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2020-09-30-accounts

Dukes Meadows Trust (A company limited by guarantee) Report and Financial Ststements Year ended: 30th September 2020 Charity no: 1106538 Company no: 5218748

Legal and administratwe irfomKtic ReFK)rt of the Trust fte￿t of the indeFendent examir Statement of finanrial actsmbes io Balan￿ sheet li Chairfs d￿krdtiOn and sign￿re 12 Notes form1￿ part of the finar￿la1 5tatwn 13-15

Dukes Meadows Tnjst is a company limited ty guardntee and a regiSt￿ed chatity govemed by ts memorandum and artides of asgKiaticm. (hiity numter I1￿538. C(¥npany nUMl￿ 5218748. Dlrectors and Trust The direct015 of the d￿r1[al￿e company fft ChariW are its IJUSt￿ the puryx)se of th￿rity law and throughout this rewrt are colkndy refen￿l to as the trus￿. As set (Njt in Ihe Artides of AsscKialion, trustees are nominated and appinted by Mem￿￿5 serving unbl tFw retire or are voted off at an AGM. Trustees can also invited on to the Trust durir¥J the year by servtry Trust￿ and ￿11 then have their appointment rdtified by mem1￿r5 at the next AGM. The (nmmittee of serving tnJ5t￿ ￿11 elett the chair The tjustees serwThJ during the year a￿1 SIr￿e the year-end a5 folkms: Chair Paul Daws Electal Trust*s Carol Beauthamp Paul Davis Jennifer Figaro Dennis Rahety aifford Sykes Andrew Tud(er Company Secretsry Kath1￿ Healy The Pavilion, Market ￿1ve, Loth W4 2RX IrK1ep￿ent Exami Ma￿n Stokes ACNA 92 Stavdey ￿rd￿￿, (hisv4ick Lrxth) W4 25D Banke Bardays HamM￿sMIth BUsin￿S Ca

The TrLISt￿ are ￿eaS￿l to prwit their t(MJth with ttE fina￿la1 statements of the Charity for the year endd September 2020. Legal and administratwe infomialion set on page 3 forn￿ part of this reFKKL finanaal statements comply with cu￿ent statutory requirements, the memorandum and arfades of asswation and the Statements of Recommended Fbctice- knntirrfj and RewrtiThJ ty Charities. Objects of the Charity The obietts of the Charity are to prixnote the cor6&vation, protedi(M and improvement of the physical •1 and natural environment of the area krx)wn as Dukes Meadows arKI ￿ver￿de Lands in the London rough of Hounslow area of berEfin to tX(Mde or assist in the prUvis(￿ of faalfae5 in the interests of social welfare for recreation leisure time Ixcupation with the cbithe of improving the condition5 of life for those liwng or in the area of Irf" b) a(fvan￿ putdic edu(#ion in environmentral matters. To achieve this Dukes Meack)w5 TrLLSt; Consults and Invo￿ the c(¥nmunty and rdises grdnts to athieve wstainable capitsl improvements in the park Has estsblished and maintsins 5u(r&rful ￿JaI ents￿]se5 to gwate reVenl￿ to maintsin the capitsl assets in the pad( utx)n vthich it lea (Trganises regular volunteer cwJknnities for ktal to thgn to help Ca￿ for the park and leam ne￿ skills organi￿ (Thsicw￿l entertainments in the park fv the ￿F)yTnent of the local communty Tntst*s induction and trainiNJ New Trustees a￿ wwded wtth a c(w of the Trusts M&A's, a c(w of the last annual rewrt copres of the minute5 of the prew(KJs three meetiTrJs, the Tns15' CU￿ strategy d(Lument and a copy of the Charity Commission harnJLKK& 'ReSFu￿1bl1it[eS of Trustees". Trus￿ a￿ enc(KJrdged to attend appropiate extemal training events vh)ere these will kiltiate the UfKknking of theFr rcAe. Organisation A board of Trustees, ￿ meet quartaty. adminikn the Chaiity. A Dwdqxwit Manager is appinted by the trustees to manage the day.ttrday wati￿$ of the Charity. Under the memorarK1um and art[d￿ of asgx7at1￿, the ijwity Ikls the to make ary invthent that the trustees see fiL

The Charity works WFth H￿nS1OW c￿r￿lI, vthch ¢7￿6 the park that it and whid) has from time to time provided fu￿Ing fur projects to Charivs (bi￿veS. Ha￿aY through the year rekx)rted on, the ￿￿r1d was changed ty COVID. Mary Iwnesses and organisatTrons were adve impacted, gxne temiinalty. We are fothnate in that the irn￿ on the Tr￿S income was mai)r. We offered (yjr tenants a 2￿10 reduction in the fiTSt t(Kkdown and almc6t all able to manage ￿thin that Our rentsl income was £11,000 Ltow the prewous year. The counal required us to d05e the F(KKI Mark& at jLSt three daw nctie in late March and would not allow us to r￿open until 14th June. As fiKKI is an essential servi￿, could have remained owi. No reason was given. We received arKJ suky)rt from the Enmronmentsl Health Team when we re opened and they were helpfvl a￿1 supkx)rbve. Our market in(J)me was £10,1￿ tdow that of the premous year. We have applied ft)r grant rdIdtCr￿ards the income losL Despite the lo￿ of income, the Tru txtxlLTrJ a ￿[rA￿ for the year rf over £IO,IXM), exdudir resbicted fvnds grants. A gC￿￿1 rtsult in a d￿lIaVJ￿rfj year. The park has tEen very W durirrfj Ickn. shJhiThJ the need and value cf gTrxi qualty otEn spa￿. More flats have I￿en and continue to built kKalty, ueatiThJ more hxJsehc4ds and wple ne￿Ilr spa￿. The counal's own I￿sUre strdtegy identtfied back in 2016 that a7￿Ck had a low pn)vison of sp￿, whith meant that space was inteJlWe￿ u￿. That was evident in the last year. In December 2020, an instxtion the Trust (xJmmissti)ned on the ￿aY area, i(ntified that the wcthen supports to the tower of the big ￿lde were rotted. We cOntsCt￿ the council offering to pay a￿1 ￿king mission ft)r the repair. It tcok over a year to get the go ahead, party due to COVID, but al￿ many months of emailiry seeking pemiisS￿ a￿1 receivirKJ no rth or rOies telling us that the Trust CC4Jldnt make any repairs wtthout permisson. We still that can tyjild a working relationship wth the council and tis contrattor, which would imtyove management of the park. We hokE that the council will come to Wdlue the fr￿, inforn￿l areas of the park as muth as the fomal sw)rts facil[b￿. We have continued to invest in the path to make it an eni)yable pla￿ to Vi9t and improve its biodiversity. We started planb.ng a rEw avenue of 30 Tillia Cordata (L￿ Limes) in autumn 2020 and will comF4ete it in autumn this year. We the ￿antIng to make the watering in the first summer more manageable and were Fleased that we had vthen V￿ eXrwi￿(￿ a lory, dry summer. We planteyl large speamers to cy with the h&ivyi kK)bte￿ the park enj￿, which meant the trees needed a lot of water. We were successful in Funding applicatiors to. Haiiage of Lon(knn, which £lO,Cm, the Worshipfvl Company of Ironmongers, which has £5,LKK) and Houn4ow Counol's Communty Infrastructu￿ W which has pledged £15,LKK) and paid (Mrt £7,51X). The fvnds are towards the restoration of the Promenade Awroach gates. The prOj￿t ￿ty11 c￿t arourKI £FA),(M] and the Trust will nd the balan￿ needed from its reseNes. The gates were iyjlt in 1920 when the park was created and are an impKJrtant and muth-Eoved ￿ltage feature. The TrLsi s grateful to all the funders for their support. Our view of the park as a fr￿, putAK amty is still, s&JFy, rK)t sharExJ by ts courKil. We W￿￿ again dignayed WTr￿, c(Ysuliation, the C￿n(i1 dosoxl the r(th access through the rdilway

ttjnnd. We were onty able to obtsin access to traffic surveyirmj the coun(il had canied out and the report on the surveying, altw thr&it of FOI. The r￿ mssed iyJt the gJNewng ak)ng Rwerside drive and inCor￿Y claimed that Dan Ma￿n Drive was a ￿lden1JaI road. The omitted Rwerside Drive dats showd that it h&J the highest level of traffic ￿ the meado￿ It (TOSS two ￿idential roads; Stsveley and Alexandra G3rdens. The COUFKJI is daimirYJ that a ￿[la1- of the dosure is tsknrrfj pla￿, but it is, of course, happening in the l(Kk(knwn, when the main of traffic, the spx)rts dubs are closed. The tunnel closure will dwert more traffic thri)ugh the main public areas of the park induding the Flver5ide Promenade. We believe the fcot g is progres9rKJ, vAii(h is gcmxl nems a￿1 ￿￿elhIng the Tru has l¢thied for over many years. We improved the planting in the ￿aY and emfved a gardener half a day a week to help maintain it and other areas we have planted up, in tr￿ We were delight￿ to LE awarded a London in BlTr)m Silver Gilt awdrd for our effixts. We ￿aSed volunteering when adv[￿1, but resumed as m&isures were eascJ, restricbrrfj numlxr to six and fdlowing a COVID risk asse55menL Chjr v￿Unte￿5 adliev￿1 a great deal of worK despite the re5tiicbons; cutttng all the hCylg￿ the Tr￿ has planted alor¥J Rwer5ide Drive and aruund the ￿aY area, planting new bulbs and shrubs in the play a￿a and in a trial stret(h of no mow grass around a section of the new Tillia AvenLE. If the m mow stiip can estabiithd wtth bulbs and wildflowers we will exterKI tt this auLumn. Sadly, we had to cancd planned gjmM￿ fijn e*Ents and a yoi&t Y￿ h￿1 pl￿ned ￿ryth Cavendish Schwl. We were successful in two grant bmds fundir4J to restore the c￿eS and to complete the p￿)]ett ne￿t year. We assisted ￿dents and St Nrthdas to plant tr￿5 in the Okl Burial GrouThd and that inspired an idea to create a arfLXj￿. The Trust 15 cor6ithro ext&MdirNJ its area of trEnefft to continue to

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supFort the project My thanks as always to our w(Thderful V￿urte￿s ￿ tnjstees, WFKI make what the TnJ* dces ￿6￿ble. Paul Davis Chair TheTrust has a fvyear [￿an outlinirKJ the strategic that tiwll seekto achi￿e. Tnjstees remew the plan in their regular monthly meetings. As the Trust has grown and its projects to regenerate and improve the park have com ￿ete￿I, the Tnst has LEc(Yne resty)n5I￿e for maintaining arKI ￿paIring these newly created faalities. ￿me such as the play area and water play area werBte litue or no income. Their successftjl maintenan￿, hOw￿er, is aitiol to athiemng the Tnsys aim of establishing a sustainable park for the benefit of the community. Tr trust has thblIs￿ xKial enterprises to fund maintenan and ensuring their ongoing SUC(￿ through (BreftA management i5 a key f(KUS of trust￿, efforts. Major cuts to counal funding and the #ark the muNil has to make in order to r￿￿￿e expenditure •• and generate cash to balarKe tLs IKth, prwits a seri(us threat to the futu￿ of patks, whith are not a siatutory obligation, the rEw Leisure and Cuthre urNeiled ty the counal last year wam&l that at least £2.3 million of ￿dget cuts would te needed over the next few years. The success we have achieved in improving the parf( and &tAishiry ￿c(￿rUI enterpnses to maintsin large part5 of tL a)uld

provide a useful mcKdd for gJstainirKJ parks. We that can pErgJ the CCMJn(il of this, so they will work th us and alk)w us to help thwn make plans. We are still explorirwj with other dubs and organisations on the meadow5 a d￿ed Manag￿n￿rt mojel, smilar to a BID (Busi1￿55 Improvement •• Distiict) but without anyone umtributing additional trMJsiness fts and &SJttional ￿ue coming instead fmm tharging for parkirKJ and events. Paul Davis Chair Company law r4uires lthe truts to Fryare finarKial statanents that give a a￿} fdir view of the state of the affairs of the Charity at the erkj of finan(ial yearand of its su@U5 or defi(it ftjrthe finanaal year. In doing so the tnjths are ￿Uired to. selett sutiable aCC￿ntir0 tx)liaes arml ath them cmgstenty; make ju(hJements and estimates that are rea9)nable a￿1 pNdent, arKI prepare the financial siatements (M a g(xryJ concem bags Unl￿ it is inapprcpriate to pr￿rr that the (haiity will contÈnue in 1XLgr￿. The trustees are resF(msble for maintsiniTrJ prw accounting recorts that dI￿A05e with reasonable accuracy at ary time ithe financial of the (haiity and them tD ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Att 1985. The truees are akn re%XM￿b1e for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hen￿ for tsknr¥J rea5(￿alle sterts for the arKI detec1]￿ of fraud and other irregularities.

A resolution wll pW at ￿ annual gerErnl mediry that Martin be app)inted as irKJependent examiner to the (Jkirity for the er6uirKJ year. Re rtofthe in nt examin To the memtErs of Dukes MeaJw5 Tru5 I rewrt on the accounts of the CharTty for year ended 3￿ S4)t￿nb￿ 2020, whKh a￿ set ￿t on pages 10 to 15. The Charitys trustees are rewEtLle for the preparati￿ of the accounts. Tr Chari￿5 trustees consider that an audr( is not required for this year (uth wticxi 43(2) of the Chariti￿ Act 1993 (the 1933 Att) and that an exAminatMJn is nethl. It is my reswnsibilty to: examine the ￿)Unts (uThder ￿tion 43(3)(a) of the 1gJ3 Att); to follow the procedurts laid down in the c￿Tal ￿￿](]nS the thaiity CA)mmisgoners. My wmination was (arried in acc(ythn￿ wrth the Cnerdl Directic￿S grven by the tharity Commissioners. An examination irKJudes a revieN of the ￿count]r￿J r￿dS kept by the CJ)arity and a comparison of the accounts pr￿ented with thc6e recoNts. It al￿ indudes conflderation of any unusual items or disdosures in the accounts and seeknng ￿anatic¥s frryn as trust￿ con￿mIng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do mt prowde all the evid￿ that w(yJld tE ￿Uired in an audr( and COrE￿uenty I do not eX￿&S an a￿lt OF¥nh)n ￿ the view lyy the ￿￿Jn

In conneciion with my examinati(￿, fK) mattw has ccThe to my attattirm: (l) whith grves me rea￿￿￿ble iJuse to ￿le￿ that in any material res￿￿ the requirements to keep &c(KJntirMJ records in acC(Kdan￿ Sed]￿ 41 of the 1933 Att; and to prepare accounts blhich ￿(ord the accounting reconds and comply with the acccMJntirKJ requiremwts of ￿ 1993 have not been m¢ or (2) to thich, in my opinicrt, atta)tK)n Str￿k1 be drBvm in (Yder to enable a proper under5tandiNJ of Audit exemption For the year ending 30109119 the compary was entittad to frc¥n under section 477 •• the Companies Act 2006 ￿la1]ng to small c(xnpanies. The members have Th)t reju1r￿ c(Mnpany to oL3in an audit in ￿C(￿dan￿ with Secti(￿ 476 of the Companies Act 2￿￿. The directors thowle(SJe their re5F(fftsbilty for c(xntFfKJ V4ith the requir￿ of the Att with respect to accountirKJ recorts a￿1 for the weparation of ￿nts. Maitin Stokes ACMA 92 Staveley Gardens Chiswick London Date

ststement of Financial Acbvitsts (Induding In(xxne & Expenditure Account) For the year ended 30th September 2020 Total 2019 funds funds 2020 Incoming Resources Bowls aub Rent Gifts and DOnatiOr￿ Income Grants received Famws Matht Kiosk 253 1,750 37,308 4,000 99,247 47 7,51XI 7,5(K) 27,234 27,234 Pavilion Rent Income terest Income 91,265 220 91,265 220 120M7 128,387 142,605 Less Cost of Generating Fund5 Farmees Market expenses Incoming resour￿ available for charitable application 7,5 117 022 12QQL2 of Charitable objectives Management arKI Admin Totsl resources expended 98,924 98,924 Net Incoming Resources 10.598 7.5LN) 18.098 Retained Earnings blf 286,964 14A(KI 301,364 295,524 Net Incomlng Resour￿$ 10,598 7,5 18,098 Transfer to Restrkted Funds Retained Funds as at 30th September 2020 297,562 21,100 318.662 301,364 io

Balano Sheet As at 30th September 2020 )-S*20 30.Sep-19 145,920 145,920 60,000 Leasehold improvements Total Fixed Assets 129,984 135,506 Current Assets 70 70 Total ACc￿nts Receivable 4,019 Currentlsavings 00239577 10047945 64,630 137,056 Total Currentlsavlngs 188,608 160,814 Total Current Assets Current Liabilitles Accounts Payable Total Accounts Payable 188,678 164,833 -1,024 Totsl CuThent Liabilities -1.024 Net Current Assets 188,678 165 857 Total Assets Less Cu￿ent Liabilities 318,662 301,652 Equity General Funds blf Less transfer to Deslgnated Funds Plus Retained Earnings Total General Funds Restricted Fund5 Capital Grants Designated FurKIs 188,964 222,324 -40,QK)O 199,562 21,ICN) 188,964 14,400 io Total Equity 11

For the year endirvj 301(YJ/20 the company W￿5 to exemption fr￿n under section 477 of the Companies Act 2￿6 rdaling to small CL¥np3n￿. •1 The m￿nberS have not rquired the company to oLtsin an audit in acc(Nthr￿ ￿th ￿tiOn 476 of the Companies Act 2LX)6. The directors ackTh)wle(k3e their r￿￿ibl￿ty for oxntirKJ Vlith the requirements of the P£t wth resp*tt to accounting records and for the preparati(ft of aCC(￿nts. These accounts have been prepared in arMthr￿ ￿ryth the pr￿￿6 a￿1(able to companies subiect to sm311 compani￿. regime. Signed Paul Dams 12

For the year endul 30th Sept￿ber 2020 l. Actounting ￿1(1&5 a) Ba&s of accountir The financial statements have iEen prepa￿1 UfKkrthe histori(21 c(Gt convention and in accordance the Statements of Rotommend&d Prath￿, AccLwntiry and RetYrti￿ lry tharibes (g)RP 21X)5) applicable accounting standard5 and the Companies Acts 1985 and 1989. Tr prin(ipal ￿(L￿nting wjiaes adopted in the preparation of the finanoal statements are as fdluh5: b) Cash flow The accounts do rM)t contsin a cath flow stateM￿t tecause Tru* as a small rwrting enlity, is •• exempt from the requlrern￿nt to prepare th a siatemenL Incoming resources c) Grdnts When donor5 speafy that grants, ind￿ing catxtsl gtBrts, are f￿ partioJLar rtstiicted purp￿5, this income is induded in inc(Mning r￿Ur￿ of reStritt￿ fvnds kn re￿iVat￿e. If not spent in the year it is eived tt15 sFK)wn as a restricted fiJn(ts reserve atjj is tratI￿etTed f￿￿n this r￿eNe bad( into the income and ex[l￿dItUre account ￿en spenL d) Tangible ￿Xed Assets Depreciation and am¢Jtisation are at the fdkAvrrMJ annual rates in order b) Mite off each a￿t over its estimated usefijl life: Leasehold prcperty (SbJltC6) 25 yea5 a￿r￿xIMatdy, fr(¥n Aug 21X)2 Leasehold property (Pavilion Hat) over 25 yws approximatdy, fr(¥n Dec 2CX)3 Leasehold propety (stLMdio IM￿V￿) over 25 Yea￿ ap)pnyximatdy, fr(Th Ckt 2012 2. Net incoming resour( Net incoming resour￿ are slated after dBrgir¥J: 2020 5,522 2019 5,522 Depreciation of tan9ible fixed assets 13

  1. Cost of activities in furtherance of Charitable objectives Rent payable Community and Education DM Summer Fun Expenses Donations and gifts made Dues and Subscriptions Proj MgmVFacilities MgrnvB￿kkeel￿ng £2,(K)O £180 £500 £517 £24,000 £27.197 £709 £1,188 £4,160 £5,(M)8 Project expenditure Adventu￿ Play Area Artist Studio Development Park projects - general Promenade Approach Water Play Area Total Project expenditure Repalrs and maintenan Adventure Play Area Artists Hat Park ￿paIrS - geneTrl Pavilion Water Play Area Totsl Repairs and maintenan Repairs and maintenance PavÈlion Tools, equipment, PPE, etc Training Work wear, PPE and safety equipment Total In fijrtheTrn￿ of Charitsble objectives £11,064 £10,363 £2,751 £5,001 £5,173 £10,166 £33N54 £22 £1,131 £598 £162 £73.628
  2. Management and Admin Costs Advertising Famers Market Business Rates and Counol Tax Cleaning and waste Depreciation Expense Insuran Intemet rr Supw)rt Office Supplies, Postsge, Etc Utilities Totsl Management and admin £4,450 £875 £4,724 £4,722 £2,241 £1,2LK) £3,242 £832 £3,010 £25.297

  3. Amortisation of Capital Grant A capital grant of £20,000 was received in 2012 from the Garfield Weston Foundation towards the building of new studio& This is being released to un￿StrIcted funds over 25 years against the depreciation charye of the studi 14

  4. Tangible fixed assets As at 30 Sep 2019 Less accumulated depreciation to 30 Sep 2019 Less depreciation charye to 30 Sep 19 Accumulated Depreciation at 30 Sep 2020 Net book value at 30 Sep 2020 205,920 64.892 70,414 135,506 2020 2019

  5. Debtors Trade Debtors 4,019 1,760
  6. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Trade Creditors (advan￿ payment for repair contrart) -¥024
  7. Restricted Funds studios (Garfield Weston) Total 13,600 7,500 14,400 14,400
  8. Designated funds Pavilion Maintenan Provision for playground ￿paIrS and similar Provision for repairs to Edensor Road Gates Total Des￿nated funds 28.000 60,000 28,000 30,000 98,000 58,000
  9. Fund accounting Funds held by the Charity can be: Unrestricted General FUnd￿the￿ are fvEKJs which can te used in accordan￿ wrth the charitsble objects at the dis(Tetion of the trustees. Designatsd Funds-these are funds set ashje by tswstees of unre5tri(ted general funds for stRcific future purFK)ses or projects. Restrlcted FUnds-th￿e are funds that can onty te usoj for p3rtitw￿r restrict&l purw)ses within the obj'ects of the Charty. Restrittions aiise when sp￿]rtY1 by the donor or when funds are raised for paitular reStrIrt￿ purFrf)5es.
  10. Legal Status of the Charity The Charity is a Company Ilmlted by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member In the event of winding up is limited to £1.
  11. In addition to the bank accounts shown in the balan￿ ￿ the Charity maintains an account {30255742) in whith the depO￿ts paid by artist studio tenants are held. As at 30 Sep 19 the balance on this account was £14,579. These funds are held in trust and do not form part of the assets of the Charity. 15