FLORENCE PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Charity Registration Number: 1159506
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FLORENCE PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
| CONTENTS | PAGES |
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| Charity Information | 3 |
| Trustees’ Annual Report | 4 |
| Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities | 7 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 8 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 9 |
| Balance Sheet | 10 |
| Notes to the accounts | 11 |
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CHARITY INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
TRUSTEE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Judith Secker Chair Stella Bell (resigned October 2024 re-appointed Feb 25) Adam Wielopolski Rebecca Seaborne Secretary Stephen Walker Jane Littlehales Daniel Chivers Treasurer
SECRETARY
Rebecca Seaborne
REGISTERED OFFICE
Florence Park Community Association Florence Park Community Centre Cornwallis Road Oxford OX4 3NH
CHARITY REFERENCE NUMBER
1159506
ACCOUNTANTS
SPX Oxford Ltd Peace House 19 Paradise Street Oxford OX1 1LD
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TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The constitutional objects of the FPCA are to:
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promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the area of benefit without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, race or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the said inhabitants and the statutory authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants;
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establish, or secure the establishment of, a Community Centre and to maintain and manage the same (whether alone or in co-operation with any statutory authority or other person or body) in furtherance of the Objects;
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promote such other charitable purposes as may from time to time be determined.
The Charity shall be non-party in politics and non-sectarian in religion. The area of benefit (“area of benefit”) shall be Florence Park estate and the neighbourhood together defined by the area bounded by the Oxford Road, Between Towns Road and Church Cowley Road (including Eleanor Close), Henley Avenue, and the Boundary Brook.
Having regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, the main activities undertaken to fulfil these objectives in 2025 have been: the continued maintenance and management of the Florence Park Community Centre, which is open to all, under our lease with Oxford City Council; the provision of activities including social meals, exercise classes, drama, arts and music, for the social and recreational well-being of residents and the wider public.
Our core activities benefitting the community are:
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A weekly lunch club for the over 60’s. Under the management of Group Leader Rachel Lawrence, and with a grant of £4000 from Oxfordshire’s Connected Communities fund plus donations from the Oxford Food Hub, the lunch club has provided a hot cooked meal for 30 to 40 people each week. Rachel is supported by two or three regular volunteers in the kitchen, all of whom have welcomed the social opportunity provided by volunteering.
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Weekly baby and toddler groups. Managed by Group Leader Sarah Korting. The baby group has regularly welcomed some 20 parents and carers with their pre-mobile infants. The group focuses on the need of parents and carers for some ‘down time’ in like-minded company. Volunteers provide refreshments and help to look after the babies. ‘Toddle Time’ has been less well subscribed than the baby group in 2025 but is appreciated by those who drop in to play with their infants.
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Monthly low-cost community Sunday lunches taken around a communal table. Rachel Lawrence and her volunteers have continued to use food donated by the Oxford Food Hub to provide healthy roasts and vegetarian options. Community lunches have been attended by between 15 and 35 people in 2025. Proceeds have helped to subsidize the Over 60’s lunch club twice-yearly outings.
These core activities have been supplemented by occasional events and activities offered by the Association and by members of the Association. Notable events in 2025 included: the January panto ‘Aladdin’ put on by the Florence Park Players collective and sold out for all performances; ‘Florence Park Rocks’, an intergenerational all-day celebration of live music rooted in Florence Park from across the last six decades;
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ArtFlo Oxford’s annual show; the winter market and the popular ‘Songs of the Season’ both held in December. These events have provided opportunities for members and residents to develop their talents and for others to enjoy the results while the community centre benefited from the generous donations raised. The Trustees wish to thank everyone who contributed to these events.
Regular longstanding hirers have also benefitted the community. They include Joe Jenning’s low cost acupuncture sessions, Jane Callaway’s pilates class, Emily Marshall’s Saturday Singers, Matt Hill’s Kids Martial Arts and the Oxford Ukeleles.
Achievements and performance
Overall 2025 has been another successful year for the Association with the community centre rarely standing empty during the day, in the evenings or at weekends. Footfall at events in 2025 was 25,000. Key achievements included:
Danny Chivers was elected to succeed Jane Dee as treasurer for the Board of Trustees. As well as keeping ‘the books’, Danny has succeeded in raising over £34,000 in funds for work to make our building more energy efficient. The heating controls were upgraded in 2025, and other works – including the installation of solar panels and a battery – will take place in in 2026. Trustees wish to thank the project funders: The National Lottery Community Fund, Energy Solutions Oxfordshire, the Pye Trust and the Community Infrastructure Levy via our local councillors.
We produced three issues of the Florence Park Newsletter in 2025. Members of the community provided the content for these 8-page, full colour productions. Trustees Adam Wielopolski and Jane Littlehales respectively edited and designed the issues which were delivered by community volunteers to 1,400 homes. We are grateful to the University of Oxford for printing the newsletters.
Aiming to encourage and reward membership of the community association, 2025 saw the introduction of three free community meals for members. Thanks to Membership Secretary Stella Bell’s culinary skills and the Oxford Food Hub these events have attracted 60 plus people, some of whom have come into the centre for the first time.
Financial Review
A full financial review is included with the annual accounts. It is pleasing that, despite rising energy costs and other overheads the community centre is sustainable, with a small surplus in unrestricted income in 2025. Our employment contracts commit us to endeavouring to pay our Group Leaders at least the Oxford Living Wage and we were able to apply the increase in 2025 and 2026.
We continued to benefit from our relationship under license with the Florence Park Social Club with whom we held constructive joint committee meetings in 2025. At the end of 2025, the decision was taken to convert the Social Club to a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG), giving it a legal structure that better suits its purposes and needs. This involved closing the old version of the Social Club and transferring its core cash assets (£12,000) as a donation to the Community Association, to enable us to then spend this money as an investment to set up the new CLG (formally constituted as the Florence Park Social Club and Bar) in early 2026. This donation has therefore been recorded as restricted funds in these accounts.
Structure, government and management
Florence Park Community Association is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) governed by a constitution based on the Charity Commission model. There is no limit to the number of trustees but the minimum required is 3. Trustees are proposed and elected at the Annual General Meeting. The Board of Trustees) is able to co-opt trustees between AGMs subject to their election at the next AGM. There are three
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formal officerships: the AGM elects the secretary and treasurer while the chair is elected by the Trustees at their following meeting.
Reference and administrative details: trustees
The Trustees serving when the report was approved were: Judith Secker, Daniel Chivers, Adam Wielopolski, Jane Littlehales, Stephen Walker, Rebecca Seaborne and Stella Bell.
There are no corporate trustees and no trustee holds the title to property belonging to the charity.
Judith Secker, Chair FPCA
Approved by:
Daniel Chivers Rebecca Seaborne
Treasurer
Secretary
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STATEMENT OF THE TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose, with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ascertain both the financial position of the charity and ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF FLORENCE PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the period ended 31 December 2025, which are set out on pages 9 to 17.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Charities Act
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
Basis of independent examiner’s report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.
Independent examiner’s statement
No matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and
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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, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name: Sheila Parry FCCA
Address: Peace House 19 Paradise Street Oxford OX1 1LD
Date: 5[th] June 2026
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
| Note Income from: Donations and legacies 2 Charitable activities 3 Other trading activities 4 Investments Total income Expenditure on: Charitable activities 5 Total expenditure Net income / -expenditure Transfers between funds Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forwards Total funds carried forward |
Unrestricted Funds £ 6,280 53,731 8,033 158 68,202 60,400 60,400 7,802 5,494 13,296 43,828 57,124 |
Restricted Funds £ 47,263 - - - 47,263 10,925 10,925 36,835 - 5,494 30,844 6,513 37,357 |
Total Funds 2025 £ 53,543 53,731 8,033 158 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 5,693 43,169 7,946 79 56,887 49,546 49,546 7,341 1,921 9,262 34,566 43,828 |
Restricted Funds £ 6,691 2,663 - - 9,354 5,561 5,561 3,793 - 1,921 1,872 4,641 6,513 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 12,384 45,832 7,946 79 |
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| 115,465 | 66,241 | ||||||
| 71,325 | 55,107 | ||||||
| 71,325 | 55,107 | ||||||
| 44,140 - |
11,134 - |
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| 44,140 | 11,134 | ||||||
| 50,341 | 39,207 | ||||||
| 94,481 | 50,341 |
All recognised gains and losses are included in the Statement of Financial Activities.
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BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
| Note Fixed Assets Tangible assets 6 Current assets Debtors: Amounts falling due within one year 7 Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year 8 Net current assets Net assets The funds of the charity Funds Unrestricted income funds Restricted income funds Total funds 9 |
2025 £ £ 10,614 875 83,642 84,517 - 650 83,867 94,481 57,124 37,357 94,481 |
2024 £ £ 5,869 1,115 44,733 45,848 - 1,376 44,472 50,341 43,828 6,513 50,341 |
2024 £ £ 5,869 1,115 44,733 45,848 - 1,376 44,472 50,341 43,828 6,513 50,341 |
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| 50,341 | |||
| 43,828 6,513 |
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| 50,341 |
These accounts were approved by the board of trustees on 06/05/2026 and signed on their behalf by:-
Daniel Chivers
Rebecca Seaborne
Treasurer
Secretary
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounting convention
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Statements of Recommended Practice 2019 (SORP 2019), ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’, issued by the Charities Commission and the Charities Act 2011, together with applicable standards.
Income
Income represents income receivable from room hire, rental income, fundraising, donations, gifts and interest received.
Donations and legacies are reported in the Statement of Financial Activities if they are received or due in the financial year.
Any income received relating to a forward period has been deferred.
Grants receivable are included in the year in which the offer is conveyed by the charity except in those cases where the offer has conditions, such grants being recognised as income when the conditions attaching are fulfilled. Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end are not included in the financial statements.
Expenditure
All expenditure is included on an accruals basis and is recognised when there is a legal or constructive obligation to pay for such expenditure, inclusive of any VAT which cannot be recovered.
Grants payable are charged in the year when the offer is conveyed to the recipient except in those cases where the offer is conditional, such grants being recognised as expenditure when the conditions attaching are fulfilled. Grants offered that are subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end are noted as a commitment, but not accrued as expenditure.
Resources are expended in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives.
Depreciation
Depreciation is provided at the following rates so as to write off the cost less residual value of the assets over their estimated useful lives. A full year’s depreciation is provided in the year of acquisition.
Office and other equipment – straight line basis at 6.67% to 20% per annum, depending on useful life. Leasehold improvements – straight line basis at 4% to 10% per annum depending on useful life. Outdoor equipment - straight line basis at 10% per annum. Assets under construction – not depreciated
Items included in fixed assets are capitalised where there is an identifiable asset and / or when the purchase cost exceeds £1000
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Fund accounting
Funds held by the charity are either:-
Unrestricted general funds – these are funds which can be used in accordance with the charity’s objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds – funds received can only be used for specifically nominated expenditure by the donor and are credited to income in the year in which they are received. Where amounts are not specifically allocated against expenditure in that year the balance is deferred and added to the balance brought forward on the restricted funds and is used in subsequent years in line with the restrictions placed by the donor.
Taxation
The organisation, being a charity, is not liable to taxation on its income.
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2. INCOME FROM DONATIONS
| Donations Held for Social Club Grants TOTAL |
Unrestricted Funds £ 6,280 - - 6,280 |
Restricted Funds £ - 12,000 35,263 47,263 |
Total Funds 2025 £ 6,280 12,000 35,263 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 5,693 - - 5,693 |
Restricted Funds £ 2,441 - 4,250 6,691 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 8,134 - 4,250 |
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| 53,543 | 12,384 |
3. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
| Room Hire Entertainments Newsletter Over 60's Club Subscriptions Panto tickets Panto other Baby Group TOTAL |
Unrestricted Funds £ 43,267 2,600 10 1,952 1,147 3,052 - 1,703 53,731 |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - - - - - - |
Total Funds 2025 £ 43,267 2,600 10 1,952 1,147 3,052 - 1,703 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 36,700 680 - 1,247 839 3,148 420 135 43,169 |
Restricted Funds £ 124 - - 132 - - 2,407 2,663 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 36,824 680 - 1,379 839 3,148 420 2,542 |
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| 53,731 | 45,832 |
4. INCOME FROM OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
| Community Café/ Sunday Lunch FPSC Other Other income Bar rent TOTAL |
Unrestricted Funds £ 1,997 213 1,530 4,293 8,033 |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - - |
Total Funds 2025 £ 1,997 213 1,530 4,293 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 2,407 581 362 4,596 7,946 |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - - |
Total Funds 2024 £ 2,407 581 362 4,596 |
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| 8,033 | 7,946 |
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
5. EXPENDITURE ON CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
| Accountancy Staff costs Bank charges Cleaning FPSC Depreciation Heating and lighting Improvements Insurance Legal Fees Baby Group Over 60's Club Energy improvements Events costs/ Panto Printing, postage & stationery Rates Repairs and maintenance Room Hire Security Caretaker Telephones and internet TV and other licences/Subscriptions Water Waste and Recycling Gifts Other expenses TOTAL |
Unrestricted Funds £ 770 22,650 351 8,241 2,088 1,534 7,842 - 1,631 - 32 2,386 - 1,973 82 284 1,808 100 113 599 531 2,041 2,706 1,166 204 1,268 60,400 |
Restricted Funds £ - 4,156 - - - - - - - - - - 1,377 56 - - 5,336 - - - - - - - - - 10,925 |
Total Funds 2025 £ 770 26,806 351 8,241 2,088 1,534 7,842 - 1,631 - 32 2,386 1,377 2,029 82 284 7,144 100 114 599 531 2,041 2,706 1,166 204 1,268 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 660 19,651 388 8,361 965 1,232 5,282 583 1,452 35 - 1,838 - 1,291 398 59 453 - 417 - 442 1,868 2,662 1,309 - 200 49,546 |
Restricted Funds £ - 5,380 - 24 70 - - 87 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5,561 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 660 25,031 388 8,385 1,035 1,232 5,282 670 1,452 35 - 1,838 - 1,291 398 59 453 - 417 - 442 1,868 2,662 1,309 - 200 |
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| 71,325 | 55,107 |
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
6. TANGIBLE ASSETS
| . TANGIBLE ASSETS | |||
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| Property Improvements |
Equipment | Total cost | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Cost | |||
| Cost at 1 Jan 2025 | 4,939 | 7,384 | 12,323 |
| Disposals | - | - 1,919 | - 1,919 |
| Additions | 1,702 | 5,311 | 7,013 |
| At 31 Dec 2025 | 6,641 | 10,776 | 17,417 |
| Depreciation | |||
| At 1 Jan 2025 | 1,385 | 5,069 | 6,454 |
| Written back on disposals | - | - 1,185 | - 1,185 |
| Charge for the period | 494 | 1,040 | 1,534 |
| At 31 Dec 2025 | 1,879 | 4,924 | 6,803 |
| Net book value | |||
| At 31 Dec 2025 | 4,762 | 5,852 | 10,614 |
| At 31 Dec 2024 | 3,554 | 2,315 | 5,869 |
7. DEBTORS
| Prepayments | 2025 £ 875 875 |
2024 £ 1,115 |
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| 1,115 |
8. CREDITORS: amounts falling due within one year
| Other creditors Panto income received in advance |
2025 £ 650 - 650 |
2024 £ 1,093 283 |
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| 1,376 |
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
| 9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS At 31 December 2024 £ Unrestricted income funds General Funds 43,152 Designated Funds Over 60s Club 676 Baby Group - Lounge - News - Sound - Total Designated funds 676 Total Unrestricted funds 43,828 Restricted Funds Newsletter 390 Over 60s Group 3,443 Period poverty group 126 Cooker 2,554 Flood - Lounge - CCTV - AGM - Energy - Exercise - Held for Social - Total Restricted funds 6,513 Total funds 50,341 |
Income £ 61,306 2,152 4,238 497 10 - 6,896 68,202 - - - - 999 4,619 2,694 30 26,271 650 12,000 47,263 115,465 |
Expenditure £ - 54,024 - 2,386 - 3,465 - - - 525 - 6,376 - 60,400 - - 4,156 - - 46 - - 5,290 - - 56 - 1,377 - - - 10,925 - 71,325 |
Capital expenditure 7,013 - - - - - - 7,013 - - - - 2,473 - - - 2,838 - - 1,702 - - - 7,013 - |
Transfers £ - 1,547 - - - 497 - 525 28 - 1,519 - 713 - - 35 - 671 144 26 - - - 1,519 - |
At 31 December 2025 £ 55,900 442 773 - 10 - 1,224 57,124 390 - 126 - 999 - - - 23,192 650 12,000 37,357 |
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| 94,481 |
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
| MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - Previous year At 31 December 2023 £ Unrestricted income funds General Funds 34,566 Designated Funds Over 60s Club Total Designated funds - Restricted Funds Garden Project 1,971 Newsletter 390 Baby Group Over 60s Group 2,280 Period poverty group - Cooker - Total Restricted funds 4,641 Total funds 39,207 |
Income £ 55,122 1,765 1,765 - - 2,663 3,900 150 2,641 9,354 66,241 |
Expenditure £ - 47,708 - 1,838 - 1,838 - - - 2,713 - 2,737 - 24 - 87 - 5,561 - 55,107 |
Transfers £ 1,172 749 749 - 1,971 - 50 - - - - 1,921 - |
At 31 December 2024 £ 43,152 676 676 - 390 - 3,443 126 2,554 6,513 |
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| 50,341 |
12. TRUSTEE REMUNERATION, TRUSTEE EXPENSES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
No members of the management committee received any remuneration during the period. No committee costs were reimbursed to trustees during the period. No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity during the period.
13. STAFF COSTS AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
| Gross pay Social security costs Pension contributions |
2025 25,881 - - 25,881 |
2024 25,142 - 175 |
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| 25,317 |
14. REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS RECEIVED BY KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
The key management personnel of the charity are the voluntary trustees. There are therefore no remuneration or benefits of the key management personnel to disclose.
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