equalities criteria. We have distributed 48 vouchers and 19 vouchers have been redeemed seeing approx. 500 new people using the centre as a result who would previously have not used it due to financial barriers of hiring the space.

Women’s nights at Easton Community Centre

Easton Community Centre welcomed 60 women to celebrate Eid with a wonderful feast from Houria and Somali Kitchen. This was followed by Buraanbur, dancing and singing with everyone turning up in their best dress. The event was a huge success as many women said they do not have anywhere to go to dance and socialise in the evenings. This first event was followed by a Bollywood night and an Arabian night.

Somali Breakfast

Every Wednesday we welcome 30-50 Somali women to the community centre for a social group that focuses on sharing skills and reducing isolation.

Diwali and bonfire night

At Felix Road Adventure Playground we hosted a party to celebrate the bonfire and Diwali occasions and over 200 people attended this celebration.

Eastside Connect

2023-2024 marked the final year of our St Monica’s funded Eastside Connect programme. This focused on a range of events and activities for residents over the age of 55. The aim of the programme was to support peer to peer connections and relationships that helped reduce isolation by skills sharing. Activities in this programme included:

• Coronation Tea Party;

• ▪ Fabulous Music Nights; ▪ Sewing Social; ▪ Tai Chi for women; ▪ Bereavement group;

• Cuppa Connect;

• Craft to Connect;

• ▪ Come dine with us; and ▪ Shared reading.

Eastside Community Trust is…. A place to improve health and wellbeing

Get Cycling – Feel Amazing

Our engagement worker, Abiir Shirdoon, is also a trained cycle instructor and ride leader. During the year she supported women who had never cycled before to give cycling a go and get active in their community.

Coat and food giveaway

Thanks to Abri Housing, we hosted two school uniform, winter coat and food hamper giveaways.

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Summer drop in sessions

During the school holidays we set up daily family friendly activity in the centre to provide low-cost activity. This included games, Lego and colouring.

Mindful colouring group

This is a weekly peer-led colouring session that has proved popular for adults with learning disabilities coming together in a supportive and relaxed space.

Bollywood aerobics

We work with our trustee and local resident, Azmina Mitha, to host a weekly Bollywood aerobic class.

Eastside Community Trust is…. A place to learn and get informed

IT support drop-in and public access computers

We have worked with local volunteers to provide an informal drop-in support on IT skills for local people. This has been very popular in our foyer space accompanied by our computers available for free use by the public.

Eastside Repair Café

We support volunteers to run Eastside Repair Café where they repair much-loved household items on a monthly basis.

Noticeboards

Thanks to a team of local volunteers, we keep 30 notice boards updated in the neighbourhood once a month.

Play training

We delivered two free workshops on play work delivered by our in-house adventure play expert, Tom Williams. Tom has 30 years’ experience in adventure play and also runs a very successful play CIC, Woodland Tribe. We offered these workshops to anyone who was interested in increasing their skills in play work.

Up Our Street

Eastside sends out fortnightly news bulletins and a quarterly community magazine. The magazine celebrates our community and all the amazing community action as well as informing people about important city issues. We print 14,000 copies and these are hand delivered through everyone’s letterbox.

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Eastside Community Trust is…. A place to take action on climate change

Eastside People Power - Warm Home Champions

The Eastside Warm Home Champions programme officially launched! Ten local champions learnt first steps to reducing energy bills with support from Bristol Energy Network and Energy Tracers. Our Warm Home Champions are community members who learnt more about the home energy retrofit process in their own homes (changes we can make to our homes to make them more energy efficient and comfortable) and to share what they learn with the wider community.

Sharing skills

Working with Bristol Energy Network we hosted a programme of workshops for local people to learn basic retrofit skills such as draught proofing.

Easton Climate Action Day

We hosted a family event to engage local people in the work around community-led climate action.

Seed and plant swap

In spring we bring together local enthusiasts to share their seeds and skills for gardening at a popular event at Felix Road.

Investing in our assets

We currently are responsible for a number of community and commercial assets:

• 1 Easton Community Centre on a 30-year Community Asset Transfer lease from the council; 2 Landlord to Raised in Easton nursery within Easton Community Centre; 3 Landlord to Raised in Felix Road in our bespoke nursery building on the grounds of Felix Road Adventure Playground;

• 4 Felix Road Adventure Playground on a 30-year Community Assets Transfer lease from the council; and

• 5 Four retail units (180-186 Avonvale Road) on a 999-year lease from Sovereign Housing Association.

These assets require significant upkeep and investment and through the year we raised funds to maintain and improve them. Major investments in the year include:

• Brand new tarmac cycle track which helps children improve their cycling and scooting skills in a safe environment;

• Installing a new lift at Easton Community Centre (initial phase of works);

• Repairs to zip line at Felix Road Adventure Playground;

• New secure bin storage at Felix Road Adventure Playground;

• Repairs and renovation to the performance stage at Felix Road Adventure Playground;

• Replacement LED lighting throughout Easton Community Centre;

• Brand new mural outside Easton Community Centre;

• Brand new flooring at Felix Road Adventure Playground;

• A new extractor fan for the kitchen at Easton Community Centre;

• ▪ Restoration of the main gates at Felix Road Adventure Playground; and ▪ Major works on drains to prevent sewage leaks at Easton Community Centre.

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Case studies

C is 14 years old and moved to the UK from Senegal three years ago with his two older brothers and started attending Felix Road Adventure Playground regularly with his friends after school. At first, him and his friends spoke very little English and mostly kept to themselves, but C’s incredibly vibrant and cheerful personality was evident from the start. Over time, we and the other children have got to know him very well and it’s clear that he is very happy at Felix Road. He loves the food, enjoys listening to music, playing football, hanging out with his friends in a safe space and talking with the playworkers. Despite being 14 years old, he still loves playing, and there have been many times where I have seen him lost in the thrill and excitement of a game.

C does however often struggle with his temper and can get angry very quickly if someone does something to upset him. He has been involved in fights at school that have led to police involvement and dangerous situations where he was required to get a taxi home. A friend of his was even stabbed (but luckily survived) in relation to an issue from school. There have also been times where he has got into fights at the Adventure Playground, including one occasion where he and his friends went outside to gather glass bottles from recycling bins with the intent of finding a group they had been fighting with in the playground earlier.

With all of this going on, it has been clear that C and his friends value the safety of the Adventure Playground. C has even told us that he likes coming to the playground because it is safe. We are well aware that safe spaces like this are vital for teenagers that find themselves in dangerous situations out in the community and we’re also well aware of the stigma that many young people of colour face when being loud and playful in spaces where this is deemed inappropriate.

There have been many times where C’s attendance at Felix Road has come under question, sometimes justifiably, and other times due to a lack of understanding that older children also need spaces to play. We have worked incredibly hard to ensure he has been able to keep coming to the Adventure Playground, even at a time when it looked like a permanent exclusion might be necessary. Since having a meeting with him at his school and implementing a phased return, alongside close support from the playground team, he is now back at the playground almost every day and we have had a long run free from incident. He seems in a much happier place and to have developed a much greater level of respect towards the playground and its staff.

Mouna Mohammed is 39 and was born in Hargeisa the capital and largest city in Somaliland. Mouna came to the UK when she was 24 to escape the civil war. She stayed with her uncle in St Paul’s initially before moving to Easton where she lives with her four children aged 13, 10, 9 and 5. Mouna doesn't live with the children’s father and is bringing up the children as a single parent in a small two bedroom flat without a garden.

‘ I really miss my family back in Somaliland. My 6 sisters, my 2 brothers, my mother and my father. I pray for them every day. I didn't go to school or university back home and with my daughter being a type 1 diabetic I thought it would be hard to find work. My mother is such a hard worker I want to be like her! ’

Mouna discovered Felix Road Adventure Playground 8 years ago. ‘It's difficult coping on your own. Felix Road has changed my life. I was in a bad place at the time with my daughter being diagnosed. I could leave my eldest there to play with her friends and my three boys have lots of energy. Felix is now our first home. Felix is the best garden and play space any community could wish for. Everyone feels like family here, both children and adults.'

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Mouna started volunteering in the kitchen at Felix, alongside Nirmal and Hero. ‘ It was nice to work with other women and felt good to work voluntarily, working at Felix is my dream job for me and my children. I’m a very friendly person and everyone is very friendly here. Lockdown was hard for us as a family but my friend Abiir who also works for Eastside and has 4 children had a garden. ’

When Eastside Community Trust advertised a cleaner Mouna plucked up the courage to apply. ‘ They wanted someone who could work early morning and late evenings at Felix Road and Easton Community Centre. I took a risk and got the job because I really wanted to get off benefits for my mum. I will never forget when Stacy the CEO said, “I don't want you working early or late as you are a mum”. I love cleaning, it makes me happy. I clean the community centre in the morning when my children are at school. Then I clean Felix after lunch and my children meet me there and we spend time as a family, eating, playing and talking to other parents .’

Mouna would like to be a playworker and enjoys staff training, learning about play and children’s needs. ‘ I really love Eastside as an organisation and I will never let you down. ’

Suad Yusuf is the founder of Somali Kitchen, a women’s empowerment project working in partnership with Eastside Community Trust. ‘ When I was a small girl in Somalia I wanted to be a helicopter pilot. I lived in a small and quiet village. My parents were illiterate but they were very ambitious for their three daughters and made sure we went to school. Their hard work and commitment has paid off. I am running Somali Kitchen here in Bristol and my sisters are in biomedics and psychology .’

‘ We started Somali Kitchen in 2016 with a Pop Up kitchen at Junction 3 in Easton. We wanted to showcase Somali food and provide an alternative to the cheap and unhealthy takeaway food culture in this area. We worked with Single Parent Action Network and University of Bristol on a food based social prescribing project that was ahead of its time. ’

Suad explained that Somali kitchen is not just about food. It is also about creating safe places for Somali women to come together. ‘ The kitchen is the heart of our homes, where women can come together, talk, share stories, learn new skills, from girls to mothers to grandmothers. The kitchen is the safest space for women and girls. Somali Kitchen is about replicating that safe space for women out in the community. It is a chance to hear our voices together and invite others to listen to us. ’

With the support of Eastside Community Trust’s community development worker Patricia Pinkowska, Somali Kitchen became a CIC in 2018 with a clear mission to promote Somali women’s empowerment, develop Somali women in leadership positions, learn business skills and raise collective voices.

‘It was such a steep learning curve becoming a CIC and we couldn’t have done that without the support of Eastside Community Trust who invited us to be a partner on their Council funded community development programme – the Bristol Impact Fund. Four year funding made us stable as an organisation and allowed us to grow. We are now delivering a wide range of activities and creating safe spaces for Somali women across Bristol. We have regular morning meet ups, signposting and advice to other agencies, nights out for women with music and dance, regular community meals and activities for families. We have new funding for the next four years and we are partners with Eastside, Wellspring Settlement, Bristol Women’s Voice, Black South West Network, GPs in Bristol and a farm in Gloucestershire that helps us provide fresh food for families on prescription.’

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‘ I never thought I would be a leader, or a director of a CIC making important decisions, or employing eight people who get paid regularly. But the need and the demand for what we do is there. Somali women tell us that they want financial security, full-time jobs, and most importantly increased confidence to achieve these things. ’

‘ We can’t thank Eastside enough for the support they have given us to grow in the last six years, for making us a partner and giving us an office, for believing in us when it all felt difficult. Over the next five years we are looking to develop our business plan. We want to establish a skills centre specifically for Somali and migrant women across Bristol. We want this model to be funded by government and rolled out nationally. ’

Testimonials – we collaborate

Core to the success of our work is working with others to have the best possible impact for local people. Here is a selection of feedback from our partners in 2023-2024.

Eastside Community Trust is well trusted, and highly used by local residents, and demonstrates how a respectful approach to working alongside individuals and community groups results in improved outcomes for health and wellbeing. The team focus on what matters to local people and identify activities that are meaningful to them which will enable people to develop their own resilience and autonomy and take control of their health. This impacts future health and prevents crises and avoidable long term health problems. The organisation's vision and ethos fits well with Sirona's commitment to maximising access to health, our prevention agenda and our focus on helping communities gain the resources they need in order to develop their own strengths and assets.

Sirona

Eastside Community Trust help us to thrive in an increasingly difficult landscape for independent community media.

Marcus Smith, BCfm

Working with Eastside Community Trust this academic year has not only supported our community to make links with others but also enriched our curriculum. We have been able to work on a variety of different projects to raise awareness of local funding and local support. Our citizens speak highly of the people working with Eastside Community Trust and have added them to our trusted adult's board. We know that the continued work that we do with Eastside Community Trust will support the whole child and their community.

Toni Dorse, Vice Principal, Evergreen Primary Academy

Eastside Community Trust has been a significant partner for us, as a Local Infrastructure Organisation, in the last 18 months. As an organisation, they operate on both strategic and community levels: they can help to facilitate changes and improvements in the wider ecosystem for the community and they deploy their total embeddedness in their community to create huge impact for people on the ground. They work collaboratively with us in multiple ways and we have really benefited from this generous approach.

Rebecca Mear, CEO, Voscur

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Eastside Community Trust

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2024

We very much value our relationship with Eastside Community Trust. Through our two nurseries (at Felix Road and Easton Community Centre) we have supported over 200 local families into work after the birth of their children in the last year alone, with the vast majority living walking distance from either the Adventure Playground or the Community Centre. Without our partnership with Eastside Community Trust, and our tenancy, these families would have no suitable local nursery provision. Our children and families thoroughly enjoy and value the community events and initiatives, such as the Mossy Carpet. We look forward to continuing to work with Eastside Community Trust, providing vitally needed early years education to local families of Easton while supporting our essential community spaces and organisations.

Annabel MacGregor, CEO, Raised in Bristol

Wellspring Settlement and Eastside Community Trust are physically close as organisations and our communities and service users often interconnect. In our experience Eastside Community Trust are always willing to share knowledge and intelligence and work in partnership in a way which benefits the community. In my experience, they are open to collaboration and innovation, keeping their community and the benefit to them at their heart. We value their expertise and willingness to work with us.

Beth Wilson, CEO, Wellspring Settlement

I can honestly say that since partnering with Eastside Community Trust, our organisation has developed in unexpected and positive ways. I can attribute our massive success in growing our community and capacity to express ourselves as Black women in food to the inclusion work that the Eastside Community Trust team has done. It has also helped us gain access to other communities through our collaborations, such as free community feast work, free food scheme and the café business, all of this to the sincere efforts of the Eastside team. The Eastside team are exemplary allies of ours.

Kim Prado, founder, Director, Houria CIC

Over the last year, Trinity has collaborated with Eastside Community Trust to forge new community connections; from the launch of our FABulous Disco for the over 50s to the 'Barrel Children' filmscreening celebrating Windrush at Easton Community Centre. Together, we've also advocated for our shared spaces in the area and wider city. We look forward to continuing to work together to empower communities through arts.

Emma Harvey, CEO, Trinity Community Arts

We have been working with Eastside Community Trust over the last couple of years, and our collaboration has been multifaceted and impactful. We have accomplished a lot together and delivered projects together. Our partnership contributed to enriching the lives of the local community and made a tangible difference in people's lives.

Abdullahi Farah, Director, Somali Resource Centre

Eastside Community Trust are a key long term partner for us. Being able to run weekly activities at Felix Road Adventure Playground gives us a stable base where we can invest in engaging as many local families as possible in cycling, through our free outreach activities. Working in close partnership with Eastside means that we know that experienced staff are on hand to ensure the environment for kids is safe, secure, positive and welcoming - meaning we can focus all our efforts on activity delivery.

Ed Norton, CEO, LifeCycle

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Eastside Community Trust

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2024

Eastside community trust are a fantastic organisation, whose dedication to the grassroots of Easton is evident in all their actions. They have approached me with innovative ideas that we hope to turn into council policy, facilitate many community connections, and are stalwart proponents of local organisations as a whole.

Easton Councillor Jenny Bartle

Structure, governance and management

Charitable objectives

The Company serves the wards of Easton and Lawrence Hill, particularly the neighbourhoods of Easton, Lawrence Hill, Old Market, St Judes, Newtown, Whitehall, Greenbank, Redfield, The Dings and Barton Hill. The objects for which the Charity is established are:

• Advancement of citizenship and community development through the promotion of civic participation, volunteering, and community capacity building;

• Provision of community services and facilities with the objective of inspiring agency, connecting people, creating opportunities and improving the condition of life for residents;

• Specifically provide services and facilities, including an adventure playground, for children and young people:

• of which such children and young people have need by reason of their age or social and economic circumstances; and

• which will improve the conditions of childhood for such children and young people by promoting their health and well-being.

Role of trustees

The board of trustees are elected by the members to oversee the delivery of the charity's aims and objectives in accordance with the constitution. Day to day responsibility and accountability for managing the charity is delegated to the CEO and Senior Management Team with governance and oversight from the trustee board. The trustees must make sure that everything the charity does helps to achieve the purposes for which it is set up, and no other purpose. This means trustees should:

• ensure they understand the charity’s purposes as set out in its governing document;

• plan what the charity will do, and what they want it to achieve;

• be able to explain how all of the charity’s activities are intended to further or support its purposes; and

• understand how the charity benefits the public by carrying out its purpose.

The board has a scheme of delegation which passes some decision making responsibilities on to subcommittees illustrated below.

Recruitment and appointment of trustees

The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law. Under the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association the trustees are elected by the members at the Annual General Meeting. Any trustee not re-elected will be deemed to have resigned from the Board.

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Eastside Community Trust

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2024

All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 8 to the accounts.

Trustees are required to disclose all relevant interests and register them with the CEO and, in accordance with the charity’s conflict of interest policy, withdraw from decisions where a conflict of interest arises.

Trustee induction and training

New trustees undergo orientation to brief them on their legal obligations under charity and company law, the charity commission guidance on public benefit, content of the memorandum and articles of association, the committee and decision-making processes and the strategic plan. During the induction they meet key employees and other trustees. Trustees are encouraged to attend appropriate external training events where these will facilitate the undertaking of their role.

Trustee induction and training

New trustees undergo orientation to brief them on their legal obligations under charity and company law, the charity commission guidance on public benefit, content of the memorandum and articles of association, the committee and decision-making processes and the strategic plan. During the induction they meet key employees and other trustees. Trustees are encouraged to attend appropriate external training events where these will facilitate the undertaking of their role.

Remuneration of key management personnel

Remuneration is determined by the board with incremental rises and inflationary rises reviewed annually. In 2023-2024 the charity had a review of its pay scales overseen by the People Sub Committee to introduce a new banding structure in April 2024. This was conducted using benchmarking with similar organisations and the Real Living Wage as the baseline minimum.

Risk management

The organisation has conducted a review of the major risks to which the charity is exposed and this is monitored by the CEO and Risk Sub-Committee. A risk register has been established and is reviewed at each quarterly Strategic Board meeting. Where appropriate, systems or procedures have been established to mitigate the risks the charity faces. Internal control risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and projects.

Health and safety

The organisation has outsourced Health and Safety advice to Avensure and has conducted independent fire and health and safety risk assessments and reports to ensure compliance with regulations and ensuring the health and safety of employees and visitors.

Fraud update

In 2021 during our audit it was uncovered that our Finance Manager, Tracy Parsons, had been defrauding the charity for a number of years. This was disclosed in our accounts and immediately reported to the police and to the Charity Commission as a serious incident. On 10 October 2023, Tracy Parsons received a custodial sentence of two years and eight months.

On 17 October 2023 we received confirmation from the Charity Commission that the case was closed. In April 2024 we received notice from the Crown Prosecution Service that they had approved our claim for compensation and that the sum of £117,262.65 would be repaid to us in full.

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Eastside Community Trust

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2024

Since discovery of the fraud, Eastside Community Trust has undergone a period of review of its finance processes and made a number of significant improvements. The bookkeeping has been outsourced to an independent management accountancy firm and the Finance Sub Committee of the board has increased scrutiny and oversight of the day to day finances as well as the longer term strategic management of the organisation’s finances.

Governing document

Eastside Community Trust is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity governed by its memorandum and articles of association. The charity officially changed its name on 12 September 2020 following a charity merger. It is registered under charity number 1081691 and company number 04023294.

Financial review

This has been a positive year financially for Eastside Community Trust as we reach the fourth year since our merger in 2020. Our income passed £1m seeing a slight increase from the previous year. We continued to focus on diversification of our income both from grant fundraising but also increasing our traded income from space rental. We continued to raise funds and use self generated income to invest in the physical assets run by the charity as a core part of our charitable activity. The increase in income enabled the charity to deliver more of its activities including increased opening hours of our spaces.

Principle funding source

Our principle funding source in 23/24 was from grants and trusts with the remaining being made up from self-generated income from our leases and short term hires, communications and advertising, food sales and consultancy.

Fundraising

The charity predominantly fundraises from trust, foundations and statutory sources. The charity contracts a freelance fundraiser to raise money specifically from small trusts and foundations. Fundraising is carried out by the CEO and Business and Service Development Manager. Neither the charity nor anyone working for the charity has subscribed to any fundraising standards. No complaints have been received regarding the charity’s fundraising activities. Aside from a donation page on the charity website, the charity does not overtly fundraise from members of the public.

Asset policy

Individual assets costing £2,500 or more are capitalised at cost. Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset over the useful life of that asset. Electrical items are deemed to have a useful life of four years and depreciated at 20% each year.

Investment policy

Under the memorandum and articles of association, the charity has the power to make any investments that the trustees see fit. Having considered the options available, the trustees decided to invest reserves in fixed term bonds. The trustees consider the overall return on investments and deposits together.

Public benefit statement

The trustees have complied with their duty under Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.

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Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2024

Reserves policy

Reserves are categorised into two main headings: restricted and unrestricted.

• 1 Restricted funds – funds received under a restriction applied by the donor to spend on a particular activity as defined in contractual terms and agreements; and

• 2 Unrestricted funds – in order to ensure the continuing health of Eastside Community Trust, invest in new assets, provide a working balance to help cushion the impact of uneven cash flows, avoid unnecessary borrowing and meet our contractual obligations in the event of termination of contracts.

The board is responsible for ensuring the adequacy of unrestricted reserves when it sets the budget for the next financial year. The reserves policy is reviewed at least annually and at any other time the board considers appropriate.

Eastside Community Trust has adopted a tiered approach to set a minimum level of unrestricted reserves:

• 1 The Risk Sub Committee and Finance Sub Committee identifying cash flow risks for service delivery and repayment of loans;

• 2 Identifying specific liabilities that might require readily available cash in worst case scenarios; and

• 3 Allowing for investment in major projects if applicable.

The charity holds reserves for the following reasons and has set the following targets:

Staff contingency reserve - £200,000

To cover costs arising from sick leave or other enforced staff absence and the costs of closure of the organisation and its activities and repayment of outstanding debt liabilities. This is based on three months’ running down time, including redundancies, any contract obligations and skeleton staffing.

Designated reserve - £150,000

A designated reserve was increased to £150,000 in 23-24 to ensure sufficient resources were available for major capital repairs and maintenance required for a new heating system at Easton Community Centre in 2024-2025.

Cash flow reserve - £120,000

To cover funding shortfalls or interruption to normal operating activities. These funds will provide Eastside Community Trust with a level of stability whilst the longer-term impact of the pandemic is still to be assessed and the development of the business model post merger.

The total unrestricted reserves held at year end is £461,458.

Plans for the future

In 23-24 the charity learnt that the heating system for the community centre had long term faults which it was uncertain could be fixed. The centre currently has a complex solar, ground source and air source heat pump system. The company managing this facility confirmed that they would no longer provide this service from 1 October 2024. The charity contracted an energy consultant to assess the situation and make recommendations for costed options for the charity moving forward. The initial costs for replacing the heating system were in the region of £100,000 so the charity has been attempting to secure additional reserves to cover this cost.

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Eastside Community Trust

Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2024

Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the income and expenditure of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:

• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

• ▪ observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; ▪ make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

• state whether applicable UK accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

• there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware; and

• the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

Auditors

Godfrey Wilson Limited were appointed as auditors to the charitable company during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.

Approved by the trustees on 5 September 2024 and signed on their behalf by

Emmanuel Maunganidze - Chair of Trustees

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Independent auditors' report

To the members of

Eastside Community Trust

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Eastside Community Trust (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the statement of financial activities, balance sheet, statement of cash flows and the related notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

• give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs as at 31 March 2024 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;

• have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

• have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Eastside Community Trust

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

• the information given in the trustees’ report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

• the trustees’ report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees’ report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

• adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us;

• the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns;

• ▪ certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or ▪ we have not obtained all the information and explanations necessary for the purposes of our audit.

Responsibilities of the trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out in the trustees’ report, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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To the members of

Eastside Community Trust

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The procedures we carried out and the extent to which they are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, are detailed below:

(1) We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the charity operates in, and assessed the risk of non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Throughout the audit, we remained alert to possible indications of non-compliance.

(2) We reviewed the charity’s policies and procedures in relation to:

• Identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations, and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance;

• Detecting and responding to the risk of fraud, and whether they were aware of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud; and

• Designing and implementing internal controls to mitigate the risk of non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud.

(3) We inspected the minutes of trustee meetings.

(4) We enquired about any non-routine communication with regulators and reviewed any reports made to them.

(5) We reviewed the financial statement disclosures and assessed their compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

(6) We performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected transactions or balances that may indicate a risk of material fraud or error.

• (7) We assessed the risk of fraud through management override of controls and carried out procedures to address this risk. Our procedures included:

• ▪Testing the appropriateness of journal entries;

• ▪Assessing judgements and accounting estimates for potential bias;

• ▪Reviewing related party transactions; and

▪Testing transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. Irregularities that arise due to fraud can be even harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

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To the members of

Eastside Community Trust

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charityʼs members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charityʼs members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditorʼs report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charityʼs members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Date: 5 September 2024

Robert Wilson FCA Senior Statutory Auditor

For and on behalf of:

GODFREY WILSON LIMITED

Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5th Floor Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4QD

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Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account)

For the year ended 31 March 2024

Restricted Unrestricted Note £ £ Income from: Donations 3 - 57,771 Charitable activities 4 686,962 252,201 Other trading activities 5 - 9,146 Investments - 13,884 Total income 686,962 333,002 Expenditure on: Raising funds - 34,493 Charitable activities 608,412 276,738 Total expenditure 7 608,412 311,231 Net income 78,550 21,771 Transfers between funds (57,045) 57,045 Net movement in funds 9 21,505 78,816 Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward 170,234 977,628 Total funds carried forward 191,739 1,056,444	2024 Total £ 57,771 939,163 9,146 13,884 1,019,964 34,493 885,150 919,643 100,321 - 100,321 1,147,862 1,248,183	Restated 2023 Total £ 72,834 876,071 13,433 2,382
		964,720
		31,235 791,716
		822,951
		141,769 -
		141,769 1,006,093
		1,147,862

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in note 17 to the accounts.

Prior year expenditure has also been restated as per note 2. These are reclassifications only and have no impact on net movement in funds.

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Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2024

Note Fixed assets Tangible assets 12 Current assets Debtors 13 Current asset investments Cash at bank and in hand Liabilities Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year 14 Net current assets Total assets less current liabilities Creditors: amounts falling due after more than 1 year 15 Net assets 16 Funds 17 Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Designated funds General funds Total charity funds	£ 43,047 389,767 281,873 714,687 (56,079)	2024 £ 589,575 658,608 1,248,183 - 1,248,183 191,739 594,986 461,458 1,248,183	2023 £ 585,490 38,162 - 630,802
			668,964 (65,657)
			603,307
			1,188,797 (40,935)
			1,147,862
			170,234 578,721 398,907
			1,147,862

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

Approved by the trustees on 5 September 2024 and signed on their behalf by

Emmanuel Maunganidze

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Statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 March 2024

Cash used in operating activities: Net movement in funds Adjustments for: Depreciation charges Dividends, interest and rents from investments Decrease / (increase) in debtors Increase / (decrease) in creditors < 1 year Decrease in creditors > 1 year Net cash provided by operating activities Cash flows from investing activities: Dividends, interest and rents from investments Purchase of tangible fixed assets Net cash used in investing activities Increase in cash and cash equivalents in the year Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year Cash and cash equivalents comprise: Current asset investments Cash at bank and in hand Total cash and cash equivalents	2024 £ 100,321 52,960 (13,884) (4,885) (9,578) (40,935) 83,999 13,884 (57,045) (43,161) 40,838 630,802 671,640 389,767 281,873 671,640	2023 £ 141,769 38,325 (2,382) 2,957 8,032 (24,900)
		163,801
		2,382 (35,438)
		(33,056)
		130,745 500,057
		630,802
		- 630,802
		630,802

The charity has not provided an analysis of changes in net debt as it does not have any long term financing arrangements.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

1. Accounting policies

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities in preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Eastside Community Trust meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

b) Going concern basis of accounting

The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern, which the trustees consider appropriate having regard to the current level of unrestricted reserves. There are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

c) Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from the government and other grants, whether 'capital' grants or 'revenue' grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

Income received in advance of provision of a specified service is deferred until criteria for income recognition are met.

d) Donated services and facilities

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item, is probable and the economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised.

On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

e) Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity: this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

1. Accounting policies (continued)

f) Funds accounting

• Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity's work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

g) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

h) Grants payable

Grants which have been authorised and paid are included as expenditure in the Statement of Financial Activities. Grants which have been authorised but not yet paid are accrued in the balance sheet and are included within creditors falling due within one year or after one year (as appropriate).

i) Allocation of support and governance costs

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Governance costs are the costs associated with the governance arrangements of the charity, including the costs of complying with constitutional and statutory requirements and any costs associated with the strategic management of the charity’s activities. These costs have been allocated between cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities on the following basis:

	2024	2023
Raising funds	3.8%	3.8%
Charitable activities	96.2%	96.2%

j) Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

Leasehold	40 years straight line
Nursery	20 years straight line
Playground	5 years straight line
Community Centre	20 years straight line

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £2,500.

k) Current asset investments

Current asset investments consist of cash held on deposit in interest bearing accounts. Such investments are measured at their fair value.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

1. Accounting policies

l) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

m) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

n) Creditors

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

o) Financial instruments

The charitable company only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently recognised at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

p) Pension costs

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for its employees. There are no further liabilities other than that already recognised in the SOFA.

q) Accounting estimates and key judgements

In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

2. Prior period comparatives: statement of financial activities

Income from: Donations Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments Total income Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Total expenditure Net income Transfers between funds Net movement in funds	Restricted £ £ - 72,834 633,376 242,695 - 13,433 - 2,382 633,376 331,344 - 31,235 573,267 218,449 573,267 249,684 60,109 81,660 (18,002) 18,002 42,107 99,662 Unrestricted	Restated 2023 Total £ 72,834 876,071 13,433 2,382
		964,720
		31,235 791,716
		822,951
		141,769 -
		141,769

Prior year expenditure has been reclassified to reflect the activities of the charity, and reapportion costs between the expenditure headings of raising funds, charitable activities and support and governance costs.

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3. Income from donations and legacies

General donations Grants Total income from donations and legacies	2024 Total £ 8,636 49,135 57,771	2023 Total £ 35,784 37,050
		72,834

In the current and prior year, income from donations and legacies was unrestricted.

4. Income from charitable activities

Income from charitable activities
Café and food sales Printing and other admin Rental and lease income Service charge income Short term hire income Grant / project income Total income from charitable activities Prior period comparative: Café and food sales Printing and other admin Rental and lease income Service charge income Short term hire income Grant / project income Total income from charitable activities	Restricted £ £ - 11,332 - 2,488 - 165,750 - 4,497 - 68,134 686,962 - 686,962 252,201 Restricted £ £ - 11,311 - 859 - 154,222 - 5,748 - 54,995 633,376 15,560 633,376 242,695 Unrestricted Unrestricted	2024 Total £ 11,332 2,488 165,750 4,497 68,134 686,962
		939,163
		2023 Total £ 11,311 859 154,222 5,748 54,995 648,936
		876,071

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

5. Income from other trading activities

Income from other trading activities
Advertising Advertising subscriptions Consulting income Total income from other trading activities	2024 Total £ 2,395 380 6,371 9,146	2023 Total £ 6,310 1,309 5,814
		13,433

In the current and prior year, income from other trading activities was unrestricted.

6. Government grants

The charitable company receives government grants, defined as funding from Bristol City Council, Department for Media and Culture, National Lottery Community Fund and Sport England (2023: and the Police and Crime Commissioner) to fund charitable activities. The total value of such grants in the period ending 31 March 2024 was £491,864 (2023: £269,740). There are no unfulfilled conditions of contingencies attaching to these grants in the current or prior year.

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7. Total expenditure

Staff costs (note 10) Other employment costs Accountancy Bank charges Rent Repairs and maintenance Insurance Computer expenses Subscriptions Telephone and internet Utilities Magazine Printing, postage and stationery Professional and legal Consultants and contract staff Café and food expenditure Playground expenditure Project expenses Grants (note 8) Interest paid Depreciation Bad debts Sub-total Total expenditure Allocation of support and governance costs	Raising funds £ 20,669 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7,550 - - - - - - - 28,219 6,274 34,493	Charitable activities £ 399,123 - - - - 35,722 - - - - - 12,437 - - 11,846 11,699 6,711 122,759 77,892 - 45,964 - 724,153 160,997 885,150	Support and governance costs £ 11,273 8,614 15,850 2,939 2,286 35,966 12,693 4,471 4,992 6,469 28,068 - 3,247 673 10,535 - - - - 2,800 6,996 9,399 167,271 (167,271) -	2024 Total £ 431,065 8,614 15,850 2,939 2,286 71,688 12,693 4,471 4,992 6,469 28,068 12,437 3,247 673 29,931 11,699 6,711 122,759 77,892 2,800 52,960 9,399
				919,643 -
				919,643

Total governance costs were £8,000 (2023: £800)

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

7. Total expenditure Prior period comparative (restated)

Staff costs (note 10) Other employment costs Accountancy Bank charges Rates Repairs and maintenance Insurance Computer expenses Subscriptions Telephone and internet Utilities Advertising Printing, postage and stationery Professional and legal Consultants and contract staff Café and food expenditure Playground expenditure Project expenses Grants (note 8) Interest paid Depreciation Bad debts Sub-total Total expenditure Allocation of support and governance costs	Raising funds £ 18,899 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7,200 - - - - - - - 26,099 5,136 31,235	Charitable activities £ 374,293 - - - - 47,510 - - - - - 14,628 - - 12,235 7,260 3,049 122,619 46,679 - 33,258 - 661,531 130,185 791,716	Support and governance costs £ 9,795 1,094 11,771 393 2,852 28,209 12,375 6,830 3,537 6,456 31,877 - 4,284 358 10,197 - - - - 368 5,067 (142) 135,321 (135,321) -	2023 Total £ 402,987 1,094 11,771 393 2,852 75,719 12,375 6,830 3,537 6,456 31,877 14,628 4,284 358 29,632 7,260 3,049 122,619 46,679 368 38,325 (142)
				822,951 -
				822,951

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

8. Grants payable

During the year, 19 (2023: 21) new grants were awarded to 21 (2023: 21) institutions for payments to project partners and small grant towards community events:

Project partners Somali Kitchen Trinity Community Arts Ltd Bristol Somali Resource Centre Chaplin Community Garden Open Collective Community events 17 (2023: 18) Grants < £1,000 9. Net movement in funds This is stated after charging: Depreciation Trustees' remuneration Trustees' reimbursed expenses Auditors' remuneration: Statutory audit (excluding VAT) Other services (excluding VAT) Independent examination (excluding VAT)	2024 £ 37,500 17,075 12,500 2,717 - 69,792 8,100 77,892 2024 £ 52,960 1,890 Nil 8,000 2,166 -	2023 £ 22,500 12,125 - - 3,000
		37,625
		9,054
		46,679
		2023 £ 38,325 201 Nil - 2,074 800

Trustees remuneration comprised £1,890 (2023: £201) in payments to Azmina Mitha for services provided during the year (see note 18).

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

10. Staff costs and numbers

Staff costs were as follows:

Salaries and wages Social security costs Pension costs Freelance staff	2024 £ 389,638 23,354 18,073 - 431,065	2023 £ 359,121 26,495 15,715 1,656
		402,987

No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year.

The key management personnel of the charitable company comprise the Trustees, Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (formerly the Business Development Manager). The total employee benefits of the key management personnel were £82,674 (2023: £76,329).

Average head count	2024 No. 30	2023 No. 29

11. Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.

12. Tangible fixed assets

Cost At 1 April 2023 Additions in year At 31 March 2024 Depreciation At 1 April 2023 Charge for the year At 31 March 2024 Net book value At 31 March 2024 At 31 March 2023	Leasehold £ 279,057 - 279,057 104,712 6,976 111,688 167,369 174,345	Nursery £ 306,789 - 306,789 24,973 15,339 40,312 266,477 281,816	Playground £ 85,131 28,550 113,681 25,794 23,649 49,443 64,238 59,337	Community Centre £ 102,820 28,495 131,315 32,828 6,996 39,824 91,491 69,992	Total £ 773,797 57,045
					830,842
					188,307 52,960
					241,267
					589,575
					585,490

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

13. Debtors

**13. **	Debtors
		2024	2023
		£	£
	Trade debtors	14,970	17,360
	Other debtors	28,077	20,802
		43,047	38,162
**14. **	Creditors : amounts due within 1 year

Trade debtors Other debtors 14. Creditors : amounts due within 1 year	2024 £ 14,970 28,077 43,047	2023 £ 17,360 20,802
		38,162
Trade creditors Accruals Other creditors Pension control account VAT control account Rent deposits Loan - Andy Street Loan - Zoe Sheriff Co-op Foundation Loan 15. Creditors : amounts due after 1 year Loan - Andy Street Loan - Zoe Sheriff Co-op Foundation Loan	2024 £ 10,137 8,000 974 459 2,892 3,200 - 20,000 10,417 56,079 2024 £ - - - -	2023 £ 23,491 2,979 7,104 347 3,003 3,033 4,400 8,800 12,500
		65,657
		2023 £ 4,360 27,200 9,375
		40,935

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For the year ended 31 March 2024

16. Analysis of net assets between funds

Tangible fixed assets Current assets Current liabilities Net assets at 31 March 2024 Prior period comparative Tangible fixed assets Current assets Current liabilities Liabilities after one year Net assets at 31 March 2023	£ - 198,379 (6,640) 191,739 £ - 170,234 - - 170,234 Restricted funds Restricted funds	£ 589,575 5,993 (582) 594,986 £ 572,112 6,609 - - 578,721 Designated funds Designated funds	£ - 510,315 (48,857) 461,458 £ 13,378 492,121 (65,657) (40,935) 398,907 Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds	Total funds £ 589,575 714,687 (56,079)
				1,248,183
				Total funds £ 585,490 668,964 (65,657) (40,935)
				1,147,862

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17. Movements in funds

Restricted funds Abri BCC Parks BCC Stapleton Road Bloy Street CIL BrisDoc 2024 Bristol City Council - Impact Fund 2 BYCA 2023 Celebrating Age Climate Action Fund 2 Community Matters Community Spaces ECC CIL 2024 Enovert 2 Everyday Integration 2023 Feeding Bristol (Local Food Fund) Feeding Bristol 2 Feeding Bristol 2023 Funding The Future 2 Garfield Weston 2 Groundworks John James Lottery Community Fund Lottery Cost of Living Grant Megawatt Community Energy Grant Nisbets 2023 Pantheon PCC Power To Change Powering Up Quartet Endowment Fund Quartet High Sheriff Quartet Mental Health & Wellbeing Quartet One City Quartet Resilience Fund Quartet Youth Sector Support 2 Schroders Shaping Places Carried forward Owen Square Community Safety Project Quartet Warm Hubs (Community Meal) Quartet Warm Hubs (Super Supper Club)	At 1 April 2023 £ - 2,217 20,184 - - 13,969 - - 36,476 - 1,469 - (20,188) - 2,500 9,250 - 900 10,089 638 2,188 - - - - 18,800 1,799 2,239 585 6,695 - - 2,754 - 2,596 700 2,000 3,900 - 121,760	Income £ 3,500 500 52,000 17,000 2,500 126,000 3,000 300 95,837 8,000 - - 38,941 6,000 - - 21,190 - - - - 19,981 28,007 3,960 10,500 - - - - 11,765 300 10,000 - 9,100 - - 4,800 - 5,270 478,451	£ (2,857) (2,717) (49,156) (10,871) - (115,378) (3,000) (300) (59,006) - - - (953) (5,132) (2,500) (9,250) (21,190) (900) (10,089) (638) (2,188) (970) (25,558) - (10,500) (11,161) (1,799) (2,239) (585) (13,892) (300) (1,252) (2,754) (7,185) (2,596) (700) (6,800) (3,900) - (388,316) Expenditure	£ £ - 643 - - - 23,028 - 6,129 - 2,500 - 24,591 - - - - - 73,307 (7,471) 529 - 1,469 (17,064) (17,064) (17,800) - - 868 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19,011 - 2,449 (3,960) - - - - 7,639 - - - - - - - 4,568 - - - 8,748 - - - 1,915 - - - - - - - - - 5,270 (46,295) 165,600 Transfers between funds At 31 March 2024	£ £ - 643 - - - 23,028 - 6,129 - 2,500 - 24,591 - - - - - 73,307 (7,471) 529 - 1,469 (17,064) (17,064) (17,800) - - 868 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19,011 - 2,449 (3,960) - - - - 7,639 - - - - - - - 4,568 - - - 8,748 - - - 1,915 - - - - - - - - - 5,270 (46,295) 165,600 Transfers between funds At 31 March 2024
					165,600

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

17. Movements in funds (continued)

Movements in funds (continued)
Brought forward Society of Merchant Venturers Sport England 2023 St Monica Trust St Monica Trust - Coronation Fund Thresholds 2023 Tom Allport at UoB TravelWest Tudor Trust 2022 Voscur Welcome Places (PPE Grant) Wesport Together 2023 Wing Chun Winter Fuel Fund YHH Easter YHH Spring 2024 YHH Summer 2023 YHH Winter 2023 Youth And Play Services Youth Investment Fund Restricted funds Designated funds: Capital fund Avonvale Road Maintenance Total designated funds General funds Total unrestricted funds Total funds UK Shared Prosperity Community Hub Unrestricted funds	At 1 April 2023 £ 121,760 3,620 - (852) - 15,922 - 6,192 5,584 - 4,000 4,008 - 1,827 650 7,523 - - - - - 170,234 572,112 6,609 578,721 398,907 977,628 1,147,862	Income £ 478,451 - 4,650 19,916 380 - 4,985 - 33,000 25,000 - - 836 2,555 2,570 2,280 10,365 58,800 1,875 21,450 19,849 686,962 - 3,850 3,850 329,152 333,002 1,019,964	£ (388,316) (3,620) (3,156) (19,064) (380) (15,922) (4,985) (6,192) (34,850) (25,000) (4,000) (4,008) (836) (1,120) (3,220) (9,803) (1,258) (58,800) (1,875) (15,096) (6,911) (608,412) (52,960) (5,048) (58,008) (253,223) (311,231) (919,643) Expenditure	£ £ (46,295) 165,600 - - - 1,494 - - - - - - - - - - - 3,734 - - - - - - - - - 3,262 - - - - - 9,107 - - - - - 6,354 (10,750) 2,188 (57,045) 191,739 70,423 589,575 - 5,411 70,423 594,986 (13,378) 461,458 57,045 1,056,444 - 1,248,183 Transfers between funds At 31 March 2024
					191,739
					589,575 5,411
					594,986
					461,458
					1,056,444
					1,248,183

Purposes of restricted funds

Abri - Winter coats, school uniforms and food parcels for vulnerable families over the winter.

BCC Parks - Funds for resident led project to improve Chaplin Community Garden.

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17. Movements in funds (continued)

Purposes of restricted funds (continued)

BCC Stapleton Road - Project to bring arts and culture to regenerate the high street with mural artists and events.

Bloy Street CIL - Funds for resident led project to improve Bloy Street.

BrisDoc 2024 - Funds for resident led trips for vulnerable young people.

Bristol City Council Impact Fund 2 - Four year partnership project focused on place making, events and civic participation.

BYCA 2023 - Play sessions at Felix Road Adventure Playground during half term holidays.

Celebrating Age - A one off event for over 55s as part of the Celebrating Age Festival.

Climate Action Fund 2 - A community climate action project focused on resident led actions on climate.

Community Matters - Energy efficiency measures at Easton Community Centre.

Community Spaces - Councillor led meetings bringing local people together.

ECC CIL 2024 - Capital fund for new lift installation at Easton Community Centre.

Enovert 2 - Capital improvements at Felix Road Adventure Playground including cyce track and stage.

Everyday Integration 2023 - Participation in research project looking at practical application of Everyday Integration Framework.

Feeding Bristol (Local Food Fund) - Provision of funded meals for children at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

Feeding Bristol 2 - Equipment for Felix Road kitchen and food for events and funded meals provision at Felix Road.

Feeding Bristol 2023 - Provision of funded meals for children at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

Funding The Future 2 - Mentoring support for CEO.

Garfield Weston 2 - Funding for salaries of core staff.

Groundworks - Provision of funded meals for children at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

John James - Play sessions at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

Lottery Community Fund - Play sessions at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

Lottery Cost of Living Grant - Support for people experiencing cost of living crisis and core opening of Easton Community Centre as a community hub.

Megawatt Community Energy Grant - Energy efficiency measures at Easton Community Centre.

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17. Movements in funds (continued)

Purposes of restricted funds (continued)

Nisbets 2023 - Staff costs for our Kitchen Coordinator at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

Owen Square Community Safety Project - Physical improvements around Easton Community Centre in partnership with local parks group.

Pantheon - Play sessions at Felix Road Adventure Playround.

PCC - Felix Nights youth session at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

Power To Change Powering Up - Support for a digital project of setting up a new contacts database.

Quartet Endowment Fund - Small grants for local people to run community events.

Quartet High Sheriff - Play sessions at Felix Road Adventure Playround.

Quartet Mental Health & Wellbeing - Support for referrals to mental health and wellbeing services from Easton Community Centre.

Quartet One City - Project to increase physical activity and reduce obesity in children at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

Quartet Resilience Fund - Support for training and development for staff team.

Quartet Warm Hubs (Community Meal) - Community meals hosted at Easton Community Centre for people struggling with cost of living.

Quartet Warm Hubs (Super Supper Club) - Fund held for Super Supper Club to run low cost community meals.

Quartet Youth Sector Support 2 - Felix Nights youth session at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

Shaping Places - Cooking and play sessions at Felix Road Adventure Playground to promote healthy eating.

Society of Merchant Venturers - Felix Nights youth session at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

Sport England 2023 - Sports coaching and sports play at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

St Monica Trust - Peer support project for over 55s with programme of events and activities.

St Monica Trust - Coronation Fund - Tea party at Easton Community Centre for residents age 55 and over.

Thresholds 2023 - Core salary support at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

Tom Allport at UoB - Participation in development of a research funding bid.

TravelWest - Bikes and bike storage at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

17 Movements in funds (continued)

Purposes of restricted funds (continued)

Tudor Trust 2022 - Core salary support for CEO.

UK Shared Prosperity Community Hub - Partnership with Somali Resource Centre to increase connections, providing free hire voucher scheme at Easton Community Centre.

Voscur - Participation in infrastructure support programme.

Welcome Places (PPE Grant) - Purchase of PPE equipment to support community hub safe opening.

Wesport Together 2023 - Play sessions at Felix Road Adventure Playround.

Wing Chun - Funds held on behalf of community group.

Winter Fuel Fund - Donations raised to distribute to residents struggling with cost of energy bills.

YHH Easter - Food, activities and play during school holidays at Felix Road Adventure Playground funded by Department of Education Your Holiday Hub (Holiday Activity Fund).

YHH Spring 2024 - Food, activities and play during school holidays at Felix Road Adventure Playground funded by Department of Education Your Holiday Hub (Holiday Activity Fund).

YHH Summer 2023 - Food, activities and play during school holidays at Felix Road Adventure Playground funded by Department of Education Your Holiday Hub (Holiday Activity Fund).

YHH Winter 2023 - Food, activities and play during school holidays at Felix Road Adventure Playground funded by Department of Education Your Holiday Hub (Holiday Activity Fund).

Youth And Play Services - Core funding for sessions at Felix Road Adventure Playground.

Youth Investment Fund - Capital works at Felix Road Adventure Playground to upgrade gates, doors, flooring and toilets.

Purposes of designated funds

Capital fund

Capital funds represents (i) the leasehold property and improvements which are designated on the basis that the underlying assets could not be sold by the charity; (ii) the nursery which may have a mortgage value but is built on our leasehold land. They have a value in use for the charity but no re-sale value.

Avonvale Road

This money represents rent deposits paid by tenants and annual service charge contributions by tenants to a sinking fund ring fenced for maintenance and repairs for the retail units service yard and costs associated with landlord regulatory compliance checks.

Transfers between funds

Transfer between funds for restricted funds relate to capital additions in which the restriction ceases on purchase of the asset.

Fund in deficit

The ECC CIL 2024 fund is capital expenditure on the lift was expended prior to entitlement of the grant.

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17. Movements in funds (continued)

Prior period comparative Restricted funds Active Travel Grant Awards For All 2022 BCC Libraries Fund BCC Parks BCC Stapleton Road BCC Warm Up Betty Messenger Charitable Fund BrisDoc Bristol City Council - Impact Fund Bristol City Council - Self Isolation Bristol Social Action Festival Capital Grants Children In Need Climate Action Fund Community Resilience Fund Community Spaces Co-op Expand Co-op Foundation Denman Charitable Trust Enovert Ernest Cook Trust Everyday Integration Feeding Bristol Feeding Bristol (Local Food Fund) Funding The Future Garfield Weston Great Western Power Groundworks Heritage Fund John James Nisbets Pantheon Paradigm Norton PCC Powert To Change Powering Up Quartet Endowment Fund Quartet Warm Hubs Carried forward Owen Square Community Safety Project Quartet One City Health and Wellbeing Fund	At 1 April 2022 £ 142 - 1,162 2,717 - - - - 17,082 8,759 902 5,300 222 - 469 4,854 9,407 5,000 - - 1,008 - - - - - - - 1,159 - - - 1,920 - 4,000 3,400 - - 67,503	Income £ - 9,990 - - 21,436 7,552 25,000 6,338 95,000 - - - - 66,770 8,100 1,000 - - - - 360 2,000 13,756 2,500 900 25,000 2,500 1,000 9,000 5,000 5,000 20,000 5,000 - 5,000 4,000 12,840 20,202 23,134 398,378	£ (142) (9,990) (1,162) (500) (1,252) (7,552) (23,200) (389) (98,113) (8,759) (900) (4,247) (222) (30,294) (8,100) - (4,854) (9,408) (5,000) (16,688) (360) (3,008) (4,506) - - (14,911) (2,500) (362) (9,000) (3,971) (5,000) (1,200) (3,201) (1,920) (2,761) (5,369) (9,545) (17,448) (23,134) (338,968) Expenditure	£ £ - - - - - - - 2,217 - 20,184 - - (1,800) - (5,949) - - 13,969 - - (2) - (1,053) - - - - 36,476 - - - 1,469 - - 1 - - - (3,500) (20,188) - - - - - 9,250 - 2,500 - 900 - 10,089 - - - 638 - - - 2,188 - - - 18,800 - 1,799 - - - 2,239 (2,046) 585 - 6,695 - 2,754 - - (14,349) 112,564 Transfers between funds At 31 March 2023	£ £ - - - - - - - 2,217 - 20,184 - - (1,800) - (5,949) - - 13,969 - - (2) - (1,053) - - - - 36,476 - - - 1,469 - - 1 - - - (3,500) (20,188) - - - - - 9,250 - 2,500 - 900 - 10,089 - - - 638 - - - 2,188 - - - 18,800 - 1,799 - - - 2,239 (2,046) 585 - 6,695 - 2,754 - - (14,349) 112,564 Transfers between funds At 31 March 2023
					112,564

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Notes to the financial statements

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17. Movements in funds (continued) Brought forward Quartet Warm Hubs (Peace of Art) Quartet Youth Sector Support School For Social Entrepreneurs Schroders Society of Merchant Ventures Sport England St Monica Trust Community Impact Thresholds - FairBnB Thresholds - Kitchen Thresholds Thrive TravelWest Triodos Tudor Trust Van Neste Voscur WECA Welcome Places (PPE) Wesport Together NHS CCG Wesport Together Wing Chun Winter Fuel Fund YHH Spring Holidays YHH Summer Funding YHH Winter Funding Youth Music Carried forward Prior period comparative (continued) Cuartet Warm Hubs (Community Meal) Wing Chun Sport England Jubilee Fund Youth Project (BYCA/United Communities) Quarter Warm Hubs (Super Supper Club)	At 1 April 2022 £ 67,503 - - - 1,682 24,750 - - 5,339 - 450 22,112 - - 2,300 - 567 - - - - - - 1,617 - - (1,036) - 1,361 (1,303) 2,784 128,126	Income £ 398,378 5,000 4,124 2,505 2,000 - 5,000 5,000 - 19,973 - - 20,000 3,573 3,892 3,000 35,000 5,000 4,000 15,262 4,296 8,760 7,600 3,770 7,620 4,000 18,720 32,400 9,600 1,303 3,600 633,376	£ (338,968) (4,204) (1,528) (2,505) (1,682) (24,953) (1,100) (1,380) (5,362) (20,825) (450) (21,258) (1,631) (3,374) - (3,000) (29,983) (5,132) - (15,295) (288) (8,760) (7,600) (3,560) (7,120) (3,350) (10,161) (32,452) (10,961) - (6,384) (573,267) Expenditure	£ £ (14,349) 112,564 (96) 700 - 2,596 - - - 2,000 203 - - 3,900 3,620 23 - - (852) - - (854) - (2,447) 15,922 (199) - - 6,192 - - - 5,584 132 - - 4,000 33 - - 4,008 - - - - - 1,827 (500) - - 650 - 7,523 52 - - - - - - - (18,002) 170,234 Transfers between funds At 31 March 2023	£ £ (14,349) 112,564 (96) 700 - 2,596 - - - 2,000 203 - - 3,900 3,620 23 - - (852) - - (854) - (2,447) 15,922 (199) - - 6,192 - - - 5,584 132 - - 4,000 33 - - 4,008 - - - - - 1,827 (500) - - 650 - 7,523 52 - - - - - - - (18,002) 170,234 Transfers between funds At 31 March 2023
					170,234

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2024

17. Movements in funds (continued) Total restricted funds Designated funds: Capital fund Avonvale Road Maintenance Total designated funds General funds Total unrestricted funds Total funds Prior period comparative (continued) Unrestricted funds	At 1 April 2022 £ 128,126 588,376 11,536 599,912 278,056 877,967 1,006,093	Income £ 633,376 - 931 931 330,413 331,344 964,720	£ (573,267) (37,883) (5,858) (43,741) (205,943) (249,684) (822,951) Expenditure	£ £ (18,002) 170,234 21,619 572,112 - 6,609 21,619 578,721 (3,617) 398,907 18,002 977,628 - 1,147,862 Transfers between funds At 31 March 2023	£ £ (18,002) 170,234 21,619 572,112 - 6,609 21,619 578,721 (3,617) 398,907 18,002 977,628 - 1,147,862 Transfers between funds At 31 March 2023
					572,112 6,609
					578,721
					398,907
					977,628
					1,147,862

18. Related party transactions

Zoe Sherriff, trustee and director provided a loan of £40,000 to fund the development of the nursery at Felix Road. Zoe will receive interest of 2% on the loan in accordance with our constitution. During the year, £16,000 (2023: £8,000) was repaid. As at the 31 March 2024, £20,000 (2023: £36,000) was outstanding.

Azmina Mitha, a trustee, was paid £1,890 (2023: £201) for Bollywood Workshops at Easton Community Centre. As at the 31 March 2024, £330 (2023: £Nil) was outstanding and included within trade creditors. These payments were unconnected to their role as a trustee and were permitted under the charity's constitution. The transactions were conducted at arms length.

The charity received £3,500 from BrisDoc for resident led trips for vulnerable young people. Azmina Mitha, a trustee, was paid £1,000 (2023: £Nil) to run the trip. These payments were unconnected to their role as a trustee and were permitted under the charity's constitution. The transactions were conducted at arms length.

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