## Friends of Bowling Park
Charity number 1156565
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2020
Friends of Bowling Park
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Receipts and payments account|4|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6 to 8|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service**
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## Friends of Bowling Park
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 2020
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates**
**Position Dates** David Brickman Chair Eunice Smith Treasurer Resigned December 2020 Anna Boocock Shahid Islam Donald Smith Resigned December 2020 Scott Hinsley Secretary
## **Charity number**
The charity was registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number 1156565, on 8 April 2014.
**Principal address Bankers** 247 Bowling Hall Road Santander UK plc Bradford 2 Darley Street West Yorkshire BD4 7TJ Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 3HR
## **Accountants**
## **West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation formed on 8 April 2014 and is governed by a constitution.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.
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## Friends of Bowling Park
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2020
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
The objects of the CIO are for the benefit of the inhabitants of Bradford, to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life for the inhabitants of the area of benefit in particular but not exclusively by the preservation, promotion, support, assistance and improvement of Bowling Park.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of environmental protection and improvement of Bowling Park and advancement and improvement in and around the local community.
## **Achievements and performance**
The charity experienced a very difficult year as many other organisations in the sector did due to the global pandemic. The decision was made to cease all public operations/activities at the start of the lockdown in March 2020. Our employed staff member continued to work remotely until her resignation in October 2020. On behalf of everyone involved at FOBP, we thank her for her hard work in difficult times. The trustees of the charity made the decision to support some of our local partners in bringing relief to local people who were severely affected by the pandemic. This was primarily in the form of financial donations to local food banks.
As the restrictions started to lift in the summer, we were able to hold a few in-person activities in the park including socially distanced ‘family bubble’ gardening activities. The charity was also able to support other local partners through financing park-wide improvement works carried out in 2020. This included significant investment in infrastructure and the planting of new trees.
On behalf of the trustees and volunteers of FOBP, we thank Donald and Eunice Smith for over 15 years of voluntary service in the park as they resigned as founder trustees at the end of the year. Your long service and inspiration have been invaluable over these years to everything that has happened in the park.
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year were £5,962, including net payments of £3,192 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £2,670 on restricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £13,587.
Signed on behalf of the board of trustees on 26/10/2021
David Brickman (Trustee)
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## Friends of Bowling Park
## Receipts and payments account
## for the year ended 31 December 2020
|Notes
2020
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
-
Hut takings
148
Events income
-
**Total receipts**
148
**Payments**
Salaries and NI
(3)
40
Hut purchases
-
Lodge project
-
Office rent
-
Youth outreach donation
-
Event and activity expenses
-
Consultancy fees
2,520
Insurance
-
Printing and stationery
-
IT
-
Equipment
-
Volunteer expenses
-
General expenses
-
Grant payments
-
Accountancy
780
**Total payments**
3,340
(3,192)
**Fund balances brought forward**
16,779
**Fund balances carried forward**
(4)
13,587
**Net receipts / (payments)**|2020
Restricted
funds
£
7,470
-
-
7,470
5,641
376
-
200
-
579
500
151
19
110
-
-
64
2,500
-
10,140
(2,670)
5,797
3,127|2020
Total
funds
£
7,470
148
-
7,618
5,681
376
-
200
-
579
3,020
151
19
110
-
-
64
2,500
780
13,480
(5,862)
22,576
16,714|2019
Total
funds
£
5,717
1,738
1,481
8,936
3,915
1,650
155
1,000
200
1,171
2,328
169
431
55
1,008
316
112
-
-
12,510
(3,574)
26,150
22,576|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Friends of Bowling Park
## Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 December 2020
2020
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
13,532
Cash in hand
55
**Total cash funds**
13,587
**Liabilities**
Accountancy fees
**Approval of the accounts**|2020
Restricted
£
3,127
-
3,127|2020
Total
£
16,659
55
16,714
£
330
330|2019
Total
£
22,512
64
22,576|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 26/10/2021
David Brickman (Trustee)
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## Friends of Bowling Park
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2020
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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## Friends of Bowling Park
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 December 2020
|**2 Grants and donations**
Bradford Metropolitan District Council (BMDC)
The Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust
Betty's Centenary Trees for Life Fund
Bradford City Challenge Foundation
Ecclesiastical Movement for Good Fund
Donations
**3 Staff costs and numbers**
Gross salaries
Pensions
Add/Less: Salary owing at 31 December 2019
Add: Pension prepayment
Add: HMRC PAYE credit balance|2020
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|2020
Restricted
funds
£
2,470
5,000
-
-
-
-
7,470|2020
Total
funds
£
2,470
5,000
-
-
-
-
7,470
2020
£
4,986
249
446
-
-
5,681|2019
Total
funds
£
-
-
4,000
625
1,000
92
5,717
2019
£
3,989
200
(446)
37
135
3,915|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The average number employees during the year was 0.6, being an average of 0.2 full time equivalent (2019: 0.6, 0.2 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.
|**Defined contribution pension scheme**
Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year
**4 Restricted funds**
Balance b/f
£
Sovereign Health
2,504
Betty's Centenary Trees for Life
3,293
The Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust
-
BMDC Cleaner Streets
-
BMDC Community Chest
-
5,797|Incoming
£
-
-
5,000
1,970
500
7,470|Outgoing
£
2,230
3,293
4,117
-
500
10,140|2020
£
249
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-|2019
£
200
Balance c/f
£
274
-
883
1,970
-
3,127|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Purpose of restriction**
## **Fund name**
Sovereign Health Betty's Centenary Trees for Life
To support the costs of outreach work in Bowling Park.
To support both a kindergardeners project with school children and a tree planting project.
The Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust To help improve the environment of Bowling Park. BMDC Cleaner Streets BMDC Community Chest
To support improvements to the park including planting and events.
To support events being held in the park. Due to the impact of covid-19 it was agreed with BMDC that the funding would be re-directed for the support of the local community via a local foodbank.
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## Friends of Bowling Park
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 December 2020
## **5 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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