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:
- 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;
- to advance education and raise awareness in equality and diversity through sports, arts, leisure and play activities; and
- 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:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- � observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts
- 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|
|---|---|---|---|
||||134,325
(127,566)|
||||(127,566)|
||||6,759
-|
||||6,759|
||||6,759
5,488|
||||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|
|---|---|---|---|
||||121,598
(138,308)|
||||(138,308)|
||||(16,710)
-|
||||(16,710)|
|||||
||||(16,710)
22,198|
||||5,488|
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## **Parks for Play Registered company number:** 06950288 **Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025**
||**Notes**||**2025**||**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**£**||**£**|
|**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|
|---|---|---|---|
||||111,517|
|||||
||||134,325|
||||**Total**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
99,556
132
1,019
1,141
393
83
3,728
-
-
8,557|
||||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|
|---|---|---|
|||12,957|
||||
|||127,566|
|||**2024**
**£**
98,546
1,010|
|||99,556|
|||5|
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|
|---|---|---|
|||750|
## **7 Funds**
|**Individual fund details**|**Balance at**|**Movement**|**Transfers**|**Balance at**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**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|
|---|---|---|---|
||||56,852
14,513|
||||14,513|
||||71,365|
||||**Movement**
**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|
||||6,400
5,846|
||||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
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**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
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||(2,153)
8,911|
||||8,911|
||||6,758|
||||**Total**
**funds**
**£**
84,464
(13,099)|
||||71,365|
||||**Total**
**funds**
**£**
12,997
(750)|
||||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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