Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 APR 2021 To 31 MAR 2022
Section A Reference and administration details
BROOKFIELD SPACEPLACE
Charity name 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
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 CHRIS DAVIS
JAMES
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O’CONNOR
3 LIAM BLAKE
4 DEBBIE RABY
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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)
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
CONSTITUTION
How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)
Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
VOLUNTEER AND ELECTION
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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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 public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
We have been acting under advice from a lawyer and a consultant throughout the process – from establishing the CIO to the timing of transfer assets. The advice included choosing the new structure in order to give the trustees the added protection of a legal entity for holding the lease to the building. Working with a lawyer and a consultant we wrote to the college after the CIO had been registered with the Charity Commission but had heard nothing from them at 31 March 2015. 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 2022.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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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 charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially in deficit
We currently do not have a policy on reserves.
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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 20th July 2023
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Rèport to the trusteesl membgrs of BROOKFIELD SPACEPiACE On accounts for the year •nd•d 31 MARCH 2023 Charity no (If any} 1158546 S•t out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the aw)unts of the above chaiity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 3110312023 Rosponsibilitlos and As the charfty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (°the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){b) of the Act. Independent examiner's ststement I h*4e cfjmpleted my examination. I confim that no material matters have me to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me Cause to believe that in. any material respect". accounting records were not kem in accordancE 1th section 130 of the Act or the ac£ounts do not )rd with Ihe accounting re(x)rds I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the acuntS to be reathed. . Please delete the words in the brackets if they do nol apply. Signod: 28thJuly 2023 Name: DIANE RAlhETHORNE R81ovant professlonal qualification(s) or body (If any): Address: 19 WOODSIDE AVE RIBBLETON PRESTON, PR2 6QQ IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete rf thè examiner needs to highlight fflatters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of chaiity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brièf details of any items that the examiner wl$h8S to disclose. IER October 2018
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES BROOKAELD SPACEPLACE Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forth• p•rlod from To 31-1-23 Section A Receipts and payments UnrtAtrict•d fvnds loth• Marest Restrictèd funds Endowmont funds Last year Tot•1 funds tothe hparnst£ tothe no¥est£ •thè brest¢ nw95t£ A1 Rècoi Sub tolal(GfDSS income for AR) A2 Asset and itwè*tment sal. ($8• table). Sub total A3 Pa m•nts Sub totsl A4 Asset and Investment purcha¥•8. (s tabhl Sub total 14et olrn¢•ipW(paymonts) A5 Trnnsférs bet%En funds A6 Cash funds tast yèar •tHI Cash ndS thts ye4r•nd Page 1 Swethtvèrsw)Tr ofCC16&
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricteil funds to nO8WOSt£ RestTi¢t&d furKI¥ neBwest£ Endowment funds kMar•ot£ Categorl•s Oetail$ Tolal cash funds acoxrt(s1) Unrnstrfct•d funds to noare5tt Restridod funds tr• Dur•st£ Endowm•nt fvnds Detai15 Fund tOTHhleh asset be Details CostlopMtstTrari 83 Investment a88•ts Fund towhleh s¥et belo Dètails Crth{optionJ CurrntvahJ• B4 A888ts retained for th• ¢harity'i own use Fund ta whkh Amountdu• Whendy¢ Kffjal Details B5 Uabllltles Suned ty one ortHotrLBtees on t•h8llof all Ihe trwtees Print Name Date of oval Signature DE881E RABY 20.0723 Pag92 StKe*Jshtet ¥eNon ofCC168