**HEADINGTON ACTION**
## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 2023**
Headington Action’s aims as set out in our constitution may be summarised as to:
- promote the area and create civic pride
- carry out community projects
- make environmental improvements
- support education and leisure provision
- reduce social deprivation
## _**This year our priorities have been to**_ :
## **Develop and support two key community projects**
## _Connected Communities_
Working closely with the social prescribing staff attached to our local GP practices, we obtained a National Lottery grant to compile a directory of activities of community and health groups in the area (known as the Community Activities Directory). This was successfully released in the Autumn. In addition to the CAD project, we have continued to extend a network of street contacts. We offer support for local street parties through provision of advice and materials.
## _Improve Headington Centre_
Working with our sister organisation, Headington Neighbourhood Forum (HNF), we engaged consultants to prepare a plan for the improvement of Headington Centre. That plan was completed and outlines a range of potential projects of varying scale and cost to improve the centre. These range from shop front and façade improvements to the redesign of London Road. The implementation of the plan is being driven by HNF with our support. It was discussed with the City and County Councils who are taking steps to incorporate the ideas in their own plans.
## **Continue to operate and expand the Headington Market**
The market has operated very successfully throughout the year and has enjoyed steady growth. Our market manager left early in the year to take up a new post and we appointed one of the existing traders as a replacement.
## **Provide a Summer Festival weekend**
In June, Headington Festival took place in central Headington. Attendance was high, perhaps the highest ever. It followed its usual format of an extended market on the Saturday morning and a fete-type event in Bury Knowle Park on the Sunday. It was well supported by the usual sponsors (too many to list here). We lost our main financial sponsor but thanks to the generous support of Oxford Round Table financial exposure was limited.
## **Manage the Winter Lights and celebrate Christmas**
Once again this year, from Diwali in mid November through to the end of the Christmas period in early January, six natural trees in central Headington were illuminated by thousands of led lights. Posters drew attention to festivals of light that are observed by four major faiths during this period and comments from traders and shoppers indicate that our intention to be inclusive of all of these festivals was warmly welcomed. The central event during this period was the lighting of the traditional Christmas tree at the beginning of December, for which we purchased a replacement set of lights. This is now increasingly well attended and very much an annual Headington fixture. The experience is enhanced by musical groups, carol singing round the tree and food provided by local businesses. We are grateful to several organisations and Councillors who provided the additional funding that ensured the financial viability of this successful event and to the Lord Mayor for her encouraging presence.
## **In addition we have carried out a range of activities including**
- Awarding a grant to Friends of Headington Hill Park (but this was not required because other funds were obtained).
- Encouraging applicants and managing the Community Infrastructure Levy fund for Headington, in particular supporting the development of sports and leisure facilities in our local park.
- Supporting a variety of greening projects done by other members of the community, including Friends of Cheney School with CIL funding.
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- Providing the annual summer flower baskets in Headington Centre – using CIL funding.
- As a committee we continued to meet every other month, with Exec meetings in intervening months.
## **Conclusion**
In summary, 2023 was a successful year for Headington Action. We are well organised and financially sound. However, we must work to extend our capacity by recruiting new active members and finding a permanent Chair.
As Trustees of Headington Action, during the past year we have had good support from the Committee. We are well served by several excellent local City and County councillors. Brookes University has been a keen supporter of HA and provided facilities for our meetings. Our thanks to you all.
_HA Trustees March 2024_
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**Note**
## **HEADINGTON ACTION (CHARITY NUMBER: 1170517) ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023**
|**RECEIPTS**
Festival
Market
Grants
HeadingtonNeighbourhoodForum(HNF)
Christmas/WinterLights
FlowerbasketsProjects
CoopBank Interest
Street Champion
Community Directory
HeadingtonCentreImprovement
Councillors -treefund
Councillors - planters
Chequerepaid by HSBC
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**
ExcludingSpecificReserves (Note 2)
**PAYMENTS**
Festival
Market
Grants
HNF
Christmas/WinterLights
Flower baskets
Projects
Expenses
Admin
Insurance
StreelChampion
Community Directory
Headington Centre Improvement
Councillors -treefund
Councillors - planters
Cheque issuedlaterrepaid by HSBC
**TOTAL PAYMENTS**
**Excluding Specific Reserves(Note 2)**
**NET RECEIPTS/ (PAYMENTS) IN THE YR**
ExcludingSpecificReserves (Note 2)
**Summary byActivity,2023**
Festival|**YEAR**
**01/01/23 to**
**31/12/23**
**YEAR**
**01/01/22**
**to31/12/22**
**YEAR**
**01/01/21**
**to 31/12/21**
**£**
£
£
12,103
6,540
4,290
7,981
9,543
9,188
2,200
6,966
796
1,740
131
155
169
9,800
2
5,835
2
47,900
2
1,959
2
2,000
2
18,645
**28,250**
**92,545**
**27,146**
**22,415**
**42,645**
**15,387**
**£**
£
£
14,086
9,134
**549**
993
2,191
4,107
782
1,579
110
227
50
4,650
9,841
223
1,123
1,392
319
464
230
887
720
785
1,211
1,177
1,012
2,303
2,213
1,242
2
3,380
2
9,761
41,354
2
1,231
2
1,790
2
18,645
**39,489**
**87,871**
**12,400**
**22,255**
**44,304**
**9,927**
**-11,239**
**4,674**
**14,746**
**-3,055**
**-1,659**
**5,460**
**Receipts Outgoings**
**Difference**
12,103
14,086
-1,983|
|---|---|
|Market|7,981|993|6,988||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Grants|||0||
|HNF||110|-110||
|Christmas/WinterLights|2,200|4,650|-2,450||
|Flowerbaskets|||||
|Projects|||||
|Expenses||319|-319||
|Admin||887|-887||
|Insurance||1,211|-1,211||
|CoopBankInterest|131||131||
|StreetChampion||2,303|-2,303|2|
|Community Directory|5,835|3,380|2,455|2|
|HeadingtonCentreImprovement||9,761|-9,761|2|
|Councillors -treefund||||2|
|Councillors - planters||1,790|-1,790|2|
|**Totals**|**28,250**|**39,489**|**-11,239**||
|**Excluding Specific Reserves(Note 2)**|**22,415**|**25,470**|**-3,055**||
|**MONETARY ASSETS**|**31/12/23**|**31/12/2022**|**31/12/2021**||
|Co-opDepcsitAccount|8,883|8,752|8,597||
|HSBC BankCurrent Account|11,763|23,133|18,615||
|**TOTAL ASSETS**|**20,646**|**31,885**|**27,212**||
|ExcludingSpecificReserves(Note 2)|**13,211**|**25,552**|||
|**ASSET CHANGE**|**-11,239**|**4,673**|**14,746**||
|Excluding Specific Reserves(Note 2)|**-3,055**|**-1,659**|||
## **Notes to accounts**
|**Notes to accounts**|||
|---|---|---|
|Note1:Accounts prepared on areceiptsand payments|||
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**Note 2: Specific reserves**|Balance|Balance|
||held at|held at|
||£|£|
|StreetChampions|4,042|6,345|
|Community Directory - Lottery grant £5,835 received 2023|2,455||
|HeadingtonCentreImprovement- HA provided an additional £3,215||6,545|
|Councillors -treefund|728|728|
|Councillors - planters|210|2,000|
||7,435|15,618|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7.981|6,540
9,543|||
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9,188||||||||||
|Grants||||||||||||||||
|HeadingtonNeqnboumood Forum(HNF)
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796|||1,?d0||||||||||
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|TOTAL RECEIPTS||||||||||||||||
|Exctudno SPeqficResery65 (Nots2)||||||||||||||||
|PAYMENTS||14.086||||||||||||||
|Fastival||||||||||||||||
|Market||||||||||||||||
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|ExFenses||887||||||||||||||
|Admin||1.211||||||||||||||
|Streel ChamPion
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lnsuEnce||2,303
3,390
9,761||||||||||||||
|Couocrllors- troelrnd||1.790||||||||||||||
|Couilcrllors-Planlers||||||||||||||||
|Ch€queissued laterrePaidbYH6tsC||||||||||||||||
|TOTAL PAYMENTS||||||||||||||||
|Exsluding SpeclflcRosene$ (Noto2)||||||||||||||||
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22,415||||||||||||||
|MONETARYASSETS||||||||||||||||
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20,646
13,211
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