Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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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 ~~ee~~ |
Registered charity number (if any) 1158546 Charity's principal address SOUNDSKILLS 7-9 LANGCLIFFE RD RIBBLETON, PRESTON Postcode PR2 6UE ~~ee~~ |
Registered charity number (if any) 1158546 Charity's principal address SOUNDSKILLS 7-9 LANGCLIFFE RD RIBBLETON, PRESTON Postcode PR2 6UE ~~ee~~ |
Registered charity number (if any) 1158546 Charity's principal address SOUNDSKILLS 7-9 LANGCLIFFE RD RIBBLETON, PRESTON Postcode PR2 6UE ~~ee~~ |
Registered charity number (if any) 1158546 Charity's principal address SOUNDSKILLS 7-9 LANGCLIFFE RD RIBBLETON, PRESTON Postcode PR2 6UE ~~ee~~ |
Registered charity number (if any) 1158546 Charity's principal address SOUNDSKILLS 7-9 LANGCLIFFE RD RIBBLETON, PRESTON Postcode PR2 6UE ~~ee~~ |
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| 1 | CHRIS DAVIS | |||||
| 2 | LIAM BLAKE | |||||
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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)
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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 principle 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 2024.
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 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 5th January 2026
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsasl members of BROOKFIELD SPACEPIACE On accounts for the year ended 31 MARCH 2025 Charity no lif any) 1158546 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 3110312024 Responslbllities and As the charily trustees of the Trust, you are sponSible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charilies Act 2011 ("the Acf,). I report in respect of my examinalion of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material resped: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records S 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 accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Dats: 28th April 2025 Name: DIANE RAWSTHORNE Relevant professional qualificatlon(s) or body {if any): Address: 19 WOODSIDE AVE RIBBLETON PRESTON, PR2 6QQ IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of thaiity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief detslls of any items thatthe examiner wlshes to disclose. IER October 2018
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES BROOKHELD SPACEPLACE Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from To 01- -24 314lar-24 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds to th• n•arnst Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the neaMsl£ to the nur•st£ to the near•st £ 10 tho nearo•t£ A1 Receipts Sub total (Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (seo table). Sub total A3 Payments Sub total A4 Assot and invèstnwnt purchas•8. (S tablo) Sub total Net of re¢wptsl(payments) A5 Trnnsf¢rs between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash fiinds this year end P8g8 1 Swead5h8et version ofCC16a
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted Restricted funds funds to nearest£ to n•aM$t£ Endowment funds to near•st£ Bl Cash funds Total cash funds Unrestrictsd funds to neare5t£ Restrlctod funds to nwost£ Endowment funds to r*artst£ Fund to whKh a95el b?lon Cost{opdoftal Curient value tbn 83 Investment assets Fvnd lo whKh ass•t bèl Cost (optlonaQ Current value B4 Assets retalned for the charltys own use Fund to whl¢h Afflountdl nal Wn dué B6 Llabllltles Sned by one or iwo trustees on bahalf of all the trustees Date of roval Signature Print Name DEBBIE FiABY 16.0425 Page 2 Spreadsh8et verslon of CC16a