## **Wollaton Park Community Association** (Registered charity, number 1168667) **Financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2023**
|**Page**|**Contents**|
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|2 - 4|Trustees’ annual report|
|5|Independent examiner’s report|
|6|Receipts & payments account|
|7|Statement of assets & liabilities|
|8 - 9|Notes to the accounts|
# **Wollaton Park Community Association Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 30 September 2023**
**Full name** Wollaton Park Community Association
**Organisation type** Charitable incorporated organisation
## **Registered charity number** 1168667
## **Principal address**
Wollaton Park Community Centre, Harrow Road, Nottingham, NG8 1FG
**Trustees** Sue Twyford, Chair Cate Woodward, from 30/09/22 Jean Low, Treasurer Pamela Wheatcroft, from 30/09/22 Miriam Pearman, Secretary Barbara Kluk, from 22/10/22 Nancy Briggs David Atkins, from 13/11/22 Joan Rosalyn Clarke Pauline Peck, until 2023 Derek Shaw William Clarke, until 2023 Karen Roberts, from 30/09/22
## **Independent examiner**
John O’Brien, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL
## **Governance and management**
The charity is operated under the rules of its CIO Association Constitution, adopted 08/08/16.
Trustees are elected or re-appointed at the AGM.
## **Objectives and activities**
- To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Wollaton Park area of Nottingham without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the said inhabitants and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants;
- To 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;
- To promote such other charitable purposes as may from time to time be determined.
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## **Wollaton Park Community Association**
## **Public benefit statement**
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.
## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit**
We hire out rooms to various groups for activities, for example Tia Chi, Pilates, Songtime, Badminton, Ladies and Men’s groups, Children’s Groups, Religious Groups. We also hire out the centre for birthday parties, wedding celebrations and for other occasions.
We hold a Coffee Morning for Local Residents and this has proved very popular. We still continue to run a garden tidy on the first Friday of the month which is manned by local volunteers. The garden is also used by local people who use the doctor’s surgery, and their staff who sit in it for their lunch break when the weather is fine. It is also used by parents when they collect their children from the school next door.
The centre is a well-run, well used building for many local groups who would otherwise have nowhere else to meet, with good facilities in a pleasant and clean environment.
## **Summary of the main achievements during the period**
As well as all of the ongoing groups who meet at the centre on a daily basis, plus room hire for parties and celebrations, we also held a tea party for the King's Coronation, which was very well attended by local people and their friends. Entertainment was provided by a singer.
We held another social tea afternoon later in the year following feedback from how much people enjoyed the previous one.
The Coffee Morning is very well attended each week, it is a place where people can meet their friends for a chat or come and meet others and make new friends. The Community Police Officers call in regularly and chat to people and listen to any problems that they may be able to help with.
We again held the Christmas Fair which comprised of stalls run by the centre and sales stalls from local businesses and traders. We also had a Santa's grotto and all children were given a present for free.
## **Financial review**
At the end of the reporting period the Association was still in surplus although the year had been difficult recovering from the pandemic.
We are prudent and careful in what we spend as the grant from the Council gets less each year. We still have a savings account with the Skipton Building Society which is set aside for our reserves should we need it.
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Wollaton Park Community Association
The charitys policy on reserves
We hold reserves for specific on&off expenditure that is not planned for. One-off
expendtture is identified as that needed within the next 2 years. Our target level is
£30,000+. Our current position is that we have the adequate funding in our reserve.
There are no current known plans to U the reserve and we also have no plans to
increase or derease IL The reserves policy is reviewed regularly by the Trustees.
Financial risks
Nottingham City Council are cutting back on communty spending and are
considering c1ure of some ntres, and also are going to cut or withdraw grant
fvnding. This would be a small hit for the association rf we lost council grants:
however, rf they chose to dose the centre this would be (xtastrophic.
We need to be able to maintain income from room hire for meetings. groups, and
parties as this is our main source of income.
Signed on behalf of the charitys trustees:
Signed
Sue Twyford, Trustee
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## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Wollaton Park Community Association for the year ended 30 September 2023**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Wollaton Park Community Association (the charity) for the year ended 30 September 2023.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
07/05/2024 Signed _________________________ Date ______________________ John O’Brien MSc, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus
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## **Wollaton Park Community Association Receipts & payments account for the year ended 30 September 2023**
|_2022_
Total
**Unrestricted**
Funds
**Funds**
£
**Note**
**£**
**Receipts**
1910
Activities income
3850
69
Bank interest
634
2396
Community Café sales
-
-
Fundraising
566
9
Garden receipts
-
5222
Grants & donations
**2**
4445
16848
Room hire & car park
33463
1460
Sundry receipts
30
27914
**Total receipts**
**42988**
**Payments**
651
Activity classes
925
762
Bookkeeping
327
556
Cleaning
1103
997
Community Café costs
16
53
Equipment, repairs & renewals
6336
-
Events & activities expenditure
970
870
Freelance pay
1885
1250
Honorarium
1250
-
Independent examination
636
1067
Insurance
1114
-
Internal payments
-
802
Licences
402
2931
Premises maintenance & security
2451
56
Printing & stationery
22
950
Refreshments
117
163
Sundry payments
226
996
Telephone & postage
1074
2500
Utilities & rent
5614
21516
Wages, NI & pension
22843
36120
**Total payments**
**47311**
(8206)
**Net receipts/(payments)**
(4323)
104403
Cash funds at start of this period
77858
-
Transfers between funds
2681
96197
**Cash funds at end of this period**
**76216**|**_2023_**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
-
3850
-
634
5281
5281
-
566
-
-
7496
11941
-
33463
-
30
**12777**
**55765**
-
925
-
327
-
1103
2300
2316
-
6336
-
970
-
1885
-
1250
-
636
-
1114
-
-
-
402
807
3258
-
22
-
117
-
226
-
1074
-
5614
1847
24690
**4954**
**52265**
7823
3500
18339
96197
(2681)
-
**23481**
**99697**|
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Wollaton Park Community Association
Statement of assets and liabilities
at 30 September 2023
Cash assets
Barl( accourts
Cash in hand
95992
205
96197
99461
236
99697
Other monetary assets
Prepayments
693
693
1025
1025
Assets retained forthe charity's own use
Gerra1 equipmert
20 xvisitor chairs, pChaSed JLty 23, £2,208.
BoilirvJ water fEater, PLrcFEsed March 23, £1,459.
KitcFEn applIaS pwchased Dernber20, £949.
steam deaniro system purttEsed February 20, £3,780.
Storage Lrits purchased September 19, £8,056.
SOUKI system puchased ALXJUSt 19, £2,739.
Llabilities
Creditors
1861
{1861)
1747
1747
These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by:
Signed
Jean Low, Trustee
Dated
162L
## **Wollaton Park Community Association Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **1. Receipts & payments accounts**
Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.
## **2. Grants & donations**
|The National Lottery Community Fund
Nottingham City Council
The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust
Sundry donations|**Unrestricted**
**£**
-
2056
900
1489
**4445**|**Restricted**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
7496
7496
-
2056
-
900
-
1489
**7496**
**11941**|
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## **3. Funds analysis**
|**Restricted funds**
Community café
Garden fund
Marjorie Kingsland Trust
Coffee mornings (NLCF)
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Hall floor reserve
Opportunity reserve|**Opening**
**balance**
**£**
246
314
17779
-
**18339**
67858
10000
-
**77858**|**Receipts (Payments)**
**£**
**£**
5281
(620)
-
-
-
(807)
7496
(3527)
**12777**
**(4954)**
42388
(42463)
-
(1320)
600
(3528)
**42988**
**(47311)**|**Transfers**
**£**
-
-
(2681)
-
**(2681)**
(27319)
-
30000
**2681**|**Closing**
**balance**
**£**
4907
314
14291
3969|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**23481**|
|||||40464
8680
27072|
|||||**76216**|
We still hold the Marjorie Kingsland fund which was a bequest made by a former Trustee of the centre whose request was that it cover the Garden Costs and any other project the Trustees thought necessary which the Council would not provide for. A transfer was made from this fund to the General fund to correct the closing balance on this fund.
A transfer was made from the General fund to a newly created Opportunity fund. The trustees decided to ringfence some money for things like significant property maintenance/repairs and equipment purchases.
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## **Wollaton Park Community Association**
## **4. Prepayments**
|Insurance
Licences
Premises maintenance & security|**£**
723
122
180|
|---|---|
||**1025**|
## **5. Creditors**
|Bookkeeping
Independent examination
Utilities
Wages, NI & pension|**£**
100
636
183
828|
|---|---|
||**1747**|
## **6. Premises & staff**
The premises are provided by the local authority for a nominal rent of £10 per annum.
## **7. Trustees’ remuneration**
During the year, a total of £1,250 was paid to two trustees, for administrative work done for the charity.
## **8. Related party transactions**
During the year, Jason Pearman, who is the husband of Trustee Miriam Pearman was paid a total of £151 for PAT testing at the centre.
## **9. Badminton club’s analysis**
|Thursday badminton
Friday badminton|**Opening**
**balance**
**£**
269
95
**364**|**Receipts (Payments)**
**£**
**£**
1161
(1100)
1357
(1312)
**2518**
**(2412)**|**Closing**
**balance**
**£**
330
140|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**470**|
## **10. Glossary of terms**
**Creditors:** These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.
**Prepayments:** These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period.
**Restricted funds:** These are funds given to the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor, but still within the general objects of the charity.
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