
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1[st] April 2022   Period start date   To 31[st] March 2023   Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Alford Memorial Park** 

## **Charity registration number:  1160615** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**The provision and maintenance of the**<br>**Memorial Park as a place of recreation**<br>**and relaxation for children of all ages**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**The continued maintenance of the**<br>**Memorial Park open to all for recreation**<br>**and relaxation and giving primary**<br>**emphasis to the needs of children of all**<br>**ages within the area of benefit**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have read the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity Commission on**<br>**public benefit under Section 17(5) of the**<br>**Charities Act and the Charities**<br>**(Accounts and Reports) Regulations**<br>**2008 and have paid due regard to it in**<br>**managing its activities throughout the**<br>**period of this report**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making 



Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Working with Alford Town Council in**<br>**identifying priorities for maintenance of**<br>**the grounds of the Park and repairing**<br>**the infrastructure thereof**<br>**Maintenance and repair of all play**<br>**equipment**<br>**Working with our partners East Lindsey**<br>**District Council and Alford Town**<br>**Council in regular inspections of play**<br>**equipment, trees and shrubs and all**<br>**other Park facilities. Carrying out such**<br>**work as is required to maintain the high**<br>**standard of the appearance of the Park**<br>**and the facilities within it.**|



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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity continues to aim to have in**<br>**reserve such amount as is required to**<br>**ensure continued operation for up to 2**<br>**years together with such sums as would**<br>**be required to repair or replace vital play**<br>**equipment if damaged or worn out.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No local government funding other than**<br>**that used by Alford Town Council for**<br>**routine care and maintenance of the**<br>**Park can be expected either for**<br>**operating expenses or replacement of**<br>**equipment due to continued central**<br>**government funding cuts to County and**<br>**District Councils.**|





|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**20,000**|
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|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO Foundation Model Constitution as**<br>**filed with the Charity Commission**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**By existing trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||





Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Alford Memorial Park|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1160615|
|Charity’s principal address|Sunset, Alford Road, Willoughby, Alford, Lincolnshire LN13<br>9LZ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||RichardQuantrell|Chairman|||
||Philip Henry<br>Wilkinson|Treasurer|||
||Susan Wilson|Secretary|||
||Alan Keith<br>Whitcombe||||
||Cheyney-Anna<br>Bonser||1stto 23rdApril 2022||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 


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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 

## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** RICHARD QUANTRELL 



CHAIRMAN 

# **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

25[th] January 2024 



## **Alford Memorial Park** 

(Charity Registration 1160615) 

## **Income & Expenditure Account - Year to 31st March 2023** 

|**INCOME**<br>Donations<br>Bank Interest Received<br>**LESS: EXPENDITURE**<br>Bank Charges<br>**Surplus for the accounting period**<br>**Assets**<br>Cash in bank<br>**Reserves**<br>General Reserve B/fwd<br>Add Surplus / (Less Deficit)(See above)<br>Transfer from Memorial Park Trust<br>General Reserve C/fwd<br>Legacy Reserve B/Fwd<br>(Less Deficit)(See above)<br>Transfer from Memorial Park Trust<br>Legacy Reserve C/Fwd<br>**Balance Sheet**|**2022/23**<br>**Actual**<br>**To**<br>**31.03.2023**<br>104.00<br>29.10<br>**133.10**<br>72.00<br>**72.00**<br>**61.10**<br>**31.03.2023**<br>**20,692.97**<br>631.87<br>61.10<br>-<br>**692.97**<br>20,000.00<br>-<br>-<br>**20,000.00**<br>**20,692.97**|**2021/22**<br>**Actual**<br>**To**<br>**31.03.2022**<br>144.00<br>-|
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|||**144.00**|
|||96.00|
|||**96.00**|
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|||**48.00**|
|||**31.03.2022**<br>**20,631.87**|
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|||20,000.00<br>-<br>-|
|||**20,000.00**|
|||**20,631.87**|



21/01/2024 

Prepared by Philip Wilkinson, MAAT 

