ConJpaDy registration number. 07672155 Charity regstrdfioD Dumber: 1142897 Northwood Past Times (A cornparly Limited by guardlltee) ADllll Repgrt aod Financi St&teD]ellts forthe Year Ended 31 AUW 2025
Northwood Past Times Contents R¢fer¢nc¢ and Administrativ¢ D¢tails Trustees. Report 2¢04 Independent FxaTDiDetr$ Report Stytement of Financial Activities Bo13n¢e Sbeet Notes to th¢ Financial Stst¢rnents 8tol4
Northwood Past Time$ Reference and Admillistrative Detalls Trnstees Winnie Woodward Gill Walton Eunice Walton Roge Paulille Mitcbell Douglas Howeu Atttholly Thomas June Sheldo Charity Reration Number 1142897 Compally Rwstradoll Nwllber 07672155 Re*tered Office Oak Street Nortbwood Stoke-on-Trent STI 2NW Prinapal Offiee 168.170 Queen's Trotnettade la¢kpool LallwJ)ii¢ FY2 9JN Indep¢ndent Examiner C P Archer FCA Winton Bath Group Ltd 6 FerraDti Court Staffordshtre Tecknology PaEk stsfford Staffor¢15biTe sr18 OLQ Page I
Northwood Past Times Trustees, Report The ISteeS, wbo are directors for tbe puOSe5 of company law, present the aDnllal report together with the financial ststements and auditors. report of the arlble compèlly for the year ended 31 Augiist 2025. Objectives and activities Objects Jims To provide or &ssist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure tirne occupation for persons have lleed of such facilities by reason of tbeir age. infiriTllty orsocial 2nd econornie cireurustances. Obje¢tive4 str4Èegies #eliiotses The ¢barity's significant a¢tivity is the operatioll of a tt for profit ]tel in Blackpool for those individuals idelltifi¢d by tts ststed objective. Public benef Our activitie5 are focused on on achieving our objecEives and aims by provi(bng those facilities not alwa readily available or provided by commecrial enteIprises for tbe public benefit. The trustees confirm that they have cornplied the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to tbe public benefit guidance publishedby the CIBrity CorDTDiSSiOD for England and Wales. Strocture? governance and managettwit ofsoverning do¢Hment The charity is controlled by its goveming docu]neDt, the ]ne]nerandum and 2rticl¢s of asso¢iatioll, and eonstittites a lin)ited cornpany. limited by gaurantee, as defjued by the CornpaDies Act 2006. Arraneementsforsettintv k£y munatvementpersonnelremHneration The trustees are not remwjerated for their services. Orgonislllional structhre Tbe coJ]mittee is Tllanaged by the CODJTrittee of trustees who meet orL a monthly basis. Tbe day to day n]allagemeDt of tbe botel is earried out by Mr A Tbomes, tbe busiDess nwiager. The compally employs fijll and part time staf£ Page 2
Northwood Past Times Trustees, Report RelatioDships with re14ted parties NortbwoodDay Care Celltre The thariry is managed by tsustees of NortbwoodDay Care Centr& Tbe day care centre bas provided support duting the period by way of donations. Mttjor risks ond m&ntt¥ementofthose risk Rilkmanagement The charity has identified the risks to wbicb the cbarity 1$ exposed to ensure that appropriate controls are in place to provide &ssurao¢e against fraud aud rnr. The tsijstees bave examined the n)ajor strat¢gic, busijjess aod operatiollal risks wbich the clwiry faces aud bas set up systems aud controls to enable regular reporting to less¢ll tb¢ exposur¢ to thes¢ risks Statement of trnstees. respon8ibR]ities The trustees (wbo also the directors of Northwood Past Times for the purposes of comp3Ly law) att responsible for preparillg the twstees, report alld the finall¢ial statemeuts ill ardanCe with applicable law alld United KiDgdom A¢¢ounting Starthrds (Ullityj Kingdom Generally Accepted Accoulltiug knctice), iticludillg FRS 102'The FiTwicial Reponing Stsndard applicable in the UK aud Republ?¢ of trelaod" Ctsjnpany law requires the trttstees tts prepare financial staternents for each finaneial ye&. Under eornpany law the trnstees Must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfieathat tbey give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, of the clwitsble company for tbat pwiod. preparing tbese fi]Jancial statements. the ttitstee5 are required to: select suitable accountitig policies alld apply the]n ¢onsistetsdy, observe the methods and prill¢iples in the ClritieS SORP.. make judgements and estimates are reasollable and prndettt" stste whether applieable accounting standaJls, Comprising FRS 102 have been followe(L subject to ally material departures disclosed and expla?lled in the financial 5taternents,' arld prepare the fLllaucial ststemellts on the going ¢ou¢em l)asis ulliess it is inappropriate to presume that the cbaritable cojnpatsy will Continue illbusilltss. The trustees 2re responsible forkeepillg proper ac¢oulliing records that ¢alldisclose with reasollable accuracy at any time the fiuaucial positioll of the ch2rirable ¢on)pauy aud enable them to ellsure tbat the fall¢la1 statements COllLply witb the Co[panieS Act 2006. They are also responsible for Safegding tbe #ets of tbe charitable company and bell¢e fortskiug reasollable steps forthe prevelltion aud detection of fraud alld other irregularities. The tsvstees are responsible for tbe maintenance and integrity of tbe corporate alld finaocial iJfonnation included on the ch]table ¢on)panys website. Legislatiots governing the preparation and disseminatioll of financial statements may differ from legislation iti other jurisdictioJs. Page 3
Northwood P&st Times Trustees, Report The annual reportwas approved by tbe tThstees of eILty on I l March 2026 and si8lled on its behalf by.. ChTiStine AsbwortFL Tnutee Antholly Thomas Ttee Page 4
Northwood Past Times IndependeDt Examiller's Report to tbe trnstees of Nortbwood Past Times ('the Company I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Comparky for the year ended 31 Augiist 2025. Re5ponsibiIities and basis of report As the cknity'5 tru5tee5 of the Company (and a150 its directors for tbe PUTposes of company law) you are reSPODsible for the preparation of tbe accounts in e0[dance Thryth the requirements of the Cornpanie5 Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act.). Havillg satisfied myself tbat the a¢coutsts of the Company are llot required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Aet gnd are elIgIle for indepelldent eXa]D]llati I report in respect of Y exa]Dinatioll of your ¢11ty's a¢coullts as caEtied out under se¢tioll 145 of th¢ Cjwities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act,). Iu carryillg out Try exalliuatioll I have followed the Dtrections given by tbe ChaTity ComrDtssion utsder section 145{5)(b) of the 2011 Act. lttdepettdettt ex*mitier's statement I confirm that llo other arterS have ¢OTlle to Y attention iti connection witb the exanjitiation giving me ieasonable cause to believe that in any rnateTial respect.. l. acetsullting records were not kept in rweet of Nortbwood Past Tirnes as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act- or 2. tbe accounts do not accord those records. or 3. the accounts do not comply the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than ally requirement that the accounts give a'ttue aud fair view, which is not a roatter considered as part of an independent eXaD]inati or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in a¢cordall¢e with the ]llethods alld principles of tbe Statrnjent of Recollended Pra¢ti¢e for a¢¢ouDtillg alld Teportillg by ¢hazities lapplicable to ¢barities prepaTillg tbeir a¢¢ounts in a¢cordall¢e with the Financial Reportitig Standard applicable in tbe UK and Republic of Treland (FRS 102)]. ¢onfirm that there are DO other matters to which your attention sbouid be drawn to ellable a proper understanding of the accounts to bereache& onbehalf of: Winton Bath Group Ltd 6 Feallti Court Staffordshire TecbnoIogyPk Stafford Staffordshir¢ ST180LQ Date: %l.l.!j.U& Page 5
Northivood Past Times ststement of Financial Activitie5 for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Ststement of Total RecogDised Gains and Losses) Unrestricted fund Totsl 2025 Note Income aLid ElldOwllnts fro Charitsble activities Investtn¢tst income 70,176 186 70,176 186 Totsl illcome 70,362 ExPendIre on: chlble activities 77718) 77,718) (77,718 177,718 Net expeudityxe 7.356 (7.35 Netmovement in fimds (7.356) (7.356) Recondiation of funds Total funds brougbt forward Total fityds carried forv43rd (69.113 (69,1131 Unrestricted fvllds Totsl 21124 Note Income and EDdowmetLts fro. Charirable actItieS 71.125 299 71,125 299 Total ijwrne 71,424 71.424 ExpendIre on: Chlble activAti¢s 106,439) (106.439) Totsl exp¢ndibJrc Net expendibjre Netmovement iu fund5 {I06.439 {106.439 35,015 35.015 (35,015) {35,Ol5) Reconciliation of hnd5 TotaL fdS brougbt forTha 134.098 134,098 12 69.113 69,113 All of the chariws activitie5 deTiV¢ from continuing operations during the abovetvrn periods. The notes on page$ 8 ¢0 14 fomi gn integralpart tsf tljese fjnanci31 ststements. Page 6
Northwood Past Times IReglstratAon number: 07672155) Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025 21)25 2024 Note FSxed assets Taugblc assets 193225 199,524 Current assets Stock5 Debtors Casb atb8mk and in h8nd 1,557 1,524 io 27,188 21,738 28.746 23262 Credlt&rg: Amounts falling du¢ wSthlD one year Net current liabilities (298,440) 91,899 269,694 268,637 Net Ilabllltles 76.469 (69,l13) Funds of the charity: Unrestricted IDCOmt funds Unrestrieted fi]nds {76,469 69,113 Totsl fund$ 12 69,113 For the fjllallcial year ending 3 1 August 2025 the clwity Wds entitled to ex¢mption frouL audit under s¢rtiOD 477 of tbe Cornp8ni¢5 Act 2006 relatitig to sll)all ¢ornpallies. Dire¢ton' respotssibilities: The members bave llot rc4uired the cbarity to obtsin an audit of its accounts for th¢ yw in questiou in accord&n¢e witb section 476. and The diEecttirs ackryowl¢dg¢ ther rwUb]lItie& for compl)Ing witb the r4uiremeuts of the Act witb respect to accouDtiag Tecw&s and the PE¢paration Of accouDts. The finaucial Staterats on pages 6 to 14 wer¢ approved by trustees. and autborised for issue on I l Marcb 2026 and sig olltheir bebalf by. oRsh.ia.o.r<. Ttustee Anthony Thom& Trustee The notes onpages 8 to 14 form all inte p8rt of these financial statenwLts. Pag¢ 7
Northwood Past Times Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 I Charlty ststus The charity is litsJit&J by guaT3Jte¢, iyJcorpoTat¢d in, and ¢onsequently does not have share capitaL Eath of the trllstees is iisble to colltribute an aOUnt not excceding £10 tOWdTds the assets of the c]kaTity in the event of liquid&tiotL The address of its ngi%tered office is.. Oak Street NorEbwood Stoke-on-Trent STI 2NW The principal place ofbusiness is: 168-170 Queen's ProtnetMd¢ Blackpool FY2 9FN These financial stat¢mcnts w¢re autIrIsed for issu¢ by tb¢ tswte&s on 11 March 2026. 2 Aecountillg pojicles Surnmary of 8i¥Aific#nt aecoundng poucfies and key accotIng estimates The PTillCiP81 accounting pojicies applied tn the preparatiorl of these financial statements AT¢ set out below. These polici¢s bave been consistentty appliedto all the ye8ts pres¢nie¢l unless othetwAs¢ s¢ate¢L Ststement of comp]i8nce The financial ststements have beett prepared in accordance with Accountiog 8lld RepoTtirLg by ChaTities: Stateent of Re¢onJm¢llded Pr4¢tic¢ (applicable to clmities PTeparin8 their accounts in accordauce with the FiJwacI Reporting StaELdaTd applicable iti tbe UK and Rcpublic of treland (FRS 1021) {issu¢d in Octr>ber 2019) - {Cknities SORP IFBS 102)), the Financial Reportitig Statsdaxd 4)plicabl¢ in the UK aDd R¢publi¢ of treland (FRS I02) and the Companies Act 2006. Bgs5$ of preparation Nortbwood P&st Times rneets tht defjoition of a public benefit cntity wider FRS 102. AssBts and liabilities arc iuitiaily rol$ed at bistorical co$t or traDsaetion value unless otherwise stated in the relewdnt accounting po]i¢y nole8. Going concern The tnjstees Consider tbat there are no rnateri21 un¢ettxititi<s about the Charitys abiIity to contitiue a going CODcem ILOTauy SI]fict 8rw ofuucertainty that affect the canying value of wets held bythe charity. Ineowe aod endowments Dividends are re¢ogDised once tbe dividendlms been deelared and notifieatioti bas been r¢¢eivedof the dividend ¢.
Northwood Past Times Notes to the Ffin2nci21 Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 Ewditure All expenditure ts rccognised once tlwe is a legal or CODstruetive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the arnouut can be measurcd rcliably. All costs are 1{Kated to thc applicable ¢xpendifLTre heading that ag8re8ate siJ)iJ3r ¢osts to that category. we costs canttot be direetly atiributed to pÈrti¢ular beading5 they have beerl dlocated on a basis CODSiStent witb the use of resources. with central staff cost5 allocated ott the b1$ of tirLe spenL and depreciatioll ¢barge5 allocated on the portion of th¢ asset's use. Other support costs are allo¢at¢d based on the spre&d of stsff costs. Charitable activiti Ch2rÈtablt expenditUTe comprises tbose costs incwred by the chwity in the detsvery of its a¢tivitie5 and serrices for its benefici73. It includes both sts that can bc allocated dir¢¢tly to such activities 2nd those costs of a indirectjjature nxessary to support Smpport costs Support costs include e¢ntrai fjJn¢tions atsd ha been allocated to actisryry cost catrgories on a basis eoL%i$tent with the rjf Tesoure¢s, for ¢xample. a]locating property Costs by floor areas. or per capity sttff c¢>sts by the limc Spent and other costs by theix usag Govertt4Dce costs These indude the costs attnTrutable to the chaTity's ¢01)lianCe with Colttional and stathEory reqlu1em. inclt audA¢ strntetsic mana8¢m¢nt and tsustee5 ]neetings and Eeimbursed exp¢nses. Taxation Th¢ thlty is considered to p the tests s¢t out in Pardgraph I Schedule 6 of the Fin8u¢¢ Act 2010 and tberefore it rneets the definitioo of a ¢lJaritabl¢ cornpany for UK COOratiOn tsx purposes. Ac¢ordingly. tb¢ cbaTity is potentially exell)pt fyom ttitsn in respect of income or capitsl gaitis Teceived categories Covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Coryotation T&x Aet 2010 or Section 256 of the Ttio of Chargeable Gains Act 1992. to the extent that su¢h IT0 or gaiJJs are applied exclusively to clwitsbl¢ puwes. TnglblÈ fixed A5Jets IDdiirydual )Ixed &ss¢ts ¢osting £0.00 or Tllore are inifylly recwded at ¢os¢ less oLy subsequent acculllulated depr¢¢iation and wbsequent accumulthd impainnenÉ Eoss¢5. Depre¢iAtifjn and amortisatlon Depreciation is pr(tvided on t3llgible fixed a&%ets so as to ThTit¢ off the cost tsr valuatio4 le&5 ally &5timat&l residual value, over their exppxted usefid ecoaon)xc ]ife as follows: Asset ¢1gS$ Lalld and Builthngs FixbTh and fittings Motorvebicles Depreciation and rate 4Yo Oll Cost 20Yo (pn r¢ducillg balance 25Q/o oll rU¢lg balance Sts¢k Stock ts valued at the low¢r of cost and estimated seJ]illg ptice less eosLS to complete alld sell, after thit regard forobsolete and slow xuoving Stocks. Cost is dete using the fi[St.] fitst-out IFtFO). Pag¢ 9
Northwood P4st Times Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 Cash aDd cash equivalents Casb and cash equivalents con]prise e&8b on hand attd call deposits, and other sbort-tern bighly ]iquid investments that 8Ee readily convertible to a known attwwit of casb and ar¢ subject to an I18n]fic1t risk of chaDge ia value. Borrowings Inter¢st.bearing b¢)rrowings are initsally te¢orded at f8ir v8JK net of trallsadion costs. Interest.bearing borroTrings are subsequently cartied at amortis&l co$i witb the diff¢r¢n¢e between the proeeed5, llet of transaction eosts, and tbe aDWUUt du¢ on Ted¢mpu<)J b¢ing ronised as & ¢harg¢ to the Statement of Fina¢101 ActItieS over tbe period of the r¢levallt borrowing. Jnterest expense is xecogtiised OD the basis of the efft¢tive illterest method #nd is included in interest payable and similar ehtrges. BO0]85 arc classified as current liabilities unL¢s5 the chatity has ullconditig]Jai ri8bt to defer s¢ttl¢ment of the liablty forat least twelve after thc rcportillg datc. Fund strn¢ture Unrestrtcted income are gerAeral fimds that ar¢ avai]abl¢ forvse at the t dis¢retioll in filltherance of the objectives of tbe cbarity. 3 In¢ome from ¢harRtable actlvit5es funds General Totsl 2025 Total 2024 Hot¢1 trathng 70,176 70,176 4 Expenditure on cbaritsble aellv5tses- urtrestrieted funLs 2&25 2024 PurGhases Hum8A resources 8,672 21273 15,897 7,754 4.649 10.969 6298 2206 77,718 9,234 42.071 21.507 9,904 7,133 8,145 6.525 1,920 Heat & ligbt Advertising G¢n¢ral overbe Depreciation Govemallce costs 106,439 Page 10
Northwood Past Times Notes to the Financial Statsments for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 S Trll5teeg remuneration and expenses No lThstees, nor any per50DS connected with have received any remwieRtioll froTll thc GIMTity dllrlg tbe Nts tntstees have ze¢¢iv¢d any reiuLbws¢d expenses or ony tsth¢rkn¢fits from the charity during the year. 6 Stsff costs The monthly aveAgc number of p¢rsollS (Tticludillg senior t1gement / leadethip team) employed by the cljsrity dwing the year ¢xptessed as time equivalents was as follows: 2025 No 2024 r40 Management Provision (pf services Page 11
Northwood Past Time$ Notes to the Fillan¢fi21 Staitsments for the Year Ended 31 Augllst 2025 7 T2vtlorA The chatity is aregisttted ¢hatity and ts therthre &xempt from tsxatio 8 Tangible fixed sssets Land and buildings Furaityre and uipmellt Motor vehicles Tots] Cost At I September 2024 At 31 August 2025 270,000 76,574 2,000 348,574 270.000 76.574 2,0Tr) 348,574 DepreciAtioD At I S¢pt¢rnber 2024 Ch3r8e for the year At 31 AUW 2025 74,952 5,4(K) 71l61 883 1.937 16 149.050 6,299 80J52 73,044 1.953 155.349 Net bookyalue At 31 August 2025 189,648 3.530 47 193225 At 31 Au)St 2024 195.048 63 199.524 9 Stock 202S 2024 1.557 10 C&sb aJAd equivglents 2025 2024 Cash bank 27,188 21,738 11 Credltors: sinwunts fallillg dlle Mlthin tyne year 2025 2024 Other taHtion and social Security Other ¢r¢ditotS AC¢nlS 377 296.023 495 289,484 1,920 298.440 291,899 Page 12
Northwood Pgst Times Notes to the Financial Ststements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 12 Fund5 Balance at I Septsrnber 2024 Incoming urce5 Balallee at 31 August 2025 Unrestrlrted funds General {69,113) (7,356) (76,469 Balance at I September 2023 IrLcorolnz resources Bxlance at31 August 2024 Unrestrirted fllnds G¢D¢ral 34,098 169.1131 13 Analysts of net assets between fwds Unrestrieted funds General Total fid$ at 31 August 2025 TaDgibl¢ ftK¢d ass¢ts 193,225 28,746 (298,440 193225 28,746 (298.440) CuTrent liabi]iti¢$ Total net assets 76.469 76,469 Unrestricted Total funds #t 31 August 2024 General Tan8ible fixed &5sets Current assets Crettt ]iabilities 199,524 23,262 (291,899) 199,524 23262 291.899) 69,113 Totsin¢t &8sets (69,113) Page 13
Northwood Past Times E4otes to the Fillanc121 Ststements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 14 Related party tr#n8action8 Dltig tbe year tbe c]wiry nmde the following related patytransa¢¢ions: Northwood Day Care Centre Nortbwood Dty Care Centre ts rnanaged by tbe same trustees that manage this charity. Nonbwood Day Care Centre paid invoices on belf of tt]is cbariry totalling £1.252. This charity paid invoices onbehalf of Northwood Day Care Centre totalling £400. Nortbwood Day Care Cenre send8 its c]ients to holiday at tbe hotel ouned by tbis cknity. At tbe bal2Dce sheet date the amount due to NortlNvood Day Csre Centre w&% £192a53 {2024- £190,506). Thouias A. Thomas is a director of this company. At the balallce sheet date the arnot due to A.Thomas was £103,598 (2024- £98,978 due to). Page 14