## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** **(Accompanying Receipts and Payments Accounts)** **SECTION 1 Legal and Administrative Information** Charity Name Dawdon Park Charity Commission Number 1085305 For the Year Ended 31[st] March 2023 Charity’s principal address Seaham Town Council Town Hall Stockton Road Seaham Co Durham SR7 0HP Governing Document Transfer document dated 1[st] October, 1993 Objects of the charity To hold the land/property in perpetuity as a recreational facility for the benefit of the townspeople of Seaham. Specific Investment powers There are no specific investment powers available to the trustees. Professional Advisers N/A **SECTION 2 Trustees and Governance** Sole Trustee Seaham Town Council Names of the charity’s Custodian trustees Not Applicable. **SECTION 3 Activities and Achievements** ## Charity’s activities during the year The park continues to be well used by the community as a major open space in this area of Seaham. Sports groups use the park as their home ground including:- Football 3 Adult Clubs and 2 Children’s Clubs Bowls Men’s and Ladies Bowls Clubs Cricket Teams of a variety of age groups ## **SECTION 4** ## **Policies** Charity trustees should give in their report a description of the policies that they have adopted. Reserves Policy The Trust has no reserves policy. Grant-making Policy The Trust has a policy of trying to access external grants/funding opportunity whenever practical. Any grants obtained will be utilised for the benefit of improvements to recreation facilities and on revenue costs associated therewith. Investments selection policy There is no such policy. The reason is because there is never likely to be any investments to utilise. Review of major risks Concerns about the future and possible demise of some of the user clubs. Expenditure rising rapidly to such high levels that the long term future of the recreational facilities and park cannot be sustained. **SECTION 5 Signature and Declaration** Declaration I declare, in my capacity of charity trustee, that: • The trustees have approved the report above; and • Have authorised me to sign it on their behalf. Approved at Trustees Meeting held on 28[th] November 2023 Full Name Joe MacVeigh (Chair) REF: CC64(C) ## **DAWDON PARK** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** **CHARITY NAME - DAWDON PARK** **Charity Commission Registered Number: 1085305** **For the Financial Year Ended: 31st March, 2023** ## **Section A - Receipts and Payments** |**A1-Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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**Funds**|**Last Year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Sporting Activities
Grant-Seaham Town Council|6,218
56,610|-
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56,610||600
49,088| |_Sub Total(Gross Income for AR)_|_62,828_|_-_|_-_|_62,828_||_49,688_| |**A2-Asset & Investment Sales**|-|-|-|-||-| |_Sub Total_|_-_|_-_|_-_|_-_||_-_| |||||||| |**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|**62,828**|**-**|**-**|**62,828**||**49,688**| |**A3-Payments**|**Unrestricted**
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**Endowment**
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**Funds**|**Last Year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Wages
Hire of Unit
Annual Risk Assessments
Grounds Maintenance
Turf/Top Dressing/Weedkiller
Repairs/Maintenance Buildings
Service Costs-Elec/Gas/Water
Footpath Maintenance
Contingency
Demolition-Bowls Hut
CCTV Running Costs
Tarmac-Driveway|25,992
2,753
409
4,800
5,482
8,205
12,285
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2,753
409
4,800
5,482
8,205
12,285
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1,690
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6,064
5,999
5,548
9,043
708
530
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2,790
1,800| |_Sub Total_|_59,924_|_-_|_-_|_59,924_||_59,167_| |**A4-AssetPurchases**|_-_|_-_|_-_|_-_||_-_| |_Sub Total_|_-_|_-_|_-_|_-_||_-_| |||||||| |**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|**59,924**|**-**|**-**|**59,924**||**59,167**| |||||||| |**NET RECEIPTS/(PAYMENTS)**|**2,903**|**-**|**-**|**2,903**||**9,479**
**-**| |||||||| |**A5-Transfers between funds**|_-_|_-_|_-_|_-_||| |||||||| |**A6-Cash funds lastyear end**|**6,194**||_-_|**6,194**||| |||||||| |**Cash funds thisyear end**|**9,097**|_-_|_-_|**9,097**||| ## **Section B-Statement of Assets/Liabilities at Year End** |**Categories**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
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**Funds**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**B1-Cash Funds**|Bank Balance-Year End|9,097|-||**-**| |**Total Cash Funds**||**9,097**|**-**||**-**| ||||||| |**Categories**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
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**Charity's Own Use**|Land
Groundsman's House
Football Pavilion
Cricket Pavilion
Bowls Pavilion
Modular Building-Cricket|Restricted
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**(Optional)**| |**B5-Liabilities**|N/A||||| ||||||| ||||||| Report to the Trustees of Dawdon Park On the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2023 12TH September 2023 1. Respective responsibillties of trustees and examlners 1.1 Thè chaiiV8 tr￿te88 (x)nthJw that an rnt T8quk8d for Ihb (Uf¥Jer 880t1￿ 43(2) of Ihe Chwths Act 1993 Ilhe Art) as am￿￿ed by 828 01 th8 Charttl88 Act 21Th> arxl that an 1Th18p•￿ exan￿allon1@ naedod. It18 my rpswthllty to: examlne Ihe a0>)￿ts (uThlw s•(*1￿ 43 rf tho Art a8 amended), Chaty con￿￿8$￿Tr (￿￿58r W)(b) of the W as aW￿d6d), a￿1 2. Basis of Independent examiner's statement 11 My eyamTnalkn ujt kn a￿)rd￿￿ ¥¥lth General Dtredlon8 9fven by th8 Ch8thy Commi8$k￿. An examIna￿n #)cJude8 a rovlèw thè a(ax)￿ting r8¢ofd8 kapt by tho and a ￿npAthn of tha actounts presen￿j wlth ljthè reo)rd8. It a180 kndude8 COn8kl8ralk)n of any unusual It￿0 or dl8do8Uf88 kn the attI￿nts and 888kwig èxW*)oOon8 frrxn Ihe provtd• all the that woutd be reqthd In an and ¢XJwuenty I do not extKe$8 an audll lh• ￿xmts. 3. Independent examlnerfs statement &1 In the my exarr*wtbn, no m118r h48 o)np to ry attènllon and I confim that: propef a¢¢ounltrg re¢))nl8 b8kvJ kept (in acc¥)nlan(* wlth aocllon 41 of thè Act); and re¢￿d9 and coryly ￿4th tha requlrorrAnt8 of the Ai Slgn•J Dale: 1? S*mt*r2023 GORDOII FLETCHER (C.M.I.IAI Audltor for Seaham Town C4wncll