## **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 2024 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.
Chair: Joe MacVeigh
Approved at the Charity Meeting held on 8[th] October 2024
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, 2024**
## **Section A - Receipts and Payments**
|**A1-Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|
**Restricted**
**Funds**|
**Endowment**
**Funds**|
**Total**
**Funds**|
**Total**
**Funds**|**Last Year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Sporting Activities
Grant-Seaham Town Council
Less VAT|8,236
62,800
516
-|-
-
-|-
-
-|8,236
62,800
516
-||6,218
56,610|
|_Sub Total(Gross Income for AR)_|_70,521_|_-_|_-_|_70,521_||_62,828_|
|**A2-Asset & Investment Sales**|-|-|-|-||-|
|_Sub Total_|_-_|_-_|_-_|_-_||_-_|
||||||||
|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|**70,521**|**-**|**-**|**70,521**||**62,828**|
|**A3-Payments**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|
**Restricted**
**Funds**|
**Endowment**
**Funds**|
**Total**
**Funds**|
**Total**
**Funds**|**Last Year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Wages
Hire of Unit
Annual Risk Assessments
Grounds Maintenance
Turf/Top Dressing/Weedkiller
CCTV Running Costs
Repairs/Maintenance Buildings
Service Costs-Elec/Gas
Service Costs-Water
Unit-Bowls-Storage
Roof Replaced
Unpresented|27,996
1,322
-
4,951
3,968
1,607
3,963
7,323
3,884
2,130
9,250
960
-|-
-
-
-
-
-
-|-
-
-
-
-
-
-|27,996
1,322
-
4,951
3,968
1,607
3,963
7,323
3,884
2,130
9,250
960
-||25,992
2,753
409
4,800
5,482
-
8,205
12,285
-
-|
|_Sub Total_|_65,434_|_-_|_-_|_65,434_||_59,924_|
|**A4-AssetPurchases**|_-_|_-_|_-_|_-_||_-_|
|_Sub Total_|_-_|_-_|_-_|_-_||_-_|
||||||||
|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|**65,434**|**-**|**-**|**65,434**||**59,924**|
||||||||
|**NET RECEIPTS/(PAYMENTS)**|**5,087**|**-**|**-**|**5,087**||**2,904**|
||||||||
|**A5-Transfers between funds**|_-_|_-_|_-_|_-_|||
||||||||
|**A6-Cash funds lastyear end**|**9,097**||_-_|**9,097**|||
||||||||
|**Cash funds thisyear end**|**14,184**|_-_|_-_|**14,184**|||
## **Section B-Statement of Assets/Liabilities at Year End**
|**Categories**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|
**Restricted**
**Funds**|
|**Endowment**
**Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**B1-Cash Funds**|Bank Balance-Year End|14,184|-||**-**|
|**Total Cash Funds**||**14,184**|**-**||**-**|
|||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**|
**Restricted**
**Funds**|
|**Endowment**
**Funds**|
|**B2-Other Monetary Assets**|Not Applicable|||||
|||||||
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|**Categories**|**Details**|**Fund to**
**which Asset**
**Belongs**|
**Cost**
**(Optional)**|
|**Current**
**Value**
**(Optional)**|
|**B3-Investment Assets**|Not Applicable|||||
|||||||
|||||||
|||||||
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|**Categories**|**Details**|**Fund to**
**which Asset**
**Belongs**|
**Cost**
**(Optional)**|
|**Current**
**Value**
**(Optional)**|
|**B4-Assets Retained for the**
**Charity's Own Use**|Land
Football Pavilion
Cricket Pavilion
Bowls Pavilion
Modular Building-Cricket|Restricted
Restricted
Restricted
Restricted
Restricted|N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A||N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A|
|||||||
|||||||
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|**Categories**|**Details**|**Fund to**
**which**
**Liability**
**Belongs**|
**Amount**
**due**
**(optional)**|
|**When due**
**(Optional)**|
|**B5-Liabilities**|N/A|||||
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Report to the Trustees of
Dawdon Park
On the accounts for the year ended 31 St March 2024
23rd September 2024
1. Respective responsibilities of trustees
and examiners
The charfty's trustees cons'der that an audit is not required for this year
(under section 43(2) of the Charthes Act 1933 {Ihe A), as amended by s.28
af the Charitias Ad 2006} and that an independent examination Is needed.
It is my responsibility to..
examine the a(rounts (under section 43 d the Act, as amended),
to follow the procedures laid down in the General Elrections given by the
Charity Commission {Ulttr sectsn 43(nib) of the Act, as amended). and
to state whether parti¢ular matters have come to my attention.
2. Basis of independent examiner's
statement
My axArrinak+n wa8 carried out in accordance with Generat tA"rections given
by the Charty Cornrnission. An examination indudes a revi8w of the
ac¢ounting records kept by the cha17ty and a wmparison of the accounts
presented with those records. It also Indudes consideration of any unusual
itsms or disclosures in the accounts and seeking ey4)lan*ions ffDm the
trustees conc*ming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not
provld6 all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and ruenIlY I
do not express audrt opinion on the accoun*s.
3. Independent examiner's statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention and I
confimi that:
The trustees have met the requirements regarding:
proper accounting records being kept (in accordance with section 41
of the Act>" and
ac£x>unts are bemg Prepared which agree with the accounting
records and comply the accounting requirements ofthe Act.
Signed
Date: 23rdSeptember 2024
GORDON FLETCHER (C.M.I.I.A.)
Audltorforseaham Town Council