2021-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 APR 2020 To 31 MAR 2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name BROOKFIELD SPACEPLACE Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1158546 Charity's principal address SOUNDSKILLS 7-9 LANGCLIFFE RD RIBBLETON, PRESTON Postcode PR2 6UE

BROOKFIELD SPACEPLACE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	DANIEL SQUIRES
	CHRIS DAVIS
	JAMES O’CONNOR
	LYNN STEWART
	DEBBIE RABY

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document CONSTITUTION (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods VOLUNTEER AND ELECTION (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The charity provides facilities in the interests of social welfare, for recreation and leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of the Brookfield area of Preston, and in common effect to advance education and to improve the physical and economic conditions of life in the said area of benefit

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Brookfield Spaceplace CIO (reg charity number 1158546) is currently dormant and we are still operating as Brookfield Spaceplace (unincorporated association)(re charity number 1084435) until such time that we are able to transfer the lease of the building from the unincorporated association to the CIO. Brookfield Spaceplace (1084435) currently leases the building we operate within from Preston College on a long term lease until March 2025. It is the aim to transfer the lease to Brookfield Spaceplace CIO (1158546).

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the We have been acting under advice from a lawyer and a consultant public benefit in relation to throughout the process – from establishing the CIO to the timing of these objects (include within transfer assets. The advice included choosing the new structure in order this section the statutory to give the trustees the added protection of a legal entity for holding the declaration that trustees have lease to the building. Working with a lawyer and a consultant we wrote to had regard to the guidance the college after the CIO had been registered with the Charity issued by the Charity Commission but had heard nothing from them at 31 March 2015. Commission on public benefit) In December 2015 the lawyer dealing with this matter has confirmed that

In December 2015 the lawyer dealing with this matter has confirmed that the college is prepared in principal to provide consent for the transfer of the lease, but proposed to produce a formal Licence to Assign. The college is asking Brookfield Spaceplace to meet its legal fees of £750 plus vat for dealing with the licence to assign. We have agreed to pay these costs and at the date of this report are waiting for the document to be produced, we are hoping that this will be any day now, as due to an administrative error our file was archived at Preston College for a number of months.

No change to the information since March 2020.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main The charity is currently dormant – see objectives and activities. achievements of the charity during the year

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

We currently do not have a policy on reserves.

charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) DEBORAH RABY Position (eg Secretary, Chair, TRUSTEE etc) Date 25th April 2021

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Roport to the truste•sl m•mb•rn of BROOKFIELD SPACEPLACE On accounts for the year 31 MARCH 2021 Charlty no (If ary) 1158546 Srt out on pages I to the trustees on my 8xamina1w)n ofthe accounts of the above arity (Ihe Tw8f) for the year end￿1 31￿21 Rosponslblllll•8 and A8 the d￿rity tru￿ of the TN8t, w)u are rnsw)nsible for the preparation b•sl• of r•port of the a(rounts in XC¢xd￿ Y￿th the requirements of the Chaiities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I report in resp8d of my examination of the Trust's acLX)unts ca￿led out under sectw)n 145 crf the 2011 Act and in caryiry out my examinalion, I have folbYd the applicatAe Th'reclions wven by the Chanty Commiss under sedion 145(5Xb) ￿ the Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my exanination. I confimi that no material matters have C4Jrne to my attention in connedion with the examinats'on which gives me cause to believe Ihat in. any material respect: accounting I￿)rdS w•ro not kept in accordance ith section 130 01 theAdor with the examination to ￿lch attention shouhj be drawn in order to enable a proper understaThJing of a(xx)unts to ts read￿d. . Please ¢knte lh8 wvrds brnckets rfthey do not apply. Slgnod: 25 April 2021 Name: DIANE RAWSTHORNE Relevant profosslonal quallficath)n{$) or body (ff any): Addr•ss: 19 WOODSIDE AVE RIBBL￿ON PRESTON. PR2 6QQ IER October 2018

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