Registered company number 06950288 Charity number 1132510
Parks for Play
Report and Unaudited Accounts
31 March 2025
Parks for Play Reference and Administrative Details
Directors
Charlotte Bull Kim Roden Laura Watts (resigned 18th January 2025) Eleanor Taylor Jamie Bennett Carolyn Gray (resigned 22nd November 2025) Rebecca Kerry (resigned 17th May 2025) Faye Zammit Nigel Udoh (resigned 3rd August 2024) Hazel Bradley (resigned 3rd August 2024) Elizabeth O'Keeffe (appointed 15th March 2025) Amy Swanson (appointed 15th March 2025) Sobia Haidar (appointed 13th September 2025) Emmie Reilly (appointed 13th September 2025)
Registered office
Coronation Road Play Centre Coronation Road Selly Oak Birmingham B29 7DE
Registered company number
06950288
Registered charity number
1132510
Bankers
Unity Trust Bank plc Nine Brindley Place Birmingham B1 2HB
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Parks for Play Registered company number:06950288 Registered charity number: 1132510 Trustees' Report
The Trustees, who are Directors for the purposes of company law, present the annual report and unaudited accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Objectives and activities
The objectives of the charitable company are:
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to advance the education of pre-school by outdoor activities in parks and public spaces; - to help children and young people through leisure time activities to develop and become fully mature individuals and members of society;
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to advance education and raise awareness in equality and diversity through sports, arts, leisure and play activities; and
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to develop the capacity and skills of children and young people, especially disabled children, and their families in such a way that they are better able to participate more fully in society.
Summary of main activities and achievements of the charity in relation to its objects
Parks for Play is a unique charity created by parents, play and youth experts in 2004 to provide inclusive play and youth sessions prioritising children and young people at risk of isolation. Parks for Play offers a variety of consistently delivered weekend and holiday clubs; Sprouts, Scamps, Smart and Playwell for primary aged-children, Source clubs for young people and Strides for younger adults.
These services support regular beneficiaries, local disabled children, and young people and often their siblings. The charity also makes space for emergency referrals from various specialist organizations and expands to take on larger numbers in the holidays.
Session planning puts children and young people with the highest individual needs at the centre of practice led by experienced, continuously trained, and qualified staff. The practitioner team work hard to meet their diverse individual development needs by customizing and extending their play and leisure opportunities. Most children and young people attending Parks for Play rely on the charity to access shared play and leisure and to develop friendships in the community.
Public benefit
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011, and have referred to and taken due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. They consider the charity's activities are for the public benefit due to the nature of the inclusion and community work with children of all abilities provided by the schemes run by Parks for Play.
Financial review
The Statement of Financial Activities shows net incoming resources for the year of £59,118 (2024: £6,759). There were no incoming or outgoing resources of a capital nature.
The total and free unrestricted reserves at the year end of 31 March 2025 stand at £15,050 (2024: £5,847).
Policy on reserves
The board annually reviews the amount of reserves that are required to ensure that they are adequate to fulfil the charity's continuing obligations. The reserves set aside provide financial stability and the means for the continuation of our activities in the coming financial year. The Trustees aim to keep at least 2 months' worth of operating costs as reserves whilst ensuring there are always funds to cover redundancy costs. Redundancy costs remain nominal due to the recent influx of new employees working in part time roles and positions. Key roles supporting practice, fundraising and promotion are commissioned from committed freelancers.
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Parks for Play Registered company number:06950288 Registered charity number: 1132510 Trustees' Report
Availability and adequacy of assets of each of the funds
The board of Trustees is satisfied that the charity's assets in each fund are available and adequate to fulfil its obligations in respect of each fund.
Plans for future periods
During this year, Parks for Play worked intensely to develop and launch a new affordable afterschool play service, Playwell, to help tackle unmet demand from local SEND children. Once established the charity secured additional funding to introduce a late running childcare service to support working parents with disabled children. This is a locally and nationally unique service that removes barriers to employment for parents with SEND children. The charity has continued to run community events which open up their facility to the wider SEND population and other local families. The SEND-friendly bonfire (no fireworks) event has been a crowning success.
Infrastructure has been evolving across the year to cope with the charity’s expansion with delivery stretching to 350 sessions annually. Gaps in infrastructure have been identified and met with voluntary investment preceding the search for additional funds to carry out site maintenance and development efficiently, to support the practitioner team of over 30 employees ensuring quality delivery rooted in child and person-centred practice, and cover expanded HR compliance and effective and expanded communications. Discussions with the landlords regarding the rental terms
and level of investment required are ongoing but a 25-year lease is on the table.
Trustees
The trustees serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:
Charlotte Bull Kim Roden Laura Watts (resigned 18th January 2025) Eleanor Taylor Jamie Bennett Carolyn Gray (resigned 22nd November 2025) Rebecca Kerry (resigned 17th May 2025) Faye Zammit Nigel Udoh (resigned 3rd August 2024) Hazel Bradley (resigned 3rd August 2024) Elizabeth O'Keeffe (appointed 15th March 2025) Amy Swanson (appointed 15th March 2025) Sobia Haidar (appointed 13th September 2025) Emmie Reilly (appointed 13th September 2025)
Structure, governance and management
Nature of governing document
The Charity is a company limited by guarantee and does not have share capital. The company was incorporated on 2nd July 2009 and was registered as a charity on 6th November 2009. The Charity is registered with the Charity Commission and is a company incorporated in England and Wales, and it is governed by the Articles of Association.
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Parks for Play Registered company number:06950288 Registered charity number: 1132510 Trustees' Report
Recruitment and appointment of Trustees
Trustees continue to work to expand the board membership. Many of the charity's Trustees have disabled children which can impact on their availability and capacity, but childcare is always provided for board meetings as their experience and perspective are considered crucial alongside trustees with relevant professional expertise. Parks for Play's ethos, policies and development are infused with their discussions which inform a practice of local admissions, no exclusions on the grounds of need and growing the service to cater for young adults who have attended since childhood. Their intention is to grow services to the maximum use of the site and to ensure partnership working and collaboration to promote inclusion. The charity is not seen as an isolated organisation but encouraged to be a co-produced entity with ownership across those who run and those who use it. Co-ownership will become more crucial to sustaining so many services.
On their appointment Trustees undergo induction and have access to personal support to review Parks for Play's work, policies and procedures, financial management and consider their rights and responsibilities. Further training and mentoring are undertaken by Trustees if required.
Organisational structure and decision making
The charity is managed by a Board of Directors who are also Trustees. Managers are appointed by the Trustees to oversee all service delivery staff and financial management. Fundraising development and governance support are partly funded and partly donated to the charity.
Risk management
The Trustees actively and regularly review the major risks which the charity faces. These risks are recorded on a Risk Register which, combined with risk assessments, enable the charity to effectively manage and mitigate risk.
Statement of Directors' and Trustees' Responsibilities
The Trustees, who are also the Directors of the company for the purposes of company law, are responsible for preparing the annual report and unaudited accounts in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the Trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year. Under that law the Trustees have elected to prepare the accounts in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the Trustees must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these accounts, the Trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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� observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts
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prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
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Parks for Play Registered company number:06950288 Registered charity number: 1132510 Trustees' Report
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Small company provisions
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
Approved by the board of Trustees on 21 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
24 Dec 2025
Amy Swanson Director
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Parks for Play Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Parks for Play
Respective responsibilities of charity Trustees and Examiner
The Trustees (who are also the Directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.
Independent Examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention which give me cause to believe that:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; or
the accounts do not accord with such records; or
the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the accounts give a "true and fair" view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Carmel Verboom ACMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant
2 Partridge Lane Callow Hill Redditch B97 5YP
21 December 2025
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Parks for Play Statement of Financial Activities incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Current year unrestricted funds Notes 2025 Income from Donations 3 272 Charitable activities 3 20,456 Grant income 3 11,750 Total income 32,478 Expenditure on Charitable activities 4 (22,254) Total expenditure (22,254) Net income for the year 10,224 Transfers between funds 7 - Net income after transfers 10,224 Net movement in funds 10,224 Reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward 5,846 Total funds carried forward 16,070 |
Current year restricted funds 2025 - - 252,518 252,518 (203,623) (203,623) 48,895 - 48,895 48,895 6,400 55,295 |
Current year total funds 2025 £ 272 20,456 264,268 284,996 (225,878) (225,878) 59,118 - 59,118 59,118 12,247 71,365 |
Prior year total funds 2024 £ 2,900 19,908 111,517 |
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| 134,325 (127,566) |
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| (127,566) | |||
| 6,759 - |
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| 6,759 | |||
| 6,759 5,488 |
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| 12,247 |
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Parks for Play Statement of Financial Activities incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 March 2024
| Current year unrestricted funds Notes 2024 Income from Donations 3 2,900 Charitable activities 3 19,908 Grant income 3 16,640 Total income 39,448 Expenditure on Charitable activities 4 (30,537) Total expenditure (30,537) Net (expenditure)/income for the year 8,911 Transfers between funds 7 (4,453) Net (expenditure)/income after transfers 4,458 Net movement in funds 4,458 Reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward 1,388 Total funds carried forward 5,846 |
Current year restricted funds 2024 - - 94,877 94,877 (97,030) (97,030) (2,153) 4,453 2,300 2,300 4,100 6,400 |
Current year total funds 2024 £ 2,900 19,908 111,517 134,325 (127,566) (127,566) 6,759 - 6,759 6,759 5,488 12,246 |
Prior year total funds 2023 £ 500 13,230 107,868 |
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| 121,598 (138,308) |
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| (138,308) | |||
| (16,710) - |
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| (16,710) | |||
| (16,710) 22,198 |
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| 5,488 |
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Parks for Play Registered company number: 06950288 Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
| Notes | 2025 | 2024 | |||
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| Current assets | |||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 84,464 | 12,997 | |||
| Creditors: amounts falling due | Creditors: amounts falling due | ||||
| within one year | 6 | (13,099) | (750) | ||
| Net current assets | 71,365 | 12,247 | |||
| Net assets | 71,365 | 12,247 | |||
| Funds of the charity | |||||
| Profit and loss account | 71,365 | 12,247 | |||
| Total funds | 71,365 | 12,247 |
The Directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The Directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
24 Dec 2025
Amy Swanson Director Approved by the board on 21 December 2025
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Parks for Play Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
1 Charity status
The Charity is limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the Trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding one pound towards the assets of the Charity in the event of a liquidation whilst he or she is still a member or within one year thereafter.
The address of its registered office is: Coronation Road Play Centre Coronation Road Selly Oak Birmingham B29 7DE
2 Accounting policies
Statement of compliance
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006.
Basis of preparation
Parks for Play meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.
The financial statements are presented in £ Sterling, its functional currency and rounded to the nearest £.
The charity is entirely dependent on continuing grant aid and as a consequence the going concern basis is also dependent on the continuing grant aid.
Incoming resources
All income is recognised once the Charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
Deferred income
In accordance with the SORP, grants received in advance and specified by the donor as relating to specific accounting periods or alternatively which are subject to conditions which are still to be met, and which are outside the control of the charity or where it is uncertain whether the conditions can or will be met, are deferred on an accruals basis to the period to which they relate. Such deferrals are shown in the notes to the accounts and the sums involved are shown as creditors in the accounts.
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Parks for Play Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
Recognition of liabilities
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Grants awarded are included in the statement of financial activities when approved by the trustees and agreed with the recipient. The value of grants unpaid at the year end is accrued. Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.
Taxation
As a registered charity, the company is exempt from income and corporation tax to the extent that its income and gains are applicable to charitable purposes only. Value Added Tax is not recoverable by the company, and is therefore included in the relevant costs in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Provisions
Provisions (ie liabilities of uncertain timing or amount) are recognised when there is an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that economic benefit will be transferred to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably.
Finance and operating leases
Rentals payable in respect of operating leases where substantially all benefits and risks of ownership remain with the lessor are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities when incurred.
Fund structure
The charity maintains a general unrestricted fund which represents funds which are expendable at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the objectives of the charity. Such funds may be held in order to finance both working capital and capital investment.
Restricted funds have been provided to the charity for particular purposes, and it is the policy of the board of trustees to carefully the monitor the application of those funds in accordance with the restrictions placed upon them.
There is no formal policy of transfer between funds or on the allocation of funds to designated funds, other than that described above.
Pensions
The Charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme which is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the Charity has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised in the period when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.
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Parks for Play Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
Financial instruments
The charity only has basic financial assets and liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. These are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
| 3 Income Unrestricted funds 2025 £ Donations 272 Charitable activities Session, Venue and Other Income 20,456 Grant income BCC Short Breaks (Dens of Equality) Children in Need (Small Grants) Fit for All (Children's Quarter) Comic Relief community fund National Lottery Reaching Communities Birmingham City Council (Selly Oak Neighbourhood National Lottery Awards for All nPower Business Solutions Foundation The Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust The Patrick Trust The Roughley Charitable Trust 3,000 The Turner Trust 5,000 Barbara Ward Children's Foundation 3,750 Small Grants - 11,750 Total income 32,478 4 Expenditure Unrestricted funds 2025 £ Direct charitable costs Salaries & pensions 5,847 Other staff costs 159 Specialist staff training 195 Volunteer exps & police checks - Play venue costs 177 Publicity & printing 43 Play session resources 4,809 Play workshops - Play session transport - Venue projects & maintenance 2,381 13,611 |
Restricted funds 2025 £ - - 61,874 - 13,402 - 95,582 9,983 19,998 47,679 2,000 2,000 - - - - 252,518 252,518 Restricted funds 2025 £ 154,044 29 1,410 - 362 722 9,237 - - 11,502 177,306 |
Total funds 2025 £ 272 20,456 61,874 - 13,402 - 95,582 9,983 19,998 47,679 2,000 2,000 3,000 5,000 3,750 - 264,268 284,996 Total funds 2025 £ 159,891 188 1,605 - 539 765 14,046 - - 13,883 190,917 |
Total funds 2024 £ 2,900 19,908 61,555 9,847 22,475 1,000 - - - - - - - - - 16,640 |
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| 111,517 | |||
| 134,325 | |||
| Total funds 2024 £ 99,556 132 1,019 1,141 393 83 3,728 - - 8,557 |
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| 114,609 |
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Parks for Play Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Support and governance costs for charitable activities Premises costs & office rent 7,532 13,362 Office & administration expenses - 3,062 Telecommunications & internet 87 1,966 Insurance - 2,045 Bank charges 104 519 Other expenses 170 5,363 Accounts & examination 750 - 8,643 26,317 Total expenditure on charitable activities 22,254 203,623 5 Staff costs & emoluments Gross salaries Pension costs Average number of full time employees of full time equivalents Engaged on charitable activities |
20,894 3,062 2,053 2,045 623 5,533 750 34,960 225,877 2025 £ 158,881 1,010 159,891 7 |
5,711 208 829 1,837 72 3,550 750 |
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| 12,957 | ||
| 127,566 | ||
| 2024 £ 98,546 1,010 |
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| 99,556 | ||
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There were no employees with emoluments in excess of £60,000 per annum
Trustees received no remuneration for their services. Trustees claimed expenses during the period of £nil (2024: £nil)
6 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Trade creditors Taxation and social security costs Accrued expenses |
2025 £ 2,937 9,292 870 13,099 |
2024 £ - - 750 |
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| 750 |
7 Funds
| Individual fund details | Balance at | Movement | Transfers | Balance at |
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| 1 April 2024 | in fund | 31 March 2025 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Restricted funds | ||||
| BCC Short Breaks (Dens of Equality | - | 7,614 | - | 7,614 |
| Children in Need (Small Grants) | 6,400 | (6,400) | - | - |
| Fit for All (Children's Quarter) | - | - | - | - |
| Comic Relief community fund | - | - | - | - |
| National Lottery Reaching Communi | - | 6,113 | - | 6,113 |
| Birmingham City Council (Selly Oak | - | 8,214 | - | 8,214 |
| National Lottery Awards for All | - | 7,347 | - | 7,347 |
| nPower Business Solutions Foundat | - | 25,120 | - | 25,120 |
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Parks for Play Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
| The Sir John Middlemore Charitable - The Patrick Trust - 6,400 Unrestricted funds 5,846 5,846 Total funds 12,246 Analysis of movement in funds Incoming resources £ Restricted funds BCC Short Breaks (Dens of Equality 61,874 Children in Need (Small Grants) - Fit for All (Children's Quarter) 13,402 Comic Relief community fund - National Lottery Reaching Communi 95,582 Birmingham City Council (Selly Oak 9,983 National Lottery Awards for All 19,998 nPower Business Solutions Foundat 47,679 The Sir John Middlemore Charitable 2,000 The Patrick Trust 2,000 252,518 Unrestricted funds 32,478 32,478 Total funds 284,996 Individual fund details Balance at 1 April 2023 £ Restricted funds BCC Short Breaks (Dens of Equality - Children in Need (Small Grants) 4,100 Fit for All (Children's Quarter) - Comic Relief community fund - 4,100 Unrestricted funds 1,388 1,388 Total funds 5,488 |
444 2,000 50,452 8,667 8,667 59,119 Outgoing resources £ (54,260) (6,400) (13,402) - (89,469) (1,769) (12,651) (22,559) (1,556) - (202,066) (23,811) (23,811) (225,877) Movement in fund £ (4,453) 2,300 - - (2,153) 8,911 8,911 6,758 |
- 444 - 2,000 - 56,852 - 14,513 - 14,513 - 71,365 Deferred Movement income in fund £ £ - 7,614 - (6,400) - - - - - 6,113 - 8,214 - 7,347 - 25,120 - 444 - 2,000 - 50,452 - 8,667 - 8,667 - 59,119 Transfers Balance at 31 March 2024 £ £ 4,453 - - 6,400 - - - - 4,453 6,400 (4,453) 5,846 (4,453) 5,846 - 12,246 |
444 2,000 |
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| 56,852 14,513 |
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| 14,513 | |||
| 71,365 | |||
| Movement in fund £ 7,614 (6,400) - - 6,113 8,214 7,347 25,120 444 2,000 |
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| 50,452 8,667 |
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| 8,667 | |||
| 59,119 | |||
| 6,400 5,846 |
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| 5,846 | |||
| 12,246 |
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Parks for Play Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Analysis of movement in funds Incoming resources £ Restricted funds BCC Short Breaks (Dens of Equality 61,555 Children in Need (Small Grants) 9,847 Fit for All (Children's Quarter) 22,475 Comic Relief community fund 1,000 94,877 Unrestricted funds 39,448 39,448 Total funds 134,325 8 Analysis of net assets between funds at 31 March 2025 Current assets Current liabilities at 31 March 2024 Current assets Current liabilities |
Outgoing resources £ (66,008) (7,547) (22,475) (1,000) (97,030) (30,537) (30,537) (127,567) Unrestricted funds £ 27,612 (13,099) 14,513 Unrestricted funds £ 6,597 (750) 5,847 |
Deferred income £ - - - - - - - - Restricted funds £ 56,852 - 56,852 Restricted funds £ 6,400 - 6,400 |
Movement in fund £ (4,453) 2,300 - - |
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| (2,153) 8,911 |
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| 8,911 | |||
| 6,758 | |||
| Total funds £ 84,464 (13,099) |
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| 71,365 | |||
| Total funds £ 12,997 (750) |
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| 12,247 |
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Parks for Play Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
Details of Restricted Funds:
BCC Short Breaks (Dens of Equality): This funding has historically been the bedrock of the charity supporting weekend and holiday delivery and partial funding of key managing and fundraising roles. The funding is to provide enrichment enjoyment and development for disabled young people and respite for their families.
Fit for All (Children's Quarter): Fit for All is an ongoing Children's Quarter programme in which community groups, schools, charities, and volunteers work together cooperatively to create inclusive school holiday opportunities which include meals for disabled and vulnerable children and young people in Birmingham - particularly those who are eligible for Free School Meals. The programme is grant funded by Street Games in Birmingham with HAF (Holiday Activity Funding) from central government.
Children in Need (Small Grants): This funding supported an inclusive youth provision which was seen as life saving for some families who had watched their young people regress through isolation and lose confidence around leaving home and face to face communication.
Playwell (National Lottery): This five-year funding is to support the ongoing provision of affordable after school play sessions to meet demand from local disabled children. It also makes a significant contribution to key roles and core costs.
Strides: Funding from Birmingham City Council’s Neighbourhood Network Scheme for Younger Adults has been accessed in order to create sessions for young people who have grown out of Parks for Play’s Youth Services and other these local disabled young adults.
Source: Funding from Awards for All (National Lottery) has supported vital Youth Services which are slowly feeding into the service for young adults.
Weekend Sessions (Npower Business Solutions Foundation): This funder has made a vital contribution, enabling us to maintain full weekend delivery throughout 2025 and cover the increased costs of sessions and crucial non-contact time for Service Leads.
The Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust made a contribution to the costs of installing infra-red heating.
A grant from The Patrick Trust contributed to the embellishment of our sensory room with new toys and resources.
The Turner Trust, Barbara Ward Children’s Foundation and The Roughley Charitable Trust have awarded small grants towards service delivery equipment and the operational running of our charity.
9 Share capital
The charity is incorporated under the Companies Acts and is limited by guarantee, each member having undertaken to contribute such amounts not exceeding one pound as may be required in the event of the company being wound up whilst he or she is still a member or within one year thereafter.
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