## ## ## |Objecti|v|es and|Activ|iti|es|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||SORP reference|||| |Summary||ofthe purposes||of||In the interest ofsocial welfare, to improve||| |the charity||as set out|in its|||the|conditions
of life for the inhabitants|of| |governing||document||||Barnstaple
without
distinction
of political,||| |||||||religious or other opinions
by the provision||| |||||||and|maintenance
ofa
ark.|| |Summary
ofthe main
activities
in relation to those|||||Para 1.17and
1.19|~|Provision
and maintenance
of:
o
parkland
for leisure purposes|| |purposes||for the public|||||o
a children's
play area|| |benefit,|in|particular,|the||||o
adult gym equipment|| |activities,||projects or|||||o
public toilets|| |services|identified
in||the||||o
sports pitches|| |accounts.|||||||o
public seating|| ||||||||o
a war memorial|| ||||||||o
floral planting|| ||||||||o
a flagpole|| |||||||~|Provision ofa refreshment
kiosk, leased|| ||||||||to a commercial
provider
which|| ||||||||generates
rent income.|| |||||||~|Maintenance
of Rock Park Lodge,|a| ||||||||house
in the park grounds
that is let to|| ||||||||a tenant and used by the Town Ranger|| ||||||||team as a base.|| |||||||e|Hire of parkland
areas for community|| ||||||||and commercial
events|| |Statement||confirming|||Para 1.18|The|Trustee,
in making decisions about|| |whether|the trustees||have|||that, has had due regard to the Charity||| |had regard to the guidance||||||Commission's
public benefit guidance||when| |issued
by||the Charity||||exercising
any powers or duties to which||| |Commission
on public||||||the|guidance
is relevant.|| |benefit||||||||| |Additional|information
(optional)|information
(optional)||| |---|---|---|---|---| |You ma
choose to include||further statements|where relevant|about:| |||SORP reference||| |Policy on|grant making.|Para 1.38|N/A|| |Policy on
including|social investment
program
related|Para 1.38|N/A|| |investment||||| |Contribution|Contribution|Contribution|made by|made by||Barnstaple
in Bloom continue to take an| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |volunteers.|||||Para 1.38|active role in the development
ofthe park| |||||||this year and significant
improvement
has| |||||||been made as they focus on different areas| |||||||ofthe park.| |Other||||||N/A| |Achieve|m|e|nts|and Performance||| ||||||SORP reference|| |Summary||of|the|main||Rock Park was left in perpetuity
as a| |achievements|||of|the charity,||Charitable
Trust to the Mayor and| |identifying||the difference the||||Aldermen
of Barnstaple
Corporation,
their| |charity's
work has made to
the circumstances
ofits
beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|||||Para 1.20|heirs and successors,
by William Rock.
Today, the Park is owned
by Barnstaple
Town Council and managed
by the Rock
Park Trust Management
Committee.| |||||||Throughout
2022/23 Rock Park has been| |||||||hired/used
by the community
for a variety| |||||||ofdifferent activities/events
—Barnstaple| |||||||Marathon,
the Race for Life, and regular| |||||||events such as Parkrun,
fitness classes| |||||||and football matches.| |||||||The Park is home to the war memorial
and| |||||||hosted the Act of Remembrance
and| |||||||Children's
Remembrance
Service in| |||||||November.| |||||||We in May hosted a Platinum
Jubilee event| |||||||run by the Local Lions Club and the fair| |||||||returned,
always a popular event.| |||||||Routine maintenance
and management
of| |||||||the park is carried out by the Town Council| |||||||inhouse team throughout
the year,| |||||||including
play area inspection
/ repairs,| |||||||minor park furniture
repairs, tree works, as| |||||||well as grass cutting and pitch| |||||||maintenance.| |||||||During the year the Trust has:| |||||||~
Resurfaced some ofthe footpaths.| |||||||~
continued
the use ofthe football| |||||||pitches
by two youth teams,| ## ## |You ma|choose to include|choose to include|further statements|where relevant|about||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Achievements
objectives set||against|Para 1.41|Maintenance
ofthe park continues
to be
undertaken
by the Town Council inhouse|||| |||||team following|the withdrawal||from the| |||||grounds
maintenance||contract|at the end of| |||||2020.|||| |||||More involvement
by||volunteers
has taken|| |||||place with Barnstaple||in Bloom taking|| |||||res
onsibilit|for certain flower||beds.| |Performance
offundraising
activities against objectives|||Para 1.41|N/A|||| |set|||||||| |Investment
performance
against objectives|||Para 1.41|NIA|||| |Other||||N/A|||| ## |inanci|al
Review|al
Review|al
Review|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review|ofthe charity's||||Para 1.21|The trust has achieved||a sustainable||| |financial|position at||the end|||financial
position,
it received an annual||||| |ofthe period||||||grant from|Barnstaple|Town Council,||paid| |||||||in two halves.
This is||calculated
by|the|| |||||||council to|ensure
it covers the running|||| |||||||costs ofthe park.||||| |Statement||explaining|the||Para 1.22|The Trust|maintains
a|level ofgeneral||| |policy for holding reserves||||||reserves that equates||to the running||costs| |stating|why|they are|held|||ofthe park|of between|four and six|months,|| |||||||which provides a significant
period|||for|| |||||||review should income||be delayed
or||not| |||||||realised.||||| |Amount|of|reserves|held||Para 1.22|824,250||||| |Reasons for holding|||zero||Para 1.22|Earmarked|reserves are maintained||for|| |reserves||||||specific projects or for||unexpected|costs in|| |||||||risk areas|such as tree maintenance.|||This| |||||||approach|is reviewed|annually
in||| |||||||considering|the annual|report and||| |||||||accounts.||||| |Details|offund materially|||in|Para 1.24|N/A||||| |deficit||||||||||| |Explanation||of any|||Para 1.23|N/A||||| |uncertainties
about|||the|||||||| |charity|continuing
as a going|||||||||| |concern||||||||||| ## |You ma|choose to|choose to|choose to|choose to|include further statements|include further statements|where|relevant
about||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |The charity's|||principal||||The|main sources of funding
are||| |sources|of|funds||{including||||Grant income from Barnstaple||Town| |any fundraising)||||||Para 1.47||Council
Rent income from Rock Park Lodge||| |||||||||and the refreshment
kiosk.||| |||||||||Rental Income from Commercial||| |||||||||activities, the fair and the inflatables||| |||||||||provider.||| |||||||||Other one-off grant applications||| |||||||||Fees for the use offootball|itches|| |Investment|||policy|and|||N/A|||| |objectives||including|||any|Para 1.46||||| |social investment||||policy||||||| |adopted||||||||||| |A description
risks facing|||ofthe principal
the charity|||Para 1.46||Damage through
vandalism
assets.|of|park| |||||||||Excessive wear and tear to|play and|| |||||||||other equipment.||| |||||||||Injury Claims due to lack of||| |||||||||inspection
and maintenance.||| |||||||||Loss oftree stock due to weather||| |||||||||events or lack ofa planting||| |||||||||programme.||| |Other|||||||N/A|||| ## |Description
ofcharity's||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:||||| |Type ofgoverning
document||Para 1.25|Trust Deed|| |How is the charity||Para 1.25|Trust|| |constituted?||||| |Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Barnstaple|Town Council (sole trustee) is| |including
details of any|||the body corporate|| |constitutional
provisions|e.g.|||| |election to post or name|of|||| |any person or body entitled||||| |to appoint one or more||||| |trustees||||| |Additional
information|(optional)|||| |You ma
choose to include further statements|||where relevant about:|| |Policies and procedures
adopted
for the induction||Para 1.51||| |and training
oftrustees||||| |The charity's
organisational
structure
and any wider||Para 1.51|N/A|| |network
with which the||||| |charity works||||| |Relationship
with any
related parties||Para 1.51|N/A|| |Other|||N/A|| ## |Charity|name|name||Rock Park Trust| |---|---|---|---|---| |Other name||the charity uses||N/A| |Registered||charity|number|1154681| |Charity's|principal||address|Barum House| |||||The Square| |||||Barn staple| |||||EX32BLS| |Names oft|he charity trus|tees who manage|the charity|| |---|---|---|---|---| |Trustee name||Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot
for whole
ear|Name ofperson (or body) entitled
to a
oint trustee
ifan| |Barnstaple|Town Council|Sole Trustee||Barnstaple
Town Council| |ame oftrustees
holding|title to|property
bel|onging
to the|ch| |---|---|---|---|---| |Trustee name||Dates acted if|not for whole|ear| |unds held as custodian||trustees|on behalf|| |Description
ofthe assets||N/A||| |held
in this capacity||||| |Name and objects ofthe||N/A||| |charity on whose behalf|the|||| |assets are held and how|this|||| |falls within the custodian||||| |charity's
objects||||| |Details of arrangements|for|N/A||| |safe custody and||||| |segregation
ofsuch assets||||| |from the charity's
own||||| |assets||||| ## ## ## ## ## ## |Note 2||||Accounting
policies|Accounting
policies||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |This standard
list of||accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for||||those deleted.||Where a different|||| |or additional|policy has been adopted then thisis detailedin
the box below.||||||||||| |INCOMING RESOURCES|||||||||||| |Recognition|of incoming||||These are included
in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:||||||| |resources|||||~
the charity becomes entitled to the resources;||||||| ||||||~
the trustees are virtually
certain they will receive the|resources;
and|||||| ||||||~
the monetary
value can be measured
with sufficient|reliability.|||||| |Incoming resources||with|||Where incoming
resources have related expenditure
(as|with fundraising||or contract income)|||| |related expenditure|||||the incoming
resources and related expenditure
are reported gross in the|||SoFA.|||| |Grants and donations|||||Grants and donations
are only included
in the SoFA when|the charity has||unconditional|||| ||||||entitlement
to the resources.||||||| |Tax reclaims|on donations||||Incoming
resources
from tax reclaims are included
in the|SoFA at the same time as the gift to|||||| |and gifts|||||which they relate.||||||| |Contractual|income and||||This is only included
in the SoFA once the related goods|or services have||been delivered.|||| |performance|related|grants|||||||||| |Gifts in kind|||||Gifts in kind are accounted
for at a reasonable
estimate oftheir value to||the charity or the||||| ||||||amount
actually realised.||||||| ||||||Gifts in kind for sale or distribution
are included
in the accounts as gifts only when sold||||or||| ||||||distributed
by the charity.||||||| ||||||Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included
in the SoFAas incoming||resources
when||||| ||||||receivable.||||||| |Donated services and|||||These are only included
in incoming
resources
(with an equivalent
amount|||in resources|||| |facilities|||||expended)
where the benefit to the charity is reasonably|quantifiable,
measurable
and|||||| ||||||material.
The value placed on these resources
is the estimated
value to|||the charity ofthe|||| ||||||service or facility received.||||||| |Volunteer
help|||||The value ofany voluntary
help received is not included
in the accounts
trustees'
annual
report.||but is described|||in the|| |Investment
income|||||This is included
in the accounts when receivable.||||||| |Investment
gains and|||losses||This includes
any gain or loss on the sale of investments|and any gain or||loss resulting|from||| ||||||revaluing
investments
to market value at the end ofthe year.||||||| |EXPENDITURE|||AND LIABILITIES||||||||| |Liability recognition|||||Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive
obligation
committing||||||the| ||||||charity to pay out resources.||||||| ||||||Where the charity gives a grant with conditions
for its payment
being a specific level of||||service||| ||||||or output to be provided,
such grants are only recognised|in the SoFA once the recipient||||ofthe|| ||||||grant has provided
the specified service or output.||||||| |Grants payable without|||||These are only recognised
in the accounts when a commitment
has been|||made and there|||are| |performance|conditions||||no conditions
to be met relating
to the grant which remain|in the control|ofthe charity.||||| |ASSETS|||||||||||| |Tangible fixed assets|||for use||These are capitalised
ifthey can be used for more than one year, and cost at least F500.||||||They| |by charity|||||are valued at cost or a reasonable
value on receipt.||||||| |Investments|||||Investments
quoted on a recognised
stock exchange are|valued at market value at the|||year||| ||||||end.
Other investment
assets are included
at trustees'
best estimate of||market value.||||| |Stocks and|work in progress||||These are valued at the lower ofcost or market value.||||||| |POLICIES ADOPTED|||||||||||| |ADDITIONAL|||TO|OR|||||||| |DIFFERENT FRONI|||THOSE||||||||| ||||ABOVE||||||||| ## ## ## |services pr
appropriate|ovided by yo
box(es).|ur indepe|
ndent
examiner orau|ditor.
Ifnoth|ing
was paid please|enter NONEin| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||This year|Last year| ||||||E|| |Independent
accounts|examiner's|or auditors' fees for reporting||on the|125|125| |Other fees|{forexample:|advice,|consultancy,
accountancy|||| |services) paid to the independent|||examiner or auditor|||| ## |Analysis ofdebtors|Analysis ofdebtors|||Amounts
within|falling due
one year|Amounts
more|falling due after
than one year|falling due after
than one year| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||This year|Last year|This year||Last year| ||||||f.|||| |Trade debtors||||225|225|||| |Amounts
due|from subsidiary|and associated||||||| |undertakings||||||||| |Other debtors||||||||| |Prepayments|and accrued income|||1,972|616|||| ||||Total|||||| |||||Amounts|falling due|falling due|Amounts|falling|falling|due after| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||within|one|year|more|than|one year|| |||||This year|Last year||This year||Last year|| |||||||||||f.| |Loans and overdrafts||||||||||| |Trade creditors||||963||2,756||||| |Amounts|due to subsidiary|and associated||||||||| |undertakings||||||||||| |Other creditors||||||||||| |Accruals|and deferred income|||||||||| ||||Total|||||||| ## ##