Park Community Action (Registered Charity, no. 1159498)
Financial statements
for the year ended 31 March 2025
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| Legal information | 2 |
| Trustee report | 3-4 |
| Examiner's report | 5 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 6 |
| Balance Sheet | 7 |
| Notes to the accounts | 8-9 |
Park Community Action
Trustee report
Trustees
Sioned-Mair Richards Chair Christine Robinson Secretary Keith Crawshaw Treasurer Rosalie Hill Jean Jones Dave Watkins Jo Bussey
Registered Charity number:
1159498
Principal address
Park Community Centre Samson Street Sheffield S2 5QT
Independent examiner
Craig Williamson White Rose Accounting for Charities The Ghyll Threapland Aspatria CA7 2EL
Bank
The Co-operative Bank plc Head Office PO Box 101 1 Balloon Street Manchester M60 4EP
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Park Community Action
Trustee report
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" issued in March 2005 in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the charity.
Structure, governance and management
The charity was established by a constitution adopted on 1 July 1996, and was entered on the Register of Charities effective from 5 September 1996. The charity was established by a constitution adopted on 1 July 1996,
Assets were transferred to the new Charitable Incorporate Organisation of the same name on the 1[st] April 2016. The new charitable organisation was formed with similar objectives and with the new charity number 1159498 for the purpose of carrying on its activity as an incorporated charity. Park Community Action is managed by a voluntary management committee.
The trustees who served during the year are listed on page 2 on the report.
New Trustees can be recruited at any time throuighout the year but are elected at the Annual General meeting of Park Community Action.
Objectives and activities
The organisation aims to relieve poverty, distress and sickness, promote health, advance education and provide facilities for social and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of the Parkhill, Bard Street, Hyde Park and Talbot districts of Sheffield.
Public benefit statement
The charitable objects of Park Community Action (PCA) are:
to promote the benefit of the inhabitants primarily but not exclusively in the Manor area of the city of Sheffield [focussed on the community of the Granville, Park Hill, Wybourn and adjacent neighbourhoods] ('the area of benefit') without distinction of age, sex, race, political or religious or other opinions
To associate the local statutory authorities, voluntary and other organisations, and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, provide community based library and associated facilities, protect health, improve the environment, ensure adequate recreational facilities, and relieve poverty, distress, or sickness.
To effect benefit to the local community PCA manages and promotes the use of the Park Youth and Community Centre, Library, and ancillary facilities for the benefit of the users of the Centre and the communities adjacent to it. They have a particular concern for those individuals, groups and communities affected by economic and social deprivation.
PCA also seek to employ local staff who will benefit personally by way of wages or salaries, as well as providing opportunity for local volunteers to support the work of the Centre developing their skills, capacity, and engagement. The general public benefit by taking part in activities at the building.
Participation in the work of PCA and its benefits are open to all in the area of benefit, and others elsewhere if they choose to get involved. However, work and activities are for the most part advertised in the area of benefit only. Nobody would ever be excluded from participation without good reason or due process – and only then if they caused genuine concern to the wider community.
Local people have the opportunity to participate in monthly open meetings, in the AGM and to get regular reports and updates, the Annual Report and Accounts and other such reports. They are routinely and actively encouraged to get involved in the organisation Executive, which is re-elected annually.
PCA does not restrict access to its facilities and all areas of the building currently in use are accessible; if other areas are brought into use they will be made accessible as a part of the process of bringing them into use.
Activities provided by PCA under its own management aim to be free or for a minimal charge to cover expenses; there will be a charge to other organisations for the use of facilities to cover the reasonable management and running costs of those facilities. These are on a sliding scale with activities offering public benefits at the lower end of the scale, and higher charges for those wishing to use facilities for private or commercial activities. Activities will be restricted to those which are broadly in accord with the overall objectives of PCA.
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Park Community Action
Trustee report
Report on Activities During the Year
This year has been a mixture of success and continued challenges. The trust entered the new year with a new Chair after Rosalie Hill decided to retire from that capacity whilst remaining a trustee. She was warmly thanked for her time in office and in particular for the skills she had in procuring grant funds from a wide range of bodies. In addition to Rosalie, we also saw the departure of our longstanding Community Development worker, Tracy Brown, who was employed by Manor & Community Development Trust (MCDT), but based at Park Centre. Her hard work and inclusive character are sorely missed which has left a challenging hole in support as MCDT could no longer afford to replace the post.
During the year the trust endeavoured to steadily build on the renewed vigour shown in operating the public library for the local community led by the new Chair of the Trust. Relationships with schools are being re-built after the Covid interruptions and a range of diverse activities are being encouraged to make use of the space.
In addition to the library the trust continued to operate the Food Pantry which offered its members access to basic provisions for those in need. Members were able to access goods to the value of approximately £12 in return for a £4 subscription. During the year financial assistance was given by the S2 Foodbank, but towards the end of the year this was withdrawn as their income was diminishing whilst costs were increasing. The Pantry assisted c50 families during the year and the trust was anxious to continue, but it was alerted to the need to keep the service under review because of increasing costs.
In the previous year we reported that “Room lettings are now almost back to near pre-Covid levels” and this was built on further during the year. The Centre continue to attract a wide range of physical activity sessions aimed at a variety of users keep-fit, table tennis, fencing, pickle ball, etc.
We are thankful once again to the Brelms Trust and Sheffield Town Trust in providing grant support from their stretched resources. The Guinness Partnership support in the form of a grant was also welcomed along with their encouragement to some of their suppliers in making vouchers available to Pantry members at Christmas.
We are also grateful to the MCDT for their continuing support in encouraging use of the Centre through their own activities and in staff time to assisting in other ways. The City Council have made some small grant support funds available which have assisted for specific projects.
Altogether we remain confident of continuing to serve our local community, albeit the process of raising sufficient grant funding will continue to be a challenge as in previous years.
Reserves policy
Park Community Action aim to maintain a level of reserves at 3 months running costs to cover the ongoing operation of the group to cover periods without funding.
Trustees responsibilities for the financial statements
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial period which show the state of affairs of the charity and of net income or expenditure of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
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q select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; q make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
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q prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it
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is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
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q state whether applicable accounting standards of recommended practice have been followed subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable the Trustees to prepare financial statements. The Trustees are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention of fraud and other irregularities.
This report was approved by the Trustees on 28 November 2025 and is signed on their behalf by:
Trustee
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Park Communlty Actlon Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of Park Community Action I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 9. Respectlve responslbllltlos of trustees and examlner The charty's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charivs trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under seclion 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. El examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charty Commission under section 145 (5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and [] to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Bas18 of Independent examlnerfs report My examination VRS carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examinalion includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charty and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as lo whether the accounts present 8 1rue and fair view and the report is limited to Ihose matters set out in the statemenl below. Independent examlnerfs ststement In connection with my examin8tion, no matter has come to my attention: (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respecl the requirements: El to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act. and Cl to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met,. or (2) to which, i y opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a Proper understan e accounts to be reached. Signed.. Craig Williamson White Rose Accounting for Charities The Ghyll Threapland Aspatria CA7 2EL Date: ,IL
Park Community Action
Statement of financial activities
(incorporating the income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Notes Incoming resources 1 Grants and donations 2 Room rentals Pantry income Café income Other income Total Incoming resources Resources expended Salaries Training and travel Building maintenance Licences and membership Telephone IT & computer Pantry Project expenses Publicity Office expenses Café expenses Allotment expenses Insurance Accountancy Volunteer expenses Bad debts Other payments Total resources expended Net (outgoing)/incoming resources Total funds brought forward Fund balances carried forward |
Unrestricted Funds £ 2,321 16,426 7,940 1,550 1,393 29,630 17,028 - 205 963 1,653 358 8,331 112 125 624 - - 335 330 - 272 30,336 (706) 25,450 24,744 |
Restricted Funds £ 25,300 - - - - 25,300 7,994 - - - - 48 12,732 - 3 - - 652 - 130 - 250 21,809 3,491 8,171 11,662 |
Total funds 2025 £ 27,621 16,426 7,940 1,550 1,393 54,930 25,022 - 205 963 1,653 406 21,063 112 128 624 - 652 335 460 - 522 52,145 2,785 33,621 36,406 |
Total funds 2024 £ 18,377 13,279 6,458 2,354 71 40,539 15,500 220 439 1,551 1,414 984 9,904 - 221 1,819 242 652 315 237 950 78 34,526 6,013 27,608 33,621 |
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Park Community Action Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | ||
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| Notes | £ | £ | |
| Current Assets | |||
| Balance at bank and cash | 36,741 | 33,936 | |
| Debtors | 4 | - | - |
| Total current assets | 36,741 | 33,936 | |
| Creditors | 5 | (335) | (315) |
| Net current assets | 36,406 | 33,621 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 36,406 | 33,621 | |
| Total net assets | 36,406 | 33,621 | |
| Represented by: | |||
| Funds | |||
| Restricted income fund | 3 | 11,662 | 8,171 |
| Unrestricted income fund | 24,744 | 24,450 | |
| Total funds | 36,406 | 32,621 |
This report was approved by the Trustees on 28 November 2025 and is signed on their behalf by:
Trustee
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Park Community Action
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025
1 Accounting Policies
(a) Basis of preparation
The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102), and the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS102 (effective from January 2015 and updated with effect from January 2016) - (the Charities SORP (FRS102)), as modified for smaller charities.
The Charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity as defined under FRS102.
(b) Income
Grants donations and Income from charitable trading activities are recognised in full in the Statement of Financial Activities in the year in which they are received.
(c) Restricted Funds
Restricted funds are used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets the criteria is identified to the fund together with a fair allocation of management and support costs.
(d) Unrestricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds are other income received or generated for the objects of the charity without further specified purpose and are available as general funds.
(e) Resources expended
Resources expended are included in the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of V.A.T. The company is not VAT registered.
Governance costs of the charity relate to the costs of running the charity such as the costs of meetings, professional costs and statutory compliance, and includes any costs which cannot be specifically identified to another expenditure classification. In the opinion of the trustees all support costs relate to charitable expenditure.
(f) Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation
Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset over its useful life.
(g) Fund Accounting
Funds held by the charity are either restricted funds or unrestricted general funds. Unrestricted funds are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds that can only be used for a particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Park Community Action
Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2025
2 Grants & Donations
| The Brelms Trust The Guinness Partnership Kathleen Hannay Foundation Sheffield City Council Sheffield Town Trust South Yorkshire Community Foundation Donation Total Grants Restricted Funds Brought forward The Brelms Trust - The Guinness Partnership - Sheffield City Council - Allotment 489 Sheffield City Council 1,502 Sheffield City Council - Sheffield City Council East LAC - Sheffield City Council - Ward Pot - Sheffield City Council - VE Day 150 Sheffield City Council - Library 1,126 Sheffield City Council - Office 2,000 South Yorkshire Com Foundation 185 Tudor Trust 2,000 University of Sheffield 719 8,171 |
Unrestricted £ - - - - 2,000 - 321 2,321 Incoming resourses 6,000 1,800 - - 9,000 5,000 1,000 - - - 2,500 - - 25,300 |
Restricted £ 6,000 1,800 - 15,000 - 2,500 - 25,300 Outgoing resources (6,000) (1,800) (400) (9,000) - (1,000) (2,685) (556) (368) (21,809) |
2025 £ 6,000 1,800 - 15,000 2,000 2,500 321 27,621 Transfers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
2024 £ - 1,500 1,500 1,500 2,000 7,500 4,377 18,377 Carried forward - - 489 1,102 - 5,000 - 150 1,126 2,000 - 1,444 351 11,662 |
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3 Restricted Funds
4 Debtors
These are monies owed to the Company but not received during the accounting period. They are in respect of:
Trade debtors
| 2025 £ - - |
2024 £ - - |
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5 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
These are expenses that have been incurred but have not been billed or paid for during the accounting period. They are in respect of:
Trade creditors
| 2025 £ 335 335 |
2024 £ 315 315 |
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