R&JistWgd Crynpany No.. 04040674 IEngL4nd and Wal881
R&jiSter￿ ChaTIty No.. 1085454
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 21125
FOR
BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBE￿. 040406741
YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2025
CONTENTS OF THE FINAIKIAL STATEMENTS
R•f•r•nc• and a(knlnlstratlv• d4ts1
2-15
•pwd•nlAuditors' R•port
16-19
Con•olldat•d stat•M￿ of Flnan¢lal A¢llvltl•s
Consolldat•d Balanu Sh••t
21
Not•s to thè Fimneial St*ttm•ttls
23-38

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST {REGISTERED NUMBER: 040406741
YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2025
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Company number
0404￿74
Ch¥lty numbgv
R•J Crtss Gard8n
Redcross Way
SE1 1HA
Dlreclors l Trust•
Wc*)d- Cha
Jessica Beattie
Pauline Buchanan B
Sharon Daty
Mafqyn Evers
Alexander Gasmena
J88n Mcmeaknn
Sebastsn Kaknar- 8PFdnt&J 11 J￿e 2024
D•bordh N8g8n
Koy manag•m•nt p•rsonn
Charfotte GItsen￿- CEO
Nith De$m￿l- Ho8d of Cwations and LMrvJ Spxe
IMIILam Rallison- Head d Parks CC￿m￿n￿e$
Jac* H8fTi50n- Head of SFrfXt arml De￿I1)pment
MFLA
MHAHouse
Charter C￿rt
Swansea Enterpts8 Park
kndynd•nt Audltors
SA7 9FS
Lkn6ty Trltst Bank pk
Four Bri￿￿￿11aCe
Bwmingham
B12JB
Bankers
Page 1

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST {COMPANY IIUMBER: 04040674- CHARrrY NUMBER: 10854541
YEARENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES. REPORT
Bankside Open Spaces Tnjst briThJs peop￿ together through natyre, ck)sely with cr￿rnUnrty
to creat8 and care fur aw8rd-winning. sustaina￿8 green spxes. Our 16 parks and gardens are irKkJsrv8
ac85 where peopl8 can 18arn, grr￿1, ￿ay. and thrNe. Each y8ar wè wdtLJme over a mllcm vlsltors.
hjongside these spaces we run and support prOj￿ts des*JwY to gr¢y•J cnmmunty conn8CtiorEs, é8¥ebp
people's sklls and ￿terest in gardening nalure, aThJ promote the beneffts of an active lrfestylg. Tha
foundat￿ of all this ￿y*￿er, ar8 th8 spaces them5efves. ThLs is beeause know they Fday an
invaluable rok? in cornbatbng ow ¢haryJ￿Q dinale and risirbJ he8lth in8qualtts•s in tyjr ar8a. An area
high levds of povwty and a severe deficit of publ￿ green SP￿ (London d818Storel and %there 90% of
)usas are Ilats IL¢xal InsKJht with IM7)itsd access lo pivate gardens. It's because of this thrgat lo Iha
health and wglbgiThJ of rxjmmunrtw th81 awjred stwes a￿ welcomlng to
everyttlty.
Thanks to a mlwar grant Irom tha Cfy F(￿ndab"on and the math￿1 Lotlery COMM￿lty Fund.
we'v8 been ableto invest in (xmmunty wtreath. Overthe Wyea ￿rteaM delivered several partnership
wilh and fcf pe￿& INirg wlh anxiety. Y)u￿ adu16 ￿1h 5Ptoa naads and
dlsabnStl8s, and mhJTants and r￿.
Unfortunatdy, th• financial lists fr)r dwribès likè BanksK1è Opèn SP￿ Trust aro growkng. The orrtjoirg
cosl of lfving t7Bi8, hlgh inflation and recent NaticThl Irtsuran(x ri585 are 8A (xjntrfbullng to SLsbstantlai
increases in the cost ol pro1￿1 delNery. To prc4eci wr we've devel)F*d arkj wil continu8 to grow as
broad an irKorne P￿lfc410 a5 POSSt4e. indLxling irtcme frffii hires. gardeniThJ cx)ntracts, consuttancy.
corrmts wrykd8ys. and ind￿ldual 1S)natK)ns. Wg atso wce•ssfilty akWi8d to n8w and &xi8ting grant
makeF5 for and mutt￿Year grantfvndirvJ aThY are extremety gra¢efrA io wrfiJnder5 who have provthd
us with UFdift8d funding to meet some of increased salary &)sts.
A￿ther of our key fo¢uses 15 $lay - tdh thrcKvJh el)10￿r￿j ow green spa￿, and
thrO￿h free events and actfvibe5. Our Marft#)rough SFKJrLs Garden IMSGI is a hub for th15 area of our
work. Our excrfirKJ P￿nS ts the site toc* a W foThvard thi8 year wih more hjnding secured aNI
partn8rships reathed. This k an anbrflws £5 rnlkn pro￿ for a c*Jr $￿e and Is of great
lmFQrtar￿8 as tr* upgraded site us to thxjbbe wr Thpxt. OLY pl*is iidude..
A40m running tr8c*, o)vered frfness deck. arwj fiexible indoorsp8ces.
affr￿dable cAfé, ￿ssi￿￿ knlels. and 81kweath8r faclities.
Over£S00,000 of g￿ening, tthig p[￿ wr quality. overheatiThJ. a￿1 lack of shadp.
Th8 MSG'5 hire irKom8 i8 grLW by 31% thanks to lh￿ wnwovem￿ts. In bjm this wll finance
a signThl¢ant expansion in our free sports ccwhin9 prwmn*5 by ￿27. The sc* of the MSG proj.ect
demonstrates ourcommthnt to nthuriNJ tN)th WF4e and skn. It rellects wr passKJn for 8rwring that
everyL￿, regardless Ot background or cirrJJmslance. can access vibrant. ￿lthY spaces aTrJ t*e p￿1
pro1￿ Ihal SUPFfAt w&*)eiThJ. Strewn comrTwThty. budd more resi1￿1 thJtur8S.
Thè trust8es. who ¥8 akn directc¥s ofthè Chanty for tha pur￿ ol the C¢xw)an￿ Act. pr8S8nl th8ir
8nnu8J rw and rm8￿#81 Slatern￿ts for ts year ended 31 March 2025.
The financid ststements have been prepared in a1x0rda￿ with the accgunting set out in the
not8S to lh8 finar￿la1 stalernents and comtAy wilh th8 Charitys g)veming ¢Jocumert the Charities Ad
2011 aThJ 'Accounting and ReF#Ytiro by Charities.. Striwn￿l of Recornffwded Pr8elicg appkable lo
ct￿n￿.8¥ pr8P8ring th9ir accounts in 8C(x)rd8nce the Financial Repo￿"n9 Standard apF4Kable in the
UK and Repubk of I￿￿nd IFRS 1021 {effecttve 1 January 20191".
The reFQrt i8 akn preparwj in ￿COrd￿ smam ￿npanY rgjing (Secti)n 419(21 of
Companvas Aci 2￿61.
Page 2

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (COMPANY NUMBER: 04040674- CHARrrY NUMBER: 1085454)
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES. REPORT
StTuciur•, go￿￿0n￿ Jnd managen￿lIt
Gov•mlng Documgnt
Th8 Charfty is 8 Wmlted company. l¥nlbJ by rywantee. a8 by thè CoMpan￿S Act 2LK6. Thv&
vrns wiewed and updated in 2023 to refieLt rTKKe accwatety vknat the organtsation does In
actie* and to ¢￿￿re thal 1n1ste￿dIreCIors are ar4)oin18d in a m￿e open and tran￿aren1 way.
enC￿ragIng inrAusion. equity dw￿r￿.
Sub$ldlary Company
Banksida OFen Spaces Trathng Urnited, rx¥npany number 08096770. VAS Set up in order to rary out
commeroa improvements to parks and gardens. The ￿UM$ of the sub6kYiary are included in the
Ct)nsolit1at8d acc¥)thts ol the Chanty. The gynpany has rThJ b88n madg dormant
R•crultm•nt and Appolntm•nt of Trustees
Trustee3 are aFwinted via a Ihorough rscruth8nt Wh￿ ncludes a two stay8 Int*M"ew.
Interviews are conducthy by the CEO and ex￿8￿ng m8mbèrs oflhe Board in fwtheranr8 of Ihe obi8cts of
lh8 Trust ar¥J posts ar• therts"s&J across ¥a￿u$ 8il6s Reath Vdunte•riThJ and L#7kedln.
Inducllon and Tratnlng of Trustt•8
New Trust885 T8(xNe Iraining and irNJLKb"on Ihrough a ¥￿ rf mgan¥. wthding to on• sessions
with the Chair, Treasurer and other Trustee￿Slaff a5 apFryThte', teir*J swlied wlh relevart reodlng
rn8t8rrals, briefing d(Nxm8nts atNJ widan(* as well as regthr bri8fings.
Skils shorlag85 on lh8 Board are akn krf>l urKJer (￿staTrt 8rnJ r•crulbn8nt of new Tnth i
targeted a￿¥dIng￿. It is &r￿Ulaging to note that the Bo*d is well represented by Tru8taès 8 wde
range of skius en￿mPa$S1￿j Ihe ol thus requ￿1 fo gov8rn the Chanty.
Organlsatlonal Stru¢turn
The Trustees 98neralty hold qu8rtwty [T￿til￿$ at vthich dea"sicffis on 3tratwy. pdiGy 8￿j pr8Ct¥x are
made. The day4￿tsy nJnniro of the tharty B d*gal•J to the CEO with the Head of Operalion5 and
LNing Space responsib￿ frx rperationd management. {￿ers￿jht of the Ma￿tr￿￿￿lgh Sports Garden Is
delega￿ to the H•ad of Spc¥t and Devdcwnt and Volunt88riry Parts Maint•natKe to the Head
of Parks and Comrnunty.
A register of Trustee intwe8ts 1$ m8inl#i*d at Ihe oiftt aThJ is avalat4e to the put4ic
Rlsk Management
In (x)rnpliance Ihe SORP. the major r¢ks to Ihe Chwity is exposed, ss idenltf*d by Trwtees,
thg quarterfy Board m•8Ungs.
R•wr¥•$ Pollcy
The Twst maintsins restrid&Y, designat￿ unwth¢t8d r￿￿•$. The ￿trIcted reserves compris8 8
rrtjmber ot indiwdual re5erv85 for pthlar KW"￿ts. trK6e fvnded from extemal restrthd p4wy)se grants.
The group's unr8striLl•J r85erv8 is £179,341 at Ihe yew end. Thi8 balanca i￿￿E#j&S £1￿.000
rdating to designatsd funds to be spent on specrfK projects. The deggThated fun¢ts are sh)wn within notè
22 of the ac4)unts and are rrthttor8d for tha￿e9 at quartwty Board meetings.
Unrestricted funds whith are rnt desvJnated. kno￿ as free reserves. are set aside to c4)ver
fiAur8 oper8b.onal costs. Tho knJst8es' target k8 to sufftient r858rv8s to COV8r vAnd-dowTr CA)Sts. This
target amounts to £225.400. The ac￿1 reserves as at the balance $￿et datg total￿￿ £16.419
12023124: £218,569). The Trustees are closety r￿WIng fv18vel of free reserves hek1 on a regular basis
)d 0)nsideri￿ opliorts to •adIe￿ the gap. The frB8 r858r¥85 wll r*ed to be re9￿arty TgVi8W8d
the year.
Page 3

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (COMPANY NUMBER: 04040674- CTriARITY NUMBER: 10854541
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES. REPORT
Gtslng Concern
The Boatd continu85 tD mawrtain a review of the Clwitys gjlng cotKem basis. The Trustses appreckqte
lh8 various extemal and inlemal faclors that prove a risk to ￿￿r￿j c(YKxm. Nolwithst8fKlirvJ Ihèse th￿9h.
the Ttwstees have assessed tt)at Ihe Charty is a gotng COr￿ern, and the financial statements have been
epar8d on that basis.
OUR PURPOSE AND ACTMTIE8
BOST'S Chwitabh Pu￿0
To promots, for the wblic benefft. the conservation, Fyotecbon and improvement of the buil and natural
environ￿￿nE., and. in so doirg. to also advanr* phys￿1 and mentsl heamh. educalkinal opportunitses aTr
communlly d$¥*loK¥n*rt kn ar￿ of urban ¢J8rtsty Ihr(whc¥Jt ETrjL￿d and Wdgs.
Mlsslon Stat•m•nt
Toenrth qualty oflrfe ty creatin9 s￿￿LIe. attrwANdy th¥Jr*d and well Managed ctsnM￿ty spaces.
To support crtjr mission. we..
Enhance Heath and Wollbeing
ErnrM)wer and Engage Lrxal Crrnuniios
Transfc¥m OF*n Sp*es
Chanp1￿ SAJStainatshty
Enhaneing H•alth and W￿1b01n9
CommuNIty G*nl•nlng
2024125 hKJhlKJhts-.
Nominated fry Britain in Bk¥)m- Urtlan CcThmunty Award- 2025
Four London in Bk¥xn Awards indLAliNJ gc*1 for Rad Cross Gardan. Tat8 c(￿MUnty Gathn and
waterk￿ Millennium Green
COMM￿ty G￿n F￿j Awar(Is
We
Ilafniained 16 cpen spaces
Planted 8 tree5. 3(X) shnltrthrbx￿ pl* and 1200 tyJlb5
Maintsine¢J 5 wildlrfe pon¢ts
Creaie(15 k*J piles 3 d•J
Mdntsined 1 raln gaNJen
Page 4

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (COMPANY NUM8ER.. 04040674- CHARITY NUMBER.. 10854541
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES, REPORT
Parks and Gard•ns
We protect and imFKove e￿stIr0 ow sp*es and develop, design ar¥J create new 0￿. irueaslng
ac￿sSi￿A.1ty for all. In 2024125 we continued lo man•3e a total of 16 spaces. hddirg the18ase for six srtes
ross Swlhwark and Lambeth and cc￿tracts vthh b(rth Tate Modem. EnolL8h Heritage for Winchester
Palace and Soulhwark coUnL￿.
All our gardening 8nd landscaping projects are bult around the core prtnurle of comnxjnity engagement
blrough Consullati￿ and vobJnteorirvJ.This year w• wc¥kgd with. among others, those who have
expErienced homekssrrt8. people with mental he*th wls. c+Jer pg)F4e exPer￿ror0 i8iAation, k)cal
reshyents ofall ages and local busi￿ workers.
We make space fr*wl(llrfe ￿ Ihe heart of London by malrtainnJ and C￿tIng ha￿Lits like bg piles, dead
hedg8s [tr￿n gr88n w8st81 w)Thls and pl8nbro tr rKj1inpt￿. ThK8 year we rnpintsin&l W￿1]18
created five log piles and three de•J hedges for vAdlrfe.
Bankside Open Spaces Tntst wcx*s to reduce Ouf inpacl vt the enwrcmment by gartlening *itsut
Ch&M￿al5, C1￿51n9 drought r8skslant plants and using peat-fr88 ￿Mposl We now have three zerfrgre8n-
waste srtes.. Red Cross Garden. Tate Commth Garden arnj WaterlrKJ Milknnium Gleen.
Communlty Invoh•m•nt and VoluFbte•Ang
Wa are 8xtr8mdy grat8ful for Ihe tirne 9[￿ erw our V￿nteerS d8dic8le to imprwng. malntsinlng And
sh￿l￿a￿ng oUr￿rkS and gardens. helpwig delN8r wrevents. aciing as trustees and suppcKUng c*Jrwider
work.
We awn to recrult vdvnt88f8 from a dNers8 rwgg of b￿k9rrAJ￿￿s that repr8Wt kxal comrnunty. By
Y￿rking in partnership wth the vohJntary and ￿Mmun￿ sectc¥, we focus LW ietruth.ng peop￿ with ￿arnIng
drfficult￿s. those in r8COV8ryfrom physK4 and rnantsl h8alth ￿diti(￿S. lknse at rlskofhom8￿sn8S5.
Our (￿reaCh woth atso feeds into tyJr volunteerir¥J seSsic￿.
ongside our ¢))mmunty voluntetrrs we also t2ke referr* frDm extemal owisatthis and provide
gxperien¢g ft)r students with SFecial Ed￿li￿al Needs and Disabililies ISENDI are m supportgd
internship programmes, and students VA)0 ore l¢)w¥ts quafftal*)rts In horoeulture.
In 2024r25 we vK*knd wlh
63 Communlty Gardenln9 V￿nte¢r5
69 people taknng part in our community outreach and engagement usslons
deSIgn￿ fc•r spKifk groups s￿h as SEND $bJd•nts p•opl¢ wtth anxjety, r¢fugeg8
and aSY￿rn seekerd
29 Crossbon•s Ward•n
We hosted 245 ￿MMunNY gard•nlng s•sslons kn 2014125.
Our CommLm6ty Garde￿fig Volunteers ctrntrlbuled 5T16 hours to keeplng our parks IDoklng beautlful
for tho local cornmunrty.
Vdunt8er Crossbon8s Wardens enabled us to open the sik for six hours each week. and 2 hJurs on th8
first Sabjrday ol the m¢Mth, and for w81 avants such as Iha BOS Fèstiv￿ and Bards and Bl8sslrMJs:
welccMnir4J the public to the special and Uniq￿ crossb￿ Graveyard.
We gather feedbw* from ow ¥C￿nteerS, has reveaknj thaL a Sense crf personal
hievem$n( th8 most en1oyat￿e a5P8cts of ¥L4unt8erirwJ were aroL¥MI bu￿fing rdatkjr￿hlps wllh others
and ￿ &￿￿Ve mental and thysical •npacts of beirKJ c¥Jtdcm.
57% 01 volunt••Ys rnportod f8•ling proud of th• th•y htr• don• and 68% felt
mora connected to tho local community
71% f•lt morn connectod to naiurn and 53% fvlt physlcalty l]tt•r aml hoalthlor
89% felt that thelr yo￿nteerIng had an Inw¢t on the local cornmunlty
Page 5

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (COMPANY NUMBER.. 04040674- CHARTfY NUMBER: 10854541
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES. REPORT
"l enjoy spendirKJ lime 0￿d001$. wovides a refreshing £¥eak from my usual indoor routine.
Volunt8&riry 188ves f86lffrrtJ n￿ntaI￿ rgtsshpd 8nd inv&w8t8d. One ￿￿￿0￿bIg 8XP8ri81Jce w8s firy
first ¥rlunleering sess1￿, ￿anting daffodms while chalbiu and getting lo know my fellow volunteefr3.
Thnxwh my Invithment Lwith BOST. I have had Ihe pbasure of som8 truly wondgrfvl pgoplg."
Lucinda. Thursday group, Math %J25
ovelypeople 8nd8 wholesom& (¥us*. wont￿10 bè (xrtdN)ts In 811 w&&t￿rn A hwlwt ofmy w6&k
AnonYr￿U$, March 2025
he cmnecbw Ihave with other￿1￿￿e￿ tl* chats 8bxrf 98rdening. teirffJ invdved in keepng
historiGal spac8 81￿, part8ktng actively vj the I￿81 Lx¥nfflunity arjd sh8ring lrfe gxpenencgs morg
gener81fy have been ￿n￿edlbty en17¢hiw n7cvnents for me as a reGenl ao7val to the Re￿hboUrttr￿.-
Anonymous, Marth 2025
Community Outreach and Engagernent
Cmjr new Cornmunty Er￿J￿M￿t wryk focuses cffi Ihee key areas". Outr8￿h. Ergagement aThJ
Recruttment year we Str8rVther￿d our relationship wsth tharities and irmliwduals from rnarginali58d
and minority Communit￿ aTrJ marragiro disatrfkty by creab"TrJ and d81iveriThJ mic¥(trvdunteeriThJ
sèssions.
The 5es5bJns d&s￿n8d to these grwps to rArbLypal8 in gwd8nir¥J actwli85. buildiro th8
ski15 and confidenc* need￿ to volunleer again in the fvlure. We f￿d Ihat many parbupants expressed
an interest in gaining 5ki15 for 8rnploym8nt and a desir8 to COnn￿t vthh natur8 arvj th8 comrnunty. We
aim to facillate this by offering more gardeniThJ oppwbJnii*s anLI by usirrfJ whal we have knrnod frcm Ihis
exp￿r[enCe to rnake our weekty cA)rnmunity ￿untEering 5e5sbJns mrxe acce55ible.
We Fmproved ￿r ¢)ffer for those ¥rilh di5abililies ty W'ro adapte(I tools for indNidu8ls m8n8giny x
dr6ability and ￿l￿dIng beds higher for eas& of access. We are also planning micro-volunteering sgssions
th 8 speck81￿1 Autistic SP￿truM Disorder Dfumb8at CoW8ge. and the wat￿ Community
Coun$eUiro MU￿.￿thniC Courtseliro Setvice.
Corporat• Volunt•orn
This year w8 delI￿ra￿ 58 eorwrdta wAunt88rirvJ gardeniNJ s8ssths ￿1h 8 total of 742 YO￿nt8￿rs. Many
cornpanes, both ￿tuMir￿9 and new. joiied us (￿￿rS in imkyowftg the hxal for everyone lo enjoy.
Thèse Inchjde, but ar8 limrted to. BlackRttk. Othy, Emst & YrNJng. Dorrlngtrin. Cknnlcun M*lLg
Group. Wornble BoThJ Dic*inson, Norton Rose F￿l¥Igh( Cawstc¥) Press.
lm had lun and enjoy￿ thorrw
100% felt appr¢¢iated
100% felt a s8n80 of achlevement
5% f•ll that th• acllvttl•s d•v•lop•d a $trong•r t•am
100qA said the everrt had a po$itr4fe ¥npact on them
78% felt mor• positiv• towards th•w •mployer
82% agreed they ho¥0 on lrnpr0v￿ understanding of communlty issv8S
97% agrBod th•y h•¥0 Improv￿ appr•cialion of local •nvin>nrn•nt
Seaco teèm had 8 great few hou￿ L¥rtdLX¥S h8lpmg to bdy up and garden aws In Mtnt
Str88t Park. col18d1￿y, it made a t*arue from oursedeiiw Irf8. anLI to g8t ourh8nds and
urKlertakg some manual labour in the ganlens. A team cornmented how this was a goL
altgrn8&'ve lo wothing out in the gym! Overall il ￿as g￿al fun and rc￿ a cause. 77J8nk BOSTfor
the experfertc6."
Monique from Seao), June 2024
P&3e 6

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (COMPANY NUMBER.. 041740674- CHARrrY NUMBER: 1D854541
YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2025
TRUSTEES. REPORT
.1 would recommend thts valunteeriw day. ft was 9￿81 lo he* thg c• and the gre8nspace. do
sorngthing conu)letslyditfgrgnl, but 81￿ sp8nd tThFe wth collgaguès in 8 ¢L¥nplotely dIffer￿t environm8nt.
It was verypowiNe. The team a￿ ftexth and8c¢omrncKlafyry ofdifferonlkns'n88ds.'
ArK)nyTrc
"80ST 8r8 8 f8nt8th Icc81 ch8rity that has a lju￿ Jinpacl a￿1nd tho arna 1hro￿ th8
m8intsn8nc& of b&autrfulgreen spaces foreveryone to enjoyandajw volunteers to develop the
g&rdening skillsl Our le8m loved h61ptng txrt andhUltyA*Com￿a$ a company (xrfdooraGtivity!"
Ekna from DoNlIW, June 2024
OSTputon 8 9reat 8ftemLW trvs al Mint Street Pwkl Karen Mustafa wer8 hugelyknobvlodgeèble
8botJtth8 8ndhistory ofBOST8ndlgd the bn7W. n f*JYI¥(e w made a rnal rferenGe to
part in the aftemcon ￿ We￿ ltse￿..
real lun. sense olaGGornpltshm8nt8TrY t1xyD￿IY 8￿￿Y￿b￿.-
Svedana from Assurgj Guaranty, Septerntr￿ 2024
80ST team facrfltated an excellent seswn lor us. As empk>y888 we had th8 9PWrtvnty to Ct)m
t0gether0tsls￿e the office and he8r8kAxrt h(3w valuabl& the WLv* thal BOSTdo In the Ioc81 Commurityis."
Katt)ryn from Orchard street Invesbnen( Septembw 2024
Tr Bankside Open Spaces Trvstin Red Cross Gwdens arg a fartastic th¢xaf8 forl¢xal ènvirofwnental
m8irtenaoc& and areas ￿ b88Lty in Lond￿. Th8 rrdi¥rdu815 wlro th8 aloiig wth others are
credible people to WO￿ wrth, pass￿ale and driven ty the they th). The vdunle8rs you meet
on the d8y 8r8 81so. Th8 htisw of th8 8rna is rrch and the sens8 of fithrnent you get fvDm day is
amézlng. A gIETrèt t•am bufjdirt9 tsPPOrtunrty, l rec￿ to aAIArterested.-
George from & Your*J. Septsmber 2024
ustafa w88 8 gre8t I￿lfrt0¢¢v 8nGI it w8s rJear howpBSSThSte he w8s about the woth ttjeyre doAng al
R&d Cross gard&n. It was lovely b8ln9 Outsth wrth colleagues and SUPK4yting lh8 Ioc81 community. It Is
vthnt how I0￿dI{￿S tykx81s arK* so Irow Manyp80￿ and onioy tho speGe.'
Anonymous
leamed ab￿rt Kyepanrsi the garden for wMTh￿r. The 8XPg1i8ncÈ* off8red a f•sclnatln9 gllmpse Into th&
8n s 8eOSyStem- IFogs, $mèll wildlilo and &ven locals and staff eryowng tr￿'r lunch brgaks crn8t•d a
INing micmccwn. We accOmpl￿hed a signfrant amwt iniusl three hwrs. I k)ved￿.
N81hali8 from Cty BrvJ3e FouFKlakon. Marth 2025
Marfborough Sports G•rd•n
Fre• Prograrnmts
MSG and our free F￿ramme$ are a unhiue and wtal resource kn our bcal eomrnnrty who face mU￿pIe
chaleng•& In our ward, chihj povety is hfvJh. housiThJ is dersse. and rrKJst PgCf)le IN8 n flats wthout private
idwr space. Linked to ow urban settiTh3 and hNJh rate5 of wverty ts an obesity crisis, where 38% of
chlkjren in our ward arè ov*I4*1ght ￿0bese at ap I¢￿11., c￿e of ihe worst ratss in the crAJntry.
Amnd a third of aftér-SL*Lx4 pa￿C4P3nts a￿ frC￿ a￿aS thich sccwe 1_311 lh8 most deprived)
on the national lThJex of mU￿pIe Deprivation. Our c¥fftmunty 15 aL80 very dN8r58. arKI research shows that
p18 from 81hnK minoribes, p¥b"(yJlarty Black t*kwnds. tend to be adversdy aff￿t&S by
econonNc issues.
Page 7

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (COMPANY NUIIBER: 04040674- CHARITY NUAIBER: 1085454)
YEAR ENDEO 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES, REPORT
In 2024r25. we had 352 registered parbcipants for our free after-￿￿1 actvities that took place fve days
r w￿k linc4uding Fr88-Play S855￿5} during thg spriTrJ. 3umrn8r 8rbJ athurm t8rm$ b8￿88n April and
Octo*r. SessKJns We￿ for chIld￿n a9ed ￿11 and we ¢￿vIted with chldren frorn Sev￿ local schools
bel￿ we ue8ted the pr(%Jr8mn￿ tg t*tter undersland what aCtiV￿e5 IW w(xJkl like to tskg Part in. The
we8kty programme constsled of footbal. t¢￿ wugby, basketball, roler skatirKJ to mLtsi, be￿h tennis.
beach volleyball. wall ball and crickeL Qu￿lfi&￿ coac1￿ WL each di5cip&n& d8lNerwJ 8ach spcrt and all
equipm8nt was Suppled.
We w8re also to erK8ure 12 thiklren with SEND coukj pathpats ty frjndirg tgxhing awstsnts from
Iwal schcx)is to allend and suppcvl thom. Most SEND atl8ndo8s had *Jtism spactrnm disordar IASDI.
The He￿Ite8cher Irom STr7￿￿j3 Primary Schcd Sa￿.. IIsty79 #aff from schcol supihyted the 1888
confidenl chudrgn as theyworn wlth famAiaradults who undStst￿ttj￿Irn￿I$. Thls was ¥￿p)pularW1lh
th& chosen families."
To further our with dthjren with SEND. W￿ Tan 8 'SEND Mr*ning5' progrynrro beneffitting 20
neurodwerse chihyren from local school* We also ran a SEND Spw)rts FestTval for fve primary sehools
in partn8rship wrfh A¢￿ SrML The festhl ￿ atlended by 47 [w￿1pant&
DurirvJ th8 5clvJol 1K)￿ayS we run affordablg rnulb'-SFrt)rt8 ￿rn[6 and alkThle 48 fr98 FAac8s pgr ramp to
chiKlren frorn Ir￿￿coMe lamilies ftwght otl*Mse strugg4e to attend. Coaches from Lon&)n Swth
Bank univ￿Sty'S Sports Ambassa(kys prc•Jramme delivered actNities daity IexdL￿Ing bank hO￿aYS￿
across the holhyay period, supported by our Activity C(x)rdinalor. 15 a150 a qU￿lfi￿1 (y)ath. ￿8T Iha
year, ￿ wdcorned 136 re9i#ere(I part￿￿1$ into our f￿e F￿ramme. ger*ratirg 766 att￿danCeS
across ts sessK)ns.
Children were referred ty thetr sdKds, w6th kqates offwed Ihrwh nirt pmrtner sehcds and add￿onal
referrals from fN8 others. includiro one hom&sth(diThJ seth"ThJ. or those ta￿ng up free Fkns. 63% were
boys, and on average. 71% of parwts were from ethn￿ rrMThxity baL*wnds.
"I Ihink the MSG is a fun place to be in and I f6ellik6 when l ffrst came here, I fett welcome and tlwe
a nice cornn￿nIty8rnry th8 ￿e0￿48 (¥>n￿ here. and enioyedcomiry 8v8ry I r8811ylik8
the co8ches, Ihey rea11ysup￿Y0Uri19tI$th$..
Hcliday camps parbcapant. 2024
We surve￿1 parb"Lypants 8ft8r th8 r2rnPS to get a sense of takiThJ p8rt had imp8Cted th8m and w8
received good feedback in all areas. The slatements vA)ich reeeiv&l the most wtive resFonses W￿..
I Ilk•d th• coach•s
I'm proud of what lkn achle¥ed
I hav• improv•d my sports ski
I hav? mad? now frf•nds
I f•d frtter
1 gnJoy¢d tsklnq part
I felt support•d to g•l th• bost oul ol taklng part
I would Ilk• to ￿m• back to tako part agaln at MSG
I felt iafe at MSG
Wè ¢Wtinu￿1 tg Make 8PaCg for local schct45 to run s[￿ts aC*v1¢￿ svch 8s PE lessons. extra-cwricukgr
PE, sports days and en¢￿-terM actmbes. This us buibj strorNJ relal¥)nthip$ with I￿r Ic￿1 schooL8.
snablng us to wrth h￿er to reach knilie5 lo ￿COU￿e more ywThJ pec4)le to parbupat8 In
actsvrties that MW benth Ih8r h8allh and welb8ry.
Weekend foolball was deliv8red by IL￿& w￿he5 Regan's SC￿cer SCtr￿ ar￿ AclNe
Communilios Neith. 8es8kx&s ts 4-11 year-okjs with a ￿eak over the summer
idays. Weekly sessio¥￿ for 11-14 year4d5 rzn every Salurday Sunday year-round. On avernge
th8r8 W8re 18 w¢1￿.panIS sessiorL
Page 8

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (COMPANY IIUMBER: 01040674- CHARITY NUMBER: 1085454)
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES, REPORT
Sessi￿5 Ic* 1￿25 y￿￿d$ rnn wee￿Y on Sabjrday evenings. The sesS￿r￿ were devebped out of a
surge in youry acwsing the site Unsu￿￿1$￿1 durir*J th8 COV1[￿19 pandern￿. Or￿8 r85trictvJns
were eased, supplied Coac￿ to ereat8 a rr￿￿e quafity tryrien￿. Tr* sessKJns a￿ coached by
forrner p8rticip8ntwhowenl on lo (￿n[lete his FA kvel l o)&hing qualfftabcm. The aver8g8 number of
participants per Session was 12.
Emp￿rIng •nd Engaging L<Kal ComunHiB•
Gr••n Hub
the course of its third ￿r. the Gw SUPForled ￿ respknt4ed wen prciects in wr rThnmunity
across th8 Borou￿. BankskI8 a￿1 areas. W<Xk￿9 with estateS-baswJ L¥Jmmunty
garder￿ and food4JrowThJ prqecis. smdl parks, nabJre ￿e￿. orthards street p￿nting.
Thrwgh th8 Green Hub we have offer•Y a var*d rryrarn￿ of 5ur4KKt and guidance. induding
Jlturd a(fvice ar¥J trainiThJ, help wth ￿anni[￿d arkl d8sign, holp tmlh fiJnditvJ applicatiorts and
eng8gemgnt, workshops, ar4uisiiirn oftods, matsri*s. pknts et¢. and from Bosfs eorrx*atè
vdunteer fofce. T￿S has resu￿ in..
38 group gard•ning and Tworkshops att•nded by 117 resldents
1.019 new plants and 1279 bulbs ￿anted Èn our comrnunity's gr8•n sp#e•$
$2 new tooh provided for our Green Hub Pro￿
6 ntw wlldllf• habltats ¢rththd
Collabofations WTth.. Global Generati¢>n. Bug Lif•, G•rd•n. Mud Gang. V•oli•.
Souihwark C(w￿l1. Stsrfing Landsw¢$ •nd St Mory'$ Ecochurch
2 Gr•en Hub Pmiects bein9 •w•rded London in Bloom Aw•rds for the '11￿ Your
N8lghbourho¢)d' category
Feedback from Y3:
-1 know 8 A* (rfmum5 th8 8Stat8 • apryxi8t8 wh8n Ihw chNldr8n ccffl8 do￿￿ to the gènyen, V￿Y
bum up erw and the mums ￿t soms wac•. P8• 1 fanlasi¢ for de.str&ssiw and for
"l think thgt to learn ￿ drfert and to sham exp￿n£t$
'It was effjgm6ty helpful lor mè. Sorn wgrn In my coM￿lc8t8d hye
R8sporws to tr¥$ yearfs Green H￿) suryey r￿knj Ihat 1(￿ of pwticapants had enjoyed lh8
itwc4vemant wrth tho prcrfJram. 91.7% falt Ihèy W lèaml naw things galned new skllls.
1W% of those vtho fileil in L￿1 survtys féli Ihey had galned a new by attendiThJ and 92%
felt dcksef to their o)mmuThty as a Tesull of attend￿￿.
Fuiur• Gard•n•rs
Fulure GardBn8r5 ￿ ￿rfr8e Cty arbj Guld¥ h(￿tic￿ll￿rB cours& at thos• who ar&
lemi UneMplo￿J. or who vant to make a carear Cha￿ arè Str￿911r￿￿ to acc8ss fvriher educati￿
trainin9.
From April 2024 to March 2f25. 57studonts partKapahY in our9th year ￿FUNIre Gard9r￿r5-this includ•s
three ￿gUlAr courses {FG20, FG21. FG2218s wdl as QEOP2 8￿j Than*sme8d1.
Page 9

8ANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST ICOAIPANY NUMBE￿. 04040674- CHARrrY NUMBER: 10854541
YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2025
TRUSTEES, REPORT
49 S￿dents eompleted gr¥ir¥J a 86% gradUa￿n r* acro￿ the programmes. or those that
gr3duated 61% are now in emF4oyment ￿ fijrther traOnir¥J. Jot6 have Induded Royal Parks
Apprenti￿shIp$. Chekea Phys￿ Garden Trainee. Klverde. Frr*Jnal Gard￿$, PLgnel Twf. The Outside
Group, Clarion Housing. Glendale, SprtJThehts City F8rn. Sd¥xl Fc*)d Matters. Wlder and Rozèrfo
Gardens.
FLJttJre Gardeners $ d8slJnod to ￿ an *K4uslve prcYJr8mm&, 8nd ￿ rdy on rèfèrrnk from sèvwal
cwganisations I￿lUdIng Thrive. Wesl Ham ParK Green Skils Hub. Royal Parks, Working Well TrJst.
Hackney Parks. Work Path. variOush￿fawS &ross Lorth tx)rough5. St Mungo'5, Tharn85reath. Sustain
Our N•wharn Wcrf
Ofthe 57 students rerxuited to owfve ro￿dS of FU￿re GardeTr￿s in 2024125:
61% were femae
4T% were tr￿n an 8¢hnic mnoty backgrou￿1
60% had a disablty or health condilion
FuiuT• Gardeners tjueen Otzabeth Olymplc Park 2- May 2024
[￿ring Ihe surnrner of 2024. we ran 8 Se(￿nd Future Gwdeners tyogrwnrne based ￿ Queen Elizabeth
Otympc Park IQEOPI, wn w) patnsr5hip *Tth lh8 LorKJon Legacy Devek)pm8nt corporati￿ ILLDC). &Jikl
East Skills Centre, ￿￿erde and the Lcffi¢*)n of Ne*ham and Tower Ham￿.
This w￿[￿mm9 Co￿￿1158d ofa Levd 1 Cty Guilds At*wd ()Jalhation d81Nered by therde based at
tr￿1r training depcrt In aEOP. Thè stLKlents also completed a week kng ¢￿Struthn Sknms Certifiratlon
Scheme In partn8rshlp ￿th BUIKI East Sknls Centre. All sbAents completsd a h¥Trweek work pLicem￿tt in
QEOP wth nyverde and ￿$￿¢￿ Moble Gard￿ for a oJmpJ5tirwJ workslw, th8 Clympic Stadium and
ExtharwJe Squar8.
Therè w¢ffj eM￿)Yabl1fy Works￿*pS ar*Y fve ofthe studg7ts We￿ hiterykn￿ by ijverde at the end ofthe
course for three avaikble positK)n5 in QEOP. AJI three posthrm5 were filled with Fubjre Gard8Ther8
gr8(Juatès who 8r8 ¢urrenty in the pw
Oftha 7 students, 43% were male aThY 57% femae.43% rane from an eihK backgrwnd and 57%
had a disabilty or a long-term he8Nh
100% of stsjdents compkted the cowsè and 71% moved hto ellhEr emF4oyrnent or fvrther tralntrvj. th8
othgr5 either rrNTred back hr￿e abrrAd or needed &Ydilirffial SUPF#xito get dosar lo empk)yment.
Future Garden•rs Tham9$M￿l 1- F•bruary 2025
In February 2025 we ran 8 F¥lot Fuhjre Gardener5 pro￿arnMe in Th8rresrne8d fvnded by MaWim and in
partnership ￿th Peabc*Jy. The ctyJrse consisted ofa Level l &ty Guilds Award Qualif￿atIon thatwas
taught by a freelance tutor ￿Site in Tha[￿&￿￿ad. Nl studenls oynFleknY a twtrweekwork ￿8caMent￿jth
erfher M8ylirn or Peabc*ty and wsited sttes across aThJ Tl* Exchange ￿en in Erfth.
AJI stLhJe4ts wers inteNewed by PeatrKMty fora tx>s*ion tn theirenwr(ffimentalservKe5team t*rttherewere
Iivg vacan￿$ and no students opted to *Y)rk IDr MaylTh.
Out of Ihe 11 stI￿ents, 10 graduated is a 91% gr*JualvJn rate and outrrflhe 10that graduated,
are now Thls is than usual as there We￿ jobs Peabth at ts ttme of ￿aduat￿)n and
ncme ofthe studenls feh suitable IL¥ theiobs av￿la￿le with May&
Of the 11 sbjdents 45% %4Ere fem* and 55% male. 36% frcrfn an miwity b8Ckgr￿Jnd and
73% had a disabilty or a htyemi heakh o)ndition.
P•g•10

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (COMPANY NUMBER: 01040674- CHARITY NUMBER: 1085454)
Y&4R ENDEO 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES. REPORT
Ll¥lng Spa
LNing Space is Banksid8 Op8n Spacss Twst's community c8ntr8 in Watewko. Lon￿). It offers hals and
olfice space for hire an(J serves as a hub for c(*rrnunty a{*"￿. v*ith a primary forw on e3sertti818ft9r-
5chcol s8NC8s holiday activib8s fL¥ chibjren y￿r￿) p80P￿. These indude free football sessions
flve days a week catedng to a bro&1 age rarvJe, after sckd fam￿Y se55KJns Iwice a week wtih fr88 m8als
for th8 whd8 farnity, arml a youlh Iwjb runniry
In 2024125 L￿7r*j sp￿8 we￿fr￿n strength to stre￿, d8spite several ehalknges, wth a totsl of944 hires
with 16.221 att&ThJegs lexdud1￿j children seryices}. Ac*vths Ir￿￿d￿j workshops. training, danc8, kwata.
bands. crafts. sew-devebpmerrt. Iheatre. di5ablty WP5, ktal residents. $eSs￿n$. parties and church
groups. In addfoon. kn"virvJ Spa(* hosts ))ffee mc¥nings fcx adthts run by the N8t¥Jnal Autism
SoC￿ty. an adV￿e service kn indM"duaL£ wrth SEND requirèmenb provided by SOSISEN and hosts
IndfvKluas wth ¢crylex n￿$ fwr days a we
{￿r pathership with the Mintsty of Justice's ResloraliveJustu conbnued. bmging in Cunmunity
Payback teams wtKJ urKlertc4)k essential 'Lmpad wort in centre once a week. pmvpJing a valuable
Contributi￿ lo the UF*eep aThJ rwntenanc* crf the ￿m￿Jir￿.
Sadty. we had io tsk& tho drffiojli decisw to dose the pknywThY I￿1 we are Workw￿ with Lorbdon P￿Y
Design in partnership with L8mbeth to m8ke essenlial rep8iFS to the plBygr¢JJtNJ equlpment wlth
their qualnled stsff. Work Is carried oui by volunteer c(QKKate groups and superwsed by th8r sp8Ci81ist
staff. Thanks to their work, wa have bten to suc￿ss￿l￿ rtrO￿n one haff of the playLvouTrd and we
e to be able to (pet) anothw structure t*fore the end ol the summ9r. The playgr￿nd ck6ure has had
an in8vitsb18 irnpact on our Sabjrday party b￿kIn￿$ with a redu(*c¥) in enquiries and some cancellations,
but the centre land the children) swifty &JaFled to the $i￿a0"0n by pKoviding parents with ideas for party
98mgs arKI othw actywts￿.
Uvlng Space Chlkknn and Youth Activitses
LNing Space delNered acbvity sess*)ns in the s¢hocA homays in ￿r￿ship wth Oasis Hub W8te¥bo and
South London bfjngs footbal. We had 277 registered anend88S t•tho p*ldpated in 10 weeks of hdiday
provision.
DuriThJ term time oas￿ provi(bJ famity SessMY￿ a week ￿ uafts. spcts and g8m8s and ral￿d
fwlball, hgt rreaL% provided for Ihg famity. PrOV￿alr￿J &s58ntsa space arnj support for families,
these sessk)ns help e￿(￿J￿ge actNty aThJ wellbeing. pr￿n(le s(Mial skilLs amongst younger children and
Provide par8llts wffh access to Styjnposting for further supw)rL Th8r8 are currth)ty 165 registered usets.
They pmwde key SL￿￿t to pron￿>te CommuThCat￿ skils in y(xmger chldren, aThJ support for Ferents.
08s6s Youlh Hub prO￿d￿j a ts￿"¢e weety Sess￿ provhlirq tsbbe tennis. games and fOolb￿l.
CODking an oppcrtjnty frjr 188n8 to re￿ s￿lake and drscovw naw Hot m&ab and snacks
are P￿￿ded al pa￿¥pants.
Aft8rscFKKI ILthI se5￿ns￿￿￿rvj p￿L￿￿ run by S￿jIh Lorwjon lQr¥Js (￿￿￿n￿8$ bj t* on8 crfour m061
ser¥K*s.
In 2024r25, we Insp￿8￿ ¢xJr cornmufmiw to ￿l¥tI)It and wtdoofs a vibrant programme
of free, seasonal events. These induded IlaJship svmmw festsval. a wel￿￿V￿ festNe ga1hering. and
We launched the yearwth our nN)st dNwse Bankgde Open Spaces FgStN81 yet. D8SPrte the unpr8di¢tabl&
weather. the event opened *ilh a s￿￿so8ked Lab"na Fiesta. briNJirKJ Ihe cc4tyJr and energy of Scth and
CenlTal America to Bankgde. EKJht bands on the matn stage, cnvemg blues. jazz, lunk, S(￿￿,
rock. 8wKI country. R￿j Cross Garden tsffe￿d a calmer atsrnsphere with lolK Americana, and n8tur
inspired ￿, while Martb￿h SF(ts Garden ￿ afve dance. aNI 50ng.
Prye 11

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (COMPANY NUMBER: 04040674- CHARtrf NUMBER: 10854541
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES. REPORT
- Festiv4 goer 2024
Communty hOghlLthts Sncluded the debuLof Heart'n. Swl QK)w-Ixl8br8lwig Ihe 18bents of Fwft)mets wfth
learning disabilities and autist￿ peotde- ty1aM￿ Irish and Ghanakan dance workshoF6, a standc
BSL interpretation from R(tk C￿1r. making acLE￿￿1rtY Lxntral to thè wforma)c8.
his was a bn"lliart and day fxrt. A wrtfe s8d*)n CL¥mnunty wès rwesènted in Muth￿e
w8ys"_ Fes1Nal goer 2024
For Ihe first I￿￿. 80SFesl ueated iJ&Jrated space for n￿d￿￿geftt wsitws With acxessibk craft
sessKJns and a qui8t zono. an sl8p pkn to bukl on w) futurn OV￿￿.
s Is a rgally oventl"_ F&sllval w 2024
CoincKI￿9 b¥rth Lon¢*)n Open Gardens. our gardeniThJ team aThJ vdunteers weknrn￿ new wsitors to the
Tate Modern Community Garden. contrilmjting io an 8stimat&J 15,(￿ attèndèes aerc6s tha lestiv81.
enjoY￿g live mu5r. danryng. natyre. faM￿Y a¢tNitw, fwd. and fun.
In 8Uturnn, Tatg ￿(￿9rn Cr￿MUnty Garden alg) a S￿la1 frJT c&Yer resI￿nts fealuring tradthnal
& mash and a wngaloNJ wth Thè Bi*friar5 Settl8Thnt's Nwjhbngalas cl¥ir.
We ueated this ev8ntlo provide a wdcomiry. ￿$S*lle s￿dUnr￿j a time when cost and evenir
can feel isolth"w. Around 120 attend885. Ind￿￿1￿9 lh8 Mayxof Southvrdrk. Cwnalor Narna ￿1. enioy8d
wroalh ¢hiklren's cnts, muled W￿e, and a fvejazz barKI.
We round&l off the year wth the Bu Easter HunL drawirwJ arc*Jnd 3(￿ c*ildr8n to Red Cross Garden tr a
furFfilled traq folk)wed by Pr￿e5 aTrJ th at MadE￿oL* sp￿ts Garden. As thays. Ihe BOST Easter
Bunny mad8 8 ￿)Yft11 appearan¢e.
Throu9hout th8 yew. ￿ *0 pthr&J *ryth kKa wps to hclst communty4•I events &rc6s ￿rSpaceS.
We rEinvyorated engJJern8nl with crossk￿&S Graveyard, forming an Event Adw50ry Group to feview
gvent proposals. The ￿￿p birgs together exFwke in evenl pknniroJ, Crossbcnes. cuttural hi8tcry. and
relevant themes s4Jch as sex woth. daath. and LGBTQl+ Issuès. Guid•J by Ihi5 group. CrosstrKJn•s h%l8d
t)(x)k launths and a sittrspeoffic thealre performance in 2024r25.
AJtr*Jether, cwr gvents rethd an estmated XJ.LXKS PWFIO, t¥ir*Jro ccffim￿1tse$ together. sUP￿rtIng
heBllh and ￿￿1r￿J. ￿lj sho￿￿8$ir￿ the poww ofopen $￿CeS to enrith INes.
Tran•fornilng Oyn Spaces
BOST seeks to both pyotect and imwove Ihe IL*a green Space netwL¥k ￿ BaAk%"dtr and surrount1ing areas
in orderto mth'g8te the $hcwtag8 of. and lackof accoss to. parks aTrJ gar(lens experie￿￿ by rnsmyents arnl
sit￿.
IAarlborough Sp(Yts Gard•n Pha8• 3 Capltal Works
We are making strong progress on our F4ans to translorn M•t(Kou￿ Sports Garthn IMSGI into a fijl
Inclusfve, ￿S&bL8, and resilK8nt cA)mrnunty spcrts wdlbeThJ hub. Hanning permissK)n has b88n
secured, Stage 4 des*Jrts are bery f￿￿ts&j. ￿ fundrnk%iwJ is tlrfdl unthrway, wilh o)nslnJcticffl due to
bwJin in earfy 2026.
The redevthJF¢d ¥ite will 3b3nrfKanty expand ￿ wge and reath rA our F￿ramMeS. erobling around
75,OCQ ￿SIts annualty frc¥m peoplè ofal backgrLwrth. ￿Sti[￿J lacilti8s such as tha Mu￿._￿Se games pfteh.
sand court. W811 b8N. and tsblg tennis wll reman in pbce. with 8%SJition81 features includir*J a new 4Ckn
running and a covarwj lltr*ss to L*tt8r progrnNmh)g and m¢x• usa of spaca.
Page 12

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST {COMPANY NUMBER: I)4040674- CHARITY NUMBER: 1085454)
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES. REPORT
At lh8 heart of the redevebprrnnt B a r*w h￿) wih spwAs and an affordab￿ café.
Over £500,0(K) ￿11 a150 be invested in greening the sile to tackk pcw air quaty, Overheat￿9, and a lack
of a¢￿ssible green s￿. Infomigj by cOns￿￿c￿ wrfh local users. the desvjn i￿1￿deS shaded seating
and inwroved comfort througFK)Ut.
A key comp(¥)ent ofthe woj&t ts ts sustainaLle motsl. The new facAths wll albx for incfeased
revenue generation t￿Ugh sparR hire. evenls. ￿ wr8ramrn1rwr￿Urin9 th8 site can supwxi both
communty access and ltsntrtwm Operat￿al ￿8t￿lty. The èjdtknnal inc4Jne wil dSrecty fvnd free and
5ubsidi88d activibgs. to widen Fwik?paiM whikn mawrtanir¥J 4ffordabilty.
Onc8 comp181e. K4SG offer vrlal permanent infra5truclure, SLK* as acces￿b￿a toi18ts arKI indoor spacè,
that the &te ojrrenty lacks. Thk% wlh make It e8s*r lo host ch)sed sessions for vulr*ratle groups and
provth a mcfe WelrxJm￿9 en￿rOnMent for casual use.
Currenuy. rKrfjr8mmin9 1$ C￿￿trained by wealher a￿1 898sonalty. Posgdevebprnent, MSG wll
O￿Tate year-rc4Jnd, sUP￿￿ng Ic￿￿teM) engagement and behaviwrthange. ￿rholI$￿c n￿)de1 ¢ombir@s
physical activity *ith opportunibes to kam about nuthiion 8nd wgUtawh8lpiThJ to builj a he8thier, more
re8iltent ￿mmUnIty in on8 of LoThJon's most ￿￿19￿Y populatsd and untsr areas.
Charnplon Su•talnabllty
Bank8Kle Open SpacA8 Trust wDrks to rAJr vnrffjct on ts 8nwirrffiment by 9ard8nry ￿tl¥jut
chem￿￿$. choosing dr(wht reskstant F4ants and using ￿at4ree coffpost. We now have three zer
gre8fpwaste sites.. Red Cr055 Garden. Tate Cc￿mUnty Garden and Waterkn Mllennium Green.
In 8ddrtion to thu8 IASG 15 ba¥&J on cir￿￿¥ Ecm)my prvicAt483 ihe t￿Ik1¥Y h8ve zero net
gain.
P89e13

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (COMPApfi NUMBER: 04040674- cHAR￿y NUMBEIL. 10854541
YEAR ENDED 31 IJIARCH 2025
TRUSTEES, REPORT
Pl•ns lorth• Fulur•
L￿￿r￿j forward to 2025126 arKI twd. we wll c¢)ntYM* to c*JnsdkY8te 8nd Stre￿en our actmlies.
Planned iNtiatNes inthdt".
Continuing to sacure ful fundir¥J tr) realisa Caiyta EW"￿t at Marfboro￿h SFx)rts Garden.
I￿rea$￿g our netyths wrth the business o)rnmunity to gerwdte &Jditi￿al unrestricted ino)me
through expandirrtj ￿r rmthio of 0pwx￿rtI8$.
Enabling the Icra communty to access pubk 3p8ce at Tr (*otto and devek)plNJ 1he park as
part of tho SnTh¥sfie￿S d8V81LpmenL
Publlc Benefft $tat8m•nt
The Trustees h8V8 referred to the guthr￿e contsined in th8 Charity commi￿on'$ 98neral ￿ldance on
wblt b•nefit when wwing Ihe ChariLYs 84ns and L*Jjectives and in tA8nniryJ BOSTS lutUTe activibe$. In
parbwlar. the Trustaas consK18r h(rw pknned actMt*5 wll eonlributo to Bosfs charilat48 purFA)S8.
Flnanelal R•vlv
Th? group'5 results year are set OLrt Ihe Ststement of Financial Adivitses on 20.
The group gen8rabJ a deficat of £147.716 12024.. suwus £218.4781 tr the yeBr. The deficit in 2025 Is
linkeLI to the SUr￿U$ in 2024 whth was due io the brge value of grdnts eamed income receNed and
re¢ognised in the year of expendit￿.
Contractual income is r#x sdety reowised in the Trust acc(wJnts with the Strategic plan ofwnding down
the Irading subshsiary haviNJ ¢xoJff•J, wilh this bwng (bjrmant unb"l a fU￿re rgquir8m8nt i5 MJBntffied.
The unrestricted lunds {exdLvJing deslgnated} hekl by th8 group are £79.341 12024.. £285,290). The
d8svJn8ted lunds total £1(X).000 12024: £100.IKJO) the restrthd lunds totsl £746,482 12024..
£688,249), which ir￿￿•S "eapxta asser fiFnd babncB of £237.61012024.' £50,422) in reLth.￿ to the
Eujhouse building. SO R￿(¥￿ Way. London SE11 HA.ftomt•*fiwethe Charity D￿rateS and prolessional
lees relaied b) th9 slart of tha cakNtal pfc4￿1 al Marbwh SpL¥b Gard￿.
Poy pollcy for K•y Management P•rw?nel
Trustees o)nsider that￿ senw manag8rr*nt team, conwed ofts key m8n8gement pef30nnel of
th* Charity. are in tharge of directvwJ and contrthling. runn￿￿ and (y8rating U)e Charity on a day-to-day
bas￿. Al Trustaes gNe their time fredy aThJ no Trusta• remunwatim in the year. Detail5 of
Trustee expenses, key rnan*Je￿£nt Fer51￿ne1 aThJ ￿￿ted paty tr8ns8cbons are discb)sed in note 14 of
pay of th8 senvjr staff is rewew&J ann￿ty and rKKmalty increased in accordance with averagg
8amings. In view of the nature of ￿ Charity, the trustees tsent*ma￿ against pay levels in other tharities
of a similar srLe and opetsfjng Sn the same sects. The rernun8raiion is t*n¢hmarked usfing market dats
whhch is r8adbly available. The sam¢ pay in pLace acrctss al staff.
14

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (COMPANY NUMBER: 04040674- CHARrrY NUMBER.. 10854541
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES. REPORT
STATEME1￿ OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILttES
The Trusteès Iwhts afy ￿$0 thè dire¢tors of BanksKl• OF*n Spaces Trust fcff the purwses ofcaynpany Lqwl
are responsible preparing the financid statements in 8ccordan¢g vlith 8pplicabb IBW and Unrted
Kingdom Account'ng Standards (United Kin9dL¥n G8n8raly Acc8Ptod AcoxnUNJ Practthl, irKI￿lIng
FInanrA￿ RewtirvJ Stsndard 102 apF4KaNe in the UK Repu￿￿ of Ir81and.
Company law requtres the Trustees to prepa￿ fmancial *atements ftK eath year which give
tru• and falr vbFw of the stat8 ol affair5 of th8 thartIab￿ comwy and of the incoming reswrces and
appkab'on of reS￿r¢eS. iidudiThJ the incxlne and eXpe￿[￿re. of the (*anla)￿ C[￿ fDr th8t period.
) preparing those finarKyal statements, thè TrLLStÈes are requir&1 to..
. Sdect act￿n￿ng and appty lh￿ conslstenty.
Observe th& meth¢JJs aThJ princiFles Chty SORP..
Make judgemellts and estimates that are re850nabk and ￿￿￿ent."
State w￿ther the appl¢a￿e UK P£ccyJnting Stsndards IFRS 102? have begn folrywwj. $ublect to
any material departures dthed and explained in statements:
Prepare the financial stsiements on the gc4ng concern basis Un￿$3 it B Inap[￿￿￿te to kv8sum&
that tha eharrlablè eompany VA C4*1inu• in tyjsinass.
The Trustees are re5w)￿tle ts keetmng propw acoxntiw rBcords whth disdose wlih reasonab
c#Jracy at any time the finanoal F#)$￿ of the ctiaritab￿ ccfflpany to enal￿e thern to ensur8 that the
financial stat8ments cornpty wrkn lh8 CLvnpani85 Ad 20L￿. Tlw are also resFthsible for safeguarding the
assets of the tharitabk o)mpany aTrJ her￿£ ts tskn9 reasonat49 61eps for lh9 W8V8ntion arwj dakcticrt
of fraud and other irregLFLgwthes.
Iwfar as thè TTUStees arF ¥•vare'.
Therg is no rebvant audit infcffrnati￿ clwthith ts d￿rIta￿ company's aLvJrtors We una•Mrn. and
The Trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to rnake themselv95 aW8ro of any
r48vant audit information and to establish that lh8 audrtor5 are awaw of that infomiation.
The auditor, MHA prewousty tr￿ad through legal ￿lIty Maontyre H￿tstsn LLP. In response to wulalory
changes, Macintyre Hu¢Json c8aswJ to an audit registration wrth th8 engagern9nt transthoning to MHA
Audit LLP.
Auditor4
The audltors. w8rè a￿￿￿t￿l 2024r25 firAndat year f(knlrs a lender pror*ss ￿11 b8
propo8￿1 for a rfrapw¥ntm8nt at the forttrKornirg knnual Ger￿￿1 M88b"ry.
Approved by order ofthe Board of Twstees .......... ... .. .......... .......... and shJn*J on rts baha¥ ty..
T Wrth- Chainnan
Page 15

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUIIBER: 04040674)
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, REPORT
Opinlon
W8 have audited finanryal statements of 8anks#Ye Open Spaces Trus¢ (the 'parent Charits￿e
compan￿} and its subsh1iary lthe'group')forthe year ended 31 2(Y25 which cornpri5e Gr(NJp
Statement of Financial Acti￿t*S, the GroLV and Parerrt B*rKe Sheet, the Group and Parent Cash
Fkw Statemevrt a￿1 ￿te5 10 the fin8rKd slatements, indLKSiThJ 8 3LtrNnary of S￿Jnffi￿n1 8CC￿nting
prAiae3. The finanryal reporbng frarneK*k thai h85 been applied in thwr p￿paratIon is aP￿1¢able law
and United Kingdom Attouth"ng StaThJards (Unrted Kingdom Gtsn8ra￿ ALrepted Ac￿UntIng Practice),
i￿￿jd￿ng Flnandal Reportkng SlaY*lard 102 Tr Flntirtial Rwrbng Stsrthrd aFvIK8b* kn Ihe UKand
R8PUtlic of Irdand,.
In our ￿inion finanryal ststements:
gfve a true and fair vivw of the slate of th8 grwp arwj parert charilable (unp8nls aftairs as at
31 Klarth 2025 and rrfthe gr¢wp's irK*Jming resoww and resou￿e$, indudiThJ its
in(￿me arnl ex￿ndi￿re, lor the year then ended,.
have tjaèn prLP8rlyw8pared in ￿nc£w￿h United lfjngdom GeneratyAcC*pt￿ Ar￿Un￿n9
Practi¢g, Financ￿1 RwtirrfJ Standard 102 Th6 Financsa Reportiw Standard
apF4icable kn th8 UK and Republ￿ of Irelantr. aThJ
have b88n pr8pared in accordance th the wviramnts of the Charibes Act 2011.
B￿18 for oplnlon
We conducted our audrt in aeLY)ft18nca wth 1ntémat*jn￿ Stand8rds on Alldf(ing IUKI IISA8 (UK)) and
applicable law. l)Jr re5rA)n￿bi￿tie5 under th(tse stsThlards 8re knrther descrÉbed in the Audit(n'
resrA)nsibilities forfv audrt of the financial statem￿ts secbon oftyjr rnporL We are ￿d&pendent ofthe
group and parent cha￿ab￿ company In lh8 eth￿ requirements thal ara re￿v8n1 to
our audit of thè finartial staL8ments in Ihe UK I￿￿d￿j the FRCS Ethic￿ Stsnd¥d. and we have
fijlfilled our Oth￿ ethK*l resportybakn'es in 8ccxKdance with these ￿qUirements. We believe that the
audit evidence we have Obtain￿ is Suff￿￿nt aprryriatè to a basis for o￿nIon.
Condusl¢*ns r•latlng to golry concern
In aud￿ng the finanC￿[StateMents, we have cly￿Uded lhal￿trUSteeS, ￿ Lrflh8 concem basls
of accojnting in Iha W•parati￿ of thè financid statements ￿ appropriate.
Bas￿ on the work we have we havo noi *Jenlffied w materkl uncertalntth relatiThJ io
events or condlUC￿$ Ihat. ￿nd￿NIUa￿ or cdlactivdy. may Ixst siwifirant doLJbt on th8 group or parerrt
charitat4& companys a￿lIty lo continue as a ￿1r0 a peri¢)J ofat lea51 n￿nthS frorn
when the financi￿ slatemenls are authortse(I for Issue.
Our ￿P)nSibIl[beS and the reSP￿Ibl11bss ofthe Irustee5 wilh resFAd to w)irvJ ¢oncem are described
in the rdevant seclrons of this repcrt
Oth•r Infomiatlon
induded ￿ the Anr4Jal Reporl, other Ihan the financial stateM￿ts and our Report of the Independent
Audrtors thereon. The tr[￿teeS are resp¥)r￿l￿e for Ihe rAher information r£¥rrtained wrthin the annu
rewt. ffina￿l￿ slatements (hxs not o)ver the olher inhyrnabon aThJ, ex￿pt to the
Pa98 16

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRusf OIEGISTERED NUMBER: 0411406741
YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2025
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, REPORT
extent othervme ststwj in our reForL we th) Th)t expyess ary fm crf assurane8 condusi
thereon.
In conn8Cti¢)n ouraudilofthefinancial stat8m8nts. wr resFKmSitaty is to read the other infc¥mation
and, in doing CCM)skler *th8ther the Other informaticffi Is matefSaly kn¢(￿SIStent the financk41
statements. or our kn￿￿edge oblain9d in th& audn ￿ cth8Ms8 8pp8ars to b8 m*grialty rnissfated.
we identify such material in¢(mthtenths or appar8rrt rrbatwi4 misslatgments. we are required to
determin8 whether this gives rise to 8 materi4 rn￿Statement in the finarKial statom8nts thomsdves. If.
based on the woth we hav& perfrAmed, we ￿dl#Je that there ￿ a materlal Méssta￿rn*Ni tsf this oth8r
inf¢xmalion. ￿ arè require(I to rgpcfft that facL
We h8ve nothing to in thk% r8gard.
Matt•rs on whleh 3r• r•qulr•d to rAport by •xc•ptkn
We have nothing to report In respect of the fdkn*ing mattws vknere the Charities IAcctsJnts and
Reports) Reguktior* 2C*J8 raqures us to rekxyl to Y￿ rf, in IKTropinw)n:
inforrrwkn w in ￿ ROF￿ oflha Tmstè•s 1$ irK>)nsistOrt in wy mthal r06F*rtwiih I
the parent tharit￿ ￿mp￿ry has ncrt kqit atsjuate ￿0￿￿￿ting r8p)rts: or
thè fina￿181 slat￿ents are not i) *J•èm8nt ￿¢r￿b[￿j r￿)r￿S and relwns: or
we have nc4 r￿1¥•d •1 thts InfOr￿￿kn aTrJ eyglanaliorts we requwe lor au(tiL
R•sp(*islbllltlos of trust¢
exrAained more futy in th8 Slatement of TnL8tees' Re$r￿￿￿￿ties. the trust••s (who are ako the
directors d the charitable cornpany for the purwses cl ctvnpany law} ar¢ r¢srM)nsible for the
preparation of the financial statern￿ and ￿ b8iThJ SatiS￿8d Ihat th8y gr¥e a twe fair view. and
lor such intemal contrcl as Ihe trustees determine is necessary to enatle Ihe prepafaticffi of ffinanckgl
statemenb that are freè from mats11￿ rnisStateM￿ thje to tra￿ Lytffor.
In preparing the financaal statements, the Int5tees are reswwNe for assessing the group and pa￿nt
tharitable cornpantys a￿"lIty to ¢Jxrtinue as a ￿Ing r%Jn￿rn, disdosirKJ. as aw4icat4e. matters rdated
to golrrfJ cLY)cem and LL8iThJ the goiro C￿r￿eM basL% of a¢r￿unI]ng ￿leSS the trL￿teeS ther intend lo
IKiuidate the group crf parent tharitat4e company or io oporations, rA have no realistic altemative
but to do so.
Our r•sponslblltlos fgr thg audlt of th• flnandal stat•m
We have been appinted as auditors urbjer Seclion 144 of the Chwii*s 2011 and in
acC￿rdat￿* wlth lh8 Ad and regllatic￿s m&*e or 8ffect thereunder.
r 0tr48clfves are to obtain reason*Ae assuran￿ atrKxrt whether ihe flnandal statements as a vthole
are free from matarial M￿StateMe￿ ¥thether due to fraud or error. aThJ to &%U8 4 Re￿t of the
1nde￿n￿8n1Audth thal our oplnkn. R8asonabl8 assurance a hvJh levelda&8urance bul
is not a guaraniee that an audrt c0Th1uCt￿ in acrx>rd8l￿ with ISAS IUKI will aways detect a materrdl
isstatement when it 8xk%ts. m￿stateMents cw artse from fraLwJ or error and ¥e tonsK18red Matsr￿1
rf. individualty or in Ihe ryjregate. tw couhj reascfiabty be expe¢bJ to irffluence ecorrf)m
Px98 17

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST IREGISTEREO NUMBER.. 0411406741
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
INDEPENDENT AUDrroRS' REPORT
Irregulan￿5, includiNJ Iwaud. ar¥ I[￿r￿ of 1Km￿0)m[4￿ wilh knw3 8rkY regulatH)ns. We design
proceiJur8s in line with cwr res￿￿ts1rt￿. oullinett above. to sjetect rnaterHI misstatements in respect
irr8gui8ribes. includW￿ fraud. The extent to ¥*thic* ￿Jr ￿￿edureS are capable ot detethng
irregulariti.es. iicluding fraud 15 d8lB18d bth.
Enquiry of mantyewtht aThJ th06e charpy with govern￿ around ￿1, FthntHI or
SUSFrfted IWgats"on. dalms, non-comF40anco wlth applicab￿ and regulations and fraLkJ.
ReV￿W of legal and profes5K)nal fees for ?vKlenrx of legal work undertaken orfineslp8nattie
In￿rred.
Re￿WIr0 of fmanrid stalenwts rfisdosu￿ and lestiro to SUFwling dtxumentatin lo
assess comF4kance wilh aFplthL4& law5 and rBgulal¥Jrts.
P•rformirvJ aLTrdtt work over the risk ofmana3ernentoverrid8. kndudlng t8stir¥J ofioumal gntrbs
other &Jjustm8nts apwopriaten8SS.
assessment oftho m&thcxJdogias usad In O￿art0 cthul8t• the •sUmatsd f8trv81uèofk)ng-
tsrm debtors at Ihe yw-and fLY ￿KI￿r￿* of bi*.
The accounting was cwed to the finaryy81 reFKJrbrrfJ stsndards where necessary and
nfirmed to ￿ appropriate.
RevI￿r¥￿ ac¢ountirrfJ e5timat85 for Lmas.
Eiscussths amongst th8 8ThJa38rr￿l t83rn n fElati￿ to how aTrJ whgrg fraud ¢C￿r in
Ihe financial statsmert8 and any potential ind￿010r$ offraud.
r￿SCuSs￿t$ vthh ma)¥Jement ovw any pot￿11￿ c* sUSpect￿j fraud.
Performing subststhe tssts of dtrtS￿ over the 9)MF4etenes￿e￿lStenCe ot irK¥yne Tr￿thin the
Performing audht w￿k design aThJ Impl￿￿t￿.(ffi of key arojnd the rBcL¥diNJ
of in(orne, and
eorrobor8tiThJ eviderv to tho1 wl¥th had been r￿T08{1 ￿ the finan(#a stalemenls to ensure
that income was ￿rn￿ete.
ConsId•ra￿on$ awound Ilkellhood of det￿lIon
However, th￿rot0 ￿ inhe￿Trt knitatK•)s ofan the￿ is an unavtwJatAe riskthatwe may havè
delerte¢J some Materi￿ misstatements ir? the finanoal stalements, even though we have property
F4anned and Fthrmed our audit in ￿￿dance with aUd￿tIr￿j standards. example, the ftjrther
rernov8d ￿￿-￿￿lianCe with laws and wulatiorts lirregularit*sl is from the events iransactions
refieded In thefinaKklstat6ments. Ih818ss like￿th8 i1*￿enIty limi￿ wO￿lureS requir8d by audltiry
stsndards wtyJkJ identify it. In additpn, as with audiL there rernwned a higher risk of noTrdeteclKJn
r irregularities, as tsse May invcth o)IhJsM. forgery. Intent￿￿al c*nlsskn)s, m￿repr￿SentatICns, or
the overrkye of intemal controls. We are not res￿nsIble for wev•nting n£￿￿F￿h1nea 8nd camot t
expected to det£d nl¥￿COrr￿lance with al law5 and r89uhtiiTh.
A furlher de3￿ptIOn rf our for the audit of the fvartial StAteM￿ is kncated on Ihe
Financ￿1 Rewting C¢JJncll's website at vMw.frc.￿.uk1audlt(NST8s￿KThiIMlrtl8s. This deKription fDrrns
part d wr Rewl ofthÈ lThJepend¢nt A￿Jit￿¥.
Us• gf our report
This ￿ptsrt is [r￿de SOW to the ¢haritslAe tnjsiees. as 8 toty, in accordance P8rt 4 of
the Charrbgs (Accounts and Reports) RegulalK4)s 2008. ()Jr audit woth has LEen undertaken so that
we rni￿t slate to the charitable companvs trLK%tees those m￿terS we 8re required to stste to them in
on a￿jitt¥S. rK) othw Tots ftJl*3t extent pemwtted by lthv, do Th)t aoxptor
P&3e18

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST IREGISIERED NUMBER: 040411674)
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, REPORT
essume res￿nS￿"1ty to anyone i>thÈr than Ihe ch8riWle c(xnrAny the tharilaL4e compAn￿9
trustees as a boxjy, for ￿r aLKJit for this rwL crforthe q)1[N￿￿ we have fcIm￿d.
MHA
S18tutory Auditr
Swansea. United lfjwjom
1711112025
MHA is tha tr8dirvJ namè trfmHAA￿jlIS8rvlces LLP. a liablty ￿rtnerS￿P in ETrg￿nd andWaloB
lr891stsr￿l nurnber OC4555421
Pry8 19

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST IREGISTERED NUMBER.. 040406741
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCL4LACTlVtrES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 202$
2025
Total
2024
Total
funds
LIn￿tr1thd R•strld•d
lunds
funds
INCOME AND
eNDOWMEPfft FROM:
Donations and
charrtab￿ actwitss
152.938
133.8C
10,002
486.512
162.940
620.321
138,339
845,758
Acfvlties for generatir¥J
fund5'.
Comrneroa trading
OP8rations
Rental Incom&
57,795
536,178
536.178
511,696
Investrmenl inccffie..
Ba￿[ interest
1A20
97
Total Incom• and
•ndowm•Nts
496.514 1.320.859
1.553.885
EXPENDITURE ON..
Fundraising advlOoS
Charitatjle *tivtbes
CornmercAI tradirvj
operation5
27.824
1.C*J1.894
576
27,824
438,281 1.440,175
576
11,522
1,260,370
63.315
Total •xpgndltur•
1.IJ30.294
438.281 1,468,5Y5
1.334207
NETINCOMEI
(EXPENDITURE)
1205.9491
58,233 1147,7161
218.478
NET AIOVEMENT IN FUNDS
(205.9491
58233 (147.716)
218.478
RECONCLIATION OF
FUNDS
Total lurKls brought forwrnrd
688.249 1.073.539
855.061
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
823
539
The notes on pages 23- 38 fvjrm part oflhese finaroal slatements.
The statement of financ￿1 acbvlbes indudes all gains and 105ses reownised in the year and all incomo
and exp9fKliture derive from continuing ￿t￿. The of financyat ath"vibes akn eLynFlies
th the requirements for an Iro)me and eXpendI￿re urbjer Compani88Ad 2006.
Page 20

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUIA8ER: 040406741
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE STrEEr
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
fknup
Grnup
2024
Charlty
2025
Charlty
2024
FIXED ASSErs
Tangibl8 asset5
Inv8strnents
15 300.532
16
117.143
117,143
117.143
117,144
CURRENT AsS￿s
Debtors
Cash at bank
17
385.4S2
341.356
470.Cp38
391.572
391.546
gJ1.781
B61.670
731902
86426B
Long t•mi d•blors
17 244.544 389.604 241544 389.604
CREDrroRS
Amounts faling duè 7Mthin onè
18 134Q061)
1294.871)
1346.061)
{292.7081
N￿AsSEr8
1 079 308
FUNDS
Unr8slrict8d fund
Designated fijnts
Restricted funds
79,341
100,Cto
285.2
100,C(
688.249
85.436
1¢X}.￿o
746.482
100.000
TOTAL FUNDS
925
1079 308
Th8 notes on pag8s 23- 38 fomi of1￿8 fimroal 8latemgnts.
The charitsble company is enti118d to exempb'on from audit under secti￿ 4TT of the COM￿nE$ Act
2006 for the year eThJgd 31 Marth 2025, although an audrt ha5 b88n carried out under Section 144 (rf
thg Charit*s Act 2011.
The membeTr h8v8 Th)t de￿ited n(￿Ce. pur¥LWrt to S*ctic￿ 476 crfthe ComFoniesAct 20C* rsquiring
an aLNJtt ol finanoal ststem8nts.
These finawal ststgrnents have be8n und8r the rg4uir8m8nts of 145 of Ihg Charflfi#s
Act2011.
These *8tgmerts preparod in wilh the prow¥in8 applubl6 to
charitable Compan￿ subj￿ to the sm81 Qyn￿nIes. wim8.
Thg financial $tat8ments w•r• apFYoved by th& Board of TThBlee5 ￿ ..
C￿ its b8half ty.
d were s￿ned
T WcL¥J- Chalnman
Page 21

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11411411674)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THEYEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Group
Group
2024
Charty
2025
Charty
2024
Cash flOT￿ Irom oper&ln9
139.754
167.839
93.655
Cash flows from knve•tlng
actIvI￿•S
Purc*ase oftaTrJible fi￿j assets
1191.Mi)
(63,￿)
{191.39J)
163.9601
knterest T￿e1¥￿￿
1.420
97
1,420
Cash prowidwl by I lu¥ed inl
investing activities
Chang• In cash and cash
¢qulvalents In th• r•portlng
period
1189.970)
(63.8&3} {189,970)
1&3,863}
I￿.216)
(7.7711
{22.1311
29.792
Cash and cash 8quivaknts at Iho bwniNJ
clthe reporting
391,572
363,487
333.695
Co•h and ¢￿h •quSvalents
at t￿ •nd of tht r•portlng porlod
Th• not•s on pag85 23- 38 fryrn fina￿131 stalerTWts.
P&Je 22

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 041>4116741
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
STATWORY INFORMATION
8anksde Open Sp#ces TnJ5t a charit8Ne £￿1panY. Imrted by gwaranlee, wiste￿d in Engl8nd
irt th8 TNst885' R8pxL
ACCOUNTING POLKIES
The financial statements of the c*arit8t4e c¢w, whith ts a putlic ￿ entrty under FRS 1Q2,
have been prEpared in I￿1h Charilie5 SORP IFRS 1021'ALrounting and Re￿rting by
chari￿88.. Ststernent of Recomm￿￿￿ Pr&*(e aptAKatle to d)ar1ti6S PTeparfng thtslr accounts In
aca)r￿￿Ce wilh 1he FinarKid ReporbThJ Standard appkatle in Ihe UK and Republic of Ir81and IFRS
1021 leffethe 1 Jan￿ry 20191,, FirwnrA* RekKYbng Stsndard 102 The FInanG￿ ReiKKing sts￿a
applicabla in Lhe UK and RewtAic of Irelan(r and the Crffipanies Ad 20(￿. The finanryal statements
chsritabk8 0)rnpanl8 [unCi￿nal and pr8S8n1alb￿￿ cJJrr8ncy is the pjund stsrfiw 1£) and
¢8s a￿ rourbknl to rEarE5t£1.
A &gnthcant L* the ith*ity's is by way ￿ grants. rTWlly of whiGh r851rictwJ for
specific purws or rKojects. The charity stiives to genwate unrestricw irwme in ryder to its
general running wsts. In the uTrnt year, the cha￿ty has rep)rted a defi￿t In unrestrkt8d fiJThJs. but
do8s havg unrestri¢lod ￿erveS of£179.341 at the bakn￿ s￿1 date.
The Tw$tees have a reasorotle exp￿tatic￿ that 5uffKaent income tr￿ther wfth grants wll continue
lo b8 ￿e1Ved to rm8t ¥ls 8xp8rtses and fijtrjre rarmtal (x)mMitrn￿ts and th8r&fore Ihe tharity has
adequate reS￿r￿S to continu8 in op8r8tunal u5t8nce for the foreseeat18 future. Accordingty. t
Trw8tses c¢)Thtinue kn) wjopt l￿ce￿ basis in finan04 51atemwts.
Ba•1$ of ¢oMolldaiion
The finan￿￿ statements g)n50*th the re5uM5 of the charity aThJ OwTr￿j SLthdiary,
BankshY8 OFen spa￿ TradirKJ ￿rnit8d ￿ a &ntrby-lone basts in a￿{￿anCe *ith FRS 102. secbi>n
9 arNJ Ihe SORP IFRS 1021. seckn 24. A seFqfdle Ststernent of Fin8nch￿ Activities Ir￿me and
Exp8nditur¥ Awunt lor paTenl clwrity Iw5 fKbt bew FYe5ent8¢J bKwse the grDup has
8th48ntaga of th8 afforded by sec*￿ cltha Companies Ad *JO6.
kncorne r•¢ognltion
AJI income induded on the stat￿nent d FinarK*al klknbes t*hen the th8rftatrle company Ls ￿9dlY
￿n￿￿ed to tho ittc(¥￿ and the arT￿t can b8 quantir￿d ￿1h r8a50naile acojracy. Where grdnts are
sui¥"8Ct lo perforrnanr* rdated cThX1￿"￿$. theywe rewniseL1 in the stat8ft￿ftt of Finanual Activth"es
ba￿1 Upc￿ when the F￿r￿ar￿ rdat&J o)Thlthns have mel, in line wilh th& Statement of
Re¢(xnft*nded Prxbce.. AC￿jr￿Irvj arvj Reporting by Chawiti85. DLy)ati0r￿ are rewgnised eitl
en re￿Ved unless itsrty has bÈw in wrtDrvJ of Lx)th the amount and date ofexpe¢ted
pay￿￿t. Inco￿ from tr￿1r￿j xlivrb85 r80)3nwd the delivery of and th8 provi8h)n of
$eMces. Interest ￿ lund5 dopD%t 15 In￿l￿ receivab￿ Ih? rnnl can be
m8asLr*J re￿8￿ by the r*arfty.
Donated seM¢e5 awNJ knTrbE5 a￿ wi5ed a5 wKorrE and exFtTrJI￿re when the benefit to the
charity can b8 re&8onatAy quantikd or m8a8ur8d 1$ maleri￿ lo the ¢harty. Tho valu0
ofvoluntWS' timè ha5 not ba8n in th& acoxnts.
Expendltur• recognltlon
Uabilities are r8CL4nis•J a5 exFeTh4itur8 a5 5c#Jn 85 th8re Is 8 b3at or constnth& oNlgabon
c￿nrnrt11ng the charty to that eYpendth1￿. ft is kythable Ihat $elleM￿ be required, and the
8￿nt of the cèligation cart te measured re&atty.
All eXp￿dit￿re xcojnted ky ￿ the xtyuals èasi*. Al expenses I￿4ud￿ sJrp)rt c4)sts ar•
albxgled lo the 8F$knb￿ exFeThJth he8diry.
Page 23

BANKSIDE OF>EN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUII8ER: 04040674)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATElJlENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2. ACCOUNTING POWES- Gontinu8d
ExpÈnthturE. whith 15 tharged on an xcru* basis. Is al￿￿ed behveen expendlture IncAJrred directly
in th8 effort to raise funds. expenditw¢ in(wod th'r• in thefu￿￿*nt ofthe charity's obj8thvas, and
exppnditurB I￿UrT￿l in lh8 ￿nag￿t￿l&1mln1Str*W%loftt￿dMnfyI￿m0r¥￿c0sts#ndotheI
oK￿ndI￿re).
Exp•ndltw• on rnl¥lng fuThd
Costs d genwatiffj lurnls a￿ Ihe L¥)sts iroJrrvd in atMiThJ ir￿orne and Ihjse incxThd in
other trading acbvitie5 Ihat ratse fiJKIs.
Expprnliture on tharitstAe athrybes Ihe cosL8 di• aswaatÈd with ￿MMUnty vdurrteering
and inv(fvem8nt projects. conmunty 9*der￿r￿J. SF#Nts aL*Mli8s tn gra8n sparx. hobJiThJ 8vents and
P•n55on costs
The thartty 0￿rates 8 de￿n￿ >*ema. Tf* p￿$b)n Lxtst charge represents
c¢￿￿"1￿￿10ns payai4e by the thaffji bj Ihe ffiJTrJ, in *•th of Ihe s¢heme.
Mlcant Judgemonts and esllrnats8
In the appfirats.on of ¢hairtl$ pc4￿, the t￿lS1888 are wuired to make judge￿nts,
estimates and assumptions atrKJut Ihe Ca￿ng arTK)unts of assets and liabiltbe5 ihat ￿ ry)t readily
apparent rrom other s£￿(C8s. Th8 esbrnates and asswatsd as$umpts"ons aro basod on histori¢al
experience and othwfathswli¢h arp son5NJered to be rdev8nL Actual YeS￿ts may dTrYerlrom th&88
estirnates.
Th8 estirnatesand Unde￿ng assumtth are D￿￿￿lTrg bas￿. ReM￿onSI0 accountin
estimates arn recognised in the peri¢>J in whith the eslpngte is revised if tF* ￿¥s1On onty effeds that
Thg fthl(Mryrfj are Ihe vib"¢al jLM*ernonts that th8 tru5188s hav8 m*Ja in the wctess of aPp￿ng the
tho flnwKial statemènts.
irrnent of assets
ssets a￿ asstsssed kn indtstor5 d Impai￿ent at eè* bel￿9 sheet dat& W IheTr 1$ (tier*ve
evhlence of impaimienL an IM￿1r￿ent l¢)ss 15 recoJw5ed in the S13tement of Finar￿181 AC￿¥￿es.
Provk8ions are rerxNJniW the d)arity ot4+JaliJn as a res￿ ofa past ev8rt and 8
reliaL4e estimate can be m•Je of a wc*at4e adverse OLrtc¥yne. OthBrwse. material C￿tingerrt
l(abllWes a￿ dis¢ktsed unks5 a trdrtholecorKffiic be￿rrtS t& r8nN*. cOnts"n￿￿taSsels
are 0￿Y diSdr￿ad rf an infv* ￿ecOnOM￿ Lwxfft5 15 pYct@L48.
The annual dev￿ation C*8rgetsts￿ibIOfix0d ass4tSi%$8n5T￿t0 ch8ng85 in ih? 85trnat•a ￿58￿j1
econornic INes Lrf the assets. The useftl ec¥MKMlliC Ir¥es reasse55ed anwvJally aThJ a￿￿e￿Ied
when rwssary to ref￿1 8strnat8s of e0)r￿MiC U￿saI￿)n phy&ic*l c¥Jndilion of th8
Flnanclal Inslruments
Bask fir￿￿al assets. trade c4fftwd8btors and o5h and bank bakrn%s, ar8 kn￿alY
measwwj 8t transaction price unless the 8rrar¥J8ment o)nstittJtes 8 finawng transacb"(m. where the
transacbon 1$ measured at the present value of tha fut1￿ rec8ipts dis￿nted at 8 market rai8 of
interest
Page 24

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED XUIIBER: 040406741
NOTES TO THE FTNANCLAL STATEIIJENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 klARCH 2025
2. ACCOUNTING POLICES.¢Orfinu
NOn-eXchan￿ transactions. as grant debtor5 ar￿ gwts are recogni8thI atth8 present
vaue of likely amwnL Amy gal￿ arising trorn pr858nt vabJe Bdju5trnerrts
rwni8ed in thg Stat8fflent of Finartrid kn"ti85.
Bas￿ finantsal &atx"&tw. indudirKJ tr* ￿ olher a￿j knns. are init*lty Tecognise¢l at
tranwtion Fthe the anaTrJerneni ccrt5titutes a tr*)sacllon, where the debt
nstTumsnt L% M*aSu￿j at kyosonl of thfr frmjre paymwts dl5oxn￿￿ at a m*kot rat• of
interesL
T•ry*Jl• fix•d •s••ts
TangitAe fixed assets stat*1 at cc*t lBSsthwThb￿. IndTri(*Jal fved •ssels L))slr*J£6(KJ ￿ rmre
are c4Ytali5ed at COsL
DepT￿18t￿?n is at ratss c*bxl*•J *) wrfle off ￿tst orvduakn offix&l ass8ts, less th8lr
e51irnated re5NJu4 rdluè. fftr their exp￿￿ usefvl &ves on the ba585. Freeh(Ad Lqnd r¥)t
dep￿Ch2ted.
Lease￿￿1 improvements
Offlr* equlpment
Park fixtur85 and fftb'ws
G&￿e￿I￿j equipment
Corn￿r equip￿t
. 25 oflhe188s8
- straight ovw 5 year5
- *aighi ovet 5 y¢ars
. straight th.￿ over 3 years
. strattht over 3 yew5
Taxatlon
Rentsls underoFerntiry lea885 are charpj a5 exp￿¥JIb￿￿ ￿ a strnlghHine b8* rNefthe
peric¥J ofthe ka5e.
Pe￿10n ¢￿ts
Th8 charity operates a defined c{thi￿tion p8Twn sehwne on t*haYof ts amrloyegs. Contributions
aTe tharged to Ihe Statement of Financi8tActMty in the Feric#J in which they are pay&>k. Tr assets
ollhe scheme a￿ separately from Ilwe of Ihe ¢hw"ty in ￿ 1Th￿enty adrninistered lund.
Granl irKyxrE deleTh￿ to [￿Ure kEriLK15 the g￿t 1$ ￿l￿Al0 pwk)rn)￿ r8labJ cOrvj￿oon5
beir9 The grant d8feTh8d and nc4 recL¥rri5ed urrfm the are fvty met
Inv•stm•nts
Fued asset irwe51m8nls are vaW atfairT4abJe.
Fund aC￿u[￿l￿g
Unr8Strict•J l￿dS Can ￿ used in xtC¢d￿C•Wlkn chwt*49 c￿￿¢5 atlhg di8crotion ol i
Reslricknj can ontybe used forp8rbrJJlarre51riLled WryK)seswithin thiects ofthe charila￿e
PBge 25

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST {REGISTERED NUMBER: 04(1406741
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2025
INCOME FROM DONATIONSPX)
LEGACIES
2025
2024
95,903
67.037
110,210
28.129
Gft in Kind
2025
Donatkjns
Grft in Kind
85.901
67.037
10.1))2
95,903
67,037
Total ￿n￿m• from donadons
and l•gael•8
151938
10.rJr2
T7.019
28.129
33.191
110.210
28,129
Gift in kind
Total Income frorn donatlons
and legacles
105.148
33.191
London Play. The value P￿Ced C￿ these contributK*ns is £67.03712024.. £28.1291. The income
8quival8nts ar* rgcognk%wJ wthin IlL￿alK￿lS and grants. wrth c4mswnth.ng Ghag•s incl￿￿
within unrestricted suppJrt costs.
Page 28

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED 14LIM8ER: 0411406741
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
INCOME FROM CHARrrABLE ACTMllES
2025
2024
Grants
Contraci irKom•
261.139
359.182
646.100
199.658
The signfftant Increase in ¢t￿tr&￿jaI Ir￿ Is due to the transfer of income trom 8ankslde Open
Spacw Tr&JiTrJ Lmbted.
202S
Grants
Contracl ino)me
Total Incomo from charStabl•
2.700
131.109
2SS.439
228.073
261.139
359.182
133.W9
486.S12
2024
Grants
Contracl irt4Jrr
Total Income frorn Gharltabl•
aclmties
39,789
95.315
.311
104,343
646.1CKI
199.658
135,104
710.654
845 758
INCOME FROM COMMERCIAL TRADING OPERATIONS OF SU&SIDIARY
2025
Tradirg ncom?
There was rf tr￿ling irKryne tFYough(NJt th8 year. Al trading irKyTh i% ￿n￿triC￿j.
Page 27

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TrUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04040674)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
CONTrAcnJAL REP￿AL INCOME
2025
2024
Unmtrl¢t¢d
2025
Renr#l inc¢n
536.178
536.178
Total witractu¥l r•ntal Incom•
536.178
2024
511.6
511.696
Total contrathal r•b)tsl Incom•
511.6
511.696
IKrEREST INCOME
2025
2024
Inte￿t •icc•ne
INCOPAE I (EXPENDITURE)
2025
2024
Net Inco￿ I(8X￿nditurel is slated aftercfArgiTWJ I l(¥edibrvJ}:
Depreryetion of t8ThJible fixed asseis
Operab"ThJ kase paymenls
Aulitor reMuneration-￿d[l
AL¥Jitorremuneration- NoTrknJit
8.((J1
9,694
16,300
12,120
6,027
1S,7XI
3,250
Page 28

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: IJ40106741
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATeMeNTS
FOR THE YE4R ENDED 31 IblARCH 2025
EXPENDrniRe ON CHWABLE ACTMllE8
2025
Di￿t charitatAe 08fv￿Y
Staff costs
Other operational cy)sts
D8pr8uation
Legal & prcrfesshjnal
Premises costs, repai￿ and maint8r*r
Supwl Costs (see bekxl
Governance Lx)sts (see bekAV)
139.881
296.940
127,334
3.799
121.OXI
125,049
167.132
20,709
169.166
233.243
309,047
530,183
127,422
8,001
126.952
145.077
172.784
20.709
4.202
5.902
20.028
5,6S2
Swbport costs
2025
c￿MunIcation ￿$ts
Sessiw81
Staff costs
I￿SCOVer8b18 VAT
Sundry ￿61S
425
2,452
9,119
7,855
127,081
15.431
13,298
5,403
127.081
12,922
13.032
2,509
167,132
5.652
17
784
Gov•manu
2025
Audit
strate￿ developmw
16,9￿)
3.759
16.950
3.759
Page 29

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST IREGISTEREO NUMBER: 04040674}
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEME1￿8
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2025
COMPARATIVE EXPEMDITURE ON CTriARftABLE ACTMnES
2024
Direct tharit8bltr defv
Stsff costs
other opera￿Onal ￿19
Depreciation
Legal & profeS￿onal
Premises costs. repalrs and makntenan(*
Support Costs Is88 bebwl
Govemance ¢c&8ts (see beb)w)
132,654
272.155
24.195
7,918
15,598
144.466
142,081
20,535
133.320
260,674
265.974
532,829
24.675
12.120
97,146
161,053
146.038
20,535
4,202
81.548
18.S97
3.957
500 768 1260 370
Support ￿$18
2024
Communication ry)sts
Sessional workers
staff costs
Sundry costs
10,131
4.017
115.565
12,368
514
2.950
10.645
6.967
115.565
12.861
493
2024
Audit
Strat8gK dovdopment
19.0(KJ
1.535
19.OLX)
1.535
Page 30

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 040406741
NOTES TO THE FINANCLAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
10. EXPENDITURE: SALARIES AIID NATIONAL INSURANCE
2025
2024
Salartes
Sctial securty
Petsions
592.248
53,252
20,665
S67.093
50,011
19,802
11.
The penshjn cost charge reFvesents c£*)tn"t¥Jl>)ns payat4e by the Charity to the pen￿n sthemè
arKJ amrMJllt8d to £20.66512024.. £19.8021. Ccmtritrtjbons totskng nl12024'. ￿1) were payat4e
to the fund at Ihe year end arvj are induded wthin credrtLY5.
12. EMPLOYEES
Th? nurnter of empbyees lolal enwknyee t*nefits than £60.OthJ is as k41￿..
2025
2024
£70.(K11- £80,(LIo
£80.001 - £9).(￿0
The 8veffd￿ mcfilhty number of ernpk)yees I￿￿tirre eqwakntl dwir¥J the was as folk)ws'.
2025
2024
18
I& VOLuiifEERS
Th• valué of Y￿Un￿￿￿' Iwne giv￿ year is r*)t re*Jty qL*ntifiable and. in line with the
requirements of the SORP. has ￿t bè8n r*xyJni$8d wlthin the 8rmJnts.
Page 31

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER.. 040406741
NOTES TO THE FINANCiAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1& RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS, TRUSTEES REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES AND
KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REMUNERATK)N AND &XPENSES.
No trusle88 r8mun8ration in the year {2024'. nll. No In￿189$ W8re T￿m￿r5ed any
ex￿nSeS{2024." nill.
The key management per$c¥)￿l olthe Charrty a￿the Ch￿lEX8￿￿tiy9 Olfic¢r. the He&J of cl)ernb"c￿s
ond ￿VIng Sp8(x, lh8 He8d of Parks and C1￿MU￿ and the Head of Spwt and Developmgnl. Th8
total emkloyee benefrts of the key management per$L￿n81 of the Charlty were £225,445 12024..
£220.98n.
K8r8n Atknnson. trust88. empkny8d as a directry al the Cty Bridge Foundation until S8t*8rnb8r
2024. A balance of £255.61812024". £321,930) was oW￿j by City Brijge Foundation at the year end.
DurlrwJ the year. g￿ts of nl12024.. £379,720) We￿ awarded frorn City Bridge Foundation.
15.
TANGIBLE FiXED ASSEfs- GROUP AND CFiARrrY
Furnitw•,
Par*
Fhdr4g8 & Lthu•1￿1d lIxtyr￿ & Plwl &
Ewv)Trvint ffttings machingry
M•rlbDrough
Caphal
Pfoiect Total
COST
Bruught fo¥wwd
Additk)ns
181.317
191.390
191.
Ai 31 M8rth
2025
34.086
181.317
191,390
421.776
DEPRECIATION
8rougM fowd
Charge fr* Ihe
25.847
446
72.413
113.243
8.(K)I
At 31 Marth
2025
26293
79.￿8 8.688
6,295
121.244
BOOK
VALUES
At 31 March
101.349
191Jg0 3110.532
Al 31 Mar
2024
239
117,143
Page 32

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUIIBEIL. 040406741
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
18. INVESTMEKfs. GROUP AND CHARrrY
Gr(￿P
2024
Chaffty
2025
Charlty
2024
Invastsn8nt ot ¢0st
The ch￿ty hokls f share of£1 each in its owned tradir¥J $utr*idiary (xjrnpany 8ank%de Open
Space5 Trading Ltd incorporat8d in th8 United lQThJdom. These afft the only shares alk)Ited, called up
and ftjly paKI. The and resuls of this cwyany are s￿￿M#￿Se￿ ￿ltr•r.
2025
2024
SUMMARY PROFrr AND LO8SAccouKr
Turnover
Cost of sales and a¢Jrninislrath)n ec6ts
servi￿ r*arge payable lo Ihe chaTFty
57,795
163.3141
1576
Mat profftlllossl
576
5.519
The assets and IlabAtl•8 ofth• subsldlary ww•:
Current assets
CUrr￿tt liabilbti.es
31,444
36,963
6.095
Total net ￿$•181￿11ats1￿11•BI
4519
Aggregate shar• capSts1 and r•••rv••
519
17.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALUNG DUE wrrHIN ONE YEAR & OVER ONE YEAR
- GROUPAND CHARITY
Grnup
Group
2024
ch￿Fty
2025
Charlty
2024
Short t•m)
Debtor
Prepayment
A¢vued inr
Bonkslde Opw Spares Tr*Jlng
Other debtcKs
168.218
6,928
210,056
142.816
133.T16
193,5(
168,218
6,928
210.056
6.094
29)
139.456
133,776
193,506
35,043
470.098
391.546
1.781
LoThJ term
541 389.604 241544 389.604
Page 13

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUIIBEIL. 040406741
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEmEP￿s
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
18.
CREDm)RS: AMOUNTS FALUNG OUE wrrHW ONE YEAR- GROUP AND COMPANY
Group
Group
Chalty
2025
Charlty
2024
Trade crethlrys
AcLruals
Tax and social s8cunty
Defer￿d income INoie 191
Other creditCff5
64.799
2.870
22.433
165.775
38.991
84.670
130.362
40.855
64,799
2.B70
22.433
165,775
38,991
82.750
130,112
40.855
ACCRUALS AND DEFERRED INCOME
Group
2025
Gmup
Charfty
Chartty
2024
Baance browht forwrnrd
Amounts released to income in year
Amounts defe￿ad in the y8ar
44.972
144,9721
165.715
44.972
{44.9721
40,855
17,484
117.4841
165,775
17,484
117.4641
40,855
165.TT5
40.855
11S,775
40.855
OPERATING LEASE COMMITMEPITS
Th& **rity +w oper8bng lèasè o)mmitsnents rel8tiNJ lo its rental as shown bekn*.
2025
2024
v¥ithln 1
2-5years
Owr 5 yèars
10.694
49.187
91.038
32.030
37,061
1CQ.417
P&3e 34

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 040406741
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIIIEKrs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
21.
ANALYSIS OF NETK8SETS BEfwEEN FUNDS
GROUP
Tarytjle r￿d assels
Ngt 8s88ts
62,922
16.419
t37.610
9)8.872
3(K).$32
625.291
I￿.0[KI
79.341
100.OIXI
746,482
925,823
Tangiblè fix8d ass813
Investrnents
Not ass8ts
237.610
3CKI.532
22.513
1(￿.0[(1
508.872
631.3B5
746.482
931,918
ANALYSIS OF N￿ASSErS BEtWEEhl FUNDS- pre¥lous year
GROUP
Tolal
Tangiblè ¥ss•ts
Net assets
66.721
218.569
50,422
637.827
117.143
956,398
100 1)00 688 249
1073 539
CHARtrY
Unr•61rk￿ I)•61gnat•d R•6tr1ct•d
Tangib￿ fLxed assèts
Investments
Net assets
66.721
50.422
117,143
219.341
I￿.((￿1
642.823
962.164
286.1)63
100.000
693245
1.079,308
Page 35

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST OIEGISTERED NUIBER: 04040674)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 hlARCH 2025
IAOVEMENT IN FUNDS- CURREKf YEAR
At 1Mfa4 Expend1￿[9 Transfer
3113125
unrestrict￿ fund•
285.290 824.345 I1,￿.294)
79.341
Deslgnated lund•
1Crf).iKKI
100,(XKJ
R•¥tri¢tsd fttndg
Cap6talAss8t
Proj8rt Funds
50.422
637.827
191.￿)
305,124
14.2021
1434,0791
237,610
J8,872
TOTAL FUNDS
1.071539 1.320.859 11868.5751
925.823
MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS- COMPARATIVE
31rJ124
Unr•strfetsd fu
>)9.889 809.840 (834.4391
D•glgnated thJnd$
11XI.(KXI
1CK),C
C8pitalAsset
Project Funds
54,624
1,548 743.845
14,2021
(496.5661
50,422
637,827
TOTAL FUNDS
855.061 1.553.685
11.335.207)
1.073.539
P&Je 36

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUIABER: 04040674)
NOTES TO THE FINANCLAL STATEMENTS
FOR THEYEAR ENDED31 MARCH 202S
D￿￿pIlO￿. nature and purpos• of restrlcl•d fund8
Communlty Involvom•nt and voluthorhig
Inv(Aving our loca ￿Mmunity to h81p irnprov8 and maintain parts and gard8ns. dglwer ¢JJr
ev￿ts, art as truste85 and suptth owwider wryk.
Communlty gardonlng
ProtectirYJ and improving 8￿¥br￿￿ (yen spares dgvek¥>. d95bJn oThJ cr8at& nvw 5P
inc¥easiry accessibilty ts all.
Funding thot htrlps us wovidè a￿185 to ￿1th and waltéing of tho communlty
we serye.
Events
Funding r8ceived try￿d$ (xganisro ￿rn￿nty evenls and eFW8 bx81
mmunities.
Tran5tormlng open spaces
Funding that helps the charity to both prOt￿t and irnprove the ktal gr￿ spxg netsvork in Banks￿8
and surrou￿1￿)g areas.
CapW ass•ts
This indthyes..
S(￿lh￿ CoL5ncal rdth.rvd to fundirq r8(%ivgd t{F•A￿S tho provision of rthf
8ccomrn0dati(￿ 8nd surrrrtJThYing t8ndsrnpiro. The told furKI capitalisad in 2012
and the bakince carried f(￿Vard rewesents the undeprgckltwJ ¢xst of the ass8L
Quadrant (E￿ Htyjsel. re￿tr"r￿J to fundlng reeefjved towards the pro¥rislon ol new office
accommodallon and surrLwndlng landscaping. The thnd w&8 capnal*&l In 2011 and
2012 and Ihe balar￿e carried fryward represents Ihe undeprwated oxst ofthe asset.
Pfolessional lees required to Flan lor the cL¥nmunty hub at Ihe Marltwjugh Garden
due to tha term bBnefits buikliThJ wll prDwde for Ihe ILK81 communty.
Unr•strict•d funds
Thi5 15 th8 W8ral fu￿. avalabl8 to sp8nd at the th5CrBtX￿ oflh8 1w5tW5.
D¢$ignat•d lunds
These are funds set asidè by Ihe Intst•ss ILY the captal proj8el urnlerway at Th& Marfbwjgh Sports
Gard8ns.
P8g8 37

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST (REGISTERED NUMBER: 040400741
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
RECONCIUATION OF NET {EXPENorruRE)rn4COME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM
OPERATING AcThimES
Group
2025
Group CharSty Charlty
2024
2025
2024
Net movement In fuThJs
Add back deprecK8tion
Deduct InteTesl Inc(¥n8 shovm kn 1nv•stsY￿rt
aetiMt*s
Dec￿aSe111nc￿seI in deblors
Incre88elld8creas81 in credrtors
Other
Not Gash provld•d by oporatlons
{147.7161
8,CX)1
218.478 1147,140) 224,247
12.1aJ
8.￿1
12.120
11,4201
197) {1.420)
1971
229.706 1264.3361 255,295 1310.7161
51.183
89,927
53.353
168.101
250
56 092 167 839
ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
2025
2024
Cash at bar
CAPITAL COMM￿ME11Ts
A8 at 31 Marth 2025. there were ￿ c4Jlal ccMnmlJneNs12024: £nill.
Page 38