## **Buckhurst Park Community Centre Burghley Close, Walcot, Swindon, SN3 3BS (Charity Commission No: 1144530)**
## **Trustees Report 2024 - 2025**
## **INTRODUCTION**
The Trustees present their Report and Financial Accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31[st] March 2025. The financial accounts have been prepared generally, in accordance with Accepted Accounting Practice.
## **ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
## **Trustees**
The following have been appointed as Trustees by the Association for 2023/2024.
||Name|Position|Dated Appointed|
|---|---|---|---|
|1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.|Bhim Pun
Roy Stephen
David Bell
Steve Allsopp
Dhan Budhathoki
Agnelo Estrocio
Fanxeil Fernandes
Francis Goes|(Chairman)
(Secretary)
(Treasurer)
Trustee
Trustee
Trustee
Trustee
Trustee|08thDecember 2018
07thJuly 2013
07thFebruary 2013
25thJanuary 2013
09thMay 2019
02ndOctober 2024
26thJuly 2023
08thDecember 2018|
|9.|Hari Bhadur Limbu|Trustee|14thJune 2021|
|10.
11.
12.|Maita Limbu
Ranjan Malla
Mohan Thapa|Trustee
Trustee
Trustee|31stAugust 2017
08thDecember 2018
24thJune 2013|
Address: Burghley Close, Walcot, Swindon SN3 3S Tel: 01793 954802 eMail: BuckhurstParkCommunityCentre@BTinternet.com Website: bookonlinebuckhurst@gmail.com
Bankers: Lloyds Bank, High Street, Old Town, Swindon, SN1 3EN
## **Structure, Governance & Management**
Buckhurst Park Community Centre is a Registered Charity (Charity No: 1144530). Currently 12 Trustees were appointed. Governance of the Charity is the responsibility of the Trustees. Appointment of Trustees were made taking into consideration of the individuals’ skills, expertise and time commitment to undertake the Charity’s activities/duties.
Trustees are all volunteers and have been given induction training. Trustees are also encouraged to undertake other training such as Basic First Aid Training, Risk
Analysis, Governance etc. all trustees give their time freely and no Trustee received any remuneration during the reporting period. However travel expenses have been reimbursed when appropriate.
## **Aims & Objectives**
## **Aim** :
Our Aim is to provide a safe and secure environment to all sections of the community, irrespective of their race, colour, sex, religious conviction, sexual orientation, poverty or social and economic circumstances with the object of improving their conditions in life.
## **Objectives:**
To provide social, cultural, recreational and educational forum to all sections of the community in Swindon and in particular to the residents of Walcot area.
Promotion of any charitable purpose.
- a) To hire the Centre facilities to all at affordable price.
- b) To work with stakeholders including South Swindon Parish Council and Swindon Borough Council to achieve our objectives.
- c) For all users to access the Centre which is friendly and welcoming.
- d) To encourage local residents to volunteer to be part of the management in the day to day running of the Centre.
## **Public Benefit**
The objectives of the Centre are the promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of all residents in the Borough of Swindon and any other exclusively charitable purposes which are in the opinion of the Trustees beneficial to the peoples of Swindon. The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Aims and Objectives and in planning activities.
## **Activities**
The Main Hall is used for recreational and social events and proves quite popular amongst the community (both local and wider community). There are a number of groups who use the Hall regularly for a variety of activities. Dance Classes, Language Classes & Cultural Classes, Church Activities, Senior Citizens and Exercise Classes to name a few.
Meeting Room 1 is used mainly as an extension to the Main hall is used by various community groups.
The Carousal Room & Meeting Room 2 are both used by all sections of the community for meetings, language classes and other educational activities. We also hosted several charity events in the Centre for various charities for their fund raising events.
## **Facilities**
The facilities are looking a bit tired and in need of some refurbishment; we will need to look for some assistance with these works.
The running maintenance is undertaken as required by the administration team.
During this period (April 2024 – March 2025) the local authority (Swindon Borough Council) have offered the lease to South Swindon Parish Council and they have indicated they are interested in taking the lease and have expressed a wish for the current administration to continue running the building.
## **Financial Statement**
The Centre is financed entirely by the revenue it generates by hiring the facilities. The Financial position at the end of this financial year looks healthy The bank balance for the financial ending 31[st] March 2024 was £96,307.34 and the totals of the bank balance on 31[st] March 2025 was £103,081.34.
The income for this period was £ 66,419.52 and the expenditure was £ 60,434.23; both income and expenditure down from the year 2023-24 this was a decrease in the bookings at the centre, hence lower expenditure.
It was thought that this decrease in bookings in not having the administration to process the bookings and lack of staff to manage the bookings. The trustees have employed an administrator to assist with this issue.
## **Reserves Policy**
The Centre has a Reserves Policy and it is to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the Charity, at a level equates to approximately 10 months of operational expenditure. This provides sufficient funds to cover the cost of utilities, maintenance and other operational costs.
The trustees are exploring the use of some of the reserves to make some improvements to the facility.
## **Volunteers**
The Centre is entirely run by volunteers who do a variety of jobs including opening & closing the Centre, manning the office, cleaning, and minor maintenance works. We are seeking an employee to be a presence on site and undertake operation of the booking system.
## DavidMBell
David M Bell 27[th] October 2025
||||||**Buckhurst Park Community Centre**|**Buckhurst Park Community Centre**|**Buckhurst Park Community Centre**|**Buckhurst Park Community Centre**|**Buckhurst Park Community Centre**|**Buckhurst Park Community Centre**|**Buckhurst Park Community Centre**||||||**1144530**|**1144530**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||||||||||**CC16a**|
||||||**For the period**
**from**||||Period start date
**01-Apr-24**||||**To**||||Period end date
**31-Mar-25**||||
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||**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||||||
||||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**|||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Endowment**||**Total funds**|||**Last year**|
||||||**to the nearest**
**£**|||**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**|
||**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||
|Facility Hire
**65824.52**
**-**
**-**
**65,825**
Grant
**400**
**-**
**-**
**400**
Error
**195**
**-**
**-**
**195**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_**66,420**
**-**
**-**
**66,420**
**-**
———————|||||||||||||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment**
**sales, (see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 66,420**
**-**
**-**
**66,420**
**-**
—=——~~——~~|||||||||||||||||||||
||**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||||||
||Administration||||£|£|600
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**600**|**600**||**-**|
||Booking Cancelled||||£|£|1,605
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**1,605**|**1,605**||**2,228**|
||CCTV Maintenance||||£|£|-
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**2,610**|
||Cleaning||||£|£|-
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**195**|
||Correction||||£|£|340
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**340**|**340**||**-**|
||Deposit Return||||£|£|7,654
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**7,654**|**7,654**||**8,026**|
||Donation||||£|£|220
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**220**|**220**||**905**|
||Electricity Supply||||£|£|9,519
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**9,519**|**9,519**||**6,131**|
||Employment||||£|£|6,354
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**6,354**|**6,354**||**18,000**|
||Expenses Paid||||£|15,588
£|||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**15,588**|||**13,383**|
||Fuel||||£|£|-
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**50**|
||Gas Supply||||£|£|7,625
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**7,625**|**7,625**||**7,141**|
||Goods Received||||£|£|625
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**625**|**625**||**-**|
||Hygine Service||||£|£|196
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**196**|**196**||**222**|
||Insurance||||£|£|157
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**157**|**157**||**157**|
||IT Support||||£|£|-
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||Maintenance||||£|£|447
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**447**|**447**||**1,540**|
||Overpayment||||£|£|-
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**404**|
||Phone/Internet Package||||£|£|467
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**467**|**467**||**410**|
||Refund||||£|£|-
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||Security||||£|£|1,285
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**1,285**|**1,285**||**1,570**|
||Waste Service||||£|£|3,541
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**3,541**|**3,541**||**3,319**|
||Water Supply||||£|£|3,883
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**3,883**|**3,883**||**1,148**|
||Web Site Administration||||£|£|330
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**330**|**330**||**330**|
||West Mercia Energy||||£|£|-
£||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**6,000**|
||||**_Sub total_**|**_Sub total_ **|**60,434**|**60,434**|**60,434**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**60,434**|||**73,769**|
**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - - - -** _**Total payments**_ ————— **[ 60,434 ] - - 60,434 73,769** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **5,985 - - 5,985 - 73,769 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -** CCXX R1 accounts (SS) _**Cash funds this year end**_ === **5,985 -** 1 **- 5,985** >> **- 73,769** 13/01/2026
|**Section B Statement**|**of assets and liabilities**|**at the end of the period**|**at the end of the period**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|Signature
**Details**
DMB Loan/Expenses
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Lloyds Saver Account
Account Number 13585662
Reserve Account
Lloyds Treasurer Account
Account Number 67872968
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**31,367**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**|
|||**31,367**|**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
13/01/2026
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**Buckhurst Park Community Centre Charity Reg. No : 1144530**
**Accounts For the period ended 31 March 2025**
**Payslip Accountants Accountants & Tax Advisers**
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**Buckhurst Park Community Centre Charity Reg. No : 1144530**
**Accounts For the period ended 31 March 2025**
**Payslip Accountants Accountants & Tax Advisers**
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## **Buckhurst Park Community Centre Independent examiner's report on accounts**
**For the period ended 31 March 2025**
## **Independent examiner's report to trustees of Buckhurst Park Community Centre**
The charity's trustees 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. It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission
- (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## Charity Reg. No : 1144530 **Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the
- accounting requirements of the Charities Act.
Sumon Roy,MAAT(Licensed Accountant) Payslip Accountants 141 Victoria Road Swindon SN1 3BU
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## **Buckhurst Park Community Centre Receipts and payments accounts For the period ended 31 March 2025**
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Year 2025 Year 2024
Total funds Total funds
Notes to the nearest £ to the nearest £
Receipts
Facility Hire 65,825 79,768
Grant 400
Error 195
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 66,420 79,768
Total receipts 66,420 79,768
Payments
Administration 600
Booking Cancelled 1,605 2,228
Electricity 9,519 6,131
Correction 340 -
Deposit return 7,654 8,026
Donation 220 905
Error - 18,000
Wages and salary 6,354 -
Internet & Telephone 467 410
Expenes Paid 15,588 13,383
Gas 7,625 7,141
Goods recived 625 -
Hygine Service 196 222
Insurance 157 157
Maintenance 447 1,540
Security 1,285 1,570
Waste Service 3,541 3,319
Water Supply 3,883 1,148
Web Site Administration 330 330
West Mercia Energy - 6,000
Fuel - 50
Cleaning - 195
CCTV Maintainance - 2,610
Over Payments 404
Sub total 60,434 73,768
Total payments 60,434 73,768
Net of receipts/(payments) 5985 6000
Surplus funds from year end 2024 6,000 -
Surplus/(deficit) funds year end 31 Mar 2025 11,985 6,000
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